The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase decided the 62 teams that would participate in the final play-off round of qualifying.
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Round and draw dates All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
RoundDraw date and timeFirst legSecond legFirst qualifying round25 June 2012, 13:305 July 201212 July 2012Second qualifying round19 July 201226 July 2012Third qualifying round20 July 2012, 13:302 August 20129 August 2012Play-off round10 August 2012, 13:3023 August 201230 August 2012
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
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. In the event that aggregate score finished level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shootout.
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, 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 randomly. 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. The seeding in these draws (or in any cases where the results of a tie in the previous round were not known at the time of draw) was carried out under the assumption that the higher-ranked teams of the previous round would advance to this round, which means if a lower-ranked team were to advance, it would simply take 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 were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.
Teams Below were the 168 teams involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds (including 14 losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round which entered the play-off round). The 31 winners of the play-off round qualified for the group stage to join the 7 automatic qualifiers and the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round.
Key to coloursQualified for the group stage
+Play-off roundTeam Sporting CP82.069 CSKA Moscow80.566 PSV Eindhoven76.103 Bordeaux58.835 VfB Stuttgart55.037 Metalist Kharkiv52.526 AZ44.103 Club Brugge35.480 Hapoel Tel Aviv31.400 Lazio29.996 Trabzonspor19.810 Newcastle United16.882 Levante16.837 Partizan14.350 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk14.026 Vaslui13.764 Dinamo București13.264 Feyenoord12.603 Sheriff Tiraspol9.849 Debrecen7.950 Atromitos7.420 Heart of Midlothian7.228 Motherwell6.728 Midtjylland6.505 Lokeren6.480 Luzern6.360 Slovan Liberec5.570 Śląsk Wrocław5.483 HJK5.326 Ekranas4.875 Molde3.935 F91 Dudelange2.716 Neftçi2.241+Third qualifying roundTeam Internazionale104.996 Liverpool90.882 Marseille85.835 Athletic Bilbao47.837 Hannover 9631.037 PAOK27.920 Steaua București26.764 Sparta Prague25.570 Heerenveen20.103 Genk16.480 Bursaspor13.310 Marítimo12.569 Rapid Wien12.225 Dynamo Moscow11.066 Omonia9.099 Arsenal Kyiv9.026 Dundee United6.228 Horsens5.505+Second qualifying roundTeam APOEL33.599 Anorthosis Famagusta17.099 Young Boys16.860 Viktoria Plzeň14.070 Gent12.480 Legia Warsaw11.983 Levski Sofia11.850 Red Star Belgrade10.850 Metalurh Donetsk10.526 CSKA Sofia10.350 Anzhi Makhachkala9.566 Vitesse9.103 Mladá Boleslav9.070 Rapid București8.764 Slovan Bratislava7.974 Hajduk Split7.774 Asteras Tripolis7.420 Bnei Yehuda7.400 Eskişehirspor6.810 Ried6.725 AIK5.680 AGF5.505 Aalesund5.435 Maccabi Netanya5.400 Servette5.360 Admira Wacker Mödling5.225 Ruch Chorzów4.983 Spartak Trnava4.974 Tromsø4.935 Slaven Belupo4.774 Vojvodina4.350 St Johnstone4.228 Naftan Novopolotsk4.141 Shakhtyor Soligorsk4.141 Inter Turku3.826 Videoton3.450 Široki Brijeg2.933 Skonto2.924 Lokomotiv Plovdiv2.850 Sligo Rovers2.725 Dila Gori1.733 Milsami Orhei1.599 Žalgiris1.375+First qualifying roundTeam Twente57.103 Lech Poznań22.483 Rosenborg20.935 IF Elfsborg10.180 Kalmar FF7.180 Aktobe5.066 St Patrick's Athletic4.975 Stabæk4.935 Gomel4.641 Metalurgi Rustavi4.233 Sarajevo4.183 Bohemians3.975 Senica3.974 Osijek3.774 FH3.566 Levadia Tallinn3.533 Pyunik3.441 Dacia Chișinău3.349 Baku3.241 Borac Banja Luka3.183 Liepājas Metalurgs3.174 Bangor City3.049 Differdange 032.966 Honvéd2.950 Sūduva2.875 Jagodina2.850 MYPA2.826 Tirana2.783 Olimpija Ljubljana2.674 Renova2.633 Inter Baku2.491 Rudar Pljevlja2.375 KuPS2.326 Shkëndija2.133 Birkirkara2.116 EB/Streymur2.033 Khazar Lankaran1.991 MTK Budapest1.950 Metalurg Skopje1.883 Šiauliai1.875 Zimbru Chișinău1.849 JJK1.826 Flamurtari1.783 Cliftonville1.766 Torpedo Kutaisi1.733 FC Santa Coloma1.700 Llanelli1.549 Crusaders1.516 Jeunesse Esch1.466 Celje1.424 Daugava Daugavpils1.424 Mura 051.424 Zeta1.375 ÍBV1.316 Narva Trans1.283 Floriana1.116 Hibernians1.116 Ordabasy1.066 Þór1.066 Zhetysu1.066 Nõmme Kalju1.033 NSÍ1.033 Portadown1.016 Grevenmacher0.966 Gandzasar Kapan0.941 Čelik Nikšić0.875 Eschen/Mauren0.800 Teuta0.783 Víkingur Gøta0.783 UE Santa Coloma0.700 Cefn Druids0.549 Shirak0.441 La Fiorita0.183 Libertas0.183 Notes
First qualifying round
Seeding Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Aktobe Senica Borac Banja Luka Tirana Inter Baku MTK Budapest Torpedo Kutaisi Narva Trans Grevenmacher Čelik Nikšić IF Elfsborg Osijek Baku Jagodina Renova FC Santa Coloma Mura 05 Floriana Ordabasy Libertas Rosenborg Bohemians Levadia Tallinn Differdange 03 MYPA Šiauliai Crusaders Þór NSÍ Cefn Druids Twente Sarajevo Dacia Chișinău Honvéd Rudar Pljevlja Flamurtari Celje Hibernians UE Santa Coloma ShirakGroup 5Group 6Group 7SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Kalmar FF Gomel FH Sūduva KuPS Cliftonville Llanelli Daugava Daugavpils Eschen/Mauren Víkingur Gøta Lech Poznań Metalurgi Rustavi Pyunik Olimpija Ljubljana Birkirkara Khazar Lankaran Metalurg Skopje Jeunesse Esch Zeta Zhetysu Nõmme Kalju Teuta St Patrick's Athletic Stabæk Liepājas Metalurgs Bangor City Shkëndija EB/Streymur Zimbru Chișinău JJK ÍBV Portadown Gandzasar Kapan La Fiorita
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Second qualifying round
Seeding Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Lech Poznań Hajduk Split Eskişehirspor AIK Gomel St Johnstone FH Skonto Renova Khazar Lankaran Young Boys Red Star Belgrade Vitesse JJK Vojvodina Naftan Novopolotsk Zeta Zimbru Chișinău Sūduva Lokomotiv Plovdiv Anorthosis Famagusta Metalurh Donetsk Mladá Boleslav Aalesund Maccabi Netanya Þór Levadia Tallinn Čelik Nikšić Tirana KuPS Twente Servette Admira Wacker Mödling Aktobe Slaven Belupo Inter Turku Portadown Gandzasar Kapan Milsami Orhei ŽalgirisGroup 5Group 6Group 7Group 8SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Viktoria Plzeň CSKA Sofia Rapid București Slovan Bratislava Kalmar FF Metalurgi Rustavi Osijek Videoton Mura 05 MYPA Gent Legia Warsaw Levski Sofia Anzhi Makhachkala Asteras Tripolis Sarajevo Liepājas Metalurgs Differdange 03 Honvéd Inter Baku Rosenborg IF Elfsborg Bnei Yehuda Ried Spartak Trnava Shakhtyor Soligorsk Dacia Chișinău Ordabasy Sligo Rovers Shirak APOEL AGF Ruch Chorzów St Patrick's Athletic Tromsø Senica Široki Brijeg Olimpija Ljubljana Metalurg Skopje Dila Gori
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Third qualifying round
Seeding Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Marseille Sparta Prague Lech Poznań Gent Sarajevo Red Star Belgrade Omonia Videoton Eskişehirspor AIK Admira Wacker Mödling Zeta Liverpool Steaua București Young Boys Bursaspor Dynamo Moscow Mura 05 Arsenal Kyiv Kalmar FF Dundee United KuPS Spartak Trnava Gomel Athletic Bilbao Hannover 96 Rosenborg Marítimo Legia Warsaw Anzhi Makhachkala Vitesse Asteras Tripolis Ried Servette St Patrick's Athletic Slaven BelupoGroup 4Group 5SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Internazionale APOEL Heerenveen Viktoria Plzeň Rapid Wien IF Elfsborg Rapid București Hajduk Split Horsens Aalesund Ruch Chorzów Vojvodina Twente PAOK Anorthosis Famagusta Genk Metalurh Donetsk Mladá Boleslav Bnei Yehuda Dila Gori Aktobe Tromsø
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Play-off round
Seeding Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Internazionale AZ APOEL Newcastle United Partizan Vaslui Anzhi Makhachkala Atromitos Tromsø Neftçi Liverpool Athletic Bilbao Club Brugge Heerenveen Dila Gori Marítimo Debrecen Heart of Midlothian HJK Molde Marseille Metalist Kharkiv Hannover 96 Trabzonspor Young Boys Dinamo București Sheriff Tiraspol Midtjylland Śląsk Wrocław VideotonGroup 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Sporting CP Bordeaux Hapoel Tel Aviv Sparta Prague Levante Feyenoord Red Star Belgrade Motherwell Horsens F91 Dudelange CSKA Moscow Twente Lazio Rosenborg Viktoria Plzeň Bursaspor Legia Warsaw Lokeren AIK Mura 05 PSV Eindhoven VfB Stuttgart PAOK Steaua București Genk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Rapid Wien Dynamo Moscow Luzern Slovan Liberec Ekranas Zeta Notes
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Matches
Statistics There were 757 goals in 274 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.76 goals per match.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Leroy Fer Twente6596' Bořek Dočkal Rosenborg6630'3 Lasse Nilsson IF Elfsborg5383' Mate Vatsadze Dila Gori5434' Nacer Chadli Twente5484' Michal Ďuriš Viktoria Plzeň5522' Samuel Eto'o Anzhi Makhachkala5530'8 Tim Matavž PSV Eindhoven4180' Deni Alar Rapid Wien4203' Dimitri Tatanashvilli Metalurgi Rustavi4233' Omar Er Rafik Differdange 034347' Glynor Plet Twente4348' Stefanos Athanasiadis PAOK4360' Tamás Gruborovics JJK4360' Marek Saganowski Legia Warsaw4425' Asmir Suljić Sarajevo4502'
Top assists RankPlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played1 Nacer Chadli Twente5484' Darko Lazović Red Star Belgrade5532' Dušan Tadić Twente5584'4 Petar Brlek Slaven Belupo4180' Amadou Jawo IF Elfsborg4192' Miroslav Radović Legia Warsaw4518' Ruben Yttergård Jenssen Tromsø4570'8 Jetro Willems PSV Eindhoven346' Omer Damari Hapoel Tel Aviv3136' Konstantin Rausch Hannover 963174' Jackson Lima Hibernians3180' Sebastian Mila Śląsk Wrocław3180' Lior Refaelov Club Brugge3180' Aleksandr Kokorin Dynamo Moscow3270' Adrian Piț Khazar Lankaran3350' Irakli Maisuradze Metalurgi Rustavi3360' Artur Lyavitski Gomel3398' Said Husejinović Sarajevo3488' David Limberský Viktoria Plzeň3521'
References
External links , UEFA.com