The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 28 June and ended on 24 August 2016.
A total of 56 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round.
If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two 15-minute halves.
If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out.
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 may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other, and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.
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 enter in the group stage.
[1] Below are the participating teams (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients),[11][12] grouped by their starting rounds.
[5][21] Red Bull Salzburg Dinamo Zagreb Qarabağ Sheriff Tiraspol Trenčín F91 Dudelange Hapoel Be'er Sheva Olimpija Ljubljana Vardar Liepāja
Legia Warsaw Ludogorets Razgrad Astana Skënderbeu[††] Dinamo Tbilisi The New Saints[†] Žalgiris Ferencváros Zrinjski Mostar Alashkert[†] Mladost Podgorica Celtic BATE Borisov Copenhagen Rosenborg Red Star Belgrade
Lincoln Red Imps[†] IFK Norrköping Crusaders Valletta[†] Dundalk
The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
Legia Warsaw[†] Dinamo Zagreb[†] Rosenborg[†] Astana[†] Hapoel Be'er Sheva[†] Dinamo Tbilisi[†] Trenčín[†] Viktoria Plzeň Red Bull Salzburg[†] BATE Borisov[†] Ludogorets Razgrad[†] Copenhagen[†] Qarabağ[†] Astra Giurgiu Red Star Belgrade[†] Dundalk[†] Partizani[†] Shakhtar Donetsk[††] Ajax Anderlecht Fenerbahçe Sparta Prague
The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.
Legia Warsaw Dinamo Zagreb Ludogorets Razgrad Copenhagen Hapoel Be'er Sheva Dundalk Manchester City Porto Villarreal Ajax Borussia Mönchengladbach Roma Steaua București Monaco Young Boys Rostov