UEFA Europa League 2022/23

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The 2022/23 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw, kicking off the new season, took place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday 18 July.

The round will feature 14 teams, the majority of whom will be confirmed after the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round ends on 26/27 July.

Champions path
Žalgiris (LTU) / Malmö FF (SWE) vs Pyunik (ARM) / Diddeleng (LUX)
Ludogorets (BUL) / Shamrock Rovers (IRL) vs Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) / Shkupi (MKD)
Linfield (NIR) / Bodø/Glimt (NOR) vs Qarabağ (AZE) / Zürich (SUI)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) / Olympiacos (GRE) vs Ferencváros (HUN) / Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Maribor (SVN) / Sheriff (MDA) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN) / Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

The ten teams eliminated from the Champions League Champions path second qualifying round will contest the Europa League Champions path third qualifying round.

Main path
Midtjylland (DEN) / AEK Larnaca (CYP) vs Partizan (SRB)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) / Fenerbahçe (TUR) vs Slovácko (CZE)

The two sides eliminated from the Champions League second qualifying round (League path) will join two teams entering in the Europa League third qualifying round (Main path). The automatic entrants – Partizan and Slovácko – were seeded.

How the draw worked

• No teams were seeded for the third qualifying round of the Champions path. An open draw was held to determine pairings, with the first team drawn playing the first leg at home.
• The clubs that qualify directly for the third qualifying round of the Main path were seeded above the clubs eliminated from the second qualifying round of the Champions League (League path).
• For the Main path draw, the balls containing the names of the seeded teams were placed in one bowl and the balls containing the unseeded sides 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 first leg at home.
• Clubs from the same association could not be drawn against each other. Teams from Armenia and Azerbaijan were also being kept apart: if Pyunik (ARM) and Qarabağ (AZE) had been drawn against each other, the ball drawn second would have been put to one side.

What happens next?
Winners progress to the UEFA Europa League play-off round. Beaten sides transfer to the appropriate path of the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round.

Key dates
Qualifying
Third qualifying round: 4 & 11 August 2022
Play-offs: 18 & 25 August 2022

Group stage
Matchday 1: 8 September 2022
Matchday 2: 15 September 2022
Matchday 3: 6 October 2022
Matchday 4: 13 October 2022
Matchday 5: 27 October 2022
Matchday 6: 3 November 2022

Knockout phase
Knockout round play-offs: 16 & 23 February
Round of 16: 9 & 16 March 2023
Quarter-finals: 13 & 20 April 2023
Semi-finals: 11 & 18 May 2023
Final: 31 May 2023

 

[Lineker]

 

[Hobo]

Shamrock Rovers are through to the play off round and are guaranteed at least a Europa Conference League Spot

[FestiveJack]

This is apparently a dive and a yellow card and I just can't see it...

 

Speaking of not being anything, the BBC feed has gone down right as things were about to kick off. Craig Gordon was hit in the head by a missile of some kind.

[Colly]

I honestly can't tell from those angles, the defender attempts to pull out but it's unclear whether he managed or not.

[Baddar]

Pot 1: Roma, Man Utd, Arsenal, Lazio, Braga, Red Star Belgrade, Dynamo Kyiv, Olympiacos

Pot 2: Feynoord, PSV, Rennes, Monaco, Real Sociedad, Qarabag, Malmo, Ludogorets

Pot 3: Real Betis, Midtjylland, Bodo/Glimt, Ferencvaros, Union Berlin, SC Freiburg, Fenerbahce

Pot 4: Nantes, HJK, Sturm Graz, AEK Larnaca, Omonia, Zurich, Union Saint-Gilloise, Trabzonspor

[Baddar]

Group A: Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, Bodo/Glimt, Zurich

 

Group B: Dynamo Kyiv, Rennes, Fenerbahce, AEK Larnaca

 

Group C : Ludogorets, Real Betis, HJK Helsinki

 

Group D : Braga, Malmo, Union berlin, Union Saint-Gilloise

 

Group E: Manchester United, Real Sociedad, FC Sheriff, Omonoia

 

Group F: Lazio, Feyenoord, Midtjylland, Sturm Graz

 

Group G: Olympiakos, Qarabag, Freiburg, Nantes

 

Group H: Red Star Belgrade, Monaco, Ferencvaros, Trabzonspor

[FLiam]

Marquinhos bags himself a debut goal and follows it up by crying tears of joy.

Somewhere in Qatar, Richard Keys is absolutely fuming.

[Baddar]

It is the real European competition after all.

[Baddar]

Wasn't aware of the format change til 10mins ago.

Topping the group is a must, then.

[Dang117]

Really bad decision for that penalty but didn't take the chances we had

[gunnar hendershow]

Wow Roma lost to Ludogorets. Jose magic already running out.

[FestiveJack]

Var did a bad decision against United. It's bad again.

[Cymbols]

Tbf yeah that was a shocker.

[FLiam]

5 hours ago, Baddar said:

Wasn't aware of the format change til 10mins ago.

Topping the group is a must, then.

What’s the format change?

[Baddar]

It might have already been in last season, but I'm not sure. It's new to Utd anyway...

Those who finish 2nd now play an extra two-legged round against a team finishing 3rd in their CL group, as opposed to them all joining the latter stages together.

[Baddar]

Haven't really played well but we're 2 up at HT away against Sheriff. Badly need the 3pts this Matchday.

[Lineker]

 

[Adam]

Surely there isn't a problem when they get knocked out in the next round?

[Colly]

Am I being thick, or are the three "vacant midweek"s not an obvious space for it, even if they survive all the cups?