2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase
The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase began on 30 June and ended on 6 August 2015. A total of 157 teams competed in the qualifying phase to decide which 44 teams would participate in the play-off round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, the final round before the group stage.[1]
Round and draw dates
[edit]All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]
Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
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First qualifying round | 22 June 2015, 13:00 & 14:30[3] | 2 July 2015 | 9 July 2015 |
Second qualifying round | 16 July 2015 | 23 July 2015 | |
Third qualifying round | 17 July 2015, 13:00[4] | 30 July 2015 | 6 August 2015 |
Matches could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Format
[edit]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 thirty minutes of extra time was played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. 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.[1]
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 formed "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 were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.[1]
Teams
[edit]A total of 157 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round (including the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round 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.
Below are the participating teams (with their 2015 UEFA club coefficients),[5] grouped by their starting rounds.[6]
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Winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage |
- Notes
- CL-CR Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Route).
- CL-LR Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (League Route).
First qualifying round
[edit]Seeding
[edit]A total of 102 teams played in the first qualifying round.[3] The draw was held on 22 June 2015.[7][8] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for the group with twelve teams.
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Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | |||
Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 9 | |||
Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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Summary
[edit]The first legs were played on 30 June and 2 July, and the second legs were played on 7 and 9 July 2015.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Víkingur Reykjavík ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 2–2 |
Sheriff Tiraspol ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–3 | 0–0 |
Kukësi ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Alashkert ![]() | 2–2 (a) | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Jelgava ![]() | 3–3 (a) | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Newtown ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 |
Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Renova ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–4 |
Olimpic ![]() | 1–1 (a) | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–0 |
West Ham United ![]() | 4–0[A] | ![]() | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Glenavon ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Differdange 03 ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–2 |
Shkëndija ![]() | 1–1 (a) | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Víkingur Gøta ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–0 |
SJK ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Linfield ![]() | 5–4[A] | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–4 |
Brøndby ![]() | 11–0 | ![]() | 9–0 | 2–0 |
MTK Budapest ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Skonto ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Lahti ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() | 2–2 | 0–5 |
Atlantas ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 0–2 | 1–3 |
Debrecen ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Ordabasy ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Balzan ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Sillamäe Kalev ![]() | 3–7 | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–6 |
Budućnost Podgorica ![]() | 1–3[A] | ![]() | 1–3 | 0–0 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Flora ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Sant Julià ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Saxan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Progrès Niederkorn ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Aktobe ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Dinamo Batumi ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Kruoja Pakruojis ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–8 |
Shirak ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Cork City ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Go Ahead Eagles ![]() | 2–5 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–4 |
Trakai ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–1 |
Laçi ![]() | 1–1 (a) | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–0 |
VPS ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() | 2–2 | 0–4 |
UCD ![]() | 2–2 (a) | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Domžale ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Glentoran ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() | 1–4 | 0–3 |
Strømsgodset ![]() | 4–1[A] | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–0 |
Neftçi ![]() | 3–3 (a)[A] | ![]() | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Celje ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–3 |
La Fiorita ![]() | 1–10 | ![]() | 0–5 | 1–5 |
Birkirkara ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 0–0 | 3–1 |
Airbus UK Broughton ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | 1–3 | 2–2 |
Botoșani ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Europa ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() | 0–6 | 0–3 |
- Notes
Matches
[edit]Víkingur Reykjavík ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Pučko ![]() |
Koper ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Pučko ![]() Palčič ![]() | Report | Kristinsson ![]() |
Koper won 3–2 on aggregate.
Odd ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Odd won 3–0 on aggregate.
Kukësi ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Carioca ![]() Pejić ![]() | Report |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Kukësi won 2–0 on aggregate.
Alashkert ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Manasyan ![]() | Report |
St Johnstone ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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O'Halloran ![]() McKay ![]() | Report | Gyozalyan ![]() |
2–2 on aggregate; Alashkert won on away goals.
Jelgava ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Malašenoks ![]() | Report | Bozhikov ![]() |
3–3 on aggregate; Jelgava won on away goals.
Newtown won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Jighauri ![]() Papunashvili ![]() | Report | Huseynov ![]() |
Gabala won 3–2 on aggregate.
Renova ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Roșca ![]() |
Dacia Chișinău won 5–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Spartak Trnava won on away goals.
West Ham United ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Sakho ![]() Tomkins ![]() | Report |
West Ham United won 4–0 on aggregate.
Shakhtyor Soligorsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
Differdange 03 ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Er Rafik ![]() Caron ![]() Sinani ![]() | Report | Sheridan ![]() |
Differdange 03 won 4–3 on aggregate.
Aberdeen ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
1–1 on aggregate; Aberdeen won on away goals.
Víkingur Gøta ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Søderlund ![]() |
Rosenborg ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Rosenborg won 2–0 on aggregate.
FH ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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K. F. Finnbogason ![]() | Report |
FH won 2–0 on aggregate.
Linfield won 5–4 on aggregate.
Brøndby ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Elmander ![]() da Silva ![]() Pukki ![]() Holst ![]() Larsson ![]() Rashani ![]() Corlu ![]() | Report |
Brøndby won 11–0 on aggregate.
Vojvodina ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Stanisavljević ![]() Mrdaković ![]() Ivanić ![]() | Report | Střeštík ![]() |
Vojvodina won 3–1 on aggregate.
Skonto ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Karašausks ![]() Gutkovskis ![]() | Report | Greene ![]() |
St Patrick's Athletic ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Sorokins ![]() Karašausks ![]() |
Skonto won 4–1 on aggregate.
IF Elfsborg won 7–2 on aggregate.
Atlantas ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Delev ![]() Bozhilov ![]() |
Beroe Stara Zagora ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Delev ![]() | Report | Vėževičius ![]() |
Beroe Stara Zagora won 5–1 on aggregate.
Debrecen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Beitar Jerusalem won 2–1 on aggregate.
Balzan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Bajić ![]() |
Željezničar ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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D. Sadiković ![]() | Report |
Željezničar won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sillamäe Kalev ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Silich ![]() | Report | Caktaš ![]() |