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.
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
[2] Matches might have been played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
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.
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.
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.
Inter Turku Gefle IF Glentoran Žalgiris Narva Trans Víkingur Gøta Airbus UK Broughton Videoton Qarabağ F91 Dudelange Vaduz Flora Metalurg Skopje Milsami Orhei Chikhura Sachkhere Mladost Podgorica Kukësi Levski Sofia Sarajevo Dacia Chișinău Pyunik Khazar Lankaran Teteks Irtysh Sliema Wanderers Teuta Libertas Botev Plovdiv[‡] Vojvodina Astra Giurgiu Zrinjski Mostar Rudar Pljevlja Domžale Mika Hibernians Astana UE Santa Coloma Tromsø Malmö FF Linfield Liepājas Metalurgs Inter Baku Breiðablik Celje FC Santa Coloma Mariehamn Drogheda United
Prestatyn Town Rosenborg Dinamo Minsk Levadia Tallinn Skonto
Tiraspol Kruoja Pakruojis Bala Town Žilina Aktobe Honvéd Valletta Differdange 03 Sūduva Torpedo Kutaisi Čelik Nikšić Gandzasar Kapan 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,[14][15] and two match officials were later banned for life by UEFA for attempted match-fixing.
1–1 on aggregate; Chikhura Sachkhere won on away goals.
3–3 on aggregate; Dacia Chișinău won on away goals.
3–3 on aggregate; Prestatyn Town won 4–3 on penalties.
[13] Sparta Prague Thun Skoda Xanthi Aktobe[†] Sarajevo[†] BK Häcken Linfield[†] Chikhura Sachkhere[†] Kukësi[†] Hødd AaB Maccabi Haifa Omonia Hajduk Split Ventspils[†] Astra Giurgiu[†] Dila Gori Turnovo[†] Khazar Lankaran[†] Jeunesse Esch[†] Rubin Kazan Slovan Liberec Śląsk Wrocław Malmö FF[†] Pandurii Târgu Jiu Hibernian Levadia Tallinn[†] Skonto[†] Jagodina Rudar Pljevlja[†] Hapoel Tel Aviv Debrecen Žalgiris[†] Rijeka Petrolul Ploiești Víkingur Gøta[†] Strømsgodset Prestatyn Town[†] Pyunik[†] Beroe Stara Zagora Lech Poznań Žilina[†] Red Star Belgrade Vojvodina[†] Shakhtyor Soligorsk Milsami Orhei[†] Honvéd[†] Honka Olimpija Ljubljana
Standard Liège Chornomorets Odesa Tromsø[†] Dinamo Minsk[†] IFK Göteborg
Dacia Chișinău[†] Lokomotiva Zagreb Inter Baku[†] Trenčín Trabzonspor Rosenborg[†] Botev Plovdiv[†][‡] Qarabağ[†] Minsk Piast Gliwice Valletta[†] Zrinjski Mostar[†] St Johnstone Derry City Anorthosis Famagusta Utrecht Irtysh[†] Sturm Graz Mladost Podgorica[†] 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.
4–4 on aggregate; Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.
2–2 on aggregate; Slovan Liberec won on away goals.
2–2 on aggregate; Skoda Xanthi won on away goals.
[173] Udinese Club Brugge Trabzonspor[†] Maccabi Haifa[†] Astra Giurgiu[†] Chornomorets Odesa[†] Red Star Belgrade[†] Śląsk Wrocław[†] Ventspils[†] Dinamo Minsk[†] Trenčín[†] Široki Brijeg[†] Rubin Kazan[†] Lech Poznań[†] Zürich Swansea City Breiðablik[†] Vitesse Slovan Liberec[†] Randers Aktobe[†] Malmö FF[†] Petrolul Ploiești[†] Žalgiris[†] Sevilla Hapoel Tel Aviv[†] Dila Gori[†] Differdange 03[†] Metalurh Donetsk Kuban Krasnodar Hajduk Split[†] Motherwell Tromsø[†] Kukësi[†] Pandurii Târgu Jiu[†] Mladost Podgorica[†] VfB Stuttgart Saint-Étienne Gefle IF[†] Žilina[†] Rapid Wien Strømsgodset[†] Asteras Tripolis Jablonec Qarabağ[†] Milsami Orhei[†] Rijeka[†] Botev Plovdiv[†] Standard Liège[†] BK Häcken[†] St Johnstone[†] Bursaspor Estoril Thun[†] Skoda Xanthi[†] Vojvodina[†] Minsk[†] Hapoel Ramat Gan The first legs were played on 1 August, and the second legs were played on 8 August 2013.
1–1 on aggregate; VfB Stuttgart won on away goals.