Access to the 1st qualifying round is granted to 3 Fair Play teams. Although the regulations no longer require the use of regional groups (as used before 2009), UEFA still uses some kind of regionalization in CL-Q2 and EL-Q1. At first the clubs are divided into seeded and unseeded teams, and then the seeded and unseeded teams are split into regional groups. The general approach seems to use the North/Central/South scheme, but no specific rules are known.
The Europa League cup-holder spot will not be used because Chelsea already qualified for Champions League. This implies that the cup winner of the 7th country on the ranking list (Russia) has direct access to the group stage, the cup winner of the 16th country on the ranking list (Cyprus) has direct access to the 4th qualifying round, the cup winner of the 19th country on the ranking list (Czech Republic) has direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the cup winners of the 33th and 34th countries on the ranking list (Ireland and Slovenia) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League.
| 1st Qualifying Round (76 teams) |
|---|
Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Rosenborg BK Nor 16.835 NK Domzale Slo 2.441 MSK Zilina Svk 15.841 Glentoran Nir 2.366 Levski Sofia Bul 11.950 Metalurg Skopje Mac 2.300 Botev Plovdiv Bul (8.450) Milsami Orhei Mol 2.283 Videoton Fehérvár Hun 7.850 NK Celje Slo 2.191 FK Ventspils Lat 6.658 Torpedo Kutaisi Geo 2.083 Tromsø IL Nor 6.335 Teteks Tetovo Mac 2.050 FK Aktobe Kaz 6.191 Irtysh Pavlodar Kaz 1.941 Dinamo Minsk Bls 6.175 Jeunesse d'Esch Lux 1.925 St. Patrick's Athletic Irl 5.975 Crusaders Belfast Nir 1.866 Garabag Agdam Azb 5.708 FC Santa Coloma And 1.850 Vojvodina Novi Sad Srb 5.425 Chikhura Sachkhere Geo 1.833 Malmö FF Swe 5.125 Zalgiris Vilnius Lit 1.800 FK Sarajevo Bos 5.066 IFK Mariehamn Fin 1.701 Astra Giurgiu Rom 4.604 Mika Ashtarak Arm 1.600 KR Reykjavik Isl 4.583 IBV Vestmannaeyjar Isl 1.583 F91 Dudelange Lux 4.425 Celik Niksic Mon 1.550 Inter Turku Fin 4.201 Hibernians FC Mlt 1.541 Dacia Chisinau Mol 4.033 Sliema Wanderers Mlt 1.541 Levadia Tallinn Est 3.941 FC Tiraspol Mol 1.533 Linfield Belfast Nir 3.866 Drogheda United Irl 1.475 Honvéd Budapest Hun 3.850 Trans Narva Est 1.441 Valletta FC Mlt 3.791 Gandzasar Kapan Arm 1.350 Differdange 03 Lux 3.675 Kruoja Pakruojis Lit 1.300 Metalurgs Liepaja Lat 3.658 FK Astana Kaz 1.191 Gefle IF Swe 3.625 KF Laçi Alb 1.083 Pyunik Yerevan Arm 3.600 Teuta Durrës Alb 1.083 Zrinjski Mostar Bos 3.566 Víkingur Far 1.066 Inter Baku Azb 3.458 Mladost Podgorica Mon 1.050 Skonto Riga Lat 3.408 FK Turnovo Mac 1.050 Suduva Marijampole Lit 3.300 UE Santa Coloma And 0.850 FC Vaduz Lie 3.200 FK Kukësi Alb 0.833 Flora Tallinn Est 3.191 IF Fuglafjørdur Far 0.566 Khazar Lenkoran Azb 2.958 Airbus UK Broughton Wal 0.516 HB Torshavn Far 2.816 Prestatyn Town Wal 0.516 Rudar Pljevlja Mon 2.800 Bala Town Wal 0.516 TPS Turku Fin 2.701 La Fiorita Sma 0.383 Breidablik Isl 2.583 Libertas Sma 0.383 |
A computer system is used to prepare the groups such that teams of the same association are not in the same group and and that all groups are about equal strength (in terms of ranking). Then all clubs in each group are ordered randomly and identified by a number. For these draws there are only two bowls with numbered balls, one with the seeded numbers and one with the unseeded numbers. The draw determines the pairs in the groups: e.g. (7 vs 5) which means that the 7th team of each group plays against the 4th club of each group.
For the draw of the 1st round the 76 teams are divided into 4 groups of 10 teams
and 3 groups of 12 teams. For the groups with 10 teams the pairs (7 vs 3), (8 vs
1), (9 vs 5), (10 vs 2), and (4 vs 6) were drawn, and for the groups with 12
teams the pairs (8 vs 1), (12 vs 3), (7 vs 6), (10 vs 5), (11 vs 4), and (9 vs
2) were drawn.
The draw groups were as follows:
Group 1
seeded: St. Patrick's Athletic, Gefle IF, Inter Turku, KR Reykjavik, FK Ventspils
unseeded: Glentoran, Víkingur, Zalgiris Vilnius, Airbus UK Broughton, Trans Narva
Group 2
seeded: F91 Dudelange, Videoton Fehérvár, FC Vaduz, Flora Tallinn, Garabag Agdam
unseeded: FK Kukësi, Chikhura Sachkhere, Milsami Orhei, Metalurg Skopje, Mladost Podgorica
Group 3
seeded: Dacia Chisinau, Khazar Lenkoran, Pyunik Yerevan, Levski Sofia, FK Sarajevo
unseeded: Irtysh Pavlodar, Teteks Tetovo, Teuta Durrës, Libertas, Sliema Wanderers
Group 4
seeded: EL3 (Bul), Astra Giurgiu, Vojvodina Novi Sad, Rudar Pljevlja, Zrinjski Mostar
unseeded: Mika Ashtarak, Hibernians FC, FK Astana, UE Santa Coloma, NK Domzale
Group 5
seeded: Breidablik, Tromsø IL, Malmö FF, Metalurgs Liepaja, Linfield Belfast, Inter Baku
unseeded: IFK Mariehamn, FC Santa Coloma, NK Celje, IF Fuglafjørdur, Prestatyn Town, Drogheda United
Group 6
seeded: Skonto Riga, Dinamo Minsk, Rosenborg BK, Levadia Tallinn, TPS Turku, HB Torshavn
unseeded: IBV Vestmannaeyjar, FC Tiraspol, Kruoja Pakruojis, Jeunesse d'Esch, Bala Town, Crusaders Belfast
Group 7
seeded: Valletta FC, Suduva Marijampole, Differdange 03, MSK Zilina, Honvéd Budapest, FK Aktobe
unseeded: Gandzasar Kapan, La Fiorita, FK Turnovo, Celik Niksic, Torpedo Kutaisi, KF Laçi
At the time of the draw the last qualified club of Bulgaria was unknown, because it was uncertain if CSKA Sofia could take part. UEFA used the coefficient of CSKA for seeding in the 1st and 2nd qualifying round. Ultimately Botev Plovdiv took this spot and thus is seeded in the 2nd qualifying round.
Unseeded teams in the 1st qualifying round that qualify for the next round take effectively the coefficient of their opponent in the next round: Jeunesse d'Esch replaced the seeded team TPS Turku (2.701), Irtysh Pavlodar replaced the seeded team Levski Sofia (11.950), Mladost Podgorica replaced the seeded team Videoton Fehérvár (7.850), Milsami Orhei replaced the seeded team F91 Dudelange (4.425), FK Turnovo replaced the seeded team Suduva Marijampole (3.300), Víkingur replaced the seeded team Inter Turku (4.201), Prestatyn Town replaced the seeded team Metalurgs Liepaja (3.658), Chikhura Sachkhere replaced the seeded team FC Vaduz (3.200), FK Kukësi replaced the seeded team Flora Tallinn (3.191), IBV Vestmannaeyjar replaced the seeded team HB Torshavn (2.816), Zalgiris Vilnius replaced the seeded team St. Patrick's Athletic (5.975). The reason for this is that the draw for the 2nd qualifying round is made before the results of the 1st qualifying round are known.
| 2nd Qualifying Round (80 teams) |
|---|
Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Rubin Kazan Rus 58.266 Astra Giurgiu * Rom 4.604 Standard Liège Bel 45.880 KR Reykjavik * Isl 4.583 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Isr 29.575 Milsami Orhei * Mol (4.425) Sparta Praha Cze 29.245 FK Senica Svk 4.341 Lech Poznan Pol 23.650 Víkingur * Far (4.201) Trabzonspor Tur 21.400 Piast Gliwice Pol 4.150 AaB Aalborg Den 19.640 BK Häcken Swe 4.125 Anorthosis Famagusta Cyp 17.366 Hibernian Sco 4.038 Rosenborg BK * Nor 16.835 Dacia Chisinau * Mol 4.033 MSK Zilina * Svk 15.841 Levadia Tallinn * Est 3.941 FC Utrecht Ned 13.945 Lokomotiva Zagreb Cro 3.916 Maccabi Haifa Isr 13.575 Linfield Belfast * Nir 3.866 Irtysh Pavlodar * Kaz (11.950) Honvéd Budapest * Hun 3.850 Sturm Graz Aut 11.575 Strømsgodset IF Nor 3.835 Omonia Nicosia Cyp 10.366 Valletta FC * Mlt 3.791 Chernomorets Odesa Ukr 9.951 Honka Espoo Fin 3.701 DVSC Debrecen Hun 9.850 Olimpija Ljubljana Slo 3.691 Hajduk Split Cro 8.916 Differdange 03 * Lux 3.675 Botev Plovdiv * Bul (8.450) Prestatyn Town * Wal (3.658) Red Star Belgrade Srb 8.425 Gefle IF * Swe 3.625 Mladost Podgorica * Mon (7.850) Pyunik Yerevan * Arm 3.600 Slovan Liberec Cze 7.745 Zrinjski Mostar * Bos 3.566 FC Thun Sui 7.285 St. Johnstone Sco 3.538 Slask Wroclaw Pol 7.150 Inter Baku * Azb 3.458 Xanthi FC Gre 6.800 FC Beroe Stara Zagora Bul 3.450 FK Ventspils * Lat 6.658 Skonto Riga * Lat 3.408 Tromsø IL * Nor 6.335 Dila Gori Geo 3.333 FK Aktobe * Kaz 6.191 Siroki Brijeg Bos 3.316 Dinamo Minsk * Bls 6.175 FK Turnovo * Mac (3.300) Zalgiris Vilnius * Lit (5.975) Chikhura Sachkhere * Geo (3.200) Garabag Agdam * Azb 5.708 FK Kukësi * Alb (3.191) Vojvodina Novi Sad * Srb 5.425 FK Jagodina Srb 3.175 Shakhtior Saligorsk Bls 5.175 Khazar Lenkoran * Azb 2.958 IFK Göteborg Swe 5.125 AS Trencín Svk 2.841 Malmö FF * Swe 5.125 IL Hødd Nor 2.835 FK Sarajevo * Bos 5.066 IBV Vestmannaeyjar * Isl (2.816) NK Rijeka Cro 4.916 Rudar Pljevlja * Mon 2.800 FK Minsk Bls 4.675 Jeunesse d'Esch * Lux (2.701) Petrolul Ploiesti Rom 4.604 Breidablik * Isl 2.583 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Rom 4.604 Derry City FC Irl 1.475 |
For the draw of the 2nd round the 80 teams are divided into 8 groups. The pairs
(10 vs 5), (1 vs 6), (3 vs 7), (4 vs 9), and (8 vs 2) were drawn (see Q1 draw
for an explanation). The draw groups were as follows:
Group 1
seeded: (FK Sarajevo), (FK Aktobe), FC Thun, Xanthi FC, Sparta Praha
unseeded: (Flora Tallinn), (FC Vaduz), IL Hødd, (Linfield Belfast), BK Häcken
Group 2
seeded: Maccabi Haifa, Omonia Nicosia, Hajduk Split, (FK Ventspils), AaB Aalborg
unseeded: (Khazar Lenkoran), (Suduva Marijampole), (Astra Giurgiu), (TPS Turku), Dila Gori
Group 3
seeded: Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Rubin Kazan, Slask Wroclaw, (Malmö FF), Slovan Liberec
unseeded: (Levadia Tallinn), (Rudar Pljevlja), FK Jagodina, Hibernian, (Skonto Riga)
Group 4
seeded: Petrolul Ploiesti, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, NK Rijeka, (St. Patrick's Athletic), DVSC Debrecen
unseeded: (Inter Turku), (Metalurgs Liepaja), FC Beroe Stara Zagora, (Pyunik Yerevan), Strømsgodset IF
Group 5
seeded: Red Star Belgrade, (MSK Zilina), Shakhtior Saligorsk, (Vojvodina Novi Sad), Lech Poznan
unseeded: (HB Torshavn), (F91 Dudelange), Olimpija Ljubljana, (Honvéd Budapest), Honka Espoo
Group 6
seeded: Chernomorets Odesa, Standard Liège, IFK Göteborg, (Dinamo Minsk), (Tromsø IL)
unseeded: (Dacia Chisinau), AS Trencín, (KR Reykjavik), Lokomotiva Zagreb, (Inter Baku)
Group 7
seeded: (Garabag Agdam), FK Minsk, (Rosenborg BK), Trabzonspor, (EL3 Bul)
unseeded: Piast Gliwice, St. Johnstone, (Valletta FC), Derry City FC, (Zrinjski Mostar)
Group 8
seeded: Anorthosis Famagusta, FC Utrecht, Sturm Graz, (Levski Sofia), (Videoton Fehérvár)
unseeded: (Gefle IF), (Breidablik), (Differdange 03), Siroki Brijeg, FK Senica
Unseeded teams in the 2nd qualifying round that qualify for the next round take effectively the coefficient of their opponent in the next round: Milsami Orhei replaced the seeded team Shakhtior Saligorsk (5.175), Breidablik replaced the seeded team Sturm Graz (11.575), Gefle IF replaced the seeded team Anorthosis Famagusta (17.366), BK Häcken replaced the seeded team Sparta Praha (29.245), Astra Giurgiu replaced the seeded team Omonia Nicosia (10.366), Botev Plovdiv replaced the team with higher coefficient Zrinjski Mostar (3.566), Mladost Podgorica replaced the team with higher coefficient FK Senica (4.341), Zalgiris Vilnius replaced the team with higher coefficient Pyunik Yerevan (3.600), AS Trencín replaced replaced the seeded team IFK Göteborg (5.125), Differdange 03 replaced the seeded team FC Utrecht (13.945), Dila Gori replaced the seeded team AaB Aalborg (19.640), Strømsgodset IF replaced the seeded team DVSC Debrecen (9.850), St. Johnstone replaced the seeded team Rosenborg BK (16.835), FK Kukësi replaced the seeded team FK Sarajevo (5.066). The reason for this is that the draw for the 3rd qualifying round is made before the results of the 2nd qualifying round are known.
| 3rd Qualifying Round (58 teams) |
|---|
Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- VfB Stuttgart Ger 59.922 Hajduk Split ** Cro 8.916 Rubin Kazan ** Rus 58.266 Red Star Belgrade ** Srb 8.425 Sevilla Esp 55.105 Asteras Tripolis Gre 7.800 Standard Liège ** Bel 45.880 Slovan Liberec ** Cze 7.745 Udinese Ita 42.829 FC Thun ** Sui 7.285 Club Brugge Bel 36.880 Slask Wroclaw ** Pol 7.150 Hapoel Tel-Aviv ** Isr 29.575 Randers FC Den 7.140 BK Häcken ** Swe (29.245) Motherwell Sco 7.038 AS Saint-Étienne Fra 26.800 Xanthi FC ** Gre 6.800 Lech Poznan ** Pol 23.650 FK Jablonec Cze 6.745 Trabzonspor ** Tur 21.400 FK Ventspils * Lat 6.658 Dila Gori ** Geo (19.640) Tromsø IL * Nor 6.335 Gefle IF * Swe (17.366) FK Aktobe * Kaz 6.191 St. Johnstone ** Sco (16.835) Dinamo Minsk * Bls 6.175 FC Zürich Sui 16.785 Garabag Agdam * Azb 5.708 Swansea City Eng 16.592 Vojvodina Novi Sad * Srb 5.425 MSK Zilina * Svk 15.841 Milsami Orhei * Mol (5.175) Bursaspor Tur 14.900 Malmö FF * Swe 5.125 Differdange 03 * Lux (13.945) AS Trencín ** Svk (5.125) Maccabi Haifa ** Isr 13.575 FK Kukësi * Alb (5.066) Rapid Wien Aut 13.075 NK Rijeka ** Cro 4.916 Metalurg Donetsk Ukr 12.451 FK Minsk ** Bls 4.675 Estoril Praia Por 11.833 Petrolul Ploiesti ** Rom 4.604 Breidablik * Isl (11.575) Pandurii Târgu Jiu ** Rom 4.604 Astra Giurgiu * Rom (10.366) Hapoel Ramat-Gan Isr 4.575 Chernomorets Odesa ** Ukr 9.951 Mladost Podgorica * Mon (4.341) Vitesse Arnhem Ned 9.945 Zalgiris Vilnius * Lit (3.600) Strømsgodset IF ** Nor (9.850) Botev Plovdiv * Bul (3.566) Kuban Krasnodar Rus 9.266 Siroki Brijeg ** Bos 3.316 |
For the draw of the 3rd round the 58 teams are divided into 4 groups of 12 teams
and 1 group of 10 teams. For the groups with 12 teams the pairs (2 vs 12), (9 vs
5), (8 vs 3), (11 vs 1), (7 vs 6), and (10 vs 4) were drawn, and for the group with 10
teams the pairs (1 vs 9), (7 vs 3), (8 vs 5), (2 vs 10), and (6 vs 4) were drawn
(see Q1 draw for an explanation). The draw groups were as follows:
Group 1
seeded: (Trabzonspor), (Chernomorets Odesa), (Maccabi Haifa), (Omonia Nicosia), Udinese, Club Brugge
unseeded: (Slask Wroclaw), (FK Ventspils), (Siroki Brijeg), (IFK Göteborg), (Dinamo Minsk), (Red Star Belgrade)
Group 2
seeded: (Sturm Graz), Swansea City, FC Zürich, (Lech Poznan), Vitesse Arnhem, (Rubin Kazan)
unseeded: Randers FC, (Slovan Liberec), (Petrolul Ploiesti), (Pyunik Yerevan), (FK Aktobe), (Malmö FF)
Group 3
seeded: (Hapoel Tel-Aviv), Sevilla, Metalurg Donetsk, Kuban Krasnodar, (AaB Aalborg), (FC Utrecht)
unseeded: (Tromsø IL), (FK Sarajevo), (Hajduk Split), Motherwell, (Pandurii Târgu Jiu), (FK Senica)
Group 4
seeded: (MSK Zilina), AS Saint-Étienne, (Anorthosis Famagusta), VfB Stuttgart, (DVSC Debrecen), Rapid Wien
unseeded: Asteras Tripolis, (Garabag Agdam), FK Jablonec, (Zrinjski Mostar), (NK Rijeka), (Shakhtior Saligorsk)
Group 5
seeded: Estoril Praia, (Sparta Praha), Bursaspor, (Rosenborg BK), (Standard Liège)
unseeded: (FK Minsk), (Vojvodina Novi Sad), (Xanthi FC), Hapoel Ramat-Gan, (FC Thun)
| 4th Qualifying Round (62 teams) |
|---|
Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Tottenham Hotspur Eng 69.592 Kuban Krasnodar *3 Rus 9.266 Dinamo Kiev Ukr 68.951 Atromitos FC Gre 8.300 Sporting Braga Por 62.833 IF Elfsborg @3 Swe 8.125 VfB Stuttgart *3 Ger 59.922 Maccabi Tel-Aviv @3 Isr 8.075 Rubin Kazan ** Rus 58.266 Molde FK @3 Nor 7.835 Sevilla *3 Esp 55.105 Slovan Liberec ** Cze 7.745 Standard Liège ** Bel 45.880 Grasshoppers Zürich @3 Sui 7.285 Udinese *3 Ita 42.829 FC Thun ** Sui 7.285 Fiorentina Ita 42.829 Slask Wroclaw ** Pol 7.150 Spartak Moscow Rus 40.766 Zulte Waregem @3 Bel 6.880 AZ Alkmaar Ned 39.445 FK Jablonec *3 Cze 6.745 APOEL Nicosia @3 Cyp 35.366 Apollon Limassol Cyp 6.366 Besiktas Tur 34.900 Tromsø IL * Nor 6.335 PAOK Thessaloniki @3 Gre 28.800 FK Aktobe * Kaz 6.191 FC Salzburg @3 Aut 28.075 FC Sankt Gallen Sui 5.785 Racing Genk Bel 26.880 Garabag Agdam * Azb 5.708 AS Saint-Étienne *3 Fra 26.800 Vojvodina Novi Sad * Srb 5.425 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukr 23.951 Dinamo Tbilisi @3 Geo 5.333 Trabzonspor ** Tur 21.400 Esbjerg fB Den 5.140 Real Betis Esp 17.605 FC Pasching Aut 5.075 Partizan Belgrade @3 Srb 17.425 NK Rijeka ** Cro 4.916 Swansea City *3 Eng 16.592 FK Minsk ** Bls 4.675 Eintracht Frankfurt Ger 15.922 Petrolul Ploiesti ** Rom 4.604 Feyenoord Ned 13.945 Pandurii Târgu Jiu ** Rom 4.604 Maccabi Haifa ** Isr 13.575 Astra Giurgiu * Rom 4.604 Rapid Wien *3 Aut 13.075 FH Hafnarfjardar @3 Isl 4.083 FC Nordsjælland @3 Den 12.640 Dila Gori ** Geo 3.333 Estoril Praia *3 Por 11.833 Skënderbeu Korçë @3 Alb 2.833 OGC Nice Fra 11.800 Zalgiris Vilnius * Lit 1.800 Sheriff Tiraspol @3 Mol 11.533 Kalju Nomme @3 Est 1.191 Chernomorets Odesa ** Ukr 9.951 FK Kukësi * Alb 0.833 |
For the draw of the 4th qualifying round the 62 teams are divided into
5 groups of 10 teams and 1 group of 12 teams.
For the groups with 10 teams the pairs (6 vs 5), (8 vs 1), (4 vs 10), (7 vs 3), and (9 vs 2) were drawn, and
for the group with 12 teams the pairs (6 vs 11), (1 vs 12), (10 vs 2), (5 vs 9), (7 vs 4), and (3 vs 8) were drawn
(see Q1 draw for an explanation). The draw groups were as follows:
Group 1
seeded: APOEL Nicosia, Sporting Braga, Besiktas, Rapid Wien, Feyenoord
unseeded: Kuban Krasnodar, Tromsø IL, Zulte Waregem, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Dila Gori
Group 2
seeded: Dinamo Kiev, Racing Genk, AZ Alkmaar, Swansea City, OGC Nice
unseeded:Apollon Limassol, Atromitos FC, FK Aktobe, FH Hafnarfjardar, Petrolul Ploiesti
Group 3
seeded: Sevilla, Standard Liège, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Salzburg, FC Nordsjælland
unseeded: IF Elfsborg, Garabag Agdam, Slask Wroclaw, FK Minsk, Zalgiris Vilnius
Group 4
seeded: VfB Stuttgart, Spartak Moscow, PAOK Thessaloniki, Chernomorets Odesa, Real Betis
unseeded: FK Jablonec, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, NK Rijeka, FC Sankt Gallen, Skënderbeu Korçë
Group 5
seeded: Sheriff Tiraspol, Fiorentina, AS Saint-Étienne, Trabzonspor, Rubin Kazan
unseeded: Molde FK, Esbjerg fB, Vojvodina Novi Sad, Grasshoppers Zürich, FK Kukësi
Group 6
seeded: Udinese, Tottenham Hotspur, Partizan Belgrade, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Estoril Praia, Maccabi Haifa
unseeded: Kalju Nomme, FC Thun, FC Pasching, Dinamo Tbilisi, Astra Giurgiu, Slovan Liberec
After the draw Metalist Kharkiv was banned by UEFA from CL due to match fixing and replaced by PAOK Thessaloniki. The opponent of PAOK Thessaloniki in EL-Q4, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, qualifies directly for the group stage.
On Aug 28 the CAS dismissed the appeal of Fenerbahçe, who just qualified for the EL group stage by losing the CL playoff match against Arsenal. All losing teams in the UEFA Europa League play-offs entered a draw, and APOEL Nicosia was the lucky loser to replace Fenerbahçe in the group stage.
On Aug 30, just before the EL group stage draw, the CAS dismissed the appeal of Besiktas against the UEFA ban. Tromsø IL, who lost the EL-Q4 match against Besiktas, will replace them in the EL group stage.
Once the 4th qualifying round (or play-off round) has been completed, the 48 remaining clubs are drawn into twelve groups of four. Clubs from the same association will not be drawn into the same group.
| Group Stage (48 teams) |
|---|
Pot 1 coef. Pot 2 coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Valencia Esp 102.605 APOEL Nicosia @3 Cyp 35.366 Olympique Lyon @4 Fra 95.800 PAOK Thessaloniki @4 Gre 28.800 Tottenham Hotspur *4 Eng 69.592 FC Salzburg @3 Aut 28.075 Dinamo Kiev *4 Ukr 68.951 Racing Genk *4 Bel 26.880 PSV Eindhoven @4 Ned 64.945 Dinamo Zagreb @4 Cro 25.916 Girondins Bordeaux Fra 59.800 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *4 Ukr 23.951 Rubin Kazan ** Rus 58.266 Trabzonspor ** Tur 21.400 Sevilla *3 Esp 55.105 Anzhi Makhachkala Rus 20.266 Standard Liège ** Bel 45.880 Real Betis *4 Esp 17.605 Fiorentina *4 Ita 42.829 Wigan Athletic Eng 16.592 Lazio Roma Ita 41.829 Swansea City *3 Eng 16.592 AZ Alkmaar *4 Ned 39.445 SC Freiburg Ger 15.922 Pot 3 coef. Pot 4 coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- -------- Eintracht Frankfurt *4 Ger 15.922 Maccabi Tel-Aviv @3 Isr 8.075 Vitória Guimarães Por 14.333 Slovan Liberec ** Cze 7.745 Legia Warsaw @4 Pol 13.650 FC Thun ** Sui 7.285 Maccabi Haifa ** Isr 13.575 Zulte Waregem @3 Bel 6.880 Rapid Wien *3 Aut 13.075 Apollon Limassol *4 Cyp 6.366 Paços de Ferreira @4 Por 12.833 Tromsø IL * Nor 6.335 Estoril Praia *3 Por 11.833 FC Sankt Gallen *4 Sui 5.785 Sheriff Tiraspol @3 Mol 11.533 Esbjerg fB *4 Den 5.140 Chernomorets Odesa ** Ukr 9.951 NK Rijeka ** Cro 4.916 NK Maribor @4 Slo 9.941 Pandurii Târgu Jiu ** Rom 4.604 Kuban Krasnodar *3 Rus 9.266 Ludogorets Razgrad @4 Bul 3.450 IF Elfsborg @3 Swe 8.125 Shakhtyor Karaganda @4 Kaz 2.941 |
The twelve group-winners and twelve runners-up of the group stage qualify for the second round. The clubs that finish this stage in third or fourth position in their group are eliminated. The 24 teams that qualify are joined with 8 teams from the Champions League who finished at the 3rd position in the CL group.
The draw for the 2nd round takes the following rules into account:
a) Clubs from the same association must not be drawn against each other,
b) The 12 group-winners and the 4 best third-ranked teams in the Champions
League group stage are drawn against the 12 group runners-up and the
remaining third-ranked teams in the Champions League group stage,
c) The winners and runners-up of the same group cannot be drawn against each other,
d) Group-winners and the 4 best third-ranked in the Champions League
group stage play the return leg at home.
| Round 2 (32 teams) |
|---|
12 EL group winners and 12 EL group runners-up and 4 best CL group third-ranked 4 worst CL group third-ranked ------------------------ --- ------------------------ --- Valencia Esp Dinamo Kiev *4 Ukr Olympique Lyon @4 Fra Lazio Roma Ita Tottenham Hotspur *4 Eng PAOK Thessaloniki @4 Gre Rubin Kazan ** Rus Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *4 Ukr Sevilla *3 Esp Anzhi Makhachkala Rus Fiorentina *4 Ita Real Betis *4 Esp AZ Alkmaar *4 Ned Swansea City *3 Eng FC Salzburg @3 Aut Chernomorets Odesa ** Ukr Racing Genk *4 Bel NK Maribor @4 Slo Trabzonspor ** Tur Maccabi Tel-Aviv @3 Isr Eintracht Frankfurt *4 Ger Slovan Liberec ** Cze Ludogorets Razgrad @4 Bul Esbjerg fB *4 Den Napoli # Ita Ajax # Ned Benfica # Por Juventus # Ita Shakhtar Donetsk # Ukr FC Porto # Por FC Basel # Sui Viktoria Plzen # Cze |
For the draw of the quarter-finals and semi-finals no clubs will be seeded.
KEY:
| * | = | team started in 1st qualifying round |
| ** | = | team started in 2nd qualifying round |
| *3 | = | team started in 3rd qualifying round |
| *4 | = | team started in 4th qualifying round |
| @3 | = | qualified for 4th qualifying round from the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League |
| @4 | = | qualified for the group stage from the 4th qualifying round of the Champions League |
| # | = | qualified for round 2 from group stage of the Champions League |