The 2021β22 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 3 August and ended on 26 August 2021. [1]
A total of 28 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2021β22 UEFA Europa League, which includes 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 were CEST ( UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, were in parentheses).
In the third qualifying round, the teams are divided into two paths:
The winners of the third qualifying round are combined into a single path for the play-off round:
All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round enter the Europa Conference League:
Below are the participating teams (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for qualifying phase and play-off round, however), [3] grouped by their starting rounds.
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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 |
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Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, the away goals rule is no longer applied starting from this season. [4] To decide the winner of the tie, extra time is played, and if the same number of goals are scored by both teams during extra time, the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland). [1]
Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Third qualifying round | 19 July 2021 | 5 August 2021 | 12 August 2021 |
Play-offs | 2 August 2021 | 19 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 |
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 13:00 CEST. [5]
A total of 16 teams played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:
The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team of the first leg.
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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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Omonia | 2β2 (5β4 p) | Flora | 1β0 | 1β2 ( a.e.t.) |
Mura | 1β0 | Ε½algiris | 0β0 | 1β0 |
Kairat | 2β3 | Alashkert | 0β0 | 2β3 ( a.e.t.) |
Lincoln Red Imps | 2β4 | Slovan Bratislava | 1β3 | 1β1 |
NeftΓ§i Baku | 2β5 | HJK | 2β2 | 0β3 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Jablonec | 2β7 | Celtic | 2β4 | 0β3 |
Rapid Wien | 4β2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 3β0 | 1β2 |
Galatasaray | 5β3 | St Johnstone | 1β1 | 4β2 |
2β2 on aggregate. Omonia won 5β4 on penalties.
Mura won 1β0 on aggregate.
Alashkert | 3β2 ( a.e.t.) | Kairat |
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Alashkert won 3β2 on aggregate.
Lincoln Red Imps | 1β3 | Slovan Bratislava |
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Walker 73' ( pen.) | Report |
Slovan Bratislava won 4β2 on aggregate.
NeftΓ§i Baku | 2β2 | HJK |
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HJK | 3β0 | NeftΓ§i Baku |
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HJK won 5β2 on aggregate.
Celtic | 3β0 | Jablonec |
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Celtic won 7β2 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta | 2β1 | Rapid Wien |
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Rapid Wien won 4β2 on aggregate.
Galatasaray | 1β1 | St Johnstone |
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St Johnstone | 2β4 | Galatasaray |
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Galatasaray won 5β3 on aggregate.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021, 13:00 CEST. [23]
A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round. The teams were seeded into four "priority groups":
The procedure of the draw was as follows:
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 1 | Priority 2 | Priority 3 | Priority 4 |
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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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Randers | 2β3 | Galatasaray | 1β1 | 1β2 |
Rapid Wien | 6β2 | Zorya Luhansk | 3β0 | 3β2 |
Celtic | 3β2 | AZ | 2β0 | 1β2 |
FenerbahΓ§e | 6β2 | HJK | 1β0 | 5β2 |
Mura | 1β5 | Sturm Graz | 1β3 | 0β2 |
Omonia | 4β4 (2β3 p) | Antwerp | 4β2 | 0β2 ( a.e.t.) |
Olympiacos | 5β2 | Slovan Bratislava | 3β0 | 2β2 |
Rangers | 1β0 | Alashkert | 1β0 | 0β0 |
Slavia Prague | 3β4 | Legia Warsaw | 2β2 | 1β2 |
Red Star Belgrade | 6β1 | CFR Cluj | 4β0 | 2β1 |
Randers | 1β1 | Galatasaray |
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Galatasaray | 2β1 | Randers |
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Galatasaray won 3β2 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien | 3β0 | Zorya Luhansk |
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Zorya Luhansk | 2β3 | Rapid Wien |
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Rapid Wien won 6β2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3β2 on aggregate.
FenerbahΓ§e | 1β0 | HJK |
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HJK | 2β5 | FenerbahΓ§e |
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FenerbahΓ§e won 6β2 on aggregate.
Mura | 1β3 | Sturm Graz |
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Sturm Graz | 2β0 | Mura |
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Sturm Graz won 5β1 on aggregate.
Antwerp | 2β0 ( a.e.t.) | Omonia |
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B. Verstraete Gerkens Eggestein Miyoshi |
3β2 |
GΓ³mez Atiemwen Lecjaks Yuste Zachariou |
4β4 on aggregate. Antwerp won 3β2 on penalties.
Slovan Bratislava | 2β2 | Olympiacos |
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Olympiacos won 5β2 on aggregate.
Alashkert | 0β0 | Rangers |
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Rangers won 1β0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague | 2β2 | Legia Warsaw |
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Legia Warsaw won 4β3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade | 4β0 | CFR Cluj |
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Red Star Belgrade won 6β1 on aggregate.
The 2021β22 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 3 August and ended on 26 August 2021. [1]
A total of 28 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2021β22 UEFA Europa League, which includes 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 were CEST ( UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, were in parentheses).
In the third qualifying round, the teams are divided into two paths:
The winners of the third qualifying round are combined into a single path for the play-off round:
All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round enter the Europa Conference League:
Below are the participating teams (with their 2021 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 |
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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 |
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Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, the away goals rule is no longer applied starting from this season. [4] To decide the winner of the tie, extra time is played, and if the same number of goals are scored by both teams during extra time, the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland). [1]
Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Third qualifying round | 19 July 2021 | 5 August 2021 | 12 August 2021 |
Play-offs | 2 August 2021 | 19 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 |
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 13:00 CEST. [5]
A total of 16 teams played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:
The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team of the first leg.
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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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Omonia | 2β2 (5β4 p) | Flora | 1β0 | 1β2 ( a.e.t.) |
Mura | 1β0 | Ε½algiris | 0β0 | 1β0 |
Kairat | 2β3 | Alashkert | 0β0 | 2β3 ( a.e.t.) |
Lincoln Red Imps | 2β4 | Slovan Bratislava | 1β3 | 1β1 |
NeftΓ§i Baku | 2β5 | HJK | 2β2 | 0β3 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Jablonec | 2β7 | Celtic | 2β4 | 0β3 |
Rapid Wien | 4β2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 3β0 | 1β2 |
Galatasaray | 5β3 | St Johnstone | 1β1 | 4β2 |
2β2 on aggregate. Omonia won 5β4 on penalties.
Mura won 1β0 on aggregate.
Alashkert | 3β2 ( a.e.t.) | Kairat |
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Alashkert won 3β2 on aggregate.
Lincoln Red Imps | 1β3 | Slovan Bratislava |
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Walker 73' ( pen.) | Report |
Slovan Bratislava won 4β2 on aggregate.
NeftΓ§i Baku | 2β2 | HJK |
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HJK | 3β0 | NeftΓ§i Baku |
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HJK won 5β2 on aggregate.
Celtic | 3β0 | Jablonec |
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Celtic won 7β2 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta | 2β1 | Rapid Wien |
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Rapid Wien won 4β2 on aggregate.
Galatasaray | 1β1 | St Johnstone |
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St Johnstone | 2β4 | Galatasaray |
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Galatasaray won 5β3 on aggregate.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021, 13:00 CEST. [23]
A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round. The teams were seeded into four "priority groups":
The procedure of the draw was as follows:
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 1 | Priority 2 | Priority 3 | Priority 4 |
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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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Randers | 2β3 | Galatasaray | 1β1 | 1β2 |
Rapid Wien | 6β2 | Zorya Luhansk | 3β0 | 3β2 |
Celtic | 3β2 | AZ | 2β0 | 1β2 |
FenerbahΓ§e | 6β2 | HJK | 1β0 | 5β2 |
Mura | 1β5 | Sturm Graz | 1β3 | 0β2 |
Omonia | 4β4 (2β3 p) | Antwerp | 4β2 | 0β2 ( a.e.t.) |
Olympiacos | 5β2 | Slovan Bratislava | 3β0 | 2β2 |
Rangers | 1β0 | Alashkert | 1β0 | 0β0 |
Slavia Prague | 3β4 | Legia Warsaw | 2β2 | 1β2 |
Red Star Belgrade | 6β1 | CFR Cluj | 4β0 | 2β1 |
Randers | 1β1 | Galatasaray |
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Galatasaray | 2β1 | Randers |
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Galatasaray won 3β2 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien | 3β0 | Zorya Luhansk |
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Zorya Luhansk | 2β3 | Rapid Wien |
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Rapid Wien won 6β2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3β2 on aggregate.
FenerbahΓ§e | 1β0 | HJK |
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HJK | 2β5 | FenerbahΓ§e |
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FenerbahΓ§e won 6β2 on aggregate.
Mura | 1β3 | Sturm Graz |
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Sturm Graz | 2β0 | Mura |
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Sturm Graz won 5β1 on aggregate.
Antwerp | 2β0 ( a.e.t.) | Omonia |
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B. Verstraete Gerkens Eggestein Miyoshi |
3β2 |
GΓ³mez Atiemwen Lecjaks Yuste Zachariou |
4β4 on aggregate. Antwerp won 3β2 on penalties.
Slovan Bratislava | 2β2 | Olympiacos |
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Olympiacos won 5β2 on aggregate.
Alashkert | 0β0 | Rangers |
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Rangers won 1β0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague | 2β2 | Legia Warsaw |
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Legia Warsaw won 4β3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade | 4β0 | CFR Cluj |
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Red Star Belgrade won 6β1 on aggregate.