The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round were played from 1 July to 28 August 2014.
A total of 170 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 31 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
[2] Matches may also be 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 30 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.
The 31 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 7 automatic qualifiers and 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.
Below were the participating teams (with their 2014 UEFA club coefficients),[6] grouped by their starting rounds.
[7] A total of 78 teams played in the first qualifying round.
Spartak Trnava (2) Inter Baku (1) Koper (4) Čukarički (3) Flamurtari (5) Tiraspol (7) Sant Julià (6) Sioni Bolnisi (9) Hibernians (8) Čelik Nikšić (10) Shakhter Karagandy (1) Široki Brijeg (2) Birkirkara (3) Vaduz (4) Chikhura Sachkhere (5) Diósgyőr (6) Shirak (7) Gabala (8) Turnovo (9) College Europa (10) Litex Lovech (5) RNK Split (4) Budućnost Podgorica (3) Kukësi (2) Metalurg Skopje (1) Veris Chișinău (9) Mika (10) Kairat (8) UE Santa Coloma (7) Folgore (6) Željezničar (3) Pyunik (2) Botev Plovdiv (1) Zimbru Chișinău (4) Ferencváros (6) Rudar Velenje (5) Shkëndija (9) Sliema Wanderers (8) Astana (7) Laçi (11) Lovćen Cetinje (10) Libertas (12) Rosenborg (2) Differdange 03 (1) Linfield (4) IF Brommapojkarna (3) Nõmme Kalju (6) Derry City (5) Fram (8) Jelgava (7)
Atlantas (12) Aberystwyth Town (11) Tromsø (3) Ekranas (4) Aberdeen (1) Bangor City (6)
Jeunesse Esch (2) Crusaders (9) Dundalk (7) Stjarnan (8) Daugava Rīga (12)
IFK Göteborg (2) Honka (3) Sligo Rovers (4) Haugesund (5) Daugava Daugavpils (6) Fola Esch (7) Víkingur Gøta (8) Banga Gargždai (9) Sillamäe Kalev (10) Airbus UK Broughton (11) Glenavon (12) The first legs were played on 1 and 3 July, and the second legs were played on 8, 10 and 11 July 2014.
4–4 on aggregate; Sillamäe Kalev won on away goals.
[9] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups.
Lech Poznań (4) Molde (5) Dinamo Minsk (3) IFK Göteborg[†] (1) Željezničar[†] (2) Győri ETO (7) Gorica (9)
Nõmme Kalju[†] (6) Metalurg Skopje[†] (10) Slovan Liberec (2) Tromsø[†] (4) Petrolul Ploiești (3)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (5) RNK Split[†] (9) Neman Grodno (7) Košice (10) Víkingur Gøta[†] (6) Flamurtari[†] (8) CFR Cluj (5) Motherwell (2) Crusaders[†] (3) Grödig (1) Zestaponi (4) Spartak Trnava[†] (6) Jagodina (9) Stjarnan[†] (10) IF Brommapojkarna[†] (8) Čukarički[†] (7) Bursaspor (5) Rijeka (3) Groningen (1)
Neftçi (2) Linfield[†] (6) Aberdeen[†] (7) Koper[†] (10) Ferencváros[†] (8) Chikhura Sachkhere[†] (9) Rosenborg[†] (3) Omonia (1) Luzern (2) Zorya Luhansk (4) Mladá Boleslav (5) St Johnstone (10) Široki Brijeg[†] (9) Sligo Rovers[†] (8) Budućnost Podgorica[†] (7) Laçi[†] (6) Zulte Waregem (2) Krasnodar (4) CSKA Sofia (3) Sarajevo (5) Shakhter Karagandy[†] (1) Atlantas[†] (7) Sillamäe Kalev[†] (6) Zawisza Bydgoszcz (10) Zimbru Chișinău[†] (8) Haugesund[†] (9) Hapoel Tel Aviv (2) Litex Lovech[†] (3) Vojvodina (4) Ruch Chorzów (5) Shakhtyor Soligorsk (1) Astana[†] (10) Diósgyőr[†] (8) Vaduz[†] (9) Trenčín (6) Derry City[†] (7) Esbjerg (4) IF Elfsborg (3) Hajduk Split (2) Asteras Tripolis (5) St. Pölten (1) Inter Baku[†] (8) Botev Plovdiv[†] (7) Dundalk[†] (10) Kairat[†] (6) RoPS (9) The first legs were played on 17 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 24 July 2014.
Lyon (5) Mainz 05 (6) Chornomorets Odesa (1) Rosenborg[†] (3) Krasnodar[†] (4) St Johnstone[†] (2) Asteras Tripolis[†] (12) Mladá Boleslav[†] (7) Diósgyőr[†] (8) Karabükspor (11) Spartak Trnava[†] (10) RNK Split[†] (9) PSV Eindhoven (6) Lech Poznań[†] (4) Hull City (3) Torino (2) Omonia[†] (1) Molde[†] (5) Stjarnan[†] (8) Zorya Luhansk[†] (7) Trenčín[†] (11) St. Pölten[†] (12) Metalurg Skopje[†] (9) IF Brommapojkarna[†] (10) Astana[†] (2) Real Sociedad (1) Slovan Liberec[†] (5) Zulte Waregem[†] (6) Atromitos (3) Zimbru Chișinău[†] (4) Aberdeen[†] (9)
Astra Giurgiu (7) Grödig[†] (8) Sarajevo[†] (11) Shakhtyor Soligorsk[†] (12) Viktoria Plzeň (4) Young Boys (2) Esbjerg[†] (3) Dynamo Moscow (1) IF Elfsborg[†] (6) Rijeka[†] (5) Víkingur Gøta[†] (7) Ironi Kiryat Shmona (9) Petrolul Ploiești[†] (8)
Ruch Chorzów[†] (11) Ermis Aradippou (10) Club Brugge (5) CFR Cluj[†] (2) Chikhura Sachkhere[†] (4) Rio Ave (3) Hajduk Split[†] (1) Brøndby (10) Neftçi[†] (8) Dinamo Minsk[†] (7) IFK Göteborg[†] (6) Shakhter Karagandy[†] (9) The first legs were played on 31 July, and the second legs were played on 7 August 2014.
Villarreal (4) Sparta Prague[CL] (3) Borussia Mönchengladbach (2) Young Boys[†] (5) Lokomotiv Moscow (1) Debrecen[CL] (10) PEC Zwolle (8) Apollon Limassol (7) Sarajevo[†] (6) Astana[†] (9) Tottenham Hotspur (4) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk[CL] (5) Zürich (2) Nacional (3) Maccabi Tel Aviv[CL] (1) Hajduk Split[†] (10) Asteras Tripolis[†] (7) AEL Limassol[CL] (9) Dinamo Minsk[†] (8) Spartak Trnava[†] (6) Twente (2)
Petrolul Ploiești[†] (7) Zimbru Chișinău[†] (8) Lyon[†] (5) Hull City[†] (3) Legia Warsaw[CL] (4) Torino[†] (2) Dynamo Moscow[†] (1) Omonia[†] (7) Lokeren (8) Aktobe[CL] (9) Astra Giurgiu[†] (10) RNK Split[†] (6) PSV Eindhoven[†] (5) Metalist Kharkiv (1) Partizan[CL] (2) Saint-Étienne (3) Rio Ave[†] (4) IF Elfsborg[†] (9) Neftçi[†] (6) Karabükspor[†] (8) Ruch Chorzów[†] (7) Shakhtyor Soligorsk[†] (10) Internazionale (2) Club Brugge[†] (6) Panathinaikos[CL] (5) Real Sociedad[†] (3) Sheriff Tiraspol[CL] (4) Feyenoord[CL] (1) Grasshopper[CL] (10) Krasnodar[†] (12) Rijeka[†] (9) Zorya Luhansk[†] (11) Midtjylland (8) Stjarnan[†] (7) The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 28 August 2014.