The 2021–22 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 3 August and ended on 26 August 2021.

A total of 28 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, which included the qualifying phase, with 10 teams in Champions Path and six teams in Main Path, and the play-off round. The 10 winners in 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, 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 (6 teams): 6 teams which entered this round (including 3 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): 12 teams which entered this round (including 6 losers of the Champions League Champions Path third qualifying round), and 8 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 3 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 2021 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 Slavia Prague43.500 Olympiacos43.000 Red Star Belgrade32.500 Rangers31.250 AZ21.500 Fenerbahçe19.500 CFR Cluj16.500 Legia Warsaw16.500 Zorya Luhansk15.000 Antwerp10.500 Sturm Graz7.165 Randers5.575+Third qualifying round (Champions Path)Team Slovan Bratislava7.500 Žalgiris6.500 Alashkert6.500 Flora6.250 Kairat6.000 Lincoln Red Imps5.750 Omonia5.550 HJK5.500 Neftçi5.000 Mura3.000+Third qualifying round (Main Path)Team Celtic34.000 Rapid Wien17.000 Galatasaray17.000 Jablonec7.000 St Johnstone6.675 Anorthosis Famagusta5.550 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, the away goals rule was no longer applied starting from this season. To decide the winner of the tie, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals were 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 (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

+Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa LeagueRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legThird qualifying round19 July 20215 August 202112 August 2021Play-offs2 August 202119 August 202126 August 2021

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 13:00 CEST.

Seeding A total of 16 teams played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths: Champions Path (10 teams): 10 losers of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. There was no seeding. Due to political reasons, teams from Azerbaijan and Armenia could not be drawn against each other, thus the losers of the ties between Neftçi Baku/Olympiacos and Alashkert/Sheriff Tiraspol could not be drawn against each other. Main Path (6 teams): The teams were seeded as following: Seeded: 3 teams which entered in this round. Unseeded: 3 losers of the 2021–22 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, thus the following teams could not be drawn against each other: Scotland: St Johnstone and the loser of the tie between Celtic/Midtjylland Czech Republic: Jablonec and the loser of the tie between Sparta Prague/Rapid Wien The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team of the first leg.

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Summary

The first legs were played on 3 and 5 August, and the second legs were played on 10 and 12 August 2021.

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

2–2 on aggregate; Omonia won 5–4 on penalties.

Mura won 1–0 on aggregate.

Alashkert won 3–2 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

HJK won 5–2 on aggregate.

Main Path matches

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021, 13:00 CEST.

Seeding A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round. The teams were seeded into four "priority groups": Priority 1: 6 teams which entered in this round. Priority 2: 6 losers of the 2021–22 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: 3 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: The three teams of priority 4 were drawn against teams of priority 1 to produce three ties, until there were no more teams of priority 4 left. The remaining three teams of priority 1 were drawn against teams of priority 3 to produce three ties, until there were no more teams of priority 1 left. The remaining two teams of priority 3 were drawn against teams of priority 2 to produce two ties, until there were no more teams of priority 3 left. The remaining four teams of priority 2 were drawn against each other to produce two ties. There was no country protection for this round, thus teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team of the first leg.

Priority 1Priority 2Priority 3Priority 4

Summary

The first legs were played on 17, 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 26 August 2021.

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

Matches

Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe won 6–2 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz won 5–1 on aggregate.

4–4 on aggregate; Antwerp won 3–2 on penalties.

Olympiacos won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers won 1–0 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw won 4–3 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 6–1 on aggregate.

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