The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League play-off round draw took place on Monday, August 5, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, setting the stage for the last obstacle before the group stages.
Teams will compete for a coveted spot in the prestigious tournament’s main event on August 20/21 and 27/28. The draw, which took place at 12:00 CET, decided the matchups.
This was taken from a release that the News Digest downloaded on Monday evening from the UCL website.
It was titled, “UEFA Champions League play-off round draw.”
Young Boys Bern (SUI) vs. Galatasaray (TUR)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs. Qarabag (AZE) or Ludogorets (BUL)
Midtjylland (DEN) or Ferencvaros (HUN) vs. Slovan Bratislava (SVK) or APOEL Nicosia (CYP)
Jagiellonia Bialystok (POL) or Bodo/Glimt (NOR) vs. Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
Malmo (SWE) or PAOK (GRE) vs. Sparta Prague (CZE) or Steaua Bucharest (ROU)
Lille (FRA) or Fenerbahce (TUR) vs Slavia Prague (CZE) or Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) or Rangers (SCO) vs. RB Salzburg (AUT) or Twente (NED)
To maintain fairness, the UEFA Champions League play-off round draw adheres to strict guidelines. Teams compete in knockout tournaments for both home and away games.
Based on club coefficient rankings, an equal number of seeded and unseeded clubs are paired together. Certain teams cannot be drawn against each other due to restrictions.
Ten teams were divided into five seeded and five unseeded groups for the Champions Path. Four teams were split into two seeded and two unseeded groups in the league path.
