This Monday (21) marked the draw for the remaining matches of the third qualifying round of the playoffs for the league phase of the 2025/2026 Champions.
Teams like Benfica and Fenerbache, for example, know what they will face.
The matches of the second qualifying round were certain since the end of the first stage. And they will start to be played this Tuesday (22) – see all below.
There are 30 teams seeking 15 spots for the next playoff. They are divided between the “champions’ path”, which brings together the teams that won their respective leagues, and the “league path”, counting on the teams that qualified through leagues that offer more than one spot.
There are three of the four playoffs left for the definition of the last seven qualifiers to the noble phase of the Champions, the league phase.
The start will be on September 16. The first knockout, the playoffs for the eighths, will be in February. The grand decision is scheduled for May 30.
The Puskas Arena, in Hungary, will be the stage.
2nd qualifying round matches
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐ฑ๐ป RFS ๐ Malmรถ ๐ธ๐ช – Match 1
22/7 and 29/7 – ๐ฒ๐น Hamrun Spartans ๐ Dinamo de Kiev ๐บ๐ฆ – Match 2
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐จ๐พ Pafos ๐ Maccabi Tel Aviv ๐ฎ๐ฑ – Match 3
22/7 and 29/7 – ๐ฌ๐ฎ Lincoln Red Imps ๐ Red Star ๐ท๐ธ – Match 4
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐ฆ๐ฒ Noah ๐ Ferencvรกros ๐ญ๐บ – Match 5
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐ต๐ฑ Lech Poznaล ๐ Breiรฐablik ๐ฎ๐ธ – Match 6
22/7 and 29/7 – ๐ฉ๐ฐ Copenhagen ๐ Dritaย ๐ฝ๐ฐ – Match 7
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐ญ๐ท Rijeka ๐ Ludogorets Razgrad – Match 8
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐ฒ๐ฐ Shkรซndija ๐ FCSB ๐ท๐ด – Match 9
22/7 and 29/7 – ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovan Bratislava ๐ Zrinjski ๐ง๐ฆ – Match 10
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐ฎ๐ช Shelbourne ๐ Qarabaฤ ๐ฆ๐ฟ – Match 11
22/7 and 29/7 – ๐ซ๐ฎ KuPS ๐ Kairat ๐ฐ๐ฟ – Match 12
23/7 and 30/7 – ๐ณ๐ด Brann ๐ Salzburg ๐ฆ๐น – Match 1
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐จ๐ฟ Viktoria Plzeล ๐ Servette ๐จ๐ญ – Match 2
22/7 and 30/7 – ๐ด Rangers ๐ Panathinaikos ๐ฌ๐ท – Match 3
3rd qualifying round matches
First leg matches between August 5 and 6. And the return matches between 12 and 13 of the same month.
There will be 20 teams in total seeking ten spots for the last playoff stage.
The teams eliminated in the champions’ path go to the Europa League playoffs. And those who do not advance in the league path advance to the league phase of the tournament.
Winner of Match 1 ๐ย Winner of Match 7
Winner of Match 12 ๐ Winner of Match 10
Winner of Match 6 ๐ Winner of Match 4
Winner of Match 8 ๐ Winner of Match 5
Winner of Match 2 ๐ Winner of Match 3
Winner of Match 9 ๐ Winner of Match 11
Winner of Match 1 ๐ Bruggeย ๐ง๐ช
Winner of Match 2 ๐ Winner of Match 2
๐ซ๐ท Nice ๐ Benficaย ๐ต๐น
๐ณ๐ฑ Feyenoord ๐ Fenerbacheย ๐น๐ท
Teams already secured for the last qualifying phase
The ten qualifiers from the previous phase secure themselves in the final stage of the playoffs – which already has four teams.
The draw for the matches will be on August 4.
First leg matches on August 19 and 20. And the return matches between 26 and 27 of the same month.
The defeated teams go to the Uefa Europa League phase.
And the seven qualifiers secure themselves in the noble phase of the Champions.
Matches vetoed for political and/or historical reasons*
Teams fromย Armenia ๐ teams from Azerbaijan
Teams from Gibraltar ๐ teams from Spain
Teams from Kosovo ๐ teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina
Teams from Kosovo ๐ teams from Serbia
Teams from Ukraine ๐ teams from Belarus
*Teams from Russia could not face rivals from Ukraine and Kosovo, but the country has been suspended from Uefa competitions since February 2022.
Teams already guaranteed in the league phase
Athletic Bilbaoย ๐ช๐ธ
Atlรฉtico de Madridย ๐ช๐ธ
Bayer Leverkusenย ๐ฉ๐ช
Borussia Dortmund ๐ฉ๐ช
Eintracht Frankfurtย ๐ฉ๐ช
Union Saint-Gilloiseย ๐ง๐ช
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in ๐ง๐ท here.
๐ธ ODD ANDERSEN – AFP or licensors
