The 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 8 August and ended on 31 August 2023.
A total of 27 teams competed in the qualifying system which included the qualifying phase and the play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage, to join the 12 teams that enter in the group stage, the six losers of the Champions League play-off round (four from Champions Path and two from League Path) and the four League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Teams
In the third qualifying round (which is the first round of the qualification for the Europa League), the teams will be divided into two paths: Champions Path (10 teams): 10 teams which enter this round (10 losers of the Champions League Champions Path second qualifying round). Main Path (4 teams): 4 teams which enter this round (including 2 losers of the Champions League League Path second qualifying round).
The winners of the third qualifying round will be combined into a single path for the play-off round: Play-off round (20 teams): 13 teams which enter this round (including 6 losers of the Champions League Champions Path third qualifying round) and 7 winners of the third qualifying round.
All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round will enter the Europa Conference League: The 5 losers of the Champions Path third qualifying round enter the Champions Path play-off round. The 2 losers of the Main Path third qualifying round enter the Main Path play-off round. The 10 losers of the play-off round enter the group stage.
Below are the participating teams (with their 2023 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for qualifying phase and play-off round, however), grouped by their starting rounds.
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Format
Each tie will be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs will advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time will be played and if the same number of goals is scored by both teams during extra time, the tie will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows. Matches are scheduled for Thursdays though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.
Seeding
A total of 14 teams play in the qualifying round. They were divided into two paths: Champions Path (10 teams): 10 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. There would be no seeding. Main Path (4 teams): The teams was seeded as follows: Seeded: 2 teams which enter in this round. Unseeded: 2 losers of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (League Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams from the same association would not be drawn against each other. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team of the first leg.
Since Olympiacos cannot be drawn against Panathinaikos, they were drawn against the loser of the match Servette/Genk, and Slavia Prague were drawn against the loser of the match Dnipro-1/Panathinaikos.
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Summary
The first legs were played on 8 and 10 August, and the second legs were played on 17 August 2023.
The winners of the ties will advance to the play-off round. The losers will be transferred to the Europa Conference League play-off round of their respective path.
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Champions Path
BK Häcken won 8–1 on aggregate.
Qarabağ won 4–2 on aggregate.
Zrinjski Mostar won 6–3 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 7–3 on aggregate.
Ludogorets Razgrad won 6–3 on aggregate.
Main Path
Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.