The 36-team field is set for this season's edition of the UEFA Champions League, with a batch of newcomers set to join regional heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid after a dramatic qualification journey.

Three teams booked their berths in the league phase on Tuesday as the second leg of the play-off round began, each of them reaching the competition proper for the first time in their history. Some matches were more dramatic than others – Norway's Bodo/Glimt beat Austria's Sturm Graz 6-2 on aggregate after a 5-0 first leg at home, while Cyprus' Pafos and Kazakhstan's Kairat clinched their Champions League spots with heroics in the second leg. Pafos took a 3-2 aggregate lead over Crvena Zvezda thanks to an 89th-minute goal from Jaja, while Kairat ousted Celtic on pena

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