Ten teams qualify for the group stage of theUEFA Europa League 2022/23 through a knockout phase. Who will be there? How it works ? Where are the matches played? UEFA.com tells you everything.
Europa League, qualifying schedule
3e qualifying round, first leg: 4 August 2022
3e qualifying round, return: 9 and 11 August 2022
Play-off draw: August 2, 2022
Play-offs, one-way: August 18, 2022
Play-offs, return: August 25, 2022
Résumé
A total of 27 teams are in contention in 2022/23 Europa League qualifying, with nine of them qualifying automatically. As in 2021/22, there are only two stages: the third qualifying round and the play-offs. Ten teams qualify for the group stage.
The teams play home and away. If the teams are tied following 180 minutes, extra time and penalty kicks are played. The away goals rule has been abolished.
Third qualifying round
Teams competing (14)
10 teams eliminated in the second qualifying round for the Champions League (champions path)
2 teams automatically qualified
2 teams eliminated from the second qualifying round for the Champions League (league path)
The matches (August 4 and 11)
Malmö FF (SWE) – Diddeleng (LUX) : (all) 3-0
Shamrock Rovers (IRL) – Skopje (MKD) : 3-1
Linfield (NIR) – Zurich (SUI) : 0-2
Olympiacos (GRE) – Slovan Bratislava (SVK): 1-1
Maribor (SVN) – HJK Helsinki (FIN): 0-2
AEK Larnaca (CYP) – Partizan (SRB)*: 2-1
Fenerbahçe (TUR) – Slovakia (CZE)*: 3-0
*automatically qualified
Winners feels qualified for the Europa League play-offs.
Losers will be transferred to their respective lane for the Europa Conference League play-offs.
Barrages
Teams competing (20)
7 teams automatically qualified (Priority 1)
6 teams eliminated from the Champions League third qualifying round (Priority 2)
5 Europa League third qualifying round winners (Priority 3)
2 Europa League third qualifying round main path winners (Priority 4)
Draw
It was held on Tuesday August 2.
Meetings
The matches are played on August 18 and 25.
Dnipro (UKR)* – AEK Larnaca (CYP)/Partizan (SRB)
Gent (BEL)* – Omonoia (CYP)*
Austria Wien (AUT)* – Fenerbahçe (TUR)/Slovakia (CZE)
Linfield (NIR)/Zürich (SUI) – Heart of Midlothian (SCO)*
Maribor (SVN)/HJK (FIN) – Silkeborg (DEN)*
Malmö (SWE)/F91 Diddeleng (LUX) – Sivasspor (TUR)*
Qarabağ (AZE)/Ferencváros (HUN) – Shamrock Rovers (IRL)/Shkupi (MKD)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR)/Apollon (CYP) – Olympiacos (GRE)/Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Red Star (SRB)/Pyunik (ARM) – Sheriff (MDA)/Pilsen (CZE)
Ludogorets (BUL)/Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – Bodø/Glimt (NOR)/Žalgiris (LTU)
*automatically qualified
The following
Winners are qualified for the group stage of the Europa League.
Losers are transferred to the group stage of the Europa Conference League.
The group stage
