The 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 8 August and ended on 31 August 2023.

A total of 27 teams competed in the qualifying system which included the qualifying phase and the play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage, to join the 12 teams that entered in the group stage, the six losers of the Champions League play-off round (four from Champions Path and two from League Path) and the four League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Teams In the third qualifying round (which was the first round of the qualification for the Europa League), the teams were divided into two paths: Champions Path (10 teams): 10 teams which entered this round (10 losers of the Champions League Champions Path second qualifying round). Main Path (4 teams): 4 teams which entered this round (including 2 losers of the Champions League League Path second qualifying round).

The winners of the third qualifying round were combined into a single path for the play-off round: Play-off round (20 teams): 13 teams which entered this round (including 6 losers of the Champions League Champions Path third qualifying round) and 7 winners of the third qualifying round.

All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round entered the Europa Conference League: The 5 losers of the Champions Path third qualifying round entered the Champions Path play-off round. The 2 losers of the Main Path third qualifying round entered the Main Path play-off round. The 10 losers of the play-off round entered the group stage.

Below were the participating teams (with their 2023 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for qualifying phase and play-off round, however), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to coloursWinners of play-off round advanced to group stageLosers of play-off round entered Europa Conference League group stageLosers of third qualifying round entered Europa Conference League play-off round +Play-off roundTeam Ajax89.000 Dinamo Zagreb 55.000 LASK36.000 Slovan Bratislava 24.500 Union Saint-Gilloise19.000 Zorya Luhansk16.000 Sparta Prague 14.000 Olimpija Ljubljana 9.000 KÍ 8.000 Aberdeen8.000 Čukarički6.475 Lugano6.335 Aris Limassol 4.895+Third qualifying round (Champions Path)Team Qarabağ 25.00021.000 Sheriff Tiraspol 19.500 BATE Borisov 15.000 Astana 14.000 Žalgiris 11.000 HJK 11.000 Zrinjski Mostar 8.500 Breiðablik 6.000 BK Häcken 4.750+Third qualifying round (Main Path)Team Slavia Prague52.000 Olympiacos39.000 Genk 18.000 Dnipro-1 8.000

Notes

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. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals was scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

+Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa LeagueRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legThird qualifying round24 July 202310 August 202317 August 2023Play-off round7 August 202324 August 202331 August 2023

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

Seeding A total of 14 teams played in the qualifying round. They were divided into two paths: Champions Path (10 teams): 10 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. There was no seeding. Main Path (4 teams): The teams were seeded as follows: Seeded: 2 teams which entered in this round. Unseeded: 2 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (League Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Since Olympiacos could not be drawn against Panathinaikos, they were drawn against the loser of the Servette/Genk match, and Slavia Prague were drawn against the loser of the Dnipro-1/Panathinaikos match.

+Champions PathGroup 1Group 2 +Main PathSeededUnseeded Notes

Summary

The first legs were played on 8 and 10 August, and the second legs were played on 17 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League play-off round of their respective path.

Champions Path matches

BK Häcken won 8–1 on aggregate.

Qarabağ won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zrinjski Mostar won 6–3 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol won 7–3 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad won 6–3 on aggregate.

Main Path matches

Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.

Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

Seeding A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round. The teams were seeded into four "priority groups": Priority 1: The 6 teams from the higher ranking association which entered in this round Priority 2: 6 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw Priority 3: 5 winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw Priority 4: The remaining team which entered in this round and 2 winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw The procedure of the draw was as follows: Three teams from Pot 1 (Priority 1) were paired with the three teams in Pot 4 (Priority 4). The three remaining Pot 1 (Priority 1) teams would then be paired with teams from Pot 3 (Priority 3). The two remaining Pot 3 (Priority 3) teams work would then be paired with teams from Pot 2 (Priority 2). The four remaining Pot 2 (Priority 2) balls were then drawn one after another to complete the ninth and tenth pairings (open draw). Association protection was not applied. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Priority 1Priority 2Priority 3Priority 4 Notes

Summary

The first legs were played on 24 August and the second legs were played on 31 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League group stage.

Matches

Slavia Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.

Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.

Union Saint-Gilloise won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

BK Häcken won 5–3 on aggregate.

LASK won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on aggregate.

Qarabağ won 3–1 on aggregate.

Aris Limassol won 7–4 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

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