This seeding list is according to the new format of the 2018-21 period. All clubs eliminated in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League are transferred to the Europa League. For details, see the new Access List 2019/2020. Both the Champions League and the Europa League have a new preliminary round. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th qualifying rounds of the Champions League are split into two sections: one for champions and one for non-champions.
Although the regulations no longer require the use of regional groups (as used before 2009), until now UEFA still uses some kind of regionalization in the first qualifying rounds. At first the clubs are divided into seeded and unseeded teams, and then the seeded and unseeded teams are split into regional groups. The general approach seems to use the North/Central/South scheme, but no specific rules are known.
The Champions League title holder (Liverpool) already qualified for the CL group stage by the domestic league, so the champion of the 11th country on the ranking list (Austria) has direct access to the group stage, the champion of the 13th country on the ranking list (Czech Republic) has direct access to the 4th qualifying round, the champion of the 15th country on the ranking list (Greece) has direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the champions of the 18th and 19th countries on the ranking list (Israel and Cyprus) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League.
The Europa League title holder (Chelsea) already qualified for the CL group stage by the domestic league, so the 3rd ranked team from the 5th country on the ranking list (France) gets direct access to the CL group stage. This implies that the runners-up of Turkey and Austria have direct access to the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League.
| Preliminary round (4 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Lincoln Red Imps Gib 4.250 Tre Penne Sma 0.750 FC Santa Coloma And 4.000 Feronikeli Kos 0.500 |
The preliminary round of the Champions League is in the form of a mini-tournament (June 25-28, Pristina, Kosovo) and consist of 3 matches: 2 semi-finals and a final. See UEFA Champions League preliminary round draw for more info.
The winner of the preliminary round is seeded in the 1st qualifying round by the maximum coefficient of all teams in the preliminary round. The reason for this is that the draw for the 1st qualifying round is made before the results of the preliminary round are known.
| 1st Qualifying Round for Champions (32 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Celtic Sco 31.000 Suduva Marijampole Lit 4.250 BATE Borisov Bls 27.500 Valletta FC Mlt 4.250 FK Astana Kaz 27.500 Feronikeli *p Kos (4.250) Ludogorets Razgrad Bul 27.000 FK Sarajevo Bos 4.250 Garabag Agdam Azb 22.000 Piast Gliwice Pol 3.850 NK Maribor Slo 18.500 CFR Cluj Rom 3.500 Red Star Belgrade Srb 16.750 Ferencváros Hun 3.500 Sheriff Tiraspol Mol 12.250 Kalju Nomme Est 3.500 Rosenborg BK Nor 11.500 Sutjeska Niksic Mon 3.000 HJK Helsinki Fin 9.000 Partizani Tirana Alb 3.000 Dundalk Irl 7.000 Valur Reykjavik Isl 2.750 F91 Dudelange Lux 6.250 Linfield Belfast Nir 2.250 Shkendija Tetovo Mac 6.000 HB Torshavn Far 1.500 The New Saints Wal 6.000 Riga FC Lat 1.125 Slovan Bratislava Svk 6.000 Ararat-Armenia Arm 1.050 AIK Stockholm Swe 5.500 Saburtalo Tbilisi Geo 0.950 |
See UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round draw for more info.
For the draw of the 1st round the 32 teams are divided into 2 group of 10 teams
and 1 groups of 12 teams. The draw groups are as follows:
Group 1
seeded: FK Astana, Ludogorets Razgrad, Red Star Belgrade, Shkendija Tetovo, AIK Stockholm
unseeded: Suduva Marijampole, CFR Cluj, Ferencváros, Kalju Nomme, Ararat-Armenia
Group 2
seeded: Celtic, Garabag Agdam, Sheriff Tiraspol, F91 Dudelange, Slovan Bratislava
unseeded: Valletta FC, FK Sarajevo, Sutjeska Niksic, Partizani Tirana, Saburtalo Tbilisi
Group 3
seeded: BATE Borisov, NK Maribor, Rosenborg BK, HJK Helsinki, Dundalk, The New Saints
unseeded: Lincoln Red Imps*, Piast Gliwice, Valur Reykjavik, Linfield Belfast, HB Torshavn, Riga FC
The draw for the 2nd qualifying round is made before the results of the preliminary round and the 1st qualifying round are known. Clubs of the preliminary round and the 1st qualifying round are seeded by the highest ranking of the clubs involved. The following unseeded teams qualified (and are seeded in the draw with the coefficient of their opponent in the 1st qualifying round): CFR Cluj beat FK Astana (27.500), Ferencváros beat Ludogorets Razgrad (27.000), Saburtalo Tbilisi beat Sheriff Tiraspol (12.250), Valletta FC beat F91 Dudelange (6.250), Sutjeska Niksic beat Slovan Bratislava (6.000), and Kalju Nomme beat Shkendija Tetovo (6.000).
| 2nd Qualifying Round for Champions (20 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Celtic * Sco 31.000 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Isr 16.000 FC Křbenhavn Den 31.000 Saburtalo Tbilisi * Geo (12.250) Dinamo Zagreb Cro 29.500 Rosenborg BK * Nor 11.500 BATE Borisov * Bls 27.500 HJK Helsinki * Fin 9.000 CFR Cluj * Rom (27.500) Dundalk * Irl 7.000 Ferencváros * Hun (27.000) Valletta FC * Mlt (6.250) APOEL Nicosia Cyp 25.500 Kalju Nomme * Est (6.000) Garabag Agdam * Azb 22.000 The New Saints * Wal 6.000 NK Maribor * Slo 18.500 Sutjeska Niksic * Mon (6.000) Red Star Belgrade * Srb 16.750 AIK Stockholm * Swe 5.500 |
See UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round draw for more info.
For the draw of the 2nd round the 20 teams are divided into 2 group of 10 teams.
The draw groups were as follows:
Group 1
seeded: FC Křbenhavn, BATE Borisov*, FK Astana*, Ludogorets Razgrad*, Garabag Agdam*
unseeded: Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Rosenborg BK*, Dundalk*, F91 Dudelange*, The New Saints*
Group 2
seeded: Celtic*, Dinamo Zagreb, APOEL Nicosia, NK Maribor*, Red Star Belgrade*
unseeded: Sheriff Tiraspol*, HJK Helsinki*, Shkendija Tetovo*, Slovan Bratislava*, AIK Stockholm *
| 2nd Qualifying Round for Non-Champions (4 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- FC Basel Sui 54.500 PSV Eindhoven Ned 37.000 Olympiakos Piraeus Gre 44.000 Viktoria Plzen Cze 33.000 |
The draw for the 3rd qualifying round is made before the results of the 2nd qualifying round are known. Clubs of the 2nd qualifying round are seeded by the highest ranking of the clubs involved. The following unseeded teams qualified (and are seeded in the draw with the coefficient of their opponent in the 2nd qualifying round): Rosenborg BK beat BATE Borisov (27.500), CFR Cluj beat Maccabi Tel-Aviv (16.000), and Ferencváros beat Valletta FC (4.250).
| 3rd Qualifying Round for Champions (12 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Ajax Ned 70.500 PAOK Thessaloniki Gre 23.500 Celtic * Sco 31.000 Garabag Agdam * Azb 22.000 FC Křbenhavn ** Den 31.000 NK Maribor * Slo 18.500 Dinamo Zagreb ** Cro 29.500 Red Star Belgrade * Srb 16.750 Rosenborg BK * Nor (27.500) CFR Cluj * Rom (16.000) APOEL Nicosia ** Cyp 25.500 Ferencváros * Hun (4.250) |
See UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round draw (last year) for more info.
| 3rd Qualifying Round for Non-Champions (8 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- FC Porto Por 93.000 Club Brugge Bel 39.500 Dinamo Kiev Ukr 65.000 FK Krasnodar Rus 34.500 FC Basel ** Sui 54.500 Istanbul Basaksehir Tur 10.500 Olympiakos Piraeus ** Gre 44.000 LASK Aut 6.250 |
The draw for the 4th qualifying round is made before the results of the 3rd qualifying round are known. Clubs of the 3rd qualifying round are seeded by the highest ranking of the clubs involved. The following unseeded teams qualified (and are seeded in the draw with the coefficient of their opponent in the 3rd qualifying round): FK Krasnodar beat FC Porto (93.000), Club Brugge beat Dinamo Kiev (65.000), LASK beat FC Basel (54.500), CFR Cluj beat Celtic (31.000), Red Star Belgrade beat FC Křbenhavn (31.000), and Rosenborg BK beat NK Maribor (18.500).
| 4th Qualifying Round for Champions (8 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Ajax *3 Ned 70.500 Young Boys Sui 27.500 CFR Cluj * Rom (31.000) APOEL Nicosia ** Cyp 25.500 Red Star Belgrade * Srb (31.000) Slavia Praha Cze 21.500 Dinamo Zagreb ** Cro 29.500 Rosenborg BK * Nor (18.500) |
| 4th Qualifying Round for Non-Champions (4 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- FK Krasnodar *3 Rus (93.000) LASK *3 Aut (54.500) Club Brugge *3 Bel (65.000) Olympiakos Piraeus ** Gre 44.000 |
Once the 4th qualifying round (or play-off round) has been completed, the 32 remaining clubs are drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same association will not be drawn into the same group. A computer draw determines the final position of the teams within their group. These positions determine the order of the home and away matches. The following match sequence applies:
1st match day: 2 v 3 4th match day: 1 v 3
4 v 1 4 v 2
2nd match day: 1 v 2 5th match day: 3 v 2
3 v 4 1 v 4
3rd match day: 3 v 1 6th match day: 2 v 1
2 v 4 4 v 3
See 2006 draw procedure announced
and 2008 group-stage draw
for more details of the group stage draw.
The CL title-holder, the EL title-holder and the champions of the 6 top-ranked
associations are placed in pot 1. If a title-holder is already in pot1 then the
champion of the next-ranked association is also put in pot 1. The other pots are
filled according to the club ranking.
| Group Stage (32 teams) |
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Pot 1 coef. Pot 2 coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Liverpool (CL-TH) Eng 91.000 Real Madrid Esp 146.000 Chelsea (EL-TH) Eng 87.000 Atlético Madrid Esp 127.000 FC Barcelona Esp 138.000 Borussia Dortmund Ger 85.000 Manchester City Eng 106.000 Napoli Ita 80.000 Juventus Ita 124.000 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukr 80.000 Bayern München Ger 128.000 Tottenham Hotspur Eng 78.000 Paris Saint-Germain Fra 103.000 Ajax *3 Ned 70.500 Zenit St. Petersburg Rus 72.000 Benfica Por 68.000 Pot 3 coef. Pot 4 coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Olympique Lyon Fra 61.500 Lokomotiv Moscow Rus 28.500 Bayer Leverkusen Ger 61.000 Racing Genk Bel 25.000 FC Salzburg Aut 54.500 Galatasaray Tur 22.500 Olympiakos Piraeus ** Gre 44.000 RB Leipzig Ger 22.000 Club Brugge *3 Bel 39.500 Slavia Praha *4 Cze 21.500 Valencia Esp 37.000 Red Star Belgrade * Srb 16.750 Internazionale Ita 31.000 Atalanta Ita 14.945 Dinamo Zagreb ** Cro 29.500 Lille OSC Fra 11.699 |
The eight group-winners and eight runners-up of the group stage qualify for the second round. The clubs that finish this stage in third position in their group move into the third round of the current Europa League. The clubs that finish this stage in fourth position in their group are eliminated.
The draw for the 2nd round takes the following rules into account:
a) Clubs from the same association must not be drawn against each other,
b) The winners and runners-up of the same group must not be drawn against each other,
c) The group winners must not be drawn against each other,
d) The runners up must not be drawn against each other,
e) The runners up must play the first leg at home.
The group winners are seeded above the runners-up.
See 2008 CL 2nd round draw procedure
(last year) for more details.
| Round 2 (16 teams) |
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1st in CL group 2nd in CL group ------------------------ --- ------------------------ --- Paris Saint-Germain Fra Real Madrid Esp Bayern München Ger Tottenham Hotspur Eng Manchester City Eng Atalanta Ita Juventus Ita Atlético Madrid Esp Liverpool (CL-TH) Eng Napoli Ita FC Barcelona Esp Borussia Dortmund Ger RB Leipzig Ger Olympique Lyon Fra Valencia Esp Chelsea (EL-TH) Eng |
For the draw of the quarter-finals and semi-finals no clubs will be seeded.
KEY:
| *p | = | team started in preliminary round |
| * | = | team started in 1st qualifying round |
| ** | = | team started in 2nd qualifying round |
| *3 | = | team started in 3rd qualifying round |
| *4 | = | team started in 4th qualifying round |