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2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 8 August and ended on 31 August 2023.[1]

A total of 27 teams competed in the qualifying system which included the qualifying phase and the play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage, to join the 12 teams that entered in the group stage, the six losers of the Champions League play-off round (four from Champions Path and two from League Path) and the four League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.[2]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Teams

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In the third qualifying round (which was the first round of the qualification for the Europa League), the teams were divided into two paths:

The winners of the third qualifying round were combined into a single path for the play-off round:

All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round entered the Europa Conference League:

Below were the participating teams (with their 2023 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for qualifying phase and play-off round, however),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advanced to group stage
Losers of play-off round entered Europa Conference League group stage
Losers of third qualifying round entered Europa Conference League play-off round
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
  Ajax 89.000
  Dinamo Zagreb [CH Q3] 55.000
  LASK 36.000
  Slovan Bratislava [CH Q3] 24.500
  Union Saint-Gilloise 19.000
  Zorya Luhansk 16.000
  Sparta Prague [CH Q3] 14.000
  Olimpija Ljubljana [CH Q3] 9.000
  KÍ [CH Q3] 8.000
  Aberdeen 8.000
  Čukarički 6.475
  Lugano 6.335
  Aris Limassol [CH Q3] 4.895
Third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Team Coeff.[3]
  Qarabağ [CH Q2] 25.000
  Ludogorets Razgrad [CH Q2] 21.000
  Sheriff Tiraspol [CH Q2] 19.500
  BATE Borisov [CH Q2] 15.000
  Astana [CH Q2] 14.000
  Žalgiris [CH Q2] 11.000
  HJK [CH Q2] 11.000
  Zrinjski Mostar [CH Q2] 8.500
  Breiðablik [CH Q2] 6.000
  BK Häcken [CH Q2] 4.750
Third qualifying round (Main Path)
Team Coeff.[3]
  Slavia Prague 52.000
  Olympiacos 39.000
  Genk [LP Q2] 18.000
  Dnipro-1 [LP Q2] 8.000
Notes
  1. CH Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. CH Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  3. LP Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

Format

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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 at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals was scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[4]

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition was as follows.[1][5] Matches were scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Third qualifying round 24 July 2023 10 August 2023 17 August 2023
Play-off round 7 August 2023 24 August 2023 31 August 2023

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

Seeding

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A total of 14 teams played in the qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (10 teams): 10 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. There was no seeding.
  • Main Path (4 teams): The teams were seeded as follows:
    • Seeded: 2 teams which entered in this round.
    • Unseeded: 2 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (League Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Since Olympiacos could not be drawn against Panathinaikos, they were drawn against the loser of the Servette/Genk match, and Slavia Prague were drawn against the loser of the Dnipro-1/Panathinaikos match.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Main Path
Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Losers of the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 8 and 10 August, and the second legs were played on 17 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League play-off round of their respective path.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Žalgiris   1–8   BK Häcken 1–3 0–5
Qarabağ   4–2   HJK 2–1 2–1
Zrinjski Mostar   6–3   Breiðablik 6–2 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol   7–3   BATE Borisov 5–1 2–2
Astana   3–6   Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 1–5
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Olympiacos   2–1   Genk 1–0 1–1
Slavia Prague   4–1   Dnipro-1 3–0 1–1

Champions Path

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Žalgiris  1–3  BK Häcken
  • Hnid   85'
 Report[7]
Attendance: 4,789[6]
BK Häcken  5–0  Žalgiris
 Report[9]
Attendance: 3,926[8]

BK Häcken won 8–1 on aggregate.

Qarabağ  2–1  HJK
 Report[11]
Attendance: 24,984[10]
HJK  1–2  Qarabağ
 Report[13]
Attendance: 7,612[12]

Qarabağ won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zrinjski Mostar  6–2  Breiðablik
 Report[15]
Attendance: 6,200[14]
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
Breiðablik  1–0  Zrinjski Mostar
 Report[17]
Attendance: 673[16]

Zrinjski Mostar won 6–3 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol  5–1  BATE Borisov
 Report[19]
Attendance: 5,400[18]
BATE Borisov  2–2  Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report[22]
Attendance: 0[21][note 1]

Sheriff Tiraspol won 7–3 on aggregate.

Astana  2–1  Ludogorets Razgrad
 Report[24]
Attendance: 23,967[23]
Ludogorets Razgrad  5–1  Astana
 Report[26]
Attendance: 5,469[25]

Ludogorets Razgrad won 6–3 on aggregate.

Main Path

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Olympiacos  1–0  Genk
 Report[28]
Attendance: 24,123[27]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Genk  1–1  Olympiacos
 Report[30]
Attendance: 11,998[29]

Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.

Slavia Prague  3–0  Dnipro-1
 Report[32]
Attendance: 19,102[31]
Dnipro-1  1–1  Slavia Prague
Rubchynskyi   45+1' Report[35] Jurečka   52'
Attendance: 5,855[34]

Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

Seeding

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A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round. The teams were seeded into four "priority groups":

  • Priority 1: The 6 teams from the higher ranking association which entered in this round
  • Priority 2: 6 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw
  • Priority 3: 5 winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw
  • Priority 4: The remaining team which entered in this round and 2 winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw

The procedure of the draw was as follows:

  1. Three teams from Pot 1 (Priority 1) were paired with the three teams in Pot 4 (Priority 4).
  2. The three remaining Pot 1 (Priority 1) teams would then be paired with teams from Pot 3 (Priority 3).
  3. The two remaining Pot 3 (Priority 3) teams work would then be paired with teams from Pot 2 (Priority 2).
  4. The four remaining Pot 2 (Priority 2) balls were then drawn one after another to complete the ninth and tenth pairings (open draw).

Association protection was not applied. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4
Notes
  1. † Winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.
  2. †† Losers of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 24 August and the second legs were played on 31 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League group stage.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Prague   3–2   Zorya Luhansk 2–0 1–2
Olympiacos   6–1   Čukarički 3–1 3–0
Union Saint-Gilloise   3–0   Lugano 2–0 1–0
Ludogorets Razgrad   2–4   Ajax 1–4 1–0
BK Häcken   5–3   Aberdeen 2–2 3–1
LASK   3–2   Zrinjski Mostar 2–1 1–1
KÍ   2–3   Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 1–2
Olimpija Ljubljana   1–3   Qarabağ 0–2 1–1
Slovan Bratislava   4–7   Aris Limassol 2–1 2–6
Dinamo Zagreb   4–5   Sparta Prague 3–1 1–4

Matches

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Slavia Prague  2–0  Zorya Luhansk
 Report[37]
Attendance: 18,522[36]
Zorya Luhansk  2–1  Slavia Prague
 Report[39]
Attendance: 964[38]

Slavia Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.

Olympiacos  3–1  Čukarički
 Report[41]
Attendance: 24,332[40]
Čukarički  0–3  Olympiacos
Report[43]
Attendance: 6,812[42]

Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.

Union Saint-Gilloise  2–0  Lugano
 Report[46]
Attendance: 7,238[45]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Lugano  0–1  Union Saint-Gilloise
Report[48]
Attendance: 1,171[47]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Union Saint-Gilloise won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad  1–4  Ajax
 Report[50]
Attendance: 9,880[49]
Ajax  0–1  Ludogorets Razgrad
Report[52]
Attendance: 50,900[51]

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

BK Häcken  2–2  Aberdeen
 Report[54]
Attendance: 4,424[53]
Aberdeen  1–3  BK Häcken
 Report[56]
Attendance: 19,237[55]

BK Häcken won 5–3 on aggregate.

LASK  2–1  Zrinjski Mostar
 Report[58]
Attendance: 8,300[57]
Zrinjski Mostar  1–1  LASK
 Report[60]
Attendance: 6,520[59]

LASK won 3–2 on aggregate.

KÍ  1–1  Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report[62]
Attendance: 3,413[61]
Sheriff Tiraspol  2–1  KÍ
 Report[64]
Attendance: 5,493[63]

Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on aggregate.

Olimpija Ljubljana  0–2  Qarabağ
Report[66]
Attendance: 6,123[65]
Qarabağ  1–1  Olimpija Ljubljana
 Report[68]
Attendance: 27,354[67]

Qarabağ won 3–1 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava  2–1  Aris Limassol
 Report[70] Mayambela   73'
Attendance: 17,564[69]
Aris Limassol  6–2  Slovan Bratislava
 Report[72]
Attendance: 2,872[71]

Aris Limassol won 7–4 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb  3–1  Sparta Prague
 Report[74]
Attendance: 12,170[73]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Sparta Prague  4–1  Dinamo Zagreb
 Report[76]
Attendance: 17,953[75]

Sparta Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.[20]
  2. ^ a b Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[33]
  3. ^ Čukarički played their home match at the Dubočica Stadium in Leskovac, instead of their regular stadium, Čukarički Stadium, in Belgrade, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  4. ^ Union Saint-Gilloise played their home match at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, instead of their regular stadium, Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.[44]
  5. ^ Lugano played their home match at the Stade de Genève in Geneva, instead of their regular stadium, the Cornaredo Stadium in Lugano, which did not meet UEFA requirements.[44]
  6. ^ KÍ played their home match at the Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn, instead of their regular stadium, Við Djúpumýrar, in Klaksvík, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

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