The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase decided the 62 teams that would participate in the final play-off round of qualifying.
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]
| Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First qualifying round | 25 June 2012, 13:30 | 5 July 2012 | 12 July 2012 | |
| Second qualifying round | 19 July 2012 | 26 July 2012 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 20 July 2012, 13:30 | 2 August 2012 | 9 August 2012 |
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
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. In the event that aggregate score finished level, the away goals rule would be 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 would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shootout.[2]
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients,[3] 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 randomly. 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. The seeding in these draws (or in any cases where the results of a tie in the previous round were not known at the time of draw) was carried out under the assumption that the higher-ranked teams of the previous round would advance to this round, which means if a lower-ranked team were to advance, it would simply take the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "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.
Below were the 168 teams involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round, grouped by their starting rounds (including 14 losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round which entered the play-off round).[4] The 31 winners of the play-off round qualified for the group stage to join the 7 automatic qualifiers and the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||||
| valign=top | Aktobe Senica Borac Banja Luka Tirana Inter Baku | valign=top | MTK Budapest Torpedo Kutaisi Narva Trans Grevenmacher Čelik Nikšić | valign=top | Elfsborg Osijek Baku Jagodina Renova | valign=top | FC Santa Coloma Mura 05 Floriana Ordabasy Libertas | valign=top | Rosenborg Bohemians Levadia Tallinn Differdange 03 MYPA | valign=top | Šiauliai Crusaders Þór Akureyri NSÍ Runavík Cefn Druids | valign=top | Twente Sarajevo Dacia Chișinău Honvéd Rudar Pljevlja | valign=top | Flamurtari Vlorë Celje Hibernians UE Santa Coloma Shirak |
| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | |||||||||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||||||
| valign=top | Kalmar FF Gomel FH Sūduva Marijampolė KuPS | valign=top | Cliftonville Llanelli Daugava Daugavpils Eschen/Mauren Víkingur Gøta | valign=top | Lech Poznań Metalurgi Rustavi Pyunik Olimpija Ljubljana Birkirkara Khazar Lankaran | valign=top | Metalurg Skopje Jeunesse Esch Zeta Zhetysu Nõmme Kalju Teuta Durrës | valign=top | St. Patrick's Athletic Stabæk Liepājas Metalurgs Bangor City Shkëndija EB/Streymur | valign=top | Zimbru Chișinău JJK ÍBV Portadown Gandzasar La Fiorita | ||||
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Elfsborg won 12–0 on aggregate.----Tirana won 2–0 on aggregate.----Khazar Lankaran won 4–2 on aggregate.----Portadown won 2–1 on aggregate.----Lech Poznań won 3–1 on aggregate.----Ordabasy won 1–0 on aggregate.----Shirak won 2–1 on aggregate.----Metalurgi Rustavi won 9–1 on aggregate.----Aktobe won 2–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Metalurg Skopje won on away goals.----
3–3 on aggregate. Gandzasar won on away goals.----3–3 on aggregate. Čelik Nikšić won on away goals.----Inter Baku won 7–0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Levadia Tallinn won on away goals.----3–3 on aggregate. Sūduva Marijampolė won on away goals.----Gomel won 10–0 on aggregate.----Olimpija Ljubljana won 6–0 on aggregate.----Liepājas Metalurgs won 6–0 on aggregate.----MYPA won 5–0 on aggregate.----Zimbru Chișinău won 2–1 on aggregate.----Rosenborg won 4–0 on aggregate.----Kalmar FF won 4–1 on aggregate.----JJK won 4–3 on aggregate.----Senica won 3–2 on aggregate.----Differdange 03 won 6–0 on aggregate.----Sarajevo won 9–6 on aggregate.----Twente won 9–0 on aggregate.----KuPS won 3–2 on aggregate.----
FH won 3–1 on aggregate.----Mura 05 won 2–0 on aggregate.----Osijek won 4–1 on aggregate.----Dacia Chișinău won 2–0 on aggregate.----Zeta won 4–2 on aggregate.----Renova won 8–0 on aggregate.----Þór Akureyri won 5–1 on aggregate.----Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. St. Patrick's Athletic won on away goals.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | |||||||||
| valign=top | Lech Poznań† Hajduk Split Eskişehirspor AIK Gomel† | valign=top | St Johnstone FH† Skonto Renova† Khazar Lankaran† | valign=top | Young Boys Red Star Belgrade Vitesse Arnhem JJK† Vojvodina | valign=top | Naftan Novopolotsk Zeta† Zimbru Chișinău† Sūduva Marijampolė† Lokomotiv Plovdiv | valign=top | Anorthosis Metalurh Donetsk Mladá Boleslav Aalesund Maccabi Netanya | valign=top | Þór Akureyri† Levadia Tallinn† Čelik Nikšić† Tirana† KuPS† | valign=top | Twente† Servette Admira Wacker Mödling Aktobe† Slaven Belupo | valign=top | Inter Turku Portadown† Gandzasar† Milsami Orhei Žalgiris Vilnius | |
| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | |||||||||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | |||||||||
| valign=top | Viktoria Plzeň CSKA Sofia Rapid București Slovan Bratislava Kalmar FF† | valign=top | Metalurgi Rustavi† Osijek† Videoton Mura 05† MYPA† | valign=top | Gent Legia Warsaw Levski Sofia Anzhi Makhachkala Asteras Tripolis | valign=top | Sarajevo† Liepājas Metalurgs† Differdange 03† Honvéd† Inter Baku† | valign=top | Rosenborg† Elfsborg† Bnei Yehuda Ried Spartak Trnava | valign=top | Shakhtyor Soligorsk Dacia Chișinău† Ordabasy† Sligo Rovers Shirak† | valign=top | APOEL AGF Ruch Chorzów St. Patrick's Athletic† Tromsø | valign=top | Senica† Široki Brijeg Olimpija Ljubljana† Metalurg Skopje† Dila Gori | |
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Bnei Yehuda won 3–0 on aggregate.----Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.----Dila Gori won 5–2 on aggregate.----Servette won 5–1 on aggregate.----Ruch won 6–1 on aggregate.----Metalurh won 11–2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. KuPS won on away goals.----Gomel won 2–1 on aggregate.----Aktobe won 5–4 on aggregate.----Twente won 6–1 on aggregate.----Elfsborg won 2–1 on aggregate.----Vojvodina won 5–1 on aggregate.----Rapid București won 5–1 on aggregate.----Anzhi won 5–0 on aggregate.----Aalesund won 6–1 on aggregate.----Anorthosis won 6–1 on aggregate.----Kalmar won 6–1 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Mura 05 won on away goals.----2–2 on aggregate. Asteras Tripolis won 4–2 on penalties.----1–1 on aggregate. Ried won on away goals.----Tromsø won 1–0 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Young Boys won 4–1 on penalties.----Gent won 4–2 on aggregate.----APOEL won 3–0 on aggregate.----Lech Poznań won 2–1 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Zeta won on away goals.----Vitesse won 7–5 on aggregate.----Viktoria Plzeň won 5–1 on aggregate.----Spartak Trnava won 4–2 on aggregate.----Hajduk Split won 2–1 on aggregate.----Red Star Belgrade won 7–6 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Videoton won on away goals.----Legia Warsaw won 7–3 on aggregate.----Eskişehirspor won 3–1 on aggregate.----Slaven Belupo won 10–2 on aggregate.----St. Patrick's Athletic won 3–2 on aggregate.----Sarajevo won 3–2 on aggregate.----Admira Wacker Mödling won 6–2 on aggregate.----AIK won 2–1 on aggregate.----Mladá Boleslav won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |||||||||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||
| valign=top | Marseille Sparta Prague Lech Poznań† Gent† Sarajevo† Red Star Belgrade† | valign=top | Omonia Videoton† Eskişehirspor† AIK† Admira Wacker Mödling† Zeta† | valign=top | Liverpool Steaua București Young Boys† Bursaspor Dynamo Moscow Mura 05† | valign=top | Arsenal Kyiv Kalmar FF† Dundee United KuPS† Spartak Trnava† Gomel† | valign=top | Athletic Bilbao Hannover 96 Rosenborg† Marítimo Legia Warsaw† Anzhi Makhachkala† | valign=top | Vitesse Arnhem† Asteras Tripoli† Ried† Servette† St. Patrick's Athletic† Slaven Belupo† |
| Group 4 | Group 5 | ||||||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||||
| valign=top | Internazionale APOEL† Heerenveen Viktoria Plzeň† Rapid Wien Elfsborg† | valign=top | Rapid București† Hajduk Split† Horsens Aalesund† Ruch Chorzów† Vojvodina† | valign=top | Twente† PAOK Anorthosis† Genk Metalurh Donetsk† | valign=top | Mladá Boleslav† Bnei Yehuda† Dila Gori† Aktobe† Tromsø† | ||||
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0–0 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won 6–5 on penalties.----Dynamo Moscow won 7–2 on aggregate.----Horsens won 4–3 on aggregate.----Genk won 4–2 on aggregate.----Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.----Legia Warsaw won 4–3 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Rosenborg won on away goals.----Apoel won 3–1 on aggregate.----Tromsø won 2–1 on aggregate.----Twente won 4–0 on aggregate.----Dila Gori won 3–1 on aggregate.----Videoton won 4–0 on aggregate.----Young Boys won 3–1 on aggregate.----Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.----AIK won 3–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Zeta won on away goals.----Sparta Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.----Mura 05 won 3–2 on aggregate.----Anzhi Makhachkala won 4–0 on aggregate.----Viktoria Plzeň won 7–0 on aggregate.----PAOK won 6–1 on aggregate.----Bursaspor won 6–1 on aggregate.----Hannover 96 won 5–0 on aggregate.----Heerenveen won 4–1 on aggregate.----Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.----Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Marítimo won on away goals.----Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate.----Rapid Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
There were 757 goals in 274 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.76 goals per match.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leroy Fer | Twente | 6 | 596' |
| Bořek Dočkal | Rosenborg | 6 | 630' | |
| 3 | Lasse Nilsson | Elfsborg | 5 | 383' |
| Mate Vatsadze | Dila Gori | 5 | 434' | |
| Nacer Chadli | Twente | 5 | 484' | |
| Michal Ďuriš | Viktoria Plzeň | 5 | 522' | |
| Samuel Eto'o | Anzhi Makhachkala | 5 | 530' | |
| 8 | Tim Matavž | PSV Eindhoven | 4 | 180' |
| Deni Alar | Rapid Wien | 4 | 203' | |
| Dimitri Tatanashvilli | Metalurgi Rustavi | 4 | 233' | |
| Omar Er Rafik | Differdange 03 | 4 | 347' | |
| Glynor Plet | Twente | 4 | 348' | |
| Stefanos Athanasiadis | PAOK | 4 | 360' | |
| Tamás Gruborovics | JJK | 4 | 360' | |
| Marek Saganowski | Legia Warsaw | 4 | 425' | |
| Asmir Suljić | Sarajevo | 4 | 502' |
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nacer Chadli | Twente | 5 | 484' |
| Darko Lazović | Red Star Belgrade | 5 | 532' | |
| Dušan Tadić | Twente | 5 | 584' | |
| 4 | Petar Brlek | Slaven Belupo | 4 | 180' |
| Amadou Jawo | Elfsborg | 4 | 192' | |
| Miroslav Radović | Legia Warsaw | 4 | 518' | |
| Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | Tromsø | 4 | 570' | |
| 8 | Jetro Willems | PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 46' |
| Omer Damari | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 136' | |
| Konstantin Rausch | Hannover 96 | 3 | 174' | |
| Jackson Lima | Hibernians | 3 | 180' | |
| Sebastian Mila | Śląsk Wrocław | 3 | 180' | |
| Lior Refaelov | Club Brugge | 3 | 180' | |
| Aleksandr Kokorin | Dynamo Moscow | 3 | 270' | |
| Adrian Piț | Khazar Lankaran | 3 | 350' | |
| Irakli Maisuradze | Metalurgi Rustavi | 3 | 360' | |
| Artur Lyavitski | Gomel | 3 | 398' | |
| Said Husejinović | Sarajevo | 3 | 488' | |
| David Limberský | Viktoria Plzeň | 3 | 521' |