2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
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The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round were played from 1 July to 27 August 2014. A total of 55 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[1]
Round and draw dates[edit]
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]
| Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
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| First qualifying round | 23 June 2014, 12:00[3] | 1–2 July 2014 | 8–9 July 2014 |
| Second qualifying round | 15–16 July 2014 | 22–23 July 2014 | |
| Third qualifying round | 18 July 2014, 12:00[4] | 29–30 July 2014 | 5–6 August 2014 |
| Play-off round | 8 August 2014, 12:00[5] | 19–20 August 2014 | 26–27 August 2014 |
Format[edit]
In the qualifying phase and play-off round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.[1]
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.[1]
Teams[edit]
There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:
- Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
- League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
A total of 55 teams (40 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) advanced to the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The 15 losers of the third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round, and the 10 losers of the play-off round entered the Europa League group stage.[1]
Below were the participating teams (with their 2014 UEFA club coefficients),[6] grouped by their starting rounds.[7]
| Key to colours |
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| Winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage |
| Losers of the play-off round entered the Europa League group stage |
| Losers of the third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round |
Champions Route[edit]
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League Route[edit]
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First qualifying round[edit]
Seeding[edit]
A total of six teams played in the first qualifying round.[8] The draw was held on 23 June 2014.[9]
| Seeded | Unseeded |
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Summary[edit]
The first legs were played on 1 and 2 July, and the second legs were played on 8 July 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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FC Santa Coloma  | 3–3 (a) |  Banants | 1–0 | 2–3 |
Lincoln Red Imps  | 3–6 |  HB | 1–1 | 2–5 |
La Fiorita  | 0–8 |  Levadia Tallinn | 0–1 | 0–7 |
Matches[edit]
| FC Santa Coloma | 1–0 | Banants |
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Pujol  5' | Report |
| Banants | 3–2 | FC Santa Coloma |
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| R. Hovsepyan 29', 56' (pen.) Mashumyan 47' | Report | Lima 20' Casals 90+4' |
3–3 on aggregate; FC Santa Coloma won on away goals.
| Lincoln Red Imps | 1–1 | HB |
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| J. Chipolina 18' (pen.) | Report | Hanssen 71' |
| HB | 5–2 | Lincoln Red Imps |
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| Hanssen 11', 81' Jensen 25'Edmundsson 34'Benjaminsen 88' | Report | Cabrera 50' J. Duarte 77' |
HB won 6–3 on aggregate.
| La Fiorita | 0–1 | Levadia Tallinn |
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| Report | Tamm 90+3' |
| Levadia Tallinn | 7–0 | La Fiorita |
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| Kulinitš 7' Subbotin 30', 72'Elhussieny 48'Artjunin 75', 90+2'Tipurić 85' | Report |
Levadia Tallinn won 8–0 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round[edit]
Seeding[edit]
A total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round:[8] 31 teams which entered in this round, and the three winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 23 June 2014.[9]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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- Notes
- † Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
Summary[edit]
The first legs were played on 15 and 16 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 July 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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BATE Borisov  | 1–1 (a) |  Skënderbeu | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Santa Coloma | 0–3[A] |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Dinamo Tbilisi  | 0–4 |  Aktobe | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Zrinjski Mostar  | 0–2 |  Maribor | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Sheriff Tiraspol  | 5–0 |  Sutjeska Nikšić | 2–0 | 3–0 |
Sparta Prague  | 8–1 | Levadia Tallinn | 7–0 | 1–1 |
Malmö  | 1–0 |  Ventspils | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Slovan Bratislava  | 3–0 |  The New Saints | 1–0 | 2–0 |
KR  | 0–5[B] |  Celtic | 0–1 | 0–4 |
Cliftonville  | 0–2 |  Debrecen | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Partizan  | 6–1 | HB | 3–0 | 3–1 |
Legia Warsaw  | 6–1 |  St Patrick's Athletic | 1–1 | 5–0 |
Rabotnički  | 1–2 |  HJK | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Dinamo Zagreb  | 4–0 |  Žalgiris Vilnius | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Ludogorets Razgrad  | 5–1 |  F91 Dudelange | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Valletta  | 0–5 |  Qarabağ | 0–1 | 0–4 |
Strømsgodset  | 0–3 |  Steaua București | 0–1 | 0–2 |
- Notes
- ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw, due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[10]
- ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches[edit]
| Skënderbeu | 1–1 | BATE Borisov |
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| Radaš 67' | Report | Khagush 29' |
1–1 on aggregate; BATE Borisov won on away goals.
| FC Santa Coloma | 0–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
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| Report | Prica 64' |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | FC Santa Coloma |
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| Zahavi 62' (pen.) Ben Haim 90' | Report |
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–1 | Aktobe |
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| Report | Danilo Neco 51' |
| Aktobe | 3–0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
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| Antonov 75' Zyankovich 82'Aimbetov 90+4' | Report |
Aktobe won 4–0 on aggregate.
Maribor won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–0 | Sutjeska Nikšić |
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| Mureșan 71' Isa 87' | Report |
| Sutjeska Nikšić | 0–3 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
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| Report | Benson 5' Luvannor 35'Isa 54' |
Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Sparta Prague | 7–0 | Levadia Tallinn |
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| Lafata 22', 44', 45+4' (pen.), 57', 60' Tipurić 55' (o.g.)Přikyl 84' | Report |
| Levadia Tallinn | 1–1 | Sparta Prague |
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| Teever 68' | Report | Mareček 38' |
Sparta Prague won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Ventspils | 0–1 | Malmö |
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| Report | Kiese Thelin 19' |
Malmö won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Slovan Bratislava | 1–0 | The New Saints |
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| Čikoš 52' | Report |
| The New Saints | 0–2 | Slovan Bratislava |
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| Report | Milinković 74', 89' |
Slovan Bratislava won 3–0 on aggregate.
Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Debrecen | 2–0 | Cliftonville |
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| Mihelič 55' Sidibe 79' | Report |
Debrecen won 2–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Legia Warsaw | 1–1 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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| Radović 90+1' | Report | Fagan 38' |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 0–5 | Legia Warsaw |
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| Report | Radović 25', 82' Żyro 69'Saganowski 87'Byrne 90+2' (o.g.) |
Legia Warsaw won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Rabotnički | 0–0 | HJK |
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HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
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| Soudani 58' Antolić 70' | Report |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | 0–2 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Report | Soudani 46' Šimunić 49' |
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 4–0 | F91 Dudelange |
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| Dani Abalo 35' Bezjak 43'Anicet 65'Espinho 68' | Report |
| F91 Dudelange | 1–1 | Ludogorets Razgrad |
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| Turpel 81' | Report | Bezjak 51' |
Ludogorets Razgrad won 5–1 on aggregate.
Qarabağ won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Strømsgodset | 0–1 | Steaua București |
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| Report | Iancu 49' |
| Steaua București | 2–0 | Strømsgodset |
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| Râpă 72' Stanciu 84' | Report |
Steaua București won 3–0 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round[edit]
Seeding[edit]
A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:[12]
- Champions Route: three teams which entered in this round, and the 17 winners of the second qualifying round.
- League Route: ten teams which entered in this round.
The draw was held on 18 July 2014.[13]
| Champions Route | League Route | ||||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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- † Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the second qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the third qualifying round.
- ‡ On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[11] Therefore, Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg and Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk could not be drawn into the same tie.
Summary[edit]
The first legs were played on 29 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 August 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Qarabağ | 2–3 |  Red Bull Salzburg | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Debrecen | 2–3 | BATE Borisov | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–1 | 0–0 |
AaB  | 2–1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Legia Warsaw | 4–4 (a) | Celtic | 4–1 | 0–3[E] |
| Aktobe | 3–4 | Steaua București | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Maribor | 3–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| HJK | 2–4 |  APOEL | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Sparta Prague | 4–4 (a) | Malmö | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–2 (a) | Partizan | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| AEL Limassol | 1–3 |  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk  | 0–2 | Copenhagen | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Feyenoord  | 2–5 |  Beşiktaş | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Grasshoppers  | 1–3 |  Lille | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Standard Liège  | 2–1 |  Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 2–1 |
- Notes
- ^ Because of a clerical error by Legia Warsaw involving Bartosz Bereszyński, who was suspended for three matches as a result of a red card on matchday 6 of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage, UEFA awarded Celtic a 3–0 win. The error involved Legia Warsaw not registering the suspended player for the St. Patrick's Athletic tie the previous round, which meant those two matches did not count towards his suspension. The original match had ended in a 2–0 win for Legia Warsaw.[14]
Matches[edit]
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2–0 | Qarabağ |
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| Hinteregger 18', 34' | Report |
Red Bull Salzburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Debrecen | 1–0 | BATE Borisov |
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| Sidibe 56' (pen.) | Report |
| BATE Borisov | 3–1 | Debrecen |
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| A. Valadzko 39' Rodionov 66'Krivets 90+4' | Report | Sidibe 20' (pen.) |
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
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| Žofčák 42' (pen.) Mészáros 85' | Report | Ricardinho 74' |
Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.
| AaB | 0–1 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Report | Brozović 49' |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0–2 | AaB |
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| Report | Jacobsen 36', 85' |
AaB won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Celtic | 3–0 Awarded | Legia Warsaw |
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| Report | Żyro 36' Kucharczyk 61' |
4–4 on aggregate; Celtic won on away goals. Second leg forfeited because of a clerical error by Legia Warsaw regarding Bartosz Bereszyński, who had been suspended for three UEFA club competition matches as a result of a red card on matchday 6 of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage against Apollon Limassol. Normally, he would have been suspended for the two legs against St. Patrick's Athletic and the first leg of the Celtic; however, Legia Warsaw failed to register Bereszyński for the St. Patrick's Athletic matches, meaning he would have had to sit out both legs of this match and the first leg of the next UEFA match. Bereszyński entered the second leg in the 86th minute as an illegal substitute because his suspension had not been legally served; Celtic were therefore awarded the second leg 3–0.
| Aktobe | 2–2 | Steaua București |
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| Korobkin 58' Arzumanyan 87' | Report | Keșerü 44' Prepeliță 78' |
Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Maribor | 1–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
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| Bohar 90+4' | Report |
Maribor won 3–2 on aggregate.
APOEL won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Sparta Prague | 4–2 | Malmö |
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| Lafata 22', 51', 70' Kováč 52' | Report | Forsberg 17' Kiese Thelin 27' |
| Malmö | 2–0 | Sparta Prague |
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| Rosenberg 35', 55' | Report |
4–4 on aggregate; Malmö won on away goals.
| Partizan | 2–2 | Ludogorets Razgrad |
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| Škuletić 30', 35' | Report | Marcelinho 19', 21' |
2–2 on aggregate; Ludogorets Razgrad won on away goals.
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–0 | AEL Limassol |
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| Rondón 55' Danny 88'Kerzhakov 90' (pen.) | Report |
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Copenhagen | 2–0 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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| Cornelius 36' Kadrii 52' | Report |
Copenhagen won 2–0 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Grasshoppers | 0–2 | Lille |
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| Report | Corchia 29' Mendes 49' |
| Lille | 1–1 | Grasshoppers |
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| Balmont 19' | Report | Abrashi 33' |
Lille won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Panathinaikos | 1–2 | Standard Liège |
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| Arslanagić 17' (o.g.) | Report | Mbombo 36' M'Poku 42' |
Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
- Notes
- ^ The match was delayed for 15 minutes before the start of the second half due to fan violence.[16]
Play-off round[edit]
Seeding[edit]
A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:[17]
- Champions Route: the ten Champions Route winners of the third qualifying round.
- League Route: five teams which entered in this round, and the five League Route winners of the third qualifying round.
The draw was held on 8 August 2014.[18]
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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Summary[edit]
The first legs were played on 19 and 20 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Maribor | 2–1 | Celtic | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2–4 | Malmö | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| AaB | 1–5 | APOEL | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Steaua București | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Slovan Bratislava | 1–4 | BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Beşiktaş | 0–1 |  Arsenal | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Standard Liège | 0–4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Copenhagen | 2–7 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 2–3 | 0–4 |
| Lille | 0–3 |  Porto | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Napoli  | 2–4 |  Athletic Bilbao | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Matches[edit]
Maribor won 2–1 on aggregate.
Malmö won 4–2 on aggregate.