UEFA Champions League play-offs Teams occupying a play-off spot have one final chance to join the 29 teams already qualified for the 36-team league phase format of the competition, including defending champions PSG CHAMPIONS PATH Third qualifying round: Aug 5-6, 12 1 Malmö SWE Copenhagen DEN 2 Lech Poznań POL Red Star SRB 3 Ludogorets BUL Ferencváros HUN 4 Kairat Almaty KAZ Slovan Bratislava SVK 5 Shkëndija MKD Qarabağ AZE 6 Dynamo Kyiv UKR Pafos CYP Play-off round: Aug 19-20, 26-27 Winner match 3 Winner match 5 Winner match 2 Winner match 6 Bodø/Glimt NOR Sturm Graz AUT Celtic SCO Winner match 4 Basel SUI Winner match 1 LEAGUE PATH Third qualifying round 1 Nice FRA Benfica POR 2 RB Salzburg AUT Club Brugge BEL 3 Rangers SCO Viktoria Plzeň CZE 4 Feyenoord NED Fenerbahçe TUR Play-off round Winner match 4 Winner match 1 Winner match 3 Winner match 2 UEFA Champions League 2025-26 official matchball LEAGUE PHASE QUALIFIERS Pot 1 Paris St-Germain Real Madrid Manchester City Bayern Munich Liverpool Internazionale Chelsea Borussia Dortmund Barcelona Pot 2 Arsenal Bayer Leverkusen Atlético Madrid Atalanta Villarreal Juventus Frankfurt Pot 2 / 3 Tottenham Hotspur PSV Eindhoven Pot 3 / 4 Ajax Napoli Sporting CP Olympiacos Slavia Prague Marseille Monaco Galatasaray Union Saint-Gilloise Athletic Bilbao Newcastle United Source: UEFA Picture: ADIDAS © GRAPHIC NEWS