2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round

The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round began on 20 August and ended on 27 August 2015. A total of 44 teams competed in the play-off round to decide 22 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.[1]

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
Play-off round 7 August 2015, 13:00[3] 20 August 2015 27 August 2015

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 was 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 was played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule was 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 was 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 formed "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.[1]

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 Champions League third qualifying round.[3] The draw was held on 7 August 2015.[4][5] (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

Athletic Bilbao[†] (1)
Viktoria Plzeň[CL] (2)
Steaua București[CL] (3)
Legia Warsaw[†] (4)
Belenenses[†] (5)

Rosenborg[†] (6)
Zorya Luhansk[†] (7)
Žilina[†] (8)
Vojvodina[†] (9)
Rheindorf Altach[†] (10)

Ajax[CL] (1)
PAOK[†] (2)
Young Boys[CL] (3)
Standard Liège[†] (4)
Saint-Étienne[†] (5)

Qarabağ[CL] (6)
Molde[CL] (7)
Jablonec[†] (8)
Brøndby[†] (9)
Milsami Orhei[CL] (10)

Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Rubin Kazan[†] (1)
Red Bull Salzburg[CL] (2)
Fenerbahçe[CL] (3)
Bordeaux[†] (4)
Lech Poznań[CL] (5)
Slovan Liberec[†] (6)

Hajduk Split[†] (7)
Atromitos[†] (8)
Dinamo Minsk[†] (9)
Videoton[CL] (10)
Rabotnički[†] (11)
Kairat[†] (12)

Borussia Dortmund[†] (1)
AZ[†] (2)
Sparta Prague[CL] (3)
Panathinaikos[CL] (4)
Southampton[†] (5)
Krasnodar[†] (6)

HJK[CL] (7)
Thun[†] (8)
Astra Giurgiu[†] (9)
Midtjylland[CL] (10)
Odd[†] (11)
Gabala[†] (12)

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 20 August, and the second legs were played on 27 August 2015.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rheindorf Altach 0–1 Belenenses 0–1 0–0
Žilina 3–3 (a) Athletic Bilbao 3–2 0–1
Steaua București 1–3 Rosenborg 0–3 1–0
Zorya Luhansk 2–4 Legia Warsaw 0–1 2–3
Viktoria Plzeň 5–0 Vojvodina 3–0 2–0
Milsami Orhei 1–2 Saint-Étienne 1–1 0–1
Ajax 1–0[D] Jablonec 1–0 0–0
Young Boys 0–4 Qarabağ 0–1 0–3
Molde 3–3 (a) Standard Liège 2–0 1–3
PAOK 6–1 Brøndby 5–0 1–1
Bordeaux 2–2 (a) Kairat 1–0 1–2
Lech Poznań 4–0 Videoton 3–0 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 2–2 (3–2 p) Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Rabotnički 1–2 Rubin Kazan 1–1 0–1
Slovan Liberec 2–0 Hajduk Split 1–0 1–0
Atromitos 0–4 Fenerbahçe 0–1 0–3
Gabala 2–2 (a)[D] Panathinaikos 0–0 2–2
Southampton 1–2 Midtjylland 1–1 0–1
Astra Giurgiu 3–4 AZ 3–2 0–2
Odd 5–11 Borussia Dortmund 3–4 2–7
Krasnodar 5–1 HJK 5–1 0–0
Sparta Prague 6–4[D] Thun 3–1 3–3
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches
Rheindorf Altach 0–1 Belenenses
Report Caeiro  13'
Attendance: 4,572[6]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Belenenses 0–0 Rheindorf Altach
Report
Attendance: 5,940[6]

Belenenses won 1–0 on aggregate.

Žilina 3–2 Athletic Bilbao
Paur  66'
William  77', 90+4'		 Report Merino  16'
Sola  33'
Attendance: 10,175[6]
Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Žilina
Elustondo  24' Report
Attendance: 38,688[6]

3–3 on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

Steaua București 0–3 Rosenborg
Report Mikkelsen  61'
Helland  67'
Jensen  90+3'
Attendance: 21,204[6]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Rosenborg 0–1 Steaua București
Report Popa  54'
Attendance: 14,640[6]

Rosenborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Zorya Luhansk 0–1 Legia Warsaw
Report Kucharczyk  48'
Attendance: 16,000[6]
Legia Warsaw 3–2 Zorya Luhansk
Brzyski  16'
Guilherme  62'
Duda  90+5' (pen.)		 Report Khomchenovskyi  39'
Malinovskyi  66'
Attendance: 23,163[6]
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Legia Warsaw won 4–2 on aggregate.

Viktoria Plzeň 3–0 Vojvodina
Kopic  25', 82'
Vaněk  51'		 Report
Attendance: 10,769[6]
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
Vojvodina 0–2 Viktoria Plzeň
Report Đurić  19' (o.g.)
Ďuriš  60'
Attendance: 7,617[6]

Viktoria Plzeň won 5–0 on aggregate.

Milsami Orhei 1–1 Saint-Étienne
Bud  56' Report Hamouma  40'
Attendance: 6,072[6]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Saint-Étienne 1–0 Milsami Orhei
Corgnet  15' Report
Attendance: 22,456[6]

Saint-Étienne won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ajax 1–0 Jablonec
Milik  54' (pen.) Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 30,898[6]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Jablonec 0–0 Ajax
Report
Chance Arena, Jablonec nad Nisou
Attendance: 6,040[6]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

Young Boys 0–1 Qarabağ
Report Almeida  67'
Attendance: 6,700[6]
Qarabağ 3–0 Young Boys
Almeida  4' (pen.)
Reynaldo  43'
Ismayilov  61'		 Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 29,620[6]

Qarabağ won 4–0 on aggregate.

Molde 2–0 Standard Liège
Høiland  24'
Elyounoussi  28'		 Report
Attendance: 3,940[6]
Standard Liège 3–1 Molde
Knockaert  26'
Santini  48'
Trebel  90+5'		 Report Hussain  42'
Attendance: 12,568[6]

3–3 on aggregate. Molde won on away goals.

PAOK 5–0 Brøndby
Mak  17', 80', 82'
Pelkas  36'
Rodrigues  51'		 Report
Attendance: 20,106[6]
Brøndby 1–1 PAOK
Rashani  27' Report Costa  21'
Attendance: 6,630[6]

PAOK won 6–1 on aggregate.

Bordeaux 1–0 Kairat
Khazri  27' Report
Attendance: 24,795[6]
Kairat 2–1 Bordeaux
Guilbert  1' (o.g.)
Kuat  66'		 Report Crivelli  76'
Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 23,800[6]

2–2 on aggregate. Bordeaux won on away goals.

Lech Poznań 3–0 Videoton
Linetty  11'
Thomalla  57'
Trałka  68'		 Report
Attendance: 14,133[6]
Videoton 0–1 Lech Poznań
Report Kędziora  57'
Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár
Attendance: 2,815[6]

Lech Poznań won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Minsk 2–0 Red Bull Salzburg
Rassadkin  57'
Adamović  90+3'		 Report
OSK Brestskiy, Brest
Attendance: 9,952[6]
Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 (a.e.t.) Dinamo Minsk
Minamino  11'
Soriano  58'		 Report
Penalties
Hinteregger
Soriano
Minamino
Atanga
Berisha 		2–3 Bećiraj
Karytska
Begunov
Palitsevich
Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
Attendance: 7,849[6]

2–2 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won 3–2 on penalties.

Rabotnički 1–1 Rubin Kazan
Ristevski  85' Report Karadeniz  68'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 10,000[6]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Rubin Kazan 1–0 Rabotnički
Carlos Eduardo  35' Report
Attendance: 4,231[6]

Rubin Kazan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Slovan Liberec 1–0 Hajduk Split
Pokorný  79' Report
Attendance: 8,530[6]
Hajduk Split 0–1 Slovan Liberec
Report Šural  23'
Attendance: 33,000[6]

Slovan Liberec won 2–0 on aggregate.

Atromitos 0–1 Fenerbahçe
Report Van Persie  90'
Attendance: 3,328[6]
Fenerbahçe 3–0 Atromitos
Fernandão  7', 78'
Harbunow  59' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 33,121[6]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Fenerbahçe won 4–0 on aggregate.

Gabala 0–0 Panathinaikos
Report
Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 10,950[6]
Panathinaikos 2–2 Gabala
Berg  34'
Nano  78'		 Report Dodô  6', 60'
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 13,956[6]

2–2 on aggregate. Gabala won on away goals.

Southampton 1–1 Midtjylland
Rodriguez  56' (pen.) Report Sparv  45'
Attendance: 28,890[6]
Midtjylland 1–0 Southampton
Rasmussen  28' Report
Attendance: 9,481[6]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Midtjylland won 2–1 on aggregate.

Astra Giurgiu 3–2 AZ
Boldrin  25'
Alibec  41'
Dandea  45+3'		 Report Henriksen  11'
Janssen  13'
Attendance: 3,712[6]
AZ 2–0 Astra Giurgiu
Van der Linden  80'
Mühren  85'		 Report
Attendance: 9,679[6]

AZ won 4–3 on aggregate.

Odd 3–4 Borussia Dortmund
Samuelsen  1'
Nordkvelle  20'
Ruud  22'		 Report Aubameyang  34', 76'
Kagawa  47'
Mkhitaryan  85'
Attendance: 12,436[6]
Borussia Dortmund 7–2 Odd
Mkhitaryan  25'
Reus  27', 32', 57'
Kagawa  40', 90'
Gündoğan  51'		 Report Halvorsen  19'
Berg  64'
Attendance: 64,200[6]
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

Borussia Dortmund won 11–5 on aggregate.

Krasnodar 5–1 HJK
Ojala  8' (o.g.)
Mamayev  10' (pen.)
Smolov  57' (pen.)
Wánderson  62'
Gazinsky  64'		 Report Jallow  18'
Attendance: 15,425[6]
HJK 0–0 Krasnodar
Report
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,953[6]

Krasnodar won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 3–1 Thun
Costa  43'
Dočkal  45+1', 90+4'		 Report Sutter  5'
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 12,448[6]
Thun 3–3 Sparta Prague
Ferreira  33', 81'
Munsy  50'		 Report Dočkal  10'
Hušbauer  21'
Costa  71'
Attendance: 6,024[6]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Sparta Prague won 6–4 on aggregate.

Notes
  1. Milsami Orhei played their home match at Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium CSR Orhei, Orhei.

References
  1. "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. "Match and draw calendar 2015/16". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. "UEFA Europa League play-off draw lineup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. "Draws – Play-off round". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. "UEFA Europa League play-off draw results". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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