The 2024–25 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 11 July and ended on 29 August 2024.
The Champions Path contained teams which were eliminated from the Champions League Champions Path, and the Main Path contained teams which qualified as the third-placed or the fourth-placed team from their domestic league or as domestic cup winners.
The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round.
As the identity of the winners of the previous round may not have been known at the time of the draws, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to the subsequent round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient advanced, it would simply take the seeding of its opponent.
Prior to the draws, UEFA could form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, purely for the convenience of the draw and not to resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.
Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA could not be drawn into the same tie.
After the draws, the order of legs of a tie could be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.
[1] In the qualifying stage, the teams were divided into two paths: The winners of the third qualifying round were combined into a single path for the play-off round: All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round entered the Conference League: Below were the participating teams (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients, not used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.
The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path second qualifying round.
[4] For the winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used.
Prior to the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.
The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path third qualifying round.
The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path third qualifying round.
[4] For the winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used.
For the losers of the Champions League second qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used.
Prior to the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.
[4] For the winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used.
For the losers of the Champions League third qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used.
Before the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.