2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase

This article details the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

There are two paths:

• Champions Path, which include all domestic champions which do not automatically qualify for the group stage.
• Non-Champions Path (also called the Best-placed Path), which include all non-domestic champions which do not automatically qualify for the group stage.

Teams

Champions Path

Qualified for the group stage
Grasshoppers (Q3)	Rangers (Q2)	CSKA Diplov (Q2)	FBK Kaunas (Q2)	Standard Liège (Q3)
IFK Göteborg (Q2)	Legia Warszawa (Q2)	Skonto (Q2)	Rapid Vienna (Q2)	Flora Tallinn (Q2)
SK Tirana (Q2)
Eliminated in the play-off round (Advanced to the Europa League group stage)
Ferencváros (Q2)	Red Star Belgrade (Q2)
Eliminated in the third qualifying round (Advanced to the Europa League play-off round)
F.C. Copenhagen (Q3)	MŠK Žilina (Q2)	Rosenborg (Q2)	Shamrock Rovers (Q2)	Dinamo Minsk (Q2)
HJK Helsinki (Q2)	Željezničar (Q2)	Linfield (Q1)
Eliminated in the second qualifying round
CSKA Sofia (Q2)	Dinamo Tblisi (Q2)	HB Tórshavn (Q1)	Sherrif Tiraspol (Q2)	Irtysh (Q2)
FK Vardar (Q2)	Sparta Prague (Q2)	NK Marirbor (Q2)	Maccabi Haifa (Q2)	APOEL (Q2)
Neftchi Baku (Q2)	Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavík (Q2)	Dinamo Zagreb (Q2)	Pyunik (Q2)	Barry Town (Q2)
FK Mogren (Q2)	Jeunesse Esch (Q1)
Eliminated in the first qualifying round
Sliema Wanderers (Q1)	FC Santa Coloma (Q1)	Tre Fiori (Q1)

Non-Champions Path

Qualified for the group stage
Älpîpä City (Q3)
Eliminated in the play-off round (Advanced to the Europa League group stage)
Zenit St. Petersburg (Q3)	Metalist Kharkiv (Q3)	Sporting CP (Q3)	CFR Cluj (Q3)	Aston Villa (PO)
Sevilla (PO)	Stuttgart (PO)	Genoa (PO)	Auxerre (PO)
Eliminated in the third qualifying round (Advanced to the Europa League play-off round)
Beşiktaş (Q3)	Panathinaikos (Q3)	Luzern (Q3)	Club Brugge (Q3)	PSV Eindhoven (Q3)
AGF Aarhus (Q3)

Qualifying phase

First qualifying round

Seeding

Teams with a coefficient of at least 0.100 were seeded.

Seeded	Unseeded
Linfield Jeunesse Esch HB Tórshavn	Sliema Wanderers FC Santa Coloma Tre Fiori

Matches

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sliema Wanderers	1-5	Jeunesse Esch	1-0	0-5
Linfield	7-0	FC Santa Coloma	2-0	5-0
HB Tórshavn	8-1	Tre Fiori	4-1	4-0

First leg

Champions League qualifying
27 June 2017 90 minutes First qualifying round	Sliema Wanderers	1-0	Jeunesse Esch	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 16, 543
	Borganetti  32'

Champions League qualifying
28 June 2017 90 minutes First qualifying round	Linfield	2-0	FC Santa Coloma	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 12, 543
	Irwin  32' Hughes  78'

Champions League qualifying
28 June 2017 90 minutes First qualifying round	HB Tórshavn	4-1	Tre Fiori	Gundadalur, Tórshavn Attendance: 250
	Jónsson  32' Glerfoss  34', 56' Holdremyr  82'		Grazzolini  89'

Second leg

Champions League qualifying
4 July 2017 90 minutes First qualifying round	Jeunesse Esch	5-0	Sliema Wanderers	Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette Attendance: 3, 564
	Dondelinger  32' Steicher  43', 46', 78' Duprel  89'

Jeunesse Esch won 5-1 on aggregate.

Champions League qualifying
5 July 2017 90 minutes First qualifying round	FC Santa Coloma	0-5	Linfield	Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 764
			Irwin  34', 56', 78' Hughes  82' Lang  90+2'

Linfield won 7-0 on aggregate.

Champions League qualifying
5 July 2017 90 minutes First qualifying round	Tre Fiori	0-4	HB Tórshavn	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle1 Attendance: 934
			Glerfoss  23', 56' Nólsoy  76', 90+3'

HB Tórshavn won 8-1 on aggregate.

Notes

• Note 1: Played in Serravalle at Stadio Olimpico.

Second qualifying round

Matches

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers	3-0	CSKA Sofia	2-0	1-0
FBK Kaunas	6-2	Dinamo Tblisi	4-2	2-0
Skonto	5-3	HB Tórshavn	5-3	0-0
CSKA Diplov	4-4 (a)	Sheriff Tiraspol	2-1	2-3
Rapid Vienna <	5-2	Irtysh	4-1	1-1
IFK Göteborg	5-0	FK Vardar	4-0	1-0
Sparta Prague	3-5	Legia Warszawa	3-0	0-5
NK Marirbor	1-4	Flora Talinn	1-0	0-4
Maccabi Haifa	4-5	SK Tirana	3-1	1-4
APOEL	4-7	Ferencváros	4-4	0-3
Rosenborg	2-2 (a)	Neftchi Baku	1-2	1-0
MŠK Žilina	3-3 (a)	Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavík	2-3	1-0
Dinamo Zagreb	1-1 (3-5 pen.)	Red Star Belgrade	1-0	0-1 (aet)
Dinamo Minsk	5-1	Pyunik	4-1	1-0
Shamrock Rovers	4-4 (a)	Barry Town	1-4	3-0
HJK Helsinki	3-3 (3-2 pen.)	FK Mogren	2-1	1-2
Željezničar	5-2	Jeunesse Esch	5-1	0-1
Linfield	Bye2	-	-	-

First leg

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	Rangers	2-0	CSKA Sofia	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 49, 853
	McLaing  34' Robinson  87'

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	FBK Kaunas	4-2	Dinamo Tbilisi	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas Attendance: 8, 543
	Zemaitis  2' Vidas  11' (pen.), 35' Janulis  14'		Baradze  52', 90'

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	Skonto	5-3	HB Tórshavn	Skonto Stadium, Riga Attendance: 9, 000
	Vītols  23', 56', 78' Krūmiņš  86' Ozols  90+3'		Glerfoss  34', 45+1', 90'

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	CSKA Diplov	2-1	Sherrif Tiraspol	Iznikhi Stadium Attendance: ?
	Vatta  23' Reantovic  45'		Linșu  89'

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	Rapid Vienna	4-1	Irtysh	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna3 Attendance: 48, 500
	Warner  12' El Fuwra  34' Muntz  56' Koscis  89'		Kunayed  78'

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	IFK Göteborg	4-0	FK Vardar	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 10, 115
	Jäsunda  12', 34', 56' Hallström  78'

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	Sparta Prague	3-0	Legia Warszawa	Generali Arena, Prague Attendance: 18, 744
	Jezek  1' Vacek  39', 44'

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	NK Maribor	1-0	Flora Tallinn	Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Attendance: 10, 345
	Modrić  90'

Champions League qualifying
11 July 2017 90 minutes Second qualifying round	Maccabi Haifa	3-1	SK Tirana	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan4 Attendance: 38, 875
	Freider  34', 56' (pen.), 78'		Januzaj  23'