Teams plot route to UEFA Champions League
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Twenty-five teams have qualified for Europe’s primary club football tournament, joining defending champions Chelsea in the group stage draw. Teams occupying a play-off spot have one final chance to seal their 2021/22 season berth
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CHAMPIONS PATH
Third qualifying round: Aug 3/4, 10
1 Dinamo Zagreb CRO  Legia Warsaw POL 
2 Ferencváros HUN Slavia Prague CZE
3 Olympiacos GRE  Ludogorets BUL
4 CFR Cluj ROM  Young Boys SUI
5 Red Star SRB Sheriff Tiraspol MDA
6 Malmö SWE Rangers SCO

Play-off round: Aug 17-18, 24-25
FC Salzburg AUT  Brøndby DEN
Winner match 4   Winner match 2
Winner match 6   Winner match 3
Winner match 5    Winner match 1
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LEAGUE PATH*
  
Third qualifying round: Aug 3/4, 10
1 Genk BEL Shakhtar Donetsk UKR
2 Spartak Moscow RUS Benfica POR
3 AS Monaco FRA   Sparta Prague CZE 
4 PSV Eindhoven NED  Midtjylland DEN

Play-off round: Aug 17-18, 24-25
Winner match 3  Winner match 1
Winner match 2  Winner match 4
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GROUP STAGE TEAMS
Chelsea 
Villarreal 
Atletico Madrid 
Manchester City 
Bayern Munich 
Internazionale 
Sporting Clube 
Lille
Real Madrid 
Barcelona 
Juventus 
Manchester Utd 
Paris St-Germain 
Liverpool
Sevilla
Borussia Dortmund
Porto
Ajax
RB Leipzig
Atalanta
Zenit St. Petersburg 
Besiktas
Dynamo Kyiv
Club Brugge
AC Milan
Wolfsburg

*Highest-ranked teams after automatic qualifiers
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