round Seeding 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. Notes Summary The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2015. |+Champions Route |} |+League Route |} Matches Basel won 4–1 on aggregate. Skënderbeu won 4–0 on aggregate. Astana won 4–3 on aggregate. Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate. Partizan won 5–3 on aggregate. 2–2 on aggregate; APOEL won on away goals. Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate. 4–4 on aggregate; Dinamo Zagreb won on away goals. BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate. Malmö won 3–2 on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate. Monaco won 7–1 on aggregate. CSKA Moscow won 5–4 on aggregate. Rapid Wien won 5–4 on aggregate. Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–0 on aggregate. Play-off round Seeding 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. Notes Summary The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2015. |+Champions Route |} |+League Route |} Matches Astana won 2–1 on aggregate. Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate. Malmö FF won 4–3 on aggregate. 3–3 on aggregate; Maccabi Tel Aviv won on away goals. 2–2 on aggregate; BATE Borisov won on away goals. Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1 on aggregate. Manchester United won 7–1 on aggregate. CSKA Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate. Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–2 on aggregate. Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate. Statistics There were 240 goals in 92 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round,