The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round were played from 1 July to 28 August 2014. A total of 170 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 31 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
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 round23 June 2014, 13:00 & 14:303 July 201410 July 2014Second qualifying round17 July 201424 July 2014Third qualifying round18 July 2014, 13:0031 July 20147 August 2014Play-off round8 August 2014, 13:0021 August 201428 August 2014
Matches may also be 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 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.
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 170 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 2014 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage
+Play-off roundTeam Internazionale95.387 Tottenham Hotspur75.949 Villarreal53.542 Twente50.862 Metalist Kharkiv45.693 PAOK37.720 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk32.193 Trabzonspor31.340 Panathinaikos30.220 Sparta Prague28.870 Borussia Mönchengladbach25.328 Dinamo Zagreb23.925 Lokomotiv Moscow20.899 Rapid Wien19.185 Zürich18.645 Nacional17.959 Maccabi Tel Aviv17.875 Sheriff Tiraspol17.075 Legia Warsaw15.275 Partizan14.825 Feyenoord13.362 Saint-Étienne12.800 Debrecen10.325 Grasshopper9.645 Rostov9.399 PEC Zwolle8.862 Lokeren8.760 Apollon Limassol8.650 Aktobe8.150 AEL Limassol7.650 Qarabağ7.575 HJK7.435 Midtjylland6.760+Third qualifying roundTeam Lyon97.300 PSV Eindhoven64.862 Viktoria Plzeň40.870 Club Brugge32.260 Real Sociedad24.542 Young Boys24.145 Mainz 0517.328 Hull City16.949 Chornomorets Odesa16.193 Torino13.387 Rio Ave12.459 Dynamo Moscow12.399 Atromitos9.720 Brøndby8.260 Ironi Kiryat Shmona7.375 Astra Giurgiu6.951 Karabükspor6.840 Ermis Aradippou4.650+Second qualifying roundTeam Hapoel Tel Aviv31.375 CFR Cluj25.451 Lech Poznań17.275 Slovan Liberec16.870 Bursaspor15.840 Esbjerg13.260 Zulte Waregem12.260 IF Elfsborg11.265 Omonia10.150 Hajduk Split9.925 Krasnodar9.399 Molde9.355 Luzern9.145 CSKA Sofia9.125 Rijeka8.925 Groningen8.862 Asteras Tripolis8.720 Motherwell8.313 Zorya Luhansk8.193 Mladá Boleslav7.870 AIK7.765 Neftçi7.075 Petrolul Ploiești6.951 Vojvodina6.825 Dinamo Minsk6.725 Grödig6.185 St. Pölten6.185 Zestaponi5.975 Ruch Chorzów5.775 Sarajevo5.500 Hapoel Be'er Sheva5.375 Shakhtyor Soligorsk5.225 Győri ETO4.825 St Johnstone4.813 Zawisza Bydgoszcz3.775 Neman Grodno3.725 Košice3.700 Jagodina3.575 Trenčín3.200 Gorica3.200 RoPS1.435+First qualifying roundTeam Rosenborg11.355 Tromsø8.355 Litex Lovech7.625 Ekranas7.050 FH5.850 IFK Göteborg5.765 Željezničar5.500 Shakhter Karagandy5.400 Spartak Trnava5.200 Differdange 034.975 RNK Split4.925 Linfield4.475 Inter Baku4.325 Pyunik4.325 Aberdeen4.313 Široki Brijeg4.250 Botev Plovdiv4.125 Honka3.935 Sligo Rovers3.775 Birkirkara3.716 Budućnost Podgorica3.700 Vaduz3.650 Koper3.450 Bangor City3.350 IF Brommapojkarna3.265 Zimbru Chișinău3.075 MYPA2.935 Haugesund2.855 Nõmme Kalju2.825 Čukarički2.825 Ferencváros2.825 Daugava Daugavpils2.750 Jeunesse Esch2.725 Rudar Velenje2.700 Kukësi2.600 Metalurg Skopje2.550 Derry City2.525 Chikhura Sachkhere2.475 Flamurtari2.350 Tiraspol2.325 Diósgyőr2.325 Shkëndija2.300 Fola Esch2.225 Crusaders2.225 Sant Julià2.166 Shirak2.075 Veris Chișinău2.075 Gabala2.075 Mika2.075 Sioni Bolnisi1.975 Hibernians1.966 Sliema Wanderers1.966 Čelik Nikšić1.950 Astana1.900 Fram1.850 Jelgava1.750 Víkingur Gøta1.675 Kairat1.650 Laçi1.600 Turnovo1.550 Dundalk1.525 VPS1.435 Stjarnan1.350 Banga1.300 Daugava Rīga1.250 Lovćen Cetinje1.200 B361.175 UE Santa Coloma1.166 Sillamäe Kalev1.075 Atlantas1.050 ÍF0.925 Airbus UK Broughton0.850 Glenavon0.725 Libertas0.699 Aberystwyth Town0.600 Santos Tartu0.575 Folgore0.199 College Europa0.000
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First qualifying round
Seeding A total of 78 teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 23 June 2014. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for all groups with twelve teams.
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Spartak Trnava Inter Baku Koper Čukarički Flamurtari Tiraspol Sant Julià Sioni Bolnisi Hibernians Čelik Nikšić Shakhter Karagandy Široki Brijeg Birkirkara Vaduz Chikhura Sachkhere Diósgyőr Shirak Gabala Turnovo College Europa Litex Lovech RNK Split Budućnost Podgorica Kukësi Metalurg Skopje Veris Chișinău Mika Kairat UE Santa Coloma Folgore Željezničar Pyunik Botev Plovdiv Zimbru Chișinău Ferencváros Rudar Velenje Shkëndija Sliema Wanderers Astana Laçi Lovćen Cetinje Libertas Group 5Group 6Group 7SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Rosenborg Differdange 03 Linfield IF Brommapojkarna Nõmme Kalju Derry City Fram Jelgava VPS B36 Atlantas Aberystwyth Town Tromsø Ekranas Aberdeen Bangor City MYPA Jeunesse Esch Crusaders Dundalk Stjarnan Daugava Rīga ÍF Santos Tartu FH IFK Göteborg Honka Sligo Rovers Haugesund Daugava Daugavpils Fola Esch Víkingur Gøta Banga Sillamäe Kalev Airbus UK Broughton Glenavon
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Second qualifying round
Seeding A total of 80 teams played in the second qualifying round: 41 teams which entered in this round, and the 39 winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 23 June 2014. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups.
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Lech Poznań Molde Dinamo Minsk IFK Göteborg Željezničar Győri ETO Gorica MYPA Nõmme Kalju Metalurg Skopje Slovan Liberec Tromsø Petrolul Ploiești FH Hapoel Be'er Sheva RNK Split Neman Grodno Košice Víkingur Gøta Flamurtari CFR Cluj Motherwell Crusaders Grödig Zestaponi Spartak Trnava Jagodina Stjarnan IF Brommapojkarna Čukarički Bursaspor Rijeka Groningen AIK Neftçi Linfield Aberdeen Koper Ferencváros Chikhura Sachkhere Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Rosenborg Omonia Luzern Zorya Luhansk Mladá Boleslav St Johnstone Široki Brijeg Sligo Rovers Budućnost Podgorica Laçi Zulte Waregem Krasnodar CSKA Sofia Sarajevo Shakhter Karagandy Atlantas Sillamäe Kalev Zawisza Bydgoszcz Zimbru Chișinău Haugesund Hapoel Tel Aviv Litex Lovech Vojvodina Ruch Chorzów Shakhtyor Soligorsk Astana Diósgyőr Vaduz Trenčín Derry City Esbjerg IF Elfsborg Hajduk Split Asteras Tripolis St. Pölten Inter Baku Botev Plovdiv Dundalk Kairat RoPS
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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 18 July 2014. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with twelve teams and another run for all groups with ten teams.
Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Lyon Mainz 05 Chornomorets Odesa Rosenborg Krasnodar St Johnstone Asteras Tripolis Mladá Boleslav Diósgyőr Karabükspor Spartak Trnava RNK Split PSV Eindhoven Lech Poznań Hull City Torino Omonia Molde Stjarnan Zorya Luhansk Trenčín St. Pölten Metalurg Skopje IF Brommapojkarna Astana Real Sociedad Slovan Liberec Zulte Waregem Atromitos Zimbru Chișinău Aberdeen AIK Astra Giurgiu Grödig Sarajevo Shakhtyor Soligorsk Group 4Group 5SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Viktoria Plzeň Young Boys Esbjerg Dynamo Moscow IF Elfsborg Rijeka Víkingur Gøta Ironi Kiryat Shmona Petrolul Ploiești FH Ruch Chorzów Ermis Aradippou Club Brugge CFR Cluj Chikhura Sachkhere Rio Ave Hajduk Split Brøndby Neftçi Dinamo Minsk IFK Göteborg Shakhter Karagandy
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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 8 August 2014. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for all groups with twelve teams.
Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Villarreal Sparta Prague Borussia Mönchengladbach Young Boys Lokomotiv Moscow Debrecen PEC Zwolle Apollon Limassol Sarajevo Astana Tottenham Hotspur Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Zürich Nacional Maccabi Tel Aviv Hajduk Split Asteras Tripolis AEL Limassol Dinamo Minsk Spartak Trnava Twente PAOK Trabzonspor Dinamo Zagreb Rapid Wien Rostov Qarabağ HJK Petrolul Ploiești Zimbru Chișinău Group 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Lyon Hull City Legia Warsaw Torino Dynamo Moscow Omonia Lokeren Aktobe Astra Giurgiu RNK Split PSV Eindhoven Metalist Kharkiv Partizan Saint-Étienne Rio Ave IF Elfsborg Neftçi Karabükspor Ruch Chorzów Shakhtyor Soligorsk Internazionale Club Brugge Panathinaikos Real Sociedad Sheriff Tiraspol Feyenoord Grasshopper Krasnodar Rijeka Zorya Luhansk Midtjylland Stjarnan
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Statistics There were 737 goals in 278 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.
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