2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round

The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round began on 17 August and ended on 25 August 2016. A total of 44 teams played in the 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
Play-off round 5 August 2016, 13:00[4][5] 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 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 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),[6][7] grouped by their starting rounds.[8][9]

Key to colours
Winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk[CL-LR] 81.976
Greece Olympiacos[CL-CR] 70.940
Belgium Anderlecht[CL-LR] 54.000
Turkey Fenerbahçe[CL-LR] 40.920
Czech Republic Sparta Prague[CL-LR] 40.585
Greece PAOK[CL-LR] 37.440
Belarus BATE Borisov[CL-CR] 34.000
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[CL-CR] 13.475
Norway Rosenborg[CL-CR] 12.850
Kazakhstan Astana[CL-CR] 12.575
Romania Astra Giurgiu[CL-CR] 11.076
Serbia Red Star Belgrade[CL-CR] 7.175
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi[CL-CR] 5.875
Slovakia Trenčín[CL-CR] 5.400
Albania Partizani Tirana[CL-CR] 1.575
Notes
  1. CL-CR Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Route).
  2. CL-LR Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (League Route).
  3. * Partizani Tirana were transferred to the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round to replace Skënderbeu Korçë who were excluded by UEFA for match-fixing.[10]

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.[4][11] (Note: The numbers for each team were pre-assigned 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

Greece Olympiacos[CL] (2)
Belgium Genk[†] (1)
Belarus BATE Borisov[CL] (3)
Austria Rapid Wien[†] (5)
Denmark Midtjylland[†] (4)

Kazakhstan Astana[CL] (6)
Portugal Arouca[†] (8)
Turkey Osmanlıspor[†] (7)
Croatia Lokomotiva[†] (9)
Slovakia Trenčín[CL] (10)

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

Norway Rosenborg[CL] (7)
Cyprus AEK Larnaca[†] (6)
Serbia Vojvodina[†] (9)
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi[CL] (8)
Israel Beitar Jerusalem[†] (10)

Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Belgium Anderlecht[CL] (1)
Turkey Fenerbahçe[CL] (5)
Russia Krasnodar[†] (3)
Slovenia Maribor[†] (4)
England West Ham United[†] (2)
Greece Panathinaikos[†] (6)

Romania Astra Giurgiu[CL] (11)
Switzerland Grasshopper[†] (10)
Denmark Brøndby[†] (9)
Czech Republic Slavia Prague[†] (8)
Azerbaijan Gabala[†] (7)
Albania Partizani Tirana[CL] (12)

Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk[CL] (1)
Czech Republic Sparta Prague[CL] (2)
Belgium Gent[†] (4)
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv[†] (3)
Italy Sassuolo[†] (5)
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[CL] (6)

Croatia Hajduk Split[†] (12)
Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir[†] (8)
Serbia Red Star Belgrade[CL] (10)
Sweden IFK Göteborg[†] (9)
Denmark SønderjyskE[†] (11)
Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija[†] (7)

Notes
  1. † Winners of the third qualifying round.
  2. CL Losers of the Champions League 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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Astana Kazakhstan 4–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 2–0 2–2
Arouca Portugal 1–3 Greece Olympiacos 0–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Midtjylland Denmark 0–3 Turkey Osmanlıspor 0–1 0–2
Trenčín Slovakia 2–4 Austria Rapid Wien 0–4 2–0
Lokomotiva Croatia 2–4 Belgium Genk 2–2 0–2
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 0–4 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 0–1 0–3
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 0–5 Greece PAOK 0–3 0–2
Austria Wien Austria 4–2 Norway Rosenborg 2–1 2–1
Beitar Jerusalem Israel 1–2 France Saint-Étienne 1–2 0–0
Vojvodina Serbia 0–3 Netherlands AZ 0–3 0–0
Gabala Azerbaijan 3–2[E] Slovenia Maribor 3–1 0–1
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 0–6 Belgium Anderlecht 0–3 0–3
Astra Giurgiu Romania 2–1 England West Ham United 1–1 1–0
Fenerbahçe Turkey 5–0 Switzerland Grasshopper 3–0 2–0
Panathinaikos Greece 4–1[E] Denmark Brøndby 3–0 1–1
Krasnodar Russia 4–0 Albania Partizani Tirana 4–0 0–0
Gent Belgium 6–1 Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija 2–1 4–0
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 1–4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 0–2
SønderjyskE Denmark 2–3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–0 2–3
Sassuolo Italy 4–1 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 3–0 1–1
IFK Göteborg Sweden 1–3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0 0–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–3 (4–3 p) Croatia Hajduk Split 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Notes
  1. ^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Astana Kazakhstan 2–0 Belarus BATE Borisov
 Report
Attendance: 17,536[12]
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–2 Kazakhstan Astana
 Report
Attendance: 9,516[12]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Astana won 4–2 on aggregate.

Arouca Portugal 0–1 Greece Olympiacos
Report Sebá  27'
Attendance: 1,950[12]
Olympiacos Greece 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal Arouca
 Report Gegé  80'
Attendance: 18,348[12]

Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.

Midtjylland Denmark 0–1 Turkey Osmanlıspor
Report Banggaard  20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,003[12]
Osmanlıspor Turkey 2–0 Denmark Midtjylland
Pinto  20', 50' Report
Attendance: 12,116[12]

Osmanlıspor won 3–0 on aggregate.

Trenčín Slovakia 0–4 Austria Rapid Wien
Report
Attendance: 4,069[12]
Rapid Wien Austria 0–2 Slovakia Trenčín
Report
Attendance: 21,200[12]

Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.

Lokomotiva Croatia 2–2 Belgium Genk
 Report
Attendance: 1,700[12]
Genk Belgium 2–0 Croatia Lokomotiva
 Report
Attendance: 8,166[12]

Genk won 4–2 on aggregate.

AEK Larnaca Cyprus 0–1 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Report Coufal  29'
Attendance: 4,645[12]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic 3–0 Cyprus AEK Larnaca
Sýkora  8', 15', 41' Report
Attendance: 7,570[12]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Slovan Liberec won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 0–3 Greece PAOK
Report
Attendance: 12,006[12]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
PAOK Greece 2–0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
 Report
Attendance: 14,821[12]

PAOK won 5–0 on aggregate.

Austria Wien Austria 2–1 Norway Rosenborg
 Report Reginiussen  90+1'
Attendance: 6,090[12]
Rosenborg Norway 1–2 Austria Austria Wien
Gytkjær  59' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 11,692[12]

Austria Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.

Beitar Jerusalem Israel 1–2 France Saint-Étienne
Vered  8' Report
Attendance: 25,049[12]
Saint-Étienne France 0–0 Israel Beitar Jerusalem
Report
Attendance: 20,354[12]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Saint-Étienne won 2–1 on aggregate.

Vojvodina Serbia 0–3 Netherlands AZ
Report
Attendance: 10,493[12]
AZ Netherlands 0–0 Serbia Vojvodina
Report
Attendance: 8,401[12]

AZ won 3–0 on aggregate.

Gabala Azerbaijan 3–1 Slovenia Maribor
 Report Tavares  17'
Attendance: 4,723[12]
Maribor Slovenia 1–0 Azerbaijan Gabala
Tavares  66' Report
Attendance: 9,000[12]

Gabala won 3–2 on aggregate.

Slavia Prague Czech Republic 0–3 Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Attendance: 16,096[12]
Anderlecht Belgium 3–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
 Report
Attendance: 13,075[12]

Anderlecht won 6–0 on aggregate.

Astra Giurgiu Romania 1–1 England West Ham United
Alibec  83' Report Noble  45' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,360[12]
West Ham United England 0–1 Romania Astra Giurgiu
Report Teixeira  45'
Attendance: 56,932[12]

Astra Giurgiu won 2–1 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–0 Switzerland Grasshopper
 Report
Attendance: 16,280[12]
Grasshopper Switzerland 0–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 14,400[12]

Fenerbahçe won 5–0 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece 3–0 Denmark Brøndby
 Report
Attendance: 11,072[12]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Brøndby Denmark 1–1 Greece Panathinaikos
Mukhtar  35' Report Ivanov  66'
Attendance: 13,521[12]

Panathinaikos won 4–1 on aggregate.

Krasnodar Russia 4–0 Albania Partizani Tirana
 Report
Attendance: 11,575[12]
Partizani Tirana Albania 0–0 Russia Krasnodar
Report
Attendance: 1,550[12]

Krasnodar won 4–0 on aggregate.

Gent Belgium 2–1 Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija
 Report Ibraimi  9'
Attendance: 13,416[12]
Shkëndija Republic of Macedonia 0–4 Belgium Gent
Report
Attendance: 30,252[12]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Gent won 6–1 on aggregate.

İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 1–2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Belözoğlu  56' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 3,016[12]
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
 Report
Attendance: 7,014[12]

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

SønderjyskE Denmark 0–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Report
Attendance: 4,795[12]
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 3–2 Denmark SønderjyskE
 Report
Attendance: 13,685[12]

Sparta Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sassuolo Italy 3–0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 6,861[12]
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 1–1 Italy Sassuolo
Katai  54' Report Berardi  28'
Attendance: 22,314[12]

Sassuolo won 4–1 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg Sweden 1–0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
Albæk  56' Report
Attendance: 11,458[12]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 3–0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
 Report
Attendance: 25,500[12]

Qarabağ won 3–1 on aggregate.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–1 Croatia Hajduk Split
 Report Said  56'
Attendance: 9,932[12]

3–3 on aggregate. Maccabi Tel Aviv won 4–3 on penalties.

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.[16]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Finland Teemu Pukki Denmark Brøndby 6 613
Croatia Mirko Marić Croatia Lokomotiva 6 661
Republic of Macedonia Ivan Tričkovski Cyprus AEK Larnaca 6 695
4 Mali Kalifa Coulibaly Belgium Gent 5 255
Italy Domenico Berardi Italy Sassuolo 5 303
Liberia Theo Lewis Weeks Azerbaijan Gabala 5 695

Source:[17]

Top assists

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

Source:[18]

Notes

  1. ↑ Trenčín played their home match at Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, instead of their regular stadium Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín.
  2. ↑ Lokomotiva played their third qualifying round and play-off round home matches at Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb.
  3. ↑ AEK Larnaca played their home matches at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, instead of their regular stadium GSZ Stadium, Larnaca.
  4. ↑ Austria Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, instead of their regular stadium Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna, due to reconstruction.[13]
  5. ↑ Gabala played their home matches at Bakcell Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Qabala.
  6. ↑ Partizani Tirana played their first qualifying round and play-off round home matches at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, instead of their regular stadium Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana.[14]
  7. ↑ Shkëndija played their home matches at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Tetovo.
  8. ↑ Shakhtar Donetsk played their home match at Arena Lviv, Lviv, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  9. ↑ Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.
  10. ↑ Maccabi Tel Aviv played their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, due to reconstruction.[15]

References

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  3. ↑ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2016/2017". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01.
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  13. ↑ "Austria startet Crowd-Investing-Kampagne für Stadion" [Austria launched crowd-investing campaign for stadium]. stadionwelt.de (in German). Stadiowelt Inside. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Prvý súťažný zápas novej sezóny odohráme už v utorok" [The first match of the new season already played on Tuesday]. skslovan.com (in Slovak). ŠK Slovan Bratislava. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Israeli soccer star Eran Zahavi completes record transfer to Chinese club". www.jpost.com. The Jerusalem Post. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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  18. ↑ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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