The qualifying phase and play-off round of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League were played from 2 July to 28 August 2013, to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage.[1]
Round and draw dates
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]
| Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
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| First qualifying round | 24 June 2013, 12:00[3] | 2–3 July 2013 | 9–10 July 2013 |
| Second qualifying round | 16–17 July 2013 | 23–24 July 2013 | |
| Third qualifying round | 19 July 2013, 12:00[4] | 30–31 July 2013 | 6–7 August 2013 |
| Play-off round | 9 August 2013, 11:45[5] | 20–21 August 2013 | 27–28 August 2013 |
Format
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 thirty minutes of extra time was played. 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.[1]
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 randomly. 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 may form "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.[1]
Teams
There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:
- Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
- League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
A total of 54 teams (39 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 automatic qualifiers. 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.[1]
Below were the participating teams (with their 2013 UEFA club coefficients),[6] grouped by their starting rounds.[7]
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| Winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage |
| Losers of the play-off round entered the Europa League group stage |
| Losers of the third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round |
Champions Route
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First qualifying round
Seeding
A total of four teams played in the first qualifying round.[23] The draw was held on 24 June 2013.[24]
| Seeded | Unseeded |
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Summary
The first legs were played on 2 July, and the second legs were played on 9 July 2013.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Shirak  | 3–1 |  Tre Penne | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Lusitanos  | 3–7 |  EB/Streymur | 2–2 | 1–5 |
Matches
Shirak won 3–1 on aggregate.
| EB/Streymur | 5–1 | Lusitanos |
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A. Hansen  3'Hanssen 38', 85'Zachariasen 72'Niclasen 90+3' | Report | Dos Reis 66' |
EB/Streymur won 7–3 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
Seeding
A total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round:[23] 32 teams which entered in this round, and the two winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 24 June 2013.[24]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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Summary
The first legs were played on 16 and 17 July, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 July 2013.
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Matches
Skënderbeu  | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |  Neftchi Baku |
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| Orelesi 116' | Report |
Skënderbeu won 1–0 on aggregate.
Vardar  | 1–2 |  Steaua București |
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| Kostovski 45+1' | Report | Piovaccari 23' Bourceanu 72' |
Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzeň  | 4–3 |  Željezničar |
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| Čišovský 63' Kolář 66', 76'Rajtoral 81' | Report | Tomić 52' Selimović 78'Bučan 85' |
| Željezničar | 1–2 | Viktoria Plzeň |
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| Jamak 45' | Report | Wágner 5' Petržela 30' |
Viktoria Plzeň won 6–4 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol  | 1–1 |  Sutjeska Nikšić |
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| Luvannor 45' | Report | Pejović 54' |
| Sutjeska Nikšić | 0–5 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
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| Report | Cadú 14' Ricardinho 47'Fernando 52', 65'Scripcenco 86' |
Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–1 on aggregate.
Maribor  | 2–0 |  Birkirkara |
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| Cvijanović 28' Viler 47' | Report |
Maribor won 2–0 on aggregate.
Sligo Rovers  | 0–1 |  Molde |
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| Report | Chima Chukwu 42' |
| Molde | 2–0 | Sligo Rovers |
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| Linnes 5' Coly 78' | Report |
Molde won 3–0 on aggregate.
Elfsborg  | 7–1 |  Daugava Daugavpils |
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| Rohdén 21', 62' Sokolovs 48' (o.g.)Nilsson 61'Bangura 68'Claesson 89'Holmén 90+2' | Report | Babatunde 78' |
| Daugava Daugavpils | 0–4 | Elfsborg |
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| Report | Keene 41' Claesson 61'Hult 66'M. Andersson 86' (pen.) |
Elfsborg won 11–1 on aggregate.
Nõmme Kalju won 2–1 on aggregate.
FH won 3–1 on aggregate.
The New Saints  | 1–3 |  Legia Warsaw |
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| Fraughan 11' | Report | Kucharczyk 47' Saganowski 57'Kosecki 74' |
Legia Warsaw won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic  | 2–0 |  Cliftonville |
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| Ambrose 16' Samaras 70' | Report |
Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb  | 1–0 |  Fola Esch |
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| Kramarić 78' (pen.) | Report |
Dinamo Zagreb won 6–0 on aggregate.
Győr  | 0–2 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv |
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| Report | Itzhaki 76' Alberman 90+3' |
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 4–1 on aggregate.
Shakhter Karagandy won 2–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Partizan won on away goals.
Slovan Bratislava  | 2–1 |  Ludogorets Razgrad |
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| Halenár 87', 90+3' (pen.) | Report | Mäntylä 65' |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 3–0 | Slovan Bratislava |
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| I. Stoyanov 3' Dani Abalo 12', 78' | Report |
Ludogorets Razgrad won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi  | 6–1 | EB/Streymur |
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| Ustaritz 40' Dvali 43'Grigalashvili 72'Xisco 75'Vouho 77', 81' | Report | Glišić 42' (o.g.) |
| EB/Streymur | 1–3 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
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| Danielsen 27' | Report | Xisco 7' (pen.) Dvali 12'Glišić 84' |
Dinamo Tbilisi won 9–2 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
Seeding
A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:[63]
- 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 19 July 2013.[64]
| Champions Route | League Route | ||||
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| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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Summary
The first legs were played on 30 and 31 July, and the second legs were played on 6 and 7 August 2013.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Basel  | 4–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Molde | 1–1 (a) | Legia Warsaw | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 3–1 |  Partizan | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–3 | Steaua București | 0–2 | 1–1 |
APOEL  | 1–1 (a) | Maribor | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Celtic | 1–0 | Elfsborg | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Shakhter Karagandy  | 5–3 | Skënderbeu | 3–0 | 2–3 |
Austria Wien  | 1–0 |  FH | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Nõmme Kalju  | 2–10 | Viktoria Plzeň | 0–4 | 2–6 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 4–0 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nordsjælland  | 0–6 |  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2–4 |  Fenerbahçe | 1–1 | 1–3 |
PAOK  | 1–3 |  Metalist Kharkiv | 0–2 | 1–1 |
PSV Eindhoven  | 5–0 |  Zulte Waregem | 2–0 | 3–0 |
Lyon  | 2–0 | Grasshopper | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Matches
| Basel | 1–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
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| Stocker 39' | Report |
Basel won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Molde | 1–1 | Legia Warsaw |
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| Chima Chukwu 29' | Report | Dvalishvili 68' |
1–1 on aggregate; Legia Warsaw won on away goals.
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–1 | Partizan |
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| Marcelinho 54' Aleksandrov 65' | Report | Marković 49' |
| Partizan | 0–1 | Ludogorets Razgrad |
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| Report | Zlatinski 88' (pen.) |
Ludogorets Razgrad won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–2 | Steaua București |
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| Report | Iancu 64', 80' |
Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Maribor won on away goals.
Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Shakhter Karagandy | 3–0 | Skënderbeu |
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| Đidić 8' Murtazayev 79'Khizhnichenko 90' | Report |
| Skënderbeu | 3–2 | Shakhter Karagandy |
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| Tomić 9' Shkëmbi 20' (pen.), 29' (pen.) | Report | Khizhnichenko 38' Baizhanov 67' |
Shakhter Karagandy won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Austria Wien | 1–0 | FH |
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| Royer 25' | Report |
| FH | 0–0 | Austria Wien |
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Austria Wien won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Nõmme Kalju | 0–4 | Viktoria Plzeň |
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| Report | Čišovský 2', 51', 90+2' Ďuriš 77' |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 6–2 | Nõmme Kalju |
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| Horváth 20' (pen.), 44', 62' Tecl 58'Hořava 71'Wágner 82' | Report | Quintieri 10', 69' |
Viktoria Plzeň won 10–2 on aggregate.
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 0–3 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Report | Fernándes 10' Soudani 27'Čop 61' |
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 5–0 | Nordsjælland |
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| Shirokov 26', 90+3' Hulk 50'Danny 62'Arshavin 68' | Report |
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Red Bull Salzburg | 1–1 | Fenerbahçe |
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| Alan 68' | Report | Cristian 90+5' (pen.) |
| Fenerbahçe | 3–1 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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| Raul Meireles 8' Sow 17'Webó 34' | Report | Jonatan Soriano 4' |
Fenerbahçe won 4–2 on aggregate.
| PAOK | 0–2 | Metalist Kharkiv |
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| Report | Dević 43' (pen.), 72' |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 1–1 | PAOK |
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| Blanco 72' | Report | Necid 83' |
Metalist Kharkiv won 3–1 on aggregate.
| PSV Eindhoven | 2–0 | Zulte Waregem |
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| Depay 61' Locadia 75' | Report |
| Zulte Waregem | 0–3 | PSV Eindhoven |
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| Report | Matavž 56' (pen.) Bakkali 73'Godeau 90' (o.g.) |
PSV Eindhoven won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Lyon | 1–0 | Grasshopper Club |
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| Biševac 64' | Report |
| Grasshopper Club | 0–1 | Lyon |
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| Report | Grenier 82' |
Lyon won 2–0 on aggregate.
Play-off round
Seeding
A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:[96]
- 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 9 August 2013.[97]
| Champions Route | League Route | ||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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Summary
The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2013.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Dinamo Zagreb | 3–4 | Austria Wien | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–6 | Basel | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 4–1 | Maribor | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 2–3 | Celtic | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Steaua București | 3–3 (a) | Legia Warsaw | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Lyon | 0–4 |  Real Sociedad | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Schalke 04  | 4–3 | PAOK | 1–1 | 3–2 |
Paços de Ferreira  | 3–8 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–4 | 2–4 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 1–4 |  Milan | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Fenerbahçe | 0–5 |  Arsenal | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Matches
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0–2 | Austria Wien |
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| Report | Leovac 68' Stanković 75' |
| Austria Wien | 2–3 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Mader 5' Kienast 82' | Report | Brozović 33' Fernándes 43'Bećiraj 70' |
Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–4 | Basel |
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| Marcelinho 23' I. Stoyanov 50' | Report | Salah 12', 59' Sio 64'Schär 84' (pen.) |
| Basel | 2–0 | Ludogorets Razgrad |
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| Frei 11' P. Degen 79' | Report |
Basel won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Maribor | 0–1 | Viktoria Plzeň |
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| Report | Tecl 3' |
Viktoria Plzeň won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Steaua București | 1–1 | Legia Warsaw |
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| Piovaccari 34' | Report | Kosecki 53' |
| Legia Warsaw | 2–2 | Steaua București |
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| Radović 27' Rzeźniczak 90+4' | Report | Stanciu 7' Piovaccari 9' |
3–3 on aggregate; Steaua București won on away goals.
| Lyon | 0–2 | Real Sociedad |
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| Report | Griezmann 17' Seferovic 50' |
| Real Sociedad | 2–0 | Lyon |
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| Vela 67', 90+1' | Report |
Real Sociedad won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Schalke 04 | 1–1 | PAOK |
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| Farfán 32' | Report | Stoch 73' |
| PAOK | 2–3 | Schalke 04 |
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| Athanasiadis 53' Katsouranis 79' | Report | Szalai 43', 90' Draxler 67' |
Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Paços de Ferreira | 1–4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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| André Leão 58' | Report | Shirokov 27', 60', 90' Degra 85' (o.g.) |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4–2 | Paços de Ferreira |
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| Danny 29', 48' Bukharov 66'Arshavin 78' (pen.) | Report | Manuel José 67' Carlão 83' |
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 8–3 on aggregate.
| PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | Milan |
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| Matavž 60' | Report | El Shaarawy 15' |
| Milan | 3–0 | PSV Eindhoven |
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| Boateng 9', 77' Balotelli 55' | Report |
Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Arsenal | 2–0 | Fenerbahçe |
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| Ramsey 25', 72' | Report |
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Statistics
There were 235 goals in 88 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.[102]
Source:[103]
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
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| 1 |  Júnior Caiçara | Ludogorets Razgrad | 5 | 443 |
| Vladimír Darida | Viktoria Plzeň | 5 | 532 | |
| 3 | Pavel Horváth | Viktoria Plzeň | 4 | 519 |
| 4 | Hulk | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3 | 173 |
| Hans Pauli Samuelsen | EB/Streymur | 3 | 180 | |
| František Rajtoral | Viktoria Plzeň | 3 | 251 | |
 Marcelo Díaz | Basel | 3 | 333 | |
| Alexandru Bourceanu | Steaua București | 3 | 540 | |
| Aleksandar Simčević | Shakhter Karagandy | 3 | 540 |
Source:[104]