UEFA Champions League 2018 - 19

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UEFA Champions League preliminary round draw, Nyon - 12th June 2018

Four teams will compete in a one-venue preliminary round in Gibraltar for a place in the first qualifying round.

Preliminary round semi-finals – 26th June

FC Santa Coloma (AND) v Drita (KOS)
La Fiorita (SMR) v Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)

Preliminary round final – 29th June
La Fiorita (SMR)/Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) v FC Santa Coloma (AND)/Drita (KOS)

The preliminary round is a one-venue mini-tournament consisting of a semi-final round and a final (all one-off matches). This season's tournament will take place at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar. The winners of the final round enter the first qualifying round on 10th/11th & 17th/18th July, with their opponents decided in the draw on 19th June.

The three losing teams transfer to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Under the new competition system, the champions of the four lowest-ranked nations in the 2017 UEFA association club coefficient rankings (Gibraltar, Andorra, San Marino and Kosovo) enter the preliminary round as per the access list. The two clubs with the highest club coefficient were seeded.

Seeded: FC Santa Coloma (AND), Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)

Unseeded: La Fiorita (SMR), Drita (KOS)

An additional draw determined which semi-final winner will be considered the nominal home team for the final.

Clubs' coefficients are now determined EITHER by the sum of all points won in the previous five years OR by the association coefficient over the same period – WHICHEVER IS THE HIGHER (under a new system introduced for 2018/19 onwards).

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UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying round draws Nyon - 19th June 2018.

The first qualifying round consists of 32 teams while the second round is split into a champions path and a league path.

First qualifying round draw (matches 10th/11th & 17th/18th July)

Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v Sheriff (MDA)
Shkëndija (MKD) v The New Saints (WAL)
Sūduva (LTU) v APOEL (CYP)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) v Qarabağ (AZE)
F91 Dudelange (LUX) v Videoton (HUN)
Winners of the preliminary round v Malmö (SWE)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) v Víkingur (FRO)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Crusaders (NIR)
Cork City (IRL) v Legia Warszawa (POL)
Valur Reykjavík (ISL) v Rosenborg (NOR)
Kukës (ALB) v Valletta (MLT)
Flora Tallinn (EST) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) v Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Alashkert (ARM) v Celtic (SCO)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) v Zrinjski (BIH)
Astana (KAZ) v Sutjeska (MNE)

Draw procedure

The 31 teams entering in this round will be joined by the winners of the preliminary round final on 29th June.

The 32 teams were divided into three groups (two of ten teams and one of 12 teams). Within the three groups, teams were divided equally into seeded teams and unseeded teams.

One group was drawn at a time. A ball was taken from each bowl (seeded and unseeded) and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn plays its first match at home.

The sides beaten in this round transfer to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round (the draw for which is also on 19 June).

Second qualifying round draw (matches 24th/25th July & 31st July/1st August)

Champions Path

Astana (KAZ) / Sutjeska (MNE) v Midtjylland (DEN)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) / Crusaders (NIR) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) / Videoton (HUN)
Kukës (ALB) / Valletta (MLT) v Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) / Qarabağ (AZE)
CFR Cluj (ROU) v Winners of the preliminary round / Malmö (SWE)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v Flora Tallinn (EST) / Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) / Crvena zvezda (SRB) v Sūduva (LTU) / APOEL (CYP)
BATE Borisov (BLR) v HJK Helsinki (FIN) / Víkingur (FRO)
Shkëndija (MKD) / The New Saints (WAL) v Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) / Sheriff (MDA)
Cork City (IRL) / Legia Warszawa (POL) v Spartak Trnava (SVK) / Zrinjski (BIH)
Alashkert (ARM) / Celtic (SCO) v Valur Reykjavík (ISL) / Rosenborg (NOR)

Draw procedure

The four teams entering in this round (i.e. the champions of the associations ranked 16th to 19th, listed below) will be joined by the winners of the 16 first qualifying round ties.

The teams were separated into two pots of ten according to their coefficient (the winners of the first qualifying round ties take the coefficients of the seeded club in those ties), with the highest-ranked sides seeded. Balls containing these seeded teams were placed in one bowl, with balls for the unseeded clubs in another.

A ball was taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first side drawn plays its first match at home, against the second one drawn.

The teams beaten in this round transfer to the champions path of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

League path

PAOK (GRE) v Basel (SUI)
Ajax (NED) v Sturm Graz (AUT)

Draw procedure

The four teams entering in this round (the runners-up from the associations ranked 12th to 15th) are separated into two pots of two (seeded and unseeded) according to their coefficient.

A ball was taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn plays its first match at home, against the second one drawn.

The sides beaten in this round transfer to the main path of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

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Tuesday 26th June 2018

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

FC Santa Coloma 0 - 2 Drita

Drita win after extra time

La Fiorita 0 - 2 Lincoln Red Imps FC

Friday 29th June 2018

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

Lincoln Red Imps FC 1 - 4 Drita

Drita win after extra time

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Qualifying Round 1 - 1st Leg

Tuesday 10th July 2018

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Flora 1 - 4 H. Beer-Sheva

Tsentraluri, Kutaisi

Torpedo Kutaisi 2 - 1 Sheriff

Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht, Yerevan

Alashkert 0 - 3 Celtic

Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange

Dudelange 1 - 1 Vidi

Toftir, Toftir

Vikingur 1 - 2 HJK

Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski, Skopje

Shkëndija 5 - 0 TNS

Turner's Cross, Cork

Cork 0 - 1 Legia

Stadiumi Olimpik Adem Jashari, Mitrovica

Drita 0 - 3 Malmö

Wednesday 11th July 2018

Astana Arena, Astana

Astana 1 - 0 Sutjeska

Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava

Spartak Trnava 1 - 0 Zrinjski

Skonto Stadions, Riga

Spartaks Jūrmala 0 - 0 Crvena zvezda

Stadium of Marijampole football club, Marijampole

Sūduva 3 - 1 APOEL

Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkoder

Kukës 0 - 0 Valletta

Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad

Ludogorets 7 - 0 Crusaders

Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana

Olimpija Ljubljana 0 - 1 Qarabağ

Hlídarendi, Reykjavik

Valur 1 - 0 Rosenborg

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Qualifying Round 1 - 2nd Leg

Tuesday 17th July 2018

Centenary, Ta' Qali

Valletta 1 - 1 Kukës

Agg: 1 - 1 Kukës win on away goals

Helsinki Football Stadium, Helsinki

HJK 3 - 1 Vikingur

Agg: 5 - 2

Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva

H. Beer-Sheva 3 - 1 Flora

Agg: 7 - 2

Malmö New Stadium, Malmo

Malmö 2 - 0 Drita

Agg: 5 - 0

GSP, Nicosia

APOEL 1 - 0 Sūduva

Agg: 2 - 3

Park Hall, Oswestry

TNS 4 - 0 Shkëndija

Agg: 4 - 5

Pancho stadium, Felcsut

Vidi 2 - 1 Dudelange

Agg: 3 - 2

Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade

Crvena Zvezda 2 - 0 Spartaks Jūrmala

Agg: 2 - 0

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Legia 3 - 0 Cork

Agg: 4 - 0

Seaview, Belfast

Crusaders 0 - 2 Ludogorets

Agg: 0 - 9


Wednesday 18th July 2018

NK Zrinjski, Mostar

Zrinjski 1 - 1 Spartak Trnava

Agg: 1 - 2

Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku

Qarabağ 0 - 0 Olimpija Ljubljana

Agg: 1 - 0

Stadionul Sheriff, Tiraspol

Sheriff 3 - 0 Torpedo Kutaisi

Agg: 4 - 2

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Rosenborg 3 - 1 Valur

Agg: 3 - 2

Gradski, Niksic

Sutjeska 0 - 2 Astana

Agg: 0 - 3

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Celtic 3 - 0 Alashkert

Agg: 6 - 0

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Qualifying Round 2 - 1st Leg

Tuesday 24th July 2018

Astana Arena, Astana

Astana 2 - 1 Midtjylland

Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

CFR Cluj 0 - 1 Malmö

Stadio Toumba, Salonika

PAOK 2 - 1 Basel

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb 5 - 0 H. Beer-Sheva

Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski, Skopje

Shkëndija 1 - 0 Sheriff

Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade

Crvena Zvezda 3 - 0 Sūduva

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Legia 0 - 2 Spartak Trnava


Wednesday 25th July 2018

Borisov-Arena, Borisov

BATE 0 - 0 HJK

Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkoder

Kukës 0 - 0 Qarabağ

Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad

Ludogorets 0 - 0 Vidi

Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam

Ajax 2 - 0 Sturm

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Celtic 3 - 1 Rosenborg

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Qualifying Round 2 - 2nd Leg

Tuesday, July 31st, 2018

Spartak Trnava 0 - 1 Legia

Agg: 2 - 1

H. Beer-Sheva 2 - 2 Dinamo Zagreb

Agg: 2 - 7

Sheriff 0 - 0 Shkëndija

Agg: 0 - 1

Wednesday, August 1st, 2018

Rosenborg 0 - 0 Celtic

Agg: 1 - 3

Sturm 1 - 3 Ajax

Agg: 1 - 5

Vidi 1 - 0 Ludogorets

Agg: 1 - 0

Basel 0 - 3 PAOK

Agg: 1 - 5

Sūduva 0 - 2 Crvena zvezda

Agg: 0 - 5

Malmö 1 - 1 CFR Cluj

Agg: 2 - 1

Midtjylland 0 - 0 Astana

Agg: 1 - 2

Qarabağ 3 - 0 Kukës

Agg: 3 - 0

HJK 1 - 2 BATE

Agg: 1 - 2

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UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, Nyon - Monday 23rd July 2018

The third qualifying round consists of two paths: champions and league.

Champions path

Celtic (SCO) v AEK Athens (GRE)
Salzburg (AUT) v Shkëndija (MKD)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) v Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Qarabağ (AZE) v BATE Borisov (BLR)
Astana (KAZ) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Malmö (SWE) v Vidi (HUN)

Draw procedure

The six sides boasting the best UEFA coefficients were seeded (the second qualifying round winners took the coefficient of the seeded team from those ties).
Balls containing the seeded clubs were put into one bowl, with balls for the unseeded sides positioned in another. A ball was taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn plays the first match at home, against the second one drawn.
Sides defeated in this round transfer to the UEFA Europa League champions path play-offs.

League path

Standard Liège (BEL) v Ajax (NED)
Benfica (POR) v Fenerbahçe (TUR)
Slavia Praha (CZE) v Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
PAOK (GRE) v Spartak Moskva (RUS)


Draw procedure

The four sides boasting the best UEFA coefficients were seeded (the second qualifying round winners took the coefficient of the seeded team from those ties).
Balls containing the seeded clubs were put into one bowl, with balls for the unseeded sides positioned in another. A ball was taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn plays the first match at home, against the second one drawn.

Sides defeated in this round transfer to the UEFA Europa League group stage.

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Third Qualifying Round - 1st Leg

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018

Benfica 1 - 0 Fenerbahçe

Crvena zvezda 1 - 1 Spartak Trnava

Standard Liège 2 - 2 Ajax

Slavia Praha 1 - 1 Dynamo Kyiv

Malmö 1 - 1 Vidi

Qarabağ 0 - 1 BATE

Astana 0 - 2 Dinamo Zagreb

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

Celtic 1 - 1 AEK

Salzburg 3 - 0 Shkëndija

PAOK 3 - 2 Spartak Moskva

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