UEFA 2009-10 Champions League Play-Off Round Draw Released: Arsenal to face Celtic
The last qualifying round of the Champions League is the playoff round with the winners advancing to the group stage. On Friday the draw was released with the most intriguing matchup of English club Arsenal against Scottish side Celtic. The matches will begin with the first legs on August 18/19, and finish with the second legs on August 25/26. The draw for the Group Stage will be released on August 27th. The losers of each tie will go into the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. Here’s the draw and list of ties for the play-off round.
| UEFA Champions League play-off round Non-Champions Route |
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| Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) | v | RSC Anderlecht (BEL) |
| Celtic FC (SCO) | v | Arsenal FC (ENG) |
| FC Timişoara (ROU) | v | VfB Stuttgart (GER) |
| Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) | v | ACF Fiorentina (ITA) |
| Panathinaikos FC (GRE) | v | Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) |
| UEFA Champions League play-off round Champions Route |
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| FC Sheriff (MDA) | v | Olympiacos CFP (GRE) |
| FC Salzburg (AUT) | v | Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) |
| FK Ventspils (LVA) | v | FC Zürich (SUI) |
| FC København (DEN) | v | APOEL FC (CYP) |
| PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) | v | Debreceni VSC (HUN) |
