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

A total of 178 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round,[2] 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) advanced to the group stage, to join 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.[3]

Teams[edit]

Champions Path[edit]

The Champions Path included all league champions which were eliminated from the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Champions League, and consisted of the following rounds:

The 8 Champions Path winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 17 teams which entered in the group stage, the 13 Main Path winners of the play-off round, the 4 Champions Path losers of the Champions League play-off round, the 2 League Path losers of the Champions League play-off round, and the 4 League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.

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

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[4]
(UCLQ3)
(UCLQ3)
(UCLQ3)
(UCLQ3)
(UCLQ3)
(UCLQ3)
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1)
(UCL Q1) [Q1]
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 Losers of Champions League first qualifying round.
  4. PR Losers of Champions League preliminary round.
  5. ^
    1 Cork City were randomly drawn to receive a bye to the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.[5]

Main Path[edit]

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

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

The 13 Main Path winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 17 teams which enter in the group stage, the 8 Champions Path winners of the play-off round, the 4 Champions Path losers of the Champions League play-off round, the 2 League Path losers of the Champions League play-off round, and the 4 League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Portugal Braga (3rd) 31.000 (TBD)
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (4th) 26.500 (TBD)
Turkey Galatasaray (3rd) 21.500 (TBD)
Switzerland Thun (3rd) 5.260 (TBD)
Ukraine (3rd)
Belgium (PW)
Austria (QCR)
Czech Republic (CW)
Netherlands (CW)
Greece (CW)
Croatia (CW)
Denmark (CW)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
(UCL Q2)
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Spain Real Madrid (6th) 144.000 (TBD)
Turkey Beşiktaş (3rd) 60.000 (TBD)
Russia Rostov (5th) 13.500
Czech Republic TBD (3rd)
Czech Republic TBD (4th)
Romania Quarter-finals (CW)
Belgium TBD (PW)
Netherlands AZ 25.000
Germany RB Leipzig 17.000
England Burnley 15.921
Italy Atalanta 15.249
France Bordeaux 11.283
Portugal Rio Ave 9.449
Greece Asteras Tripolis 9.000
Ukraine Mariupol 8.226
Croatia Hajduk Split 7.000
Austria Admira Wacker Modling 6.570
Austria LASK Linz 6.570
Switzerland St. Gallen 6.040
Netherlands Vitesse 6.000
Greece Atromitos 5.720
Israel Hapoel Haifa 4.350
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 4.310
Poland Jagiellonia Bialystok 4.025
Scotland Aberdeen 4.000
Sweden Djurgardens IF 3.995
Belarus Dynamo Brest 3.725
Norway Lillestrom 3.485
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Denmark Copenhagen 34.000
Slovenia Maribor 22.500
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 22.500
Serbia Partizan 17.000
Norway Molde 12.500
Cyprus Apollon Limassol 10.000
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 8.000
Poland Lech Poznan 7.000
Iceland FH 5.500
Republic of Ireland Dundalk 5.500
Lithuania Zalgiris 5.500
Azerbaijan Gabala 5.250
Croatia Osijek 5.200
Denmark Nordsj?lland 5.190
North Macedonia Vardar 5.000
Slovakia Trencin 5.000
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 5.000
Israel Beitar Jerusalem 4.350
Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 4.310
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 4.250
Romania Viitorul Constan?a 4.090
Poland Gornik Zabrze 4.025
Sweden AIK 4.000
Estonia Nomme Kalju 4.000
Sweden BK Hacken 3.995
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 3.825
Azerbaijan Kesla 3.825
Azerbaijan Neftci Baku 3.825
Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 3.825
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3.825
Latvia Ventspils 3.750
Serbia Radnicki Nis 3.750
Serbia Spartak Subotica 3.750
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3.725
Scotland Rangers 3.725
Scotland Hibernian 3.725
Kazakhstan Kairat 3.625
Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar 3.625
Kazakhstan Tobol 3.625
Luxembourg Fola Esch 3.500
Norway Sarpsborg 08 3.485
North Macedonia Rabotnicki 3.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 3.250
Slovenia Domzale 3.000
Montenegro Titograd Podgorica 3.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeljeznicar 3.000
Slovenia Rudar Velenje 2.900
Liechtenstein Vaduz 2.750
Estonia FCI Levadia 2.750
Moldova Milsami Orhei 2.750
Iceland Stjarnan 2.750
Hungary Ferencvaros 2.500
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2.500
Slovakia DAC Dunajska Streda 2.425
Montenegro Buducnost Podgorica 2.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Siroki Brijeg 2.250
Armenia Pyunik 2.250
Moldova Zaria Bal?i 2.000
Albania Partizani 2.000
Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 2.000
Moldova Petrocub Hince?ti 2.000
Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 1.750
Albania Laci 1.700
Albania Luftetari 1.700
Iceland IBV 1.650
Hungary Honved 1.625
Hungary Ujpest 1.625
Latvia Liepaja 1.500
North Macedonia Shkupi 1.500
Finland Lahti 1.380
Finland KuPS 1.380
Finland Ilves 1.380
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 1.340
Republic of Ireland Derry City 1.340
Georgia (country) Samtredia 1.250
Latvia Riga FC 1.125
Estonia Narva Trans 1.100
Lithuania Stumbras 1.075
Armenia Gandzasar Kapan 0.975
Armenia Banants 0.975
Malta Balzan 0.900
Luxembourg Progres Niederkorn 0.875
Luxembourg Racing FC 0.875
Northern Ireland Coleraine 0.850
Northern Ireland Glenavon 0.850
Wales Connah's Quay Nomads 0.775
Faroe Islands NSI Runavik 0.750
Preliminary round
Team Coeff.[4]
Malta Birkirkara 2.750
Lithuania Trakai 1.750
Gibraltar Europa 1.500
Faroe Islands B36 Torshavn 1.500
San Marino Folgore 1.250
Wales Bala Town 1.000
Malta Gzira United 0.900
Wales Cefn Druids 0.775
Andorra Sant Julia 0.750
Faroe Islands KI Klaksvik 0.750
Gibraltar St Joseph's 0.600
Andorra Engordany 0.266
Kosovo Prishtina 0.250
San Marino Tre Fiori 0.099
Notes
  1. CL Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

Format[edit]

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. In the preliminary round, where single-match semi-finals and final are hosted by one of the participating teams, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.[3]

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 are seeded, and the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round are unseeded, with the remaining 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.
  • In the third qualifying round draw, the ten losers of the Champions League second qualifying round are seeded, and the ten winners of the second qualifying round (including the team given a bye to the third qualifying round, whose identity is known at the time of the draw) 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 associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie.[3]

Schedule[edit]

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 12 June 2018 28 June 2018 5 July 2018
First qualifying round 19 June 2018 (Champions Path)
20 June 2018 (Main Path)
12 July 2018 19 July 2018
Second qualifying round 26 July 2018 2 August 2018
Third qualifying round 23 July 2018 9 August 2018 16 August 2018
Play-off round 6 August 2018 23 August 2018 30 August 2018

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

Preliminary round[edit]

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018, 13:00 CEST.[6]

Seeding[edit]

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 would be moved to the next tie.

Seeded Unseeded

Matches[edit]

The first legs were played on 26 and 28 June, and the second legs on 5 July 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Europa Gibraltar 1–6 Kosovo Prishtina 1–1 0–5
Sant Julià Andorra 1–4 Malta Gżira United 0–2 1–2
Engordany Andorra 3–2 San Marino Folgore 2–1 1–1
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 2–2 (4–2 p) Gibraltar St Joseph's 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Birkirkara Malta 2–3 Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 1–1 1–2
Tre Fiori San Marino 3–1 Wales Bala Town 3–0 0–1
Cefn Druids Wales 1–2 Lithuania Trakai 1–1 0–1

First qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2018, 12:00 CEST.[7]

Seeding[edit]

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 of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded, and two of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and one run for all groups 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.

Matches[edit]

The first legs were played on 10, 11 and 12 July, and the second legs on 17, 18 and 19 July 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stjarnan Iceland 3–1 Estonia Nõmme Kalju 3–0 0–1
Ilves Finland 1–3 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 0–1 1–2
KÍ Klaksvík Faroe Islands 2–3 Lithuania Žalgiris 1–2 1–1
Fola Esch Luxembourg 0–0 (5–4 p) Kosovo Prishtina 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Glenavon Northern Ireland 3–6 Norway Molde 2–1 1–5
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia 3–2 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–1 2–1
Stumbras Lithuania 1–2 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 1–0 0–2
Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–3 (a) Slovenia Domžale 2–2 1–1
Rangers Scotland 2–0 North Macedonia Shkupi 2–0 0–0
Gabala Azerbaijan 1–2[A] Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 0–2 1–0
Racing FC Luxembourg 0–2 Romania Viitorul Constanța 0–2 0–0
Samtredia Georgia (country) 0–3 Kazakhstan Tobol 0–1 0–2
Partizani Albania 0–3 Slovenia Maribor 0–1 0–2
Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan 3–5 Hungary Újpest 3–1 0–4
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–3 Slovakia Trenčín 0–2 1–1
Derry City Republic of Ireland 2–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–2 2–1
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 2–1 Montenegro Titograd Podgorica 0–0 2–1
Górnik Zabrze Poland 2–1[A] Moldova Zaria Bălți 1–0 1–1
Spartak Subotica Serbia 3–1 Northern Ireland Coleraine 1–1 2–0
Pyunik Armenia 3–0 North Macedonia Vardar 1–0 2–0
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 1–2 Sweden AIK 0–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Connah's Quay Nomads Wales 1–5 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–3 0–2
Lahti Finland 0–3 Iceland FH 0–3 0–0
Ventspils Latvia 8–3 Albania Luftëtari 5–0 3–3
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 1–3 Denmark Nordsjælland 0–1 1–2
Banants Armenia 1–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1–2 0–3
Engordany Andorra 1–10 Kazakhstan Kairat 0–3 1–7
Petrocub Hîncești Moldova 2–3 Croatia Osijek 1–1 1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 2–2 (a) Albania Laçi 2–1 0–1
Ferencváros Hungary 1–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 0–1
Balzan Malta 5–3 Azerbaijan Keşla 4–1 1–2
Rabotnički North Macedonia 2–5[A] Hungary Honvéd 2–1 0–4
Rudar Pljevlja Montenegro 0–6 Serbia Partizan 0–3 0–3
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 (5–3 p) Latvia Riga 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Milsami Orhei Moldova 2–9 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–4 0–5
Radnički Niš Serbia 5–0 Malta Gżira United 4–0 1–0
Lech Poznań Poland 3–2 Armenia Gandzasar Kapan 2–0 1–2
Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country) 2–1 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 2–1
Vaduz Liechtenstein 3–3 (a) Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–0 2–3
Narva Trans Estonia 1–5[A] Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 0–2 1–3
Trakai Lithuania 1–0 Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar 0–0 1–0
Hibernian Scotland 12–5 Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 6–1 6–4
Rudar Velenje Slovenia 10–0 San Marino Tre Fiori 7–0 3–0
FCI Levadia Estonia 1–3 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 0–1 1–2
ÍBV Iceland 0–6 Norway Sarpsborg 08 0–4 0–2
KuPS Finland 1–2[A] Denmark Copenhagen 0–1 1–1
Liepāja Latvia 2–4 Sweden BK Häcken 0–3 2–1

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the second qualifying round Champions Path was held on 19 June 2018, 16:00 CEST,[5] and the draw for the second qualifying round Main Path was held on 20 June 2018, 14:50 CEST.[7]

Seeding[edit]

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. Teams from Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo, could not be drawn into the same tie, and if such a potential pairing was drawn, the second team drawn in the current tie would be moved to the next tie.

Champions Path
Bye to third qualifying round
(decided by draw)
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Republic of Ireland Cork City

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 of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded, and two of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and one run for all groups 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.

Matches[edit]

The first legs were played on 26 July, and the second legs on 31 July, 1 and 2 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Cork City Republic of Ireland Bye N/A N/A N/A
The New Saints Wales 3–2 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–1 1–1
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 7–0 Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 3–0 4–0
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2 Malta Valletta 1–1 2–1
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 1–3 Iceland Valur 1–0 0–3
Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro 0–1 Armenia Alashkert 0–1 0–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 3–2 Kosovo Drita 2–1 1–1
Spartaks Jūrmala Latvia 9–0 San Marino La Fiorita 6–0 3–0
APOEL Cyprus 5–2 Estonia Flora Tallinn 5–0 0–2
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 6–2 Northern Ireland Crusaders 5–1 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Molde Norway 5–0 Albania Laçi 3–0 2–0
Atalanta Italy 10–2[A] Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2–2 8–0
Žalgiris Lithuania 2–1 Liechtenstein Vaduz 1–0 1–1
Kairat Kazakhstan 3–2 Netherlands AZ 2–0 1–2
Aberdeen Scotland 2–4 England Burnley 1–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Partizan Serbia 2–1 Lithuania Trakai 1–0 1–1
Balzan Malta 3–4 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–1 1–3
Nordsjælland Denmark 2–0 Sweden AIK 1–0 1–0
Rudar Velenje Slovenia 0–6 Romania FCSB 0–2 0–4
Hapoel Haifa Israel 2–1 Iceland FH 1–1 1–0
Dundalk Republic of Ireland 0–4 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0–0 0–4
Górnik Zabrze Poland 1–5 Slovakia Trenčín 0–1 1–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 4–2 Serbia Radnički Niš 2–0 2–2
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 6–1 Austria Admira Wacker Mödling 3–0 3–1
Spartak Subotica Serbia 3–2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–0 1–2
RB Leipzig Germany 5–1 Sweden BK Häcken 4–0 1–1
Stjarnan Iceland 0–7 Denmark Copenhagen 0–2 0–5
Ufa Russia 1–1 (a) Slovenia Domžale 0–0 1–1
Tobol Kazakhstan 2–2 (a) Armenia Pyunik 2–1 0–1
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 5–4 Portugal Rio Ave 1–0 4–4
LASK Austria 6–1 Norway Lillestrøm 4–0 2–1
Honvéd Hungary 1–2 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 1–0 0–2
Osijek Croatia 1–2 Scotland Rangers 0–1 1–1
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 0–8 Turkey Beşiktaş 0–2 0–6
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia 2–7 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–3 1–4
Ventspils Latvia 1–3 France Bordeaux 0–1 1–2
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–5 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 1–2 1–3
Viitorul Constanța Romania 3–5 Netherlands Vitesse 2–2 1–3
St. Gallen Switzerland 2–2 (a) Norway Sarpsborg 08 2–1 0–1
Dynamo Brest Belarus 5–4 Greece Atromitos 4–3 1–1
Sevilla Spain 7–1 Hungary Újpest 4–0 3–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 2–4 Poland Lech Poznań 1–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Hibernian Scotland 4–3 Greece Asteras Tripolis 3–2 1–1
Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country) 0–2 Slovenia Maribor 0–0 0–2
Genk Belgium 9–1 Luxembourg Fola Esch 5–0 4–1
Djurgårdens IF Sweden 2–3 Ukraine Mariupol 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Hajduk Split Croatia 4–2 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 1–0 3–2

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Third qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the third qualifying round Champions Path was held on 23 July 2018, 12:45 CEST, and the draw for the third qualifying round Main Path was held on 23 July 2018, 14:00 CEST.[8]

Seeding[edit]

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 10 winners of the Europa League second qualifying round Champions Path (including the team which received a bye)

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

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 of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded, and one of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and one run for all groups 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.

Matches[edit]

The first legs were played on 7 and 9 August, and the second legs on 16 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–0 1–1
Legia Warsaw Poland 3–4 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 1–2 2–2
Alashkert Armenia 0–7 Romania CFR Cluj 0–2 0–5
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 7–1 Finland HJK 3–0 4–1
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–2 (a) Iceland Valur 1–0 1–2
Cork City Republic of Ireland 0–5 Norway Rosenborg 0–2 0–3
Spartaks Jūrmala Latvia 0–1 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 0–1 0–0
The New Saints Wales 1–5 Denmark Midtjylland 0–2 1–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 3–5 Cyprus APOEL 2–2 1–3
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 5–4 Albania Kukësi 5–2 0–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Pyunik Armenia 1–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 1–2
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 5–8 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 4–0 1–8 (a.e.t.)
Sturm Graz Austria 0–7 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0–2 0–5
Sarpsborg 08 Norway 2–1 Croatia Rijeka 1–1 1–0
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 0–1 England Burnley 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 3–3 (a) Portugal Braga 1–1 2–2
Hapoel Haifa Israel 1–6 Italy Atalanta 1–4 0–2
Genk Belgium 4–1 Poland Lech Poznań 2–0 2–1
Vitesse Netherlands 0–2 Switzerland Basel 0–1 0–1
Nordsjælland Denmark 3–5 Serbia Partizan 1–2 2–3
Hibernian Scotland 0–3 Norway Molde 0–0 0–3
Hajduk Split Croatia 1–2 Romania FCSB 0–0 1–2
Sevilla Spain 6–0 Lithuania Žalgiris 1–0 5–0
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 4–1 Kazakhstan Kairat 2–0 2–1
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 2–5 Austria Rapid Wien 2–1 0–4
Mariupol Ukraine 2–5 France Bordeaux 1–3 1–2
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–4 Denmark Copenhagen 1–2 1–2
Olympiacos Greece 7–1 Switzerland Luzern 4–0 3–1
Rangers Scotland 3–1 Slovenia Maribor 3–1 0–0
Trenčín Slovakia 5–1 Netherlands Feyenoord 4–0 1–1
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 1–4 Belgium Gent 0–1 1–3
Spartak Subotica Serbia 1–4 Denmark Brøndby 0–2 1–2
Ufa Russia 4–3 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 2–1 2–2
Beşiktaş Turkey 2–2 (a) Austria LASK 1–0 1–2
Apollon Limassol Cyprus 4–1 Belarus Dynamo Brest 4–0 0–1
RB Leipzig Germany 4–2 Romania Universitatea Craiova 3–1 1–1

Play-off round[edit]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2018, 13:30 CEST.[9]

Seeding[edit]

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 of eight teams, where four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded, and one of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with eight teams and one run for all groups 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.

Matches[edit]

The first legs were played on 23 August, and the second legs on 30 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 1–3 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 0–2 1–1
APOEL Cyprus 1–1 (1–2 p) Kazakhstan Astana 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg Norway 5–1 North Macedonia Shkëndija 3–1 2–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 5–2 Romania CFR Cluj 2–0 3–2
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania 1–4 Scotland Celtic 1–1 0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1–3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0 0–3
Malmö FF Sweden 4–2 Denmark Midtjylland 2–2 2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 0–5 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 0–4
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 0–4 Spain Sevilla 0–1 0–3
Sarpsborg 08 Norway 4–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 1–2
Gent Belgium 0–2 France Bordeaux 0–0 0–2
Partizan Serbia 1–4 Turkey Beşiktaş 1–1 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 4–3 Romania FCSB 3–1 1–2
Basel Switzerland 3–3 (a)[A] Cyprus Apollon Limassol 3–2 0–1
Rangers Scotland 2–1 Russia Ufa 1–0 1–1
Atalanta Italy 0–0 (3–4 p) Denmark Copenhagen 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 4–3 Norway Molde 3–1 1–2
Trenčín Slovakia 1–4 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 1–1 0–3
Genk Belgium 9–4 Denmark Brøndby 5–2 4–2
Olympiacos Greece 4–2 England Burnley 3–1 1–1
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 2–3 Germany RB Leipzig 0–0 2–3

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Top goalscorers[edit]

There were 848 goals scored in 314 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.[10]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Nigeria Adeleke Akinyemi Latvia Ventspils 7
Norway Eirik Hestad Norway Molde
3 Hungary Marton Eppel Kazakhstan Kairat 6
Croatia Antonio Mance Slovakia Trencin
Tanzania Mbwana Samatta Belgium Genk
Spain Pablo Sarabia Spain Sevilla
North Macedonia Ivan Trickovski Cyprus AEK Larnaca
8 Israel Eliran Atar Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 5
Denmark Christian Gytkj?r Poland Lech Poznan
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kenan Kodro Denmark Copenhagen
Serbia Uros Nikolic Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Slovenia Andraz Sporar Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Belgium Leandro Trossard Belgium Genk
13 15 players 4

Source:[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2019/20 Europa League match and draw calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. January 2019. Retrieved January 2019. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ^ "This season's Europa League qualifying system explained". UEFA.com. July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com. February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. August 2019. Retrieved August 2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ^ a b "UEFA Europa League second qualifying round champions path draw". UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "UEFA Europa League preliminary round draw". UEFA.com.
  7. ^ a b "UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying round main path draws". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "UEFA Europa League play-off draw". UEFA.com.
  10. ^ "UEFA Europa League – Statistics". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  11. ^ "UEFA Europa League – Statistics". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

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