2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 29 June and ended on 24 August 2017.[1] A total of 156 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[2]

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the qualifying phase and play-off round was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Round Draw First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 19 June 2017 29 June 2017 6 July 2017
Second qualifying round 13 July 2017 20 July 2017
Third qualifying round 14 July 2017 27 July 2017 3 August 2017
Play-off round 4 August 2017 17 August 2017 24 August 2017

Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Format

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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 30 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.[2]

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 were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association (or associations with political conflicts) were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

Teams

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A total of 156 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, including the 15 losers of the third qualifying round (10 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) which entered the play-off round. The 22 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 16 teams which entered in the group stage and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).[2]

Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients),[3][4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv[CL-LR] 67.526
Netherlands Ajax[CL-LR] 67.212
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň[CL-LR] 40.635
Austria Red Bull Salzburg[CL-CR] 40.570
Belgium Club Brugge[CL-LR] 39.480
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad[CL-CR] 34.175
Belarus BATE Borisov[CL-CR] 29.475
Poland Legia Warsaw[CL-CR] 28.450
Serbia Partizan[CL-CR] 16.075
Norway Rosenborg[CL-CR] 12.665
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[CL-CR] 11.150
Greece AEK Athens[CL-LR] 6.580
Iceland FH[CL-CR] 6.175
Romania Viitorul Constanța[CL-CR] 5.870
North Macedonia Vardar[CL-CR] 5.125
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 87.106
Spain Athletic Bilbao 60.999
Turkey Fenerbahçe 51.840
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 48.135
Italy Milan 47.666
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 46.212
Portugal Braga 37.366
Belgium Gent 35.480
Greece PAOK 35.080
Russia Krasnodar 32.106
France Bordeaux 29.333
England Everton 29.192
France Marseille 28.333
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 26.050
Germany SC Freiburg 20.899
Austria Austria Wien 17.070
Greece Panathinaikos 15.080
Portugal Marítimo 14.866
Switzerland Sion 14.415
Ukraine Oleksandriya 9.526
Ukraine Olimpik Donetsk 8.526
Belgium Oostende 8.480
Romania Dinamo București 6.370
Romania Universitatea Craiova 4.870
Poland Arka Gdynia 3.950
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Turkey Galatasaray 58.840
Romania Astra Giurgiu 17.870
Croatia Hajduk Split 11.550
Cyprus Apollon Limassol 10.710
Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 10.135
Switzerland Luzern 9.415
Denmark Brøndby 8.800
Azerbaijan Gabala 7.800
Scotland Aberdeen 6.785
Netherlands Utrecht 6.712
Austria Sturm Graz 6.570
Greece Panionios 5.580
Israel Bnei Yehuda 4.875
Belarus Dynamo Brest 3.975
Sweden Östersunds FK 3.945
Norway Brann 3.665
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 23.375
Denmark Midtjylland 16.300
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 10.975
Poland Lech Poznań 10.950
Finland HJK 10.530
Sweden AIK 9.945
Serbia Vojvodina 9.075
Hungary Videoton 8.650
Cyprus AEL Limassol 8.210
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 7.475
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 7.350
Serbia Red Star Belgrade 7.325
Slovakia Trenčín 6.850
Albania Skënderbeu 6.825
Austria Rheindorf Altach 6.570
Scotland St Johnstone 6.535
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 6.210
Azerbaijan Inter Baku 6.050
Israel Beitar Jerusalem 5.875
Latvia Ventspils 5.725
Norway Odd 5.665
Kazakhstan Kairat 5.550
Croatia Osijek 5.550
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 5.300
Iceland KR 5.175
Sweden IFK Norrköping 4.945
Moldova Milsami Orhei 4.900
Denmark Lyngby 4.800
Estonia Nõmme Kalju 4.800
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 4.800
Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 4.675
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 4.625
Malta Valletta 4.550
Liechtenstein Vaduz 4.450
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 4.450
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 4.425
Iceland Stjarnan 4.175
Norway Haugesund 4.165
Slovenia Domžale 4.125
Kazakhstan Ordabasy 4.050
Estonia Levadia Tallinn 4.050
Hungary Ferencváros 3.900
Northern Ireland Crusaders 3.900
North Macedonia Rabotnicki 3.875
Scotland Rangers 3.785
Armenia Shirak 3.775
Moldova Dacia Chișinău 3.650
Montenegro Mladost Podgorica 3.550
Azerbaijan Zira 3.550
Kazakhstan Irtysh 3.550
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 3.550
Luxembourg Fola Esch 3.475
Luxembourg Differdange 03 3.475
North Macedonia Shkëndija 3.375
Slovenia Gorica 3.375
Montenegro Sutjeska 3.300
Armenia Pyunik 3.275
Bulgaria Dunav Ruse 3.175
Albania Partizani 3.075
Serbia Mladost Lučani 3.075
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 3.065
Estonia Flora 3.050
Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 3.025
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 3.000
Latvia Jelgava 2.975
Finland SJK 2.780
Republic of Ireland Cork City 2.565
Montenegro Zeta 2.550
Faroe Islands B36 2.450
Slovakia Ružomberok 2.350
Republic of Ireland Derry City 2.315
Latvia Liepāja 2.225
Moldova Zaria Bălți 2.150
Finland VPS 2.030
Iceland Valur 1.925
Hungary Vasas 1.900
Lithuania Atlantas 1.825
Lithuania Sūduva 1.825
Albania Tirana 1.825
Armenia Gandzasar Kapan 1.775
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 1.775
Lithuania Trakai 1.575
San Marino Tre Penne 1.566
Wales Bala Town 1.525
Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi 1.525
Faroe Islands NSÍ 1.450
Malta Balzan 1.300
Wales Connah's Quay Nomads 1.275
Wales Bangor City 1.275
Andorra UE Santa Coloma 1.233
Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 1.225
North Macedonia Pelister 1.125
San Marino Folgore 1.066
Malta Floriana 1.050
Northern Ireland Coleraine 0.900
Northern Ireland Ballymena United 0.900
Andorra Sant Julià 0.733
Faroe Islands 0.700
Gibraltar St Joseph's 0.500
Kosovo Prishtina 0.000
Notes
  1. CL-LR Losers of the third qualifying round (League Route).

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST.[5]

Seeding

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A total of 100 teams played in the first qualifying round. Prior to the draw the participating teams were placed in ten groups with five seeded and five unseeded teams, depending on their UEFA club coefficient. Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (2)
Slovakia Trenčín (1)
Azerbaijan Inter Baku (3)
Armenia Shirak (5)
Moldova Dacia Chișinău (4)

North Macedonia Shkëndija (6)
Slovenia Gorica (7)
Serbia Mladost Lučani (8)
Albania Tirana (9)
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi (10)

Poland Lech Poznań (1)
Austria Rheindorf Altach (3)
Kazakhstan Kairat (2)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia (4)
Azerbaijan Zira (5)

Luxembourg Differdange 03 (7)
Montenegro Sutjeska (6)
Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere (8)
Lithuania Atlantas (9)
North Macedonia Pelister (10)

Serbia Vojvodina (5)
Israel Beitar Jerusalem (2)
Moldova Milsami Orhei (3)
Montenegro Mladost Podgorica (1)
Kazakhstan Irtysh (4)

Luxembourg Fola Esch (8)
Bulgaria Dunav Ruse (6)
Slovakia Ružomberok (7)
Hungary Vasas (9)
Armenia Gandzasar Kapan (10)

Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Hungary Videoton (1)
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (5)
Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv (3)
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok (4)
Kazakhstan Ordabasy (2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (9)
Armenia Pyunik (7)
Albania Partizani (8)
Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi (6)
Malta Balzan (10)

Cyprus AEL Limassol (1)
Serbia Red Star Belgrade (2)
Croatia Osijek (3)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (4)
North Macedonia Rabotnicki (5)

Montenegro Zeta (6)
San Marino Tre Penne (7)
Andorra UE Santa Coloma (8)
Malta Floriana (9)
Gibraltar St Joseph's (10)

Albania Skënderbeu (1)
Cyprus AEK Larnaca (4)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (3)
Malta Valletta (2)
Scotland Rangers (5)

Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (6)
Moldova Zaria Bălți (8)
Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn (7)
San Marino Folgore (9)
Andorra Sant Julià (10)

Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Denmark Midtjylland (4)
Latvia Ventspils (2)
Liechtenstein Vaduz (3)
Norway Haugesund (1)
Slovenia Domžale (5)

Estonia Flora (7)
Republic of Ireland Derry City (6)
Iceland Valur (9)
Wales Bala Town (8)
Northern Ireland Coleraine (10)

Belarus Dinamo Minsk (4)
Scotland St Johnstone (2)
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana (3)
Iceland Stjarnan (1)
Northern Ireland Crusaders (5)

Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (10)
Latvia Liepāja (7)
Finland VPS (8)
Lithuania Trakai (9)
Faroe Islands NSÍ (6)

Finland HJK (3)
Norway Odd (2)
Sweden IFK Norrköping (1)
Estonia Nõmme Kalju (5)
Hungary Ferencváros (4)

Latvia Jelgava (6)
Faroe Islands B36 (7)
Wales Connah's Quay Nomads (8)
Northern Ireland Ballymena United (9)
Kosovo Prishtina (10)

Group 10
Seeded Unseeded

Sweden AIK (1)
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2)
Iceland KR (3)
Denmark Lyngby (4)
Estonia Levadia Tallinn (5)

Finland SJK (8)
Republic of Ireland Cork City (7)
Lithuania Sūduva (9)
Wales Bangor City (6)
Faroe Islands (10)

Summary

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The first legs were played on 29 June, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 July 2017.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel5–0Albania Tirana2–03–0
Mladost Lučani Serbia0–5Azerbaijan Inter Baku0–30–2
Shirak Armenia2–4Slovenia Gorica0–22–2
Shkëndija North Macedonia7–0[a]Moldova Dacia Chișinău3–04–0
Trenčín Slovakia8–1Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi5–13–0
Kairat Kazakhstan8–1Lithuania Atlantas6–02–1
Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country)1–2Austria Rheindorf Altach0–11–1
Zira Azerbaijan4–1Luxembourg Differdange 032–02–1
Levski Sofia Bulgaria3–1Montenegro Sutjeska3–10–0
Lech Poznań Poland7–0North Macedonia Pelister4–03–0
Beitar Jerusalem Israel7–3Hungary Vasas4–33–0
Fola Esch Luxembourg3–2Moldova Milsami Orhei2–11–1
Vojvodina Serbia2–3Slovakia Ružomberok2–10–2
Irtysh Kazakhstan3–0Bulgaria Dunav Ruse1–02–0
Mladost Podgorica Montenegro4–0Armenia Gandzasar Kapan1–03–0
Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina2–0[a]Kazakhstan Ordabasy2–00–0
Partizani Albania1–4Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv1–30–1
Pyunik Armenia1–9[a]Slovakia Slovan Bratislava1–40–5
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country)0–5[a]Poland Jagiellonia Białystok0–10–4
Videoton Hungary5–3Malta Balzan2–03–3
Red Star Belgrade Serbia6–3Malta Floriana3–03–3
UE Santa Coloma Andorra0–6Croatia Osijek0–20–4
Tre Penne San Marino0–7[a]North Macedonia Rabotnicki0–10–6
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina3–2Montenegro Zeta1–02–2
St Joseph's Gibraltar0–10[a]Cyprus AEL Limassol0–40–6
Valletta Malta3–0San Marino Folgore2–01–0
Zaria Bălți Moldova3–3 (6–5 p)Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo2–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Rangers Scotland1–2Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn1–00–2
AEK Larnaca Cyprus6–1Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps5–01–1
Skënderbeu Albania6–0Andorra Sant Julià1–05–0
Ventspils Latvia0–1Iceland Valur0–00–1
Bala Town Wales1–5Liechtenstein Vaduz1–20–3
Domžale Slovenia5–2Estonia Flora2–03–2
Midtjylland Denmark10–2Republic of Ireland Derry City6–14–1
Haugesund Norway7–0Northern Ireland Coleraine7–00–0
St Johnstone Scotland1–3Lithuania Trakai1–20–1
VPS Finland2–0Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana1–01–0
Crusaders Northern Ireland3–3 (a)Latvia Liepāja3–10–2
Dinamo Minsk Belarus4–1Faroe Islands NSÍ2–12–0
Stjarnan Iceland0–2Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers0–10–1
Odd Norway5–0Northern Ireland Ballymena United3–02–0
Connah's Quay Nomads Wales1–3Finland HJK1–00–3
Nõmme Kalju Estonia4–2Faroe Islands B362–12–1
Ferencváros Hungary3–0Latvia Jelgava2–01–0
IFK Norrköping Sweden6–0Kosovo Prishtina5–01–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus1–2Lithuania Sūduva0–01–2
KR Iceland2–0[a]Finland SJK0–02–0
Levadia Tallinn Estonia2–6Republic of Ireland Cork City0–22–4
Lyngby Denmark4–0Wales Bangor City1–03–0
 Faroe Islands0–5[a]Sweden AIK0–00–5
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel2–0Albania Tirana
  • Cohen 27'
  • Dasa 64'
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Tirana Albania0–3Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5–0 on aggregate.


Mladost Lučani Serbia0–3Azerbaijan Inter Baku
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Inter Baku Azerbaijan2–0Serbia Mladost Lučani
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Inter Baku won 5–0 on aggregate.


Shirak Armenia0–2Slovenia Gorica
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Attendance: 2,100[6]
Gorica Slovenia2–2Armenia Shirak
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Gorica won 4–2 on aggregate.


Shkëndija North Macedonia3–0Moldova Dacia Chișinău
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Dacia Chișinău Moldova0–4North Macedonia Shkëndija
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Shkëndija won 7–0 on aggregate.


Trenčín Slovakia5–1Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
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Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)0–3Slovakia Trenčín
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Trenčín won 8–1 on aggregate.


Kairat Kazakhstan6–0Lithuania Atlantas
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Attendance: 15,000[6]
Referee: Omar Pashayev (Azerbaijan)
Atlantas Lithuania1–2Kazakhstan Kairat
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Kairat won 8–1 on aggregate.


Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country)0–1Austria Rheindorf Altach
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Rheindorf Altach Austria1–1Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere
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Rheindorf Altach won 2–1 on aggregate.


Zira Azerbaijan2–0Luxembourg Differdange 03
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Differdange 03 Luxembourg1–2Azerbaijan Zira
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Zira won 4–1 on aggregate.


Levski Sofia Bulgaria3–1Montenegro Sutjeska
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Sutjeska Montenegro0–0Bulgaria Levski Sofia
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Levski Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.


Lech Poznań Poland4–0North Macedonia Pelister
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Attendance: 18,215[6]
Pelister North Macedonia0–3Poland Lech Poznań
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Lech Poznań won 7–0 on aggregate.


Beitar Jerusalem Israel4–3Hungary Vasas
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Vasas Hungary0–3Israel Beitar Jerusalem
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Beitar Jerusalem won 7–3 on aggregate.


Fola Esch Luxembourg2–1Moldova Milsami Orhei
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Milsami Orhei Moldova1–1Luxembourg Fola Esch
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Attendance: 2,800[6]

Fola Esch won 3–2 on aggregate.


Vojvodina Serbia2–1Slovakia Ružomberok
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Ružomberok Slovakia2–0Serbia Vojvodina
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Ružomberok won 3–2 on aggregate.


Irtysh Kazakhstan1–0Bulgaria Dunav Ruse
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Dunav Ruse Bulgaria0–2Kazakhstan Irtysh
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Irtysh won 3–0 on aggregate.


Mladost Podgorica Montenegro1–0Armenia Gandzasar Kapan
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Gandzasar Kapan Armenia0–3Montenegro Mladost Podgorica
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Mladost Podgorica won 4–0 on aggregate.


Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina2–0Kazakhstan Ordabasy
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Ordabasy Kazakhstan0–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg
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Široki Brijeg won 2–0 on aggregate.


Partizani Albania1–3Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
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Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria1–0Albania Partizani
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Botev Plovdiv won 4–1 on aggregate.


Pyunik Armenia1–4Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
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Slovan Bratislava Slovakia5–0Armenia Pyunik
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Slovan Bratislava won 9–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country)0–1Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
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Jagiellonia Białystok Poland4–0Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi
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Jagiellonia Białystok won 5–0 on aggregate.


Videoton Hungary2–0Malta Balzan
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Balzan Malta3–3Hungary Videoton
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Videoton won 5–3 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade Serbia3–0Malta Floriana
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Floriana Malta3–3Serbia Red Star Belgrade
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Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.


UE Santa Coloma Andorra0–2Croatia Osijek
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Osijek Croatia4–0Andorra UE Santa Coloma
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Osijek won 6–0 on aggregate.


Tre Penne San Marino0–1North Macedonia Rabotnicki
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Rabotnicki North Macedonia6–0San Marino Tre Penne
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Rabotnicki won 7–0 on aggregate.


Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina1–0Montenegro Zeta
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Zeta Montenegro2–2Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
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Željezničar won 3–2 on aggregate.


St Joseph's Gibraltar0–4Cyprus AEL Limassol
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AEL Limassol Cyprus6–0Gibraltar St Joseph's
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Attendance: 1,774[6]

AEL Limassol won 10–0 on aggregate.


Valletta Malta2–0San Marino Folgore
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Folgore San Marino0–1Malta Valletta
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Attendance: 437[6]
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

Valletta won 3–0 on aggregate.


Zaria Bălți Moldova2–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
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3–3 on aggregate; Zaria Bălți won 6–5 on penalties.


Rangers Scotland1–0Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn
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Attendance: 48,681[6]
Progrès Niederkorn Luxembourg2–0Scotland Rangers
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Progrès Niederkorn won 2–1 on aggregate.


AEK Larnaca Cyprus5–0Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
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Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar1–1Cyprus AEK Larnaca
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