The qualifying phase of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was played from 2 July to 8 August, to define 29 entrants in the competition's play-off round, who would then in turn compete for a place in the group stage.[1]
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]
| Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| First qualifying round | 24 June 2013, 13:00 & 14:30[3] | 4 July 2013 | 11 July 2013 |
| Second qualifying round | 18 July 2013 | 25 July 2013 | |
| Third qualifying round | 19 July 2013, 13:00[4] | 1 August 2013 | 8 August 2013 |
Matches might have been played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
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. 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 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. 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 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.[1]
A total of 133 teams were involved in the first three qualifying rounds, 29 of which advanced to the play-off round.
Below were the participating teams (with their 2013 UEFA club coefficients),[5] grouped by their starting rounds.[6]
A total of 76 teams played in the first qualifying round.[7] The draw was held on 24 June 2013.[8]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||||
| valign=top | Ventspils St Patrick's Athletic KR Inter Turku Gefle IF | valign=top | Glentoran Žalgiris Vilnius Narva Trans Víkingur Gøta Airbus UK Broughton | valign=top | Videoton Qarabağ F91 Dudelange Vaduz Flora Tallinn | valign=top | Metalurg Skopje Milsami Orhei Chikhura Sachkhere Mladost Podgorica Kukësi | valign=top | Levski Sofia Sarajevo Dacia Chişinău Pyunik Khazar Lankaran | valign=top | Teteks Irtysh Pavlodar Sliema Wanderers Teuta Libertas | valign=top | Botev Plovdiv Vojvodina Astra Giurgiu Zrinjski Mostar Rudar Pljevlja | valign=top | Domžale Mika Hibernians Astana UE Santa Coloma |
| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | |||||||||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||||||
| valign=top | Tromsø Malmö FF Linfield Liepājas Metalurgs Inter Baku Breiðablik | valign=top | Celje FC Santa Coloma Mariehamn Drogheda United ÍF Prestatyn Town | valign=top | Rosenborg Dinamo Minsk Levadia Tallinn Skonto HB TPS | valign=top | Jeunesse Esch Crusaders ÍBV Tiraspol Kruoja Pakruojis Bala Town | valign=top | Žilina Aktobe Honvéd Valletta Differdange 03 Sūduva Marijampolė | valign=top | Torpedo Kutaisi Čelik Nikšić Gandzasar Laçi Turnovo La Fiorita | ||||
The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 July, and the second legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July 2013.
Inter Turku lodged a protest after losing the second leg to Víkingur Gøta,[9] [10] and two match officials were later banned for life by UEFA for attempted match-fixing.[11]
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Rudar Pljevlja won 2–1 on aggregate.----Jeunesse Esch won 3–2 on aggregate.----Differdange 03 won 3–1 on aggregate.----Linfield won 5–0 on aggregate.----Irtysh Pavlodar won 2–0 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Ventspils won on away goals.----Gefle IF won 8–1 on aggregate.----Pyunik won 2–1 on aggregate.----Khazar Lankaran won 2–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Mladost Podgorica won on away goals.----Breiðablik won 4–0 on aggregate.----Žilina won 6–3 on aggregate.----4–4 on aggregate. Turnovo won 5–4 on penalties.----Víkingur Gøta won 2–1 on aggregate.----Milsami Orhei won 1–0 on aggregate.----Qarabağ won 2–0 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Prestatyn Town won 4–3 on penalties.----1–1 on aggregate. Skonto won 4–2 on penalties.----Levadia Tallinn won 3–2 on aggregate.----Dinamo Minsk won 8–0 on aggregate.----Valletta won 4–0 on aggregate.----Aktobe won 4–2 on aggregate.----Zrinjski Mostar won 4–1 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Chikhura Sachkhere won on away goals.----Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.----Inter Baku won 3–1 on aggregate.----Tromsø won 3–2 on aggregate.----Rosenborg won 9–3 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Dacia Chişinău won on away goals.----1–1 on aggregate. Kukësi won on away goals.----Botev Plovdiv won 6–0 on aggregate.----Astra Giurgiu won 3–0 on aggregate.----ÍBV won 2–1 on aggregate.----KR won 3–0 on aggregate.----Vojvodina won 7–3 on aggregate.----Honvéd won 13–1 on aggregate.----Žalgiris Vilnius won 4–3 on aggregate.----Sarajevo won 3–1 on aggregate.
A total of 80 teams played in the second qualifying round:[7] 42 teams which entered in this round, and the 38 winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 24 June 2013.[8]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | |||||||||
| valign=top | Sparta Prague Thun Xanthi Aktobe Sarajevo | valign=top | BK Häcken Linfield Chikhura Sachkhere Kukësi Hødd | valign=top | AaB Maccabi Haifa Omonia Hajduk Split Ventspils | valign=top | Astra Giurgiu Dila Gori Turnovo Khazar Lankaran Jeunesse Esch | valign=top | Rubin Kazan Slovan Liberec Śląsk Wrocław Malmö FF Pandurii Târgu Jiu | valign=top | Hibernian Levadia Tallinn Skonto Jagodina Rudar Pljevlja | valign=top | Hapoel Tel Aviv Debrecen Žalgiris Vilnius Rijeka Petrolul Ploiești | valign=top | Víkingur Gøta Strømsgodset Prestatyn Town Pyunik Beroe Stara Zagora | |
| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | |||||||||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | |||||||||
| valign=top | Lech Poznań Žilina Red Star Belgrade Vojvodina Shakhtyor Soligorsk | valign=top | Milsami Orhei Honvéd Honka Olimpija Ljubljana ÍBV | valign=top | Standard Liège Chornomorets Odesa Tromsø Dinamo Minsk IFK Göteborg | valign=top | KR Dacia Chişinău Lokomotiva Inter Baku Trenčín | valign=top | Trabzonspor Rosenborg Botev Plovdiv Qarabağ Minsk | valign=top | Piast Gliwice Valletta Zrinjski Mostar St Johnstone Derry City | valign=top | Anorthosis Utrecht Irtysh Pavlodar Sturm Graz Mladost Podgorica | valign=top | Senica Differdange 03 Gefle IF Široki Brijeg Breiðablik | |
The first legs were played on 16 and 18 July, and the second legs were played on 25 July 2013.
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Rubin Kazan won 4–2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Milsami Orhei won 4–2 on penalties.----Trenčín won 2–1 on aggregate.----Minsk won 3–1 on aggregate.----Śląsk Wrocław won 6–2 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Žilina won on away goals.----Qarabağ won 4–3 on aggregate.----Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.----Thun won 5–1 on aggregate.----Aktobe won 2–1 on aggregate.----Maccabi Haifa won 10–0 on aggregate.----Ventspils won 5–1 on aggregate.----Žalgiris Vilnius won 3–1 on aggregate.----Tromsø won 2–1 on aggregate.----Breiðablik won 1–0 on aggregate.----BK Häcken won 3–2 on aggregate.----Astra Giurgiu won 3–2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Slovan Liberec won on away goals.----Pandurii Târgu Jiu won 4–0 on aggregate.----Hapoel Tel Aviv won 6–3 on aggregate.----Gefle IF won 4–3 on aggregate.----Chornomorets Odesa won 3–2 on aggregate.----Botev Plovdiv won 3–1 on aggregate.----Mladost Podgorica won 3–2 on aggregate.----Differdange 03 won 5–4 on aggregate.----Petrolul Ploiești won 7–0 on aggregate.----Rijeka won 8–0 on aggregate.----4–4 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.----Dila Gori won 3–0 on aggregate.----Strømsgodset won 5–2 on aggregate.----Red Star Belgrade won 2–0 on aggregate.----Vojvodina won 5–1 on aggregate.----Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.----Široki Brijeg won 4–3 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Xanthi won on away goals.----Malmö FF won 9–0 on aggregate.----Lech Poznań won 5–2 on aggregate.----St Johnstone won 2–1 on aggregate.----Trabzonspor won 7–2 on aggregate.----Kukësi won 3–2 on aggregate.
A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round:[12] 18 teams which entered in this round, and the 40 winners of the second qualifying round. The draw was held on 19 July 2013.[13]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||
| valign=top | Udinese Club Brugge Trabzonspor Maccabi Haifa Astra Giurgiu Chornomorets Odesa | valign=top | Red Star Belgrade Śląsk Wrocław Ventspils Dinamo Minsk Trenčín Široki Brijeg | valign=top | Rubin Kazan Lech Poznań Zürich Swansea City Breiðablik Vitesse | valign=top | Slovan Liberec Randers Aktobe Malmö FF Petrolul Ploiești Žalgiris Vilnius | valign=top | Sevilla Hapoel Tel Aviv Dila Gori Differdange 03 Metalurh Donetsk Kuban Krasnodar | valign=top | Hajduk Split Motherwell Tromsø Kukësi Pandurii Târgu Jiu Mladost Podgorica |
| Group 4 | Group 5 | ||||||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||||||
| valign=top | VfB Stuttgart Saint-Étienne Gefle IF Žilina Rapid Wien Strømsgodset | valign=top | Asteras Tripolis Jablonec Qarabağ Milsami Orhei Rijeka Botev Plovdiv | valign=top | Standard Liège BK Häcken St Johnstone Bursaspor Estoril | valign=top | Thun Xanthi Vojvodina Minsk Hapoel Ramat Gan | ||||
The first legs were played on 1 August, and the second legs were played on 8 August 2013.
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Rijeka won 3–2 on aggregate.----Astra Giurgiu won 5–3 on aggregate.----Rubin Kazan won 4–1 on aggregate.----Dila Gori won 2–0 on aggregate.----Kukësi won 2–1 on aggregate.----Maccabi Haifa won 3–0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Žalgiris Vilnius won on away goals.----Pandurii Târgu Jiu won 3–2 on aggregate.----Kuban Krasnodar won 3–0 on aggregate.----Saint-Étienne won 6–0 on aggregate.----Qarabağ won 3–0 on aggregate.----Estoril won 1–0 on aggregate.----Slovan Liberec won 4–2 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Tromsø won 4–3 on penalties.----Vojvodina won 5–2 on aggregate.----Thun won 3–1 on aggregate.----Swansea City won 4–0 on aggregate.----Trabzonspor won 1–0 on aggregate.----Petrolul Ploiești won 3–2 on aggregate.----Jablonec won 5–2 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. VfB Stuttgart won on away goals.----Chornomorets Odesa won 3–1 on aggregate.----Sevilla won 9–1 on aggregate.----Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.----Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.----Udinese won 7–1 on aggregate.----Śląsk Wrocław won 4–3 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Minsk won 3–2 on penalties.----1–1 on aggregate. Aktobe won 2–1 on penalties.
See main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
There were 720 goals in 274 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.63 goals per match.[14]
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulo Henrique | Trabzonspor | 7 | 518 |
| 2 | Gheorghe Grozav | Petrolul Ploiești | 6 | 385 |
| Rayo | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 479 | |
| Omar Er Rafik | Differdange 03 | 6 | 568 | |
| 5 | Omer Damari | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5 | 320 |
| Leon Benko | Rijeka | 5 | 422 | |
| Marco Paixão | Śląsk Wrocław | 5 | 432 | |
| Reynaldo | Qarabağ | 5 | 535 | |
| 9 | Jacob Mulenga | Utrecht | 4 | 180 |
| Louis Schaub | Rapid Wien | 4 | 271 | |
| Salomón Rondón | Rubin Kazan | 4 | 424 | |
| Waldemar Sobota | Śląsk Wrocław | 4 | 496 | |
| Petar Škuletić | Vojvodina | 4 | 516 | |
| Tomáš Majtán | Žilina | 4 | 536 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franck Tabanou | Saint-Étienne | 5 | 332 |
| Andreas Wittwer | Thun | 5 | 540 | |
| 2 | Bořek Dočkal | Rosenborg | 4 | 256 |
| Ivan Rakitić | Sevilla | 4 | 283 | |
| Geoffrey Mujangi Bia | Standard Liège | 4 | 321 | |
| Marat Khairullin | Aktobe | 4 | 750 | |
| 6 | Filip Holender | Honvéd | 3 | 195 |
| Michu | Swansea City | 3 | 307 | |
| Jairo | Sevilla | 3 | 313 | |
| Ibrahima Baldé | Kuban Krasnodar | 3 | 339 | |
| Adrian Mierzejewski | Trabzonspor | 3 | 442 | |
| Waldemar Sobota | Śląsk Wrocław | 3 | 496 | |
| Eric Pereira | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 3 | 503 | |
| Róbert Pich | Žilina | 3 | 514 | |
| Shimon Abuhatzira | Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 516 | |
| Olcan Adın | Trabzonspor | 3 | 540 | |
| Guilherme | Petrolul Ploiești | 3 | 540 | |
| Enver Alivodić | Vojvodina | 3 | 718 |