2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2012–13 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round decided 10 of the 32 teams which played in the group stage.

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

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All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 25 June 2012, 12:00 3–4 July 2012 10–11 July 2012
Second qualifying round 17–18 July 2012 24–25 July 2012
Third qualifying round 20 July 2012, 12:00 31 July – 1 August 2012 7–8 August 2012
Play-off round 10 August 2012, 12:00 21–22 August 2012 28–29 August 2012

Format

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There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:

  • Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
  • League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. In the event that aggregate score finished level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shootout.[2]

In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients,[3] with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. The seeding in these draws (or in any cases where the results of a tie in the previous round were not known at the time of draw) was carried out under the assumption that the higher-ranked teams of the previous round would advance to this round, which means if a lower-ranked team were to advance, it would simply take the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

Teams

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Below were the 54 teams (40 in Champions Route, 14 in League Route) involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds.[4] The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) qualified for the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The losing teams from the third qualifying round and the play-off round dropped down to the Europa League play-off round and group stage respectively.

Key to colours
Qualified for the group stage
Eliminated in the play-off round; entered the Europa League group stage
Eliminated in the third qualifying round; entered the Europa League play-off round

Champions Route

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Third qualifying round
Team Coeff
Belgium Anderlecht 48.480
Scotland Celtic 32.728
Romania CFR Cluj 18.764
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff
Switzerland Basel 53.360
Belarus BATE Borisov 29.641
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 29.225
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 24.774
Slovakia Žilina 14.974
Serbia Partizan 14.350
Sweden Helsingborgs IF 12.680
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 9.849
Hungary Debrecen 7.950
Slovenia Maribor 6.424
Latvia Ventspils 5.674
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 5.570
Poland Śląsk Wrocław 5.483
Finland HJK 5.326
Cyprus AEL Limassol 5.099
Lithuania Ekranas 4.875
Georgia (country) Zestafoni 4.733
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 4.475
Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4.400
Norway Molde 3.935
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo 3.683
Iceland KR 3.566
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2.850
Wales The New Saints 2.799
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 2.375
Estonia Flora Tallinn 2.283
Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku 2.241
Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy 1.816
Albania Skënderbeu 1.783
North Macedonia Vardar 1.133
Armenia Ulisses 0.941
First qualifying round
Team Coeff
Northern Ireland Linfield 2.766
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 2.716
Malta Valletta 2.616
San Marino Tre Penne 0.933
Andorra Lusitanos 0.700
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 0.533

League Route

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Play-off round
Team Coeff
Portugal Braga 63.069
Russia Spartak Moscow 46.066
Italy Udinese 38.996
France Lille 38.835
Spain Málaga 16.837
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 15.037
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 62.026
Greece Panathinaikos 50.920
Denmark Copenhagen 46.505
Turkey Fenerbahçe 41.310
Belgium Club Brugge 35.480
Romania Vaslui 13.764
Netherlands Feyenoord 12.603
Scotland Motherwell 6.728

First qualifying round

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Seeding

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Seeded Unseeded

Northern Ireland Linfield
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
Malta Valletta

San Marino Tre Penne
Andorra Lusitanos
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 11–0 San Marino Tre Penne 7–0 4–0
Valletta Malta 9–0 Andorra Lusitanos 8–0 1–0
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–0 (4–3p) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)

Matches

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F91 Dudelange Luxembourg7–0San Marino Tre Penne
Mélisse 25'
Benzouien 29', 53'
Legros 47'
Joachim 51', 90+3'
D'Orsi 78' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 1,070[5]
Tre Penne San Marino0–4Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
Report Joachim 28', 34'
Benzouien 41'
Gomez 45+1'
Attendance: 450[6]

F91 Dudelange won 11–0 on aggregate.

Valletta Malta8–0Andorra Lusitanos
Caruana 4'
Mifsud 10', 18', 45', 70'
Jhonnattann 17', 23'
E. Agius 72'		 Report
Attendance: 1,136[7]
Lusitanos Andorra0–1Malta Valletta
Report Jhonnattann 16'
Attendance: 500[8]
Referee: Huw Jones (Wales)

Valletta won 9–0 on aggregate.

Linfield Northern Ireland0–0Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn
Report
Attendance: 1,341[9]
Referee: Wim Smet (Belgium)

0–0 on aggregate; Linfield won 4–3 on penalties.

Second qualifying round

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Seeding

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Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Belarus BATE Borisov
Slovakia Žilina
Hungary Debrecen
Slovenia Maribor
Cyprus AEL Limassol

Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo
Northern Ireland Linfield[†]
Albania Skënderbeu
North Macedonia Vardar

Switzerland Basel
Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Sweden Helsingborgs IF
Latvia Ventspils
Finland HJK
Lithuania Ekranas

Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Norway Molde
Iceland KR
Wales The New Saints
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange[†]
Estonia Flora Tallinn

Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Serbia Partizan
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Poland Śląsk Wrocław
Georgia (country) Zestafoni

Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Malta Valletta[†]
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica
Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
Armenia Ulisses

Notes
  1. † Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Skënderbeu Albania 1–3 Hungary Debrecen 1–0 0–3
Maribor Slovenia 6–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo 4–1 2–1
Žilina Slovakia 1–2 Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–0 0–2
BATE Borisov Belarus 3–2 North Macedonia Vardar 3–2 0–0
AEL Limassol Cyprus 3–0 Northern Ireland Linfield 3–0 0–0
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 1–2 Lithuania Ekranas 0–0 1–2
Flora Tallinn Estonia 0–5 Switzerland Basel 0–2 0–3
The New Saints Wales 0–3 Sweden Helsingborgs IF 0–0 0–3
HJK Finland 9–1 Iceland KR 7–0 2–1
Molde Norway 4–1 Latvia Ventspils 3–0 1–1
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 4–4 (a) Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 3–4
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic 2–1 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy 1–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 3–4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 2–3
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan 5–2 Georgia (country) Zestafoni 3–0 2–2
Ulisses Armenia 0–2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 0–1
Valletta Malta 2–7 Serbia Partizan 1–4 1–3
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–2 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 0–2 1–0

Summary

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Skënderbeu Albania1–0Hungary Debrecen
Plaku 65' Report
Attendance: 4,500[11]
Debrecen Hungary3–0Albania Skënderbeu
Coulibaly 12', 87'
Varga 58'		 Report
Attendance: 8,500[12]

Debrecen won 3–1 on aggregate.

Maribor Slovenia4–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo
Berić 47', 76'
Mezga 67' (pen.)
Tavares 90+2'		 Report Adilović 15'
Attendance: 10,251[13]

Maribor won 6–2 on aggregate.

Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 2–1 on aggregate.

BATE Borisov Belarus3–2North Macedonia Vardar
Mazalewski 41'
Radyyonaw 90+2', 90+4'		 Report Kostovski 54'
Stjepanović 62'
Attendance: 5,180[17]
Vardar North Macedonia0–0Belarus BATE Borisov
Report
Attendance: 28,500[18]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.

AEL Limassol Cyprus3–0Northern Ireland Linfield
Vouho 16'
Ouon 29'
Dickson 54'		 Report
Attendance: 5,904[19]
Linfield Northern Ireland0–0Cyprus AEL Limassol
Report
Attendance: 995[20]

AEL Limassol won 3–0 on aggregate.

Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland0–0Lithuania Ekranas
Report
Attendance: 4,800[21]
Ekranas Lithuania2–1Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Anđelković 45+1'
Kymantas 63'		 Report McCabe 90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,100[22]

Ekranas won 2–1 on aggregate.

Flora Tallinn Estonia0–2Switzerland Basel
Report A. Frei 64', 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,123[23]
Basel Switzerland3–0Estonia Flora Tallinn
Zoua 9', 31'
Díaz 63'		 Report
Attendance: 20,444[24]

Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.

The New Saints Wales0–0Sweden Helsingborgs IF
Report
Attendance: 1,048[11]
Helsingborgs IF Sweden3–0Wales The New Saints
Atta 8'
Sørum 27'
Santos 89'		 Report
Attendance: 5,613[25]

Helsingborgs IF won 3–0 on aggregate.

HJK Finland7–0Iceland KR
Mäkelä 13', 78', 83'
Väyrynen 20' (pen.)
Pohjanpalo 48', 67'
Schüller 57'		 Report
Attendance: 6,327[26]
KR Iceland1–2Finland HJK
Atlason 74' Report Sadik 66'
Lindström 72'
Attendance: 561[27]

HJK won 9–1 on aggregate.

Molde Norway3–0Latvia Ventspils
Angan 53', 83'
Forren 74' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 7,428[19]
Ventspils Latvia1–1Norway Molde
Kurakins 24' Report Eikrem 37'
Attendance: 1,500[28]

Molde won 4–1 on aggregate.

F91 Dudelange Luxembourg1–0Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Joachim 75' Report
Attendance: 1,567[29]

4–4 on aggregate; F91 Dudelange won on away goals.

Slovan Liberec Czech Republic1–0Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
Hadaščok 23' Report
Attendance: 5,500[31]
Shakhter Karagandy Kazakhstan1–1 (a.e.t.)Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Kukeyev 40' (pen.) Report Blažek 120'
Attendance: 15,000[32]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Slovan Liberec won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb Croatia3–2Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Rukavina 33', 60'
Vida 90+8'		 Report Gargorov 12'
Marcelinho 36'
Attendance: 17,524[33]

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 on aggregate.

Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan3–0Georgia (country) Zestafoni
Imamverdiyev 22'
Wobay 24'
Canales 63'		 Report
Attendance: 5,200[34]
Zestafoni Georgia (country)2–2Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
Mujiri 16'
Dvali 19'		 Report Wobay 22'
Sadygov 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,500[35]

Neftchi Baku won 5–2 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova1–0Armenia Ulisses
Samardžić 66' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 6,755[37]

Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–0 on aggregate.

Valletta Malta1–4Serbia Partizan
Mifsud 65' Report Tomić 6'
Ivanov 33'
S. Šćepović 42'
Ostojić 71'
Attendance: 1,436[17]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
Partizan Serbia3–1Malta Valletta
Tomić 10', 67'
Mitrović 73'		 Report Mifsud 60'
Attendance: 8,754[38]

Partizan won 7–2 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

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Seeding

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Champions Route League Route
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Belgium Anderlecht
Belarus BATE Borisov[†]
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange[†]
Romania CFR Cluj
Sweden Helsingborgs IF[†]

Hungary Debrecen[†]
Slovenia Maribor[†]
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec[†]
Poland Śląsk Wrocław[†]
Lithuania Ekranas[†]

Switzerland Basel[†]
Scotland Celtic
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[†]
Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona[†]
Serbia Partizan[†]

Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[†]
Norway Molde[†]
Finland HJK[†]
Cyprus AEL Limassol[†]
Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku[†]

Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Greece Panathinaikos
Denmark Copenhagen
Turkey Fenerbahçe

Belgium Club Brugge
Romania Vaslui
Netherlands Feyenoord
Scotland Motherwell

Notes
  1. † Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw (teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw for this round)

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Maribor Slovenia 5–1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 4–1 1–0
BATE Borisov Belarus 3–1 Hungary Debrecen 1–1 2–0
CFR Cluj Romania 3–1 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 1–0 2–1
Anderlecht Belgium 11–0 Lithuania Ekranas 5–0 6–0
Śląsk Wrocław Poland 1–6 Sweden Helsingborgs IF 0–3 1–3
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 0–5 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 0–4
Celtic Scotland 4–1 Finland HJK 2–1 2–0
Molde Norway 1–2 Switzerland Basel 0–1 1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel 6–2 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku 4–0 2–2
AEL Limassol Cyprus 2–0 Serbia Partizan 1–0 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Fenerbahçe Turkey 5–2 Romania Vaslui 1–1 4–1
Motherwell Scotland 0–5 Greece Panathinaikos 0–2 0–3
Copenhagen Denmark 3–2 Belgium Club Brugge 0–0 3–2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 3–1 Netherlands Feyenoord 2–1 1–0

Matches

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Maribor Slovenia4–1Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
Mezga 13', 47'
Tavares 38'
Berić 77'		 Report Joachim 90+2'
Attendance: 12,025[41]
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg0–1Slovenia Maribor
Report Mertelj 79'
Attendance: 1,236[42]

Maribor won 5–1 on aggregate.

BATE Borisov Belarus1–1Hungary Debrecen
Sidibe 90+3' (o.g.) Report Sidibe 67'
Attendance: 5,170[43]
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
Debrecen Hungary0–2Belarus BATE Borisov
Report Mazalewski 25'
Valadzko 59'
Attendance: 10,000[44]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

BATE Borisov won 3–1 on aggregate.

Slovan Liberec Czech Republic1–2Romania CFR Cluj
Šural 58' Report Kapetanos 45+1'
Sougou 90+4'
Attendance: 5,537[46]

CFR Cluj won 3–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht Belgium5–0Lithuania Ekranas
De Sutter 2'
Kanu 21'
Mbokani 41', 52'
Jovanović 87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,203[47]
Ekranas Lithuania0–6Belgium Anderlecht
Report Kljestan 9'
Praet 31'
Yakovenko 45+3'
De Sutter 47'
Molins 62'
Fernando 87'
Attendance: 600[48]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Anderlecht won 11–0 on aggregate.

Helsingborgs IF Sweden3–1Poland Śląsk Wrocław
Sørum 43', 49', 68' Report Díaz 31'
Attendance: 4,836[50]

Helsingborgs IF won 6–1 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Report Bećiraj 14'
Attendance: 8,315[51]
Referee: Lee Probert (England)
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia4–0Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Vida 16'
Bećiraj 34'
Čop 78'
Ibáñez 87'		 Report
Attendance: 16,063[52]
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–0 on aggregate.

Molde Norway0–1Switzerland Basel
Report Zoua 79'
Attendance: 6,564[53]
Basel Switzerland1–1Norway Molde
D. Degen 75' Report Berget 32'
Attendance: 18,567[54]

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland2–1Finland HJK
Hooper 54'
Mulgrew 61'		 Report Schüller 48'
Attendance: 52,849[55]
HJK Finland0–2Scotland Celtic
Report Ledley 67'
Samaras 86'
Attendance: 10,700[56]

Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.

Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan2–2Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Wobay 31'
Imamverdiyev 76'		 Report Badash 50'
Lencse 90+1'
Attendance: 2,000[58]

Ironi Kiryat Shmona won 6–2 on aggregate.

Partizan Serbia0–1Cyprus AEL Limassol
Report Dossa Júnior 23'
Attendance: 17,257[59]

AEL Limassol won 2–0 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe Turkey1–1Romania Vaslui
İrtegün 90' Report Antal 75'
Attendance: 38,993[60]
Vaslui Romania1–4Turkey Fenerbahçe
Niculae 14' Report Erkin 12'
Kuyt 71', 76'
Sow 90+2'
Attendance: 11,005[61]

Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece3–0Scotland Motherwell
Christodoulopoulos 51'
Mavrias 75'
Sissoko 83'		 Report
Attendance: 18,391[63]

Panathinaikos won 5–0 on aggregate.

Copenhagen Denmark0–0Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 14,023[64]
Club Brugge Belgium2–3Denmark Copenhagen
Jordi 24'
Odjidja 66'		 Report Jørgensen 61'
Bolaños 78'
Santin 90+5'
Attendance: 17,899[65]

Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Immers 56' (o.g.)
Ideye 69'		 Report Schaken 49'
Attendance: 53,612[66]
Feyenoord Netherlands0–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report Ideye 90+6'
Attendance: 45,000[67]

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

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Seeding

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Champions Route League Route
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Switzerland Basel
Belgium Anderlecht
Scotland Celtic
Belarus BATE Borisov
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb

Romania CFR Cluj
Sweden Helsingborgs IF
Slovenia Maribor
Cyprus AEL Limassol
Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona

Portugal Braga
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Greece Panathinaikos
Denmark Copenhagen
Russia Spartak Moscow

Turkey Fenerbahçe
Italy Udinese
France Lille
Spain Málaga
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Basel Switzerland 1–3 Romania CFR Cluj 1–2 0–1
Helsingborgs IF Sweden 0–4 Scotland Celtic 0–2 0–2
BATE Borisov Belarus 3–1 Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 1–1
AEL Limassol Cyprus 2–3 Belgium Anderlecht 2–1 0–2
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 3–1 Slovenia Maribor 2–1 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Braga Portugal 2–2 (5–4p) Italy Udinese 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Spartak Moscow Russia 3–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–1 1–1
Málaga Spain 2–0 Greece Panathinaikos 2–0 0–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany 3–4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–3 2–1
Copenhagen Denmark 1–2[A] France Lille 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Basel