2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying

The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase began on 30 June and ended on 6 August 2015. A total of 157 teams competed in the qualifying phase to decide which 44 teams would participate in the play-off round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, the final round before the group stage.^[1]

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[2]

Matches could also be 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, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. 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 by draw. 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 formed "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 157 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round (including the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round which entered the play-off round). The 22 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 16 teams which entered in the group stage and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2015 UEFA club coefficients),^[6] grouped by their starting rounds.^[7]

Play-off round Team Coeff Ajax[CL-LR] 66.195 Red Bull Salzburg[CL-CR] 43.135 Viktoria Plzeň[CL-CR] 41.825 Steaua București[CL-CR] 40.259 Young Boys[CL-LR] 31.375 Sparta Prague[CL-LR] 30.825 Fenerbahçe[CL-LR] 30.020 Panathinaikos[CL-LR] 19.880 Lech Poznań[CL-CR] 17.300 Qarabağ[CL-CR] 11.500 HJK[CL-CR] 11.140 Molde[CL-CR] 10.375 Midtjylland[CL-CR] 7.960 Videoton[CL-CR] 7.950 Milsami Orhei[CL-CR] 3.750

Third qualifying round Team Coeff Borussia Dortmund 99.883 Rubin Kazan 57.099 Athletic Bilbao 56.999 AZ 46.695 Standard Liège 25.440 Bordeaux 24.483 Sampdoria 18.102 Vitória de Guimarães 17.776 Saint-Étienne 16.983 Zürich 16.875 Slovan Liberec 16.325 Southampton 16.078 Krasnodar 15.099 Belenenses 12.276 Vorskla Poltava 11.033 Zorya Luhansk 10.533 Atromitos 10.380 Vitesse 10.195 Jablonec 9.325 Sturm Graz 9.135 AEK Larnaca 8.460 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 7.200 İstanbul Başakşehir 6.520 Târgu Mureș 5.259 Rheindorf Altach 5.135

Second qualifying round Team Coeff Copenhagen 40.960 PAOK 40.880 Trabzonspor 36.520 Legia Warsaw 24.800 Rijeka 13.700 Thun 10.375 Astra Giurgiu 9.759 Dinamo Minsk 9.650 Mladá Boleslav 8.825 Charleroi 7.440 IFK Göteborg 6.045 Wolfsberger AC 5.135 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4.700 Inverness CT 3.580 Cherno More 3.350

First qualifying round Team Coeff West Ham United 16.078 Sheriff Tiraspol 14.500 Rosenborg 11.875 IF Elfsborg 11.545 Hajduk Split 11.200 Apollon Limassol 10.460 Omonia 10.460 Slovan Bratislava 9.250 AIK 9.045 Neftçi 9.000 Śląsk Wrocław 8.800 Žilina 8.750 Aktobe 8.575 Go Ahead Eagles 8.195 Red Star Belgrade 7.775 Debrecen 7.700 Brøndby 7.460 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 7.150 Dinamo Tbilisi 6.875 Litex Lovech 6.850 Vojvodina 6.275 Spartak Trnava 6.250 FH 6.100 St Johnstone 6.080 Željezničar 6.000 Randers 5.960 Strømsgodset 5.875 KR 5.600 Jagiellonia Białystok 5.550 Botoșani 5.259 Lokomotiva Zagreb 5.200 Shamrock Rovers 5.150 F91 Dudelange 5.025 Inter Baku 5.000 Linfield 4.975 Beroe Stara Zagora 4.850 Valletta 4.841 Differdange 03 4.775 Rabotnicki 4.675 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 4.650 Aberdeen 4.580 Dacia Chișinău 4.500 Koper 4.475 St Patrick's Athletic 4.400 Beitar Jerusalem 4.200 Zrinjski Mostar 4.000 HB 3.950 Budućnost Podgorica 3.875 Birkirkara 3.591 Domžale 3.475 Vaduz 3.450 Čukarički 3.275 Celje 3.225 Ferencváros 3.200 Nõmme Kalju 3.200 Flora 3.200 Sutjeska 3.125 Skonto 3.100 Víkingur Gøta 2.950 Renova 2.925 Odd 2.875 Kukësi 2.825 Gabala 2.750 Shkëndija 2.675 Kairat 2.575 Ordabasy 2.575 MTK Budapest 2.450 Shirak 2.300 Mladost Podgorica 2.125 Laçi 2.075 Ulisses 2.050 Saxan 2.000 Glentoran 1.975 VPS 1.890 Dinamo Batumi 1.875 Tskhinvali 1.875 Sillamäe Kalev 1.700 Lusitanos 1.666 SJK 1.640 Lahti 1.640 Víkingur Reykjavík 1.600 Jelgava 1.600 Olimpic 1.500 NSÍ 1.450 Sant Julià 1.416 Atlantas 1.400 Glenavon 1.225 Cork City 1.150 UCD 1.150 Kruoja Pakruojis 1.150 La Fiorita 1.099 Airbus UK Broughton 1.075 Partizani 1.075 Progrès Niederkorn 1.025 Trakai 0.900 Spartaks Jūrmala 0.850 Balzan 0.841 Bala Town 0.825 Juvenes/Dogana 0.599 Newtown 0.575 Alashkert 0.550 Europa 0.300

Notes

A total of 102 teams played in the first qualifying round.^[3] The draw was held on 22 June 2015.^[8][9] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for the group with twelve teams.

The first legs were played on 30 June and 2 July, and the second legs were played on 7 and 9 July 2015.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Víkingur Reykjavík	2–3	Koper	0–1	2–2
Sheriff Tiraspol	0–3	Odd	0–3	0–0
Kukësi	2–0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	2–0	0–0
Alashkert	2–2 (a)	St Johnstone	1–0	1–2
Jelgava	3–3 (a)	Litex Lovech	1–1	2–2
Newtown	4–2	Valletta	2–1	2–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–3	Gabala	2–1	0–2
Renova	1–5	Dacia Chișinău	0–1	1–4
Olimpic	1–1 (a)	Spartak Trnava	1–1	0–0
West Ham United	4–0[a]	Lusitanos	3–0	1–0
Glenavon	1–5	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–2	0–3
Differdange 03	4–3	Bala Town	3–1	1–2
Shkëndija	1–1 (a)	Aberdeen	1–1	0–0
Víkingur Gøta	0–2	Rosenborg	0–2	0–0
SJK	0–2	FH	0–1	0–1
Linfield	5–4[a]	NSÍ	2–0	3–4
Brøndby	11–0	Juvenes/Dogana	9–0	2–0
MTK Budapest	1–3	Vojvodina	0–0	1–3
Skonto	4–1	St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	2–0
Lahti	2–7	IF Elfsborg	2–2	0–5
Atlantas	1–5	Beroe Stara Zagora	0–2	1–3
Debrecen	3–2	Sutjeska	3–0	0–2
Ordabasy	1–2	Beitar Jerusalem	0–0	1–2
Balzan	0–3	Željezničar	0–2	0–1
Sillamäe Kalev	3–7	Hajduk Split	1–1	2–6
Budućnost Podgorica	1–3[a]	Spartaks Jūrmala	1–3	0–0
Red Star Belgrade	1–4	Kairat	0–2	1–2
Flora	1–2	Rabotnicki	1–0	0–2
Sant Julià	0–4	Randers	0–1	0–3
Saxan	0–4	Apollon Limassol	0–2	0–2
Progrès Niederkorn	0–3	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	0–3
Aktobe	0–1	Nõmme Kalju	0–1	0–0
Dinamo Batumi	1–2	Omonia	1–0	0–2
Kruoja Pakruojis	0–9	Jagiellonia Białystok	0–1	0–8
Shirak	3–2	Zrinjski Mostar	2–0	1–2
Cork City	2–3	KR	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Go Ahead Eagles	2–5	Ferencváros	1–1	1–4
Trakai	7–1	HB	3–0	4–1
Laçi	1–1 (a)	Inter Baku	1–1	0–0
VPS	2–6	AIK	2–2	0–4
UCD	2–2 (a)	F91 Dudelange	1–0	1–2
Domžale	0–1	Čukarički	0–1	0–0
Glentoran	1–7	Žilina	1–4	0–3
Strømsgodset	4–1[a]	Partizani	3–1	1–0
Neftçi	3–3 (a)[a]	Mladost Podgorica	2–2	1–1
Celje	1–4	Śląsk Wrocław	0–1	1–3
La Fiorita	1–10	Vaduz	0–5	1–5
Birkirkara	3–1	Ulisses	0–0	3–1
Airbus UK Broughton	3–5	Lokomotiva Zagreb	1–3	2–2
Botoșani	4–2	Tskhinvali	1–1	3–1
Europa	0–9	Slovan Bratislava	0–6	0–3

A total of 66 teams played in the second qualifying round: 15 teams which entered in this round, and the 51 winners of the first qualifying round.^[3] The draw was held on 22 June 2015.^[9][10] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.

Notes

The first legs were played on 16 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 23 July 2015.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kukësi	4–3	Mladost Podgorica	0–1	4–2
Lokomotiva Zagreb	2–7	PAOK	2–1	0–6
Slovan Bratislava	6–1	UCD	1–0	5–1
Ferencváros	0–3	Željezničar	0–1	0–2
Vaduz	5–1	Nõmme Kalju	3–1	2–0
Beroe Stara Zagora	0–1	Brøndby	0–1	0–0
KR	0–4	Rosenborg	0–1	0–3
AIK	4–0	Shirak	2–0	2–0
Legia Warsaw	4–0	Botoșani	1–0	3–0
Dacia Chișinău	3–6	Žilina	1–2	2–4
Shamrock Rovers	1–4	Odd	0–2	1–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–3	Thun	1–1	1–2
Kairat	4–2	Alashkert	3–0	1–2
Vojvodina	4–1	Spartaks Jūrmala	3–0	1–1
Jagiellonia Białystok	0–1	Omonia	0–0	0–1
Jelgava	1–2	Rabotnicki	1–0	0–2
Čukarički	1–2	Gabala	1–0	0–2
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–3	Wolfsberger AC	0–1	0–2
Trabzonspor	3–1	Differdange 03	1–0	2–1
Charleroi	9–2	Beitar Jerusalem	5–1	4–1
Randers	0–1	IF Elfsborg	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Mladá Boleslav	2–2 (a)	Strømsgodset	1–2	1–0
Cherno More	1–5	Dinamo Minsk	1–1	0–4
Rijeka	2–5	Aberdeen	0–3	2–2
West Ham United	1–1 (5–3 p)	Birkirkara	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Apollon Limassol	4–0	Trakai	4–0	0–0
Koper	4–6	Hajduk Split	3–2	1–4
FH	3–4	Inter Baku	1–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Inverness CT	0–1	Astra Giurgiu	0–1	0–0
Spartak Trnava	5–2	Linfield	2–1	3–1
Copenhagen	5–1	Newtown	2–0	3–1
Śląsk Wrocław	0–2	IFK Göteborg	0–0	0–2
Skonto	4–11	Debrecen	2–2	2–9

A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 25 teams which entered in this round, and the 33 winners of the second qualifying round.^[4] The draw was held on 17 July 2015.^[11][12] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the group with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.

Notes

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 6 August 2015.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zürich	1–2	Dinamo Minsk	0–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Kairat	3–2	Aberdeen	2–1	1–1
Žilina	3–3 (a)	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	1–3 (a.e.t.)
AZ	4–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	2–1
Bordeaux	4–0	AEK Larnaca	3–0	1–0
PAOK	2–1	Spartak Trnava	1–0	1–1
Târgu Mureș	2–4	Saint-Étienne	0–3	2–1
Debrecen	3–6	Rosenborg	2–3	1–3
Jablonec	3–3 (a)	Copenhagen	0–1	3–2
Thun	2–2 (a)	Vaduz	0–0	2–2
Belenenses	2–1	IFK Göteborg	2–1	0–0
Sampdoria	2–4	Vojvodina	0–4	2–0
Kukësi	0–4	Legia Warsaw	0–3[a]	0–1
Charleroi	0–5	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	0–3
Sturm Graz	3–4	Rubin Kazan	2–3	1–1
IF Elfsborg	2–3	Odd	2–1	0–2
Southampton	5–0	Vitesse	3–0	2–0
Slovan Liberec	5–1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2–1	3–0
Apollon Limassol	1–2[b]	Gabala	1–1	0–1
Wolfsberger AC	0–6	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–5
AIK	1–4	Atromitos	1–3	0–1
Standard Liège	3–1	Željezničar	2–1	1–0
West Ham United	3–4	Astra Giurgiu	2–2	1–2
Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Inter Baku	2–0	0–0
Rabotnicki	2–1	Trabzonspor	1–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Brøndby	2–2 (a)	Omonia	0–0	2–2
Rheindorf Altach	6–2	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	4–1
Hajduk Split	4–0	Strømsgodset	2–0	2–0
Krasnodar	5–3	Slovan Bratislava	2–0	3–3

A total of 44 teams played in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.^[5] The draw was held on 7 August 2015.^[14][15] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.

Notes

The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs were played on 27 August 2015.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rheindorf Altach	0–1	Belenenses	0–1	0–0
Žilina	3–3 (a)	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	0–1
Steaua București	1–3	Rosenborg	0–3	1–0
Zorya Luhansk	2–4	Legia Warsaw	0–1	2–3
Viktoria Plzeň	5–0	Vojvodina	3–0	2–0
Milsami Orhei	1–2	Saint-Étienne	1–1	0–1
Ajax	1–0[a]	Jablonec	1–0	0–0
Young Boys	0–4	Qarabağ	0–1	0–3
Molde	3–3 (a)	Standard Liège	2–0	1–3
PAOK	6–1	Brøndby	5–0	1–1
Bordeaux	2–2 (a)	Kairat	1–0	1–2
Lech Poznań	4–0	Videoton	3–0	1–0
Dinamo Minsk	2–2 (3–2 p)	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Rabotnicki	1–2	Rubin Kazan	1–1	0–1
Slovan Liberec	2–0	Hajduk Split	1–0	1–0
Atromitos	0–4	Fenerbahçe	0–1	0–3
Gabala	2–2 (a)[a]	Panathinaikos	0–0	2–2
Southampton	1–2	Midtjylland	1–1	0–1
Astra Giurgiu	3–4	AZ	3–2	0–2
Odd	5–11	Borussia Dortmund	3–4	2–7
Krasnodar	5–1	HJK	5–1	0–0
Sparta Prague	6–4[a]	Thun	3–1	3–3

There were 693 goals in 270 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.^[16]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Róbert Vittek	Slovan Bratislava	7	391
	Matej Jelić	Žilina		715
3	Róbert Mak	PAOK	6	464
	Henok Goitom	AIK		470
5	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Borussia Dortmund	5	334
6	15 players		4	—

Source: UEFA.com^[17]

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Steven Lang	Vaduz	4	264
	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Borussia Dortmund		334
	Edgars Jermolajevs	Skonto		360
	Niall McGinn	Aberdeen		512
	Viktor Claesson	IF Elfsborg		567
	Isael	Kairat		703
	Nikola Vlašić	Hajduk Split		717
8	12 players		3	—

Source: UEFA.com^[18]

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