The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 29 June and ended on 24 August 2017.
[1] A total of 156 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.
The schedule of the qualifying phase and play-off round was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
[1] 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 away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played.
If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.
[2] 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 (or associations with political conflicts) were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.
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 (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).
[2] Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients),[3][4] grouped by their starting rounds.
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST.
Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups.
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2) Trenčín (1) Inter Baku (3) Shirak (5) Dacia Chișinău (4) Shkëndija (6) Gorica (7) Mladost Lučani (8) Tirana (9) Torpedo Kutaisi (10) Lech Poznań (1) Rheindorf Altach (3) Kairat (2) Levski Sofia (4) Zira (5) Differdange 03 (7) Sutjeska (6) Chikhura Sachkhere (8) Atlantas (9) Pelister (10) Vojvodina (5) Beitar Jerusalem (2) Milsami Orhei (3) Mladost Podgorica (1) Irtysh (4) Fola Esch (8) Dunav Ruse (6) Ružomberok (7) Vasas (9) Gandzasar Kapan (10) Videoton (1) Slovan Bratislava (5) Botev Plovdiv (3) Jagiellonia Białystok (4) Ordabasy (2) Široki Brijeg (9) Pyunik (7) Partizani (8) Dinamo Batumi (6) Balzan (10) AEL Limassol (1) Red Star Belgrade (2) Osijek (3) Željezničar (4) Rabotnicki (5) Zeta (6) Tre Penne (7) UE Santa Coloma (8) Floriana (9) St Joseph's (10) Skënderbeu (1) AEK Larnaca (4) Sarajevo (3) Valletta (2) Rangers (5) Lincoln Red Imps (6) Zaria Bălți (8) Progrès Niederkorn (7) Folgore (9) Sant Julià (10) Midtjylland (4) Ventspils (2) Vaduz (3) Haugesund (1) Domžale (5) Flora (7) Derry City (6) Valur (9) Bala Town (8) Coleraine (10) Dinamo Minsk (4) St Johnstone (2) Olimpija Ljubljana (3) Stjarnan (1) Crusaders (5) Shamrock Rovers (10) Liepāja (7)
Odd (2) IFK Norrköping (1) Nõmme Kalju (5) Ferencváros (4) Jelgava (6)
Connah's Quay Nomads (8) Ballymena United (9) Prishtina (10)
Since the draw for the second qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.
Dinamo Minsk[†] (1) Apollon Limassol (3) Mladá Boleslav (5) Slovan Bratislava[†] (4) Beitar Jerusalem[†] (2) Zaria Bălți[†] (10) Lyngby[†] (7) Botev Plovdiv[†] (9) Shamrock Rovers[†] (8) Rabotnicki[†] (6) Astra Giurgiu (5)
Skënderbeu[†] (1) AEK Larnaca[†] (3) Panionios (4) Kairat[†] (6) Željezničar[†] (9) Cork City[†] (10) Gorica[†] (7) Zira[†] (8) Hajduk Split (4) Lech Poznań[†] (2) Brøndby (3) Videoton[†] (5) Trakai[†] (1) IFK Norrköping[†] (6) Nõmme Kalju[†] (8)
Levski Sofia[†] (7) Haugesund[†] (9) Maccabi Tel Aviv[†] (1) Ružomberok[†] (2) AEL Limassol[†] (4) Gabala (3) Sūduva[†] (5) Utrecht (6)
Valletta[†] (12) Jagiellonia Białystok[†] (7) Liepāja[†] (9) Progrès Niederkorn[†] (10) Brann (11) Galatasaray (6) Red Star Belgrade[†] (4) Rheindorf Altach[†] (1) Inter Baku[†] (2) Valur[†] (3) Odd[†] (5) Fola Esch[†] (11) Vaduz[†] (9) Domžale[†] (7) Dynamo Brest (8) Östersunds FK (12) Irtysh[†] (10) Midtjylland[†] (6)
Luzern (4) Trenčín[†] (3) Aberdeen (1) Sturm Graz (2) Osijek[†] (10) Bnei Yehuda (7) Široki Brijeg[†] (8) Ferencváros[†] (12) Shkëndija[†] (9) Mladost Podgorica[†] (11) The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 20 July 2017.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 13:00 CEST.
Since the draw for the third qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.
Fenerbahçe (2) PSV Eindhoven (1) Krasnodar (3) Panathinaikos (5) Shkëndija[†] (4) Osijek[†] (10) Gabala[†] (7) Lyngby[†] (8) Sturm Graz[†] (9) Trakai[†] (6) Athletic Bilbao (6)
Dinamo Zagreb (4) Austria Wien (3) Midtjylland[†] (5) Mladá Boleslav[†] (1) Olimpik Donetsk (7) AEL Limassol[†] (8) Skënderbeu[†] (9) Dinamo București (10) Odd[†] (11) Arka Gdynia (12) Östersunds FK[†] (1) Milan (2) Bordeaux (3) Maccabi Tel Aviv[†] (4) Hajduk Split[†] (5) Lech Poznań[†] (6) Brøndby[†] (12) Videoton[†] (8) Utrecht[†] (10) Fola Esch[†] (9) Panionios[†] (11) Universitatea Craiova (7) Sparta Prague (2) Gent (1) Everton (4) Astra Giurgiu[†] (3) Marítimo (5) Apollon Limassol[†] (6) Oleksandriya (8) Red Star Belgrade[†] (7) Aberdeen[†] (10) Rheindorf Altach[†] (9) Botev Plovdiv[†] (12) Ružomberok[†] (11) Zenit Saint Petersburg (1) Braga (2) Marseille (3) SC Freiburg (4) Sion (5) Dinamo Minsk[†] (6)
The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 13:00 CEST.
Dynamo Kyiv[CL] (2) Milan[†] (1) Club Brugge[CL] (4) Krasnodar[†] (3) Austria Wien[†] (5) Marítimo[†] (6) Red Star Belgrade[†] (7) AEK Athens[CL] (8) Osijek[†] (9) Shkëndija[†] (10) Athletic Bilbao[†] (1) Red Bull Salzburg[CL] (2) Braga[†] (3) Everton[†] (4) Midtjylland[†] (5) Panathinaikos[†] (10) Hajduk Split[†] (8) Apollon Limassol[†] (9)
4–4 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.