UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying round main path draws
Thursday, May 31, 2018
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A total of 121 teams are involved in the two draws made on 20 June.
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12:00CET, 20 June, Nyon
First qualifying round (12 & 19 July)
Stjarnan (ISL) v Nõmme Kalju (EST)
Ilves Tampere (FIN) v Slavia Sofia (BUL)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) v Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
Fola Esch (LUX) v Prishtina (KOS)
Glenavon (NIR) v Molde (NOR)
Dunajská Streda (SVK) v Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Stumbras (LTU) v Apollon Limassol (CYP)
Široki Brijeg (BIH) v Domžale (SVN)
Rangers (SCO) v Shkupi (MKD)Progrès Niederkorn (LUX) v Gabala (AZE)
Racing Union (LUX) v Viitorul (ROU)
Samtredia (GEO) v Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)
Partizani (ALB) v Maribor (SVN)
Neftçi (AZE) v Újpest (HUN)
Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) v Trenčín (SVK)
Derry City (IRL) v Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) v OFK Titograd (MNE)
Zaria Balti (MDA) v Górnik Zabrze (POL)
Spartak Subotica (SRB) v Coleraine (NIR)
Pyunik (ARM) v Vardar (MKD)
Shamrock Rovers (IRL) v AIK (SWE)
Connah's Quay (WAL) v Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR)
Lahti (FIN) v Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
Ventspils (LVA) v Luftëtari (ALB)
Cliftonville (NIR) v Nordsjælland (DEN)
Banants (ARM) v Sarajevo (BIH)
Engordany (AND) v Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
Petrocub (MDA) v Osijek (CRO)
Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP) v Laçi (ALB)
Ferencváros (HUN) v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Balzan (MLT) v Keşla (AZE)
Budapest Honvéd (HUN) v Rabotnicki (MKD)
Rudar Pljevlja (MNE) v Partizan (SRB)
CSKA Sofia (BUL) v Riga (LVA)
Milsami Orhei (MDA) v Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Radnički Niš (SRB) v Gzira United (MLT)
Lech Poznań (POL) v Gandzasar-Kapan (ARM)
Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO) v Beitar Jerusalem (ISR)
Vaduz (LIE) v Levski Sofia (BUL)
Željezničar (BIH) v Narva Trans (EST)
Trakai (LTU) v Irtysh (KAZ)
Hibernian (SCO) v NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
Rudar Velenje (SVN) v Tre Fiori (SMR)
Levadia Tallinn (EST) v Dundalk (IRL)
ÍBV (ISL) v Sarpsborg (NOR)
København (DEN) v KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
Liepāja (LVA) v Häcken (SWE)
Seeded sides in bold.
Draw procedure
- The teams, including 87 new entries, were divided into nine groups. Within the nine groups, teams were divided equally into seeded teams and unseeded teams (the seven winners of the preliminary round ties take the coefficient of the seeded team from their tie). Each side in each group is allocated a number.
- There were two draws: the first for groups 1 to 7 (which all featured ten teams), then one for groups 8 and 9 (12 teams).
- Balls containing the seeded teams' numbers were placed in one bowl, with balls for the unseeded teams' numbers in another. A ball was taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled.
- The clubs whose numbers correspond to the first ball drawn play their first game at home. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
Second qualifying round main path (26 July & 2 August)
14:50CET, 20 June, Nyon
Molde (NOR) v Laç (ALB)
Sarajevo (BIH) v Atalanta (ITA)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) v Vaduz (LIE)
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Aberdeen (SCO) v Burnley (ENG)
Partizan (SRB) v Trakai (LTU)
Balzan (MLT) v Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Nordsjælland (DEN) v AIK (SWE)
Rudar Velenje (SVN) v FCSB (ROU)
Hapoel Haifa (ISR) v FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
Dundalk (IRL) v AEK Larnaca (CYP)
Górnik Zabrze (POL) v Trenčín (SVK)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Radnički Niš (SRB)
CSKA Sofia (BUL) v Admira Wacker Mödling (AUT)
Spartak Subotica (SRB) v Sparta Praha (CZE)
RB Leipzig (GER) v Häcken (SWE)
Stjarnan (ISL) v København (DEN)
Ufa (RUS) v Domžale (SVN)
Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) v Pyunik (ARM)
Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) v Rio Ave (POR)
LASK Linz (AUT) v Lillestrøm (NOR)
Budapest Honvéd (HUN) v Progrès Niederkorn (LUX)
Osijek (CRO) v Rangers (SCO)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) v Beşiktaş (TUR)
Dunajská Streda (SVK) v Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
Ventspils (LVA) v Bordeaux (FRA)
Željezničar (BIH) v Apollon Limassol (CYP)
Viitorul (ROU) v Vitesse (NED)
St Gallen (SUI) v Sarpsborg (NOR)
Dinamo Brest (BLR) v Atromitos (GRE)
Sevilla (ESP) v Újpest (HUN)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) v Lech Poznań (POL)
Hibernian (SCO) v Asteras Tripolis (GRE)
Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO) v Maribor (SVN)
Genk (BEL) v Fola Esch (LUX)
Djurgården (SWE) v Mariupol (UKR)
Hajduk Split (CRO) v Slavia Sofia (BUL)
Seeded sides in bold.
Draw procedure
- The 27 teams entering at this stage were joined by the 47 first qualifying round winners.
- The teams were divided into seven groups. Within the seven groups, teams were divided equally into seeded teams and unseeded teams (the seven winners of the preliminary round ties take the coefficient of the seeded team from their tie). Each side in each group was allocated a number.
- There were two draws: the first for groups 1 to 5 (which all feature ten teams), then one for groups 8 and 9 (12 teams).
- Balls containing the seeded teams' numbers were placed in one bowl, with balls for the unseeded teams' numbers in another. A ball was taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled.
- The clubs whose numbers correspond to the first ball drawn play their first game at home. Teams from the same association must not be drawn against each other.
Clubs' coefficients are now determined EITHER by the sum of all points won in the previous five years OR by the association coefficient over the same period – WHICHEVER IS THE HIGHER (under a new system introduced for 2018/19 onwards).