Several clubs will have to overcome teams from neighbouring countries after the draw for the UEFA Champions League play-off round was conducted in Nyon.
Two-time UEFA Cup winners Sevilla FC face an Iberian derby against SC Braga, who eliminated Celtic FC in their maiden match in Europe's top club competition. That meeting takes place in the League Route while in the Champions Route, Norwegian titleholders Rosenborg BK take on Danish counterparts FC København and old ties will be renewed when Czech side AC Sparta Praha meet Slovakia's MŠK Žilina.
Draw
Champions Route
| First leg at home | First leg away |
 Rosenborg |  FC Copenhagen |
 Partizan Belgrade |  Anderlecht |
 FC Basel |  Sheriff Tiraspol |
 RS Salzburg |  Hapoel Tel Aviv |
 Sparta Prague |  Zilina |
Non-Champions Route
| First leg at home | First leg away |
 Werder Bremen |  Sampdoria |
 Sporting Braga |  Sevilla |
 Zenit St. Petersburg |  Auxerre |
| Young Boys |  Tottenham Hotspur |
 Dynamo Kyiv |  Ajax |
Procedure
One team from each of the two-legged ties will progress, meaning five from each path and 10 in total. Ties will be played on 17-18 and 24-25 August 2010.
These 10 teams will then be drawn as part of a seeded group stage, comprising eight pools of four, along with the following clubs:
| Inter | Valencia | Lyon |  CFR Cluj |
| Chelsea | Roma | Rubin Kazan | Benfica |
| Man Utd | AC Milan | Spartak Moscow |  Bursaspor |
| Arsenal | Bayern Munich | Shakhtar Donetsk |  Panathinaikos |
| Barcelona | Schalke | Twente |  Rangers |
| Real Madrid | Marseille |
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