The final selection of teams in this year’s Champions League proper will be made in the playoff round, and there are a few big names who could still miss out on qualification. One of Porto or AS Roma will certainly miss out and fall into the dreaded Europa League, while Monaco’s encounter with Villarreal will also leave one of the teams very disappointed. Other big sides in action include Manchester City, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Celtic, though they’ve all got what should be fairly routine ties.
Champions League 2016: Schedule and scores for playoffs round
The Champions League playoff round is sure to bring a couple of high-profile exits.
As ever, these ties are played over two legs, with away goals coming into play in the event of a score draw. A full schedule of games can be found below:
Full schedule
All games kick off at 2:45 p.m. ET
First legs
Tuesday, 16 August
FC Copenhagen 1-0 APOEL
Ajax 1-1 FC Rostov
Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 RB Salzburg
Young Boys 1-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Steaua Bucharest 0-5 Manchester City -- Recap
Wednesday, 17 August
Celtic 5-2 Hapoel Be’er Sheva
Villarreal 1-2 Monaco
Dundalk 0-2 Legia Warsaw
Ludogorets 2-0 Viktoria Plzen
Porto 1-1 AS Roma
Second legs
Tuesday, 23 August
Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2-0 Celtic -- Celtic advances
Monaco 1-0 Villarreal -- Monaco advances
Legia Warsaw 1-1 Dundalk -- Legia Warsaw advances
Viktoria Plzen 2-2 Ludogorets -- Ludogorets advances
AS Roma 0-3 Porto -- Porto advances
Wednesday, 24 August
APOEL 1-1 FC Copenhagen -- FC Copenhagen advances
FC Rostov 4-1 Ajax -- Rostov advances
RB Salzburg 1-2 AET Dinamo Zagreb -- Dinamo advances
Borussia Mönchengladbach 6-1 Young Boys -- Gladbach advances
Manchester City 1-0 Steaua Bucharest -- Manchester City advances
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