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SportsLyon learns potential Champions League play-off opponents if they advance past Sparta Prague
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Olympique Lyonnais (OL) will begin their Champions League qualifying campaign against Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic on Tuesday, July 29, 2026, following a 4-0 pre-season defeat to Real Betis. The return leg is set for August 11 in France. If Lyon advances past Sparta Prague, they will enter the play-off round in the League Path, where they would avoid the other seeded team (Bodo/Glimt or Union Saint-Gilloise). Their potential play-off opponents are either the winner of Olympiakos vs. NEC Nijmegen or the winner of Fenerbahçe vs. Sturm Graz. The article also lists seeded and unseeded teams in the Champions Path play-offs, including clubs like Red Star Belgrade, Celtic Glasgow, and AEK Athens.
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Olympique Lyonnais, following a 4-0 defeat to Real Betis Balompié in their final pre-season match, will begin their competitive campaign this Tuesday. The Rhône-based club faces Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic, with the return leg scheduled for France on Tuesday, August 11.
Should Lyon advance past Sparta Prague, they will secure a spot in the Champions League play-offs. In that scenario, they would avoid the other seeded team in the League Path, which will be either Bodo/Glimt or Union Saint-Gilloise.
If they qualify for the play-offs, OL will face either:
- The winner of Olympiakos vs. NEC Nijmegen, or
- The winner of Fenerbahçe vs. Sturm Graz
Potential Play-Off Matchups
Champions Path
Seeded:
- Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) or Hapoel Beer Sheva (Israel)
- Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) or Kauno Zalgiris (Lithuania)
- Celtic Glasgow (Scotland)
- Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) or Mjällby (Sweden)
- AEK Athens (Greece)
Unseeded:
- Celje (Slovenia) or Ararat-Armenia (Armenia)
- LASK (Austria)
- Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan) or Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)
- Aarhus (Denmark) or Sabah (Azerbaijan)
- Viking Stavanger (Norway)
League Path
Seeded:
- Olympique Lyonnais (France) or Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
- Bodo/Glimt (Norway) or Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
Unseeded:
- Olympiakos (Greece) or NEC Nijmegen (Netherlands)
- Fenerbahçe (Turkey) or Sturm Graz (Austria)
Published on 29/07/2026 at 23:26 — Updated on 29/07/2026 at 23:27
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