2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying

This article details the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.^[1]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Teams

This table shows the path of all 174 teams involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, including the 15 losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round which joined at the play-off round (marked by CL).^[2] 38 teams qualified for the group stage to join the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advanced to group stage

Play-off round Team Coeff. Werder Bremen 91.339 Villarreal 80.853 Shakhtar Donetsk[CL-NCP] 74.370 Zenit Saint Petersburg 68.525 Benfica 64.292 Valencia 59.853 Ajax 54.826 Everton 35.899 Heerenveen 33.826 Lazio 26.582 Hertha BSC 26.339 Sparta Prague[CL-NCP] 25.150 Dinamo București 25.781 AEK Athens 25.633 Slavia Prague[CL-CP] 25.150 Aston Villa 23.899 Partizan[CL-CP] 23.050 Twente[CL-NCP] 17.826 Dinamo Zagreb[CL-CP] 16.466 Litex Lovech 16.250 Toulouse 14.033 CFR Cluj 13.781 Genoa 12.582 Heart of Midlothian 11.575 Trabzonspor 10.445 Guingamp 10.033 Amkar Perm 9.525 Dynamo Moscow[CL-NCP] 9.525 Vorskla Poltava 8.370 Sion 8.050 BATE Borisov[CL-CP] 7.733 Nacional 7.292 Sivasspor[CL-NCP] 6.445 Genk 6.065 Teplice 5.150 Stabæk[CL-CP] 3.760 Slovan Bratislava[CL-CP] 2.933 Maribor[CL-CP] 2.816 Baku[CL-CP] 0.899 Levadia Tallinn[CL-CP] 0.866 Aktobe[CL-CP] 0.649

Third qualifying round Team Coeff. Roma 78.582 PSV Eindhoven 75.826 Hamburger SV 67.339 Fenerbahçe 52.445 Lille 47.033 Braga 39.292 Club Brugge 34.065 Austria Wien 31.565 Metalist Kharkiv 24.370 Athletic Bilbao 23.853 Hapoel Tel Aviv 18.050 Fulham 15.899 CSKA Sofia 14.250 Odense 12.890 Lech Poznań 12.583 Slovan Liberec 12.150 Aberdeen 11.575 Krylia Sovetov Samara 11.525 Vaslui 9.781 PAOK 9.633 Young Boys 6.050 Vålerenga 4.760 Fredrikstad 3.760 Vojvodina 3.050 APOP Kinyras 3.016 IFK Göteborg 2.938 Košice 2.933 Hajduk Split 2.466 Interblock 1.816 Honvéd 1.633

Second qualifying round Team Coeff. Steaua București 53.781 Basel 51.050 Galatasaray 33.445 AaB 24.890 Red Star Belgrade 12.050 Brøndby 10.890 Metalurh Donetsk 10.370 Žilina 8.933 Tromsø 8.760 Rapid Wien 8.565 Paços de Ferreira 8.292 NAC Breda 7.826 AEL 7.633 IF Elfsborg 6.938 Falkirk 5.575 Cherno More 5.250 Gent 5.065 Sigma Olomouc 4.150 Legia Warsaw 3.583 Sturm Graz 3.565 Dinamo Tbilisi 3.332 Sevojno 3.050 Maccabi Netanya 3.050 Omonia 3.016 St Patrick's Athletic 2.899 Derry City 2.899 HIT Gorica 2.816 Rijeka 2.466 Rabotnicki 2.033 HJK 1.958 Honka 1.958 Sūduva 1.933 Kaunas 1.933 Liepājas Metalurgs 1.832 Skonto 1.832 Naftan Novopolotsk 1.733 Slavija 1.733 Sarajevo 1.733 Újpest 1.633 Dacia Chișinău 1.333 Iskra-Stal 1.333 KR 1.333 Vaduz 1.100 Milano 1.033 Qarabağ 0.899 Flora 0.866 Flamurtari 0.799 Tobol 0.649 Gandzasar Kapan 0.599 Bangor City 0.466 Crusaders 0.433 HB 0.433 Differdange 03 0.266 Petrovac 0.200 FC Santa Coloma 0.100 Sliema Wanderers 0.099 Juvenes/Dogana 0.050

First qualifying round Team Coeff. Rosenborg 28.760 Anorthosis Famagusta 12.016 Helsingborgs IF 9.938 Motherwell 5.575 Randers 4.890 Bnei Yehuda 3.050 Spartak Trnava 2.933 Polonia Warsaw 2.583 Slaven Belupo 2.466 Lahti 1.958 Vėtra 1.933 Sligo Rovers 1.899 Dinaburg 1.832 Rudar Velenje 1.816 Dinamo Minsk 1.733 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1.733 Široki Brijeg 1.733 Haladás 1.633 Zimbru Chișinău 1.333 Keflavík 1.333 Fram 1.333 Olimpi Rustavi 1.332 Zestaponi 1.332 Renova 1.033 Inter Baku 0.899 Simurq 0.899 Narva Trans 0.866 Nõmme Kalju 0.866 Vllaznia 0.799 Dinamo Tirana 0.799 Irtysh 0.649 Okzhetpes 0.649 Mika 0.599 Banants 0.599 Llanelli 0.466 The New Saints 0.466 Linfield 0.433 Lisburn Distillery 0.433 B36 0.433 NSÍ 0.433 Grevenmacher 0.266 Käerjéng 97 0.266 Budućnost Podgorica 0.200 Sutjeska 0.200 Valletta 0.099 Birkirkara 0.099

Notes

1. ^CL-CP Losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
2. ^CL-NCP Losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round (Non-Champions Path)

First qualifying round

Seeding

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 22 June 2009. Clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient; teams with a coefficient of at least 1.332 were seeded.^[3] In the draw, teams were split into five groups, each containing four or five seeded and unseeded teams.^[4]

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Rosenborg Lahti Vėtra MTZ-RIPO Minsk Haladás	Dinamo Tirana Irtysh NSÍ Grevenmacher Sutjeska	Anorthosis Famagusta Slaven Belupo Sligo Rovers Zimbru Chișinău Olimpi Rustavi	Vllaznia Okzhetpes B36 Käerjéng 97 Birkirkara	Helsingborgs IF Polonia Warsaw Dinaburg Keflavík Zestaponi	Nõmme Kalju Mika Lisburn Distillery Budućnost Podgorica Valletta
Group 4		Group 5
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Motherwell Spartak Trnava Rudar Velenje Široki Brijeg	Inter Baku Narva Trans Banants Llanelli	Randers Bnei Yehuda Dinamo Minsk Fram	Renova Simurq The New Saints Linfield

Summary

The first legs were played on 2 July, and the second legs were played on 9 July 2009.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sutjeska	2–3[a]	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Lahti	4–3	Dinamo Tirana	4–1	0–2
Grevenmacher	0–6[a]	Vėtra	0–3	0–3
NSÍ	1–6[a]	Rosenborg	0–3	1–3
Haladás	2–2 (a)	Irtysh	1–0	1–2
Sligo Rovers	2–3	Vllaznia	1–2	1–1
Olimpi Rustavi	4–0	B36	2–0	2–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	7–1	Käerjéng 97	5–0	2–1
Slaven Belupo	1–0	Birkirkara	1–0	0–0
Zimbru Chișinău	3–2	Okzhetpes	1–2	2–0
Lisburn Distillery	1–11	Zestaponi	1–5	0–6
Helsingborgs IF	4–2	Mika	3–1	1–1
Valletta	5–2	Keflavík	3–0	2–2
Dinaburg	2–1	Nõmme Kalju	2–1	0–0
Budućnost Podgorica	1–2	Polonia Warsaw	0–2	1–0
Narva Trans	1–6[a]	Rudar Velenje	0–3	1–3
Motherwell	3–1	Llanelli	0–1	3–0
Banants	1–2[a]	Široki Brijeg	0–2	1–0
Spartak Trnava	5–2	Inter Baku	2–1	3–1
Dinamo Minsk	3–2	Renova	2–1	1–1
Randers	7–0	Linfield	4–0	3–0
Simurq	0–4	Bnei Yehuda	0–1	0–3
Fram	4–2[a]	The New Saints	2–1	2–1

Notes:

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw

Matches

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round matches

Second qualifying round

Seeding

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 22 June 2009, immediately after the first qualifying round draw. Clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. Teams with a coefficient of at least 1.958 were seeded, except Lahti, the lowest ranked of the teams from Finland. As the draw for the second qualifying round took place before the first qualifying round was completed, the teams were seeded assuming the seeded side in the previous round would be victorious.^[3]

Seeded				Unseeded
Steaua București Basel Galatasaray Rosenborg[†] AaB Red Star Belgrade Anorthosis Famagusta[†] Brøndby Metalurh Donetsk Helsingborgs IF[†]	Žilina Tromsø Rapid Wien Paços de Ferreira NAC Breda AEL IF Elfsborg Falkirk Motherwell[†] Cherno More	Gent Randers[†] Sigma Olomouc Legia Warsaw Sturm Graz Dinamo Tbilisi Sevojno Maccabi Netanya Bnei Yehuda[†] Omonia	Spartak Trnava[†] St Patrick's Athletic Derry City HIT Gorica Polonia Warsaw[†] Rijeka Slaven Belupo[†] Rabotnicki Honka HJK	Lahti[†] Kaunas Sūduva Vėtra[†] Vllaznia[†] Liepājas Metalurgs Skonto Dinaburg[†] Rudar Velenje[†] Naftan Novopolotsk	Dinamo Minsk[†] MTZ-RIPO Minsk[†] Slavija Sarajevo Široki Brijeg[†] Újpest Haladás[†] Dacia Chișinău Iskra-Stal Zimbru Chișinău[†]	KR Valletta[†] Fram[†] Olimpi Rustavi[†] Zestaponi[†] Vaduz Milano Qarabağ Flamurtari Flora	Tobol Gandzasar Kapan Bangor City Crusaders HB Differdange 03 Petrovac FC Santa Coloma Sliema Wanderers Juvenes/Dogana

Notes

1. ^† Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 14 and 16 July, and the second legs were played on 23 July 2009.

Both the first and second legs between Bnei Yehuda and Dinaburg and between Rapid Wien and Vllaznia were under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.^[5]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	0–1	Qarabağ	0–0	0–1
Zimbru Chișinău	0–1[a]	Paços de Ferreira	0–0	0–1
Juvenes/Dogana	0–5[a]	Polonia Warsaw	0–1	0–4
Sturm Graz	3–2	Široki Brijeg	2–1	1–1
Basel	7–1	FC Santa Coloma	3–0	4–1
Honka	3–0	Bangor City	2–0	1–0
Žilina	3–0	Dacia Chișinău	2–0	1–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	3–4	Petrovac	2–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	Valletta	1–1	1–0
Omonia	8–1	HB	4–0	4–1
HIT Gorica	1–2	Lahti	1–0	0–2
Sigma Olomouc	3–1	Fram	1–1	2–0
Legia Warsaw	4–0	Olimpi Rustavi	3–0	1–0
Falkirk	1–2	Vaduz	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
IF Elfsborg	3–0	Haladás	3–0	0–0
Rapid Wien	8–0	Vllaznia	5–0	3–0
Naftan Novopolotsk	2–2 (a)	Gent	2–1	0–1
Liepājas Metalurgs	3–4	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–1	1–3
Differdange 03	1–3	Rijeka	1–0	0–3
Sūduva	1–2	Randers	0–1	1–1
Vėtra	3–2	HJK	0–1	3–1
Milano	2–12	Slaven Belupo	0–4	2–8
Dinamo Minsk	1–4	Tromsø	0–0	1–4
KR	3–1	AEL	2–0	1–1
Brøndby	4–2	Flora	0–1	4–1
AaB	1–3	Slavija	0–0	1–3
Steaua București	4–1	Újpest	2–0	2–1
Metalurh Donetsk	5–1	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	3–0	2–1
Crusaders	3–5[a]	Rabotnicki	1–1	2–4
Bnei Yehuda	5–0	Dinaburg	4–0	1–0
NAC Breda	8–0	Gandzasar Kapan	6–0	2–0
Cherno More	4–0	Iskra-Stal	1–0	3–0
Sevojno	1–1 (a)	Kaunas	0–0	1–1
Flamurtari	2–8	Motherwell	1–0	1–8
Zestaponi	3–4	Helsingborgs IF	1–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Skonto	1–2	Derry City	1–1	0–1
Sliema Wanderers	0–3	Maccabi Netanya	0–0	0–3
Tobol	1–3	Galatasaray	1–1	0–2
Rudar Velenje	0–5	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	0–4
Sarajevo	2–1	Spartak Trnava	1–0	1–1

Notes:

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw

Matches

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round matches

Third qualifying round

Seeding

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2009. Clubs were separated into seven groups of seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient; teams with a coefficient of at least 7.826 were seeded.^[6] As the draw for the third qualifying round took place before the second qualifying round was completed, the teams were seeded assuming the seeded side in the previous round would be victorious. As a result, Qarabağ, Petrovac and Slavija were also seeded as they beat teams who would have been seeded.^[3]

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Roma Metalist Kharkiv Lech Poznań Helsingborgs IF[†] Vaslui	Gent[†] Fredrikstad Omonia[†] Sarajevo[†] Rijeka[†]	PSV Eindhoven Slavija[†] Hapoel Tel Aviv Metalurh Donetsk[†] PAOK	Cherno More[†] Vålerenga IFK Göteborg Košice Interblock	Hamburger SV Qarabağ[†] Slovan Liberec Krylia Sovetov Samara Rapid Wien[†]	Vaduz[†] Randers[†] APOP Kinyras St Patrick's Athletic[†] Honka[†]	Steaua București[†] Austria Wien CSKA Sofia Brøndby[†] Tromsø[†]	Motherwell[†] Legia Warsaw[†] Vojvodina Derry City[†] Slaven Belupo[†]
Group 5		Group 6		Group 7
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Lille Braga Odense Aberdeen Žilina[†]	IF Elfsborg[†] Sigma Olomouc[†] Sevojno[†] Hajduk Split Rabotnicki[†]	Fenerbahçe Club Brugge Athletic Bilbao Petrovac[†] Paços de Ferreira[†]	Young Boys Sturm Graz[†] Bnei Yehuda[†] Lahti[†] Honvéd	Basel[†] Galatasaray[†] Fulham Red Star Belgrade[†] NAC Breda[†]	KR[†] Dinamo Tbilisi[†] Maccabi Netanya[†] Polonia Warsaw[†] Vėtra[†]

Notes

1. ^† Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 August 2009.

The first leg between Fenerbahçe and Honvéd and the second leg between Interblock and Metalurh Donetsk were under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.^[5]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Helsingborgs IF	3–3 (4–5 p)[a]	Sarajevo	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Fredrikstad	3–7	Lech Poznań	1–6	2–1
Rijeka	1–4	Metalist Kharkiv	1–2	0–2
Roma	10–2[a]	Gent	3–1	7–1
Vaslui	3–1	Omonia	2–0	1–1
Slavija	1–5	Košice	0–2	1–3
IFK Göteborg	2–4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–3	1–1
PSV Eindhoven	2–0	Cherno More	1–0	1–0
Metalurh Donetsk	5–0	Interblock	2–0	3–0
Vålerenga	2–2 (a)	PAOK	1–2	1–0
Rapid Wien	4–3[a]	APOP Kinyras	2–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Honka	1–3	Qarabağ	0–1	1–2
Vaduz	0–3	Slovan Liberec	0–1	0–2
St Patrick's Athletic	3–3 (a)	Krylia Sovetov Samara	1–0	2–3
Randers	1–4	Hamburger SV	0–4	1–0
Tromsø	4–1	Slaven Belupo	2–1	2–0
Brøndby	3–3 (a)	Legia Warsaw	1–1	2–2
Vojvodina	3–5	Austria Wien	1–1	2–4
CSKA Sofia	2–1	Derry City	1–0	1–1
Steaua București	6–1	Motherwell	3–0	3–1
Žilina	2–1	Hajduk Split	1–1	1–0
Braga	1–4	IF Elfsborg	1–2	0–2
Aberdeen	1–8	Sigma Olomouc	1–5	0–3
Rabotnicki	3–7	Odense	3–4	0–3
Sevojno	0–4	Lille	0–2	0–2
Petrovac	1–7	Sturm Graz	1–2	0–5
Fenerbahçe	6–2	Honvéd	5–1	1–1
Bnei Yehuda	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	1–0
Club Brugge	4–3	Lahti	3–2	1–1
Athletic Bilbao	2–2 (a)	Young Boys	0–1	2–1
KR	3–5	Basel	2–2	1–3
Maccabi Netanya	1–10[a]	Galatasaray	1–4	0–6
Dinamo Tbilisi	4–5	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	2–5
Polonia Warsaw	1–4	NAC Breda	0–1	1–3
Vėtra	0–6	Fulham	0–3	0–3

Notes:

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw

Matches

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round matches

Play-off round

Seeding

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2009. For the draw, clubs were separated into eight groups of seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient.^[7] Teams with a coefficient of at least 12.890 were seeded.^[3]

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Werder Bremen Everton Heerenveen Dinamo Zagreb Litex Lovech	Heart of Midlothian PAOK BATE Borisov Sigma Olomouc Aktobe	Villarreal Club Brugge Galatasaray Hapoel Tel Aviv Fulham	Lech Poznań Amkar Perm NAC Breda Teplice Levadia Tallinn	Roma Lille Austria Wien Twente CSKA Sofia	Metalurh Donetsk Dynamo Moscow Genk Košice Qarabağ	PSV Eindhoven Basel Lazio Partizan Toulouse	Trabzonspor Žilina IF Elfsborg Bnei Yehuda Baku
Group 5		Group 6		Group 7		Group 8
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Shakhtar Donetsk Ajax Hertha BSC Athletic Bilbao CFR Cluj	Brøndby Tromsø Sivasspor Slovan Bratislava Sarajevo	Zenit Saint Petersburg Steaua București Sparta Prague Aston Villa Odense	Genoa Rapid Wien Nacional St Patrick's Athletic Maribor	Hamburger SV Fenerbahçe Dinamo București Metalist Kharkiv	Slovan Liberec Guingamp Sion Sturm Graz	Benfica Valencia AEK Athens Slavia Prague	Red Star Belgrade Vaslui Vorskla Poltava Stabæk

Summary

The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 27 August 2009.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PAOK	1–1 (a)	Heerenveen	1–1	0–0
Dinamo Zagreb	4–2	Heart of Midlothian	4–0	0–2
Werder Bremen	8–3	Aktobe	6–3	2–0
Everton	5–1	Sigma Olomouc	4–0	1–1
BATE Borisov	4–1	Litex Lovech	0–1	4–0 (a.e.t.)
NAC Breda	2–9	Villarreal	1–3	1–6
Lech Poznań	1–1 (3–4 p)	Club Brugge	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Fulham	3–2	Amkar Perm	3–1	0–1
Galatasaray	6–1	Levadia Tallinn	5–0	1–1
Teplice	2–3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–2	1–1
Metalurh Donetsk	4–5	Austria Wien	2–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Twente	3–1	Qarabağ	3–1	0–0
Košice	4–10[a]	Roma	3–3	1–7
CSKA Sofia	2–1[a]	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	2–1
Genk	3–6	Lille	1–2	2–4
Bnei Yehuda	0–2[a]	PSV Eindhoven	0–1	0–1
Lazio	3–1	IF Elfsborg	3–0	0–1
Trabzonspor	2–3	Toulouse	1–3	1–0
Partizan	3–1	Žilina	1–1	2–0
Baku	2–8	Basel	1–3	1–5
Ajax	7–1	Slovan Bratislava	5–0	2–1
Sivasspor	0–5[a]	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	0–2
Brøndby	3–4	Hertha BSC	2–1	1–3
Athletic Bilbao	4–3	Tromsø	3–2	1–1
Sarajevo	2–3	CFR Cluj	1–1	1–2
Rapid Wien	2–2 (a)	Aston Villa	1–0	1–2
Steaua București	5–1	St Patrick's Athletic	3–0	2–1
Maribor	0–3[a]	Sparta Prague	0–2	0–1
Nacional	5–4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–3	1–1
Genoa	4–2	Odense	3–1	1–1
Dinamo București	3–3 (9–8 p)	Slovan Liberec	0–3[b]	3–0 (a.e.t.)
Guingamp	2–8	Hamburger SV	1–5	1–3
Sion	2–4	Fenerbahçe	0–2	2–2
Sturm Graz	2–1	Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	1–0
Slavia Prague	4–2	Red Star Belgrade	3–0	1–2
Benfica	5–2	Vorskla Poltava	4–0	1–2
Vaslui	2–4	AEK Athens	2–1	0–3
Stabæk	1–7	Valencia	0–3	1–4

Notes:

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.
2. The match was abandoned at 0–2 in the 88th minute after one Dinamo București fan entered the playing field and other fans invaded the running track around the pitch. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded a default 0–3 defeat against Dinamo during an emergency meeting on 25 August.^[8] After advancing to the group stage, Dinamo were punished by having their first two home matches in the group stage played behind closed doors.

Matches

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round matches