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2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
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The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 29 June and ended on 24 August 2017.[1] A total of 156 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[2]
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the qualifying phase and play-off round was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
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Format
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In the qualifying phase and play-off round, 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, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.[2]
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association (or associations with political conflicts) were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.
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Teams
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A total of 156 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, including the 15 losers of the third qualifying round (10 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) which entered the play-off round. The 22 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 16 teams which entered in the group stage and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).[2]
Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients),[3][4] grouped by their starting rounds.
- Notes
- CL-CR Losers of the third qualifying round (Champions Route).
- CL-LR Losers of the third qualifying round (League Route).
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First qualifying round
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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST.[5]
Seeding
A total of 100 teams played in the first qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in ten groups with five seeded and five unseeded teams, depending on their UEFA club coefficient. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups.
Summary
The first legs were played on 29 June, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 July 2017.
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Matches
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5–0 on aggregate.
Inter Baku won 5–0 on aggregate.
Gorica won 4–2 on aggregate.
Shkëndija won 7–0 on aggregate.
Trenčín won 8–1 on aggregate.
Kairat won 8–1 on aggregate.
Rheindorf Altach won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zira won 4–1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Lech Poznań won 7–0 on aggregate.
Beitar Jerusalem won 7–3 on aggregate.
Fola Esch won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ružomberok won 3–2 on aggregate.
Irtysh won 3–0 on aggregate.
Attendance: 2,470[6]
Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)
Mladost Podgorica won 4–0 on aggregate.
Široki Brijeg won 2–0 on aggregate.
Botev Plovdiv won 4–1 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 9–1 on aggregate.
Jagiellonia Białystok won 5–0 on aggregate.
Videoton won 5–3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.
Osijek won 6–0 on aggregate.
Rabotnicki won 7–0 on aggregate.
Željezničar won 3–2 on aggregate.
Estádio Algarve, Faro–Loulé, Portugal[note 20]
Attendance: 163[6]
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)
AEL Limassol won 10–0 on aggregate.
Valletta won 3–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Zaria Bălți won 6–5 on penalties.
Progrès Niederkorn won 2–1 on aggregate.
Estádio Algarve, Faro–Loulé, Portugal[note 20]
Attendance: 127[6]
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
AEK Larnaca won 6–1 on aggregate.
Skënderbeu won 6–0 on aggregate.
Valur won 1–0 on aggregate.
Vaduz won 5–1 on aggregate.
Domžale won 5–2 on aggregate.
Midtjylland won 10–2 on aggregate.
Haugesund won 7–0 on aggregate.
Trakai won 3–1 on aggregate.
VPS won 2–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Liepāja won on away goals.
Dinamo Minsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Shamrock Rovers won 2–0 on aggregate.
Odd won 5–0 on aggregate.
HJK won 3–1 on aggregate.
Nõmme Kalju won 4–2 on aggregate.
Ferencváros won 3–0 on aggregate.
IFK Norrköping won 6–0 on aggregate.
Sūduva won 2–1 on aggregate.
KR won 2–0 on aggregate.
Cork City won 6–2 on aggregate.
Lyngby won 4–0 on aggregate.
AIK won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Second qualifying round
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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 14:30 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw).[5]
Seeding
A total of 66 teams played in the second qualifying round: 16 teams which entered in this round, and the 50 winners of the first qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in six groups with five seeded and five unseeded teams (groups 1–3) or six seeded and six unseeded teams (groups 4–6), depending on their UEFA club coefficient. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams. Since the draw for the second qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.
- Notes
- † Winners of the first qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the first qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the second qualifying round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 20 July 2017.
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Matches
Botev Plovdiv won 5–1 on aggregate.
Apollon Limassol won 5–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 510[15]
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
Dinamo Minsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Lyngby won 3–1 on aggregate.
Mladá Boleslav won 5–2 on aggregate.
AIK won 2–0 on aggregate.
Attendance: 3,771[15]
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)
AEK Larnaca won 2–0 on aggregate.
Skënderbeu won 3–1 on aggregate.
Panionios won 5–2 on aggregate.
Astra Giurgiu won 3–1 on aggregate.
Lech Poznań won 4–3 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Trakai won 5–3 on penalties.
Attendance: 5,000[15]
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
Hajduk Split won 3–1 on aggregate.
Videoton won 4–1 on aggregate.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5–1 on aggregate.
Utrecht won 3–1 on aggregate.
Ružomberok won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sūduva won 2–1 on aggregate.
Gabala won 3–1 on aggregate.
AEL Limassol won 3–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 10,000[15]
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
Rheindorf Altach won 4–1 on aggregate.
Östersunds FK won 3–1 on aggregate.
Fola Esch won 4–2 on aggregate.
Odd won 2–0 on aggregate.
Domžale won 5–3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.
Aberdeen won 3–1 on aggregate.
Midtjylland won 7–3 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 3–1 on aggregate.
Shkëndija won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bnei Yehuda won 3–1 on aggregate.
Osijek won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Third qualifying round
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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 13:00 CEST.[16]
Seeding
A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 25 teams which entered in this round, and the 33 winners of the second qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in one group with five seeded and five unseeded teams (group 1) and four groups with six seeded and six unseeded teams (groups 2–5), depending on their UEFA club coefficient. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the group with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams. Since the draw for the third qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.
- Notes
- † Winners of the second qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the second qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the third qualifying round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2017.
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Matches
Osijek won 2–0 on aggregate.
Shkëndija won 4–2 on aggregate.
Krasnodar won 5–2 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 3–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Skënderbeu won 4–2 on penalties.
Attendance: 3,450[17]
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)
Austria Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 2,632[17]
Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Midtjylland won on away goals.
Östersunds FK won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Videoton won on away goals.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 2–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Utrecht won on away goals.
Attendance: 14,438[17]
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rheindorf Altach won 4–2 on aggregate.
Oleksandriya won 1–0 on aggregate.
Everton won 2–0 on aggregate.
Attendance: 6,250[17]
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
Apollon Limassol won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 3–0 on aggregate.
Marítimo won 2–0 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Marseille won 4–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 14,000[17]
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko (Ukraine)
Domžale won 2–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 4,050[17]
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)
AEK Larnaca won 3–1 on aggregate.
Braga won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sūduva won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Play-off round
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The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 13:00 CEST.[18]
Seeding
A total of 44 teams played in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in two groups with five seeded and five unseeded teams (groups 1–2) and two groups with six seeded and six unseeded teams (groups 3–4), depending on their UEFA club coefficient. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams.
- Notes
- † Winners of the third qualifying round.
- CL Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 24 August 2017.
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Matches
Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Austria Wien won on away goals.
4–4 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 5,250[19]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Apollon Limassol won 4–3 on aggregate.
Braga won 5–3 on aggregate.
Everton won 3–1 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg won 7–1 on aggregate.
Vardar won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Skënderbeu won on away goals.
Ludogorets Razgrad won 2–0 on aggregate.
Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 4–0 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Sheriff Tiraspol won on away goals.
Viktoria Plzeň won 3–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Östersunds FK won on away goals.
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Top goalscorers
There were 662 goals scored in 268 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.[21]
Source:[22]
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Notes
- Maccabi Tel Aviv played their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, due to renovation.
- Inter Baku played their home matches at Dalga Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Inter Arena, Baku.
- Shkëndija played their qualifying rounds home matches at Stadion Mladost, Strumica, and play-off round home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Ecolog Arena, Tetovo, due to renovation.
- Chikhura Sachkhere played their home match at Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Sachkhere.
- Zira played their home matches at Dalga Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium, Zirə.
- Pelister played their home match at Stadion Mladost, Strumica, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola.
- Beitar Jerusalem played their home matches at HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, instead of their regular stadium Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, due to the 2017 Maccabiah Games.[7]
- The match was played behind closed doors.
- Vasas played their home match at Szusza Ferenc stadion, Budapest, instead of their regular stadium Illovszky Rudolf Stadion, Budapest, due to reconstruction.
- Mladost Podgorica played their home matches at City Stadium, Podgorica, instead of their regular stadium Stadion FK Mladost, Podgorica.
- Gandzasar Kapan played their home match at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan.
- Ordabasy played their home match at Central Stadium, Almaty, instead of their regular stadium Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent.
- Botev Plovdiv played their home matches at Lazur Stadium, Burgas, instead of their temporary stadium Botev 1912 Football Complex, Plovdiv.
- Pyunik played their home match at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan.
- Dinamo Batumi played their home match at Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, Kutaisi, instead of their regular stadium Chele Arena, Kobuleti.
- Videoton played their home matches at Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, instead of their regular stadium Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár, due to reconstruction.
- Floriana played their home match at Hibernians Stadium, Paola, instead of their regular stadium Independence Ground, Floriana.
- Rabotnički played their home matches at Training Centre Petar Miloševski, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Philip II Arena, Skopje, which was unavailable due to preparation for the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.[8]
- Zeta played their home match at City Stadium, Podgorica, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Trešnjica, Golubovci.
- St Joseph's and Lincoln Red Imps played their home matches at Estádio Algarve, Faro–Loulé, Portugal, instead of their regular stadium Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar.[9]
- Zaria Bălți played their home matches at Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium Stadionul Orășenesc, Bălți.
- Progrès Niederkorn played their first qualifying round home match at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, and second qualifying round home match at Stade Municipal, Differdange, instead of their regular stadium Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn.[10]
- Bala Town played their home match at Belle Vue, Rhyl, instead of their regular stadium Maes Tegid, Bala.[11]
- Domžale played their first qualifying round home match at Arena Petrol, Celje, and third qualifying and play-off rounds home matches at Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, instead of their regular stadium Sports Park, Domžale.
- Derry City played their home match at The Showgrounds, Sligo, instead of their regular stadium Brandywell Stadium, Derry, due to renovation.[12]
- Ballymena United played their home match at Seaview, Belfast, instead of their regular stadium The Showgrounds, Ballymena.[13]
- Connah's Quay Nomads played their home match at Nantporth, Bangor, instead of their regular stadium Deeside Stadium, Connah's Quay.[14]
- Nõmme Kalju played their first qualifying round home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, and second qualifying round home match at Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Hiiu Stadium, Tallinn.
- Prishtina played their home match at Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Pristina.
- Levadia Tallinn played their home match at Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu, instead of their regular stadium Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn.
- KÍ played their home match at Gundadalur, Tórshavn, instead of their regular stadium Við Djúpumýrar, Klaksvík.
- Apollon Limassol played their home matches at AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, instead of their regular stadium Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.
- Hajduk Split played their second qualifying round home match at Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi, Dugopolje, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Poljud, Split.
- Utrecht played their second qualifying round home match at Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht.
- Gabala played their home matches at Bakcell Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Qabala.
- AEL Limassol played their second and third qualifying rounds home matches at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, instead of their regular stadium Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.
- Trenčín played their second qualifying round home match at Stadium Myjava, Myjava, instead of their regular stadium Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín.
- Bnei Yehuda played their home matches at HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, due to renovation.
- Skënderbeu played their third qualifying and play-off rounds home matches at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, instead of their regular stadium Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë.
- Austria Wien played their third qualifying round home match at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, and play-off round home match at NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, instead of their regular stadium Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna, due to reconstruction.
- Dinamo București played their home match at Arena Națională, Bucharest, instead of their regular stadium Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest.
- Olimpik Donetsk played their home match at Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, instead of their regular stadium Olimpik Sports Complex, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
- Universitatea Craiova played their home match at Stadionul Municipal, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, instead of their regular stadium Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, Craiova, due to reconstruction.
- Rheindorf Altach played their third qualifying and play-off rounds home matches at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Schnabelholz, Altach.
- Sion played their home match at Stade de Genève, Geneva, instead of their regular stadium Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, due to renovation.
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