The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 27 June and ended on 23 August 2017.[1] A total of 57 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.[2]
The schedule of the qualifying phase and play-off round was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]
Round
Draw
First leg
Second leg
First qualifying round
19 June 2017
27–28 June 2017
4–5 July 2017
Second qualifying round
11–12 July 2017
18–19 July 2017
Third qualifying round
14 July 2017
25–26 July 2017
1–2 August 2017
Play-off round
4 August 2017
15–16 August 2017
22–23 August 2017
Format
In the qualifying phase and play-off round, 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. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.[2]
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, 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 by draw. 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. For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took 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 (or associations with political conflicts) were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.
Teams
There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:
Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not qualify directly 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 qualify directly for the group stage.
A total of 57 teams (42 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) advanced to the group stage to join the 22 teams which entered in the group stage. The 15 losers of the third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round, and the 10 losers of the play-off round entered the Europa League group stage.[2]
Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients),[3][4] grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to colours
Winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw).[5] Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Seeding
A total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round: 29 teams which entered in this round, and the five winners of the first qualifying round. Since the draw for the second qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Red Bull Salzburg Ludogorets Razgrad APOEL Qarabağ Partizan
Žalgiris Vilnius F91 Dudelange Budućnost Podgorica Hibernians[†] Samtredia
Copenhagen BATE Borisov Astana Rijeka Sheriff Tiraspol Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Žilina The New Saints[†] Kukësi Honvéd Alashkert[†] Spartaks Jūrmala
† Winners of the first qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the first qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the second qualifying round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 11, 12 and 14 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 July 2017.
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
APOEL
2–0
F91 Dudelange
1–0
1–0
Žalgiris Vilnius
3–5
Ludogorets Razgrad
2–1
1–4
Qarabağ
6–0
Samtredia
5–0
1–0
Partizan
2–0
Budućnost Podgorica
2–0
0–0
Hibernians
0–6
Red Bull Salzburg
0–3
0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol
2–2 (a)
Kukësi
1–0
1–2
Spartaks Jūrmala
1–2[A]
Astana
0–1
1–1
BATE Borisov
4–2
Alashkert
1–1
3–1
Žilina
3–4
Copenhagen
1–3
2–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
5–3
Honvéd
2–1
3–2
Rijeka
7–1
The New Saints
2–0
5–1
Malmö FF
2–4
Vardar
1–1
1–3
Zrinjski Mostar
2–3
Maribor
1–2
1–1
Dundalk
2–3
Rosenborg
1–1
1–2 (a.e.t.)
FH
3–1
Víkingur Gøta
1–1
2–0
Linfield
0–6
Celtic
0–2
0–4
IFK Mariehamn
0–9
Legia Warsaw
0–3
0–6
Notes
^
Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches
APOEL
1–0
F91 Dudelange
Bertoglio 71'
Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 9,600 [8]
Referee: Alan Mario Sant ( Malta)
F91 Dudelange
0–1
APOEL
Report
De Camargo 40' (pen.)
Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange
Attendance: 1,458 [8]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović ( Montenegro)
APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.
Žalgiris Vilnius
2–1
Ludogorets Razgrad
Nyuiadzi 78'
Kuklys 86'
Report
Abel 18'
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,911 [8]
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber ( Austria)
Ludogorets Razgrad
4–1
Žalgiris Vilnius
Natanael 41'
Wanderson 55'
Keșerü 56', 74'
Report
Nyuiadzi 15'
Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 4,739 [8]
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen ( Denmark)
Ludogorets Razgrad won 5–3 on aggregate.
Qarabağ
5–0
Samtredia
Ismayilov 10' (pen.)
Ndlovu 37', 45+1' (pen.)
Guerrier 83'
Míchel 90+2'
Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku[note 6]
Attendance: 21,500 [8]
Referee: Mete Kalkavan ( Turkey)
Samtredia
0–1
Qarabağ
Report
Guerrier 22'
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi[note 7]
Attendance: 1,835 [8]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović ( Serbia)
Qarabağ won 6–0 on aggregate.
Partizan
2–0
Budućnost Podgorica
Đurđević 53' (pen.)
Leonardo 63'
Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 20,530 [8]
Referee: Pol van Boekel ( Netherlands)
Budućnost Podgorica
0–0
Partizan
Report
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 9,153 [8]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber ( Israel)
Partizan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Hibernians
0–3
Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Berisha 32' (pen.)
Hwang Hee-chan 35'
Minamino 54'
Hibernians Stadium, Paola
Attendance: 1,452 [8]
Referee: Fran Jović ( Croatia)
Red Bull Salzburg
3–0
Hibernians
Rzatkowski 11'
Guldbrandsen 19'
Haidara 85'
Report
Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
Attendance: 5,511 [8]
Referee: Sergey Lapochkin ( Russia)
Red Bull Salzburg won 6–0 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol
1–0
Kukësi
Badibanga 79' (pen.)
Report
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,772 [8]
Referee: Christos Nicolaides ( Cyprus)
Kukësi
2–1
Sheriff Tiraspol
Emini 35'
Pejić 45+1'
Report
Bayala 56'
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan[note 8]
Attendance: 1,417 [8]
Referee: Irfan Peljto ( Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2–2 on aggregate. Sheriff Tiraspol won on away goals.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 12:00 CEST.[11] Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Seeding
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League play-off round. A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:
Champions Route: three teams which entered in this round, and the 17 winners of the second qualifying round.
League Route: ten teams which entered in this round.
Since the draw for the third qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.
Dynamo Kyiv Ajax Viktoria Plzeň CSKA Moscow Club Brugge
FCSB Young Boys Nice İstanbul Başakşehir AEK Athens
Notes
† Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the second qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the third qualifying round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2017.
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Champions Route
Slavia Prague
2–2 (a)
BATE Borisov
1–0
1–2
Astana
3–2
Legia Warsaw
3–1
0–1
Maribor
2–0
FH
1–0
1–0
Vardar
2–4[B]
Copenhagen
1–0
1–4
Celtic
1–0
Rosenborg
0–0
1–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
3–3 (a)
Ludogorets Razgrad
2–0
1–3
Viitorul Constanța
1–4
APOEL
1–0
0–4 (a.e.t.)
Red Bull Salzburg
1–1 (a)
Rijeka
1–1
0–0
Qarabağ
2–1
Sheriff Tiraspol
0–0
2–1
Partizan
3–5
Olympiacos
1–3
2–2
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
League Route
FCSB
6–3
Viktoria Plzeň
2–2
4–1
Nice
3–3 (a)
Ajax
1–1
2–2
Dynamo Kyiv
3–3 (a)
Young Boys
3–1
0–2
AEK Athens
0–3
CSKA Moscow
0–2
0–1
Club Brugge
3–5
İstanbul Başakşehir
3–3
0–2
Notes
^
Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches
Slavia Prague
1–0
BATE Borisov
Škoda 20' (pen.)
Report
Eden Arena, Prague
Attendance: 18,147 [12]
Referee: Bastian Dankert ( Germany)
BATE Borisov
2–1
Slavia Prague
Signevich 5'
Stasevich 46'
Report
Škoda 44'
Borisov Arena, Barysaw
Attendance: 12,436 [12]
Referee: Pol van Boekel ( Netherlands)
2–2 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.
Astana
3–1
Legia Warsaw
Kabananga 36'
Mayewski 45'
Twumasi 90+4'
Report
Sadiku 79'
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 26,100 [12]
Referee: Tamás Bognár ( Hungary)
Legia Warsaw
1–0
Astana
Czerwiński 76'
Report
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 24,937 [12]
Referee: Jakob Kehlet ( Denmark)
Astana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Maribor
1–0
FH
Tavares 54'
Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 8,166 [12]
Referee: Andris Treimanis ( Latvia)
FH
0–1
Maribor
Report
Tavares 90+2'
Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 2,563 [12]
Referee: Peter Kralović ( Slovakia)
Maribor won 2–0 on aggregate.
Vardar
1–0
Copenhagen
Jonathan 65'
Report
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 12,000 [12]
Referee: Daniel Siebert ( Germany)
Copenhagen
4–1
Vardar
Greguš 2'
Barseghyan 26' (o.g.)
Santander 75'
Sotiriou 88' (pen.)
Report
Nikolov 19'
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 15,224 [12]
Referee: John Beaton ( Scotland)
Copenhagen won 4–2 on aggregate.
Celtic
0–0
Rosenborg
Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 49,172 [12]
Referee: Tiago Martins ( Portugal)
Rosenborg
0–1
Celtic
Report
Forrest 69'
Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Attendance: 20,974 [12]
Referee: Jonathan Lardot ( Belgium)
Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2–0
Ludogorets Razgrad
Nwakaeme 19'
Ohana 79'
Report
Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva
Attendance: 15,183 [12]
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos ( Greece)
Ludogorets Razgrad
3–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Wanderson 9', 33' Marcelinho 56'
Report
Ghadir 61'
Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 5,398 [12]
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük ( Netherlands)
3–3 on aggregate. Hapoel Be'er Sheva won on away goals.
Viitorul Constanța
1–0
APOEL
Ganea 75'
Report
Stadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu
Attendance: 3,873 [12]
Referee: Paolo Valeri ( Italy)
APOEL
4–0 (a.e.t.)
Viitorul Constanța
Carlão 54'
Merkis 93'
De Camargo 94'
Efrem 105+1'
Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 13,647 [12]
Referee: Aleksei Eskov ( Russia)
APOEL won 4–1 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg
1–1
Rijeka
Hwang Hee-chan 49'
Report
Gavranović 30'
Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
Attendance: 12,714 [12]
Referee: Daniel Stefański ( Poland)
Rijeka
0–0
Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka
Attendance: 8,118 [12]
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek ( Turkey)
1–1 on aggregate. Rijeka won on away goals.
Qarabağ
0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol
Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku[note 6]
Attendance: 26,000 [12]
Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich ( Belarus)
Sheriff Tiraspol
1–2
Qarabağ
Badibanga 90+4' (pen.)
Report
Ndlovu 45+3'
Míchel 86'
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 7,742 [12]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber ( Israel)
Qarabağ won 2–1 on aggregate.
Partizan
1–3
Olympiacos
Tawamba 10'
Report
Ben Nabouhane 6', 56'
Emenike 90+1'
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 24,658 [12]
Referee: Davide Massa ( Italy)
Olympiacos
2–2
Partizan
Carcela 22'
Fortounis 51'
Report
Soumah 33'
Đurđević 85'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 23,854 [12]
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández ( Spain)
Olympiacos won 5–3 on aggregate.
FCSB
2–2
Viktoria Plzeň
Budescu 37'
Teixeira 61'
Report
Krmenčík 23'
Kopic 53'
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 33,795 [12]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev ( Azerbaijan)
Viktoria Plzeň
1–4
FCSB
Krmenčík 64'
Report
Bălașa 27'
Teixeira 71'
Tănase 76'
Alibec 79' (pen.)
Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Attendance: 10,802 [12]
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández ( Spain)
FCSB won 6–3 on aggregate.
Nice
1–1
Ajax
Balotelli 32'
Report
Van de Beek 49'
Allianz Riviera, Nice
Attendance: 31,342 [12]
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande ( Spain)
Ajax
2–2
Nice
Van de Beek 26'
Sánchez 57'
Report
Souquet 3'
Marcel 79'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 51,845 [12]
Referee: Andre Marriner ( England)
3–3 on aggregate. Nice won on away goals.
Dynamo Kyiv
3–1
Young Boys
Yarmolenko 15'
Mbokani 34'
Harmash 90+3'
Report
Fassnacht 90+1'
NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 36,341 [12]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg ( Sweden)
Young Boys
2–0
Dynamo Kyiv
Hoarau 13' (pen.)
Lotomba 90'
Report
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 13,303 [12]
Referee: Paweł Gil ( Poland)
3–3 on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals.
AEK Athens
0–2
CSKA Moscow
Report
Dzagoev 45+1'
Wernbloom 56'
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 25,083 [12]
Referee: Marco Fritz ( Germany)
CSKA Moscow
1–0
AEK Athens
Natkho 74'
Report
VEB Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 12,000 [12]
Referee: Benoît Millot ( France)
CSKA Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge
3–3
İstanbul Başakşehir
Dennis 6'
Denswil 16', 79'
Report
Mossoró 59', 74'
Elia 62'
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 26,788 [12]
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni ( Italy)
İstanbul Başakşehir
2–0
Club Brugge
Adebayor 7'
Višća 34'
Report
Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 9,168 [12]
Referee: István Kovács ( Romania)
İstanbul Başakşehir won 5–3 on aggregate.
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 12:00 CEST.[13] Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Seeding
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage.
A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:
Champions Route: the ten Champions Route winners of the third qualifying round.
League Route: five teams which entered in this round, and the five League Route winners of the third qualifying round.
Champions Route
League Route
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Olympiacos Celtic Copenhagen APOEL Maribor
Qarabağ Astana Rijeka Hapoel Be'er Sheva Slavia Prague
Sevilla Napoli Liverpool CSKA Moscow Sporting CP
FCSB Young Boys Nice 1899 Hoffenheim İstanbul Başakşehir
Summary
The first legs were played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 August 2017.
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Champions Route
Qarabağ
2–2 (a)
Copenhagen
1–0
1–2
APOEL
2–0
Slavia Prague
2–0
0–0
Olympiacos
3–1
Rijeka
2–1
1–0
Celtic
8–4
Astana
5–0
3–4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2–2 (a)
Maribor
2–1
0–1
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
League Route
İstanbul Başakşehir
3–4
Sevilla
1–2
2–2
Young Boys
0–3
CSKA Moscow
0–1
0–2
Napoli
4–0
Nice
2–0
2–0
1899 Hoffenheim
3–6
Liverpool
1–2
2–4
Sporting CP
5–1
FCSB
0–0
5–1
Matches
Qarabağ
1–0
Copenhagen
Madatov 25'
Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku[note 6]
Attendance: 31,250 [14]
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento ( Italy)
Copenhagen
2–1
Qarabağ
Santander 45'
Pavlović 66'
Report
Ndlovu 63'
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 21,222 [15]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco ( Spain)
2–2 on aggregate. Qarabağ won on away goals.
APOEL
2–0
Slavia Prague
De Camargo 2'
Aloneftis 10'
Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 13,073 [14]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz ( Spain)
Slavia Prague
0–0
APOEL
Report
Eden Arena, Prague
Attendance: 18,844 [15]
Referee: Milorad Mažić ( Serbia)
APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos
2–1
Rijeka
Odjidja-Ofoe 66'
Romao 90+3'
Report
Héber 42'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 21,352 [16]
Referee: Felix Zwayer ( Germany)
Rijeka
0–1
Olympiacos
Report
Marin 25'
Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka
Attendance: 8,105 [17]
Referee: Danny Makkelie ( Netherlands)
Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic
5–0
Astana
Postnikov 32' (o.g.)
Sinclair 42', 60'
Forrest 79'
Shitov 88' (o.g.)
Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 54,016 [16]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan ( Romania)
Astana
4–3
Celtic
Ajer 26' (o.g.)
Muzhikov 48'
Twumasi 49', 69'
Report
Sinclair 34'
Ntcham 80'
Griffiths 90'
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 19,075 [17]
Referee: Pavel Královec ( Czech Republic)
Celtic won 8–4 on aggregate.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2–1
Maribor
Nwakaeme 12'
Tzedek 45+2' (pen.)
Report
Tavares 10'
Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva
Attendance: 15,265 [16]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson ( Sweden)
Maribor
1–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Viler 15'
Report
Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Attendance: 12,066 [17]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi ( Italy)
2–2 on aggregate. Maribor won on away goals.
İstanbul Başakşehir
1–2
Sevilla
Elia 64'
Report
Escudero 16'
Ben Yedder 84'
Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,894 [16]
Referee: Clément Turpin ( France)
Sevilla
2–2
İstanbul Başakşehir
Escudero 52'
Ben Yedder 75'
Report
Elia 17'
Višća 83'
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Attendance: 34,278 [17]
Referee: Willie Collum ( Scotland)
Sevilla won 4–3 on aggregate.
Young Boys
0–1
CSKA Moscow
Report
Nuhu 90+1' (o.g.)
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 20,003 [14]
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán ( Spain)
CSKA Moscow
2–0
Young Boys
Shchennikov 45'
Dzagoev 64'
Report
VEB Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 15,560 [15]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos ( Greece)
CSKA Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.
Napoli
2–0
Nice
Mertens 13'
Jorginho 70' (pen.)
Report
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 49,324 [16]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak ( Poland)
Nice
0–2
Napoli
Report
Callejón 48'
Insigne 89'
Allianz Riviera, Nice
Attendance: 32,103 [17]
Referee: Damir Skomina ( Slovenia)
Napoli won 4–0 on aggregate.
1899 Hoffenheim
1–2
Liverpool
Uth 87'
Report
Alexander-Arnold 35'
Nordtveit 74' (o.g.)
Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
Attendance: 25,568 [14]
Referee: Björn Kuipers ( Netherlands)
Liverpool
4–2
1899 Hoffenheim
Can 10', 21'
Salah 18'
Firmino 63'
Report
Uth 28'
Wagner 79'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 51,808 [15]
Referee: Daniele Orsato ( Italy)
Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.
Sporting CP
0–0
FCSB
Report
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 46,678 [14]
Referee: Felix Brych ( Germany)
FCSB
1–5
Sporting CP
Júnior Morais 20'
Report
Doumbia 13'
Acuña 60'
Martins 64'
Dost 75'
Battaglia 88'
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 49,220 [15]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır ( Turkey)
Sporting CP won 5–1 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers
There were 246 goals scored in 94 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.[18]
Rank
Player
Team
Goals
Minutes played
1
Scott Sinclair
Celtic
5
515
Patrick Twumasi
Astana
5
540
3
Marcos Tavares
Maribor
4
388
Andrija Pavlović
Copenhagen
4
434
Dino Ndlovu
Qarabağ
4
519
Anthony Nwakaeme
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
4
540
7
Uroš Nenadović
Alashkert
3
257
Eljero Elia
İstanbul Başakşehir
3
339
Scott Quigley
The New Saints
3
345
Wanderson
Ludogorets Razgrad
3
350
Boban Nikolov
Vardar
3
358
Mario Gavranović
Rijeka
3
448
Igor de Camargo
APOEL
3
544
Source:[19]
Notes
^ a bVíkingur Gøta played their home matches at Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, instead of their regular stadium Sarpugerði, Norðragøta.
^Trepça'89 played their home match at Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica, instead of their regular stadium Riza Lushta Stadium, Mitrovica.
^FCI Tallinn played their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Lasnamäe KJH Stadium, Tallinn.
^ a bAlashkert played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Alashkert Stadium, Yerevan.
^Europa played their home match at Estádio Algarve, Faro–Loulé, Portugal, instead of their regular stadium Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar.[7]
^ a b cQarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.
^Samtredia played their home match at Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, instead of their regular stadium Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia.
^Kukësi played their home match at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, instead of their regular stadium Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukës.
^Vardar played their second qualifying round home match at Stadion Mladost, Strumica, instead of their regular stadium Philip II Arena, Skopje, which was unavailable due to preparation for the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.[9]
^The Linfield v Celtic match was moved to 14 July due to the original dates of 11 and 12 July coinciding with the Twelfth in Northern Ireland.[10]
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