The preparations are complete for the last obstacle prior to the group stages, as the draw for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League play-off round occurred on Monday, August 5, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.

Conducted at 12:00 CET, the draw established the pairings for matches scheduled on August 20/21 and 27/28, where teams will compete for a highly sought-after position in the main event of this esteemed tournament.

This information was sourced from a statement acquired from the UCL website on Monday evening.

It was titled, “UEFA Champions League play-off round draw.”

Here is the full list of the draws:

  • 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)

The UEFA Champions League play-off round draw adheres to specific protocols to ensure equitable competition. Teams engage in home and away matches following a knockout format.

Seeded and unseeded clubs are meticulously paired based on their respective club coefficient rankings. Certain restrictions are in place to prevent specific teams from being drawn against each other.

In the Champions Path, ten teams are categorized into five seeded and five unseeded groups. The League Path comprises four teams divided into two seeded and two unseeded categories.

The draw determines matchups and designates home teams for the initial legs, while UEFA manages the schedule and kick-off timings.