2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round

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The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round began on 20 August and ended on 27 August 2015. A total of 44 teams competed in the play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.[1]

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates[]

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
Play-off round 7 August 2015, 13:00[3] 20 August 2015 27 August 2015

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

Format[]

In the qualifying phase and play-off round, 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 thirty minutes of extra time was played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. 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.[1]

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. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA formed "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.[1]

Seeding[]

A total of 44 teams played in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.[3] The draw was held on 7 August 2015.[4][5] (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.)

Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Spain Athletic Bilbao[†] (1)
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň[CL] (2)
Romania Steaua București[CL] (3)
Poland Legia Warsaw[†] (4)
Portugal Belenenses[†] (5)

Norway Rosenborg[†] (6)
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk[†] (7)
Slovakia Žilina[†] (8)
Serbia Vojvodina[†] (9)
Austria Rheindorf Altach[†] (10)

Netherlands Ajax[CL] (1)
Greece PAOK[†] (2)
Switzerland Young Boys[CL] (3)
Belgium Standard Liège[†] (4)
France Saint-Étienne[†] (5)

Azerbaijan Qarabağ[CL] (6)
Norway Molde[CL] (7)
Czech Republic Jablonec[†] (8)
Denmark Brøndby[†] (9)
Moldova Milsami Orhei[CL] (10)

Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Russia Rubin Kazan[†] (1)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg[CL] (2)
Turkey Fenerbahçe[CL] (3)
France Bordeaux[†] (4)
Poland Lech Poznań[CL] (5)
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec[†] (6)

Croatia Hajduk Split[†] (7)
Greece Atromitos[†] (8)
Belarus Dinamo Minsk[†] (9)
Hungary Videoton[CL] (10)
North Macedonia Rabotnički[†] (11)
Kazakhstan Kairat[†] (12)

Germany Borussia Dortmund[†] (1)
Netherlands AZ[†] (2)
Czech Republic Sparta Prague[CL] (3)
Greece Panathinaikos[CL] (4)
England Southampton[†] (5)
Russia Krasnodar[†] (6)

Finland HJK[CL] (7)
Switzerland Thun[†] (8)
Romania Astra Giurgiu[†] (9)
Denmark Midtjylland[CL] (10)
Norway Odd[†] (11)
Azerbaijan Gabala[†] (12)

Notes
  1. † Winners of the third qualifying round.
  2. CL Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.

Summary[]

The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs were played on 27 August 2015.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rheindorf Altach Austria 0–1 Portugal Belenenses 0–1 0–0
Žilina Slovakia 3–3 (a) Spain Athletic Bilbao 3–2 0–1
Steaua București Romania 1–3 Norway Rosenborg 0–3 1–0
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 2–4 Poland Legia Warsaw 0–1 2–3
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 5–0 Serbia Vojvodina 3–0 2–0
Milsami Orhei Moldova 1–2 France Saint-Étienne 1–1 0–1
Ajax Netherlands 1–0[D] Czech Republic Jablonec 1–0 0–0
Young Boys Switzerland 0–4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–1 0–3
Molde Norway 3–3 (a) Belgium Standard Liège 2–0 1–3
PAOK Greece 6–1 Denmark Brøndby 5–0 1–1
Bordeaux France 2–2 (a) Kazakhstan Kairat 1–0 1–2
Lech Poznań Poland 4–0 Hungary Videoton 3–0 1–0
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 2–2 (3–2 p) Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Rabotnički North Macedonia 1–2 Russia Rubin Kazan 1–1 0–1
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic 2–0 Croatia Hajduk Split 1–0 1–0
Atromitos Greece 0–4 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–1 0–3
Gabala Azerbaijan 2–2 (a)[D] Greece Panathinaikos 0–0 2–2
Southampton England 1–2 Denmark Midtjylland 1–1 0–1
Astra Giurgiu Romania 3–4 Netherlands AZ 3–2 0–2
Odd Norway 5–11 Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–4 2–7
Krasnodar Russia 5–1 Finland HJK 5–1 0–0
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 6–4[D] Switzerland Thun 3–1 3–3
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches[]

Rheindorf Altach Austria0–1Portugal Belenenses
Report Caeiro 13'
Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck[note 1]
Attendance: 4,572[6]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Belenenses Portugal0–0Austria Rheindorf Altach
Report
Attendance: 5,940[6]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Belenenses won 1–0 on aggregate.

Žilina Slovakia3–2Spain Athletic Bilbao
Paur 66'
William 77', 90+4'		 Report Merino 16'
Sola 33'
Attendance: 10,175[6]
Athletic Bilbao Spain1–0Slovakia Žilina
Elustondo 24' Report
San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 38,688[6]
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

3–3 on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

Steaua București Romania0–3Norway Rosenborg
Report Mikkelsen 61'
Helland 67'
Jensen 90+3'
Attendance: 21,204[6]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Rosenborg Norway0–1Romania Steaua București
Report Popa 54'
Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Attendance: 14,640[6]
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Rosenborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Zorya Luhansk Ukraine0–1Poland Legia Warsaw
Report Kucharczyk 48'
Attendance: 16,000[6]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Legia Warsaw Poland3–2Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
Brzyski 16'
Guilherme 62'
Duda 90+5' (pen.)		 Report Khomchenovskyi 39'
Malinovskyi 66'
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 23,163[6]
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Legia Warsaw won 4–2 on aggregate.

Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic3–0Serbia Vojvodina
Kopic 25', 82'
Vaněk 51'		 Report
Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Attendance: 10,769[6]
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
Vojvodina Serbia0–2Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Report Đurić 19' (o.g.)
Ďuriš 60'
Attendance: 7,617[6]
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Viktoria Plzeň won 5–0 on aggregate.

Milsami Orhei Moldova1–1France Saint-Étienne
Bud 56' Report Hamouma 40'
Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău[note 3]
Attendance: 6,072[6]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Saint-Étienne France1–0Moldova Milsami Orhei
Corgnet 15' Report
Attendance: 22,456[6]

Saint-Étienne won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands1–0Czech Republic Jablonec
Milik 54' (pen.) Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 30,898[6]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Jablonec Czech Republic0–0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Chance Arena, Jablonec nad Nisou
Attendance: 6,040[6]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

Young Boys Switzerland0–1Azerbaijan Qarabağ
Report Almeida 67'
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 6,700[6]
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan3–0Switzerland Young Boys
Almeida 4' (pen.)
Reynaldo 43'
Ismayilov 61'		 Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 29,620[6]
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Qarabağ won 4–0 on aggregate.

Molde Norway2–0Belgium Standard Liège
Høiland 24'
Elyounoussi 28'		 Report
Aker Stadion, Molde
Attendance: 3,940[6]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Standard Liège Belgium3–1Norway Molde
Knockaert 26'
Santini 48'
Trebel 90+5'		 Report Hussain 42'
Attendance: 12,568[6]

3–3 on aggregate. Molde won on away goals.

PAOK Greece5–0Denmark Brøndby
Mak 17', 80', 82'
Pelkas 36'
Rodrigues 51'		 Report
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 20,106[6]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Brøndby Denmark1–1Greece PAOK
Rashani 27' Report Costa 21'
Attendance: 6,630[6]
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

PAOK won 6–1 on aggregate.

Bordeaux France1–0Kazakhstan Kairat
Khazri 27' Report
Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Attendance: 24,795[6]
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
Kairat Kazakhstan2–1France Bordeaux
Guilbert 1' (o.g.)
Kuat 66'		 Report Crivelli 76'
Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 23,800[6]
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

2–2 on aggregate. Bordeaux won on away goals.

Lech Poznań Poland3–0Hungary Videoton
Linetty 11'
Thomalla 57'
Trałka 68'		 Report
Attendance: 14,133[6]
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
Videoton Hungary0–1Poland Lech Poznań
Report Kędziora 57'
Attendance: 2,815[6]
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Lech Poznań won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Minsk Belarus2–0Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Rassadkin 57'
Adamović 90+3'		 Report
OSK Brestskiy, Brest[note 4]
Attendance: 9,952[6]
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
Red Bull Salzburg Austria2–0 (a.e.t.)Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Minamino 11'
Soriano 58'		 Report
Penalties
Hinteregger soccer ball with check mark
Soriano soccer ball with check mark
Minamino soccer ball with red X
Atanga soccer ball with red X
Berisha soccer ball with red X		 2–3 soccer ball with check mark Bećiraj
soccer ball with red X Karytska
soccer ball with check mark Begunov
soccer ball with check mark Palitsevich
Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
Attendance: 7,849[6]
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

2–2 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won 3–2 on penalties.

Rabotnički North Macedonia1–1Russia Rubin Kazan
Ristevski 85' Report Karadeniz 68'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 10,000[6]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Rubin Kazan Russia1–0North Macedonia Rabotnički
Carlos Eduardo 35' Report
Attendance: 4,231[6]
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Rubin Kazan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Slovan Liberec Czech Republic1–0Croatia Hajduk Split
Pokorný 79' Report
Attendance: 8,530[6]
Hajduk Split Croatia0–1Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Report Šural 23'
Attendance: 33,000[6]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Slovan Liberec won 2–0 on aggregate.

Atromitos Greece0–1Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report Van Persie 90'
Attendance: 3,328[6]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Fenerbahçe Turkey3–0Greece Atromitos
Fernandão 7', 78'
Harbunow 59' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 33,121[6]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Fenerbahçe won 4–0 on aggregate.

Gabala Azerbaijan0–0Greece Panathinaikos
Report
Bakcell Arena, Baku[note 6]
Attendance: 10,950[6]
Referee: Andre Marriner (England)
Panathinaikos Greece2–2Azerbaijan Gabala
Berg 34'
Nano 78'		 Report Dodô 6', 60'
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 13,956[6]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

2–2 on aggregate. Gabala won on away goals.

Southampton England1–1Denmark Midtjylland
Rodriguez 56' (pen.) Report Sparv 45'
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 28,890[6]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Midtjylland Denmark1–0England Southampton
Rasmussen 28' Report
MCH Arena, Herning
Attendance: 9,481[6]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Midtjylland won 2–1 on aggregate.

Astra Giurgiu Romania3–2Netherlands AZ
Boldrin 25'
Alibec 41'
Dandea 45+3'		 Report Henriksen 11'
Janssen 13'
Attendance: 3,712[6]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
AZ Netherlands2–0Romania Astra Giurgiu
Van der Linden 80'
Mühren 85'		 Report
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Attendance: 9,679[6]
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

AZ won 4–3 on aggregate.

Odd Norway3–4Germany Borussia Dortmund
Samuelsen 1'
Nordkvelle 20'
Ruud 22'		 Report Aubameyang 34', 76'
Kagawa 47'
Mkhitaryan 85'
Attendance: 12,436[6]
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Borussia Dortmund Germany7–2Norway Odd
Mkhitaryan 25'
Reus 27', 32', 57'
Kagawa 40', 90'
Gündoğan 51'		 Report Halvorsen 19'
Berg 64'
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Attendance: 64,200[6]
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

Borussia Dortmund won 11–5 on aggregate.

Krasnodar Russia5–1Finland HJK
Ojala 8' (o.g.)
Mamayev 10' (pen.)
Smolov 57' (pen.)
Wánderson 62'
Gazinsky 64'		 Report Jallow 18'
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 15,425[6]
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
HJK Finland0–0Russia Krasnodar
Report
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,953[6]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Krasnodar won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague Czech Republic3–1Switzerland Thun
Costa 43'
Dočkal 45+1', 90+4'		 Report Sutter 5'
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 12,448[6]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Thun Switzerland3–3Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Ferreira 33', 81'
Munsy 50'		 Report Dočkal 10'
Hušbauer 21'
Costa 71'
Attendance: 6,024[6]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Sparta Prague won 6–4 on aggregate.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Rheindorf Altach played their home match at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, instead of their regular stadium Cashpoint-Arena, Altach.
  2. ^ Zorya Luhansk played their home match at Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, instead of their regular stadium Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk, due to war in Eastern Ukraine.
  3. ^ Milsami Orhei played their home match at Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium CSR Orhei, Orhei.
  4. ^ Dinamo Minsk played their home match at OSK Brestskiy, Brest, instead of their temporary stadium Traktor Stadium, Minsk.
  5. ^ Rubin Kazan played their home match at Central Stadium, Kazan, instead of their regular stadium Kazan Arena, Kazan, which was hosting the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
  6. ^ Gabala played their home match at Bakcell Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Qabala.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Match and draw calendar 2015/16". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "UEFA Europa League play-off draw lineup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Draws – Play-off round". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. ^ "UEFA Europa League play-off draw results". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar "Summary UEFA Europa League - Play-off". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

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