The UEFA Champions League play-off draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday, pairing seeded and unseeded clubs based on club coefficient rankings. The draw divided teams into two paths: the Champions Path and the League Path.
In the Champions Path, 10 teams were split into five seeded and five unseeded categories. The fixtures will be played on August 20/21 and 27/28, with teams competing for a spot in the main event. The draw resulted in the following matches:
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)
In the League Path, four teams were divided into two seeded and two unseeded groups. The draw resulted in the following matches:
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)
These matches will determine which teams advance to the main event, making for an exciting and competitive play-off round.