See main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase.
All times are CEST .
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]
| Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg | |
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| First qualifying round | 20 June 2011 13:00[2] | 30 June 2011 | 7 July 2011 | |
| Second qualifying round | 14 July 2011 | 21 July 2011 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 15 July 2011 13:30[3] | 28 July 2011 | 4 August 2011 | |
| Play-off round | 5 August 2011 13:30[4] | 18 August 2011 | 25 August 2011 |
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shootout.[5]
In the draw for each round, teams are seeded based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients,[6] with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to the draw, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other.
Below are the 135 teams involved in the qualifying phase, grouped by their starting rounds. Winners of the 35 ties in the third round qualified for the play-off round, along with 26 new entrants and 15 teams dropping down from the Champions League third qualifying round.
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All times are CEST .
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011.[7]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |||||||||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||
| valign=top | IF Elfsborg Tromsø Honka KR The New Saints | valign=top | Daugava Daugavpils Cliftonville Nõmme Kalju ÍF Fuglafjørður Fola Esch | valign=top | Fulham St Patrick's Athletic Aalesund BK Häcken Renova | valign=top | Glentoran ÍBV NSÍ Runavík Neath Käerjéng 97 | valign=top | Qarabağ Rabotnički Rad Koper Paks | valign=top | Banga Gargždai Narva Trans Shakhter Karagandy Tre Penne UE Santa Coloma |
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||||
| valign=top | Jagiellonia Białystok Dinamo Tbilisi Minsk Budućnost Podgorica Ferencváros | valign=top | Milsami Orhei Flamurtari Vlorë AZAL Baku Irtysh Pavlodar Ulisses | valign=top | Spartak Trnava Varaždin Metalurgist Rustavi Široki Brijeg Birkirkara | valign=top | Olimpija Ljubljana Vllaznia Shkodër Zeta Banants Lusitanos | ||||
The first legs were played on 30 June, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2011.
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Shakhter Karagandy won 3–2 on aggregate.----Metalurgist Rustavi won 2–1 on aggregate.----Irtysh Pavlodar won 2–1 on aggregate.----Ferencváros won 5–0 on aggregate.----Flamurtari Vlorë won 4–3 on aggregate.----Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–1 on aggregate.----Spartak Trnava won 4–2 on aggregate.----Qarabağ won 7–0 on aggregate.----Elfsborg won 5–1 on aggregate.----Honka won 2–0 on aggregate.----Varaždin won 6–1 on aggregate.----Tromsø won 7–1 on aggregate.----Häcken won 6–2 on aggregate.----Vllaznia Shkodër won 2–1 on aggregate.----Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.----Fulham won 3–0 on aggregate.----Paks won 5–0 on aggregate.----Aalesund won 6–1 on aggregate.----Rabotnički won 7–1 on aggregate.----Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–0 on aggregate.----Rad won 9–1 on aggregate.----St Patrick's Athletic won 2–1 on aggregate.----The New Saints won 2–1 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Glentoran won 3–2 on penalties.----KR won 8–2 on aggregate.
All times are CEST .
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011, immediately after the first qualifying round draw.[7]
† Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw for this round.
The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 21 July 2011.
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Metalurgist Rustavi won 3–1 on aggregate.----Vålerenga won 2–0 on aggregate.----Gaz Metan Mediaș won 2–1 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Vaduz won on away goals.----Ventspils won 4–2 on aggregate.----Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.----Differdange 03 won 1–0 on aggregate.----Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.----Željezničar won 1–0 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Aktobe won on away goals.----Häcken won 3–0 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Qarabağ won on away goals.----Bnei Yehuda won 4–0 on aggregate.----Varaždin won 4–2 on aggregate.----Vorskla Poltava won 5–0 on aggregate.----Sarajevo won 2–0 on aggregate.----Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–2 on aggregate.----AEK Larnaca won 9–0 on aggregate.----Spartak Trnava won 3–1 on aggregate.----Aalesund won 4–3 on aggregate.----Red Bull Salzburg won 4–1 on aggregate.----Anorthosis won 3–2 on aggregate.----Paks won 4–1 on aggregate.----Midtjylland won 8–3 on aggregate.----Lokomotiv Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.----KR won 3–2 on aggregate.----Thun won 2–1 on aggregate.----Gaziantepspor won 5–2 on aggregate.----ADO Den Haag won 5–2 on aggregate.----Rabotnički won 4–0 on aggregate.----Jablonec won 7–1 on aggregate.----Olympiakos Volou won 2–1 on aggregate.----Westerlo won 1–0 on aggregate.----Fulham won 7–1 on aggregate.----Split won 5–2 on aggregate.----Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–1 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Śląsk Wrocław won on away goals.----St Patrick's Athletic won 3–2 on aggregate.----Nacional won 3–1 on aggregate.----Austria Wien won 5–0 on aggregate.
All times are CEST .
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.[8]
† Winners of the previous round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw for this round.
The first legs were played on 26 and 28 July, and the second legs were played on 4 August 2011.
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AEK Larnaca won 5–2 on aggregate.----Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Alania Vladikavkaz won 4–2 on penalties.----Aalesund won 5–1 on aggregate.----Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.----Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.----Vorskla Poltava won 2–0 on aggregate.----Bursaspor won 5–2 on aggregate.----Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.----Rennes won 7–2 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Spartak Trnava won 5–4 on penalties.----Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–1 on aggregate.----Red Bull Salzburg won 4–0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Gaz Metan Mediaș won 4–3 on penalties.----Helsingborg won 3–1 on aggregate.----Stoke City won 2–0 on aggregate.----Nacional won 4–2 on aggregate.----4–4 on aggregate. Ried won on away goals.----Maccabi Tel Aviv won 8–0 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Thun won on away goals.----0–0 on aggregate. Śląsk Wrocław won 4–3 on penalties.----Young Boys won 5–1 on aggregate.----Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–2 on aggregate.----Omonia won 3–1 on aggregate.----Olympiakos Volou won 6–0 on aggregate.----Rabotnički won 3–2 on aggregate.----PAOK won 5–0 on aggregate.----Red Star Belgrade won 9–1 on aggregate.----AZ won 3–1 on aggregate.----Fulham won 2–0 on aggregate.----Karpaty won 5–1 on aggregate.----Heart of Midlothian won 5–2 on aggregate.----Sparta Prague won 7–0 on aggregate.----Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.----Vitória Guimarães won 2–1 on aggregate.
See main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round.