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]

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

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
Losers of the play-off round enter the Europa League group stage
Losers of the third qualifying round enter the Europa League play-off round

Champions Route

Third qualifying round Team Coeff.[3] Olympiacos 64.580 Slavia Prague 8.135 Viitorul Constanța 5.870

Second qualifying round Team Coeff.[3] Celtic 42.785 Red Bull Salzburg 40.570 Copenhagen 37.800 Ludogorets Razgrad 34.175 BATE Borisov 29.475 Legia Warsaw 28.450 APOEL 26.210 Maribor 21.125 Qarabağ 18.050 Malmö FF 16.945 Astana 16.800 Partizan 16.075 Rijeka 15.550 Rosenborg 12.665 Sheriff Tiraspol 11.150 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10.875 FH 6.175 Žilina 5.850 Žalgiris Vilnius 5.825 Dundalk 5.815 Vardar 5.125 F91 Dudelange 4.975 Kukësi 4.575 Zrinjski Mostar 4.050 Budućnost Podgorica 3.300 Honvéd 2.900 IFK Mariehamn 2.030 Spartaks Jūrmala 1.975 Samtredia 1.525

First qualifying round Team Coeff.[3] The New Saints 5.775 Linfield 3.650 Víkingur Gøta 2.950 Hibernians 2.800 FC Santa Coloma 2.733 Alashkert 2.525 La Fiorita 1.566 Europa 1.500 FCI Tallinn 1.300 Trepça'89 0.000

League Route

Play-off round Team Coeff.[3] Sevilla 112.999 Napoli 88.666 Liverpool 56.192 Sporting CP 36.866 1899 Hoffenheim 15.899

Third qualifying round Team Coeff.[3] Dynamo Kyiv 67.526 Ajax 67.212 Viktoria Plzeň 40.635 CSKA Moscow 39.606 Club Brugge 39.480 FCSB 35.370 Young Boys 28.915 Nice 16.833 İstanbul Başakşehir 10.340 AEK Athens 6.580

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 12:00 CEST.^[5] Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Seeding

A total of ten teams played in the first qualifying round.

Seeded	Unseeded
The New Saints Linfield Víkingur Gøta Hibernians FC Santa Coloma	Alashkert La Fiorita Europa FCI Tallinn Trepça'89

Summary

The first legs were played on 27 and 28 June, and the second legs were played on 4 July 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Víkingur Gøta	6–2	Trepça'89	2–1	4–1
Hibernians	3–0	FCI Tallinn	2–0	1–0
Alashkert	2–1	FC Santa Coloma	1–0	1–1
The New Saints	4–3	Europa	1–2	3–1 (a.e.t.)
Linfield	1–0	La Fiorita	1–0	0–0

Matches

Víkingur Gøta won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Hibernians won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Alashkert won 2–1 on aggregate.

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The New Saints won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Linfield won 1–0 on aggregate.

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