Champions League | The Ultimate Showdown! The Champions League playoffs are announced! Who has the chance to advance to the new season s Champions League?

Early this morning, the third round of the Champions League qualifiers all ended. As many as 8 teams who returned to home in the second round successfully eliminated their opponents at home to advance to the playoffs. Only Glasgow Rangers and Almaty Keilat advanced to the playoffs after losing away. Among them, the more attention-grabbing in the third round included Fenerbahce and Feyenoord performing the ultimate showdown at the Salak Gru Stadium. Fenerbahce, who lost in the first leg, defeated Feyenoord 5-2 at home today and eliminated his opponent with a total score of 6-4 in two rounds.

There are 53 teams participating in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers in 2025-2026. After the baptism of the first three rounds of the Champions League qualifiers, there are still 14 teams left. The next 14 teams will enter the Champions League play-offs, and the winning teams will officially advance to the Champions League main match next season.

Karabach vs. Skendia

Karabach defeated Skendia 1-0 away in the first leg. As long as he does not lose more than 2 goals at home, he will successfully advance to the playoffs. Skendia scored away just 10 minutes into the opening game, but then Karabach's goal performance time was entered. In the 16th minute, Skendia player Keke scored an own goal, and Karabach took the lead after just two minutes. In the 33rd and 35th minutes of the first half, Karabach scored two goals in three minutes and scored four goals in the first half. In the 59th minute of the second half, Andrade added icing on the cake, and Karabach finally defeated Skendia 5-1 at home and advanced to the playoff 6-1 in two rounds. The

Copenhagen vs. Malmo

This group of confrontations was originally full of suspense. After all, the two sides drew 0-0 in the first leg. As long as who can win this game, they can advance smoothly. As a result, Copenhagen, who returned to home, had a full firepower, Roberto Vinicius scored twice, Siuskas, El Junusi and Mattson made contributions respectively, and Copenhagen defeated Malmo 5-0 at home. Although Malmo received a penalty in the injury time in the first half, it was cancelled after confirmation by VAR.

Copenhagen has all the advantages in both shooting (12-7), shooting positives (8-3), and scoring opportunities (4-1), and the ball possession rate is 6 percentage points higher. It can be seen that Copenhagen is fully prepared for this game, and Malmo, who played away, completely entered the opponent's rhythm, which eventually led to a big defeat.

Fenebache vs. Feyenoord

Fenebache, who lost away in the away game in the first leg, finally had an opportunity to prove himself at home today. "Uncle Bird" Mourinho and General Van's second battle was also full of highlights. As the first half approached, Feyenoord relied on a right-hand set-piece opportunity to score by Takashi Watanabe headed the ball in the 40th minute. Three minutes later, Fenerbahce seized the corner kick opportunity and scored by Archie Brown headed the goal, and the score came to 1-1. However, Fenerbahce's performance in the first half did not end. In the 46th minute, Ennesri assisted Duran to score, and the total score of both sides reached 3-3.

In the second half, Fenerbahce became more and more brave. In the 54th minute of the second half, Fred World Wave helped the team lead 3-1. In the final stage, the two sides set off another wave. First, Ennesri scored twice in the 82nd minute, and then Feyenoord scored a goal by Ahmed. At this time, the score came to 5-4, and the suspense of the game was pulled back again. In the 5th minute of injury time, Talisca scored a single goal, Fenerbahce completely killed the suspense. In the end, Mourinho led the team to win 5-2 in the second leg, and the total score reversed and advanced 6-4.

Bilson Victory vs. Glasgow Rangers

Although Bilson Victory lost 0-3 away in the first leg, in the second round of the qualifying round, Bilson Victory also advanced thrillingly away in the second leg after losing at home in the first leg. So Bilson's victory placed his last hope on home court, and Bilson's victory back to home is indeed better than the previous game. With only 41% possession rate, Bilson Win scored as many as 27 shots in the game, and 10 shots on the right side, getting 8 scoring opportunities, unfortunately only scored 2 goals.

Glasgow Rangers led by holding 3 goals, mainly taking possession of the ball away. The ball was controlled by their feet most of the time, and the whole game was 18 fewer shots than their opponents, but they only lost to Bilson 1-2 to win. With the lead of 3 goals in the first leg, the Glasgow Rangers still successfully advanced to the playoffs with a total score of 4-2 in the second leg.

AEP Paphos vs Dynamo Kiev

In this game, Dynamo Kiev only got 4 shots away, and no shots were on the right side of the game; while AEP Paphos had as many as 14 shots, and 2 shots were all converted into goals. AEP Paphos defeated Dynamo Kiev 1-0 away in the first leg, taking the lead in the second leg. Just two minutes into the opening game, AEP Paphos broke through Dynamo Kiev's goal by Orsic, and Coria won another goal in the 55th minute of the second half. In the end, AEP Paphos defeated Dynamo Kiev 2-0 at home, and advanced 3-0 with a total score.

Bruges vs. Salzburg Red Bull

The two regular European teams ended with a small victory in Bruges in the first leg, which also brought a lot of suspense to the second leg. Since Red Bull Salzburg failed to win at home, this has increased the difficulty for Red Bull Salzburg. However, Salzburg Red Bull, who played away from home, took the lead in the first half, scored one goal in the 8th and 42nd minutes respectively, and overtook the total score at the end of the first half.

How could Bruges sit idly at home? In the 61st minute of the second half, Joaquin Sis first helped the team equalize the total score, and then Borges overtook the score in the 83rd minute. Vanakan scored a goal that locked the victory in the injury time. In the end, Bruges scored two and three at home, defeated Salzburg Red Bull twice at home and away, and eliminated Salzburg Red Bull 4-2 in total.

Bratislava vs Almaty Keilat

Almaty Keilat created miracles again in this round, and they continued to play the role of "dark horse" in the Champions League qualifiers. Although Almaty Keilat defeated Bratislava with one goal in the first leg, this advantage is not obvious. Moreover, we all know that Bratislava has strong offensive firepower at home, and Almaty Keilat performed a miracle again away. Bratislava equalized the score by Mark in the 30th minute of the first half, but neither side scored any goals since then, and both sides made no achievements in overtime, so the game could only enter the penalty final.

Almaty Kerat lost the first penalty as soon as he came up, but Mustafech and Bassekilian lost the last two rounds of penalty kicks, and Almaty Kerat made all the free throws. In the end, Bratislava lost the penalty at home, and Almaty Keilat once again made team history, and they will advance to the Champions League play-off for the first time.

Ferentzvaros vs. Ludogorec

The first leg was also 0-0, but Ferencvaros, who had the advantage of home in the second leg, still had the last laugh. They scored one goal in the 38th and 79th minutes respectively, and then Gabor Sale secured the victory in the 86th minute. In the end, Ferencvaros defeated Ludogorec 3-0 at home and continued to move towards the Champions League main match.

In this game, Ferencvaros shot 15 times, 6 times on target, and scored 3 times. However, Ludogorez was not that lucky. They shot 11 times and shot 4 times, and did not score in the whole game. They did not do well in seizing opportunities.

Belgrade Red Star vs. Poznan Lech

Belgrade Red Star won 3-1 away in the first leg, so there was no pressure on the Belgrade Red Star who returned to home. As the first half approached, Belgrade Red Star got a penalty kick, and Ndiaye scored a quick win, helping the team lead the team 4-1 in total score to end the first half. Although Rodrigo Prado was sent off in the 57th minute of the second half, Poznan Lech did not score a goal until injury time, and finally Belgrade Red Star drew 1-1 with Poznan Lech at home, successfully advanced to the playoffs with the advantage of the first leg. In this game, Benfica bombarded Nice's goal at home. They got 21 shots in the whole game, while Nice had only 9 shots, not even hitting the goal frame. Benfica took a 2-0 lead less than half an hour in the first half, and gave Nice no chance in the second half. In the end, Benfica defeated Nice 2-0 again at home, and doubled Nice with the same score in two rounds, eliminating the Ligue 1 team with a total score of 4-0. Benfica advanced to the Champions League play-off as he wished.

Next to the Champions League playoffs, and the winner will qualify for the Champions League. The playoff teams are: Ferencvaros, Karabach, Belgrade Red Star, AEP Paphos, Glasgow Rangers, Bruges, Fenerbahce, Benfica, Basel, Copenhagen, Bode Shining, Graz Storm, Celtics, and Almaty Keilat.

play-offs will be played in two rounds on August 21 and August 27. The following is the detailed matchup:

Ferencvaros vs Karabach

AEP Paphos vs Belgrade Red Star

Glasgow Rangers vs Bruges

Fenerbache vs Benfica

Basel vs Copenhagen

Bode Shining vs Graz Storm

Celtics vs Almaty Keilat