This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. All times are CEST ( UTC+02:00).

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in

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, Switzerland. Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Format

Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the

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is applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of

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are played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by

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. In the draw for each round, teams are seeded based on their 2011

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s, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to the draw, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other.

Teams

Below are the 135 teams involved in the qualifying phase, grouped by their starting rounds. Winners of the 35 ties in the third round qualified for the play-off round, along with 26 new entrants and 15 teams dropping down from the Champions League third qualifying round.

First qualifying round

All times are CEST ( UTC+02:00).

Seeding

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011.

Summary

The first legs were played on 30 June, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2011.

Matches

''Metalurgi Rustavi won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Qarabağ won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rabotnicki won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rad won 9–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tromsø won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IF Elfsborg won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Honka won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Varaždin won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ferencváros won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Paks won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aalesund won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Trnava won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''KR won 8–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''The New Saints won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''BK Häcken won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''The New Saints won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fulham won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Irtysh won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vllaznia won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Glentoran won 3–2 on penalties.'' ---- ''Shakhter Karagandy won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Flamurtari won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Second qualifying round

All times are CEST ( UTC+02:00).

Seeding

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011, immediately after the first qualifying round draw.

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Summary

The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 21 July 2011.

Matches

''Nacional won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Metalurgi Rustavi won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Śląsk Wrocław won on away goals.'' ---- ''Olympiacos Volos won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Gaz Metan Mediaș won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Jablonec won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Varaždin won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''ADO Den Haag won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Austria Wien won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Westerlo won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bnei Yehuda won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Gaziantepspor won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sarajevo won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ventspils won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vålerenga won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aalesund won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''BK Häcken won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK Larnaca won 9–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IF Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Differdange 03 won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Trnava won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Midtjylland won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Vaduz won on away goals.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Qarabağ won on away goals.'' ---- ''Paks won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Aktobe won on away goals.'' ---- ''Željezničar won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rabotnicki won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Bull Salzburg won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Thun won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lokomotiv Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vorskla Poltava won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fulham won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''RNK Split won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''KR won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nacional won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Third qualifying round

All times are CEST ( UTC+02:00).

Seeding

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011.

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Summary

The first legs were played on 26 and 28 July, and the second legs were played on 4 August 2011.

Matches

''Helsingborgs IF won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''0–0 on aggregate; Śląsk Wrocław won 4–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''AEK Larnaca won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star Belgrade won 9–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Alania Vladikavkaz won 4–2 on penalties.'' ---- ''Karpaty Lviv won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aalesund won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rennes won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Bull Salzburg won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rabotnicki won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sparta Prague won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vorskla Poltava won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Young Boys won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bursaspor won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Omonia won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fulham won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Spartak Trnava won 5–4 on penalties.'' ---- ''AZ won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Differdange 03 won on walkover after Olympiacos Volos were disqualified.'' ---- ''Heart of Midlothian won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Maccabi Tel Aviv won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Gaz Metan Mediaș won 4–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Thun won on away goals.'' ---- ''Stoke City won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nacional won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vitória de Guimarães won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate; Ried won on away goals.'' ---- ''Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–1 on aggregate.''

Play-off round

Notes

References

External links

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