Welcome to the least exciting qualifying round of them all. The one in which you don't know whether you should hope to win or lose.
The draw is on Monday, 7 August @ 13.00 CET.
We now know all teams involved in the draw.
Priority 1:
AFC Ajax
LASK
R. Union Saint-Gilloise
FC Zorya Luhansk
Aberdeen FC
FK Čukarički
Priority 2:
loser of AC Sparta Praha / F.C. Copenhagen
loser of Maccabi Haifa FC / ŠK Slovan Bratislava
loser of AEK Athens FC / GNK Dinamo Zagreb
loser of NK Olimpija Ljubljana / Galatasaray AŞ
loser of KÍ Klaksvík / Molde FK
loser of Aris Limassol FC / Raków Czestochowa
Priority 3:
Qarabağ FK / HJK Helsinki
PFC Ludogorets 1945 / FC Astana
FC Sheriff Tiraspol / FC BATE Borisov
FK Žalgiris Vilnius / BK Häcken
HŠK Zrinjski / Breidablik
Priority 4:
SK Slavia Praha / SC Dnipro-1
Olympiacos FC / KRC Genk
FC Lugano
The sequence of pairs will be:
P1 v P4
P1 v P4
P1 v P4
P1 v P3
P1 v P3
P1 v P3
P2 v P3
P2 v P3
P2 v P2
P2 v P2
P1 can draw only P3 or P4.
P2 can draw only P2 or P3.
P3 can draw only P1 or P2.
P4 can draw only P1.
No country protection in this round.
2023-24 Europa League: Play-off round
2023-24 Europa League: Play-off round
Last edited by nogomet on Thu Aug 03, 2023 01:31, edited 1 time in total.
Ludogorets/Astana instead of Breidablik twice.
I doubt there'll be a single team here that doesn't want to win their tie.
Italian-speaking Lugano have a good chance against the bottom three teams of priority 1, maybe also against LASK.
An Italian team and Lugano in the same group would be cool, especially Atalanta due to being geographically close.
An Italian team and Lugano in the same group would be cool, especially Atalanta due to being geographically close.
International break hater
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/d ... 4/2001761/
UEFA Europa League play-off round draw
The 2023/24 UEFA Europa League play-off round draw will be held at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday 7 August at 13:00 CET.
Seedings, any groupings and the procedure will be available here from 09:00 CET on the day of the draw.
UEFA Europa League play-off round draw
The 2023/24 UEFA Europa League play-off round draw will be held at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday 7 August at 13:00 CET.
Seedings, any groupings and the procedure will be available here from 09:00 CET on the day of the draw.
is it confirmed there is no country protection?
I don't know if I agree with this.
But for sure it is the most ridiculous system.
Looking forward for Zorya vs Dnipro-1.
fewer spots 
weaker leagues fewer spots weaker leagues fewer spots weaker leagues
http://kassiesa.net/uefa/forum2/viewtop ... 52#p359852
weaker leagues fewer spots weaker leagues fewer spots weaker leagueshttp://kassiesa.net/uefa/forum2/viewtop ... 52#p359852
Dnipro will not beat Slavia.
Draw procedure: https://editorial.uefa.com//resources/0 ... cedure.pdf
Play-offs
Time: 13:00 CET
Number of teams involved: 20 (7 directly, 6 through the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round champions path, 5 through the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round champions path and 2 through the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round main path)
Seeding of teams: Priority groups 1 to 4
Number of matches: 2 x 10
Matchdays: 24 and 31 August 2023
Match kick-off times to be announced by: 11 August 2023 (first and second legs)
Groupings
Priority 1
AFC Ajax (NED)
LASK (AUT)
Aberdeen FC (SCO)
FK Čukarički (SRB)
FC Zorya Luhansk (UKR)
R. Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
Priority 2
Match 1 Raków Czestochowa (POL) vs Aris Limassol FC (CYP)
Match 2 ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) vs Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
Match 3 AEK Athens FC (GRE) vs GNK Dinamo (CRO)
Match 4 NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) vs Galatasaray AŞ (TUR)
Match 5 FC Copenhagen (DEN) vs AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Match 6 KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) vs Molde FK (NOR)
Priority 3
Winners match 1 FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) vs BK Häcken (SWE)
Winners match 2 Qarabağ FK (AZE) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Winners match 3 HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) vs Breidablik (ISL)
Winners match 4 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
Winners match 5 FC Astana (KAZ) vs PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)
Priority 4
FC Lugano (SUI)
Winners match 6 Olympiacos FC (GRE) vs KRC Genk (BEL)
Winners match 7 SK Slavia Praha (CZE) vs SC Dnipro-1 (UKR)
Conditions of the draw
In accordance with paragraph 13.05 of the Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2023/24, teams are seeded and drawn based on the principles set out by the Club Competitions Committee (CCC) to guarantee that eight clubs eliminated from the UEFA Champions League (champions path) are drawn against each other.
The Regulations foresee no country protection in this draw.
Due to the rebalancing of this year’s access list which led to only two teams qualifying from the UEL 3rd qualifying round main path instead of 3 (and 7 teams instead of the 6 foreseen by the regulations directly qualified to the UEL playoffs), in compliance with the decision of the CCC the seventh team directly qualified to the playoffs (i.e. the team of association 14) remains priority 4, as originally foreseen by the Regulations.
As decided by the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from Ukraine and Belarus cannot be drawn against each other.
The teams are seeded in the following order of priority:
Priority 1
The six teams from association 7 to 9 and 11 to 13 (Netherlands, Austria, Scotland, Serbia, Ukraine and Belgium) that enter the play-offs directly.
Priority 2
The six teams that enter the play-offs through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League champions path, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Match 1 to 6.
Priority 3
The five teams that enter the play-offs through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League champions path, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Winners of Matches 1 to 5.
Priority 4
The team from association 14 (Switzerland) that enter the play-offs directly and the two teams that enter the play-offs through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League main path, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Winners of Matches 6 to 7.
Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to your club and national association on 8 August, by 18:00 CET.
Draw procedure
The following bowls are prepared:
• One bowl marked ‘Priority 1’ containing six balls, representing the six teams from association 7 to 9 and 11 to 13 (Netherlands, Austria, Scotland, Serbia, Ukraine and Belgium) that enter the play-offs directly.
• One bowl marked ‘Priority 2’ containing six balls, representing the teams entering the play-offs from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League (champions path).
• One bowl marked ‘Priority 3’ containing five balls, representing the teams entering the play-offs from the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round champions path.
• One bowl marked ‘Priority 4’ containing three balls, representing the team from association 14 (Switzerland) that enters the play-offs directly and the two teams that enter the play-offs through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League main path.
The draw begins by pairing three teams from Priority 1 with the three teams in Priority 4 as follows:
• One ball is drawn from the Priority 1 bowl and another from the Priority 4 bowl. The two balls are placed in an empty bowl and shuffled. The first team drawn from this bowl will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn.
• This procedure is repeated to complete the second and third pairings.
The three remaining Priority 1 teams are then paired with teams from Priority 3 as follows:
• One ball is drawn from the Priority 1 bowl and another from the Priority 3 bowl. The two balls are placed in an empty bowl and shuffled. The first team drawn from this bowl will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn.
• This procedure is repeated to complete the fifth and sixth pairings.
The two remaining Priority 3 teams are then paired with teams from Priority 2 as follows:
• One ball is drawn from the Priority 3 bowl and another from the Priority 2 bowl. The two balls are placed in an empty bowl and shuffled. The first team drawn from this bowl will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn.
• This procedure is repeated to complete the eighth pairing.
The four remaining Priority 2 balls are then drawn one after another to complete the ninth and tenth pairings (open draw). The first team drawn will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn. Likewise, the third team drawn will play its first match at home against the fourth team drawn.
Additional information – Ukraine and Belarus
In the event that the balls containing FC Zorya Luhansk and the pairing involving FC BATE Borisov are drawn against each other, the second team drawn into the tie will be moved to be the away team of the next pairing. One ball will then be drawn directly from the appropriate Priority bowl to complete the initial tie with a different away team.
Following that, one ball will then be drawn directly from the other relevant Priority bowl to complete the subsequent tie by allocating a home team.
In the event however that FC Zorya Luhansk is the last remaining team in the Priority 1 bowl, and the pairing involving FC BATE Borisov is drawn as the home team into this tie, FC BATE Borisov will be moved to be the home team of the following tie. One ball will then be drawn directly from the remaining balls in the Priority 3 bowl to complete the tie with a new home team to play against FC Zorya Luhansk.
Following that, one ball will then be drawn directly from the Priority 2 bowl to complete the tie involving FC BATE Borisov by allocating an away team.
Summary
Teams are drawn as follows, according to the order of priorities presented above:
• Pairings 1-3: any three of the six priority 1 teams are drawn against the three priority 4 teams.
• Pairings 4-6: the remaining three priority 1 teams are drawn against any three of the five priority 3 teams.
• Pairings 7-8: the remaining two priority 3 teams are drawn against any two of the six priority 2 teams.
• Pairings 9-10: the remaining four priority 2 teams are drawn against each other.
Play-offs
Time: 13:00 CET
Number of teams involved: 20 (7 directly, 6 through the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round champions path, 5 through the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round champions path and 2 through the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round main path)
Seeding of teams: Priority groups 1 to 4
Number of matches: 2 x 10
Matchdays: 24 and 31 August 2023
Match kick-off times to be announced by: 11 August 2023 (first and second legs)
Groupings
Priority 1
AFC Ajax (NED)
LASK (AUT)
Aberdeen FC (SCO)
FK Čukarički (SRB)
FC Zorya Luhansk (UKR)
R. Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
Priority 2
Match 1 Raków Czestochowa (POL) vs Aris Limassol FC (CYP)
Match 2 ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) vs Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
Match 3 AEK Athens FC (GRE) vs GNK Dinamo (CRO)
Match 4 NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) vs Galatasaray AŞ (TUR)
Match 5 FC Copenhagen (DEN) vs AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Match 6 KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) vs Molde FK (NOR)
Priority 3
Winners match 1 FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) vs BK Häcken (SWE)
Winners match 2 Qarabağ FK (AZE) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Winners match 3 HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) vs Breidablik (ISL)
Winners match 4 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
Winners match 5 FC Astana (KAZ) vs PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)
Priority 4
FC Lugano (SUI)
Winners match 6 Olympiacos FC (GRE) vs KRC Genk (BEL)
Winners match 7 SK Slavia Praha (CZE) vs SC Dnipro-1 (UKR)
Conditions of the draw
In accordance with paragraph 13.05 of the Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2023/24, teams are seeded and drawn based on the principles set out by the Club Competitions Committee (CCC) to guarantee that eight clubs eliminated from the UEFA Champions League (champions path) are drawn against each other.
The Regulations foresee no country protection in this draw.
Due to the rebalancing of this year’s access list which led to only two teams qualifying from the UEL 3rd qualifying round main path instead of 3 (and 7 teams instead of the 6 foreseen by the regulations directly qualified to the UEL playoffs), in compliance with the decision of the CCC the seventh team directly qualified to the playoffs (i.e. the team of association 14) remains priority 4, as originally foreseen by the Regulations.
As decided by the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from Ukraine and Belarus cannot be drawn against each other.
The teams are seeded in the following order of priority:
Priority 1
The six teams from association 7 to 9 and 11 to 13 (Netherlands, Austria, Scotland, Serbia, Ukraine and Belgium) that enter the play-offs directly.
Priority 2
The six teams that enter the play-offs through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League champions path, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Match 1 to 6.
Priority 3
The five teams that enter the play-offs through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League champions path, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Winners of Matches 1 to 5.
Priority 4
The team from association 14 (Switzerland) that enter the play-offs directly and the two teams that enter the play-offs through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League main path, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Winners of Matches 6 to 7.
Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to your club and national association on 8 August, by 18:00 CET.
Draw procedure
The following bowls are prepared:
• One bowl marked ‘Priority 1’ containing six balls, representing the six teams from association 7 to 9 and 11 to 13 (Netherlands, Austria, Scotland, Serbia, Ukraine and Belgium) that enter the play-offs directly.
• One bowl marked ‘Priority 2’ containing six balls, representing the teams entering the play-offs from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League (champions path).
• One bowl marked ‘Priority 3’ containing five balls, representing the teams entering the play-offs from the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round champions path.
• One bowl marked ‘Priority 4’ containing three balls, representing the team from association 14 (Switzerland) that enters the play-offs directly and the two teams that enter the play-offs through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League main path.
The draw begins by pairing three teams from Priority 1 with the three teams in Priority 4 as follows:
• One ball is drawn from the Priority 1 bowl and another from the Priority 4 bowl. The two balls are placed in an empty bowl and shuffled. The first team drawn from this bowl will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn.
• This procedure is repeated to complete the second and third pairings.
The three remaining Priority 1 teams are then paired with teams from Priority 3 as follows:
• One ball is drawn from the Priority 1 bowl and another from the Priority 3 bowl. The two balls are placed in an empty bowl and shuffled. The first team drawn from this bowl will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn.
• This procedure is repeated to complete the fifth and sixth pairings.
The two remaining Priority 3 teams are then paired with teams from Priority 2 as follows:
• One ball is drawn from the Priority 3 bowl and another from the Priority 2 bowl. The two balls are placed in an empty bowl and shuffled. The first team drawn from this bowl will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn.
• This procedure is repeated to complete the eighth pairing.
The four remaining Priority 2 balls are then drawn one after another to complete the ninth and tenth pairings (open draw). The first team drawn will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn. Likewise, the third team drawn will play its first match at home against the fourth team drawn.
Additional information – Ukraine and Belarus
In the event that the balls containing FC Zorya Luhansk and the pairing involving FC BATE Borisov are drawn against each other, the second team drawn into the tie will be moved to be the away team of the next pairing. One ball will then be drawn directly from the appropriate Priority bowl to complete the initial tie with a different away team.
Following that, one ball will then be drawn directly from the other relevant Priority bowl to complete the subsequent tie by allocating a home team.
In the event however that FC Zorya Luhansk is the last remaining team in the Priority 1 bowl, and the pairing involving FC BATE Borisov is drawn as the home team into this tie, FC BATE Borisov will be moved to be the home team of the following tie. One ball will then be drawn directly from the remaining balls in the Priority 3 bowl to complete the tie with a new home team to play against FC Zorya Luhansk.
Following that, one ball will then be drawn directly from the Priority 2 bowl to complete the tie involving FC BATE Borisov by allocating an away team.
Summary
Teams are drawn as follows, according to the order of priorities presented above:
• Pairings 1-3: any three of the six priority 1 teams are drawn against the three priority 4 teams.
• Pairings 4-6: the remaining three priority 1 teams are drawn against any three of the five priority 3 teams.
• Pairings 7-8: the remaining two priority 3 teams are drawn against any two of the six priority 2 teams.
• Pairings 9-10: the remaining four priority 2 teams are drawn against each other.