The qualifying phase of the

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were played from 2 July to 8 August, to define 29 entrants in the competition's

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, who would then in turn compete for a place in the

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. All times were

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Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in

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, Switzerland. Matches may 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

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, 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

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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

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was played. 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

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. In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their

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s 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 randomly. 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 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.

Teams

A total of 133 teams were involved in the first three qualifying rounds, 29 of which advanced to the play-off round. Below were the participating teams (with their 2013

s), grouped by their starting rounds. ;Notes

First qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 76 teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 24 June 2013. ;Notes

Matches

The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 July, and the second legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July 2013. ;Notes

First leg

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Second leg

Rudar Pljevlja FK Rudar Pljevlja, commonly known as Rudar Pljevlja or simply Rudar, is a Association football, football club based in Pljevlja, Montenegro. It currently plays in the Montenegrin First League, the country's highest tier. Rudar have played in the ...

won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Jeunesse Esch Jeunesse Esch (full name ''Association Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette'') is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. The side play in the National Division, the highest league in the country, and have won ...

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Differdange 03 won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Linfield won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh Pavlodar ( kk, Ертіс Футбол Клубы, ''Ertis Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 19 ...

won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate.

Ventspils Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see #Other names, other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population ...

won on away goals.'' ---- '' Gefle won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Pyunik Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik (" Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourho ...

won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate.

Mladost Podgorica OFK Titograd ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: ОФК Титоград) is a professional football club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. Founded in 1951, they play in the Third League of Montenegro. The team has one league trophy and two Montenegrin Cup ...

won on away goals.'' ---- '' Breiðablik won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Sl ...

won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate. Turnovo won 5–4 on penalties.'' ---- ''

Víkingur Gøta Víkingur is a semi-professional football club in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 2008 after the merger of GÍ Gøta and Leirvík ÍF. The club is based in Leirvík, while the stadium is in Norðragøta. Both villages are part of the ...

won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Milsami Orhei won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Qarabağ Karabakh ( az, Qarabağ ; hy, Ղարաբաղ, Ġarabaġ ) is a geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Ar ...

won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate.

Prestatyn Town Prestatyn Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Prestatyn) is a Welsh football club based in Prestatyn, Denbighshire who play in the Cymru North. History Early years Records show that football has been played in Prestatyn since the e ...

won 4–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Skonto won 4–2 on penalties.'' ---- ''

Levadia Tallinn Football Club Infonet Levadia Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia, or simply as Levadia, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home groun ...

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Dinamo Minsk won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Valletta Valletta (, mt, il-Belt Valletta, ) is an administrative unit and capital of Malta. Located on the main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, its population within administrative limits in 2014 was ...

won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Aktobe Aktobe ( kz, Ақтөбе, Aqtöbe; russian: Актобе, Aktobe) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Aktobe Region. In 2020, it had a population of 500,757 people. Aktobe is located in the west of ...

won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Zrinjski Mostar Zrinjski Mostar is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 1905. Member clubs * Football: **HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *Basketball: **HKK Zrinjski Mostar (men's) **ŽKK Zrinjski Mostar (women's) * ...

won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate.

Chikhura Sachkhere Football Club Chikhura Sachkhere, commonly known as Chikhura Sachkhere or simply Chikhura, is a Georgian football club based in Sachkhere. After the 2022 season they were relegated to Liga 4, the fourth tier of Georgian league system. Hi ...

won on away goals.'' ---- ''

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...

won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Inter Baku Shamakhi FK ( az, Şamaxı Futbol Klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Shamakhi, that currently competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League. The club has won the Premier League title twice. History Early years (1997–2 ...

won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the 21s ...

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Rosenborg won 9–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate.

Dacia Chişinău Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ...

won on away goals.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Kukësi won on away goals.'' ---- ''

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes in ...

won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent the ...

won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- '' ÍBV won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' KR won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Honvéd won 13–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Žalgiris Vilnius Žalgiris is a translation of the German word ''Grünwald'' (green forest) and also the Polish word ''Grunwald'' and can refer to: * Battle of Žalgiris, Lithuanian name for the Battle of Grunwald, a decisive battle in 1410 * BC Žalgiris, a basket ...

won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajev ...

won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Second qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 80 teams played in the second qualifying round: 42 teams which entered in this round, and the 38 winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 24 June 2013. ;Notes

Matches

The first legs were played on 16 and 18 July, and the second legs were played on 25 July 2013. ;Notes

First leg

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Second leg

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Milsami Orhei won 4–2 on penalties.'' ---- ''

Trenčín Trenčín (, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 55,000, which makes it the eighth largest munic ...

won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish f ...

won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate.

won on away goals.'' ---- ''

won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979 ...

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Thun Thun (french: Thoune) is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), southeast of Bern. the municipality has almost ...

won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Footbal ...

won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Breiðablik won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Häcken won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate.

Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec (), commonly referred to as Slovan Liberec or simply Slovan, is a Czech football club based in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won three league titles and the domestic c ...

won on away goals.'' ---- ''

Pandurii Târgu Jiu The uprising of 1821 was a social and political rebellion in Wallachia, which was at the time a tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. It originated as a movement against the Phanariote administration, with backing from the more conservative bo ...

won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Gefle won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Differdange 03 won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Petrolul Ploiești won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Prim ...

won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.'' ---- ''

Dila Gori FC Dila Gori is a Georgian football club based in Gori. The club takes part in Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football system, and plays their home games at Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium. Dila won the Georgian Cup in 2012 and Georgian ...

won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county), Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). But since th ...

won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in ...

won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the mo ...

won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Široki Brijeg , , nickname = , motto = , image_map = BiH municipality location Široki Brijeg.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location o ...

won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate.

Xanthi Xanthi ( el, Ξάνθη, ''Xánthi'', ) is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope m ...

won on away goals.'' ---- ''

won 9–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. T ...

won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an ol ...

won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Kukësi won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Third qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 18 teams which entered in this round, and the 40 winners of the second qualifying round. The draw was held on 19 July 2013. ;Notes

Matches

The first legs were played on 1 August, and the second legs were played on 8 August 2013.

First leg

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Second leg

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Kukësi won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate.

won on away goals.'' ---- ''

won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Kuban Krasnodar won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the ...

won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Estoril Estoril () is a town in the Municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a tourist destination, with luxury hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numerous royal families and celebrities, and has ...

won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate.

won 4–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''

won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ...

won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Petrolul Ploiești won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Jablonec won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Stuttgart won on away goals.'' ---- ''

won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul ...

won 9–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a foo ...

won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''

won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate.

won 3–2 on penalties.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate.

won 2–1 on penalties.''

Play-off round

Statistics

There were 720 goals in 274 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.63 goals per match.

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Notes

References

External links

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