2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 12 July and ended on 31 August 2023.[1]

A total of 160 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, which included the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 23 teams in the Champions Path and 137 teams in the Main Path. The 22 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage, to join the 10 losers of the Europa League play-off round.[2]

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

Teams

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Champions Path

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Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Champions Path)

The Champions Path included league champions which were eliminated from the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Champions League and the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Europa League and consisted of the following rounds:

Below were the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2023 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advanced to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
Belarus BATE Borisov [UEL CH Q3] 15.000
Kazakhstan Astana [UEL CH Q3] 14.000
Lithuania Žalgiris [UEL CH Q3] 11.000
Finland HJK [UEL CH Q3] 11.000
Iceland Breiðablik [UEL CH Q3] 6.000
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Estonia Flora [UCL Q1] 10.500
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps [UCL Q1] 8.500
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Hungary Ferencváros [UCL Q1] 27.000
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers [UCL Q1] 9.000
Wales The New Saints [UCL Q1] 9.000
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica [UCL PR F] 7.500
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi [UCL Q1] 7.500
Albania Partizani [UCL Q1] 5.000
Romania Farul Constanța [UCL Q1] 4.100
San Marino Tre Penne [UCL PR SF] 4.000
Latvia Valmiera [UCL Q1] 3.500
Kosovo Ballkani [UCL Q1] 3.000
Northern Ireland Larne [UCL Q1] 3.000
Armenia Urartu [UCL Q1] 3.000
Malta Hamrun Spartans [UCL Q1] 2.500
Luxembourg Swift Hesperange [UCL Q1] 1.800
North Macedonia Struga [UCL Q1] 1.100
Andorra Atlètic Club d'Escaldes [UCL PR SF] 1.033
Notes
  1. UEL CH Q3 Losers of Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. UCL Q1 Losers of Champions League first qualifying round.
  3. UCL PR F Losers of Champions League preliminary round final.
  4. UCL PR SF Losers of Champions League preliminary round semi-finals.

Main Path

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Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

The Main Path included league non-champions and consisted of the following rounds:

  • First qualifying round (62 teams): 62 teams which entered in this round.
  • Second qualifying round (90 teams): 59 teams which entered in this round and 31 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (54 teams): nine teams which entered in this round and 45 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (34 teams): seven teams which entered this round (including two losers of the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round) and 27 winners of the third qualifying round.

Below were the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advanced to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 77.000
France Lille 30.000
England Aston Villa 21.914
Italy Fiorentina 20.000
Spain Osasuna 18.599
Belgium Genk [UEL MP Q3] 18.000
Ukraine Dnipro-1 [UEL MP Q3] 8.000
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Netherlands AZ 47.500
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 35.000
Serbia Partizan 25.500
Austria Rapid Wien 18.500
Portugal Arouca 11.243
Croatia Hajduk Split 9.000
Scotland Heart of Midlothian 7.280
Norway Brann 5.800
Denmark Nordsjælland 5.565
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Belgium Club Brugge 54.000
Switzerland Basel 53.000
Belgium Gent 37.500
Turkey Fenerbahçe 30.000
Romania CFR Cluj 27.500
Denmark Midtjylland 25.500
Greece PAOK 25.000
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 24.000
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 22.000
Norway Bodø/Glimt 20.000
Poland Lech Poznań 19.000
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 17.000
Sweden Djurgårdens IF 16.500
Cyprus APOEL 14.500
Turkey Beşiktaş 14.000
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 13.000
Netherlands Twente 11.980
Croatia Rijeka 11.500
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 11.243
Romania FCSB 11.000
Poland Legia Warsaw 11.000
Norway Rosenborg 11.000
Slovakia Spartak Trnava 10.500
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 10.000
Cyprus Omonia 10.000
Finland KuPS 9.500
Azerbaijan Neftçi 9.000
Croatia Osijek 8.000
Scotland Hibernian 7.280
Greece Aris 7.000
Austria Austria Wien 6.800
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 6.500
Kosovo Drita 6.500
Serbia Vojvodina 6.475
Turkey Adana Demirspor 6.420
Switzerland Luzern 6.335
Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 6.000
Czech Republic Bohemians 1905 5.810
Denmark AGF 5.565
Israel Beitar Jerusalem 5.000
Sweden Hammarby IF 4.750
Sweden Kalmar FF 4.750
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 4.500
Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris 4.500
Poland Pogoń Szczecin 4.150
Hungary Debrecen 4.125
Hungary Zalaegerszeg 4.125
Hungary Kecskemét 4.125
Romania Sepsi OSK 4.100
Azerbaijan Gabala 4.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 4.000
Bulgaria CSKA 1948 4.000
Azerbaijan Sabah 3.325
Kazakhstan Ordabasy 2.525
Kazakhstan Aktobe 2.525
Slovenia Celje 2.500
Latvia Auda 2.125
Luxembourg Differdange 03 2.000
Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1.975
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 10.000
Latvia Riga 10.000
Slovenia Maribor 9.500
North Macedonia Shkëndija 9.500
Northern Ireland Linfield 8.500
Liechtenstein Vaduz 8.500
Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda 8.500
Republic of Ireland Dundalk 8.500
Armenia Pyunik 8.000
Armenia Alashkert 8.000
Montenegro Sutjeska 7.500
North Macedonia Shkupi 7.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 7.000
Latvia RFS 6.500
Kazakhstan Tobol 6.500
Faroe Islands B36 6.500
Armenia Ararat-Armenia 6.500
Malta Gżira United 6.000
Estonia FCI Levadia 6.000
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 5.500
Wales Connah's Quay Nomads 5.500
Moldova Milsami Orhei 5.000
San Marino La Fiorita 5.000
Faroe Islands HB 5.000
Gibraltar Europa 5.000
Slovenia Domžale 5.000
Andorra FC Santa Coloma 5.000
Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 5.000
Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi 4.500
Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes 4.500
Northern Ireland Crusaders 4.500
Estonia Paide Linnameeskond 4.000
Albania Tirana 4.000
Slovakia Žilina 3.950
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 3.500
Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 3.000
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 3.000
Albania Vllaznia 3.000
Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 3.000
Republic of Ireland Derry City 3.000
North Macedonia Makedonija G.P. 2.500
Lithuania Panevėžys 2.500
Finland Honka 2.500
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 2.500
Malta Balzan 2.500
Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 2.450
Kosovo Gjilani 2.208
Kosovo Dukagjini 2.208
Finland Haka 2.050
Georgia (country) Dila Gori 2.000
Malta Birkirkara 2.000
Northern Ireland Glentoran 2.000
Estonia Narva Trans 2.000
Lithuania Hegelmann 2.000
Belarus Neman Grodno 1.975
Iceland KA 1.450
Albania Egnatia 1.250
Wales Penybont 1.233
Wales Haverfordwest County 1.233
Gibraltar Bruno's Magpies 1.158
Montenegro Arsenal Tivat 0.950
San Marino Cosmos 0.399
Notes
  1. UEL MP Q3 Losers of Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path).

Format

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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 would be played and if the same number of goals are scored by both teams during extra time, the tie would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[4]

Schedule

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

Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 20 June 2023 13 July 2023 20 July 2023
Second qualifying round 21 June 2023 27 July 2023 3 August 2023
Third qualifying round 24 July 2023 10 August 2023 17 August 2023
Play-off round 7 August 2023 24 August 2023 31 August 2023

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 20 June 2023.

Seeding

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A total of 62 teams took part in the first qualifying round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2023 UEFA club coefficients.[3] Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

Prior to the draw, UEFA formed five groups of five seeded and five unseeded teams and one group of six seeded and six unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 20 July 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path second qualifying round. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sutjeska Montenegro2–1San Marino Cosmos1–01–1
Domžale Slovenia4–5[a]Malta Balzan1–43–1 (a.e.t.)
Vaduz Liechtenstein2–3Belarus Neman Grodno1–21–1
Ararat-Armenia Armenia5–5 (4–2 p)Albania Egnatia1–14–4 (a.e.t.)
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)3–3 (4–2 p)Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo2–21–1 (a.e.t.)
Alashkert Armenia7–2Montenegro Arsenal Tivat1–16–1
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina4–3Belarus Dinamo Minsk2–22–1
La Fiorita San Marino1–2Moldova Zimbru Chișinău1–10–1
Maribor Slovenia3–2Malta Birkirkara1–12–1
Tirana Albania3–2Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi1–12–1
Bruno's Magpies Gibraltar1–3[a]Republic of Ireland Dundalk0–01–3
Inter Club d'Escaldes Andorra3–2[a]Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta2–11–1
Progrès Niederkorn Luxembourg4–2Kosovo Gjilani2–22–0
Linfield Northern Ireland3–2Albania Vllaznia3–10–1
KA Iceland4–0Wales Connah's Quay Nomads2–02–0
Shkëndija North Macedonia1–1 (2–3 p)Wales Haverfordwest County1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Haka Finland2–3Northern Ireland Crusaders2–20–1
HB Faroe Islands0–1Republic of Ireland Derry City0–00–1
Riga Latvia2–1Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík2–00–1
Žilina Slovakia4–2Estonia FCI Levadia2–12–1
Pyunik Armenia5–0Estonia Narva Trans2–03–0
Panevėžys Lithuania3–2Moldova Milsami Orhei2–21–0
Tobol Kazakhstan2–1Finland Honka2–10–0
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia2–3Georgia (country) Dila Gori2–10–2
Makedonija G.P. North Macedonia1–5Latvia RFS0–11–4
Dukagjini Kosovo5–3Gibraltar Europa2–13–2
Penybont Wales1–3Andorra FC Santa Coloma1–10–2 (a.e.t.)
Hegelmann Lithuania0–5North Macedonia Shkupi0–50–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg5–3Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic2–13–2
B36 Faroe Islands2–0Estonia Paide Linnameeskond0–02–0 (a.e.t.)
Gżira United Malta3–3 (14–13 p)Northern Ireland Glentoran2–21–1 (a.e.t.)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round matches (Main Path)

Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 21 June 2023.

Seeding

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A total of 106 teams took part in the second qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (16 teams): The teams, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, was seeded as follows:
    • Seeded: 13 of the 15 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round (two of the teams received byes to the third qualifying round).
    • Unseeded: 3 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League preliminary round.
  • Main Path (90 teams): 59 teams which entered in this round and 31 winners of the first qualifying round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2023 UEFA club coefficients.[3] 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. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

Prior to the draw, UEFA formed three groups in the Champions Path with two groups of five seeded teams and one unseeded team, one group of three seeded teams and one unseeded team, and nine groups in the Main Path of five seeded teams and five unseeded teams, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In each group of the Champions Path, firstly, a seeded team was drawn against the only unseeded team, and then, the remaining seeded teams were drawn against each other. In the Main Path, numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in one run for Groups 1–9 with ten teams. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Main Path
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
  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, 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 1, 2 and 3 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Champions Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Lincoln Red Imps GibraltarByeN/A——
Flora EstoniaByeN/A——
Tre Penne San Marino0–10Latvia Valmiera0–30–7
Ferencváros Hungary6–0Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers4–02–0
The New Saints Wales3–4Luxembourg Swift Hesperange1–12–3
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes Andorra1–5Albania Partizani0–11–4
Hamrun Spartans Malta3–1Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi2–11–0
Farul Constanța Romania6–4Armenia Urartu3–23–2
Struga North Macedonia5–3Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica1–04–3
Ballkani Kosovo7–1Northern Ireland Larne3–04–1
Main Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dukagjini Kosovo1–7[a]Croatia Rijeka0–11–6
Gżira United Malta3–2Luxembourg F91 Dudelange2–01–2
Djurgårdens IF Sweden2–3Switzerland Luzern1–21–1
Celje Slovenia4–4 (4–2 p)Portugal Vitória de Guimarães3–41–0 (a.e.t.)
Sutjeska Montenegro2–3Andorra FC Santa Coloma2–00–3 (a.e.t.)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel2–1Lithuania Panevėžys1–01–1
Vorskla Poltava Ukraine3–4Georgia (country) Dila Gori2–11–3
CFR Cluj Romania2–3Turkey Adana Demirspor1–11–2
Ordabasy Kazakhstan4–5Poland Legia Warsaw2–22–3
RFS Latvia1–4Azerbaijan Sabah0–21–2
Beşiktaş Turkey5–1Albania Tirana3–12–0
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina2–4Azerbaijan Neftçi2–20–2
APOEL Cyprus4–2Serbia Vojvodina2–12–1
CSKA 1948 Bulgaria2–4Romania FCSB0–12–3
Alashkert Armenia2–2 (1–3 p)Hungary Debrecen0–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Lech Poznań Poland5–2Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris3–12–1
Kalmar FF Sweden2–4Armenia Pyunik1–21–2
Bodø/Glimt Norway7–2Czech Republic Bohemians 19053–04–2
Auda Latvia2–5Slovakia Spartak Trnava1–11–4
Osijek Croatia3–1Hungary Zalaegerszeg1–02–1
Twente Netherlands2–1Sweden Hammarby IF1–01–1 (a.e.t.)
KA Iceland5–3Republic of Ireland Dundalk3–12–2
Club Brugge Belgium3–1Denmark AGF3–00–1
Crusaders Northern Ireland4–5Norway Rosenborg2–22–3 (a.e.t.)
Inter Club d'Escaldes Andorra3–7[a]Scotland Hibernian2–11–6
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic2–1Kosovo Drita0–02–1
B36 Faroe Islands3–2Wales Haverfordwest County2–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Basel Switzerland3–4Kazakhstan Tobol1–32–1
Differdange 03 Luxembourg4–5Slovenia Maribor1–13–4 (a.e.t.)
Austria Wien Austria3–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka1–02–1
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria0–6Romania Sepsi OSK0–20–4
Ararat-Armenia Armenia1–2Greece Aris1–10–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel5–0Moldova Petrocub Hîncești3–02–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Belarus3–4Cyprus AEK Larnaca2–31–1
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)3–5Kazakhstan Aktobe1–42–1
Midtjylland Denmark3–2Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn2–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Derry City Republic of Ireland5–4Finland KuPS2–13–3
Gent Belgium10–3Slovakia Žilina5–15–2
Kecskemét Hungary3–4Latvia Riga2–11–3 (a.e.t.)
Linfield Northern Ireland4–8Poland Pogoń Szczecin2–52–3
PAOK Greece4–1Israel Beitar Jerusalem0–04–1
Neman Grodno Belarus2–0[a]Malta Balzan2–00–0
Fenerbahçe Turkey9–0Moldova Zimbru Chișinău5–04–0
Gabala Azerbaijan3–7Cyprus Omonia2–31–4
Shkupi North Macedonia0–3Bulgaria Levski Sofia0–20–1
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Main articles: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round matches (Champions Path) and 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round matches (Main Path)

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

Seeding

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A total of 64 teams took part in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (10 teams): eight winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw and two losers from the first qualifying round of the Champions League which received byes to this round. There was no seeding.
  • Main Path (54 teams): nine teams that entered in this round and 45 winners of the second qualifying round (Main Path). Seeding of teams were based on their 2023 UEFA club coefficients.[3] 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. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

Prior to the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded teams and unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Winners of the main path 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.
  2. †† Winners of the champions path second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 9 and 10 August, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Champions Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Hamrun Spartans Malta2–8Hungary Ferencváros1–61–2
Farul Constanța Romania5–0Estonia Flora3–02–0
Valmiera Latvia1–3Albania Partizani1–20–1
Ballkani Kosovo5–1Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2–03–1
Struga North Macedonia4–3Luxembourg Swift Hesperange3–11–2
Main Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AEK Larnaca Cyprus1–2Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv1–10–1
Sabah Azerbaijan2–2 (4–5 p)Serbia Partizan2–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Sepsi OSK Romania2–1Kazakhstan Aktobe1–11–0
Rapid Wien Austria5–0Hungary Debrecen0–05–0
Hajduk Split