UEFA Europa League first qualifying round draw

The 2024/25 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round draw took place at 15:00 CET on Tuesday 18 June at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The two-legged ties will be played on 11 and 18 July.

2024/25 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round draw

PFC Botev Plovdiv (BUL) vs NK Maribor (SVN)
IF Elfsborg (SWE) vs Pafos FC (CYP)
Paksi FC (HUN) vs FC Corvinul Hunedoara (ROU)
FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs PFC Zire (AZE)
KF Llapi 1932 (KOS) vs Wisła Kraków (POL)
MFK Ružomberok (SVK) vs FC Tobol (KAZ)

Seeded teams in bold.

Match dates and kick-off times to be announced by: 21 June 2024 (first and second legs).

DRAW PROCEDURE

Based on Articles 14 of the UEFA Europa League Regulations (UEL Regulations) the following draw procedure has been adopted by the Club Competitions Committee.

Match system

The qualifying phase and play-offs follow the knockout system, whereby each team plays each opponent twice, in home and away matches.

Draw system and conditions

A draw between the same number of seeded and unseeded clubs determines the ties for the qualifying phase and play-offs. Clubs are seeded for these draws in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season (see Annex D) and with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. If, for any reason, any of the participants in the rounds concerned are not known at the time of the draw, the coefficients of the two clubs involved in the undecided tie are used for the purposes of the draw. For the club advancing to the next round of the competition as winner of the tie, the coefficient of the club with the higher coefficient of the two clubs involved is used for the purposes of the draw. For the other club, which is fed into the relevant round of the competition from another competition, the lower coefficient of the two clubs in the pairing of the other competition is used for the purposes of the draw.

The UEFA administration may form groups for the draw in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

A draw is conducted to determine the ties of each match and which team plays the first leg match at home.

In accordance with the relevant decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from the following associations may not be drawn against each other:

Armenia – Azerbaijan
Gibraltar – Spain
Kosovo – Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kosovo – Serbia
Kosovo – Russia*
Ukraine – Russia*
Ukraine – Belarus

* All teams from Russia are suspended until further notice by the decision of the Executive Committee of 28 February 2022, and as confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 15 July 2022.

Draw system

The 12 teams were divided equally into six seeded teams and six unseeded teams.

Groupings

Seeded:

FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
NK Maribor (SVN)
FC Tobol (KAZ)
Wisła Kraków (POL)
Pafos FC (CYP)
Paksi FC (HUN)

Unseeded:

IF Elfsborg (SWE)
FC Corvinul Hunedoara (ROU)
PFC Botev Plovdiv (BUL)
PFC Zire (AZE)
MFK Ružomberok (SVK)
KF Llapi 1932 (KOS)

Draw procedure

Three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls containing the names of the seeded and unseeded teams placed in the corresponding marked bowls.

One ball was then taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The first team then drawn from this bowl is considered the home team for the first leg of the first tie, which they will play against the second team drawn.

The process was then repeated with the remaining balls to complete all the ties.

Calendar elaboration (Article 24 UEL regulations)

The stadiums, dates (in accordance with the calendar in Annex C) and kick-off times for all qualifying matches are fixed by the home clubs in consultation with their respective associations and must be confirmed to the UEFA administration by the deadline set by the UEFA administration. The UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

If two or more clubs from the same city, within a radius of 50km of each other and/or playing in the same stadium, take part in any of the UEFA club competitions, and if the association and the clubs concerned explicitly declare when entering the clubs that their matches cannot be played on the same day or on consecutive days, the UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

The UEFA administration decides on match dates and fixture reversals on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the applicable principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In any case, the UEFA administration reserves the right to impose a match date if the circumstances so require.

Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to the clubs and their respective associations by 22:00 CET on 18 June 2024.