2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying

The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 28 June and ended on 25 August 2016. A total of 154 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[1]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[1][2][3]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 20 June 2016, 13:00[4][5] 30 June 2016 7 July 2016
Second qualifying round 20 June 2016, 14:30[5][6] 14 July 2016 21 July 2016
Third qualifying round 15 July 2016, 13:00[7][8] 28 July 2016 4 August 2016
Play-off round 5 August 2016, 13:00[9][10] 18 August 2016 25 August 2016

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

Format

In the qualifying phase and play-off round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. 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 would be 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 would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would be 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 would be 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. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. 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 are purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other, and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.[1]

Teams

A total of 154 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round (including the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round which enter the play-off round). The 22 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 16 teams which enter in the group stage and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.[1]

Below are the participating teams (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients),[11][12] grouped by their starting rounds.[13][14]

Key to colours
Winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff
Shakhtar Donetsk[CL-LR] 81.976
Olympiacos[CL-CR] 70.940
Anderlecht[CL-LR] 54.000
Fenerbahçe[CL-LR] 40.920
Sparta Prague[CL-LR] 40.585
PAOK[CL-LR] 37.440
BATE Borisov[CL-CR] 34.000
Qarabağ[CL-CR] 13.475
Rosenborg[CL-CR] 12.850
Astana[CL-CR] 12.575
Astra Giurgiu[CL-CR] 11.076
Red Star Belgrade[CL-CR] 7.175
Dinamo Tbilisi[CL-CR] 5.875
Trenčín[CL-CR] 5.400
Partizani[CL-CR] 1.575
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff
AZ 43.612
Lille 29.549
Saint-Étienne 26.049
Gent 25.000
Krasnodar 24.216
Rapid Wien 23.520
Slovan Liberec 22.085
Spartak Moscow 19.216
West Ham United 16.256
Hertha BSC 16.035
Panathinaikos 14.940
Rijeka 14.275
Sassuolo 14.087
Rio Ave 13.616
Vorskla Poltava 11.976
Arouca 10.616
Apollon Limassol 10.435
Mladá Boleslav 10.085
Oleksandriya 8.976
Luzern 8.775
AEK Athens 7.940
İstanbul Başakşehir 7.920
Heracles Almelo 7.112
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 7.076
Viitorul Constanța 5.076
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff
Genk 36.000
Maribor 21.625
Austria Wien 19.020
Partizan 16.925
Maccabi Haifa 11.725
Hajduk Split 10.775
Grasshopper 9.755
Strømsgodset 7.850
Osmanlıspor 6.920
Slavia Prague 6.585
BK Häcken 5.975
PAS Giannina 5.940
CSM Politehnica Iași 5.076
Piast Gliwice 5.000
Levski Sofia 4.375
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 4.250
Hibernian 3.960
SønderjyskE 3.720
First qualifying round
Team Coeff
Maccabi Tel Aviv 20.225
Midtjylland 14.720
HJK 10.980
Dinamo Minsk 10.000
Omonia 9.935
Neftçi 9.725
AEK Larnaca 9.435
AIK 8.975
Slovan Bratislava 8.900
Videoton 8.725
Aktobe 8.075
Vojvodina 7.925
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 7.500
Spartak Trnava 7.400
Brøndby 7.220
IFK Göteborg 6.475
Debrecen 6.475
Heart of Midlothian 6.460
Ventspils 6.075
Admira Wacker Mödling 6.020
Lokomotiva Zagreb 5.775
KR 5.750
Dila Gori 5.625
Aberdeen 5.460
Odd 5.350
Gabala 5.225
Rabotnicki 5.200
Vaduz 4.850
Kairat 4.825
Differdange 03 4.800
Shamrock Rovers 4.590
St Patrick's Athletic 4.590
Zagłębie Lubin 4.500
Cracovia 4.500
Linfield 4.400
Dacia Chișinău 4.325
Beitar Jerusalem 4.225
Stabæk 4.100
Kukësi 4.075
Čukarički 3.925
Levadia Tallinn 3.850
Nõmme Kalju 3.850
Pyunik 3.825
Zimbru Chișinău 3.825
Breiðablik 3.750
Široki Brijeg 3.675
Beroe Stara Zagora 3.625
Domžale 3.625
Ordabasy 3.575
Fola Esch 3.550
Cliftonville 3.400
Rudar Pljevlja 3.225
HB 3.225
Gorica 3.125
Chikhura Sachkhere 3.125
Shirak 3.075
Budućnost Podgorica 2.975
Kapaz 2.975
Birkirkara 2.966
Shkëndija 2.950
Víkingur Gøta 2.725
Slavia Sofia 2.625
MTK Budapest 2.475
Hibernians 2.466
Spartak Myjava 2.400
Sūduva 2.175
Jeunesse Esch 2.050
RoPS 1.980
Jelgava 1.825
Teuta 1.825
Zaria Bălți 1.825
Valur 1.750
Mariehamn 1.730
Lusitanos 1.699
Atlantas 1.675
Samtredia 1.625
Spartaks Jūrmala 1.575
Partizani[[#cnote_
  • |[*]]]
1.575
Banants 1.575
NSÍ 1.475
Trakai 1.425
Radnik Bijeljina 1.425
Sloboda Tuzla 1.425
Glenavon 1.400
Cork City 1.340
La Fiorita 1.316
Bala Town 1.200
Sileks 1.200
UE Santa Coloma 1.199
Bokelj 0.975
Balzan 0.966
Infonet Tallinn 0.850
Folgore 0.816
Europa 0.700
Llandudno 0.700
Connah's Quay Nomads 0.700
Notes
  1. * Partizani were transferred to the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round to replace Skënderbeu who were excluded by UEFA for match-fixing.[15]

First qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 96 teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 20 June 2016.[4][16] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with eight teams.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Midtjylland (5)
Heart of Midlothian (2)
Ventspils (4)
Linfield (3)
Stabæk (1)

Víkingur Gøta (6)
Sūduva (7)
Cork City (8)
Infonet Tallinn (9)
Connah's Quay Nomads (10)

HJK (2)
IFK Göteborg (1)
KR (3)
St Patrick's Athletic (4)
Levadia Tallinn (5)

HB (7)
Jeunesse Esch (6)
Atlantas (9)
Glenavon (8)
Llandudno (10)

Dinamo Minsk (3)
Brøndby (2)
Aberdeen (1)
Shamrock Rovers (5)
Nõmme Kalju (4)

Fola Esch (10)
RoPS (7)
Valur (9)
Spartaks Jūrmala (8)
Trakai (6)

Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

AIK (1)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2)
Odd (3)
Differdange 03 (4)
Breiðablik (5)

Cliftonville (6)
Jelgava (7)
Mariehamn (8)
NSÍ (9)
Bala Town (10)

AEK Larnaca (1)
Vojvodina (2)
Dila Gori (4)
Široki Brijeg (3)
Domžale (5)

Shirak (6)
Birkirkara (8)
Lusitanos (7)
Bokelj (9)
Folgore (10)

Videoton (5)
Lokomotiva Zagreb (2)
Rabotnicki (3)
Čukarički (4)
Pyunik (1)

Ordabasy (6)
Budućnost Podgorica (8)
Zaria Bălți (7)
UE Santa Coloma (9)
Europa (10)

Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Neftçi (4)
Admira Wacker Mödling (3)
Beitar Jerusalem (2)
Kukësi (1)
Zimbru Chișinău (5)

Rudar Pljevlja (10)
Chikhura Sachkhere (7)
Spartak Myjava (8)
Sloboda Tuzla (9)
Balzan (6)

Maccabi Tel Aviv (4)
Debrecen (2)
Gabala (3)
Vaduz (1)
Beroe Stara Zagora (5)

Gorica (6)
Samtredia (8)
Radnik Bijeljina (7)
La Fiorita (9)
Sileks (10)

Omonia (4)
Spartak Trnava (2)
Kairat (3)
Cracovia (1)

Shkëndija (5)
Hibernians (7)
Teuta (6)
Banants (8)

Group 10
Seeded Unseeded

Slovan Bratislava (4)
Aktobe (2)
Zagłębie Lubin (3)
Dacia Chișinău (1)

Kapaz (5)
Slavia Sofia (6)
MTK Budapest (7)
Partizani (8)

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 and 30 June, and the second legs were played on 5, 6 and 7 July 2016.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Midtjylland 2–0 Sūduva1–01–0
Heart of Midlothian 6–3[a] Infonet Tallinn2–14–2
Connah's Quay Nomads 1–0[a] Stabæk0–01–0
Ventspils 4–0 Víkingur Gøta2–02–0
Linfield 1–2 Cork City0–11–1
Levadia Tallinn 3–1 HB1–12–0
Atlantas 1–3 HJK0–21–1
IFK Göteborg 7–1 Llandudno5–02–1
St Patrick's Athletic 2–2 (a) Jeunesse Esch1–01–2
KR 8–1 Glenavon2–16–0
Shamrock Rovers 1–3 RoPS0–21–1
Valur 1–10 Brøndby1–40–6
Aberdeen 3–2 Fola Esch3–10–1
Trakai 3–5[a] Nõmme Kalju2–11–4
Dinamo Minsk 4–1 Spartaks Jūrmala2–12–0
Breiðablik 4–5 Jelgava2–32–2
NSÍ 0–7 Shakhtyor Soligorsk0–20–5
AIK 4–0 Bala Town2–02–0
Differdange 03 1–3 Cliftonville1–10–2
Odd 3–1 Mariehamn2–01–1
Domžale 5–2 Lusitanos3–12–1
Bokelj 1–6 Vojvodina1–10–5
AEK Larnaca 6–1 Folgore3–03–1
Dila Gori 1–1 (1–4 p) Shirak1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Široki Brijeg 1–3 Birkirkara1–10–2
Videoton 3–2 Zaria Bălți3–00–2
UE Santa Coloma 2–7 Lokomotiva Zagreb1–31–4
Europa 3–2[a] Pyunik2–01–2
Čukarički 6–3 Ordabasy3–03–3
Rabotnicki 1–2 Budućnost Podgorica1–10–1
Zimbru Chișinău 3–3 (a) Chikhura Sachkhere0–13–2
Sloboda Tuzla 0–1 Beitar Jerusalem0–00–1
Kukësi 2–1 Rudar Pljevlja1–11–0
Balzan 2–3[a] Neftçi0–22–1
Admira Wacker Mödling 4–3 Spartak Myjava1–13–2
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–0 Radnik Bijeljina0–02–0
La Fiorita 0–7 Debrecen0–50–2
Vaduz 5–2 Sileks3–12–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–0 Gorica3–01–0
Gabala 6–3 Samtredia5–11–2
Teuta 0–6 Kairat0–10–5
Spartak Trnava 6–0 Hibernians3–03–0
Banants 1–5 Omonia0–11–4 (a.e.t.)
Shkëndija 4–1 Cracovia2–02–1
Slavia Sofia 1–3 Zagłębie Lubin1–00–3
Aktobe 1–3 MTK Budapest1–10–2
Partizani w/o[b] Slovan Bratislava0–0Canc.[b]
Kapaz 1–0 Dacia Chișinău0–01–0
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  2. ^ a b Partizani replaced Skënderbeu in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round and Slovan Bratislava proceeded directly to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, after Skënderbeu was excluded by UEFA for match-fixing.[15]

Matches

Second qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 66 teams played in the second qualifying round: 18 teams which entered in this round, and the 48 winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 20 June 2016.[4][16] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with ten teams and another run for the groups with twelve teams.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Partizan (5)
Maccabi Haifa (4)
Dinamo Minsk[†] (3)
Vojvodina[†] (1)
Spartak Trnava[†] (2)

Shirak[†] (6)
St Patrick's Athletic[†] (10)
Zagłębie Lubin[†] (7)
Connah's Quay Nomads[†] (8)
Nõmme Kalju[†] (9)

Austria Wien (5)
HJK[†] (4)
MTK Budapest[†] (1)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk[†] (3)
Brøndby[†] (2)

Gabala[†] (8)
Kukësi[†] (7)
Hibernian (6)
Beroe Stara Zagora[†] (9)
Domžale[†] (10)

Midtjylland[†] (1)
Grasshopper (5)
Neftçi[†] (3)
Osmanlıspor (4)
Lokomotiva Zagreb[†] (2)

KR[†] (7)
Vaduz[†] (8)
RoPS[†] (6)
Shkëndija[†] (10)
Zimbru Chișinău[†] (9)

Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Maribor (6)
Omonia[†] (5)
Slovan Bratislava[†] (3)
IFK Göteborg[†] (4)
Heart of Midlothian[†] (2)
PAS Giannina (1)

Odd[†] (7)
Piast Gliwice (9)
Levski Sofia (11)
Beitar Jerusalem[†] (10)
Jelgava[†] (8)
Birkirkara[†] (12)

Maccabi Tel Aviv[†] (4)
Hajduk Split (5)
Debrecen[†] (3)
Admira Wacker Mödling[†] (1)
Ventspils[†] (2)
BK Häcken (6)

Aberdeen[†] (12)
CSM Politehnica Iași (10)
Kairat[†] (9)
Cork City[†] (11)
Kapaz[†] (7)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (8)

Genk (3)
AEK Larnaca[†] (2)
AIK[†] (6)
Videoton[†] (1)
Strømsgodset (5)
Slavia Prague (4)

Budućnost Podgorica[†] (8)
Cliftonville[†] (12)
Čukarički[†] (7)
Levadia Tallinn[†] (9)
Europa[†] (11)
SønderjyskE (10)

Notes
  1. Winners of the first qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the first qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the second qualifying round.

Summary

The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 July 2016.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Shirak 1–3 Spartak Trnava1–10–2
Dinamo Minsk 2–1 St Patrick's Athletic1–11–0
Partizan 0–0 (3–4 p) Zagłębie Lubin0–00–0 (a.e.t.)
Vojvodina 3–1 Connah's Quay Nomads1–02–1
Maccabi Haifa 2–2 (3–5 p)[a] Nõmme Kalju1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Hibernian 1–1 (3–5 p) Brøndby0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–3 Domžale1–11–2
Austria Wien 5–1 Kukësi1–04–1
MTK Budapest 1–4 Gabala1–20–2
Beroe Stara Zagora 1–2 HJK1–10–1
RoPS 1–4 Lokomotiva Zagreb1–10–3
Neftçi 0–1 Shkëndija0–00–1
KR 4–5[a] Grasshopper3–31–2
Midtjylland 5–2 Vaduz3–02–2
Zimbru Chișinău 2–7 Osmanlıspor2–20–5
PAS Giannina 4–3 Odd3–01–3 (a.e.t.)
Birkirkara 2–1 Heart of Midlothian0–02–1
Maribor 1–1 (a) Levski Sofia0–01–1
Piast Gliwice 0–3 IFK Göteborg0–30–0
Slovan Bratislava 0–3 Jelgava0–00–3
Beitar Jerusalem 3–3 (a) Omonia1–02–3
Admira Wacker Mödling 3–0 Kapaz1–02–0
Aberdeen 4–0 Ventspils3–01–0
BK Häcken 1–2 Cork City1–10–1
Kairat 2–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv1–11–2
Debrecen 1–3 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino1–20–1
CSM Politehnica Iași 3–4 Hajduk Split2–21–2
Videoton 3–1 Čukarički2–01–1
Cliftonville 2–5 AEK Larnaca2–30–2
AIK 2–0 Europa1–01–0
Levadia Tallinn 3–3 (a) Slavia Prague3–10–2
Genk 2–2 (4–2 p) Budućnost Podgorica2–00–2 (a.e.t.)
SønderjyskE 4–3 Strømsgodset2–12–2 (a.e.t.)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Third qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 25 teams which entered in this round, and the 33 winners of the second qualifying round. The draw was held on 15 July 2016.[7][17] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for the group with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Saint-Étienne (1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv[†] (2)
Spartak Moscow (3)
Vorskla Poltava (4)
Dinamo Minsk[†] (5)

AEK Larnaca[†] (6)
AEK Athens (7)
Vojvodina[†] (8)
Pandurii Târgu Jiu (9)
Lokomotiva Zagreb[†] (10)

AZ (1)
Krasnodar (2)
Zagłębie Lubin[†] (3)
Sassuolo (4)
Rio Ave (5)
Beitar Jerusalem[†] (6)

Jelgava[†] (7)
Luzern (8)
SønderjyskE[†] (9)
Slavia Prague[†] (10)
Birkirkara[†] (11)
PAS Giannina[†] (12)

Lille (1)
Maribor[†] (2)
Austria Wien[†] (3)
Panathinaikos (4)
Nõmme Kalju[†] (5)
Hajduk Split[†] (6)

Oleksandriya (7)
AIK[†] (8)
Spartak Trnava[†] (9)
Osmanlıspor[†] (10)
Aberdeen[†] (11)
Gabala[†] (12)

Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Genk[†] (1)
Rapid Wien (2)
Hertha BSC (3)
Rijeka (4)
Arouca (5)
Mladá Boleslav (6)

Shkëndija[†] (7)
İstanbul Başakşehir (8)
Brøndby[†] (9)
Heracles Almelo (10)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino[†] (11)
Cork City[†] (12)

Gent (1)
Slovan Liberec (2)
West Ham United (3)
Midtjylland[†] (4)
HJK[†] (5)
Apollon Limassol (6)

Grasshopper[†] (7)
Videoton[†] (8)
Domžale[†] (9)
IFK Göteborg[†] (10)
Admira Wacker Mödling[†] (11)
Viitorul Constanța (12)

Notes
  1. Winners of the second qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the second qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the third qualifying round.

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 July, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 August 2016.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Lokomotiva Zagreb 3–2 Vorskla Poltava0–03–2
Saint-Étienne 1–0 AEK Athens0–01–0
AEK Larnaca 2–1 Spartak Moscow1–11–0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv1–31–2
Vojvodina 3–1 Dinamo Minsk1–12–0
Zagłębie Lubin 2–3 SønderjyskE1–21–1
Luzern 1–4 Sassuolo1–10–3
Slavia Prague 1–1 (a) Rio Ave0–01–1
Birkirkara 1–6 Krasnodar0–31–3
AZ 3–1 PAS Giannina1–02–1
Jelgava 1–4 Beitar Jerusalem1–10–3
Austria Wien 1–1 (5–4 p) Spartak Trnava0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Panathinaikos 3–0[a] AIK1–02–0
Osmanlıspor 3–0 Nõmme Kalju1–02–0
Aberdeen 1–2 Maribor1–10–1
Lille 1–2 Gabala1–10–1
Oleksandriya 1–6 Hajduk Split0–31–3
Hertha BSC 2–3 Brøndby1–01–3
İstanbul Başakşehir 2–2 (a) Rijeka0–02–2
Heracles Almelo 1–1 (a) Arouca1–10–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–3 Rapid Wien0–00–3
Genk 3–1 Cork City1–02–1
Shkëndija 2–1 Mladá Boleslav2–00–1
Domžale 2–4[a] West Ham United2–10–3
Videoton 1–2 Midtjylland0–11–1 (a.e.t.)
IFK Göteborg 3–2 HJK1–22–0
Admira Wacker Mödling 1–4 Slovan Liberec1–20–2
Gent 5–0 Viitorul Constanța5–00–0
Grasshopper 5–4 Apollon Limassol2–13–3 (a.e.t.)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Play-off round

Seeding

A total of 44 teams played in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The draw was held on 5 August 2016.[9][18] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups with 10 teams and another run for all groups with 12 teams.

Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Olympiacos[CL] (2)
Genk[†] (1)
BATE Borisov[CL] (3)
Rapid Wien[†] (5)
Midtjylland[†] (4)

Astana[CL] (6)
Arouca[†] (8)
Osmanlıspor[†] (7)
Lokomotiva Zagreb[†] (9)
Trenčín[CL] (10)

AZ[†] (1)
PAOK[CL] (2)
Saint-Étienne[†] (5)
Slovan Liberec[†] (3)
Austria Wien[†] (4)

Rosenborg[CL] (7)
AEK Larnaca[†] (6)
Vojvodina[†] (9)
Dinamo Tbilisi[CL] (8)
Beitar Jerusalem[†] (10)

Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Anderlecht[CL] (1)
Fenerbahçe[CL] (5)
Krasnodar[†] (3)
Maribor[†] (4)
West Ham United[†] (2)
Panathinaikos[†] (6)

Astra Giurgiu[CL] (11)
Grasshopper[†] (10)
Brøndby[†] (9)
Slavia Prague[†] (8)
Gabala[†] (7)
Partizani[CL] (12)

Shakhtar Donetsk[CL] (1)
Sparta Prague[CL] (2)
Gent[†] (4)
Maccabi Tel Aviv[†] (3)
Sassuolo[†] (5)
Qarabağ[CL] (6)

Hajduk Split[†] (12)
İstanbul Başakşehir[†] (8)
Red Star Belgrade[CL] (10)
IFK Göteborg[†] (9)
SønderjyskE[†] (11)
Shkëndija[†] (7)

Notes
  1. Winners of the third qualifying round.

Summary

The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2016.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Astana 4–2 BATE Borisov2–02–2
Arouca 1–3 Olympiacos0–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Midtjylland 0–3 Osmanlıspor0–10–2
Trenčín 2–4 Rapid Wien0–42–0
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2–4 Genk2–20–2
AEK Larnaca 0–4 Slovan Liberec0–10–3
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–5 PAOK0–30–2
Austria Wien 4–2 Rosenborg2–12–1
Beitar Jerusalem 1–2 Saint-Étienne1–20–0
Vojvodina 0–3 AZ0–30–0
Gabala 3–2[a] Maribor3–10–1
Slavia Prague 0–6 Anderlecht0–30–3
Astra Giurgiu 2–1 West Ham United1–11–0
Fenerbahçe 5–0 Grasshopper3–02–0
Panathinaikos 4–1[a] Brøndby3–01–1
Krasnodar 4–0 Partizani4–00–0
Gent 6–1 Shkëndija2–14–0
İstanbul Başakşehir 1–4 Shakhtar Donetsk1–20–2
SønderjyskE 2–3 Sparta Prague0–02–3
Sassuolo 4–1 Red Star Belgrade3–01–1
IFK Göteborg 1–3 Qarabağ1–00–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–3 (4–3 p) Hajduk Split2–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Statistics

There were 626 goals scored in 263 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.[19]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Teemu Pukki Brøndby 6 613
Mirko Marić Lokomotiva Zagreb 6 661
Ivan Tričkovski AEK Larnaca 6 695
4 Kalifa Coulibaly Gent 5 255
Domenico Berardi Sassuolo 5 303
Theo Lewis Weeks Gabala 5 695

Source:[20]

Top assists

Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 Andrew Hjulsager Brøndby 5 700
2 Haris Medunjanin Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 728
Rasmus Nissen Midtjylland 4 750

Source:[21]

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