2021–22 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

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The 2021–22 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 2021–22 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).

Teams[]

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
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]
Czech Republic Slavia Prague[CH Q3] 43.500
Greece Olympiacos[CH Q3] 43.000
Serbia Red Star Belgrade[CH Q3] 32.500
Scotland Rangers[CH Q3] 31.250
Netherlands AZ 21.500
Turkey Fenerbahçe 19.500
Romania CFR Cluj[CH Q3] 16.500
Poland Legia Warsaw[CH Q3] 16.500
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 15.000
Belgium Antwerp 10.500
Austria Sturm Graz 7.165
Denmark Randers 5.575
Third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Team Coeff.[3]
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava[CH Q2] 7.500
Lithuania Žalgiris[CH Q2] 6.500
Armenia Alashkert[CH Q2] 6.500
Estonia Flora[CH Q2] 6.250
Kazakhstan Kairat[CH Q2] 6.000
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps[CH Q2] 5.750
Cyprus Omonia[CH Q2] 5.550
Finland HJK[CH Q2] 5.500
Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku[CH Q2] 5.000
Slovenia Mura[CH Q2] 3.000
Third qualifying round (Main Path)
Team Coeff.[3]
Scotland Celtic[LP Q2] 34.000
Austria Rapid Wien[LP Q2] 17.000
Turkey Galatasaray[LP Q2] 17.000
Czech Republic Jablonec 7.000
Scotland St Johnstone 6.675
Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 5.550
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[]

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 amount of goals are scored by both teams during extra time, the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Schedule[]

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

Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Third qualifying round 19 July 2021 5 August 2021 12 August 2021
Play-offs 2 August 2021 19 August 2021 26 August 2021

Third qualifying round[]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 13:00 CEST.[5]

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.

Champions Path
Main Path
Seeded Unseeded
  • Czech Republic Jablonec
  • Scotland St Johnstone
  • Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
  • Scotland Celtic
  • Turkey Galatasaray
  • Austria Rapid Wien

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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Omonia Cyprus 2–2 (5–4 p) Estonia Flora 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Mura Slovenia 1–0 Lithuania Žalgiris 0–0 1–0
Kairat Kazakhstan 2–3 Armenia Alashkert 0–0 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 2–4 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–3 1–1
Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan 2–5 Finland HJK 2–2 0–3
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Jablonec Czech Republic 2–7 Scotland Celtic 2–4 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 4–2 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 3–0 1–2
Galatasaray Turkey 5–3 Scotland St Johnstone 1–1 4–2

Champions Path[]

Omonia Cyprus1–0Estonia Flora
Tzionis 12' Report
GSP Stadium, Strovolos
Attendance: 8,033[6]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Flora Estonia2–1 (a.e.t.)Cyprus Omonia
Sappinen 48', 88' Report Kakoullis 43'
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 1,560[7]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

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

Mura Slovenia0–0Lithuania Žalgiris
Report
Fazanerija, Murska Sobota
Attendance: 2,500[8]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Žalgiris Lithuania0–1Slovenia Mura
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,921[9]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Mura won 1–0 on aggregate.

Kairat Kazakhstan0–0Armenia Alashkert
Report
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 0[10][note 1]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Alashkert Armenia3–2 (a.e.t.)Kazakhstan Kairat
 Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan [note 2]
Attendance: 7,000[11]
Referee: (Belgium)

Alashkert won 3–2 on aggregate.

Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar1–3Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Walker 73' (pen.) Report
Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar
Attendance: 637[12]
Referee: (Greece)
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia1–1Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
Zmrhal 38' Report 90'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 4,688[13]
Referee: (Ukraine)

Slovan Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan2–2Finland HJK
 Report
  • Ro. Riski 61'
  • Jair 65'
Attendance: 3,500[14]
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
HJK Finland3–0Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku
  • Ri. Riski 46'
  • Ro. Riski 60' (pen.), 89'
 Report
Bolt Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,068[15]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

HJK won 5–2 on aggregate.

Main Path[]

Jablonec Czech Republic2–4Scotland Celtic
 Report
  • Abada 12'
  • Furuhashi 16'
  • Forrest 64'
  • Christie 90'
Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou
Attendance: 4,805[16]
Referee: (Turkey)
Celtic Scotland3–0Czech Republic Jablonec
  • Turnbull 26', 62'
  • Forrest 70'
 Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 50,076[17]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria3–0Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
 Report
Allianz Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 11,400[18]
Referee: (Italy)
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus2–1Austria Rapid Wien
 Report
Attendance: 3,574[19]
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray Turkey1–1Scotland St Johnstone
 Report
Attendance: 6,216[21]
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
St Johnstone Scotland2–4Turkey Galatasaray
 Report
McDiarmid Park, Perth
Attendance: 9,106[22]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

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.[23]

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4
  • Netherlands AZ
  • Turkey Fenerbahçe
  • Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
  • Belgium Royal Antwerp
  • Austria Sturm Graz
  • Denmark Randers
  • Poland Legia Warsaw
  • Czech Republic Slavia Prague
  • Greece Olympiacos
  • Romania CFR Cluj
  • Scotland Rangers
  • Serbia Red Star Belgrade
  • Scotland Celtic
  • Austria Rapid Wien
  • Turkey Galatasaray

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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Randers Denmark 2–3 Turkey Galatasaray 1–1 1–2
Rapid Wien Austria 6–2 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 3–0 3–2
Celtic Scotland 3–2 Netherlands AZ 2–0 1–2
Fenerbahçe Turkey 6–2 Finland HJK 1–0 5–2
Mura Slovenia 1–5 Austria Sturm Graz 1–3 0–2
Omonia Cyprus 4–4 (2–3 p) Belgium Royal Antwerp 4–2 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Olympiacos Greece 5–2 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 3–0 2–2
Rangers Scotland 1–0 Armenia Alashkert 1–0 0–0
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 3–4 Poland Legia Warsaw 2–2 1–2
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 6–1 Romania CFR Cluj 4–0 2–1

Matches[]

Randers Denmark1–1Turkey Galatasaray
 Report
Randers Stadium, Randers
Attendance: 7,064[24]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Galatasaray Turkey2–1Denmark Randers
 Report
Attendance: 3,947[25]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria3–0Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
 Report
Allianz Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 10,300[26]
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine2–3Austria Rapid Wien
  • Hladkyy 40'
  • Zahedi 87' (pen.)
 Report
Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhzhia[note 5]
Attendance: 2,563[27]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland2–0Netherlands AZ
  • Furuhashi 12'
  • Letschert 61' (o.g.)
 Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 52,916[28]
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)
AZ Netherlands2–1Scotland Celtic
 Report
  • Furuhashi 3'
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Attendance: 10,041[29]
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe Turkey1–0Finland HJK
 Report
Attendance: 6,769[30]
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
HJK Finland2–5Turkey Fenerbahçe
  • Ro. Riski 27'
  • Ri. Riski 88'
 Report
Bolt Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,785[31]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Fenerbahçe won 6–2 on aggregate.

Mura Slovenia1–3Austria Sturm Graz
 Report
Fazanerija, Murska Sobota
Attendance: 4,000[32]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Sturm Graz Austria2–0Slovenia Mura
 Report
Liebenauer Stadium, Graz
Attendance: 8,237[33]
Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)

Sturm Graz won 5–1 on aggregate.

Omonia Cyprus4–2Belgium Royal Antwerp
 Report
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 7,585[34]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Royal Antwerp Belgium2–0 (a.e.t.)Cyprus Omonia
 Report
Penalties
B. Verstraete soccer ball with check mark
Gerkens soccer ball with red X
Eggestein soccer ball with check mark
Miyoshi soccer ball with check mark		 3–2 soccer ball with red X Gómez
soccer ball with check mark Atiemwen
soccer ball with red X Lecjaks
soccer ball with check mark Yuste
soccer ball with red X Zachariou
Bosuilstadion, Antwerp
Attendance: 10,470[35]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

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

Olympiacos Greece3–0Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
 Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 9,823[36]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia2–2Greece Olympiacos
 Report
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 7,201[37]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Olympiacos won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland1–0Armenia Alashkert
  • Morelos 67'
 Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 42,649[38]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Alashkert Armenia0–0Scotland Rangers
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan[note 2]
Attendance: 6,800[39]
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Rangers won 1–0 on aggregate.

Slavia Prague Czech Republic2–2Poland Legia Warsaw
 Report
Sinobo Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 14,543[40]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Legia Warsaw Poland2–1Czech Republic Slavia Prague
 Report
  • Ekpai 45'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 20,641[41]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Legia Warsaw won 4–3 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade Serbia4–0Romania CFR Cluj
  • Pavkov 5'
  • Katai 38'
  • Ben 68'
  • Ivanić 77'
 Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 22,482[42]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
CFR Cluj Romania1–2Serbia Red Star Belgrade
 Report
  • Katai 5' (pen.)
  • Pavkov 53'
Attendance: 4,200[43]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–1 on aggregate.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  2. ^ a b Alashkert played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Alashkert Stadium, Yerevan, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  3. ^ Galatasaray played their third qualifying round home match at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul, instead of their regular stadium Türk Telekom Stadium, also in Istanbul, due to renovation.[20]
  4. ^ Galatasaray played their play-off round home match at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium in Istanbul, instead of their regular stadium Türk Telekom Stadium, also in Istanbul, due to renovation.[20]
  5. ^ Zorya Luhansk played their home match at Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhzhia, instead of their regular stadium Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

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