2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round explained

See main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

All times are CEST .

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]

Play-off round

Teams

Below are the 76 teams involved in the play-off round (including 26 teams entering at this stage, 35 winners from the third qualifying round and 15 losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round).[3] 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.

Play-off round
width=175Team !width=50
93.465
85.110
78.157
74.025
70.465
68.319
62.319
61.887
Dynamo KyivCL-LR 60.776
PanathinaikosCL-LR 57.833
RangersCL-CR 56.028
51.941
51.735
43.025
42.400
40.157
39.528
37.010
36.400
34.276
Standard LiègeCL-LR 32.400
31.400
30.833
30.170
29.164
24.465
23.110
22.164
22.140
RosenborgCL-CR 19.375
18.441
17.333
17.157
17.157
16.735
16.640
16.164
PartizanCL-CR 15.850
14.980
14.319
13.887
12.735
12.276
12.010
TrabzonsporCL-LR12.010
11.319
10.825
10.776
10.575
10.276
VasluiCL-LR 10.164
9.480
9.350
8.941
Litex LovechCL-CR 8.575
7.528
7.110
6.124
5.900
Slovan BratislavaCL-CR 5.899
5.183
5.164
4.980
MariborCL-CR 4.224
4.140
4.041
3.875
HJK HelsinkiCL-CR 3.793
3.624
EkranasCL-CR 3.541
3.399
3.391
3.183
ZestafoniCL-CR 2.891
Shamrock RoversCL-CR 2.741
1.274

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)

Seeding

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4
SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
valign=top Atlético Madrid
Panathinaikos
Beşiktaş
Metalist Kharkiv
Partizan
valign=top Sochaux
Vitória de Guimarães
Alania Vladikavkaz
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Shamrock Rovers
valign=top Roma
Paris Saint-Germain
Anderlecht
Dinamo București
Rosenborg
valign=top Bursaspor
Vorskla Poltava
Olympiacos Volos47
Slovan Bratislava
AEK Larnaca
valign=top Tottenham Hotspur
Spartak Moscow
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Athletic Bilbao
PAOK
valign=top Trabzonspor
Karpaty Lviv
Heart of Midlothian
Legia Warsaw
Ekranas
valign=top Sporting CP
Rangers
Fulham
Steaua București
Lokomotiv Moscow
valign=top Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
CSKA Sofia
Nordsjælland
Maribor
Spartak Trnava
Group 5Group 6Group 7 
SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
valign=top PSV Eindhoven
Dynamo Kyiv
Celtic
Lazio
Birmingham City
Rapid București
valign=top Nacional
Sion
Litex Lovech
Ried
Rabotnički
Śląsk Wrocław
valign=top Sevilla
AZ
Club Brugge
Sparta Prague
Red Bull Salzburg
Stoke City
valign=top Hannover 96
Vaslui
Omonia
Thun
Aalesund
Zestafoni
valign=top Braga
Schalke 04
Standard Liège
AEK Athens
Rennes
Austria Wien
valign=top Young Boys
Helsingborg
Red Star Belgrade
Gaz Metan Mediaș
HJK Helsinki
Dinamo Tbilisi
Notes
Note 47: 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.[4] 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.[5]

Matches

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Notes
Note 48: Order of legs reversed after original draw.Note 49: 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.[6] Note 50: 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 are qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage.[7]

First leg

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Notes
Note 51: Vaslui played their home match at Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț as their own Stadionul Municipal did not meet UEFA criteria.Note 52: Zestafoni played their home match on Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi as it has a greater capacity than their own David Abashidze Stadium.Note 53: Steaua București played their home match at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca as they have left their own Stadionul Steaua prior to the season.Note 54: Differdange 03 played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City as their own Stade du Thillenberg did not meet the UEFA criteria.

Second leg

Vorskla Poltava won 5–3 on aggregate.----Legia Warsaw won 5–4 on aggregate.----Rennes won 6–1 on aggregate.----PSV Eindhoven won 5–0 on aggregate.----Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.----AEK Larnaca won 2–1 on aggregate.----Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.----Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.----Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.----Hapoel Tel Aviv won 4–1 on aggregate.----Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Braga won on away goals.----Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.----Vaslui won 2–1 on aggregate.----Maccabi Tel Aviv won 4–2 on aggregate.----Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.----Schalke 04 won 6–3 on aggregate.----Atlético Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.----Shamrock Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.----Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.----Athletic Bilbao qualified for the group stage after Trabzonspor replaced Fenerbahçe in the Champions League.----Maribor won 3–2 on aggregate.----Fulham won 3–1 on aggregate.----Celtic was awarded the tie (6–0 on aggregate) due to ineligibility of Sion players.----Club Brugge won 5–3 on aggregate.----Metalist Kharkiv won 4–0 on aggregate.----Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.----Lazio won 9–1 on aggregate.----Birmingham City won 3–0 on aggregate.----Stoke City won 5–1 on aggregate.----AZ won 7–2 on aggregate.----Paris Saint-Germain won 6–0 on aggregate.----PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.----Tottenham Hotspur won 5–0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Red Bull Salzburg won on away goals.----Hannover 96 won 3–2 on aggregate.----Sporting CP won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes
Note 55: Gaz Metan Mediaș played their home match at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca as their own Stadionul Gaz Metan did not meet the UEFA criteria.Note 56: CSKA Sofia played their home match at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia as their own Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet the UEFA criteria.Note 57: Rapid București played their home match at Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara as they have left their own Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu prior to the season.Note 58: Trabzonspor were due to play their home match at Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul as their own Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium needed maintenance work after the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011/12 draw and match calendar . UEFA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312175418/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/newsid%3D1651736.html . 12 March 2012 .
  2. Web site: Draws for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. UEFA . 29 July 2011.
  3. Web site: 2011/12 list of participants . UEFA . 10 June 2011 . 13 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Olympiakos Volou excluded from Europa League . UEFA . 11 August 2011 . 29 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110816180417/http://www1.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid%3D1658759.html . 16 August 2011 .
  5. Web site: Differdange to replace Olympiacos Volou in Europa League . UEFA . 11 August 2011 . 29 March 2012.
  6. Web site: Fenerbahçe replaced in UEFA Champions League . 24 August 2011 . 24 August 2011 . UEFA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111019161349/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid%3D1666823.html . 19 October 2011 .
  7. Web site: Celtic protests over Sion matches accepted . 2 September 2011 . 2 September 2011 . UEFA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111213152449/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid%3D1672135.html . 13 December 2011 .