Friday, August 09, 2013

UEFA Champions League Playoff-Round Draw

Here are the match-ups for the UEFA Champions League's Playoff Round, as determined on Friday by a draw that took place at Nyon, Switzerland.  The host of the opening match of each two-game series is listed first:

Champions Route:

First game on August 20 with return match on August 28:

FC Shakhter Karagandy vs. Celtic

FC Viktoria Plzen vs. NK Maribor

First game on August 21 with return match on August 27:

Dinamo Zagreb vs. Austria Vienna

Ludogorets Razgrad vs. FC Basel

Steaua Bucharest vs. Legia Warsaw

League Route:

First game on August 20 with return match on August 28:

Lyon vs. Real Sociedad

Pacos de Ferreira vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg

PSV Eindhoven vs. AC Milan 

First game on August 21 with return match on August 27:

FC Schalke 04 vs. FC Metalist Kharkiv

Fenerbahce vs. Arsenal

The winners will advance to the Champions League's group stage while the losers will play in the group stage of the Europa League.



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