UCL 2026-27 round desk

UCL Q1 · Champions path

Champions League first qualifying round. Follow where winners advance and where defeated clubs drop.

Ties: 16
Direct entrants: 32
Incoming: 0
Draw: Not loaded

Win this round Champions League second qualifying round · Champions path

Lose this round Conference League second qualifying round · Champions path

Route calculator

Where do winners and losers go from here?

Every branch follows UEFA's 2026-27 transfer rules. Opponents remain unknown until the relevant draw is published.

Win 2 ties to guarantee at least Conference League Even if every later tie is lost, the route still ends in the Conference League league phase.

Win 3 ties to guarantee at least Europa League Even if every later tie is lost, the route still ends in the Europa League league phase.

Win 4 ties to guarantee at least Champions League That reaches the Champions League league phase directly.

Current starting point Champions League first qualifying round · Champions path

Win the tie Stay on the upward route

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Next destination Champions League second qualifying round · Champions path
2
Win again Champions League third qualifying round · Champions path
3
Win again Champions League play-off round · Champions path
4
Win again Champions League league phase

Lose the tie Drop down or exit Europe

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Immediate destination Conference League second qualifying round · Champions path
2
If the next tie is also lost Out of Europe

Direct entrants

Clubs starting in this round

32 named

Provisional field

Named clubs and placeholders in the round model

Seeded and unseeded sides are calculated across the whole round. UEFA's eventual draw groups can narrow the eligible field.

Not an eligible-opponent list

Club Side Coefficient Basis

UKR Shakhtar Donetsk Seeded 56.250 Official

SVK Slovan Bratislava Seeded 36 Official

SVN Celje Seeded 23 Official

IRL Shamrock Rovers Seeded 19.375 Official

FIN KuPS Seeded 14 Official

KOS Drita Seeded 13.625 Official

GIB Lincoln Red Imps Seeded 13.500 Official

BIH Borac Banja Luka Seeded 13.125 Official

ISL Víkingur Reykjavík Seeded 11.750 Official

KAZ Kairat Seeded 11 Official

FRO KÍ Seeded 10.500 Official

LVA Riga Seeded 10.500 Official

ROU Universitatea Craiova Seeded 10.500 Official

EST Flora Seeded 10 Official

NIR Larne Seeded 9 Official

MDA Petrocub Hîncești Seeded 9 Official

WAL The New Saints Unseeded 9 Official

RUS Zenit St. Petersburg Unseeded 8 Projected

AND Inter Club d'Escaldes Unseeded 7.500 Official

ARM Ararat-Armenia Unseeded 7 Official

BUL Levski Sofia Unseeded 7 Official

LTU Kauno Žalgiris Unseeded 6 Official

AZE Sabah Unseeded 6 Official

MNE Sutjeska Unseeded 6 Official

HUN Győri ETO Unseeded 5.437 Official

ALB Egnatia Unseeded 4.500 Official

MLT Floriana Unseeded 4 Official

SMR Tre Fiori Unseeded 2.500 Official

MKD Vardar Skopje Unseeded 1.551 Official

LUX FC Atert Bissen Unseeded 1.325 Official

BL BLR ML Vitebsk Unseeded 1.325 Official

GEO FC Iberia 1999 Tbilisi Unseeded 1.200 Official