Champions League play-offs: Man City face former winners in bid to qualify for group stage
– AS Roma face Porto in the Champions League play offs
– Man City face a former winner of the Champions League
– Villareal face tough test against French side AS Monaco
The 2016 UEFA Champions League play off draws have been made and it will see Porto will face Roma while Manchester City must overcome former winners Steaua București.
Real Madrid win the 2016 UEFA Champions League after shootout success Atletico Madrid in May
Villareal face a tough test against 2004 finalist AS Monaco while Brendan Rodger’s Celtic will face Hapoel Beer-Sheva
League route:
Steaua București (ROU) v Manchester City (ENG)
Porto (POR) v Roma (ITA)
Ajax (NED) v Rostov (RUS)
Young Boys (SUI) v Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)
Villarreal (ESP) v Monaco (FRA)
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Champions route:
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Celtic (SCO) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
FC København (DEN) v APOEL (CYP)
Dundalk (IRL) v Legia Warszawa (POL)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v Salzburg (AUT)
UEFA Champions League playoff draws
The defeated teams will transfer to the UEFA Europa League group stage
Teams alreay in the group stages are; Real Madrid (ESP, holders), Barcelona (ESP), Leicester City (ENG), Bayern München (GER), Juventus (ITA), Benfica (POR), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), CSKA Moskva (RUS).
Other are: Atlético Madrid (ESP), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Arsenal (ENG), Sevilla (ESP), Napoli (ITA), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Basel (SUI), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG), Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), Lyon (FRA), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Sporting CP (POR), Club Brugge (BEL), Beşiktaş (TUR).
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