UEFA CL Qualifiers R1 first leg, 10-11 July 2018

10 July 2018

Shkendija vs. New Saints FC

The New Saints FC has advised fans to travel with Wizzair, so it can be assumed that there will be not additional charter flight for this purpose and that the team will also much rather travel with the mentioned scheduled flights:

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Cork City FC vs. Legia Warsaw

Legia has been a regular visitor to the Champions League group stages in recent years and starts this new campaign with an away trip to Ireland, facing the Irish champions Cork City FC at Turners Cross in Cork:

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KRP2904 ORK 1020-1410 WAW F100 (11/07/18)

Alashkert vs. Celtic Glasgow

The champions of Scotland have once again the task to keep up their reputation throughout the Champions League qualification stage from a very early point and once again, their first journey takes them far away from home, all the way to Armenia, where they face Alashkert:

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Drita vs. Malmö FF

For the first time, a team from Kosovo has managed to win a game in Champions League or Europa League qualifiers and now Drita are welcoming some tough opposition - no less than the Swedish champions Malmö FF are coming to Kosovo:

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F91 Dudelange vs. MOL Vidi

The club formerly known as Videoton Balaton is now playing as MOL Vidi and is facing the champions of Luxembourg in the first leg away from home:

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11 July 2018

Süduva Mariampole vs. APOEL Nicosia

Former quarterfinalist APOEL has to start the campaign early and has a fairly easy draw, playing against the champions of Lithuania. As is quite often the case with APOEL, the team travels to Lithuania two days ahead of the game:

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Olimpija Ljubljana vs. FK Qarabag Agdam

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AHY5202 LJU 0030-0650 GYD E190 (12/07/18)

Spartaks Jurmala vs. Red Star Belgrade

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UEFA Champions League 2018/19 - Dates

Today, 12 June 2018, marks the date of the first draw of the new season in the UEFA Champions League, with the preliminaries starting while many other football players will still be at the World Cup in Russia. So here are the dates for all draws and match days during the 2018-19 season:

Draws:

12 June 2018 - preliminary round
19 June 2018 - 1st and 2nd qualifying round
23 July 2018 - 3rd qualifying round
6 August 2018 - Play-Off round

30 August 2018 - Group stage
17 December 2018 - Round of 16
15 March 2019 - Quarterfinals
19 April 2019 - Semifinals and Final

Match Days:

26 June 2018 - preliminary round semifinals
29 June 2018 - preliminary round final

10-11 July 2018 - 1st qualifying round 1st leg
17-18 July 2018 - 1st qualifying round return leg

24-25 July 2018 - 2nd qualifying round 1st leg
31 July - 1 August 2018 - 2nd qualifying round return leg

7-8 August 2018 - 3rd qualifying round 1st leg
14 August 2018 - 3rd qualifying round return leg

21-22 August 2018 - Play-Off round 1st leg
28-29 August 2018 - Play-Off round return leg

18-19 September 2018 - Group Stage MD1
2-3 October 2018 - Group Stage MD2
23-24 October 2018 - Group Stage MD3
6-7 November 2018 - Group Stage MD4
27-28 November 2018 - Group Stage MD5
11-12 December 2018 - Group Stage MD6

12-13 & 19-20 February 2019 - Round of 16 1st leg
5-6 & 12-13 March 2019 - Round of 16 return leg

9-10 April 2019 - Quarterfinal 1st leg
16-17 April 2019 - Quarterfinal return leg

30 April - 1 May 2019 - Semifinal 1st leg
7-8 May 2019 - Semifinal return leg

1 June 2019 - Champions League Final in Madrid (Wanda Metropolitano)