2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase

The qualifying phase of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League were played from 2 July to 8 August, to define 29 entrants in the competition's play-off round, who would then in turn compete for a place in the group stage.[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
First qualifying round	24 June 2013, 13:00 & 14:30[3]	4 July 2013	11 July 2013
Second qualifying round	24 June 2013, 13:00 & 14:30[3]	18 July 2013	25 July 2013
Third qualifying round	19 July 2013, 13:00[4]	1 August 2013	8 August 2013

Matches may 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. 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 randomly. 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 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]

Teams

A total of 133 teams were involved in the first three qualifying rounds, 29 of which advanced to the play-off round.

Below were the participating teams (with their 2013 UEFA club coefficients),[5] grouped by their starting rounds.[6]

Key to colours
Winners of the play-off round (and lucky losers) advanced to the group stage

Third qualifying round
Team	Coeff
Stuttgart	59.922
Sevilla	55.105
Udinese	42.829
Club Brugge	36.880
Saint-Étienne	26.800
Zürich	16.785
Swansea City	16.592
Bursaspor	14.900
Rapid Wien	13.075
Metalurh Donetsk	12.451
Estoril	11.833
Vitesse	9.945
Kuban Krasnodar	9.266
Asteras Tripolis	7.800
Randers	7.140
Motherwell	7.038
Jablonec	6.745
Hapoel Ramat Gan	4.575

Second qualifying round
Team	Coeff
Rubin Kazan	58.266
Standard Liège	45.880
Hapoel Tel Aviv	29.575
Sparta Prague	29.245
Lech Poznań	23.650
Trabzonspor	21.400
AaB	19.640
Anorthosis	17.366
Utrecht	13.945
Maccabi Haifa	13.575
Sturm Graz	11.575
Omonia	10.366
Chornomorets Odesa	9.951
Debrecen	9.850
Hajduk Split	8.916
Red Star Belgrade	8.425
Slovan Liberec	7.745
Thun	7.285
Śląsk Wrocław	7.150
Xanthi	6.800
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	5.175
IFK Göteborg	5.125
Rijeka	4.916
Minsk	4.675
Petrolul Ploiești	4.604
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	4.604
Senica	4.341
Piast Gliwice	4.150
Häcken	4.125
Hibernian	4.038
Lokomotiva	3.916
Strømsgodset	3.835
Honka	3.701
Olimpija Ljubljana	3.691
St Johnstone	3.538
Beroe Stara Zagora	3.450
Dila Gori	3.333
Široki Brijeg	3.316
Jagodina	3.175
Trenčín	2.841
Hødd	2.835
Derry City	2.475

First qualifying round
Team	Coeff
Rosenborg	16.835
Žilina	15.841
Levski Sofia	11.950
Videoton	7.850
Ventspils	6.658
Tromsø^[**]	6.335
Aktobe	6.191
Dinamo Minsk	6.175
St Patrick's Athletic	5.975
Qarabağ	5.708
Vojvodina	5.425
Malmö FF	5.125
Sarajevo	5.066
Astra Giurgiu	4.604
KR	4.583
F91 Dudelange	4.425
Inter Turku	4.201
Dacia Chişinău	4.033
Levadia Tallinn	3.941
Linfield	3.866
Honvéd	3.850
Valletta	3.791
Differdange 03	3.675
Liepājas Metalurgs	3.658
Gefle	3.625
Pyunik	3.600
Zrinjski Mostar	3.566
Inter Baku	3.458
Skonto	3.408
Sūduva Marijampolė	3.300
Vaduz	3.200
Flora Tallinn	3.191
Khazar Lankaran	2.958
HB	2.816
Rudar Pljevlja	2.800
TPS	2.701
Breiðablik	2.583
Botev Plovdiv	2.450
Domžale	2.441
Glentoran	2.366
Metalurg Skopje	2.300
Milsami Orhei	2.283
Celje	2.191
Torpedo Kutaisi	2.083
Teteks	2.050
Irtysh Pavlodar	1.941
Jeunesse Esch	1.925
Crusaders	1.866
FC Santa Coloma	1.850
Chikhura Sachkhere	1.833
Žalgiris Vilnius	1.800
Mariehamn	1.701
Mika	1.600
ÍBV	1.583
Čelik Nikšić	1.550
Hibernians	1.541
Sliema Wanderers	1.541
Tiraspol	1.533
Drogheda United	1.475
Narva Trans	1.441
Gandzasar	1.350
Kruoja Pakruojis	1.300
Astana	1.191
Teuta	1.083
Laçi	1.083
Víkingur Gøta	1.066
Mladost Podgorica	1.050
Turnovo	1.050
UE Santa Coloma	0.850
Kukësi	0.833
ÍF	0.566
Prestatyn Town	0.516
Airbus UK Broughton	0.516
Bala Town	0.516
La Fiorita	0.383
Libertas	0.383

Notes

^* On 25 June 2013, Fenerbahçe were banned by UEFA from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[7][8] They appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 18 July 2013 it was ruled that the ban should be temporarily lifted and they should be included in the qualifying round draws of the Champions League, until the final decision to be made before the end of August 2013.[9][10][11] Fenerbahçe competed in the Champions League qualifying rounds and lost in the play-off round. On 28 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban, meaning Fenerbahçe were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.[12][13] A draw was held on 30 August 2013, 09:00, in Monaco, to select a team to replace Fenerbahçe in the Europa League group stage among the teams eliminated in the play-off round,[14] and was won by APOEL.[15]
^** On 25 June 2013, Beşiktaş were banned by UEFA from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[7][8] They appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 18 July 2013 it was ruled that the ban should be temporarily lifted and they should be included in the qualifying round draws of the Europa League, until the final decision to be made before the end of August 2013.[9] Beşiktaş competed in the Europa League play-off round and won. On 30 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban, meaning Beşiktaş were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.[16] UEFA decided to replace Beşiktaş in the Europa League group stage with Tromsø, who were eliminated by Beşiktaş in the play-off round.[17]
^*** On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[18] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.[19] Thus, Maccabi Tel Aviv, the opponent of PAOK in the Europa League play-off round, qualified directly for the Europa League group stage. PAOK also qualified for the Europa League group stage after losing in the Champions League play-off round.

First qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 76 teams played in the first qualifying round.[20] The draw was held on 24 June 2013.[21]

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Ventspils St Patrick's Athletic KR Inter Turku Gefle	Glentoran Žalgiris Vilnius Narva Trans Víkingur Gøta Airbus UK Broughton	Videoton Qarabağ F91 Dudelange Vaduz Flora Tallinn	Metalurg Skopje Milsami Orhei Chikhura Sachkhere Mladost Podgorica Kukësi	Levski Sofia Sarajevo Dacia Chişinău Pyunik Khazar Lankaran	Teteks Irtysh Pavlodar Sliema Wanderers Teuta Libertas	Botev Plovdiv^[‡] Vojvodina Astra Giurgiu Zrinjski Mostar Rudar Pljevlja	Domžale Mika Hibernians Astana UE Santa Coloma
Group 5		Group 6		Group 7
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Tromsø Malmö FF Linfield Liepājas Metalurgs Inter Baku Breiðablik	Celje FC Santa Coloma Mariehamn Drogheda United ÍF Prestatyn Town	Rosenborg Dinamo Minsk Levadia Tallinn Skonto HB TPS	Jeunesse Esch Crusaders ÍBV Tiraspol Kruoja Pakruojis Bala Town	Žilina Aktobe Honvéd Valletta Differdange 03 Sūduva Marijampolė	Torpedo Kutaisi Čelik Nikšić Gandzasar Laçi Turnovo La Fiorita

Notes

^‡ Bulgaria's third entrant in the Europa League was unconfirmed at the time of the draws for the first and second qualifying rounds. For these draws, UEFA used the coefficient of CSKA Sofia (8.450), the original entrant. After the draw, it was confirmed that the berth was given to Botev Plovdiv.

Matches

The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 July, and the second legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July 2013.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Víkingur Gøta	2–1	Inter Turku	1–1	1–0
Žalgiris Vilnius	4–3	St Patrick's Athletic	2–2	2–1
Airbus UK Broughton	1–1 (a)	Ventspils	1–1	0–0
Narva Trans	1–8	Gefle	0–3	1–5
KR	3–0	Glentoran	0–0	3–0
Chikhura Sachkhere	1–1 (a)	Vaduz	0–0	1–1
Milsami Orhei	1–0	F91 Dudelange	1–0	0–0
Metalurg Skopje	0–2	Qarabağ	0–1	0–1
Videoton	2–2 (a)^[A]	Mladost Podgorica	2–1	0–1
Flora Tallinn	1–1 (a)	Kukësi	1–1	0–0
Teteks	1–2	Pyunik	1–1	0–1
Teuta	3–3 (a)	Dacia Chişinău	3–1	0–2
Sarajevo	3–1^[A]	Libertas	1–0	2–1
Sliema Wanderers	1–2	Khazar Lankaran	1–1	0–1
Levski Sofia	0–2	Irtysh Pavlodar	0–0	0–2
Hibernians	3–7	Vojvodina	1–4	2–3
Astana	0–6	Botev Plovdiv	0–1	0–5
UE Santa Coloma	1–4	Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	0–1
Domžale	0–3	Astra Giurgiu	0–1	0–2
Rudar Pljevlja	2–1	Mika	1–0	1–1
Breiðablik	4–0^[A]	FC Santa Coloma	4–0	0–0
Drogheda United	0–2	Malmö FF	0–0	0–2
Inter Baku	3–1^[A]	Mariehamn	1–1	2–0
ÍF	0–5	Linfield	0–2	0–3
Prestatyn Town	3–3 (4–3 p)	Liepājas Metalurgs	1–2	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Tromsø	3–2^[A]	Celje	1–2	2–0
Tiraspol	1–1 (2–4 p)	Skonto	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Crusaders	3–9	Rosenborg	1–2	2–7
ÍBV	2–1	HB	1–1	1–0
Jeunesse Esch	3–2	TPS	2–0	1–2
Bala Town	2–3	Levadia Tallinn	1–0	1–3
Kruoja Pakruojis	0–8	Dinamo Minsk	0–3	0–5
La Fiorita	0–4	Valletta	0–3	0–1
Laçi	1–3	Differdange 03	0–1	1–2
Gandzasar	2–4	Aktobe	1–2	1–2
Čelik Nikšić	1–13	Honvéd	1–4	0–9
Torpedo Kutaisi	3–6	Žilina	0–3	3–3
Sūduva Marijampolė	4–4 (4–5 p)^[A]	Turnovo	2–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)

Notes

^ ^{a b c d e f}
Order of legs reversed after original draw.

First leg

2 July 2013

17:45

Metalurg Skopje	0–1	Qarabağ
	Report	Reynaldo 64'

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 425[22]

Referee: Lars Christoffersen (Denmark)

2 July 2013