2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/competitionformat/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521013247/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/competitionformat/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2015|title=Match and draw calendar 2015/16|publisher=UEFA}}

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, divided into two 15-minute halves. 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.

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 by draw. 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 formed "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.

There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:

• Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which had not qualified for the group stage.
• League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which had not qualified for the group stage.

A total of 56 teams (41 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 teams which entered in the group stage. 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.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2015 UEFA club coefficients),{{cite web |title=Club coefficients 2014/15 |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2015/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716052833/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2015/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=17 July 2015 }} grouped by their starting rounds.{{cite web |title=2015/16 UEFA Champions League participants |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/accesslist/listofparticipants/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620233521/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/accesslist/listofparticipants/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2015 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=17 July 2015 }}

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A total of eight teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 22 June 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000630/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729151629/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000630/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2015|title=Draws — First and second qualifying rounds|publisher=UEFA|access-date=22 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0222-0e9121564c64-aea74aad6f1b-1000--qualifying-round-draws-start-road-to-milan/ |title=Qualifying round draws start road to Milan |publisher=UEFA |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=22 June 2015}}

The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2015.

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|6|30|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Lincoln Red Imps {{fbaicon|GIB}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AND}} FC Santa Coloma

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

|attendance = 1,520

|referee = Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015571/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|7|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = FC Santa Coloma {{fbaicon|AND}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GIB}} Lincoln Red Imps

|goals1 =

• Lima {{goal|44}}

|goals2 =

• Bardon {{goal|48}}
• L. Casciaro {{goal|64}}

|stadium = Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

|attendance = 700

|referee = Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015574/

}}

Lincoln Red Imps won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|6|30|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Crusaders {{fbaicon|NIR}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|EST}} Levadia Tallinn

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Seaview, Belfast

|attendance = 1,748

|referee = Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015572/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|7|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Levadia Tallinn {{fbaicon|EST}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NIR}} Crusaders

|goals1 =

• Luts {{goal|22}}

|goals2 =

• Carvill {{goal|4}}

|stadium = A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn{{refn|group=note|name=Levadia Tallinn|Levadia Tallinn played their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn.}}

|attendance = 1,230

|referee = Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015575/

}}

1–1 on aggregate; Crusaders won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|6|30|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Pyunik {{fbaicon|ARM}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SMR}} Folgore

|goals1 =

• Satumyan {{goal|45+2}}
• Romero {{goal|48}}

|goals2 =

• Hirsch {{goal|71}}

|stadium = Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan{{refn|group=note|name=Pyunik|Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan.}}

|attendance = 4,000{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 1 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/uefa-champions-league/20152016/1st-qualifying-round/r31725/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=3 July 2015 }}

|referee = Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015573/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|7|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Folgore {{fbaicon|SMR}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ARM}} Pyunik

|goals1 =

• Traini {{goal|65}}

|goals2 =

• K. Hovhannisyan {{goal|6}}
• Satumyan {{goal|41}}

|stadium = San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

|attendance = 821

|referee = Ignasi Villamayor Rozados (Andorra)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015576/

}}

Pyunik won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|1|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = B36 {{fbaicon|FRO}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|WAL}} The New Saints

|goals1 =

• Samuelsen {{goal|7}}

|goals2 =

• Quigley {{goal|9}}
• Wilde {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn{{refn|group=note|name=B36 Tórshavn|B36 Tórshavn played their home match at Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, instead of their regular stadium Gundadalur, Tórshavn.}}

|attendance = 1,050

|referee = Sven Bindels (Luxembourg)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2016702/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|7|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = The New Saints {{fbaicon|WAL}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRO}} B36

|goals1 =

• Wilde {{goal|15||27||47}}
• Williams {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

• Cieślewicz {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium = Park Hall, Oswestry

|attendance = 1,148

|referee = Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2016703/

}}

The New Saints won 6–2 on aggregate.

A total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round: 30 teams which entered in this round, and the four winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 22 June 2015.

;Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}

{{Cnote2|†|n=0|group=1|^† Winners of the first 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 first qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the second qualifying round.}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2015.

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|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Hibernians {{fbaicon|MLT}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Tel Aviv

|goals1 =

• Jorginho {{goal|74}}
• Lima {{goal|85}}

|goals2 =

• Igiebor {{goal|22}}

|stadium = Hibernians Ground, Paola

|attendance = 1,470

|referee = Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015581/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Maccabi Tel Aviv {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score = 5–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|MLT}} Hibernians

|goals1 =

• Jorginho {{goal|32|o.g.}}
• Zahavi {{goal|58|pen.|90}}
• Ben Haim II {{goal|61}}
• Igiebor {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

• Soares {{goal|52}}

|stadium = Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

|attendance = 13,125

|referee = Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015598/

}}

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 6–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = APOEL {{fbaicon|CYP}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|MKD}} Vardar

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = GSP Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance = 14,531

|referee = Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015582/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Vardar {{fbaicon|MKD}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} APOEL

|goals1 =

• Ljamčevski {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 =

• De Vincenti {{goal|60}}

|stadium = Philip II Arena, Skopje

|attendance = 22,540

|referee = Davide Massa (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015599/

}}

1–1 on aggregate; APOEL won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|15|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Qarabağ {{fbaicon|AZE}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|MNE}} Rudar Pljevlja

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

|attendance = 28,854

|referee = Sebastian Colțescu (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015583/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|22|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Rudar Pljevlja {{fbaicon|MNE}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AZE}} Qarabağ

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Reynaldo {{goal|57}}

|stadium = Stadion pod Malim brdom, Petrovac{{refn|group=note|name=Rudar Pljevlja|Rudar Pljevlja played their home match at Stadion pod Malim brdom, Petrovac, instead of their regular stadium Gradski stadion, Pljevlja.}}

|attendance = 1,400

|referee = Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015600/

}}

Qarabağ won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Sarajevo {{fbaicon|BIH}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POL}} Lech Poznań

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Hämäläinen {{goal|40}}
• Thomalla {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo

|attendance = 16,500

|referee = Paolo Valeri (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015584/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|22|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Lech Poznań {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BIH}} Sarajevo

|goals1 =

• Douglas {{goal|6}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = INEA Stadion, Poznań

|attendance = 22,205

|referee = Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015601/

}}

Lech Poznań won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Maribor {{fbaicon|SVN}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|KAZ}} Astana

|goals1 =

• Šuler {{goal|5}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ljudski vrt, Maribor

|attendance = 10,458

|referee = Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015585/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|22|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = Astana {{fbaicon|KAZ}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SVN}} Maribor

|goals1 =

• Dzholchiyev {{goal|12}}
• Cañas {{goal|43}}
• Twumasi {{goal|58}}

|goals2 =

• Rajčević {{goal|39}}

|stadium = Astana Arena, Astana

|attendance = 23,650

|referee = Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015602/

}}

Astana won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|15|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = BATE Borisov {{fbaicon|BLR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|IRL}} Dundalk

|goals1 =

• Karnitsky {{goal|11}}
• Yablonskiy {{goal|38}}

|goals2 =

• McMillan {{goal|32}}

|stadium = Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance = 11,421

|referee = Vlado Glođović (Serbia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015586/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|22|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Dundalk {{fbaicon|IRL}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BLR}} BATE Borisov

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Oriel Park, Dundalk

|attendance = 3,103

|referee = Stavros Tritsonis (Greece)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015603/

}}

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 17:30

|team1 = Ventspils {{fbaicon|LVA}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK

|goals1 =

• Jemeļins {{goal|63}}

|goals2 =

• Zeneli {{goal|75|pen.}}
• Jallow {{goal|86}}
• Tanaka {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils

|attendance = 2,450{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/uefa-champions-league/20152016/2nd-qualifying-round/r31726/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=17 July 2015 }}

|referee = Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015587/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = HJK {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|LVA}} Ventspils

|goals1 =

• Havenaar {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sonera Stadium, Helsinki

|attendance = 6,562

|referee = Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015604/

}}

HJK won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Midtjylland {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GIB}} Lincoln Red Imps

|goals1 =

• Rasmussen {{goal|33}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = MCH Arena, Herning

|attendance = 5,291

|referee = Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015588/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Lincoln Red Imps {{fbaicon|GIB}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|DEN}} Midtjylland

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Pušić {{goal|44}}
• Duelund {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar

|attendance = 1,950

|referee = Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015605/

}}

Midtjylland won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Molde {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ARM}} Pyunik

|goals1 =

• Elyounoussi {{goal|35||44}}
• Kamara {{goal|84||90+2}}
• Moström {{goal|90+5}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Aker Stadion, Molde

|attendance = 5,650

|referee = Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015589/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = Pyunik {{fbaicon|ARM}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NOR}} Molde

|goals1 =

• Badoyan {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan{{refn|group=note|name=Pyunik}}

|attendance = 2,500

|referee = Anatoliy Abdula (Ukraine)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015606/

}}

Molde won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|15|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Malmö FF {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|LTU}} Žalgiris

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

|attendance = 12,436

|referee = Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015590/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 20:10

|team1 = Žalgiris {{fbaicon|LTU}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SWE}} Malmö FF

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Tinnerholm {{goal|55}}

|stadium = LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance = 4,933

|referee = Benoît Bastien (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015607/

}}

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|15|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Celtic {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ISL}} Stjarnan

|goals1 =

• Boyata {{goal|44}}
• Johansen {{goal|56}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 37,969

|referee = Daniel Siebert (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015591/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|22|df=y}}

|time = 21:15

|team1 = Stjarnan {{fbaicon|ISL}}

|score = 1–4

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1 =

• Finsen {{goal|7}}

|goals2 =

• Bitton {{goal|33}}
• Mulgrew {{goal|49}}
• Griffiths {{goal|88}}
• Johansen {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Stjörnuvöllur, Garðabær

|attendance = 1,022

|referee = Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015608/

}}

Celtic won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Trenčín {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Steaua București

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Stanciu {{goal|63}}
• Hamroun {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina{{refn|group=note|name=Trenčín|Trenčín played their home match at Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, instead of their regular stadium Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín.}}

|attendance = 6,936

|referee = Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015592/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|22|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Steaua București {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SVK}} Trenčín

|goals1 =

• Muniru {{goal|57}}
• Tadé {{goal|60|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Wesley {{goal|13||84}}
• Bero {{goal|21}}

|stadium = Arena Națională, Bucharest

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name=Steaua București|Steaua București played their home matches behind closed doors due to UEFA punishment.{{cite web |title=Football: Steaua Bucharest to play behind closed doors |url=http://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/470777--football-steaua-bucharest-to-play-behind-closed-doors |publisher=Anadolu Agency |date=25 February 2015 |access-date=24 July 2015}}{{cite web |title=Steaua through to the third preliminary round of the Champions League after dramatic defeat 2-3 vs. AS Trencin |url=http://www.romaniajournal.ro/steaua-through-to-the-third-preliminary-round-of-the-champions-league-after-dramatic-defeat-2-3-vs-as-trencin/ |publisher=The Romania Journal |date=23 July 2015 |access-date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610183841/http://www.romaniajournal.ro/steaua-through-to-the-third-preliminary-round-of-the-champions-league-after-dramatic-defeat-2-3-vs-as-trencin/ |archive-date=10 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}}}

|referee = Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015609/

}}

Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Partizan {{fbaicon|SRB}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GEO}} Dila Gori

|goals1 =

• Babović {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance = 11,746

|referee = Bastian Dankert (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015593/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 14:30

|team1 = Dila Gori {{fbaicon|GEO}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SRB}} Partizan

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Brašanac {{goal|37}}
• Oumarou {{goal|64}}

|stadium = Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

|attendance = 3,842

|referee = Daniel Stefański (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015610/

}}

Partizan won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 19:45

|team1 = Ludogorets Razgrad {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|MDA}} Milsami Orhei

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Antoniuc {{goal|41}}

|stadium = Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad

|attendance = 5,120

|referee = Antti Munukka (Finland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015594/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Milsami Orhei {{fbaicon|MDA}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BUL}} Ludogorets Razgrad

|goals1 =

• Andronic {{goal|26}}
• Racu {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

• Wanderson {{goal|25}}

|stadium = CSR Orhei, Orhei

|attendance = 2,970

|referee = Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015611/

}}

Milsami Orhei won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|15|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Dinamo Zagreb {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|LUX}} Fola Esch

|goals1 =

• Henríquez {{goal|36}}

|goals2 =

• Hadji {{goal|25}}

|stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance = 9,100

|referee = Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015595/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|22|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Fola Esch {{fbaicon|LUX}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CRO}} Dinamo Zagreb

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Pjaca {{goal|29||40}}
• Rog {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City{{refn|group=note|name=Fola Esch|Fola Esch played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette.}}

|attendance = 3,300

|referee = Sergey Tsinkevich (Belarus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015612/

}}

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Skënderbeu {{fbaicon|ALB}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NIR}} Crusaders

|goals1 =

• Nimaga {{goal|15}}
• Salihi {{goal|34||83}}
• Berisha {{goal|76}}

|goals2 =

• Owens {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë

|attendance = 5,500

|referee = Alexander Harkam (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015596/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|21|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Crusaders {{fbaicon|NIR}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ALB}} Skënderbeu

|goals1 =

• O'Flynn {{goal|50}}
• Snoddy {{goal|90+2}}
• Mitchell {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 =

• Berisha {{goal|69}}
• Latifi {{goal|77}}

|stadium = Seaview, Belfast

|attendance = 1,548

|referee = Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015613/

}}

Skënderbeu won 6–4 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|14|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = The New Saints {{fbaicon|WAL}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|HUN}} Videoton

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Gyurcsó {{goal|77}}

|stadium = Park Hall, Oswestry

|attendance = 1,068

|referee = Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015597/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|22|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Videoton {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score = 1–1

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbaicon|WAL}} The New Saints

|goals1 =

• Gyurcsó {{goal|107}}

|goals2 =

• Williams {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár

|attendance = 3,268

|referee = Nerijus Dunauskas (Lithuania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015614/

}}

Videoton won 2–1 on aggregate.

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:

• 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 17 July 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000632/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150717111409/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000632/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2015|title=Draws — Third qualifying round|publisher=UEFA|access-date=17 July 2015}}{{cite web |title=Champions League third qualifying round draw |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0223-0e913ed4a1da-208e02a30899-1000--champions-league-third-qualifying-round-draw/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=17 July 2015 }}

;Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}

{{Cnote2|†|n=0|group=2|^† 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.}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2015.

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|date = {{Start date|2015|7|29|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Lech Poznań {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Basel

|goals1 =

• Thomalla {{goal|36}}

|goals2 =

• Lang {{goal|34}}
• Janko {{goal|77}}
• Callà {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = INEA Stadion, Poznań

|attendance = 25,478

|referee = Anthony Taylor (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015615/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Basel {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POL}} Lech Poznań

|goals1 =

• Bjarnason {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = St. Jakob-Park, Basel

|attendance = 18,196

|referee = Ruddy Buquet (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015630/

}}

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Milsami Orhei {{fbaicon|MDA}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ALB}} Skënderbeu

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Salihi {{goal|49||73|pen.}}

|stadium = Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău{{refn|group=note|name=Milsami Orhei|Milsami Orhei played their third qualifying round home match at Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium CSR Orhei, Orhei.}}

|attendance = 7,227

|referee = Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015616/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Skënderbeu {{fbaicon|ALB}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|MDA}} Milsami Orhei

|goals1 =

• Salihi {{goal|16}}
• Progni {{goal|55}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Elbasan Arena, Elbasan{{refn|group=note|name=Skënderbeu Korçë|Skënderbeu played their third qualifying and play-off rounds home matches at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, instead of their regular stadium Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë.}}

|attendance = 7,800

|referee = Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015631/

}}

Skënderbeu won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|29|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = HJK {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|KAZ}} Astana

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sonera Stadium, Helsinki

|attendance = 9,788

|referee = Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015617/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = Astana {{fbaicon|KAZ}}

|score = 4–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK

|goals1 =

• Twumasi {{goal|44}}
• Cañas {{goal|47|pen.}}
• Shomko {{goal|56}}
• Postnikov {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 =

• Jallow {{goal|4}}
• Baah {{goal|42}}
• Zeneli {{goal|86|pen.}}

|stadium = Astana Arena, Astana

|attendance = 27,937

|referee = Alon Yefet (Israel)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015632/

}}

Astana won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|29|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Celtic {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AZE}} Qarabağ

|goals1 =

• Boyata {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 43,011

|referee = Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015618/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Qarabağ {{fbaicon|AZE}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

|attendance = 31,850

|referee = Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015633/

}}

Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|29|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Steaua București {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SRB}} Partizan

|goals1 =

• Varela {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

• Vulićević {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Arena Națională, Bucharest

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name=Steaua București}}

|referee = Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015619/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Partizan {{fbaicon|SRB}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Steaua București

|goals1 =

• Babović {{goal|8}}
• Jevtović {{goal|60}}
• A. Živković {{goal|70}}
• Trujić {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

• Muniru {{goal|11}}
• Hamroun {{goal|33}}

|stadium = Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance = 26,775

|referee = István Vad (Hungary)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015634/

}}

Partizan won 5–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Midtjylland {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} APOEL

|goals1 =

• Poulsen {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

• Hansen {{goal|30|o.g.}}
• De Vincenti {{goal|33}}

|stadium = MCH Arena, Herning

|attendance = 8,253

|referee = Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015620/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|4|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = APOEL {{fbaicon|CYP}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|DEN}} Midtjylland

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Sviatchenko {{goal|3}}

|stadium = GSP Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance = 16,070

|referee = Bobby Madden (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015635/

}}

2–2 on aggregate; APOEL won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Maccabi Tel Aviv {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CZE}} Viktoria Plzeň

|goals1 =

• Yitzhaki {{goal|79}}

|goals2 =

• Mahmutović {{goal|17}}
• Petržela {{goal|21}}

|stadium = Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

|attendance = 13,420

|referee = Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015621/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Viktoria Plzeň {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Tel Aviv

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Zahavi {{goal|76|pen.|83}}

|stadium = Doosan Arena, Plzeň

|attendance = 11,242

|referee = Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015636/

}}

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Dinamo Zagreb {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NOR}} Molde

|goals1 =

• Henríquez {{goal|18}}

|goals2 =

• Kamara {{goal|21}}

|stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance = 9,327

|referee = Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015622/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|4|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Molde {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score = 3–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CRO}} Dinamo Zagreb

|goals1 =

• Hussain {{goal|43}}
• Elyounoussi {{goal|52|pen.}}
• Kamara {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

• Pjaca {{goal|17}}
• Ademi {{goal|20}}
• Rog {{goal|22}}

|stadium = Aker Stadion, Molde

|attendance = 7,017

|referee = Michael Oliver (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015637/

}}

4–4 on aggregate; Dinamo Zagreb won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Videoton {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BLR}} BATE Borisov

|goals1 =

• Vinícius {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

• Karnitsky {{goal|56}}

|stadium = Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár

|attendance = 3,118

|referee = Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015623/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = BATE Borisov {{fbaicon|BLR}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|HUN}} Videoton

|goals1 =

• Nikolić {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance = 12,498

|referee = Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015638/

}}

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|29|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Red Bull Salzburg {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SWE}} Malmö FF

|goals1 =

• Ulmer {{goal|51}}
• Hinteregger {{goal|89|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim

|attendance = 15,027

|referee = Luca Banti (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015624/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Malmö FF {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AUT}} Red Bull Salzburg

|goals1 =

• Đurđić {{goal|7}}
• Rosenberg {{goal|14}}
• Rodić {{goal|42}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

|attendance = 19,522

|referee = Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015639/

}}

Malmö FF won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|goals1 =

• Berg {{goal|37}}
• Karelis {{goal|65|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Bolingoli-Mbombo {{goal|10}}

|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

|attendance = 12,874

|referee = Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015625/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Club Brugge {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos

|goals1 =

• Cools {{goal|53}}
• Vázquez {{goal|58}}
• Oularé {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

|attendance = 27,038

|referee = Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015640/

}}

Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Young Boys {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|goals1 =

• Nuzzolo {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

• Kurzawa {{goal|64}}
• Carrillo {{goal|72}}
• Pašalić {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Stade de Suisse, Bern

|attendance = 16,079

|referee = Matej Jug (Slovenia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015626/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|4|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Monaco {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Young Boys

|goals1 =

• Cavaleiro {{goal|54}}
• Kurzawa {{goal|64}}
• Martial {{goal|70}}
• El Shaarawy {{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Louis II, Monaco

|attendance = 10,457

|referee = Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015641/

}}

Monaco won 7–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 18:15

|team1 = CSKA Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague

|goals1 =

• Dzagoev {{goal|14}}
• Tošić {{goal|53}}

|goals2 =

• Fatai {{goal|15}}
• Krejčí {{goal|57}}

|stadium = Arena Khimki, Khimki

|attendance = 10,500{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 3 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/uefa-champions-league/20152016/3rd-qualifying-round/r31727/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=31 July 2015 }}

|referee = Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015627/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 18:45

|team1 = Sparta Prague {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow

|goals1 =

• Krejčí {{goal|6}}
• Fatai {{goal|16}}

|goals2 =

• Musa {{goal|34||51}}
• Dzagoev {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Generali Arena, Prague

|attendance = 16,580

|referee = Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015642/

}}

CSKA Moscow won 5–4 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2015|7|29|df=y}}

|time = 21:05

|team1 = Rapid Wien {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

|goals1 =

• Kainz {{goal|48}}
• Berić {{goal|76}}

|goals2 =

• Klaassen {{goal|25||43}}

|stadium = Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

|attendance = 43,200

|referee = Willie Collum (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015628/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|4|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Ajax {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien

|goals1 =

• Milik {{goal|52}}
• Gudelj {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

• Berić {{goal|12}}
• Schaub {{goal|39||77}}

|stadium = Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

|attendance = 53,502

|referee = Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015643/

}}

Rapid Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|7|28|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Fenerbahçe {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance = 37,342

|referee = Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015629/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Shakhtar Donetsk {{fbaicon|UKR}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe

|goals1 =

• Hladkyy {{goal|25}}
• Srna {{goal|65|pen.}}
• Teixeira {{goal|68}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Arena Lviv, Lviv{{refn|group=note|name=Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv, instead of their regular stadium, the Donbas Arena in Donetsk, due to the war in Donbas.}}

|attendance = 33,179

|referee = Felix Zwayer (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015644/

}}

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–0 on aggregate.

The play-off round was split into two sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage.

A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:

• 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 7 August 2015.{{cite web |title=Draws — Play-off round |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2016/2000633/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=7 August 2015 }}{{cite web |title=UEFA Champions League play-off draw made |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0224-0e915cf1757f-d60cd22ab4c4-1000--uefa-champions-league-play-off-draw-made/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=7 August 2015 |access-date=7 August 2015 }}

;Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}

{{Cnote2|‡|n=0|group=3|^‡ Due to UEFA's decision in preventing Russian and Ukrainian teams playing each other, Shakhtar Donetsk could not be drawn against CSKA Moscow.}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2015.

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Astana {{fbaicon|KAZ}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} APOEL

|goals1 =

• Dzholchiyev {{goal|14}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Astana Arena, Astana

|attendance = 30,000{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Champions League - Play-off round |url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/uefa-champions-league/20152016/play-offs/r31728/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=22 August 2015 }}

|referee = Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015645/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|26|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = APOEL {{fbaicon|CYP}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|KAZ}} Astana

|goals1 =

• Štilić {{goal|60}}

|goals2 =

• Maksimović {{goal|84}}

|stadium = GSP Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance = 17,699{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2016/md-01_2_fs.pdf |title=Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd leg – Wednesday 26 August 2015 |work=UEFA.org |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=26 August 2015}}

|referee = Martin Atkinson (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015660/

}}

Astana won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|19|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Skënderbeu {{fbaicon|ALB}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CRO}} Dinamo Zagreb

|goals1 =

• Shkëmbi {{goal|37}}

|goals2 =

• Soudani {{goal|66}}
• Pivarić {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Elbasan Arena, Elbasan{{refn|group=note|name=Skënderbeu Korçë}}

|attendance = 12,163{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2016/md-02_2_fs.pdf |title=Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Wednesday 19 August 2015 |work=UEFA.org |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=19 August 2015 |access-date=19 August 2015}}

|referee = Sergei Karasev (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015646/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Dinamo Zagreb {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ALB}} Skënderbeu

|goals1 =

• Soudani {{goal|9||80}}
• Hodžić {{goal|15}}
• Taravel {{goal|55}}

|goals2 =

• Esquerdinha {{goal|10}}

|stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance = 16,888{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2016/md-01_1_fs.pdf |title=Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd leg – Thursday 25 August 2015 |work=UEFA.org |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=25 August 2015 |access-date=25 August 2015}}

|referee = Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015661/

}}

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|19|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Celtic {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SWE}} Malmö FF

|goals1 =

• Griffiths {{goal|3||61}}
• Bitton {{goal|10}}

|goals2 =

• Berget {{goal|52||90+5}}

|stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 52,412

|referee = Felix Brych (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015647/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Malmö FF {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1 =

• Rosenberg {{goal|23}}
• Boyata {{goal|54|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Swedbank Stadion, Malmö

|attendance = 20,500

|referee = Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015662/

}}

Malmö FF won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|19|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Basel {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Tel Aviv

|goals1 =

• Delgado {{goal|39|pen.}}
• Embolo {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

• Zahavi {{goal|31||90+6}}

|stadium = St. Jakob-Park, Basel

|attendance = 15,620

|referee = Willie Collum (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015648/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Maccabi Tel Aviv {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Basel

|goals1 =

• Zahavi {{goal|24}}

|goals2 =

• Zuffi {{goal|11}}

|stadium = Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

|attendance = 13,350

|referee = Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015663/

}}

3–3 on aggregate; Maccabi Tel Aviv won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = BATE Borisov {{fbaicon|BLR}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SRB}} Partizan

|goals1 =

• Gordeichuk {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance = 11,628{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2016/md-02_1_fs.pdf |title=Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Tuesday 18 August 2015 |work=UEFA.org |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=18 August 2015 |access-date=18 August 2015}}

|referee = Craig Thomson (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015649/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|26|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Partizan {{fbaicon|SRB}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BLR}} BATE Borisov

|goals1 =

• Zhavnerchik {{goal|74|o.g.}}
• Šaponjić {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 =

• Stasevich {{goal|25}}

|stadium = Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance = 27,234

|referee = Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015664/

}}

2–2 on aggregate; BATE Borisov won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Lazio {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen

|goals1 =

• Keita {{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance = 38,917

|referee = Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015650/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|26|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Bayer Leverkusen {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio

|goals1 =

• Çalhanoğlu {{goal|40}}
• Mehmedi {{goal|48}}
• Bellarabi {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = BayArena, Leverkusen

|attendance = 28,222

|referee = Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015655/

}}

Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Manchester United {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|goals1 =

• Depay {{goal|13||43}}
• Fellaini {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 =

• Carrick {{goal|8|o.g.}}

|stadium = Old Trafford, Manchester

|attendance = 75,312

|referee = Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015651/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|26|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Club Brugge {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Rooney {{goal|20||49||57}}
• Herrera {{goal|63}}

|stadium = Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

|attendance = 28,733

|referee = Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015656/

}}

Manchester United won 7–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Sporting CP {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow

|goals1 =

• Gutiérrez {{goal|12}}
• Slimani {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

• Doumbia {{goal|40}}

|stadium = Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

|attendance = 41,826

|referee = Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015652/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|26|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = CSKA Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP

|goals1 =

• Doumbia {{goal|49||72}}
• Musa {{goal|85}}

|goals2 =

• Gutiérrez {{goal|36}}

|stadium = Arena Khimki, Khimki

|attendance = 17,259

|referee = Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015657/

}}

CSKA Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|19|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Rapid Wien {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Marlos {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

|attendance = 46,400

|referee = Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015653/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Shakhtar Donetsk {{fbaicon|UKR}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien

|goals1 =

• Marlos {{goal|10}}
• Hladkyy {{goal|27}}

|goals2 =

• Schaub {{goal|13}}
• S. Hofmann {{goal|22}}

|stadium = Arena Lviv, Lviv{{refn|group=note|name=Shakhtar Donetsk}}

|attendance = 28,417

|referee = Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015658/

}}

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|19|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|goals1 =

• Rodrigo {{goal|4}}
• Parejo {{goal|59}}
• Feghouli {{goal|86}}

|goals2 =

• Pašalić {{goal|49}}

|stadium = Mestalla, Valencia

|attendance = 45,633

|referee = Mark Clattenburg (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015654/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Monaco {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|goals1 =

• Raggi {{goal|17}}
• Elderson {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

• Negredo {{goal|4}}

|stadium = Stade Louis II, Monaco

|attendance = 13,165

|referee = Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015659/

}}

Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.

There were 240 goals in 92 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.61 goals per match.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000630/clubs/type=goalsscored/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304095654/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000630/clubs/type=goalsscored/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2018|title=Statistics — Qualifying phase — Team statistics — Goals|publisher=UEFA|access-date=26 August 2015}}

{{small|Source: UEFA.com}}{{cite web |title=Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000630/players/type=topscorers/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311204157/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000630/players/type=topscorers/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2017 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=26 August 2015}}

{{small|Source: UEFA.com}}{{cite web |title=Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Assists |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000630/players/type=assists/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006061122/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/statistics/round=2000630/players/type=assists/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2016 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=26 August 2015}}

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