2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 18 August and ended on 1 October 2020.[1]

A total of 178 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 35 teams in Champions Path and 143 teams in Main Path. The 21 winners in the play-off round (8 from Champions Path, 13 from Main Path) advanced to the group stage, to join the 18 teams that enter in the group stage, the 6 losers of the Champions League play-off round (4 from Champions Path, 2 from League Path), and the 3 League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.[2]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Teams

Champions Path
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Champions Path)

The Champions Path includes all league champions which are eliminated from the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Champions League, and consists of the following rounds:

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2020 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
Dinamo Zagreb[Q3] 33.500
Ludogorets Razgrad[Q2 Bye] 26.000
Young Boys[Q3] 25.500
Red Star Belgrade[Q3] 22.750
Qarabağ[Q3] 21.000
Dynamo Brest[Q3] 3.775
Tirana[Q2 Bye] 1.475
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Celtic[Q2] 34.000
Legia Warsaw[Q2] 17.000
Sheriff Tiraspol[Q2] 12.750
CFR Cluj[Q2] 12.500
Sūduva[Q2] 6.750
Sarajevo[Q2] 4.750
KÍ[Q2] 2.750
Celje[Q2] 2.600
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Astana[Q1] 29.000
Dundalk[Q1] 8.500
Slovan Bratislava[Q1] 7.000
Dinamo Tbilisi[Q1] 4.750
Fola Esch[Q1] 4.750
Djurgårdens IF[Q1] 4.550
Linfield[Q1] 4.250
Budućnost Podgorica[Q1] 4.250
Flora[Q1] 4.000
Riga[Q1] 3.500
Connah's Quay Nomads[Q1] 3.250
Europa[Q1] 2.750
Ararat-Armenia[Q1] 2.500
KuPS[Q1] 2.500
KR[Q1] 2.500
Tre Fiori[PR SF] 1.500
Drita[PR F] 1.500
Sileks[Q1] 1.475
Floriana[Q1] 1.150
Inter Club d'Escaldes[PR SF] 0.566
Notes
  1. Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. Q2 Bye Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path), determined by a draw held on 31 August 2020 after the Europa League second qualifying round draw,[4] which received a bye to the Europa League play-off round.
  3. Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  4. Q1 Losers of Champions League first qualifying round.
  5. PR F Losers of Champions League preliminary round final.
  6. PR SF Losers of Champions League preliminary round semi-finals.

Main Path
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

The Main Path includes all cup winners and league non-champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:

  • Preliminary round (16 teams): 16 teams which enter in this round.
  • First qualifying round (94 teams): 86 teams which enter in this round, and 8 winners of the preliminary round.
  • Second qualifying round (72 teams): 25 teams which enter in this round, and 47 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (52 teams): 16 teams which enter in this round (including 3 League Path losers of the Champions League second qualifying round), and 36 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (26 teams): 26 winners of the third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams of the Main Path (with their 2020 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Beşiktaş[CL] 54.000
Sporting CP 50.000
PSV Eindhoven 37.000
Viktoria Plzeň[CL] 34.000
AEK Athens 16.500
LASK 14.000
Rostov 12.000
Rijeka 11.000
Charleroi 7.580
Desna Chernihiv 7.220
Alanyaspor 6.720
SønderjyskE 5.850
Anorthosis 5.350
St. Gallen 5.280
Vojvodina 5.100
Lokomotiva[CL] 4.975
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Tottenham Hotspur 85.000
Basel 58.500
Copenhagen 42.000
VfL Wolfsburg 36.000
BATE Borisov 24.000
Galatasaray 23.500
Standard Liège 20.500
Granada 20.456
Milan 19.000
Rangers 16.250
Reims 11.849
Rio Ave 9.889
Dynamo Moscow 9.109
Slovan Liberec 8.000
Hajduk Split 7.500
Kolos Kovalivka 7.220
Willem II 7.150
Jablonec 7.000
Hartberg 6.585
Aris 5.260
OFI 5.260
Osijek 4.975
IFK Göteborg 4.550
Viking 4.350
Kaisar 3.850
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
APOEL 27.500
Malmö FF 22.000
Partizan 22.000
FCSB 20.500
Maribor 14.000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 14.000
Rosenborg 13.500
Apollon Limassol 12.500
Fehérvár 10.500
Shkëndija 7.250
The New Saints 7.000
Dinamo Minsk 7.000
Lech Poznań 7.000
Aberdeen 6.500
Zrinjski Mostar 6.250
Alashkert 6.000
Kairat 6.000
Žalgiris 6.000
AGF 5.850
Motherwell 5.575
Vaduz 5.500
Kukësi 5.500
Servette 5.280
Valletta 5.250
Ventspils 5.250
Olimpija 5.250
TSC Bačka Topola 5.100
Universitatea Craiova 5.000
Nõmme Kalju 5.000
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4.750
Hammarby IF 4.550
FH 4.500
Bodø/Glimt 4.350
Progrès Niederkorn 4.250
Riteriai 4.250
CSKA Sofia 4.000
Sutjeska Nikšić 4.000
Honvéd 4.000
Maccabi Haifa 3.925
Beitar Jerusalem 3.925
Ordabasy 3.850
Neftçi 3.750
Shamrock Rovers 3.750
Keşla 3.750
Sumgayit 3.750
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3.475
Slavia Sofia 3.475
Botoșani 3.340
Piast Gliwice 3.325
Cracovia 3.325
FCI Levadia 3.250
Hibernians 3.250
DAC Dunajská Streda 3.175
Ružomberok 3.175
Žilina 3.175
Željezničar 3.000
Laçi 2.750
Mura 2.600
Puskás Akadémia 2.575
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2.000
Shkupi 2.000
Petrocub Hîncești 2.000
Differdange 03 1.600
Union Titus Pétange 1.600
Kauno Žalgiris 1.575
RFS 1.525
Shirak 1.525
Valmiera 1.525
Noah 1.525
Renova 1.475
Teuta 1.475
Borac Banja Luka 1.375
Sfântul Gheorghe 1.350
Dinamo-Auto 1.350
Derry City 1.340
Bohemians 1.340
Inter Turku 1.300
Ilves 1.300
Honka 1.300
Breiðablik 1.250
Bala Town 1.250
Dinamo Batumi 1.150
Sirens 1.150
Locomotive Tbilisi 1.150
Víkingur Reykjavík 1.075
Paide Linnameeskond 0.875
Preliminary round
Team Coeff.[3]
Lincoln Red Imps 5.250
FC Santa Coloma 4.500
B36 Tórshavn 3.750
La Fiorita 3.000
Tre Penne 2.250
NSÍ Runavík 2.250
HB Tórshavn 2.000
Engordany 2.000
St Joseph's 1.750
Prishtina 1.750
Zeta 1.250
Coleraine 1.250
Barry Town United 1.000
Glentoran 0.975
Iskra Danilovgrad 0.875
Gjilani 0.800
Notes
  1. CL Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

Format

In a change to the format as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, each tie is played as a single-legged match hosted by one of the teams decided by draw.[1][5] If scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the scores remain tied.

In each draw of the Champions Path, teams (whose identity may not be known at the time of the draws) are divided into seeded and unseeded pots, which may contain different numbers of teams, based on the following principles:

  • In the second qualifying round draw, 17 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round are seeded, and the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round are unseeded.
  • In the third qualifying round draw, the eight losers of the Champions League second qualifying round are seeded and the ten winners of the second qualifying round are unseeded.
  • In the play-off round draw, the five losers of the Champions League third qualifying round are seeded; the remaining two losers of the Champions League second qualifying round and the nine winners of the third qualifying round are unseeded.

In the beginning of the draws, a seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team until one of the pots is empty. Afterwards, the remaining teams from the non-empty pot are drawn against each other. For each tie, a draw is made between the two teams, and the first team drawn is the home team.

In each draw of the Main Path, teams are seeded based on their 2020 UEFA club coefficients. For any team whose club coefficients are not final at the time of a draw, their club coefficients at that time, taking into account of all 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches played up to that point, are used (Regulations Article 13.03). Teams are divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams, and a seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team. For each tie, a draw is made between the two teams, and the first team drawn is the home team. If the identity of the winners of the previous round is not known at the time of the draws, the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient is to advance, it simply takes the seeding of its opponent. Teams from the same association or associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee and based on geographical, logistical and political reasons, and they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all qualifying matches are played behind closed doors.[6] The following special rules are applicable to the qualifying phase and play-offs:[7]

  • Prior to each draw, UEFA publish the list of known travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. All teams must inform UEFA if there are other existing restrictions other than those published. If a team fails to do so which as a consequence the match cannot take place, the team is considered responsible and to have forfeited the match.
  • If travel restrictions imposed by the home team's country prevent the away team from entering, the home team must propose an alternative venue that allows the match to take place without any restrictions. Otherwise they are considered to have forfeited the match.
  • If travel restrictions imposed by the away team's country prevent the away team from leaving or returning, the home team must propose an alternative venue that allows the match to take place without any restrictions. Otherwise UEFA decide on a venue.
  • If after the draw, new restrictions imposed by either the home team's or away team's country prevent the match from taking place, the team of that country are considered to have forfeited the match.
  • If either team refuses to play the match, they are considered to have forfeited the match. If both teams refuse to play or are responsible for a match not taking place, both teams are disqualified.
  • If a team has players and/or officials tested positive for SARS-2 coronavirus preventing them from playing the match before the deadline set by UEFA, they are considered to have forfeited the match.
  • In all cases, the two teams may agree to play the match at the away team's country or at a neutral country, subject to UEFA's approval. UEFA has the final authority to decide on a venue for any match, or to reschedule any match if necessary.
  • If, for any reason, the qualifying phase and play-offs cannot be completed before the deadline set by UEFA, UEFA decide on the principles for determining the teams qualified for the group stage.

Four countries (Poland, Hungary, Greece and Cyprus) have provided neutral venue hubs which allow matches to be played at their stadiums without restrictions.[8]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[9] The tournament would originally have started in June 2020, but had been delayed to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[10] The new schedule was announced by the UEFA Executive Committee on 17 June 2020.[1]

Round Draw date Match date
Preliminary round 9 August 2020 20 August 2020
First qualifying round 10 August 2020 27 August 2020
Second qualifying round 31 August 2020 17 September 2020
Third qualifying round 1 September 2020 24 September 2020
Play-off round 18 September 2020 1 October 2020

The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows (all draws held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

Original schedule
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 9 June 2020 25 June 2020 2 July 2020
First qualifying round 16 June 2020 9 July 2020 16 July 2020
Second qualifying round 17 June 2020 23 July 2020 30 July 2020
Third qualifying round 20 July 2020 6 August 2020 13 August 2020
Play-off round 3 August 2020 20 August 2020 27 August 2020

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 9 August 2020, 13:00 CEST.[11]

Seeding

A total of 16 teams played in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2020 UEFA club coefficients.[3] The first team drawn in each tie were the home team. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Summary

The matches were played on 18, 20 and 21 August 2020. The match between Lincoln Red Imps and Prishtina on 18 August was postponed due to the whole Prishtina team being put into quarantine after eight players had tested positive for SARS-2 coronavirus. The game was rescheduled to 22nd August, with Prishtina using UEFA regulations to sign on emergency loan players from rival Kosovar Superleague clubs Feronikel, Llapi, Trepca '89, Flamurtar, Ballkani, Drenica and Vushtrria in order to fulfil the fixture.[12] However the rearranged fixture also had to be cancelled after 7 more players tested positive for coronavirus, and Lincoln Red Imps were awarded a technical 3–0 win by UEFA.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Tre Penne 1–3 Gjilani
Lincoln Red Imps 3–0
(awd.)[note 1]		 Prishtina
FC Santa Coloma 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Iskra Danilovgrad
Engordany 1–3 Zeta
Glentoran 1–0 HB Tórshavn
St Joseph's 1–2 B36 Tórshavn
Coleraine 1–0 La Fiorita
NSÍ Runavík 5–1 Barry Town United

    Matches
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League preliminary round matches

    First qualifying round

    The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 10 August 2020, 13:00 CEST.[18]

    Seeding

    A total of 94 teams played in the first qualifying round: 86 teams which entered in this round, and 8 winners of the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2020 UEFA club coefficients from matches played through 8 August 2020.[3] For the winners of the preliminary round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–13 with six teams and one for Groups 14–15 with eight teams.

    Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Group 11 Group 12 Group 13 Group 14 Group 15
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Notes
    1. † Winners of the preliminary round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
    2. ‡ Club coefficients from matches played through 8 August 2020 (AGF: 5.800, Servette: 5.240) were used for the first qualifying round draw, as their 2020 club coefficients were not final at the time of the first qualifying round draw (Regulations Article 13.03).[2]

    Summary

    Most matches were played on 25, 26 and 27 August 2020, however two matches were postponed to 9 and 10 September 2020.

    Team 1  Score  Team 2
    Maribor 1–1 (a.e.t.)
    (4–5 p)    		 Coleraine
    Olimpija 2–1 (a.e.t.) Víkingur Reykjavík
    B36 Tórshavn 4–3 (a.e.t.) FCI Levadia
    Riteriai 3–2 (a.e.t.) Derry City
    Žalgiris 2–0 Paide Linnameeskond
    Honvéd 2–1 (a.e.t.) Inter Turku
    Zrinjski Mostar 3–0 Differdange 03
    Valletta 0–1 Bala Town
    Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 Union Titus Pétange
    Rosenborg 4–2 Breiðablik
    Aberdeen 6–0 NSÍ Runavík
    Motherwell 5–1 Glentoran
    Hammarby IF 3–0 Puskás Akadémia
    Malmö FF 2–0 Cracovia
    Kukësi 2–1 Slavia Sofia
    Ventspils 2–1 Dinamo-Auto
    Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–0 (a.e.t.)
    (1–4 p)    		 Sfântul Gheorghe
    Dinamo Minsk 0–2 Piast Gliwice
    AGF 5–2 Honka
    Shamrock Rovers 2–2 (a.e.t.)
    (12–11 p)    		 Ilves
    FH 0–2 DAC Dunajská Streda
    The New Saints 3–1 (a.e.t.) Žilina
    Vaduz 0–2 Hibernians
    Servette 3–0 Ružomberok
    Neftçi 2–1 Shkupi
    Keşla 0–0 (a.e.t.)
    (4–5 p)    		 Laçi
    Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–0 Dinamo Batumi
    Nõmme Kalju 0–4 Mura
    Bodø/Glimt 6–1 Kauno Žalgiris
    Fehérvár 1–1 (a.e.t.)
    (4–2 p)    		 Bohemians
    Apollon Limassol 5–1 Saburtalo Tbilisi
    Maccabi Haifa 3–1 Željezničar
    Alashkert 0–1 Renova
    Partizan 1–0 RFS
    Lech Poznań 3–0 Valmiera
    Ordabasy 1–2 Botoșani
    FCSB 3–0 Shirak
    Progrès Niederkorn 3–0 Zeta
    CSKA Sofia 2–1 Sirens
    Petrocub Hîncești 0–2 TSC Bačka Topola
    Sumgayit 0–2 Shkëndija
    Kairat 4–1 Noah
    Locomotive Tbilisi 2–1 Universitatea Craiova
    Teuta 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem
    Borac Banja Luka 1–0 Sutjeska Nikšić
    Iskra Danilovgrad 0–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
    Gjilani 0–2 (a.e.t.) APOEL

    Matches
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round matches

    Second qualifying round

    The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 31 August 2020, 13:00 CEST.[4]

    Seeding

    A total of 92 teams played in the second qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

    Seeding of teams in the Champions Path was based on the round they are eliminated from the Champions League. Seeding of teams in the Main Path was based on their 2020 UEFA club coefficients.[3] For the winners of the two postponed first round matches, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team in the Main Path by UEFA, with the draw held in one run for all Groups 1–12 with six teams.

    Champions Path
    Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Notes
    1. † Losers of the Champions League first qualifying round.
    2. ‡ Losers of the Champions League preliminary round.
    Main Path
    Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Notes
    1. † Winners of the first qualifying round.
    2. ‡ Winners of postponed first qualifying round matches, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

    Summary

    The matches were played on 16, 17 and 18 September 2020.

    Team 1  Score  Team 2
    Champions Path
    Inter Club d'Escaldes 0–1 Dundalk
    KuPS 1–1 (a.e.t.)
    (4–3 p)    		 Slovan Bratislava
    Linfield 0–1 Floriana
    Riga 1–0 Tre Fiori
    Djurgårdens IF 2–1 Europa
    Flora 2–1 KR
    Sileks 0–2 Drita
    Astana 0–1 Budućnost Podgorica
    Ararat-Armenia 4–3 (a.e.t.) Fola Esch
    Connah's Quay Nomads 0–1 Dinamo Tbilisi
    Team 1  Score  Team 2
    Main Path
    Hammarby IF 0–3 Lech Poznań
    Kaisar 1–4 APOEL
    Mura 3–0 AGF
    Maccabi Haifa 2–1 Kairat
    Locomotive Tbilisi 2–1 Dynamo Moscow
    Neftçi 1–3 Galatasaray
    B36 Tórshavn 2–2 (a.e.t.)
    (5–4 p)    		 The New Saints
    Coleraine 2–2 (a.e.t.)
    (0–3 p)    		 Motherwell
    IFK Göteborg 1–2 Copenhagen
    TSC Bačka Topola 6–6 (a.e.t.)
    (4–5 p)    		 FCSB
    Teuta 0–4 Granada
    OFI 0–1 Apollon Limassol
    Progrès Niederkorn 0–5 Willem II
    Viking 0–2 Aberdeen
    Standard Liège 2–0[upper-alpha 1] Bala Town
    Sfântul Gheorghe 0–1 (a.e.t.) Partizan
    CSKA Sofia 2–0 BATE Borisov
    Botoșani 0–1 Shkëndija
    Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur
    Laçi 1–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
    Aris 1–2 Kolos Kovalivka
    Honvéd 0–2 Malmö FF
    Ventspils 1–5 Rosenborg
    Riteriai 1–5 Slovan Liberec
    Lincoln Red Imps 0–5 Rangers
    Servette 0–1 Reims
    Borac Banja Luka 0–2 Rio Ave
    Renova 0–1 Hajduk Split
    Olimpija 2–3 (a.e.t.) Zrinjski Mostar
    Kukësi 0–4 VfL Wolfsburg
    DAC Dunajská Streda 5–3 (a.e.t.) Jablonec
    Piast Gliwice 3–2 Hartberg
    Osijek 1–2 Basel
    Shamrock Rovers 0–2 Milan
    Hibernians 0–1 Fehérvár
    Bodø/Glimt 3–1 Žalgiris

    Notes

    1. Bala Town were drawn as the home team in the original draw, but the tie was switched to a home match of Standard Liège due to the inability of Bala Town to secure a suitable venue.[19]

    Champions Path
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round Champions Path matches

    Main Path
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round Main Path matches

    Third qualifying round

    The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 1 September 2020, 13:00 CEST.[20]

    Seeding

    A total of 70 teams played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

    Seeding of teams in the Champions Path was based on the round they are eliminated from the Champions League. Seeding of teams in the Main Path was based on their 2020 UEFA club coefficients.[3] For the winners of the second qualifying round (Main Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–6 with six teams and one for Groups 7–8 with eight teams.

    Champions Path
    Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Notes
    1. † Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
    2. ‡ Winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw.
    Main Path
    Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Notes
    1. † Winners of the second qualifying round (Main Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
    2. ‡ Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

    Summary

    The matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2020.

    Team 1  Score  Team 2
    Champions Path
    Tirana Bye N/A
    Ludogorets Razgrad Bye N/A
    Sarajevo 2–1 Budućnost Podgorica
    Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 (a.e.t.)
    (3–5 p)    		 Dundalk
    Ararat-Armenia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Celje
    Riga 0–1 Celtic
    KuPS 2–0 Sūduva
    Legia Warsaw 2–0 Drita
    KÍ 6–1 Dinamo Tbilisi
    Djurgårdens IF 0–1 CFR Cluj
    Floriana 0–0 (a.e.t.)
    (2–4 p)    		 Flora
    Team 1  Score  Team 2
    Main Path
    Mura 1–5 PSV Eindhoven
    Malmö FF 5–0 Lokomotiva
    Sporting CP 1–0 Aberdeen
    Charleroi 2–1 (a.e.t.) Partizan
    Rosenborg 1–0 Alanyaspor
    VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Desna Chernihiv
    Fehérvár 0–0 (a.e.t.)
    (4–1 p)    		 Reims
    Granada 2–0 Locomotive Tbilisi
    Rijeka 2–0 (a.e.t.) Kolos Kovalivka
    St. Gallen 0–1 AEK Athens
    LASK 7–0 DAC Dunajská Streda
    Milan 3–2 Bodø/Glimt
    Shkëndija 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur
    Standard Liège 2–1 (a.e.t.) Vojvodina
    Rostov 1–2 Maccabi Haifa
    Willem II 0–4 Rangers
    Apollon Limassol 0–5 Lech Poznań
    Beşiktaş 1–1 (a.e.t.)
    (2–4 p)    		 Rio Ave
    FCSB 0–2 Slovan Liberec
    Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–0 Motherwell
    Copenhagen 3–0 Piast Gliwice
    Basel 3–2 Anorthosis
    Galatasaray 2–0 Hajduk Split
    Viktoria Plzeň 3–0 SønderjyskE
    APOEL 2–2 (a.e.t.)
    (4–2 p)    		 Zrinjski Mostar
    CSKA Sofia 3–1 B36 Tórshavn

    Champions Path
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round Champions Path matches

    Main Path
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round Main Path matches

    Play-off round

    The draw for the play-off round was held on 18 September 2020, 14:00 CEST.[21]

    Seeding

    A total of 42 teams played in the play-off round. They were divided into two paths:

    Seeding of teams in the Champions Path was based on the round they are eliminated from the Champions League. Seeding of teams in the Main Path was based on their 2020 UEFA club coefficients.[3] For the winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–3 with six teams and one for Group 4 with eight teams.

    Champions Path
    Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Notes
    1. † Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
    2. ‡ Winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw.
    3. Bye Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path) which received a bye to the Europa League play-off round.
    Main Path
    Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
    Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
    Notes
    1. † Winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

    Summary

    The matches were played on 1 October 2020.

    Team 1  Score  Team 2
    Champions Path
    Young Boys 3–0 Tirana
    Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 Flora
    CFR Cluj 3–1 KuPS
    Ararat-Armenia 1–2 Red Star Belgrade
    Dynamo Brest 0–2 Ludogorets Razgrad
    Sarajevo 0–1 Celtic
    Legia Warsaw 0–3 Qarabağ
    Dundalk 3–1 KÍ
    Team 1  Score  Team 2
    Main Path
    Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0 Viktoria Plzeň
    Basel 1–3 CSKA Sofia
    Rio Ave 2–2 (a.e.t.)
    (8–9 p)    		 Milan
    Rosenborg 0–2 PSV Eindhoven
    Sporting CP 1–4 LASK
    Copenhagen 0–1 Rijeka
    AEK Athens 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg
    Charleroi 1–2 Lech Poznań
    Malmö FF 1–3 Granada
    Tottenham Hotspur 7–2 Maccabi Haifa
    Slovan Liberec 1–0 APOEL
    Standard Liège 3–1 Fehérvár
    Rangers 2–1 Galatasaray

    Champions Path
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League play-off round Champions Path matches

    Main Path
    Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League play-off round Main Path matches

    Notes
    1. The Lincoln Red Imps v Prishtina match, originally scheduled to be played on 18 August 2020, was postponed to 22 August 2020 due to several members from Prishtina's delegation testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the Gibraltarian authorities.[13] On 22 August, the match could not be played due to eight players from Prishtina testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole second team being put into quarantine by the Gibraltarian authorities.[14][15] Lincoln Red Imps were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by UEFA according to the regulations related to COVID-19.[16][17]

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