2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 27 June and ended on 29 August 2019.[1]

A total of 178 teams compete in the qualifying system of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 35 teams in Champions Path and 143 teams in Main Path. The 21 winners in the play-off round (8 from Champions Path, 13 from Main Path) advance to the group stage, to join the 17 teams that enter in the group stage, the 6 losers of the Champions League play-off round (4 from Champions Path, 2 from League Path), and the 4 League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.[2][3]

Teams

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Champions Path

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The Champions Path includes all league champions which are eliminated from the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Champions League, and consists of the following rounds:

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2019 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.[5]

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[4]
  Celtic[Q3] 31.000
  Copenhagen[Q3] 31.000
  PAOK[Q3] 23.500
  Qarabağ[Q3] 22.000
  Maribor[Q3] 18.500
  Ferencváros[Q3] 3.500
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
  BATE Borisov[Q2] 27.500
  Maccabi Tel Aviv[Q2] 16.000
  HJK[Q2] 9.000
  Dundalk[Q2] 7.000
  The New Saints[Q2] 6.000
  AIK[Q2] 5.500
  Valletta[Q2] 4.250
  Sarajevo[Q1 Bye] 4.250
  Nõmme Kalju[Q2] 3.500
  Sutjeska Nikšić[Q2] 3.000
  Saburtalo Tbilisi[Q2] 0.950
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
  Astana[Q1] 27.500
  Ludogorets Razgrad[Q1] 27.000
  Sheriff Tiraspol[Q1] 12.250
  F91 Dudelange[Q1] 6.250
  Shkëndija[Q1] 6.000
  Slovan Bratislava[Q1] 6.000
  Sūduva[Q1] 4.250
  Lincoln Red Imps[PR SF] 4.250
  FC Santa Coloma[PR F] 4.000
  Piast Gliwice[Q1] 3.850
  Partizani[Q1] 3.000
  Valur[Q1] 2.750
  Linfield[Q1] 2.250
  HB Tórshavn[Q1] 1.500
  Riga[Q1] 1.125
  Ararat-Armenia[Q1] 1.050
  Tre Penne[PR SF] 0.750
  Feronikeli[Q1] 0.500
Notes
  1. Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  3. Q1 Bye Losers of Champions League first qualifying round which receive a bye to the Europa League third qualifying round.
  4. Q1 Losers of Champions League first qualifying round.
  5. PR F Losers of Champions League preliminary round final.
  6. PR SF Losers of Champions League preliminary round semi-finals.

Main Path

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The Main Path includes all cup winners and league non-champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:

  • Preliminary round (14 teams): 14 teams which enter in this round.
  • First qualifying round (94 teams): 87 teams which enter in this round, and 7 winners of the preliminary round.
  • Second qualifying round (74 teams): 27 teams which enter in this round, and 47 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (52 teams): 15 teams which enter in this round (including 2 League Path losers of the Champions League second qualifying round), and 37 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (26 teams): 26 winners of the third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams of the Main Path (with their 2019 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.[5]

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
  PSV Eindhoven[CL] 37.000
  Sparta Prague 35.500
  Viktoria Plzeň[CL] 33.000
  Braga 31.000
  Feyenoord 22.000
  Spartak Moscow 16.000
  AEK Athens 14.000
  Midtjylland 14.000
  Rijeka 13.500
  Austria Wien 8.000
  Trabzonspor 8.000
  Antwerp 7.980
  Mariupol 7.780
  Thun 5.380
  Bnei Yehuda 3.725
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
  Gent 29.500
  Eintracht Frankfurt 24.000
  Espanyol 20.713
  Partizan 18.000
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 17.092
  Torino 14.945
  Strasbourg 11.699
  Zorya Luhansk 11.500
  AZ 10.500
  Arsenal Tula 10.109
  Vitória de Guimarães 9.646
  Yeni Malatyaspor 6.920
  FC Utrecht 6.486
  Sturm Graz 6.250
  Gabala 6.250
  Jablonec 5.735
  Mladá Boleslav 5.735
  Atromitos 5.520
  Aris 5.520
  Osijek 5.475
  Esbjerg 5.405
  Luzern 5.380
  AEL Limassol 4.985
  BK Häcken 4.180
  Viitorul Constanța 4.000
  Lechia Gdańsk 3.850
  Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3.500
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
  Legia Warsaw 24.500
  FCSB 23.000
  Malmö FF 20.000
  Molde 13.500
  Apollon Limassol 12.000
  Hapoel Be'er Sheva 12.000
  MOL Fehérvár 9.000
  Dinamo Minsk 9.000
  Spartak Trnava 8.500
  AEK Larnaca 8.000
  Hajduk Split 8.000
  Brøndby 7.500
  Žalgiris 6.000
  Aberdeen 5.500
  Rangers 5.250
  Zrinjski Mostar 5.250
  Kairat 5.000
  Kukësi 4.750
  Alashkert 4.500
  Radnički Niš 4.450
  Čukarički 4.450
  Kilmarnock 4.425
  Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4.375
  Vitebsk 4.375
  Domžale 4.250
  Crusaders 4.250
  Ventspils 4.250
  Stjarnan 4.250
  IFK Norrköping 4.180
  Haugesund 4.040
  Brann 4.040
  Fola Esch 4.000
  Vaduz 4.000
  Tobol 3.850
  Ordabasy 3.850
  Cracovia 3.850
  Neftçi Baku 3.800
  Sabail 3.800
  Olimpija Ljubljana 3.750
  Cork City 3.750
  Pyunik 3.750
  Dinamo Tbilisi 3.750
  Maccabi Haifa 3.725
  CSKA Sofia 3.500
  Levski Sofia 3.500
  Riteriai 3.250
  Budućnost Podgorica 3.250
  FCI Levadia 3.250
  Universitatea Craiova 3.190
  DAC Dunajská Streda 3.125
  Ružomberok 3.125
  B36 Tórshavn 3.000
  Chikhura Sachkhere 3.000
  Titograd 3.000
  Debrecen 3.000
  Mura 3.000
  Torpedo Kutaisi 2.750
  Milsami Orhei 2.750
  Honvéd 2.500
  Flora 2.500
  Liepāja 2.500
  Hibernians 2.500
  KR 2.500
  Balzan 2.250
  Laçi 2.250
  Shamrock Rovers 2.250
  Široki Brijeg 2.250
  Connah's Quay Nomads 1.750
  Banants 1.750
  St Patrick's Athletic 1.750
  Shkupi 1.600
  Akademija Pandev 1.600
  Makedonija 1.600
  Petrocub Hîncești 1.550
  Speranța Nisporeni 1.550
  Teuta 1.500
  KuPS 1.455
  RoPs 1.455
  Inter Turku 1.455
  Breiðablik 1.450
  Radnik Bijeljina 1.425
  Kauno Žalgiris 1.350
  RFS 1.125
  Jeunesse Esch 1.100
  Gżira United 1.025
  Narva Trans 1.000
  Zeta 0.825
Preliminary round
Team Coeff.[4]
  La Fiorita 3.000
  Progrès Niederkorn 2.750
  Cliftonville 2.500
  Europa 2.000
  NSÍ Runavík 1.750
  KÍ Klaksvík 1.250
  Prishtina 1.250
  Sant Julià 1.250
  Engordany 1.000
  Tre Fiori 1.000
  Barry Town United 0.825
  Cardiff Metropolitan University 0.825
  St Joseph's 0.800
  Ballymena United 0.775
Notes
  1. CL Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

Format

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Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

For the Champions Path, in the draws for each round, teams (whose identity is not known at the time of the draws) are divided into seeded and unseeded pots, which may contain different numbers of teams, based on the following principles:

  • In the second qualifying round draw, 15 of the 16 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (excluding 1 team which receives a bye to the third qualifying round as decided by an additional draw held after the Champions League first qualifying round draw) are seeded, and the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round are unseeded.
  • In the third qualifying round draw, the ten losers of the Champions League second qualifying round are seeded, and the loser of the first qualifying round which receives a bye (whose identity is known at the time of the draw) and the nine winners of the second qualifying round are unseeded.
  • In the play-off round draw, the six losers of the Champions League third qualifying round are seeded, and the ten winners of the third qualifying round are unseeded.

In the beginning of the draws, a seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw, until one of the pots is empty. Afterwards, the remaining teams from the non-empty pot are drawn against each other, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw.

For the Main Path, in the draws for each round, teams are seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round is not known at the time of the draws, the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient is to advance, it simply take the seeding of its opponent.

Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from the same association or from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie may be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Schedule

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The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Qualifying phase and play-off round schedule
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 11 June 2019 27 June 2019 4 July 2019
First qualifying round 18 June 2019 11 July 2019 18 July 2019
Second qualifying round 19 June 2019 25 July 2019 1 August 2019
Third qualifying round 22 July 2019 8 August 2019 15 August 2019
Play-off round 5 August 2019 22 August 2019 29 August 2019

Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Preliminary round

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The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2019.[6]

Seeding

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A total of 14 teams were involved in the preliminary round draw. Seven teams were seeded and seven teams were unseeded. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, and if such a pairing was drawn or was set to be drawn in the final tie, the second team drawn in the current tie was moved to the next tie.

Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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The first legs were played on 27 June, and the second legs on 2 and 4 July 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Progrès Niederkorn   2–2 (a)   Cardiff Metropolitan University 1–0 1–2
La Fiorita   1–3   Engordany 0–1 1–2
Sant Julià   3–6   Europa 3–2 0–4
Ballymena United   2–0   NSÍ Runavík 2–0 0–0
Prishtina   1–3   St Joseph's 1–1 0–2
KÍ Klaksvík   9–1[A]   Tre Fiori 5–1 4–0
Barry Town United   0–4   Cliftonville 0–0 0–4

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2019.[7]

Seeding

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A total of 94 teams were involved in the first qualifying round draw: 87 teams entering in this round, and the seven winners of the preliminary round. They were divided into nine groups: seven groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded; and two groups of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–7 with ten teams and one for Groups 8–9 with twelve teams.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the preliminary round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July, and the second legs on 16, 17 and 18 July 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malmö FF   11–0   Ballymena United 7–0 4–0
Connah's Quay Nomads   3–2   Kilmarnock 1–2 2–0
KuPS   3–1[A]   Vitebsk 2–0 1–1
Breiðablik   1–2   Vaduz 0–0 1–2
Brann   3–4   Shamrock Rovers 2–2 1–2
Ordabasy   3–0   Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 2–0
Europa   0–3   Legia Warsaw 0–0 0–3
CSKA Sofia   4–0   Titograd 4–0 0–0
Gżira United   3–3 (a)   Hajduk Split 0–2 3–1
Flora   4–2[A]   Radnički Niš 2–0 2–2
Maccabi Haifa   5–2   Mura 2–0 3–2
Debrecen   4–1   Kukësi 3–0 1–1
Čukarički   8–0   Banants 3–0 5–0
Jeunesse Esch   1–1 (a)   Tobol 0–0 1–1
FCSB   4–1   Milsami Orhei 2–0 2–1
Crusaders   5–2   B36 Tórshavn 2–0 3–2
Brøndby   4–3[A]   Inter Turku 4–1 0–2
Molde   7–1   KR 7–1 0–0
St Joseph's   0–10   Rangers 0–4 0–6
Cork City   2–3   Progrès Niederkorn 0–2 2–1
Ružomberok   0–4[A]   Levski Sofia 0–2 0–2
Akademija Pandev   0–6   Zrinjski Mostar 0–3 0–3
Speranța Nisporeni   0–9[A]   Neftçi Baku 0–3 0–6
Zeta   1–5   MOL Fehérvár 1–5 0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk   2–0   Hibernians 1–0 1–0
Olimpija Ljubljana   4–3   RFS 2–3 2–0
Honvéd   4–2   Žalgiris 3–1 1–1
Alashkert   6–1   Makedonija GP 3–1 3–0
Radnik Bijeljina   2–2 (2–3 p)   Spartak Trnava 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Fola Esch   2–4   Chikhura Sachkhere 1–2 1–2
Dinamo Tbilisi   7–0   Engordany 6–0 1–0
Široki Brijeg   2–4   Kairat 1–2 1–2
DAC Dunajská Streda   3–3 (a)[A]   Cracovia 1–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Kauno Žalgiris   0–6   Apollon Limassol 0–2 0–4
Ventspils   3–1   Teuta 3–0 0–1
Stjarnan   4–4 (a)   FCI Levadia 2–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Cliftonville   1–6   Haugesund 0–1 1–5
Riteriai   1–1 (a)   KÍ Klaksvík 1–1 0–0
Liepāja   3–2[A]   Dinamo Minsk 1–1 2–1
St Patrick's Athletic   1–4[A]   IFK Norrköping 0–2 1–2
Aberdeen   4–2   RoPS 2–1 2–1
Balzan   3–5[A]   Domžale 3–4 0–1
Laçi   1–2   Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 0–1
Narva Trans   1–6[A]   Budućnost Podgorica 0–2 1–4
Sabail   4–6   Universitatea Craiova 2–3 2–3
Pyunik   5–4   Shkupi 3–3 2–1
AEK Larnaca   2–0   Petrocub Hîncești 1–0 1–0

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2019.[8]

Seeding

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A total of 18 teams were involved in the second qualifying round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: 15 of the 16 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (excluding the losers of the Champions League first qualifying round given a bye to the third qualifying round as decided by an additional draw held after the Champions League first qualifying round draw)
  • Unseeded: the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round

They were divided into three groups of six teams, where five teams were seeded and one team were unseeded.

Champions Path
Bye to third qualifying round
(decided by draw)
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
  Sarajevo   Tre Penne   Lincoln Red Imps   FC Santa Coloma

A total of 74 teams were involved in the second qualifying round Main Path draw: 27 teams entering in this round, and the 47 winners of the first qualifying round. They were divided into seven groups: five groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded; and two groups of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–5 with ten teams and one for Groups 6–7 with twelve teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 6 Group 7
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the first qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. Roma and Antwerp were originally included in the draw but were later promoted to the group stage and third qualifying round respectively, after Milan and Mechelen were excluded from the competition.[9][10] They were replaced in the second qualifying round by Torino and Gent respectively (had they originally been included in the draw, both of them would also have been seeded).

Summary

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The first legs were played on 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs on 30, 31 July and 1 August 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sarajevo   Bye n/a n/a n/a
Tre Penne   0–10   Sūduva 0–5 0–5
Piast Gliwice   4–4 (a)   Riga 3–2 1–2
Partizani   1–2   Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 1–1
Ararat-Armenia   4–1   Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 2–1
Valur   1–5   Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 0–4
Slovan Bratislava   4–1   Feronikeli 2–1 2–0
FC Santa Coloma   1–4   Astana 0–0 1–4
HB Tórshavn   2–3   Linfield 2–2 0–1
Shkëndija   2–3   F91 Dudelange 1–2 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
IFK Norrköping   3–0   Liepāja 2–0 1–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   3–1   Kairat 2–0 1–1
Arsenal Tula   0–4   Neftçi Baku 0–1 0–3
Espanyol   7–1   Stjarnan 4–0 3–1
DAC Dunajská Streda   3–5   Atromitos 1–2 2–3
Haugesund   3–2   Sturm Graz 2–0 1–2
AEK Larnaca   7–0   Levski Sofia 3–0 4–0
Legia Warsaw   1–0   KuPS 1–0 0–0
FC Utrecht   2–3   Zrinjski Mostar 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Pyunik   2–1   Jablonec 2–1 0–0
Lechia Gdańsk   3–5   Brøndby 2–1 1–4 (a.e.t.)
MOL Fehérvár   1–2   Vaduz 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Gabala   0–5   Dinamo Tbilisi 0–2 0–3
Yeni Malatyaspor   3–2   Olimpija Ljubljana 2–2 1–0
Flora   2–4   Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 1–2
Domžale   4–5   Malmö FF 2–2 2–3
Molde   3–1   Čukarički 0–0 3–1
Chikhura Sachkhere   1–6[A]   Aberdeen 1–1 0–5
Gent   7–5   Viitorul Constanța 6–3 1–2
Budućnost Podgorica   1–4   Zorya Luhansk 1–3 0–1
CSKA Sofia   1–1 (4–3 p)   Osijek 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Torino   7–1   Debrecen 3–0 4–1
Luzern   2–0   KÍ Klaksvík 1–0 1–0
Rangers   2–0   Progrès Niederkorn 2–0 0–0
Ventspils   6–2   Gżira United 4–0 2–2
Strasbourg   4–3   Maccabi Haifa 3–1 1–2
Mladá Boleslav   4–3   Ordabasy 1–1 3–2
Shamrock Rovers   3–4   Apollon Limassol 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
AZ   3–0   BK Häcken 0–0 3–0
Alashkert   3–5   FCSB 0–3 3–2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv   3–3 (a)   Spartak Trnava 2–0 1–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers   6–1   Crusaders 2–0 4–1
Aris   1–0   AEL Limassol 0–0 1–0
Jeunesse Esch   0–5   Vitória de Guimarães 0–1 0–4
Honvéd   0–0 (1–3 p)   Universitatea Craiova 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk   2–0   Esbjerg 2–0 0–0
Connah's Quay Nomads   0–4   Partizan 0–1 0–3

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Champions Path

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Main Path

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Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019.[11]

Seeding

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A total of 20 teams were involved in the third qualifying round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: the 10 losers of the Champions League second qualifying round Champions Path
  • Unseeded: the loser of the Champions League first qualifying round which received a bye, and the 9 winners of the Europa League second qualifying round Champions Path

They were divided into two groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Loser of the Champions League first qualifying round which received a bye.

A total of 52 teams were involved in the third qualifying round Main Path draw: 13 teams entering in this round, the 37 winners of the second qualifying round Main Path, and the two Champions League losers of the second qualifying round League Path. They were divided into five groups: four groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded; and one group of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–4 with ten teams and one for Group 5 with twelve teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the second qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. CL Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round. Teams in italics lost to a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 6, 7 and 8 August, and the second legs on 13, 14 and 15 August 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sutjeska Nikšić   3–5   Linfield 1–2 2–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv   2–4   Sūduva 1–2 1–2
Ararat-Armenia   3–2   Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–2 2–0
Riga   3–3 (a)   HJK 1–1 2–2
Ludogorets Razgrad   9–0   The New Saints 5–0 4–0
Sarajevo   1–2   BATE Borisov 1–2 0–0
F91 Dudelange   4–1   Nõmme Kalju 3–1 1–0
Astana   9–1   Valletta 5–1 4–0
Sheriff Tiraspol   2–3   AIK 1–2 1–1
Slovan Bratislava   4–1   Dundalk 1–0 3–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
IFK Norrköping   2–4   Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 1–3
Torino   6–1   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 5–0 1–1
Antwerp   2–2 (a)   Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Austria Wien   2–5   Apollon Limassol 1–2 1–3
Feyenoord   5–1   Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 1–1
Brøndby   3–7   Braga 2–4 1–3
Molde   4–3   Aris 3–0 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv   0–2   Strasbourg 0–1 0–1
Thun   3–5   Spartak Moscow 2–3 1–2
FCSB   1–0   Mladá Boleslav 0–0 1–0
Pyunik   0–8   Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 0–4
Midtjylland   3–7   Rangers 2–4 1–3
Mariupol   0–4   AZ 0–0 0–4
AEK Larnaca   1–4   Gent 1–1 0–3
Legia Warsaw   2–0   Atromitos 0–0 2–0
Haugesund   0–1   PSV Eindhoven 0–1 0–0
Rijeka   4–0   Aberdeen 2–0 2–0
Ventspils   0–9   Vitória de Guimarães 0–3 0–6
Vaduz   0–6   Eintracht Frankfurt 0–5 0–1
Partizan   3–2   Yeni Malatyaspor 3–1 0–1
Malmö FF   3–1   Zrinjski Mostar 3–0 0–1
CSKA Sofia   1–2   Zorya Luhansk 1–1 0–1
Neftçi Baku   3–4   Bnei Yehuda 2–2 1–2
Luzern   0–6   Espanyol 0–3 0–3
Sparta Prague   3–4   Trabzonspor 2–2 1–2
Universitatea Craiova   1–3   AEK Athens 0–2 1–1

Champions Path

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Main Path

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Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019.[12]

Seeding

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A total of 16 teams were involved in the play-off round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: the six losers of the Champions League third qualifying round Champions Path
  • Unseeded: the 10 winners of the Europa League third qualifying round Champions Path

They were divided into two groups of eight teams, where three teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

A total of 26 teams, all winners of the third qualifying round Main Path, were involved in the play-off round Main Path draw. They were divided into three groups: two groups of eight teams, where four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded; and one group of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–2 with eight teams and one for Group 3 with ten teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the third qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second legs will be played on 29 August 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sūduva   2–4   Ferencváros 0–0 2–4
Copenhagen   3–2   Riga 3–1 0–1
Celtic   6–1   AIK 2–0 4–1
Ararat-Armenia   3–3 (4–5 p)   F91 Dudelange 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Ludogorets Razgrad   2–2 (a)   Maribor 0–0 2–2
Linfield   4–4 (a)   Qarabağ 3–2 1–2
Slovan Bratislava   3–3 (a)   PAOK 1–0 2–3
Astana   3–2   BATE Borisov 3–0 0–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Torino   3–5   Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 1–2
Legia Warsaw   0–1   Rangers 0–0 0–1
FCSB   0–1   Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 0–1
PSV Eindhoven   7–0   Apollon Limassol 3–0 4–0
AEK Athens   3–3 (a)   Trabzonspor 1–3 2–0
Feyenoord   6–0   Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–0 3–0
Gent   3–2   Rijeka 2–1 1–1
Espanyol   5–3   Zorya Luhansk 3–1 2–2
Partizan   3–2   Molde 2–1 1–1
Braga   3–1   Spartak Moscow 1–0 2–1
Malmö FF   4–0   Bnei Yehuda 3–0 1–0
Strasbourg   1–3   Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 0–3
AZ   5–2   Antwerp 1–1 4–1 (a.e.t.)

Champions Path

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Main Path

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Top goalscorers

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There were 872 goals scored in 314 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.[13]

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Alfredo Morelos   Rangers 8
2   Marin Tomasov   Astana 7
3   Facundo Ferreyra   Espanyol 6
  Raúl Jiménez   Wolverhampton Wanderers
  Sam Cosgrove   Aberdeen
  Andrea Belotti   Torino
7   Mihret Topčagić   Sūduva 5
  Markus Rosenberg   Malmö FF
  Ivan Trichkovski   AEK Larnaca
  Danel Sinani   F91 Dudelange
  Emilio Zelaya   Apollon Limassol

References

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  2. ^ "UEFA Europa League qualifying explained". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2019.
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  9. ^ "AC Milan banned from Europa League next season over Financial Fair Play breaches". BBC Sport. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. ^ "KV Mechelen replaced in the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 July 2019.
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