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2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

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The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 26 June and ended on 30 August 2018.[1]

A total of 178 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, which included the qualifying phase and the play-off round,[2] with 35 teams in Champions Path and 143 teams in Main Path. The 21 winners in the play-off round (8 from Champions Path, 13 from Main Path) advanced to the group stage, to join the 17 teams that entered in the group stage, the 6 losers of the Champions League play-off round (4 from Champions Path, 2 from League Path), and the 4 League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.[3]

Teams

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Champions Path

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The Champions Path included all league champions which were eliminated from the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Champions League, and consisted of the following rounds:

Below are the participating teams (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[4]
Scotland Celtic[Q3] 31.000
Kazakhstan Astana[Q3] 21.750
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[Q3] 20.500
Sweden Malmö FF[Q3] 14.000
North Macedonia Shkëndija[Q3] 3.500
Slovakia Spartak Trnava[Q3] 3.500
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad[Q2] 37.000
Poland Legia Warsaw[Q2] 24.500
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[Q2] 14.750
Denmark Midtjylland[Q2] 11.500
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva[Q2] 10.000
Norway Rosenborg[Q2] 9.000
Finland HJK[Q2] 8.000
Albania Kukësi[Q2] 4.250
Romania CFR Cluj[Q2] 4.090
Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė[Q2] 2.000
Republic of Ireland Cork City[Q1 Bye] 1.750
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Cyprus APOEL[Q1] 27.000
Wales The New Saints[Q1] 5.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar[Q1] 3.750
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange[Q1] 3.500
Malta Valletta[Q1] 3.250
Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta[Q1] 3.000
Northern Ireland Crusaders[Q1] 3.000
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana[Q1] 2.900
Andorra FC Santa Coloma[PR SF] 2.750
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps[PR F] 2.750
Armenia Alashkert[Q1] 2.500
Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić[Q1] 2.500
Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala[Q1] 1.750
San Marino La Fiorita[PR SF] 1.750
Iceland Valur[Q1] 1.650
Estonia Flora Tallinn[Q1] 1.250
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi[Q1] 1.000
Kosovo Drita[Q1] 0.000
Notes
  1. Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  3. Q1 Bye Losers of Champions League first qualifying round which receive a bye to the Europa League third qualifying round.
  4. Q1 Losers of Champions League first qualifying round.
  5. PR F Losers of Champions League preliminary round final.
  6. PR SF Losers of Champions League preliminary round semi-finals.

Main Path

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The Main Path included all cup winners and league non-champions which did not qualify directly for the group stage, and consisted of the following rounds:

  • Preliminary round (14 teams): 14 teams which entered in this round.
  • First qualifying round (94 teams): 87 teams which entered in this round, and 7 winners of the preliminary round.
  • Second qualifying round (74 teams): 27 teams which entered in this round, and 47 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (52 teams): 15 teams which entered in this round (including 2 League Path losers of the Champions League second qualifying round), and 37 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (26 teams): 26 winners of the third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 78.000
Switzerland Basel[CL] 71.000
Greece Olympiacos 54.000
Portugal Braga 30.500
Belgium Gent 27.000
Netherlands Feyenoord 21.500
Austria Rapid Wien 21.500
Croatia Rijeka 15.500
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 9.000
Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 8.500
Austria Sturm Graz[CL] 6.570
Switzerland Luzern 6.040
Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc 6.035
Denmark Brøndby 5.190
Romania Universitatea Craiova 4.090
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Spain Sevilla 113.000
Turkey Beşiktaş 57.000
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 34.500
Romania FCSB 27.500
Belgium Genk 27.000
Netherlands AZ 25.000
Germany RB Leipzig 17.000
England Burnley 15.921
Italy Atalanta 15.249
France Bordeaux 11.283
Russia Ufa 10.676
Portugal Rio Ave 9.449
Greece Asteras Tripolis 9.000
Ukraine Mariupol 8.226
Croatia Hajduk Split 7.000
Austria Admira Wacker Mödling 6.570
Austria LASK Linz 6.570
Switzerland St. Gallen 6.040
Netherlands Vitesse 6.000
Greece Atromitos 5.720
Israel Hapoel Haifa 4.350
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 4.310
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 4.025
Scotland Aberdeen 4.000
Sweden Djurgårdens IF 3.995
Belarus Dynamo Brest 3.725
Norway Lillestrøm 3.485
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Denmark Copenhagen 34.000
Slovenia Maribor 22.500
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 22.500
Serbia Partizan 17.000
Norway Molde 12.500
Cyprus Apollon Limassol 10.000
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 8.000
Poland Lech Poznań 7.000
Iceland FH 5.500
Republic of Ireland Dundalk 5.500
Lithuania Žalgiris 5.500
Azerbaijan Gabala 5.250
Croatia Osijek 5.200
Denmark Nordsjælland 5.190
North Macedonia Vardar 5.000
Slovakia Trenčín 5.000
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 5.000
Israel Beitar Jerusalem 4.350
Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 4.310
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 4.250
Romania Viitorul Constanța 4.090
Poland Górnik Zabrze 4.025
Sweden AIK 4.000
Estonia Nõmme Kalju 4.000
Sweden BK Häcken 3.995
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 3.825
Azerbaijan Keşla 3.825
Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku 3.825
Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 3.825
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3.825
Latvia Ventspils 3.750
Serbia Radnički Niš 3.750
Serbia Spartak Subotica 3.750
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3.725
Scotland Rangers 3.725
Scotland Hibernian 3.725
Kazakhstan Kairat 3.625
Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar 3.625
Kazakhstan Tobol 3.625
Luxembourg Fola Esch 3.500
Norway Sarpsborg 08 3.485
North Macedonia Rabotnički 3.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 3.250
Slovenia Domžale 3.000
Montenegro Titograd Podgorica 3.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 3.000
Slovenia Rudar Velenje 2.900
Liechtenstein Vaduz 2.750
Estonia FCI Levadia 2.750
Moldova Milsami Orhei 2.750
Iceland Stjarnan 2.750
Hungary Ferencváros 2.500
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2.500
Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda 2.425
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 2.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2.250
Armenia Pyunik 2.250
Moldova Zaria Bălți 2.000
Albania Partizani 2.000
Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 2.000
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 2.000
Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 1.750
Albania Laçi 1.700
Albania Luftëtari 1.700
Iceland ÍBV 1.650
Hungary Honvéd 1.625
Hungary Újpest 1.625
Latvia Liepāja 1.500
North Macedonia Shkupi 1.500
Finland Lahti 1.380
Finland KuPS 1.380
Finland Ilves 1.380
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 1.340
Republic of Ireland Derry City 1.340
Georgia (country) Samtredia 1.250
Latvia Riga FC 1.125
Estonia Narva Trans 1.100
Lithuania Stumbras 1.075
Armenia Gandzasar Kapan 0.975
Armenia Banants 0.975
Malta Balzan 0.900
Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 0.875
Luxembourg Racing FC 0.875
Northern Ireland Coleraine 0.850
Northern Ireland Glenavon 0.850
Wales Connah's Quay Nomads 0.775
Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 0.750
Preliminary round
Team Coeff.[4]
Malta Birkirkara 2.750
Lithuania Trakai 1.750
Gibraltar Europa 1.500
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 1.500
San Marino Folgore 1.250
Wales Bala Town 1.000
Malta Gżira United 0.900
Wales Cefn Druids 0.775
Andorra Sant Julià 0.750
Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 0.750
Gibraltar St Joseph's 0.600
Andorra Engordany 0.266
Kosovo Prishtina 0.250
San Marino Tre Fiori 0.099
Notes
  1. CL Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

Format

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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 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.[3]

For the Champions Path, in the draws for each round, teams (whose identity was not known at the time of the draws) were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, which may contain different numbers of teams, based on the following principles:

  • In the second qualifying round draw, 15 of the 16 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (excluding 1 team which receives a bye to the third qualifying round as decided by an additional draw held after the Champions League first qualifying round draw) were seeded, and the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round were unseeded.
  • In the third qualifying round draw, the ten losers of the Champions League second qualifying round were seeded, and the loser of the first qualifying round which receives a bye (whose identity was known at the time of the draw) and the nine winners of the second qualifying round were unseeded.
  • In the play-off round draw, the six losers of the Champions League third qualifying round were seeded, and the ten winners of the third qualifying round were unseeded.

In the beginning of the draws, a seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw, until one of the pots was empty. Afterwards, the remaining teams from the non-empty pot were drawn against each other, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw.

For the Main Path, 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 containing the same number of teams. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round was not known at the time of the draws, 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 that if the team with the lower coefficient advanced, it simply took the seeding of its opponent.

Prior to the draws, 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. Teams from the same association or from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie may be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.[3]

Schedule

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The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Qualifying phase and play-off round schedule
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 12 June 2018 28 June 2018 5 July 2018
First qualifying round 19 June 2018 (Champions Path)
20 June 2018 (Main Path)
12 July 2018 19 July 2018
Second qualifying round 26 July 2018 2 August 2018
Third qualifying round 23 July 2018 9 August 2018 16 August 2018
Play-off round 6 August 2018 23 August 2018 30 August 2018

Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Preliminary round

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The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018, 13:00 CEST.[5]

Seeding

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A total of 14 teams were involved in the preliminary round draw. Seven teams were seeded and seven teams were unseeded. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, and if such a pairing was drawn or was set to be drawn in the final tie, the second team drawn in the current tie would be moved to the next tie.

Seeded Unseeded

Matches

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The first legs were played on 26 and 28 June, and the second legs on 5 July 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Europa Gibraltar 1–6 Kosovo Prishtina 1–1 0–5
Sant Julià Andorra 1–4 Malta Gżira United 0–2 1–2
Engordany Andorra 3–2 San Marino Folgore 2–1 1–1
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 2–2 (4–2 p) Gibraltar St Joseph's 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Birkirkara Malta 2–3 Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 1–1 1–2
Tre Fiori San Marino 3–1 Wales Bala Town 3–0 0–1
Cefn Druids Wales 1–2 Lithuania Trakai 1–1 0–1

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2018, 12:00 CEST.[6]

Seeding

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A total of 94 teams were involved in the first qualifying round draw: 87 teams entering in this round, and the seven winners of the preliminary round. They were divided into nine groups: seven of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded, and two of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and one run for all groups with twelve teams.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the preliminary round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Matches

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The first legs were played on 10, 11 and 12 July, and the second legs on 17, 18 and 19 July 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stjarnan Iceland 3–1 Estonia Nõmme Kalju 3–0 0–1
Ilves Finland 1–3 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 0–1 1–2
KÍ Klaksvík Faroe Islands 2–3 Lithuania Žalgiris 1–2 1–1
Fola Esch Luxembourg 0–0 (5–4 p) Kosovo Prishtina 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Glenavon Northern Ireland 3–6 Norway Molde 2–1 1–5
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia 3–2 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–1 2–1
Stumbras Lithuania 1–2 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 1–0 0–2
Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–3 (a) Slovenia Domžale 2–2 1–1
Rangers Scotland 2–0 North Macedonia Shkupi 2–0 0–0
Gabala Azerbaijan 1–2[A] Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 0–2 1–0
Racing FC Luxembourg 0–2 Romania Viitorul Constanța 0–2 0–0
Samtredia Georgia (country) 0–3 Kazakhstan Tobol 0–1 0–2
Partizani Albania 0–3 Slovenia Maribor 0–1 0–2
Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan 3–5 Hungary Újpest 3–1 0–4
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–3 Slovakia Trenčín 0–2 1–1
Derry City Republic of Ireland 2–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–2 2–1
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 2–1 Montenegro Titograd Podgorica 0–0 2–1
Górnik Zabrze Poland 2–1[A] Moldova Zaria Bălți 1–0 1–1
Spartak Subotica Serbia 3–1 Northern Ireland Coleraine 1–1 2–0
Pyunik Armenia 3–0 North Macedonia Vardar 1–0 2–0
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 1–2 Sweden AIK 0–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Connah's Quay Nomads Wales 1–5 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–3 0–2
Lahti Finland 0–3 Iceland FH 0–3 0–0
Ventspils Latvia 8–3 Albania Luftëtari 5–0 3–3
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 1–3 Denmark Nordsjælland 0–1 1–2
Banants Armenia 1–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1–2 0–3
Engordany Andorra 1–10 Kazakhstan Kairat 0–3 1–7
Petrocub Hîncești Moldova 2–3 Croatia Osijek 1–1 1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 2–2 (a) Albania Laçi 2–1 0–1
Ferencváros Hungary 1–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 0–1
Balzan Malta 5–3 Azerbaijan Keşla 4–1 1–2
Rabotnički North Macedonia 2–5[A] Hungary Honvéd 2–1 0–4
Rudar Pljevlja Montenegro 0–6 Serbia Partizan 0–3 0–3
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 (5–3 p) Latvia Riga 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Milsami Orhei Moldova 2–9 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–4 0–5
Radnički Niš Serbia 5–0 Malta Gżira United 4–0 1–0
Lech Poznań Poland 3–2 Armenia Gandzasar Kapan 2–0 1–2
Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country) 2–1 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 2–1
Vaduz Liechtenstein 3–3 (a) Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–0 2–3
Narva Trans Estonia 1–5[A] Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 0–2 1–3
Trakai Lithuania 1–0 Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar 0–0 1–0
Hibernian Scotland 12–5 Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 6–1 6–4
Rudar Velenje Slovenia 10–0 San Marino Tre Fiori 7–0 3–0
FCI Levadia Estonia 1–3 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 0–1 1–2
ÍBV Iceland 0–6 Norway Sarpsborg 08 0–4 0–2
KuPS Finland 1–2[A] Denmark Copenhagen 0–1 1–1
Liepāja Latvia 2–4 Sweden BK Häcken 0–3 2–1

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round Champions Path was held on 19 June 2018, 16:00 CEST,[7] and the draw for the second qualifying round Main Path was held on 20 June 2018, 14:50 CEST.[6]

Seeding

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A total of 18 teams were involved in the second qualifying round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: 15 of the 16 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (excluding the losers of the Champions League first qualifying round given a bye to the third qualifying round as decided by an additional draw held after the Champions League first qualifying round draw)
  • Unseeded: the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round

They were divided into three groups of six teams, where five teams were seeded and one team were unseeded. Teams from Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo, could not be drawn into the same tie, and if such a potential pairing was drawn, the second team drawn in the current tie would be moved to the next tie.

Champions Path
Bye to third qualifying round
(decided by draw)
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Republic of Ireland Cork City

A total of 74 teams were involved in the second qualifying round Main Path draw: 27 teams entering in this round, and the 47 winners of the first qualifying round. They were divided into seven groups: five of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded, and two of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and one run for all groups with twelve teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 6 Group 7
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the first qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Matches

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The first legs were played on 26 July, and the second legs on 31 July, 1 and 2 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Cork City Republic of Ireland Bye N/A N/A N/A
The New Saints Wales 3–2 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–1 1–1
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 7–0 Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 3–0 4–0
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2 Malta Valletta 1–1 2–1
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 1–3 Iceland Valur 1–0 0–3
Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro 0–1 Armenia Alashkert 0–1 0–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 3–2 Kosovo Drita 2–1 1–1
Spartaks Jūrmala Latvia 9–0 San Marino La Fiorita 6–0 3–0
APOEL Cyprus 5–2 Estonia Flora Tallinn 5–0 0–2
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 6–2 Northern Ireland Crusaders 5–1 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Molde Norway 5–0 Albania Laçi 3–0 2–0
Atalanta Italy 10–2[A] Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2–2 8–0
Žalgiris Lithuania 2–1 Liechtenstein Vaduz 1–0 1–1
Kairat Kazakhstan 3–2 Netherlands AZ 2–0 1–2
Aberdeen Scotland 2–4 England Burnley 1–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Partizan Serbia 2–1 Lithuania Trakai 1–0 1–1
Balzan Malta 3–4 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–1 1–3
Nordsjælland Denmark 2–0 Sweden AIK 1–0 1–0
Rudar Velenje Slovenia 0–6 Romania FCSB 0–2 0–4
Hapoel Haifa Israel 2–1 Iceland FH 1–1 1–0
Dundalk Republic of Ireland 0–4 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0–0 0–4
Górnik Zabrze Poland 1–5 Slovakia Trenčín 0–1 1–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 4–2 Serbia Radnički Niš 2–0 2–2
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 6–1 Austria Admira Wacker Mödling 3–0 3–1
Spartak Subotica Serbia 3–2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–0 1–2
RB Leipzig Germany 5–1 Sweden BK Häcken 4–0 1–1
Stjarnan Iceland 0–7 Denmark Copenhagen 0–2 0–5
Ufa Russia 1–1 (a) Slovenia Domžale 0–0 1–1
Tobol Kazakhstan 2–2 (a) Armenia Pyunik 2–1 0–1
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 5–4 Portugal Rio Ave 1–0 4–4
LASK Austria 6–1 Norway Lillestrøm 4–0 2–1
Honvéd Hungary 1–2 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 1–0 0–2
Osijek Croatia 1–2 Scotland Rangers 0–1 1–1
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 0–8 Turkey Beşiktaş 0–2 0–6
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia 2–7 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–3 1–4
Ventspils Latvia 1–3 France Bordeaux 0–1 1–2
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–5 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 1–2 1–3
Viitorul Constanța Romania 3–5 Netherlands Vitesse 2–2 1–3
St. Gallen Switzerland 2–2 (a) Norway Sarpsborg 08 2–1 0–1
Dynamo Brest Belarus 5–4 Greece Atromitos 4–3 1–1
Sevilla Spain 7–1 Hungary Újpest 4–0 3–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 2–4 Poland Lech Poznań 1–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Hibernian Scotland 4–3 Greece Asteras Tripolis 3–2 1–1
Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country) 0–2 Slovenia Maribor 0–0 0–2
Genk Belgium 9–1 Luxembourg Fola Esch 5–0 4–1
Djurgårdens IF Sweden 2–3 Ukraine Mariupol 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Hajduk Split Croatia 4–2 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 1–0 3–2

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round Champions Path was held on 23 July 2018, 12:45 CEST, and the draw for the third qualifying round Main Path was held on 23 July 2018, 14:00 CEST.[8]

Seeding

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A total of 20 teams were involved in the third qualifying round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: the 10 losers of the Champions League second qualifying round Champions Path
  • Unseeded: the loser of the Champions League first qualifying round which received a bye, and the 9 winners of the Europa League second qualifying round Champions Path

They were divided into two groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Loser of the Champions League first qualifying round which received a bye.

A total of 52 teams were involved in the third qualifying round Main Path draw: 13 teams entering in this round, the 37 winners of the second qualifying round Main Path, and the two Champions League losers of the second qualifying round League Path. They were divided into five groups: four of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded, and one of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and one run for all groups with twelve teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the second qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. CL Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round. Teams in italics lost to a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Matches

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The first legs were played on 7 and 9 August, and the second legs on 16 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–0 1–1
Legia Warsaw Poland 3–4 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 1–2 2–2
Alashkert Armenia 0–7 Romania CFR Cluj 0–2 0–5
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 7–1 Finland HJK 3–0 4–1
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–2 (a) Iceland Valur 1–0 1–2
Cork City Republic of Ireland 0–5 Norway Rosenborg 0–2 0–3
Spartaks Jūrmala Latvia 0–1 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 0–1 0–0
The New Saints Wales 1–5 Denmark Midtjylland 0–2 1–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 3–5 Cyprus APOEL 2–2 1–3
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 5–4 Albania Kukësi 5–2 0–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Pyunik Armenia 1–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 1–2
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 5–8 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 4–0 1–8 (a.e.t.)
Sturm Graz Austria 0–7 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0–2 0–5
Sarpsborg 08 Norway 2–1 Croatia Rijeka 1–1 1–0
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 0–1 England Burnley 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 3–3 (a) Portugal Braga 1–1 2–2
Hapoel Haifa Israel 1–6 Italy Atalanta 1–4 0–2
Genk Belgium 4–1 Poland Lech Poznań 2–0 2–1
Vitesse Netherlands 0–2 Switzerland Basel 0–1 0–1
Nordsjælland Denmark 3–5 Serbia Partizan 1–2 2–3
Hibernian Scotland 0–3 Norway Molde 0–0 0–3
Hajduk Split Croatia 1–2 Romania FCSB 0–0 1–2
Sevilla Spain 6–0 Lithuania Žalgiris 1–0 5–0
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 4–1 Kazakhstan Kairat 2–0 2–1
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 2–5 Austria Rapid Wien 2–1 0–4
Mariupol Ukraine 2–5 France Bordeaux 1–3 1–2
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–4 Denmark Copenhagen 1–2 1–2
Olympiacos Greece 7–1 Switzerland Luzern 4–0 3–1
Rangers Scotland 3–1 Slovenia Maribor 3–1 0–0
Trenčín Slovakia 5–1 Netherlands Feyenoord 4–0 1–1
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 1–4 Belgium Gent 0–1 1–3
Spartak Subotica Serbia 1–4 Denmark Brøndby 0–2 1–2
Ufa Russia 4–3 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 2–1 2–2
Beşiktaş Turkey 2–2 (a) Austria LASK 1–0 1–2
Apollon Limassol Cyprus 4–1 Belarus Dynamo Brest 4–0 0–1
RB Leipzig Germany 4–2 Romania Universitatea Craiova 3–1 1–1

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2018, 13:30 CEST.[9]

Seeding

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A total of 16 teams were involved in the play-off round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: the six losers of the Champions League third qualifying round Champions Path
  • Unseeded: the 10 winners of the Europa League third qualifying round Champions Path

They were divided into two groups of eight teams, where three teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

A total of 26 teams, all winners of the third qualifying round Main Path, were involved in the play-off round Main Path draw. They were divided into three groups: two of eight teams, where four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded, and one of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with eight teams and one run for all groups with ten teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the third qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Matches

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The first legs were played on 23 August, and the second legs on 30 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 1–3 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 0–2 1–1
APOEL Cyprus 1–1 (1–2 p) Kazakhstan Astana 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg Norway 5–1 North Macedonia Shkëndija 3–1 2–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 5–2 Romania CFR Cluj 2–0 3–2
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania 1–4 Scotland Celtic 1–1 0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1–3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0 0–3
Malmö FF Sweden 4–2 Denmark Midtjylland 2–2 2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 0–5 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 0–4
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 0–4 Spain Sevilla 0–1 0–3
Sarpsborg 08 Norway 4–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 1–2
Gent Belgium 0–2 France Bordeaux 0–0 0–2
Partizan Serbia 1–4 Turkey Beşiktaş 1–1 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 4–3 Romania FCSB 3–1 1–2
Basel Switzerland 3–3 (a)[A] Cyprus Apollon Limassol 3–2 0–1
Rangers Scotland 2–1 Russia Ufa 1–0 1–1
Atalanta Italy 0–0 (3–4 p) Denmark Copenhagen 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 4–3 Norway Molde 3–1 1–2
Trenčín Slovakia 1–4 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 1–1 0–3
Genk Belgium 9–4 Denmark Brøndby 5–2 4–2
Olympiacos Greece 4–2 England Burnley 3–1 1–1
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 2–3 Germany RB Leipzig 0–0 2–3

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Top goalscorers

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There were 848 goals scored in 314 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.[10]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Nigeria Adeleke Akinyemi Latvia Ventspils 7
Norway Eirik Hestad Norway Molde
3 Hungary Márton Eppel Kazakhstan Kairat 6
Croatia Antonio Mance Slovakia Trenčín
Tanzania Mbwana Samatta Belgium Genk
Spain Pablo Sarabia Spain Sevilla
North Macedonia Ivan Tričkovski Cyprus AEK Larnaca
8 Israel Eliran Atar Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 5
Denmark Christian Gytkjær Poland Lech Poznań
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kenan Kodro Denmark Copenhagen
Serbia Uroš Nikolić Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Slovenia Andraž Šporar Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Belgium Leandro Trossard Belgium Genk
13 15 players 4

Source:[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2018/19 Europa League match and draw calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "This season's Europa League qualifying system explained". UEFA.com. 23 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA.com. 25 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ "UEFA Europa League preliminary round draw". UEFA.com.
  6. ^ a b "UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying round main path draws". UEFA.com.
  7. ^ "UEFA Europa League second qualifying round champions path draw". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "UEFA Europa League play-off draw". UEFA.com.
  10. ^ "UEFA Europa League – Statistics". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  11. ^ "UEFA Europa League – Statistics". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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