2024–25 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2024–25 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 11 July and ended on 29 August 2024.[1]

A total of 52 teams competed in the qualifying system, which included the qualifying phase and the play-off round. The 12 winners of the play-off round advanced to the league phase, to join the 13 teams that entered in the league stage, along with the seven losers of the Champions League play-off round (five from the Champions Path and two from the League Path), and the four losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (League Path).[2]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Format

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The qualifying phase was split into two paths – the Champions Path and the Main Path. The Champions Path contained teams which were eliminated from the Champions League Champions Path, and the Main Path contained teams which qualified as the third-placed or the fourth-placed team from their domestic league or as domestic cup winners. The paths were merged in the 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 at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals was scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[3]

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 containing the same number of teams. A seeded team was 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 may not have been known at the time of the draws, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to the subsequent round. In practice, this meant if the team with the lower coefficient advanced in the Europa League or the team with the higher coefficient was eliminated from the Champions League, it would simply take the seeding of its opponent.

Prior to the draws, UEFA could form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, purely for the convenience of the draw and not to resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA could not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie could be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.[1]

Schedule for 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 18 June 2024 11 July 2024 18 July 2024
Second qualifying round 19 June 2024 25 July 2024 1 August 2024
Third qualifying round 22 July 2024 8 August 2024 15 August 2024
Play-off round 5 August 2024 22 August 2024 29 August 2024

Teams

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In the qualifying stage, the teams were divided into two paths:

The winners of the third qualifying round were combined into a single path for the play-off round:

All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round entered the Conference League:

Below were the participating teams (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients, not used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advanced to league phase
Losers of play-off round entered Conference League league phase
Losers of third qualifying round entered Conference League play-off round
Losers of second qualifying round entered Conference League third qualifying round
Losers of first qualifying round entered Conference League second qualifying round
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[4]
Greece PAOK [CH Q3] 37.000
Austria LASK 37.000
Hungary Ferencváros [CH Q3] 35.000
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad[CH Q3] 26.000
Cyprus APOEL [CH Q3] 14.500
Belgium Anderlecht 14.500
Turkey Beşiktaş 12.000
Romania FCSB [CH Q3] 10.500
Scotland Heart of Midlothian 7.210
Serbia TSC 5.555
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok [CH Q3] 5.075
Third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Team Coeff.[4]
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv [CH Q2] 35.500
Faroe Islands KÍ [CH Q2] 10.000
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers [CH Q2] 9.500
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps [CH Q2] 9.000
Wales The New Saints [CH Q2] 8.500
Latvia RFS [CH Q2] 8.000
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești [CH Q2] 7.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka [CH Q2] 5.500
Slovenia Celje [CH Q2] 4.500
Belarus Dinamo Minsk [CH Q2] 4.500
Lithuania Panevėžys [CH Q2] 4.000
Andorra UE Santa Coloma [CH Q2] 1.199
Third qualifying round (Main Path)
Team Coeff.[4]
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 28.000
Serbia Partizan [LP Q2] 25.500
Switzerland Servette 9.000
Switzerland Lugano [LP Q2] 8.000
Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 5.600
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Netherlands Ajax 67.000
Portugal Braga 49.000
Norway Molde 28.500
Austria Rapid Wien 14.000
Croatia Rijeka 12.000
Turkey Trabzonspor 11.500
Belgium Cercle Brugge 9.760
Scotland Kilmarnock 7.210
Greece Panathinaikos 6.305
Denmark Silkeborg 6.290
Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva 6.225
Serbia Vojvodina 5.555
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 20.000
Slovenia Maribor 9.500
Kazakhstan Tobol 7.500
Poland Wisła Kraków 5.075
Cyprus Pafos 4.420
Hungary Paks 4.375
Sweden IF Elfsborg 4.300
Romania Corvinul Hunedoara 4.275
Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 4.075
Azerbaijan Zira 4.025
Slovakia Ružomberok 3.925
Kosovo Llapi 2.308
Notes
  1. CH Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. CH Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
  3. LP Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024.

Seeding

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A total of 12 teams played in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[4] The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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The first legs were played on 11 July, and the second legs were played on 18 July 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the second qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path second qualifying round.

First qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria4–3Slovenia Maribor2–12–2
IF Elfsborg Sweden8–2Cyprus Pafos3–05–2
Paks Hungary2–4Romania Corvinul Hunedoara0–42–0
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova2–2 (5–4 p)Azerbaijan Zira0–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Wisła Kraków Poland4–1[a]Kosovo Llapi2–02–1
Ružomberok Slovakia5–3Kazakhstan Tobol5–20–1
Notes:
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria2–1Slovenia Maribor
  • Ujah 9'
  • Iliev 74'
 Report[6]
Attendance: 16,318[5]
Maribor Slovenia2–2Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
 Report[8]
Attendance: 8,124[7]

Botev Plovdiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

IF Elfsborg Sweden3–0Cyprus Pafos
 Report[10]
Attendance: 5,011[9]
Pafos Cyprus2–5Sweden IF Elfsborg
 Report[12]
Attendance: 3,952[11]

IF Elfsborg won 8–2 on aggregate.

Paks Hungary0–4Romania Corvinul Hunedoara
Report[14]
Attendance: 4,182[13]
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania0–2Hungary Paks
Report[16]
Attendance: 8,582[15]

Corvinul Hunedoara won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–1Azerbaijan Zira
Report[18]
Attendance: 3,594[17]
Zira Azerbaijan1–2 (a.e.t.)Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report[20]
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 4,700[19]

2–2 on aggregate; Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–4 on penalties.

Wisła Kraków Poland2–0Kosovo Llapi
 Report[22]
Attendance: 24,403[21]
Llapi Kosovo1–2Poland Wisła Kraków
 Report[25]
Attendance: 0[23][note 4]

Wisła Kraków won 4–1 on aggregate.

Ružomberok Slovakia5–2Kazakhstan Tobol
 Report[27]
Attendance: 3,025[26]
Tobol Kazakhstan1–0Slovakia Ružomberok
 Report[29]
Attendance: 6,830[28]

Ružomberok won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024.

Seeding

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A total of 18 teams played in the second qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[4] For the winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. 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 25 July, and the second legs were played on 1 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path third qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path third qualifying round.

Second qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands4–1Serbia Vojvodina1–03–1
Ružomberok Slovakia0–3Turkey Trabzonspor0–20–1
Wisła Kraków Poland2–8Austria Rapid Wien1–21–6
Kilmarnock Scotland1–2Belgium Cercle Brugge1–10–1
Molde Norway5–4Denmark Silkeborg3–12–3
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania0–1Croatia Rijeka0–00–1
Braga Portugal7–0Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva2–05–0
Panathinaikos Greece6–1Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv2–14–0
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–3Sweden IF Elfsborg0–10–2

Matches

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Ajax Netherlands1–0Serbia Vojvodina
 Report[31]
Attendance: 53,590[30]
Vojvodina Serbia1–3Netherlands Ajax
 Report[34]
Attendance: 4,412[33]

Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.

Ružomberok Slovakia0–2Turkey Trabzonspor
Report[36]
Attendance: 4,544[35]
Trabzonspor Turkey1–0Slovakia Ružomberok
 Report[38]
Attendance: 26,220[37]

Trabzonspor won 3–0 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków Poland1–2Austria Rapid Wien
 Report[40]
Attendance: 30,542[39]
Rapid Wien Austria6–1Poland Wisła Kraków
 Report[42]
Attendance: 19,600[41]

Rapid Wien won 8–2 on aggregate.

Kilmarnock Scotland1–1Belgium Cercle Brugge
 Report[44]
Attendance: 10,410[43]
Cercle Brugge Belgium1–0Scotland Kilmarnock
 Report[46]
Attendance: 10,230[45]

Cercle Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Molde Norway3–1Denmark Silkeborg
 Report[48]
Attendance: 3,900[47]
Silkeborg Denmark3–2Norway Molde
 Report[50]
Attendance: 4,731[49]

Molde won 5–4 on aggregate.

Corvinul Hunedoara Romania0–0Croatia Rijeka
Report[52]
Attendance: 7,432[51]
Rijeka Croatia1–0Romania Corvinul Hunedoara
 Report[54]
Attendance: 4,683[53]

Rijeka won 1–0 on aggregate.

Braga Portugal2–0Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
 Report[56]
Attendance: 14,891[55]
Referee: Luca Pairetto (Italy)
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel0–5Portugal Braga
Report[59]
Attendance: 211[58]

Braga won 7–0 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece2–1Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
 Report[61]
Attendance: 11,236[60]
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria0–4Greece Panathinaikos
Report[63]
Attendance: 17,076[62]

Panathinaikos won 6–1 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–1Sweden IF Elfsborg
Report[65]
Attendance: 3,751[64]
IF Elfsborg Sweden2–0Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report[67]
Attendance: 5,414[66]

IF Elfsborg won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2024.

Seeding

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A total of 26 teams played in the third qualifying round – 12 in the Champions Path and 14 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[4] For the winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. For the losers of the Champions League second qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Main Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics lost to a team with a lower coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. †† Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. 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 6 and 8 August, and the second legs were played on 13, 14 and 15 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Conference League Champions Path play-off round, while the Main Path losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path play-off round.

Third qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
KÍ Faroe Islands3–4Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka2–11–3 (a.e.t.)
UE Santa Coloma Andorra0–9Latvia RFS0–20–7
Celje Slovenia2–3Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers1–01–3 (a.e.t.)
Panevėžys Lithuania1–5Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv1–20–3
Petrocub Hîncești Moldova1–0Wales The New Saints1–00–0
Dinamo Minsk Belarus3–2Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2–01–2
Main Path
Partizan Serbia2–3Switzerland Lugano0–12–2 (a.e.t.)
Molde Norway3–1Belgium Cercle Brugge3–00–1
Panathinaikos Greece1–1 (12–13 p)Netherlands Ajax0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Trabzonspor Turkey0–3Austria Rapid Wien0–10–2
Braga Portugal2–1Switzerland Servette0–02–1
Rijeka Croatia1–3Sweden IF Elfsborg1–10–2
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine1–3Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň1–20–1

Champions Path

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KÍ Faroe Islands2–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka
 Report[69]
Attendance: 1,301[68]
Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina3–1 (a.e.t.)Faroe Islands KÍ
 Report[71]
Attendance: 5,800[70]

Borac Banja Luka won 4–3 on aggregate.

UE Santa Coloma Andorra0–2Latvia RFS
Report[73]
Attendance: 369[72]
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)
RFS Latvia7–0Andorra UE Santa Coloma
 Report[75]
Attendance: 1,614[74]

RFS won 9–0 on aggregate.

Celje Slovenia1–0Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
 Report[77]
Attendance: 2,478[76]
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland3–1 (a.e.t.)Slovenia Celje
 Report[79]
Attendance: 6,153[78]

Shamrock Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Panevėžys Lithuania1–2Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
 Report[81]
Attendance: 1,312[80]
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel3–0Lithuania Panevėžys
 Report[83]
Attendance: 34[82]
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5–1 on aggregate.

Petrocub Hîncești Moldova1–0Wales The New Saints
 Report[85]
Attendance: 6,272[84]
The New Saints Wales0–0Moldova Petrocub Hîncești
Report[87]
Attendance: 851[86]

Petrocub Hîncești won 1–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Minsk Belarus2–0Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
 Report[90]
Attendance: 20[89][note 10]
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar2–1Belarus Dinamo Minsk
 Report[93]
Attendance: 587[92]

Dinamo Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.

League Path

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Partizan Serbia0–1Switzerland Lugano
Report[95]
Attendance: 3,163[94]
Lugano Switzerland2–2 (a.e.t.)Serbia Partizan
 Report[98]
Attendance: 2,268[97]

Lugano won 3–2 on aggregate.

Molde Norway3–0Belgium Cercle Brugge
 Report[100]
Attendance: 4,200[99]
Cercle Brugge Belgium1–0Norway Molde
 Report[102]
Attendance: 4,504[101]

Molde won 3–1 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece0–1Netherlands Ajax
Report[104]
Attendance: 24,452[103]

1–1 on aggregate; Ajax won 13–12 on penalties.

Trabzonspor Turkey0–1Austria Rapid Wien
Report[108]
Attendance: 33,476[107]
Rapid Wien Austria2–0Turkey Trabzonspor
 Report[110]
Attendance: 22,500[109]

Rapid Wien won 3–0 on aggregate.

Braga Portugal0–0Switzerland Servette
Report[112]
Attendance: 16,603[111]
Servette Switzerland1–2Portugal Braga
 Report[114]
Attendance: 15,179[113]
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

Braga won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rijeka Croatia1–1Sweden IF Elfsborg
 Report[116]
Attendance: 4,867[115]
IF Elfsborg Sweden2–0Croatia Rijeka
 Report[118]
Attendance: 6,035[117]

IF Elfsborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine1–2Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
 Report[121]
Attendance: 1,800[120]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic1–0Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
 Report[123]
Attendance: 10,657[122]

Viktoria Plzeň won 3–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.

Seeding

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A total of 24 teams played in the play-off round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[4] For the winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. For the losers of the Champions League third qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used. Before the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics lost to a team with a lower coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. †† Winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. 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 were played on 29 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase. The losers were transferred to the Conference League league phase.

Play-off round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dinamo Minsk Belarus0–2Belgium Anderlecht0–10–1
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland1–7Netherlands Ajax1–40–3
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria6–1Moldova Petrocub Hîncești4–02–1
Lugano Switzerland4–8Turkey Beşiktaş3–31–5
LASK Austria1–2Romania FCSB1–10–1
RFS Latvia3–3 (4–2 p)Cyprus APOEL2–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel8–1Serbia TSC3–05–1
PAOK Greece6–0Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers4–02–0
Ferencváros Hungary1–1 (3–2 p)Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka0–01–1 (a.e.t.)
Molde Norway1–1 (2–4 p)Sweden IF Elfsborg0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Braga Portugal4–3Austria Rapid Wien2–12–2
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic2–0Scotland Heart of Midlothian1–01–0

Matches

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Dinamo Minsk Belarus0–1Belgium Anderlecht
Report[125]
Attendance: 0[124][note 10]
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Anderlecht Belgium1–0Belarus Dinamo Minsk
 Report[127]
Attendance: 17,102[126]

Anderlecht won 2–0 on aggregate.

Jagiellonia Białystok Poland1–4Netherlands Ajax
 Report[129]
Attendance: 19,553[128]
Ajax Netherlands3–0Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
 Report[131]
Attendance: 54,010[130]

Ajax won 7–1 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria4–0Moldova Petrocub Hîncești
 Report[133]
Attendance: 3,965[132]
Petrocub Hîncești Moldova1–2Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
 Report[135]
Attendance: 4,576[134]

Ludogorets Razgrad won 6–1 on aggregate.

Lugano Switzerland3–3Turkey Beşiktaş
 Report[137]
Attendance: 5,270[136]
Beşiktaş Turkey5–1Switzerland Lugano
 Report[139]
Attendance: 35,370[138]

Beşiktaş won 8–4 on aggregate.

LASK Austria1–1Romania FCSB
 Report[141]
Attendance: 10,650[140]
FCSB Romania1–0Austria LASK
 Report[144]
Attendance: 21,523[143]

FCSB won 2–1 on aggregate.

RFS Latvia2–1Cyprus APOEL
 Report[146]
Attendance: 1,678[145]
APOEL Cyprus2–1 (a.e.t.)Latvia RFS
 Report[148]
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 12,998[147]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

3–3 on aggregate; RFS won 4–2 on penalties.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel3–0Serbia TSC