2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying
Football tournament qualification stage
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The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 28 June and ended on 25 August 2016. A total of 154 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[1]
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[1][2][3]
| Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
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| First qualifying round | 20 June 2016, 13:00[4][5] | 30 June 2016 | 7 July 2016 |
| Second qualifying round | 20 June 2016, 14:30[5][6] | 14 July 2016 | 21 July 2016 |
| Third qualifying round | 15 July 2016, 13:00[7][8] | 28 July 2016 | 4 August 2016 |
| Play-off round | 5 August 2016, 13:00[9][10] | 18 August 2016 | 25 August 2016 |
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 would be 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 would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would be 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 would be 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 may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other, and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.[1]
Teams
A total of 154 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round (including the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round which enter the play-off round). The 22 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 16 teams which enter in the group stage and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.[1]
Below are the participating teams (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients),[11][12] grouped by their starting rounds.[13][14]
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| Winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage |
- Notes
- CL-CR Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Route).
- CL-LR Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (League Route).
- * Partizani were transferred to the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round to replace Skënderbeu who were excluded by UEFA for match-fixing.[15]
First qualifying round
Seeding
A total of 96 teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 20 June 2016.[4][16] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with eight teams.
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Summary
The first legs were played on 28 and 30 June, and the second legs were played on 5, 6 and 7 July 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Midtjylland  | 2–0 |  Sūduva | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Heart of Midlothian  | 6–3[a] |  Infonet Tallinn | 2–1 | 4–2 |
Connah's Quay Nomads  | 1–0[a] |  Stabæk | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Ventspils  | 4–0 |  Víkingur Gøta | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Linfield  | 1–2 |  Cork City | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 3–1 | HB | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Atlantas | 1–3 |  HJK | 0–2 | 1–1 |
IFK Göteborg  | 7–1 | Llandudno | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2–2 (a) |  Jeunesse Esch | 1–0 | 1–2 |
KR  | 8–1 | Glenavon | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 1–3 | RoPS | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Valur | 1–10 | Brøndby | 1–4 | 0–6 |
| Aberdeen | 3–2 | Fola Esch | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Trakai | 3–5[a] | Nõmme Kalju | 2–1 | 1–4 |
Dinamo Minsk  | 4–1 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Breiðablik | 4–5 | Jelgava | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| NSÍ | 0–7 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| AIK | 4–0 | Bala Town | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Differdange 03 | 1–3 | Cliftonville | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Odd | 3–1 | Mariehamn | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Domžale  | 5–2 |  Lusitanos | 3–1 | 2–1 |
Bokelj  | 1–6 |  Vojvodina | 1–1 | 0–5 |
AEK Larnaca  | 6–1 |  Folgore | 3–0 | 3–1 |
Dila Gori  | 1–1 (1–4 p) |  Shirak | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Široki Brijeg  | 1–3 |  Birkirkara | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Videoton  | 3–2 |  Zaria Bălți | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| UE Santa Coloma | 2–7 |  Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1–3 | 1–4 |
Europa  | 3–2[a] | Pyunik | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Čukarički | 6–3 |  Ordabasy | 3–0 | 3–3 |
Rabotnicki  | 1–2 | Budućnost Podgorica | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3–3 (a) | Chikhura Sachkhere | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 0–1 |  Beitar Jerusalem | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Kukësi  | 2–1 | Rudar Pljevlja | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Balzan | 2–3[a] |  Neftçi | 0–2 | 2–1 |
Admira Wacker Mödling  | 4–3 |  Spartak Myjava | 1–1 | 3–2 |
Beroe Stara Zagora  | 2–0 | Radnik Bijeljina | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| La Fiorita | 0–7 | Debrecen | 0–5 | 0–2 |
Vaduz  | 5–2 | Sileks | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–0 | Gorica | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Gabala | 6–3 | Samtredia | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Teuta | 0–6 | Kairat | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Spartak Trnava | 6–0 | Hibernians | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Banants | 1–5 | Omonia | 0–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
| Shkëndija | 4–1 |  Cracovia | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 1–3 | Zagłębie Lubin | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Aktobe | 1–3 | MTK Budapest | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Partizani | w/o[b] | Slovan Bratislava | 0–0 | Canc.[b] |
| Kapaz | 1–0 | Dacia Chișinău | 0–0 | 1–0 |
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
- Partizani replaced Skënderbeu in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round and Slovan Bratislava proceeded directly to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, after Skënderbeu was excluded by UEFA for match-fixing.[15]
Matches
Second qualifying round
Seeding
A total of 66 teams played in the second qualifying round: 18 teams which entered in this round, and the 48 winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 20 June 2016.[4][16] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams.
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- † Winners of the first qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the first qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the second qualifying round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 July 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Shirak | 1–3 | Spartak Trnava | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | St Patrick's Athletic | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Partizan | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Zagłębie Lubin | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Vojvodina | 3–1 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2–2 (3–5 p)[a] | Nõmme Kalju | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Hibernian | 1–1 (3–5 p) | Brøndby | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2–3 | Domžale | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Austria Wien | 5–1 | Kukësi | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| MTK Budapest | 1–4 | Gabala | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 1–2 | HJK | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| RoPS | 1–4 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Neftçi | 0–1 | Shkëndija | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| KR | 4–5[a] |  Grasshopper | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Midtjylland | 5–2 | Vaduz | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 2–7 |  Osmanlıspor | 2–2 | 0–5 |
PAS Giannina  | 4–3 | Odd | 3–0 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Birkirkara | 2–1 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Maribor | 1–1 (a) | Levski Sofia | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Piast Gliwice | 0–3 | IFK Göteborg | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 0–3 | Jelgava | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 3–3 (a) | Omonia | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Admira Wacker Mödling | 3–0 | Kapaz | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Aberdeen | 4–0 | Ventspils | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| BK Häcken | 1–2 | Cork City | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Kairat | 2–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Debrecen | 1–3 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 1–2 | 0–1 |
CSM Politehnica Iași  | 3–4 | Hajduk Split | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Videoton | 3–1 | Čukarički | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Cliftonville | 2–5 | AEK Larnaca | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| AIK | 2–0 | Europa | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 3–3 (a) |  Slavia Prague | 3–1 | 0–2 |
Genk  | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Budućnost Podgorica | 2–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| SønderjyskE | 4–3 | Strømsgodset | 2–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches
Third qualifying round
Seeding
A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 25 teams which entered in this round, and the 33 winners of the second qualifying round. The draw was held on 15 July 2016.[7][17] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the group with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.
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- † Winners of the second qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the second qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the third qualifying round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 28 July, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 August 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Lokomotiva Zagreb | 3–2 |  Vorskla Poltava | 0–0 | 3–2 |
Saint-Étienne  | 1–0 | AEK Athens | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| AEK Larnaca | 2–1 |  Spartak Moscow | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 2–5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Vojvodina | 3–1 | Dinamo Minsk | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 2–3 | SønderjyskE | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Luzern | 1–4 |  Sassuolo | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Slavia Prague | 1–1 (a) |  Rio Ave | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Birkirkara | 1–6 | Krasnodar | 0–3 | 1–3 |
AZ  | 3–1 | PAS Giannina | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Jelgava | 1–4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Austria Wien | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Spartak Trnava | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Panathinaikos | 3–0[a] | AIK | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Osmanlıspor | 3–0 | Nõmme Kalju | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Aberdeen | 1–2 | Maribor | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Lille | 1–2 | Gabala | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Oleksandriya | 1–6 | Hajduk Split | 0–3 | 1–3 |
Hertha BSC  | 2–3 | Brøndby | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | 2–2 (a) | Rijeka | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Heracles Almelo | 1–1 (a) | Arouca | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0–3 | Rapid Wien | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Genk | 3–1 | Cork City | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Shkëndija | 2–1 | Mladá Boleslav | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Domžale | 2–4[a] |  West Ham United | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Videoton | 1–2 | Midtjylland | 0–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| IFK Göteborg | 3–2 | HJK | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Admira Wacker Mödling | 1–4 | Slovan Liberec | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Gent | 5–0 | Viitorul Constanța | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| Grasshopper | 5–4 | Apollon Limassol | 2–1 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) |
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches
Play-off round
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 2016–17 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The draw was held on 5 August 2016.[9][18] Teams were pre-assigned numbers 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.
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- † Winners of the third qualifying round.
- CL Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Astana | 4–2 | BATE Borisov | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Arouca | 1–3 | Olympiacos | 0–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Midtjylland | 0–3 | Osmanlıspor | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Trenčín | 2–4 | Rapid Wien | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2–4 | Genk | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| AEK Larnaca | 0–4 | Slovan Liberec | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–5 | PAOK | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Austria Wien | 4–2 | Rosenborg | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1–2 | Saint-Étienne | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Vojvodina | 0–3 | AZ | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Gabala | 3–2[a] | Maribor | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Slavia Prague | 0–6 | Anderlecht | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2–1 | West Ham United | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 5–0 | Grasshopper | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 4–1[a] | Brøndby | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Krasnodar | 4–0 | Partizani | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Gent | 6–1 | Shkëndija | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | 1–4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| SønderjyskE | 2–3 | Sparta Prague | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Sassuolo | 4–1 | Red Star Belgrade | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| IFK Göteborg | 1–3 | Qarabağ | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–3 (4–3 p) | Hajduk Split | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches
Statistics
There were 626 goals scored in 263 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.[19]
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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| 1 | Teemu Pukki |
Brøndby |
6 | 613 |
| Mirko Marić |
Lokomotiva Zagreb |
6 | 661 | |
| Ivan Tričkovski |
AEK Larnaca |
6 | 695 | |
| 4 |  Kalifa Coulibaly |
Gent |
5 | 255 |
| Domenico Berardi |
Sassuolo |
5 | 303 | |
 Theo Lewis Weeks |
Gabala |
5 | 695 |
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Top assists
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
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| 1 | Andrew Hjulsager |
Brøndby |
5 | 700 |
| 2 | Haris Medunjanin |
Maccabi Tel Aviv |
4 | 728 |
| Rasmus Nissen |
Midtjylland |
4 | 750 |
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