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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

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.

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

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

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.

Third qualifying round

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

Seeding

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

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.

Notes
  1. † Losers of the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

Summary

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.

Champions Path

LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,789[6]
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Bravida Arena, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,926[8]
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

BK Häcken won 8–1 on aggregate.

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 24,984[10]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
Bolt Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,612[12]
Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

Qarabağ won 4–2 on aggregate.

Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, Mostar
Attendance: 6,200[14]
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur
Attendance: 673[16]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Zrinjski Mostar won 6–3 on aggregate.

Sheriff Arena, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,400[18]
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion, Mezőkövesd, Hungary[note 1]
Attendance: 0[21][note 1]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 7–3 on aggregate.

Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 23,967[23]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 5,469[25]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 6–3 on aggregate.

Main Path

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 24,123[27]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Cegeka Arena, Genk
Attendance: 11,998[29]
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.

Fortuna Arena, Prague
Attendance: 19,102[31]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Košická futbalová aréna, Košice, Slovakia[note 2]
Attendance: 5,855[34]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

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

Seeding

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

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.

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

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.

Matches

Fortuna Arena, Prague
Attendance: 18,522[36]
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
Arena Lublin, Lublin, Poland[note 2]
Attendance: 964[38]
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Slavia Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 24,332[40]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac[note 3]
Attendance: 6,812[42]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels[note 4]
Attendance: 7,238[45]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Stade de Genève, Geneva[note 5]
Attendance: 1,171[47]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Union Saint-Gilloise won 3–0 on aggregate.

Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 9,880[49]
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 50,900[51]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bravida Arena, Gothenburg
Attendance: 4,424[53]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Attendance: 19,237[55]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

BK Häcken won 5–3 on aggregate.

Raiffeisen Arena, Linz
Attendance: 8,300[57]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, Mostar
Attendance: 6,520[59]
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

LASK won 3–2 on aggregate.

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn[note 6]
Attendance: 3,413[61]
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
Sheriff Arena, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,493[63]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on aggregate.

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 6,123[65]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 27,354[67]
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Qarabağ won 3–1 on aggregate.

Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 17,564[69]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Alphamega Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 2,872[71]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Aris Limassol won 7–4 on aggregate.

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 12,170[73]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Stadion Letná, Prague
Attendance: 17,953[75]
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Sparta Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

Notes

  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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