UEFA Europa League second qualifying round draw
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
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The second qualifying round draw, consisting of 92 teams, has been made.
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Matches take place on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 September.
16 September
Main Path
Progrès (LUX) vs Willem II (NED)
Hammarby (SWE) vs Lech (POL)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) vs TNS (WAL)
17 September
Champions Path
Inter Escaldes (AND) vs Dundalk (IRL)
KuPS (FIN) vs Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Linfield (NIR) vs Floriana (MLT)
Riga (LVA) vs Tre Fiori (SMR)
Djurgården (SWE) vs Europa (GIB)
Flora Tallinn (EST) vs KR Reykjavík (ISL)
Sileks (MKD) vs Drita (KOS)
Astana (KAZ) vs Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Ararat-Armenia (ARM) vs Fola Esch (LUX)
Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL) vs Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Main Path
Kaysar Kyzylorda (KAZ) vs APOEL (CYP)
Mura (SVN) vs AGF Aarhus (DEN)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) vs Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO) vs Dynamo Moskva (RUS)
Neftçi (AZE) vs Galatasaray (TUR)
Coleraine (NIR) vs Motherwell (SCO)
IFK Göteborg (SWE) vs Copenhagen (DEN)
Bačka Topola (SRB) vs FCSB (ROU)
Teuta (ALB) vs Granada (ESP)
OFI Crete (GRE) vs Apollon Limassol (CYP)
Viking (NOR) vs Aberdeen (SCO)
Bala Town (WAL) vs Standard Liège (BEL)
Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni (MDA) vs Partizan (SRB)
CSKA-Sofia (BUL) vs BATE Borisov (BLR)
Botoşani (ROU) vs Shkëndija (MKD)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) vs Tottenham (ENG)
Laç (ALB) vs Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Aris (GRE) vs Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
Budapest Honvéd (HUN) vs Malmö (SWE)
Ventspils (LVA) vs Rosenborg (NOR)
Riteriai (LTU) vs Slovan Liberec (CZE)
Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) vs Rangers (SCO)
Servette (SUI) vs Reims (FRA)
Borac Banja Luka (BIH) vs Rio Ave (POR)
Renova (MKD) vs Hajduk Split (CRO)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) vs Zrinjski (BIH)
Kukës (ALB) vs Wolfsburg (GER)
Dunajská Streda (SVK) vs Jablonec (CZE)
Piast Gliwice (POL) vs Hartberg (AUT)
Osijek (CRO) vs Basel (SUI)
Shamrock Rovers (IRL) vs AC Milan (ITA)
Hibernians (MLT) vs Fehérvár (HUN)
Bodø/Glimt (NOR) vs Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
• This season all qualifying ties will be single-leg matches behind closed doors, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out if required. Winners advance to the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
Seedings
Ahead of the draw, the teams in each draw were divided between seeded and unseeded clubs in accordance with the club coefficient rankings.
Champions Path
Group 1
Seeded
Linfield (NIR)
KuPS (FIN)
Floriana (MLT)
Dundalk (IRL)
Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Unseeded
Inter Escaldes (AND)
Group 2
Seeded
Djurgården (SWE)
Europa (GIB)
KR Reykjavík (ISL)
Flora Tallinn (EST)
Riga (LVA)
Unseeded
Tre Fiori (SMR)
Group 3
Seeded
Ararat-Armenia (ARM)
Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL)
Fola Esch (LUX)
Sileks (MKD)
Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Astana (KAZ)
Unseeded
Drita (KOS)
Main Path
Group 1
Seeded
1 APOEL (CYP)
2 AGF Aarhus (DEN)
3 Lech (POL)
Unseeded
4 Mura (SVN)
5 Kaysar Kyzylorda (KAZ)
6 Hammarby (SWE)
Group 2
Seeded
1 Dynamo Moskva (RUS)
2 Galatasaray (TUR)
3 Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
Unseeded
4 Neftçi (AZE)
5 Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO)
6 Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
Group 3
Seeded
1 Motherwell (SCO)
2 Copenhagen (DEN)
3 TNS (WAL)
Unseeded
4 IFK Göteborg (SWE)
5 Coleraine (NIR)
6 B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
Group 4
Seeded
1 Granada (ESP)
2 Apollon Limassol (CYP)
3 FCSB (ROU)
Unseeded
4 OFI Crete (GRE)
5 Teuta (ALB)
6 Bačka Topola (SRB)
Group 5
Seeded
1 Aberdeen (SCO)
2 Standard Liège (BEL)
3 Willem II (NED)
Unseeded
4 Bala Town (WAL)
5 Viking (NOR)
6 Progrès (LUX)
Group 6
Seeded
1 BATE Borisov (BLR)
2 Shkëndija (MKD)
3 Partizan (SRB)
Unseeded
4 Botoşani (ROU)
5 CSKA-Sofia (BUL)
6 Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni (MDA)
Group 7
Seeded
1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
2 Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
3 Tottenham (ENG)
Unseeded
4 Aris (GRE)
5 Laç (ALB)
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL)
Group 8
Seeded
1 Rosenborg (NOR)
2 Slovan Liberec (CZE)
3 Malmö (SWE)
Unseeded
4 Riteriai (LTU)
5 Ventspils (LVA)
6 Budapest Honvéd (HUN)
Group 9
Seeded
1 Reims (FRA)
2 Rio Ave (POR)
3 Rangers (SCO)
Unseeded
4 Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
5 Servette (SUI)
6 Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)
Group 10
Seeded
1 Zrinjski (BIH)
2 Wolfsburg (GER)
3 Hajduk Split (CRO)
Unseeded
4 Kukës (ALB)
5 Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)
6 Renova (MKD)
Group 11
Seeded
1 Hartberg (AUT)
2 Basel (SUI)
3 Jablonec (CZE)
Unseeded
4 Osijek (CRO)
5 Piast Gliwice (POL)
6 Dunajská Streda (SVK)
Group 12
Seeded
1 Fehérvár (HUN)
2 Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
3 AC Milan (ITA)
Unseeded
4 Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
5 Hibernians (MLT)
6 Shamrock Rovers (IRL)
How the draw worked
he draw took place on Monday 31 August at the House of European Football in Nyon. It was streamed live on UEFA.com. The UEFA administration formed groups for the draws to avoid clubs without an approved stadium being drawn against each other, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Sides from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
Champions Path draw
For each group the balls containing the names of the seeded teams were placed in one bowl and the ball containing the name of the unseeded team was put into another bowl. One ball was taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn will play the tie at home. As the unseeded team had already been paired, the draw then became open and seeding no longer applied.
League Path draw
The balls containing the names of the seeded teams were placed in one bowl and the balls containing the names of the unseeded teams were put into another bowl. One ball was taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn will play the tie at home.