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2022–23 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

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The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 4 August and ended on 25 August 2022.[1]

A total of 28 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2022–23 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 enter 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.[2]

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

Teams

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In the third qualifying round, the teams were divided into two paths:

The winners of the third qualifying round were combined into a single path for the play-off round:

All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round entered the Europa Conference League:

Below are the participating teams (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for qualifying phase and play-off round, however),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round enter Europa Conference League group stage
Losers of third qualifying round enter Europa Conference League play-off round
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
Belgium Gent 27.500
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad[CH Q3] 23.000
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[CH Q3] 22.500
Hungary Ferencváros[CH Q3] 15.500
Cyprus Apollon Limassol[CH Q3] 14.000
Lithuania Žalgiris[CH Q3] 8.000
Austria Austria Wien 7.770
Scotland Heart of Midlothian 7.380
Cyprus Omonia 7.000
Turkey Sivasspor 6.500
Ukraine Dnipro-1 6.360
Denmark Silkeborg 5.435
Armenia Pyunik[CH Q3] 4.250
Third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Team Coeff.[3]
Greece Olympiacos [CH Q2] 41.000
Sweden Malmö FF [CH Q2] 23.500
Slovenia Maribor [CH Q2] 14.000
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava [CH Q2] 13.000
Finland HJK [CH Q2] 8.500
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange [CH Q2] 8.500
Northern Ireland Linfield [CH Q2] 7.000
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers [CH Q2] 7.000
Switzerland Zürich [CH Q2] 7.000
North Macedonia Shkupi [CH Q2] 4.500
Third qualifying round (Main Path)
Team Coeff.[3]
Serbia Partizan 24.500
Turkey Fenerbahçe [LP Q2] 14.500
Cyprus AEK Larnaca [LP Q2] 7.500
Czech Republic Slovácko 5.560
Notes
  1. CH Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. CH Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  3. LP Q2 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 advance 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 were scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[4]

Schedule

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

Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Third qualifying round 18 July 2022 4 August 2022 11 August 2022
Play-offs 2 August 2022 18 August 2022 25 August 2022

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

Seeding

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A total of 14 teams played in the qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (10 teams): 10 losers of the 2022–23 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 2022–23 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.

Champions Path
Main Path
Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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The first legs were played on 4 August, and the second legs were played on 9 and 11 August 2022.

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Malmö FF Sweden 5–2 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 3–0 2–2
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 5–2 North Macedonia Shkupi 3–1 2–1
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–5 Switzerland Zürich 0–2 0–3
Olympiacos Greece 3–3 (4–3 p) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Maribor Slovenia 0–3 Finland HJK 0–2 0–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 4–3 Serbia Partizan 2–1 2–2
Fenerbahçe Turkey 4–1 Czech Republic Slovácko 3–0 1–1

Champions Path

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Malmö FF Sweden3–0Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
 [6]
Attendance: 11,172[5]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg2–2Sweden Malmö FF
 [8]
Attendance: 898[7]

Malmö FF won 5–2 on aggregate.

Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland3–1North Macedonia Shkupi
 [10]
Attendance: 6,455[9]
Shkupi North Macedonia1–2Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
 [12]
Attendance: 4,870[11]

Shamrock Rovers won 5–2 on aggregate.

Linfield Northern Ireland0–2Switzerland Zürich
[14]
Attendance: 3,044[13]
Zürich Switzerland3–0Northern Ireland Linfield
 [16]
Attendance: 7,904[15]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Zürich won 5–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos Greece1–1Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
 [18]
Attendance: 15,585[17]
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia2–2 (a.e.t.)Greece Olympiacos
 [20]
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 18,133[19]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

3–3 on aggregate; Olympiacos won 4–3 on penalties.

Maribor Slovenia0–2Finland HJK
[22]
Attendance: 6,000[21]
HJK Finland1–0Slovenia Maribor
 [24]
Attendance: 6,487[23]

HJK won 3–0 on aggregate.

Main Path

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AEK Larnaca Cyprus2–1Serbia Partizan
 [26]
Attendance: 4,250[25]
Partizan Serbia2–2Cyprus AEK Larnaca
 [28]
Attendance: 10,802[27]

AEK Larnaca won 4–3 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe Turkey3–0Czech Republic Slovácko
 [30]
Attendance: 35,536[29]
Slovácko Czech Republic1–1Turkey Fenerbahçe
 [32]
Attendance: 6,520[31]

Fenerbahçe won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

Seeding

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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 2022–23 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:

  1. Three teams from Pot 1 (Priority 1) were paired with the three teams in Pot 4 (Priority 4).
  2. The three remaining Pot 1 (Priority 1) teams were then paired with teams from Pot 3 (Priority 3).
  3. The two remaining Pot 3 (Priority 3) teams were then paired with teams from Pot 2 (Priority 2).
  4. The four remaining Pot 2 (Priority 2) balls were then drawn one after another to complete the ninth and tenth pairings (open draw).

Country protection was not applied.[33] The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4

Summary

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The first legs were played on 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2022.

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dnipro-1 Ukraine 1–5 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 1–2 0–3
Gent Belgium 0–4 Cyprus Omonia 0–2 0–2
Austria Wien Austria 1–6 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–2 1–4
Zürich Switzerland 3–1 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 2–1 1–0
HJK Finland 2–1 Denmark Silkeborg 1–0 1–1
Malmö FF Sweden 5–1 Turkey Sivasspor 3–1 2–0
Ferencváros Hungary 4–1 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 4–0 0–1
Apollon Limassol Cyprus 2–2 (1–3 p) Greece Olympiacos 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Pyunik Armenia 0–0 (2–3 p) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 4–3 Lithuania Žalgiris 1–0 3–3 (a.e.t.)

Matches

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Dnipro-1 Ukraine1–2Cyprus AEK Larnaca
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Attendance: 3,450[35]
AEK Larnaca Cyprus3–0Ukraine Dnipro-1
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Attendance: 4,893[37]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

AEK Larnaca won 5–1 on aggregate.

Gent Belgium0–2Cyprus Omonia
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Attendance: 10,496[39]
Omonia Cyprus2–0Belgium Gent
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Attendance: 17,002[41]

Omonia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Austria Wien Austria0–2Turkey Fenerbahçe
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Attendance: 14,000[43]
Fenerbahçe Turkey4–1Austria Austria Wien
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Attendance: 35,350[45]

Fenerbahçe won 6–1 on aggregate.

Zürich Switzerland2–1Scotland Heart of Midlothian
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Attendance: 7,958[48]
Heart of Midlothian Scotland0–1Switzerland Zürich
[51]
Attendance: 17,225[50]

Zürich won 3–1 on aggregate.

HJK Finland1–0Denmark Silkeborg
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Attendance: 8,237[52]
Silkeborg Denmark1–1Finland HJK
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Attendance: 6,334[54]

HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Malmö FF Sweden3–1Turkey Sivasspor
 [57]
Attendance: 12,167[56]
Sivasspor Turkey0–2Sweden Malmö FF
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Attendance: 16,873[58]

Malmö FF won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ferencváros Hungary4–0Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
 [61]
Attendance: 15,239[60]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland1–0Hungary Ferencváros
 [63]
Attendance: 7,163[62]

Ferencváros won 4–1 on aggregate.

Apollon Limassol Cyprus1–1Greece Olympiacos
 [65]
Attendance: 10,479[64]
Olympiacos Greece1–1 (a.e.t.)Cyprus Apollon Limassol
 [67]
Penalties
 3–1
Attendance: 20,054[66]

2–2 on aggregate; Olympiacos won 3–1 on penalties.

Pyunik Armenia0–0Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
[69]
Attendance: 9,000[68]
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–0 (a.e.t.)Armenia Pyunik
[71]
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 6,154[70]

0–0 on aggregate; Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on penalties.

Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria1–0Lithuania Žalgiris
 [73]
Attendance: 4,951[72]
Žalgiris Lithuania3–3 (a.e.t.)Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
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Attendance: 4,601[74]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 4–3 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ F91 Dudelange played their home match at the Stade de Luxembourg, in Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium, the Stade Jos Nosbaum, in Dudelange, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  2. ^ Shkupi played their home matches at the Toše Proeski Arena, instead of their regular stadium, the Čair Stadium, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  3. ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[34]
  4. ^ Zürich played their play-off round home match at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium, Letzigrund, in Zürich, which was hosting a concert.[47]
  5. ^ Apollon Limassol played their home match at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium, the Tsirio Stadium, in Limassol, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  6. ^ Sheriff Tiraspol will play their home match at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium, the Sheriff Stadium, in Tiraspol, due to Transnistria's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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