2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying
This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase.
All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).
Round and draw dates
[edit]All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]
| Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
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| First qualifying round | 20 June 2011 13:00[2] | 30 June 2011 | 7 July 2011 |
| Second qualifying round | 14 July 2011 | 21 July 2011 | |
| Third qualifying round | 15 July 2011 13:30[3] | 28 July 2011 | 4 August 2011 |
| Play-off round | 5 August 2011 13:30[4] | 18 August 2011 | 25 August 2011 |
| Play-off round | 5 August 2011 13:30[5] | 18 August 2011 | 25 August 2011 |
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Format
[edit]Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. 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 qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shootout.[6]
In the draw for each round, teams are seeded based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients,[7] with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team is 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 take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to the draw, 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, while ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other.
Teams
[edit]Below are the 176 teams involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds (including 15 losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round which enter the play-off round).[8] The 38 winners of the play-off round qualified for the group stage to join the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round.
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- CL-CR Losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Route)
- CL-LR Losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round (League Route)
First qualifying round
[edit]Seeding
[edit]The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011.[9]
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Summary
[edit]The first legs were played on 30 June, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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ÍF  | 2–8[a] |  KR | 1–3 | 1–5 |
Daugava Daugavpils  | 1–7 |  Tromsø | 0–5 | 1–2 |
IF Elfsborg  | 5–1 |  Fola Esch | 4–0 | 1–1 |
The New Saints  | 2–1 |  Cliftonville | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Honka  | 2–0 |  Nõmme Kalju | 0–0 | 2–0 |
Fulham  | 3–0 | NSÍ | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| ÍBV | 1–2 |  St Patrick's Athletic | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Käerjéng 97 | 2–6[a] | BK Häcken | 1–1 | 1–5 |
| Aalesund | 6–1 | Neath | 4–1 | 2–0 |
Renova  | 3–3 (2–3 p) | Glentoran | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Koper  | 2–3 |  Shakhter Karagandy | 1–1 | 1–2 |
Banga Gargždai  | 0–7 |  Qarabağ | 0–4 | 0–3 |
UE Santa Coloma  | 0–5[a] |  Paks | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Narva Trans | 1–7[a] | Rabotnicki | 1–4 | 0–3 |
Rad  | 9–1 |  Tre Penne | 6–0 | 3–1 |
Budućnost Podgorica  | 3–4 |  Flamurtari | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Ferencváros | 5–0[a] |  Ulisses | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Jagiellonia Białystok  | 1–2 | Irtysh | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| AZAL Baku | 2–3[a] |  Minsk | 1–1 | 1–2 |
Dinamo Tbilisi  | 5–1 |  Milsami Orhei | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Varaždin  | 6–1 | Lusitanos | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Banants | 1–2 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Birkirkara  | 1–2 | Vllaznia | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Široki Brijeg  | 0–3 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Spartak Trnava  | 4–2 | Zeta | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Matches
[edit]Second qualifying round
[edit]Seeding
[edit]The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011, immediately after the first qualifying round draw.[9]
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- † Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw for this round.
Summary
[edit]The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 21 July 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Metalurgi Rustavi | 3–1 | Irtysh | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Sūduva | 1–4 | IF Elfsborg | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Metalurg Skopje | 2–3 |  Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Sant Julià | 0–4 |  Bnei Yehuda | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Željezničar | 1–0 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| KuPS | 1–2 |  Gaz Metan Mediaș | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Minsk | 2–5 |  Gaziantepspor | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Iskra-Stal | 2–4 | Varaždin | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Tauras Tauragė | 2–5 |  ADO Den Haag | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Glentoran | 0–5 |  Vorskla Poltava | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Juvenes/Dogana | 0–4 | Rabotnicki | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Örebro SK | 0–2 | Sarajevo | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Crusaders | 1–7 | Fulham | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Llanelli | 2–6 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | 0–5 |
| Floriana | 0–9 |  AEK Larnaca | 0–8 | 0–1 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2–4 | Ventspils | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Flamurtari | 1–7 |  Jablonec | 0–2 | 1–5 |
| KR | 3–2 | Žilina | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Vålerenga | 2–0[a] | Mika | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 3–1 | Bohemians | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Domžale | 2–5 | RNK Split | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Differdange 03 | 1–0 | Levadia Tallinn | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Tirana | 1–3 | Spartak Trnava | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Ferencváros | 3–4 | Aalesund | 2–1 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 1–4 |  Red Bull Salzburg | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Rad | 1–2 |  Olympiacos Volos | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| The New Saints | 3–8 |  Midtjylland | 1–3 | 2–5 |
| Kecskemét | 1–1 (a) | Aktobe | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| BK Häcken | 3–0 | Honka | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 3–2[a] | Gagra | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Vaduz  | 3–3 (a) | Vojvodina | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Rudar Pljevlja | 0–5 | Austria Wien | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 3–3 (a) |  Dundee United | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 2–3 | St Patrick's Athletic | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| EB/Streymur | 1–1 (a) | Qarabağ | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| FH | 1–3 |  Nacional | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Paks | 4–1 | Tromsø | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| TPS | 0–1 |  Westerlo | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–1[a] | Khazar Lankaran | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Vllaznia | 1–2 |  Thun | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Matches
[edit]Third qualifying round
[edit]Seeding
[edit]The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.[10]
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- † Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw for this round.
Summary
[edit]The first legs were played on 26 and 28 July, and the second legs were played on 4 August 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Atlético Madrid  | 4–1 | Strømsgodset | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Young Boys | 5–1 | Westerlo | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Ventspils | 1–9 | Red Star Belgrade | 1–2 | 0–7 |
Alania Vladikavkaz  | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Aktobe | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| AEK Larnaca | 5–2 | Mladá Boleslav | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Željezničar | 0–8 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 0–6 |
| AZ | 3–1 | Jablonec | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 3–4 | Austria Wien | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Bursaspor | 5–2 | Gomel | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Aalesund | 5–1 | IF Elfsborg | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Gaziantepspor | 0–1 | Legia Warsaw | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5–2 | Vaduz | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Metalurgi Rustavi | 2–7 |  Rennes | 2–5 | 0–2 |
| Levski Sofia | 3–3 (4–5 p) | Spartak Trnava | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Midtjylland | 1–2 | Vitória de Guimarães | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo București | 4–3 | Varaždin | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 5–1 | St Patrick's Athletic | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Palermo  | 3–3 (a)[a] | Thun | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| KR | 1–6 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Omonia | 3–1 | ADO Den Haag | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 4–0 | Senica | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Club Brugge | 4–2 | Qarabağ | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Differdange 03 | w/o[b] | Olympiacos Volos | 0–3 | 0–3 |
Mainz 05  | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–3 | Helsingborgs IF | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Stoke City | 2–0 | Hajduk Split | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 2–3 | Rabotnicki | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Sparta Prague | 7–0[a] | Sarajevo | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 2–0 | Sligo Rovers | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Paks | 2–5 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 0–0 (4–3 p)[a] | Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Nacional | 4–2 | BK Häcken | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Ried | 4–4 (a) | Brøndby | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| Vålerenga | 0–5[a] | PAOK | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| RNK Split | 0–2 | Fulham | 0–0 | 0–2 |
- ^ a b c d Order of legs reversed after original draw.
- ^ Greek club Olympiacos Volos, who had reached the play-off round, were excluded from the competition by UEFA on 11 August 2011 for their involvement in the Koriopolis match-fixing scandal.[11] UEFA decided to replace them in the play-off round with Differdange 03 from Luxembourg, who had lost to Olympiakos Volou in the previous round.[12]
Matches
[edit]Play-off round
[edit]Seeding
[edit]The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011.[13]
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- & Greek club Olympiacos Volos, who had reached the play-off round, were excluded from the competition by UEFA on 11 August 2011 for their involvement in the Koriopolis match-fixing scandal.[14] UEFA decided to replace them in the play-off round with Differdange 03 from Luxembourg, who had lost to Olympiakos Volos in the previous round.[15]
Summary
[edit]The first legs were played on 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–2 | Panathinaikos | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Atlético Madrid | 6–0 | Vitória de Guimarães | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 3–2 | Partizan | 1–1 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 4–0 | Sochaux | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 3–2 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Rosenborg | 1–2 | AEK Larnaca | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 5–3 | Dinamo București | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Bursaspor | 3–4 | Anderlecht | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–1[a] | Roma | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Differdange 03 | 0–6 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Legia Warsaw | 5–4 | Spartak Moscow | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Ekranas | 1–4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| PAOK | 3–1 | Karpaty Lviv | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Athletic Bilbao | w/o[b] | Trabzonspor | 0–0 | Canc.[b] |
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0–5 | 0–0 |
| Maribor | 3–2 | Rangers | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Steaua București | 3–1 | CSKA Sofia | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Nordsjælland | 1–2 | Sporting CP | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Fulham | 3–1[a] | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 3–1 | Spartak Trnava | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Celtic | 6–0[c] | Sion | 3–0[c] | 3–0[c] |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 2–4 | Rapid București | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Litex Lovech | 1–3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Lazio | 9–1 | Rabotnicki | 6–0 | 3–1 |
| Nacional | 0–3 | Birmingham City | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Ried | 0–5 | PSV Eindhoven | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| Thun | 1–5 | Stoke City | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Aalesund | 2–7 | AZ | 2–1 | 0–6 |
| Vaslui | 2–1 | Sparta Prague | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Omonia | 2–2 (a) | Red Bull Salzburg | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Zestaponi | 3–5 | Club Brugge | 3–3 | 0–2 |
| Hannover 96 | 3–2 | Sevilla | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| HJK | 3–6 | Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 1–6 |
| AEK Athens | 2–1[a] | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1–6 | Rennes | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Austria Wien | 3–2[a] | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Braga | 2–2 (a) | Young Boys | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Standard Liège | 4–1 | Helsingborgs IF | 1–0 | 3–1 |
- ^ a b c d Order of legs reversed after original draw.
- ^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw. Also, as a result of match-fixing allegations, Turkish club Fenerbahçe were removed from the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and were replaced with Trabzonspor on 24 August 2011. As a result, Trabzonspor's second leg against Athletic Bilbao was cancelled, and Athletic Bilbao qualified for the group stage.[16]
- ^ a b c Order of legs reversed after original draw. Also, Celtic lodged protests over the eligibility of a number of the Sion players who participated in the two legs of the play-off round, which Sion won 3–1 aggregate (first leg: 0–0; second leg: 3–1). The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body accepted the protests and decided to award both matches to Celtic by forfeit (3–0). As a consequence, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage.[17]
Matches
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2011/12 draw and match calendar". UEFA. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Draws for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League 2011/12". UEFA. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Draws for the third qualifying round of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League". UEFA. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Draws for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League". UEFA. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Draws for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League". UEFA. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2011/12" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Club coefficients 2010/11". UEFA. 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "2011/12 list of participants". UEFA. 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Fulham learn Europa League qualifying fate". UEFA. 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Atlético meet Strømsgodset, Stoke play Hajduk". UEFA. 15 July 2011.
- ^ "Olympiakos Volou excluded from Europa League". UEFA. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Differdange to replace Olympiacos Volou in Europa League". UEFA. 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Derbies in store for Atlético and Tottenham". UEFA. 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Olympiakos Volou excluded from Europa League". UEFA. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ "Differdange to replace Olympiacos Volou in Europa League". UEFA. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ "Fenerbahçe replaced in UEFA Champions League". UEFA. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Celtic protests over Sion matches accepted". UEFA. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
External links
[edit]- 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, UEFA.com