The qualifying phase of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was played from 2 July to 8 August, to define 29 entrants in the competition's play-off round, who would then in turn compete for a place in the group stage.
All times were CEST (UTC+2).
Round and draw dates All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
RoundDraw date and timeFirst legSecond legFirst qualifying round24 June 2013, 13:00 & 14:304 July 201311 July 2013Second qualifying round18 July 201325 July 2013Third qualifying round19 July 2013, 13:001 August 20138 August 2013Play-off round9 August 2013, 13:0022 August 201329 August 2013
Matches might have been played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Format 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 thirty 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.
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 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. 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 were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.
Teams A total of 169 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round (including 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round which entered the play-off round). The 31 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 7 automatic qualifiers and 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.
Below were the participating teams (with their 2013 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of the play-off round (and lucky losers) advanced to the group stage
+Play-off roundTeamCoeff Tottenham Hotspur69.592 Dynamo Kyiv68.951 Braga62.833 Fiorentina42.829 Spartak Moscow40.766 AZ39.445 APOEL35.366 Beşiktaş34.900 PAOK28.800 Red Bull Salzburg28.075 Genk26.880 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk23.951 Real Betis17.605 Partizan17.425 Eintracht Frankfurt15.922 Feyenoord13.945 Nordsjælland12.640 Nice11.800 Sheriff Tiraspol11.533 Atromitos8.300 IF Elfsborg8.125 Maccabi Tel Aviv8.075 Molde7.835 Grasshopper7.285 Zulte Waregem6.880 Apollon Limassol6.366 St. Gallen5.785 Dinamo Tbilisi5.333 Esbjerg5.140 Pasching5.075 FH4.083 Skënderbeu2.833 Nõmme Kalju1.191+Third qualifying roundTeamCoeff VfB Stuttgart59.922 Sevilla55.105 Udinese42.829 Club Brugge36.880 Saint-Étienne26.800 Zürich16.785 Swansea City16.592 Bursaspor14.900 Rapid Wien13.075 Metalurh Donetsk12.451 Estoril11.833 Vitesse9.945 Kuban Krasnodar9.266 Asteras Tripolis7.800 Randers7.140 Motherwell7.038 Jablonec6.745 Hapoel Ramat Gan4.575+Second qualifying roundTeamCoeff Rubin Kazan58.266 Standard Liège45.880 Hapoel Tel Aviv29.575 Sparta Prague29.245 Lech Poznań23.650 Trabzonspor21.400 AaB19.640 Anorthosis Famagusta17.366 Utrecht13.945 Maccabi Haifa13.575 Sturm Graz11.575 Omonia10.366 Chornomorets Odesa9.951 Debrecen9.850 Hajduk Split8.916 Red Star Belgrade8.425 Slovan Liberec7.745 Thun7.285 Śląsk Wrocław7.150 Skoda Xanthi6.800 Shakhtyor Soligorsk5.175 IFK Göteborg5.125 Rijeka4.916 Minsk4.675 Petrolul Ploiești4.604 Pandurii Târgu Jiu4.604 Senica4.341 Piast Gliwice4.150 BK Häcken4.125 Hibernian4.038 Lokomotiva Zagreb3.916 Strømsgodset3.835 Honka3.701 Olimpija Ljubljana3.691 St Johnstone3.538 Beroe Stara Zagora3.450 Dila Gori3.333 Široki Brijeg3.316 Jagodina3.175 Trenčín2.841 Hødd2.835 Derry City2.475+First qualifying roundTeamCoeff Rosenborg16.835 Žilina15.841 Levski Sofia11.950 Videoton7.850 Ventspils6.658 Tromsø6.335 Aktobe6.191 Dinamo Minsk6.175 St Patrick's Athletic5.975 Qarabağ5.708 Vojvodina5.425 Malmö FF5.125 Sarajevo5.066 Astra Giurgiu4.604 KR4.583 F91 Dudelange4.425 Inter Turku4.201 Dacia Chișinău4.033 Levadia Tallinn3.941 Linfield3.866 Honvéd3.850 Valletta3.791 Differdange 033.675 Liepājas Metalurgs3.658 Gefle IF3.625 Pyunik3.600 Zrinjski Mostar3.566 Inter Baku3.458 Skonto3.408 Sūduva3.300 Vaduz3.200 Flora3.191 Khazar Lankaran2.958 HB2.816 Rudar Pljevlja2.800 TPS2.701 Breiðablik2.583 Botev Plovdiv2.450 Domžale2.441 Glentoran2.366 Metalurg Skopje2.300 Milsami Orhei2.283 Celje2.191 Torpedo Kutaisi2.083 Teteks2.050 Irtysh1.941 Jeunesse Esch1.925 Crusaders1.866 FC Santa Coloma1.850 Chikhura Sachkhere1.833 Žalgiris1.800 Mariehamn1.701 Mika1.600 ÍBV1.583 Čelik Nikšić1.550 Hibernians1.541 Sliema Wanderers1.541 Tiraspol1.533 Drogheda United1.475 Narva Trans1.441 Gandzasar Kapan1.350 Kruoja Pakruojis1.300 Astana1.191 Teuta1.083 Laçi1.083 Víkingur Gøta1.066 Mladost Podgorica1.050 Turnovo1.050 UE Santa Coloma0.850 Kukësi0.833 ÍF0.566 Prestatyn Town0.516 Airbus UK Broughton0.516 Bala Town0.516 La Fiorita0.383 Libertas0.383
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First qualifying round
Seeding A total of 76 teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 24 June 2013.
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Ventspils St Patrick's Athletic KR Inter Turku Gefle IF Glentoran Žalgiris Narva Trans Víkingur Gøta Airbus UK Broughton Videoton Qarabağ F91 Dudelange Vaduz Flora Metalurg Skopje Milsami Orhei Chikhura Sachkhere Mladost Podgorica Kukësi Levski Sofia Sarajevo Dacia Chișinău Pyunik Khazar Lankaran Teteks Irtysh Sliema Wanderers Teuta Libertas Botev Plovdiv Vojvodina Astra Giurgiu Zrinjski Mostar Rudar Pljevlja Domžale Mika Hibernians Astana UE Santa ColomaGroup 5Group 6Group 7SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Tromsø Malmö FF Linfield Liepājas Metalurgs Inter Baku Breiðablik Celje FC Santa Coloma Mariehamn Drogheda United ÍF Prestatyn Town Rosenborg Dinamo Minsk Levadia Tallinn Skonto HB TPS Jeunesse Esch Crusaders ÍBV Tiraspol Kruoja Pakruojis Bala Town Žilina Aktobe Honvéd Valletta Differdange 03 Sūduva Torpedo Kutaisi Čelik Nikšić Gandzasar Kapan Laçi Turnovo La Fiorita
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Second qualifying round
Seeding A total of 80 teams played in the second qualifying round: 42 teams which entered in this round, and the 38 winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 24 June 2013.
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Sparta Prague Thun Skoda Xanthi Aktobe Sarajevo BK Häcken Linfield Chikhura Sachkhere Kukësi Hødd AaB Maccabi Haifa Omonia Hajduk Split Ventspils Astra Giurgiu Dila Gori Turnovo Khazar Lankaran Jeunesse Esch Rubin Kazan Slovan Liberec Śląsk Wrocław Malmö FF Pandurii Târgu Jiu Hibernian Levadia Tallinn Skonto Jagodina Rudar Pljevlja Hapoel Tel Aviv Debrecen Žalgiris Rijeka Petrolul Ploiești Víkingur Gøta Strømsgodset Prestatyn Town Pyunik Beroe Stara ZagoraGroup 5Group 6Group 7Group 8SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Lech Poznań Žilina Red Star Belgrade Vojvodina Shakhtyor Soligorsk Milsami Orhei Honvéd Honka Olimpija Ljubljana ÍBV Standard Liège Chornomorets Odesa Tromsø Dinamo Minsk IFK Göteborg KR Dacia Chișinău Lokomotiva Zagreb Inter Baku Trenčín Trabzonspor Rosenborg Botev Plovdiv Qarabağ Minsk Piast Gliwice Valletta Zrinjski Mostar St Johnstone Derry City Anorthosis Famagusta Utrecht Irtysh Sturm Graz Mladost Podgorica Senica Differdange 03 Gefle IF Široki Brijeg Breiðablik
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Third qualifying round
Seeding A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 18 teams which entered in this round, and the 40 winners of the second qualifying round. The draw was held on 19 July 2013.
Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Udinese Club Brugge Trabzonspor Maccabi Haifa Astra Giurgiu Chornomorets Odesa Red Star Belgrade Śląsk Wrocław Ventspils Dinamo Minsk Trenčín Široki Brijeg Rubin Kazan Lech Poznań Zürich Swansea City Breiðablik Vitesse Slovan Liberec Randers Aktobe Malmö FF Petrolul Ploiești Žalgiris Sevilla Hapoel Tel Aviv Dila Gori Differdange 03 Metalurh Donetsk Kuban Krasnodar Hajduk Split Motherwell Tromsø Kukësi Pandurii Târgu Jiu Mladost PodgoricaGroup 4Group 5SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded VfB Stuttgart Saint-Étienne Gefle IF Žilina Rapid Wien Strømsgodset Asteras Tripolis Jablonec Qarabağ Milsami Orhei Rijeka Botev Plovdiv Standard Liège BK Häcken St Johnstone Bursaspor Estoril Thun Skoda Xanthi Vojvodina Minsk Hapoel Ramat Gan
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Play-off round
Seeding A total of 62 teams played in the play-off round: 18 teams which entered in this round, the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round. The draw was held on 9 August 2013.
Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Braga APOEL Beşiktaş Feyenoord Rapid Wien Kuban Krasnodar Zulte Waregem Tromsø Pandurii Târgu Jiu Dila Gori Dynamo Kyiv AZ Genk Swansea City Nice Atromitos Apollon Limassol Aktobe Petrolul Ploiești FH Sevilla Standard Liège Red Bull Salzburg Eintracht Frankfurt Nordsjælland IF Elfsborg Śląsk Wrocław Qarabağ Minsk ŽalgirisGroup 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded VfB Stuttgart Spartak Moscow PAOK Real Betis Chornomorets Odesa Maccabi Tel Aviv Jablonec St. Gallen Rijeka Skënderbeu Rubin Kazan Fiorentina Saint-Étienne Trabzonspor Sheriff Tiraspol Molde Grasshopper Vojvodina Esbjerg Kukësi Tottenham Hotspur Udinese Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Partizan Maccabi Haifa Estoril Slovan Liberec Thun Dinamo Tbilisi Pasching Astra Giurgiu Nõmme Kalju
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Statistics There were 720 goals in 274 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.63 goals per match.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Paulo Henrique Trabzonspor75182 Gheorghe Grozav Petrolul Ploiești6385 Rayo Maccabi Haifa6479 Omar Er Rafik Differdange 0365685 Omer Damari Hapoel Tel Aviv5320 Leon Benko Rijeka5422 Marco Paixão Śląsk Wrocław5432 Reynaldo Qarabağ55359 Jacob Mulenga Utrecht4180 Louis Schaub Rapid Wien4271 Salomón Rondón Rubin Kazan4424 Waldemar Sobota Śląsk Wrocław4496 Petar Škuletić Vojvodina4516 Tomáš Majtán Žilina4536
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