2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying

The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 29 June and ended on 24 August 2017. 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.

All times were CEST (UTC+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).

Round Draw First leg Second leg First qualifying round 19 June 2017 29 June 2017 6 July 2017 Second qualifying round 13 July 2017 20 July 2017 Third qualifying round 14 July 2017 27 July 2017 3 August 2017 Play-off round 4 August 2017 17 August 2017 24 August 2017

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 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.

Teams 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).

Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to coloursWinners of the play-off round advance to the group stage

+Play-off roundTeam Dynamo Kyiv67.526 Ajax67.212 Viktoria Plzeň40.635 Red Bull Salzburg40.570 Club Brugge39.480 Ludogorets Razgrad34.175 BATE Borisov29.475 Legia Warsaw28.450 Partizan16.075 Rosenborg12.665 Sheriff Tiraspol11.150 AEK Athens6.580 FH6.175 Viitorul Constanța5.870 Vardar5.125+Third qualifying roundTeam Zenit Saint Petersburg87.106 Athletic Bilbao60.999 Fenerbahçe51.840 Sparta Prague48.135 Milan47.666 PSV Eindhoven46.212 Braga37.366 Gent35.480 PAOK35.080 Krasnodar32.106 Bordeaux29.333 Everton29.192 Marseille28.333 Dinamo Zagreb26.050 SC Freiburg20.899 Austria Wien17.070 Panathinaikos15.080 Marítimo14.866 Sion14.415 Oleksandriya9.526 Olimpik Donetsk8.526 Oostende8.480 Dinamo București6.370 Universitatea Craiova4.870 Arka Gdynia3.950+Second qualifying roundTeam Galatasaray58.840 Astra Giurgiu17.870 Hajduk Split11.550 Apollon Limassol10.710 Mladá Boleslav10.135 Luzern9.415 Brøndby8.800 Gabala7.800 Aberdeen6.785 Utrecht6.712 Sturm Graz6.570 Panionios5.580 Bnei Yehuda4.875 Dynamo Brest3.975 Östersunds FK3.945 Brann3.665+First qualifying roundTeam Maccabi Tel Aviv23.375 Midtjylland16.300 Dinamo Minsk10.975 Lech Poznań10.950 HJK10.530 AIK9.945 Vojvodina9.075 Videoton8.650 AEL Limassol8.210 Shakhtyor Soligorsk7.475 Slovan Bratislava7.350 Red Star Belgrade7.325 Trenčín6.850 Skënderbeu6.825 Rheindorf Altach6.570 St Johnstone6.535 AEK Larnaca6.210 Inter Baku6.050 Beitar Jerusalem5.875 Ventspils5.725 Odd5.665 Kairat5.550 Osijek5.550 Sarajevo5.300 KR5.175 IFK Norrköping4.945 Milsami Orhei4.900 Lyngby4.800 Nõmme Kalju4.800 Željezničar4.800 Botev Plovdiv4.675 Olimpija Ljubljana4.625 Valletta4.550 Vaduz4.450 Jagiellonia Białystok4.450 Levski Sofia4.425 Stjarnan4.175 Haugesund4.165 Domžale4.125 Ordabasy4.050 Levadia Tallinn4.050 Ferencváros3.900 Crusaders3.900 Rabotnicki3.875 Rangers3.785 Shirak3.775 Dacia Chișinău3.650 Mladost Podgorica3.550 Zira3.550 Irtysh3.550 Široki Brijeg3.550 Fola Esch3.475 Differdange 033.475 Shkëndija3.375 Gorica3.375 Sutjeska3.300 Pyunik3.275 Dunav Ruse3.175 Partizani3.075 Mladost Lučani3.075 Shamrock Rovers3.065 Flora3.050 Chikhura Sachkhere3.025 Lincoln Red Imps3.000 Jelgava2.975 SJK2.780 Cork City2.565 Zeta2.550 B362.450 Ružomberok2.350 Derry City2.315 Liepāja2.225 Zaria Bălți2.150 VPS2.030 Valur1.925 Vasas1.900 Atlantas1.825 Sūduva1.825 Tirana1.825 Gandzasar Kapan1.775 Torpedo Kutaisi1.775 Trakai1.575 Tre Penne1.566 Bala Town1.525 Dinamo Batumi1.525 NSÍ1.450 Balzan1.300 Connah's Quay Nomads1.275 Bangor City1.275 UE Santa Coloma1.233 Progrès Niederkorn1.225 Pelister1.125 Folgore1.066 Floriana1.050 Coleraine0.900 Ballymena United0.900 Sant Julià0.733 KÍ0.700 St Joseph's0.500 Prishtina0.000

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First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST.

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.

Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Maccabi Tel Aviv Trenčín Inter Baku Shirak Dacia Chișinău Shkëndija Gorica Mladost Lučani Tirana Torpedo Kutaisi Lech Poznań Rheindorf Altach Kairat Levski Sofia Zira Differdange 03 Sutjeska Chikhura Sachkhere Atlantas Pelister Vojvodina Beitar Jerusalem Milsami Orhei Mladost Podgorica Irtysh Fola Esch Dunav Ruse Ružomberok Vasas Gandzasar Kapan Group 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Videoton Slovan Bratislava Botev Plovdiv Jagiellonia Białystok Ordabasy Široki Brijeg Pyunik Partizani Dinamo Batumi Balzan AEL Limassol Red Star Belgrade Osijek Željezničar Rabotnicki Zeta Tre Penne UE Santa Coloma Floriana St Joseph's Skënderbeu AEK Larnaca Sarajevo Valletta Rangers Lincoln Red Imps Zaria Bălți Progrès Niederkorn Folgore Sant Julià Group 7Group 8Group 9SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Midtjylland Ventspils Vaduz Haugesund Domžale Flora Derry City Valur Bala Town Coleraine Dinamo Minsk St Johnstone Olimpija Ljubljana Stjarnan Crusaders Shamrock Rovers Liepāja VPS Trakai NSÍ HJK Odd IFK Norrköping Nõmme Kalju Ferencváros Jelgava B36 Connah's Quay Nomads Ballymena United Prishtina Group 10SeededUnseeded AIK Shakhtyor Soligorsk KR Lyngby Levadia Tallinn SJK Cork City Sūduva Bangor City KÍ

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Second qualifying round

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).

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.

Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Dinamo Minsk Apollon Limassol Mladá Boleslav Slovan Bratislava Beitar Jerusalem Zaria Bălți Lyngby Botev Plovdiv Shamrock Rovers Rabotnicki Astra Giurgiu AIK Skënderbeu AEK Larnaca Panionios Kairat Željezničar Cork City Gorica Zira Hajduk Split Lech Poznań Brøndby Videoton Trakai IFK Norrköping Nõmme Kalju VPS Levski Sofia Haugesund Group 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Maccabi Tel Aviv Ružomberok AEL Limassol Gabala Sūduva Utrecht KR Valletta Jagiellonia Białystok Liepāja Progrès Niederkorn Brann Galatasaray Red Star Belgrade Rheindorf Altach Inter Baku Valur Odd Fola Esch Vaduz Domžale Dynamo Brest Östersunds FK Irtysh Midtjylland HJK Luzern Trenčín Aberdeen Sturm Graz Osijek Bnei Yehuda Široki Brijeg Ferencváros Shkëndija Mladost Podgorica

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Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 13:00 CEST.

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.

Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Fenerbahçe PSV Eindhoven Krasnodar Panathinaikos Shkëndija Osijek Gabala Lyngby Sturm Graz Trakai Athletic Bilbao PAOK Dinamo Zagreb Austria Wien Midtjylland Mladá Boleslav Olimpik Donetsk AEL Limassol Skënderbeu Dinamo București Odd Arka Gdynia Östersunds FK Milan Bordeaux Maccabi Tel Aviv Hajduk Split Lech Poznań Brøndby Videoton Utrecht Fola Esch Panionios Universitatea Craiova Group 4Group 5SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Sparta Prague Gent Everton Astra Giurgiu Marítimo Apollon Limassol Oleksandriya Red Star Belgrade Aberdeen Rheindorf Altach Botev Plovdiv Ružomberok Zenit Saint Petersburg Braga Marseille SC Freiburg Sion Dinamo Minsk AIK Oostende Bnei Yehuda AEK Larnaca Domžale Sūduva

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Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 13:00 CEST.

Seeding