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2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

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The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 27 June and ended on 29 August 2019.[1]

A total of 178 teams compete in the qualifying system of the 2019–20 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) advance to the group stage, to join the 17 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 4 League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.[2][3]

Teams

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Champions Path

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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 2019 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.[5]

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[4]
Scotland Celtic[Q3] 31.000
Denmark Copenhagen[Q3] 31.000
Greece PAOK[Q3] 23.500
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[Q3] 22.000
Slovenia Maribor[Q3] 18.500
Hungary Ferencváros[Q3] 3.500
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Belarus BATE Borisov[Q2] 27.500
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv[Q2] 16.000
Finland HJK[Q2] 9.000
Republic of Ireland Dundalk[Q2] 7.000
Wales The New Saints[Q2] 6.000
Sweden AIK[Q2] 5.500
Malta Valletta[Q2] 4.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo[Q1 Bye] 4.250
Estonia Nõmme Kalju[Q2] 3.500
Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić[Q2] 3.000
Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi[Q2] 0.950
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Kazakhstan Astana[Q1] 27.500
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad[Q1] 27.000
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[Q1] 12.250
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange[Q1] 6.250
North Macedonia Shkëndija[Q1] 6.000
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava[Q1] 6.000
Lithuania Sūduva[Q1] 4.250
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps[PR SF] 4.250
Andorra FC Santa Coloma[PR F] 4.000
Poland Piast Gliwice[Q1] 3.850
Albania Partizani[Q1] 3.000
Iceland Valur[Q1] 2.750
Northern Ireland Linfield[Q1] 2.250
Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn[Q1] 1.500
Latvia Riga[Q1] 1.125
Armenia Ararat-Armenia[Q1] 1.050
San Marino Tre Penne[PR SF] 0.750
Kosovo Feronikeli[Q1] 0.500
Notes
  1. Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  3. Q1 Bye Losers of Champions League first qualifying round which receive a bye to the Europa League third qualifying round.
  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

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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 (14 teams): 14 teams which enter in this round.
  • First qualifying round (94 teams): 87 teams which enter in this round, and 7 winners of the preliminary round.
  • Second qualifying round (74 teams): 27 teams which enter in this round, and 47 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (52 teams): 15 teams which enter in this round (including 2 League Path losers of the Champions League second qualifying round), and 37 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 2019 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.[5]

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven[CL] 37.000
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 35.500
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň[CL] 33.000
Portugal Braga 31.000
Netherlands Feyenoord 22.000
Russia Spartak Moscow 16.000
Greece AEK Athens 14.000
Denmark Midtjylland 14.000
Croatia Rijeka 13.500
Austria Austria Wien 8.000
Turkey Trabzonspor 8.000
Belgium Antwerp 7.980
Ukraine Mariupol 7.780
Switzerland Thun 5.380
Israel Bnei Yehuda 3.725
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Belgium Gent 29.500
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 24.000
Spain Espanyol 20.713
Serbia Partizan 18.000
England Wolverhampton Wanderers 17.092
Italy Torino 14.945
France Strasbourg 11.699
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 11.500
Netherlands AZ 10.500
Russia Arsenal Tula 10.109
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 9.646
Turkey Yeni Malatyaspor 6.920
Netherlands FC Utrecht 6.486
Austria Sturm Graz 6.250
Azerbaijan Gabala 6.250
Czech Republic Jablonec 5.735
Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 5.735
Greece Atromitos 5.520
Greece Aris 5.520
Croatia Osijek 5.475
Denmark Esbjerg 5.405
Switzerland Luzern 5.380
Cyprus AEL Limassol 4.985
Sweden BK Häcken 4.180
Romania Viitorul Constanța 4.000
Poland Lechia Gdańsk 3.850
Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3.500
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Poland Legia Warsaw 24.500
Romania FCSB 23.000
Sweden Malmö FF 20.000
Norway Molde 13.500
Cyprus Apollon Limassol 12.000
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 12.000
Hungary MOL Fehérvár 9.000
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 9.000
Slovakia Spartak Trnava 8.500
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 8.000
Croatia Hajduk Split 8.000
Denmark Brøndby 7.500
Lithuania Žalgiris 6.000
Scotland Aberdeen 5.500
Scotland Rangers 5.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 5.250
Kazakhstan Kairat 5.000
Albania Kukësi 4.750
Armenia Alashkert 4.500
Serbia Radnički Niš 4.450
Serbia Čukarički 4.450
Scotland Kilmarnock 4.425
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4.375
Belarus Vitebsk 4.375
Slovenia Domžale 4.250
Northern Ireland Crusaders 4.250
Latvia Ventspils 4.250
Iceland Stjarnan 4.250
Sweden IFK Norrköping 4.180
Norway Haugesund 4.040
Norway Brann 4.040
Luxembourg Fola Esch 4.000
Liechtenstein Vaduz 4.000
Kazakhstan Tobol 3.850
Kazakhstan Ordabasy 3.850
Poland Cracovia 3.850
Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku 3.800
Azerbaijan Sabail 3.800
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 3.750
Republic of Ireland Cork City 3.750
Armenia Pyunik 3.750
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 3.750
Israel Maccabi Haifa 3.725
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3.500
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 3.500
Lithuania Riteriai 3.250
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 3.250
Estonia FCI Levadia 3.250
Romania Universitatea Craiova 3.190
Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda 3.125
Slovakia Ružomberok 3.125
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 3.000
Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 3.000
Montenegro Titograd 3.000
Hungary Debrecen 3.000
Slovenia Mura 3.000
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 2.750
Moldova Milsami Orhei 2.750
Hungary Honvéd 2.500
Estonia Flora 2.500
Latvia Liepāja 2.500
Malta Hibernians 2.500
Iceland KR 2.500
Malta Balzan 2.250
Albania Laçi 2.250
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2.250
Wales Connah's Quay Nomads 1.750
Armenia Banants 1.750
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 1.750
North Macedonia Shkupi 1.600
North Macedonia Akademija Pandev 1.600
North Macedonia Makedonija 1.600
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 1.550
Moldova Speranța Nisporeni 1.550
Albania Teuta 1.500
Finland KuPS 1.455
Finland RoPs 1.455
Finland Inter Turku 1.455
Iceland Breiðablik 1.450
Bosnia and Herzegovina Radnik Bijeljina 1.425
Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris 1.350
Latvia RFS 1.125
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 1.100
Malta Gżira United 1.025
Estonia Narva Trans 1.000
Montenegro Zeta 0.825
Preliminary round
Team Coeff.[4]
San Marino La Fiorita 3.000
Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 2.750
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2.500
Gibraltar Europa 2.000
Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 1.750
Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 1.250
Kosovo Prishtina 1.250
Andorra Sant Julià 1.250
Andorra Engordany 1.000
San Marino Tre Fiori 1.000
Wales Barry Town United 0.825
Wales Cardiff Metropolitan University 0.825
Gibraltar St Joseph's 0.800
Northern Ireland Ballymena United 0.775
Notes
  1. CL Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

Format

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Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

For the Champions Path, in the draws for each round, teams (whose identity is not 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, 15 of the 16 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (excluding 1 team which receives a bye to the third qualifying round as decided by an additional draw held after the Champions League first qualifying round draw) are seeded, and the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round are unseeded.
  • In the third qualifying round draw, the ten losers of the Champions League second qualifying round are seeded, and the loser of the first qualifying round which receives a bye (whose identity is known at the time of the draw) and the nine winners of the second qualifying round are unseeded.
  • In the play-off round draw, the six losers of the Champions League third qualifying round are seeded, and the ten winners of the third qualifying round are unseeded.

In the beginning of the draws, a seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw, until one of the pots is empty. Afterwards, the remaining teams from the non-empty pot are drawn against each other, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw.

For the Main Path, in the draws for each round, teams are seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As 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 take the seeding of its 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 do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from the same association or from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie may be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Schedule

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The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Qualifying phase and play-off round schedule
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 11 June 2019 27 June 2019 4 July 2019
First qualifying round 18 June 2019 11 July 2019 18 July 2019
Second qualifying round 19 June 2019 25 July 2019 1 August 2019
Third qualifying round 22 July 2019 8 August 2019 15 August 2019
Play-off round 5 August 2019 22 August 2019 29 August 2019

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

Preliminary round

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The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2019.[6]

Seeding

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A total of 14 teams were involved in the preliminary round draw. Seven teams were seeded and seven teams were unseeded. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, and if such a pairing was drawn or was set to be drawn in the final tie, the second team drawn in the current tie was moved to the next tie.

Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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The first legs were played on 27 June, and the second legs on 2 and 4 July 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Progrès Niederkorn Luxembourg 2–2 (a) Wales Cardiff Metropolitan University 1–0 1–2
La Fiorita San Marino 1–3 Andorra Engordany 0–1 1–2
Sant Julià Andorra 3–6 Gibraltar Europa 3–2 0–4
Ballymena United Northern Ireland 2–0 Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 2–0 0–0
Prishtina Kosovo 1–3 Gibraltar St Joseph's 1–1 0–2
KÍ Klaksvík Faroe Islands 9–1[A] San Marino Tre Fiori 5–1 4–0
Barry Town United Wales 0–4 Northern Ireland Cliftonville 0–0 0–4

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2019.[7]

Seeding

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A total of 94 teams were involved in the first qualifying round draw: 87 teams entering in this round, and the seven winners of the preliminary round. They were divided into nine groups: seven groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded; and two groups of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–7 with ten teams and one for Groups 8–9 with twelve teams.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the preliminary round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July, and the second legs on 16, 17 and 18 July 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malmö FF Sweden 11–0 Northern Ireland Ballymena United 7–0 4–0
Connah's Quay Nomads Wales 3–2 Scotland Kilmarnock 1–2 2–0
KuPS Finland 3–1[A] Belarus Vitebsk 2–0 1–1
Breiðablik Iceland 1–2 Liechtenstein Vaduz 0–0 1–2
Brann Norway 3–4 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2–2 1–2
Ordabasy Kazakhstan 3–0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 2–0
Europa Gibraltar 0–3 Poland Legia Warsaw 0–0 0–3
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 4–0 Montenegro Titograd 4–0 0–0
Gżira United Malta 3–3 (a) Croatia Hajduk Split 0–2 3–1
Flora Estonia 4–2[A] Serbia Radnički Niš 2–0 2–2
Maccabi Haifa Israel 5–2 Slovenia Mura 2–0 3–2
Debrecen Hungary 4–1 Albania Kukësi 3–0 1–1
Čukarički Serbia 8–0 Armenia Banants 3–0 5–0
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 1–1 (a) Kazakhstan Tobol 0–0 1–1
FCSB Romania 4–1 Moldova Milsami Orhei 2–0 2–1
Crusaders Northern Ireland 5–2 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 2–0 3–2
Brøndby Denmark 4–3[A] Finland Inter Turku 4–1 0–2
Molde Norway 7–1 Iceland KR 7–1 0–0
St Joseph's Gibraltar 0–10 Scotland Rangers 0–4 0–6
Cork City Republic of Ireland 2–3 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 0–2 2–1
Ružomberok Slovakia 0–4[A] Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–2 0–2
Akademija Pandev North Macedonia 0–6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 0–3 0–3
Speranța Nisporeni Moldova 0–9[A] Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku 0–3 0–6
Zeta Montenegro 1–5 Hungary MOL Fehérvár 1–5 0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 2–0 Malta Hibernians 1–0 1–0
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 4–3 Latvia RFS 2–3 2–0
Honvéd Hungary 4–2 Lithuania Žalgiris 3–1 1–1
Alashkert Armenia 6–1 North Macedonia Makedonija GP 3–1 3–0
Radnik Bijeljina Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–2 (2–3 p) Slovakia Spartak Trnava 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Fola Esch Luxembourg 2–4 Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 1–2 1–2
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 7–0 Andorra Engordany 6–0 1–0
Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–4 Kazakhstan Kairat 1–2 1–2
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia 3–3 (a)[A] Poland Cracovia 1–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania 0–6 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 0–2 0–4
Ventspils Latvia 3–1 Albania Teuta 3–0 0–1
Stjarnan Iceland 4–4 (a) Estonia FCI Levadia 2–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 1–6 Norway Haugesund 0–1 1–5
Riteriai Lithuania 1–1 (a) Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 1–1 0–0
Liepāja Latvia 3–2[A] Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–1 2–1
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 1–4[A] Sweden IFK Norrköping 0–2 1–2
Aberdeen Scotland 4–2 Finland RoPS 2–1 2–1
Balzan Malta 3–5[A] Slovenia Domžale 3–4 0–1
Laçi Albania 1–2 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 0–1
Narva Trans Estonia 1–6[A] Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 0–2 1–4
Sabail Azerbaijan 4–6 Romania Universitatea Craiova 2–3 2–3
Pyunik Armenia 5–4 North Macedonia Shkupi 3–3 2–1
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 2–0 Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 1–0 1–0

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2019.[8]

Seeding

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A total of 18 teams were involved in the second qualifying round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: 15 of the 16 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (excluding the losers of the Champions League first qualifying round given a bye to the third qualifying round as decided by an additional draw held after the Champions League first qualifying round draw)
  • Unseeded: the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round

They were divided into three groups of six teams, where five teams were seeded and one team were unseeded.

Champions Path
Bye to third qualifying round
(decided by draw)
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo San Marino Tre Penne Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps Andorra FC Santa Coloma

A total of 74 teams were involved in the second qualifying round Main Path draw: 27 teams entering in this round, and the 47 winners of the first qualifying round. They were divided into seven groups: five groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded; and two groups of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–5 with ten teams and one for Groups 6–7 with twelve teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 6 Group 7
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the first qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. Roma and Antwerp were originally included in the draw but were later promoted to the group stage and third qualifying round respectively, after Milan and Mechelen were excluded from the competition.[9][10] They were replaced in the second qualifying round by Torino and Gent respectively (had they originally been included in the draw, both of them would also have been seeded).

Summary

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The first legs were played on 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs on 30, 31 July and 1 August 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Bye n/a n/a n/a
Tre Penne San Marino 0–10 Lithuania Sūduva 0–5 0–5
Piast Gliwice Poland 4–4 (a) Latvia Riga 3–2 1–2
Partizani Albania 1–2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 1–1
Ararat-Armenia Armenia 4–1 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 2–1
Valur Iceland 1–5 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 0–4
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 4–1 Kosovo Feronikeli 2–1 2–0
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 1–4 Kazakhstan Astana 0–0 1–4
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 2–3 Northern Ireland Linfield 2–2 0–1
Shkëndija North Macedonia 2–3 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 1–2 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
IFK Norrköping Sweden 3–0 Latvia Liepāja 2–0 1–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 3–1 Kazakhstan Kairat 2–0 1–1
Arsenal Tula Russia 0–4 Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku 0–1 0–3
Espanyol Spain 7–1 Iceland Stjarnan 4–0 3–1
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia 3–5 Greece Atromitos 1–2 2–3
Haugesund Norway 3–2 Austria Sturm Graz 2–0 1–2
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 7–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 3–0 4–0
Legia Warsaw Poland 1–0 Finland KuPS 1–0 0–0
FC Utrecht Netherlands 2–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Pyunik Armenia 2–1 Czech Republic Jablonec 2–1 0–0
Lechia Gdańsk Poland 3–5 Denmark Brøndby 2–1 1–4 (a.e.t.)
MOL Fehérvár Hungary 1–2 Liechtenstein Vaduz 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Gabala Azerbaijan 0–5 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 0–2 0–3
Yeni Malatyaspor Turkey 3–2 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 2–2 1–0
Flora Estonia 2–4 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 1–2
Domžale Slovenia 4–5 Sweden Malmö FF 2–2 2–3
Molde Norway 3–1 Serbia Čukarički 0–0 3–1
Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country) 1–6[A] Scotland Aberdeen 1–1 0–5
Gent Belgium 7–5 Romania Viitorul Constanța 6–3 1–2
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–4 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 1–3 0–1
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 (4–3 p) Croatia Osijek 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Torino Italy 7–1 Hungary Debrecen 3–0 4–1
Luzern Switzerland 2–0 Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 1–0 1–0
Rangers Scotland 2–0 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 2–0 0–0
Ventspils Latvia 6–2 Malta Gżira United 4–0 2–2
Strasbourg France 4–3 Israel Maccabi Haifa 3–1 1–2
Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic 4–3 Kazakhstan Ordabasy 1–1 3–2
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 3–4 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
AZ Netherlands 3–0 Sweden BK Häcken 0–0 3–0
Alashkert Armenia 3–5 Romania FCSB 0–3 3–2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 3–3 (a) Slovakia Spartak Trnava 2–0 1–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 6–1 Northern Ireland Crusaders 2–0 4–1
Aris Greece 1–0 Cyprus AEL Limassol 0–0 1–0
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 0–5 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 0–1 0–4
Honvéd Hungary 0–0 (1–3 p) Romania Universitatea Craiova 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 2–0 Denmark Esbjerg 2–0 0–0
Connah's Quay Nomads Wales 0–4 Serbia Partizan 0–1 0–3

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Champions Path

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Main Path

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Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019.[11]

Seeding

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A total of 20 teams were involved in the third qualifying round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: the 10 losers of the Champions League second qualifying round Champions Path
  • Unseeded: the loser of the Champions League first qualifying round which received a bye, and the 9 winners of the Europa League second qualifying round Champions Path

They were divided into two groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Loser of the Champions League first qualifying round which received a bye.

A total of 52 teams were involved in the third qualifying round Main Path draw: 13 teams entering in this round, the 37 winners of the second qualifying round Main Path, and the two Champions League losers of the second qualifying round League Path. They were divided into five groups: four groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded; and one group of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–4 with ten teams and one for Group 5 with twelve teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the second qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. CL Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round. Teams in italics lost to a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 6, 7 and 8 August, and the second legs on 13, 14 and 15 August 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro 3–5 Northern Ireland Linfield 1–2 2–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–4 Lithuania Sūduva 1–2 1–2
Ararat-Armenia Armenia 3–2 Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–2 2–0
Riga Latvia 3–3 (a) Finland HJK 1–1 2–2
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 9–0 Wales The New Saints 5–0 4–0
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 1–2 0–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 4–1 Estonia Nõmme Kalju 3–1 1–0
Astana Kazakhstan 9–1 Malta Valletta 5–1 4–0
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–3 Sweden AIK 1–2 1–1
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 4–1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1–0 3–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
IFK Norrköping Sweden 2–4 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 1–3
Torino Italy 6–1 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 5–0 1–1
Antwerp Belgium 2–2 (a) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Austria Wien Austria 2–5 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 1–2 1–3
Feyenoord Netherlands 5–1 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 1–1
Brøndby Denmark 3–7 Portugal Braga 2–4 1–3
Molde Norway 4–3 Greece Aris 3–0 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 0–2 France Strasbourg 0–1 0–1
Thun Switzerland 3–5 Russia Spartak Moscow 2–3 1–2
FCSB Romania 1–0 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 0–0 1–0
Pyunik Armenia 0–8 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 0–4
Midtjylland Denmark 3–7 Scotland Rangers 2–4 1–3
Mariupol Ukraine 0–4 Netherlands AZ 0–0 0–4
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 1–4 Belgium Gent 1–1 0–3
Legia Warsaw Poland 2–0 Greece Atromitos 0–0 2–0
Haugesund Norway 0–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–1 0–0
Rijeka Croatia 4–0 Scotland Aberdeen 2–0 2–0
Ventspils Latvia 0–9 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 0–3 0–6
Vaduz Liechtenstein 0–6 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–5 0–1
Partizan Serbia 3–2 Turkey Yeni Malatyaspor 3–1 0–1
Malmö FF Sweden 3–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 3–0 0–1
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–2 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 1–1 0–1
Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan 3–4 Israel Bnei Yehuda 2–2 1–2
Luzern Switzerland 0–6 Spain Espanyol 0–3 0–3
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 3–4 Turkey Trabzonspor 2–2 1–2
Universitatea Craiova Romania 1–3 Greece AEK Athens 0–2 1–1

Champions Path

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Main Path

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Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019.[12]

Seeding

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A total of 16 teams were involved in the play-off round Champions Path draw.

  • Seeded: the six losers of the Champions League third qualifying round Champions Path
  • Unseeded: the 10 winners of the Europa League third qualifying round Champions Path

They were divided into two groups of eight teams, where three teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

A total of 26 teams, all winners of the third qualifying round Main Path, were involved in the play-off round Main Path draw. They were divided into three groups: two groups of eight teams, where four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded; and one group of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–2 with eight teams and one for Group 3 with ten teams.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the third qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second legs will be played on 29 August 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Sūduva Lithuania 2–4 Hungary Ferencváros 0–0 2–4
Copenhagen Denmark 3–2 Latvia Riga 3–1 0–1
Celtic Scotland 6–1 Sweden AIK 2–0 4–1
Ararat-Armenia Armenia 3–3 (4–5 p) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 2–2 (a) Slovenia Maribor 0–0 2–2
Linfield Northern Ireland 4–4 (a) Azerbaijan Qarabağ 3–2 1–2
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 3–3 (a) Greece PAOK 1–0 2–3
Astana Kazakhstan 3–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 3–0 0–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Torino Italy 3–5 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 1–2
Legia Warsaw Poland 0–1 Scotland Rangers 0–0 0–1
FCSB Romania 0–1 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 0–1
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 7–0 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 3–0 4–0
AEK Athens Greece 3–3 (a) Turkey Trabzonspor 1–3 2–0
Feyenoord Netherlands 6–0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–0 3–0
Gent Belgium 3–2 Croatia Rijeka 2–1 1–1
Espanyol Spain 5–3 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 3–1 2–2
Partizan Serbia 3–2 Norway Molde 2–1 1–1
Braga Portugal 3–1 Russia Spartak Moscow 1–0 2–1
Malmö FF Sweden 4–0 Israel Bnei Yehuda 3–0 1–0
Strasbourg France 1–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 0–3
AZ Netherlands 5–2 Belgium Antwerp 1–1 4–1 (a.e.t.)

Champions Path

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Main Path

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Top goalscorers

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There were 872 goals scored in 314 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.[13]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Colombia Alfredo Morelos Scotland Rangers 8
2 Croatia Marin Tomasov Kazakhstan Astana 7
3 Argentina Facundo Ferreyra Spain Espanyol 6
Mexico Raúl Jiménez England Wolverhampton Wanderers
England Sam Cosgrove Scotland Aberdeen
Italy Andrea Belotti Italy Torino
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mihret Topčagić Lithuania Sūduva 5
Sweden Markus Rosenberg Sweden Malmö FF
North Macedonia Ivan Trichkovski Cyprus AEK Larnaca
Luxembourg Danel Sinani Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
Argentina Emilio Zelaya Cyprus Apollon Limassol

References

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