This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase.
All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).
Round and draw dates All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg First qualifying round 20 June 2011 13:00 30 June 2011 7 July 2011 Second qualifying round 14 July 2011 21 July 2011 Third qualifying round 15 July 2011 13:30 28 July 2011 4 August 2011 Play-off round 5 August 2011 13:30 18 August 2011 25 August 2011 Play-off round 5 August 2011 13:30 18 August 2011 25 August 2011
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Format Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shootout.
In the draw for each round, teams are seeded based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team is 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 take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to the draw, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other.
Teams Below are the 176 teams involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds (including 15 losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round which enter the play-off round). The 38 winners of the play-off round qualified for the group stage to join the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round.
Key to colours Qualified for the group stage
Play-off round Team Sevilla 93.465 Roma 85.110 Tottenham Hotspur 78.157 PSV Eindhoven 74.025 Sporting CP 68.319 Braga 62.319 Schalke 04 61.887 Dynamo Kyiv 60.776 Panathinaikos 57.833 Rangers 56.028 Spartak Moscow 51.941 Paris Saint-Germain 51.735 Anderlecht 42.400 Celtic 39.528 Beşiktaş 37.010 Metalist Kharkiv 34.276 Standard Liège 32.400 AEK Athens 30.833 Steaua București 29.164 Athletic Bilbao 24.465 Lazio 23.110 Rosenborg 19.375 Lokomotiv Moscow 18.441 Birmingham City 17.157 Rapid București 16.164 Partizan 15.850 Hannover 96 13.887 Sochaux 12.735 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 12.276 Trabzonspor 12.010 CSKA Sofia 10.575 Vaslui 10.164 Sion 9.480 Litex Lovech 8.575 Nordsjælland 7.110 Slovan Bratislava 5.899 Maribor 4.224 HJK 3.793 Ekranas 3.541 Zestaponi 2.891 Shamrock Rovers 2.741 Third qualifying round Team Atlético Madrid 70.465 AZ 43.025 Hapoel Tel Aviv 36.400 Club Brugge 31.400 Sparta Prague 30.170 Palermo 26.110 Dinamo București 22.164 PAOK 17.333 Stoke City 17.157 Rennes 16.735 Young Boys 14.980 Levski Sofia 14.575 Mainz 05 13.887 Mladá Boleslav 13.170 Bursaspor 12.010 Vitória de Guimarães 11.319 Helsingborgs IF 10.825 Karpaty Lviv 10.776 Brøndby 10.110 Red Star Belgrade 9.350 Alania Vladikavkaz 8.941 Heart of Midlothian 7.528 Hajduk Split 6.224 Omonia 6.124 Legia Warsaw 5.183 Ried 4.140 Gomel 3.216 Senica 2.899 Strømsgodset 2.875 Sligo Rovers 1.991 Second qualifying round Team Red Bull Salzburg 22.140 Austria Wien 16.640 Anorthosis 14.624 Žilina 14.399 Nacional 14.319 Vorskla Poltava 10.276 Sheriff Tiraspol 9.549 ADO Den Haag 8.025 Lokomotiv Sofia 7.575 Gaziantepspor 7.010 Olympiacos Volos 6.833 Dundee United 6.528 Bnei Yehuda 6.400 Midtjylland 6.110 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5.900 Westerlo 5.400 Jablonec 5.170 Gaz Metan Mediaș 5.164 Ventspils 4.983 Thun 4.980 Vålerenga 4.875 Aktobe 3.874 Vojvodina 3.850 Bohemians 3.741 AEK Larnaca 3.624 Sarajevo 3.324 Levadia Tallinn 3.258 RNK Split 3.224 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3.216 Śląsk Wrocław 3.183 FH 2.991 Liepājas Metalurgs 2.983 Örebro SK 2.825 Željezničar 2.824 Iskra-Stal 2.549 Sūduva 2.541 Vaduz 2.300 TPS 2.293 Tirana 2.274 Tauras Tauragė 2.041 KuPS 1.793 Rudar Pljevlja 1.775 Kecskemét 1.700 Sant Julià 1.700 EB/Streymur 1.533 Khazar Lankaran 1.483 Gagra 1.391 Metalurg Skopje 1.291 Differdange 03 1.274 Mika 1.266 Domžale 1.224 Llanelli 1.058 Crusaders 0.949 Juvenes/Dogana 0.683 Floriana 0.483 First qualifying round Team Fulham 40.157 IF Elfsborg 8.825 Tromsø 4.375 St Patrick's Athletic 4.241 Qarabağ 4.233 Jagiellonia Białystok 4.183 Rabotnicki 4.041 Aalesund 3.875 Spartak Trnava 3.399 Dinamo Tbilisi 3.391 Honka 3.293 Varaždin 3.224 Minsk 3.216 Metalurgi Rustavi 2.891 Rad 2.850 BK Häcken 2.825 Široki Brijeg 2.824 Budućnost Podgorica 2.525 KR 2.491 The New Saints 2.308 Renova 2.291 Koper 2.224 Birkirkara 1.733 Ferencváros 1.700 Paks 1.700 Glentoran 1.699 Milsami Orhei 1.549 Banga 1.541 Daugava Daugavpils 1.483 Olimpija Ljubljana 1.474 Cliftonville 1.449 Flamurtari 1.274 Vllaznia 1.274 Narva Trans 1.258 AZAL Baku 1.233 Irtysh 1.124 Shakhter Karagandy 1.124 Zeta 1.025 Banants 1.016 Nõmme Kalju 1.008 ÍBV 0.991 NSÍ 0.783 Ulisses 0.766 Tre Penne 0.683 Neath 0.558 Käerjéng 97 0.524 Lusitanos 0.450 UE Santa Coloma 0.450 ÍF 0.283 Fola Esch 0.274 Notes
First qualifying round
Seeding
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded IF Elfsborg Tromsø Honka KR The New Saints Daugava Daugavpils Cliftonville Nõmme Kalju ÍF Fola Esch Fulham St Patrick's Athletic Aalesund BK Häcken Renova Glentoran ÍBV NSÍ Neath Käerjéng 97 Qarabağ Rabotnicki Rad Koper Paks Banga Narva Trans Shakhter Karagandy Tre Penne UE Santa Coloma Group 4 Group 5 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Jagiellonia Białystok Dinamo Tbilisi Minsk Budućnost Podgorica Ferencváros Milsami Orhei Flamurtari AZAL Baku Irtysh Ulisses Spartak Trnava Varaždin Metalurgi Rustavi Široki Brijeg Birkirkara Olimpija Ljubljana Vllaznia Zeta Banants Lusitanos
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Second qualifying round
Seeding
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011, immediately after the first qualifying round draw.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Sheriff Tiraspol IF Elfsborg Lokomotiv Sofia Bnei Yehuda Irtysh Metalurgi Rustavi Željezničar Sūduva Sant Julià Metalurg Skopje Vorskla Poltava ADO Den Haag Gaziantepspor Gaz Metan Mediaș Varaždin Minsk Iskra-Stal Glentoran Tauras Tauragė KuPS Fulham Rabotnicki AEK Larnaca Dinamo Tbilisi Sarajevo Örebro SK Llanelli Crusaders Juvenes/Dogana Floriana Žilina Jablonec Ventspils Vålerenga Bohemians Shakhtyor Soligorsk Olimpija Ljubljana Flamurtari KR Mika Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Red Bull Salzburg Aalesund Spartak Trnava Levadia Tallinn RNK Split Liepājas Metalurgs Tirana Ferencváros Differdange 03 Domžale Anorthosis Famagusta Olympiacos Volos Midtjylland Aktobe Honka Rad BK Häcken The New Saints Kecskemét Gagra Austria Wien Dundee United St Patrick's Athletic Qarabağ Vojvodina Śląsk Wrocław Vaduz Shakhter Karagandy Rudar Pljevlja EB/Streymur Nacional Maccabi Tel Aviv Westerlo Thun Tromsø FH TPS Vllaznia Paks Khazar Lankaran Notes
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Third qualifying round
Seeding
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Atlético Madrid Young Boys Mladá Boleslav Red Star Belgrade Alania Vladikavkaz Westerlo Ventspils Aktobe AEK Larnaca Strømsgodset AZ Austria Wien Bursaspor Željezničar IF Elfsborg Maccabi Tel Aviv Jablonec Aalesund Olimpija Ljubljana Gomel Hapoel Tel Aviv Rennes Levski Sofia Vitória de Guimarães Gaziantepspor Midtjylland Legia Warsaw Vaduz Spartak Trnava Metalurgi Rustavi Palermo Dinamo București KR Karpaty Lviv ADO Den Haag Omonia Thun St Patrick's Athletic Dinamo Tbilisi Varaždin Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Club Brugge Red Bull Salzburg Mainz 05 Helsingborgs IF Olympiacos Volos Bnei Yehuda Gaz Metan Mediaș Qarabağ Differdange 03 Senica Sparta Prague Stoke City Anorthosis Famagusta Vorskla Poltava Heart of Midlothian Hajduk Split Paks Rabotnicki Sarajevo Sligo Rovers Fulham PAOK Nacional Brøndby Lokomotiv Sofia Śląsk Wrocław Vålerenga Ried BK Häcken RNK Split Notes
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Play-off round
Seeding
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Atlético Madrid Panathinaikos Beşiktaş Metalist Kharkiv Partizan Sochaux Vitória de Guimarães Alania Vladikavkaz Maccabi Tel Aviv Shamrock Rovers Roma Paris Saint-Germain Anderlecht Dinamo București Rosenborg Bursaspor Vorskla Poltava Olympiacos Volos Slovan Bratislava AEK Larnaca Tottenham Hotspur Spartak Moscow Hapoel Tel Aviv Athletic Bilbao PAOK Trabzonspor Karpaty Lviv Heart of Midlothian Legia Warsaw Ekranas Sporting CP Rangers Fulham Steaua București Lokomotiv Moscow Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk CSKA Sofia Nordsjælland Maribor Spartak Trnava Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded PSV Eindhoven Dynamo Kyiv Celtic Lazio Birmingham City Rapid București Nacional Sion Litex Lovech Ried Rabotnicki Śląsk Wrocław Sevilla AZ Club Brugge Sparta Prague Red Bull Salzburg Stoke City Hannover 96 Vaslui Omonia Thun Aalesund Zestaponi Braga Schalke 04 Standard Liège AEK Athens Rennes Austria Wien Young Boys Helsingborgs IF Red Star Belgrade Gaz Metan Mediaș HJK Dinamo Tbilisi Notes
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References
External links , UEFA.com