2009–10 UEFA Europa League

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2009–10 UEFA Europa League
The Volksparkstadion in Hamburg hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates17 September 2009 – 12 May 2010 (competition proper)
2 July – 27 August 2009 (qualifying)
Teams48+8 (competition proper)
159+33 (total) (from 53 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Atlético Madrid (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Fulham
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored539 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen)
Óscar Cardozo (Benfica)
9 goals each
2008–09 (UEFA Cup)

The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years.[1]

Spain's Atlético Madrid won the tournament for the first time, beating Fulham – who were playing in their first European final – at the Volksparkstadion, home ground of Hamburger SV, in Hamburg, Germany.[2]

Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual finalists Fulham in the round of 32.

Association team allocation[edit]

A total of 192 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Associations were allocated places according to their 2008 UEFA country coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.[3]

Below iss the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League:[4]

  • Associations 1–6 each entered three teams
  • Associations 7–9 each entered four teams
  • Associations 10–51 each entered three teams, except Liechtenstein (it organised only a domestic cup competition and no domestic league competition)
  • Associations 52–53 plus Liechtenstein each entered one team
  • The top three associations of the 2008–09 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gained an additional berth
  • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League

Association ranking[edit]

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 England England 75.749 3 +1(UCL)
2 Spain Spain 75.266 +1(UCL)
3 Italy Italy 60.410 +1(UCL)
4 France France 52.668 +1(UCL)
5 Germany Germany 48.722 +1(UCL)
6 Russia Russia 43.750 +2(UCL)
7 Romania Romania 40.599 4 +2(UCL)
8 Portugal Portugal 39.927 +1(UCL)
9 Netherlands Netherlands 38.213 +1(UCL)
10 Scotland Scotland 33.375 3 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
11 Turkey Turkey 31.725 +1(UCL)
12 Ukraine Ukraine 30.100 +1(UCL)
13 Belgium Belgium 26.700 +2(UCL)
14 Greece Greece 25.831 +1(UCL)
15 Czech Republic Czech Republic 25.750 +2(UCL)
16 Switzerland Switzerland 24.225
17 Bulgaria Bulgaria 23.166 +1(UCL)
18 Norway Norway 22.425 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19 Denmark Denmark 20.450 3 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
20 Austria Austria 17.700 +1(UCL)
21 Serbia Serbia 16.750 +1(UCL)
22 Israel Israel 15.750
23 Sweden Sweden 13.691
24 Slovakia Slovakia 12.332 +1(UCL)
25 Poland Poland 12.041
26 Hungary Hungary 11.999
27 Croatia Croatia 11.624 +1(UCL)
28 Cyprus Cyprus 10.082
29 Slovenia Slovenia 9.915 +1(UCL)
30 Finland Finland 9.623
31 Latvia Latvia 8.831 +1(UCL)
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.498
33 Lithuania Lithuania 7.999
34 Moldova Moldova 7.499 +1(UCL)
35 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 7.332
36 North Macedonia Macedonia 6.331
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37 Iceland Iceland 5.999 3
38 Georgia (country) Georgia 5.831
39 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 5.500 1
40 Belarus Belarus 5.332 3 +1(UCL)
41 Estonia Estonia 4.332 +1(UCL)
42 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3.832 +1(UCL)
43 Albania Albania 3.666
44 Armenia Armenia 3.665
45 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2.582 +1(UCL)
46 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2.332
47 Wales Wales 2.331
48 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1.832
49 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.498
50 Malta Malta 0.832
51 Montenegro Montenegro 0.500
52 Andorra Andorra 0.500 1
53 San Marino San Marino 0.250
Notes
  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, Denmark, Scotland)[5]
  • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

Distribution[edit]

Since the winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance, the title holder spot reserved for them in the group stage was vacated. As this was the first edition of the Europa League, it was initially unknown whether UEFA would simply disregard the vacant title holder spot and rearrange entries so that one more team would qualify from the play-off round, or replace the title holders' group stage place with that of the top-ranked association's cup winner and move teams from lower rounds appropriately, as the regulations were unclear on this matter.[4] The former set-up was confirmed by UEFA's official list of participants, published on 16 June 2009.[6] As a result, the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:[7]

  • The domestic cup winners of associations 16 and 17 (Switzerland and Bulgaria) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 28 and 29 (Cyprus and Slovenia) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 52 and 53 (Andorra and San Marino) and the domestic league runners-up of associations 35 and 36 (Republic of Ireland and Macedonia) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(46 teams)
  • 14 domestic league runners-up from associations 37–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankings
Second qualifying round
(80 teams)
  • 24 domestic cup winners from associations 30–53
  • 18 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–36
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21
  • 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 7–9
  • 23 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(70 teams)
  • 12 domestic cup winners from associations 18–29
  • 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–9
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France)
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)
  • 40 winners from the second qualifying round
Play-off round
(76 teams)
  • 17 domestic cup winners from associations 1–17
  • 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–9
  • 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–6
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 35 winners from the third qualifying round
  • 15 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • 38 winners from the play-off round
  • 10 losers from the Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 12 group winners from the group stage
  • 12 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage

Redistribution rules[edit]

A Europa League place was vacated when a team qualified for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualified for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following rules:[4]

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association) also qualified for the Champions League, their Europa League place was vacated, and the remaining Europa League qualifiers were moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they did not already qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League. Otherwise, this place was taken by the highest-placed league finisher which did not qualify for the Europa League yet.
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualified for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position was vacated, and the Europa League qualifiers which finished lower in the league were moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which did not qualify for the Europa League yet.
  • A place vacated by the League Cup winners was taken by the highest-placed league finisher which did not qualify for the Europa League yet.
  • A Fair Play place was taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which did not qualify for the Champions League or Europa League yet.

Teams[edit]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[6]

  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-off winners
  • FP: Fair play
  • UCL: Relegated from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • PO: Losers from the play-off round
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Round of 32
Italy Juventus (UCL GS) Germany VfL Wolfsburg (UCL GS) France Marseille (UCL GS) Spain Atlético Madrid (UCL GS)
England Liverpool (UCL GS) Russia Rubin Kazan (UCL GS) Romania Unirea Urziceni (UCL GS) Belgium Standard Liège (UCL GS)
Group stage
Romania Timișoara (UCL PO) Portugal Sporting CP (UCL PO) Scotland Celtic (UCL PO) Belgium Anderlecht (UCL PO)
Greece Panathinaikos (UCL PO) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (UCL PO) Denmark Copenhagen (UCL PO) Austria Red Bull Salzburg (UCL PO)
Latvia Ventspils (UCL PO) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL PO)
Play-off round
England Everton (5th) Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (5th) Belgium Genk (CW) Slovenia Maribor (UCL Q3)
England Aston Villa (6th) Romania CFR Cluj (CW) Greece AEK Athens (3rd) Belarus BATE Borisov (UCL Q3)
Spain Villarreal (5th) Romania Dinamo București (3rd) Czech Republic Teplice (CW) Estonia Levadia (UCL Q3)
Spain Valencia (6th) Portugal Benfica (3rd) Switzerland Sion (CW) Azerbaijan Baku (UCL Q3)
Italy Lazio (CW) Portugal Nacional (4th) Bulgaria Litex Lovech (CW) Kazakhstan Aktobe (UCL Q3)
Italy Genoa (5th) Netherlands Heerenveen (CW) Czech Republic Slavia Prague (UCL Q3) Russia Dynamo Moscow (UCL Q3)
France Guingamp (CW) Netherlands Ajax (3rd) Norway Stabæk (UCL Q3) Netherlands Twente (UCL Q3)
France Toulouse (4th) Scotland Hearts of Midlothian (3rd) Serbia Partizan (UCL Q3) Turkey Sivasspor (UCL Q3)
Germany Werder Bremen (CW) Turkey Trabzonspor (3rd) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (UCL Q3) Ukraine Shakhtar DonetskTH (UCL Q3)
Germany Hertha BSC (4th) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava (CW) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (UCL Q3) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (UCL Q3)
Russia Amkar Perm (4th)
Third qualifying round
England Fulham (7th) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (4th) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (2nd) Sweden IFK Göteborg (CW)
Spain Athletic Bilbao (CR) Scotland Aberdeen (4th) Norway Vålerenga (CW) Slovakia Košice (CW)
Italy Roma (6th) Turkey Fenerbahçe (4th) Norway Fredrikstad (2nd) Poland Lech Poznań (CW)
France Lille (5th) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv (3rd) Denmark Odense (2nd) Hungary Budapest Honvéd (CW)
Germany Hamburger SV (5th) Belgium Club Brugge (3rd) Austria Austria Wien (CW) Croatia Hajduk Split (2nd)
Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara (6th) Greece PAOK (4th) Serbia Vojvodina (2nd) Cyprus APOP Kinyras (CW)
Romania Vaslui (5th) Czech Republic Slovan Liberec (3rd) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd)Note ISR Slovenia Interblock (CW)
Portugal Braga (5th) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Romania Steaua București (6th) Austria Sturm Graz (4th) Latvia Skonto (3rd)Note LVA Belarus Naftan Novopolotsk (CW)
Portugal Paços de Ferreira (CR) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Slavija (CW) Estonia Flora (CW)
Netherlands NAC Breda (P-W) Serbia Sevojno (CR) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (4th)Note BIH Azerbaijan Qarabağ (CW)
Scotland Falkirk (CR) Israel Maccabi Netanya (4th)Note ISR Lithuania Sūduva (CW) Albania Flamurtari (CW)
Turkey Galatasaray (5th) Sweden IF Elfsborg (2nd) Lithuania Kaunas (2nd) Armenia Gandzasar (3rd)Note ARM
Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk (4th) Slovakia Žilina (2nd) Moldova Dacia Chișinău (2nd) Kazakhstan Tobol (2nd)
Belgium Gent (4th) Poland Legia Warsaw (2nd) Moldova Iskra-Stal (3rd) Northern Ireland Crusaders (CW)
Greece AEL (5th) Hungary Újpest (2nd) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic (2nd) Wales Bangor City (CW)
Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc (4th) Croatia Rijeka (3rd) Republic of Ireland Derry City (3rd) Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn (2nd)
Switzerland Basel (3rd) Cyprus Omonia (2nd) North Macedonia Rabotnički (CW) Luxembourg Differdange (2nd)
Bulgaria Cherno More Varna (3rd) Slovenia Gorica (2nd) North Macedonia Milano Kumanovo (2nd) Malta Sliema Wanderers (CW)
Norway Tromsø (3rd) Finland HJK (CW) Iceland KR (CW) Montenegro Petrovac (CW)
Denmark Brøndby (3rd) Finland Honka (2nd) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (CW) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (CW)
Denmark AaB (CR) Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW) San Marino Juvenes/Dogana (CW)
Austria Rapid Wien (2nd)
First qualifying round
Israel Bnei Yehuda (5th)Note ISR Moldova Zimbru Chișinău (4th) Azerbaijan Simurq (3rd) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn (3rd)
Sweden Helsingborg (4th) Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers (4th) Albania Vllaznia (2nd) Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík (4th)
Slovakia Spartak Trnava (3rd) North Macedonia Renova (3rd) Albania Dinamo Tirana (3rd) Luxembourg Grevenmacher (3rd)
Poland Polonia Warsaw (4th) Iceland Keflavík (2nd) Armenia Mika (4th)Note ARM Luxembourg Käerjéng 97 (CR)
Hungary Haladás (3rd) Iceland Fram (3rd) Armenia Banants (CR) Malta Birkirkara (2nd)
Croatia Slaven Belupo (4th) Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi (3rd) Kazakhstan Irtysh (3rd) Malta Valletta (3rd)
Cyprus Anorthosis (3rd) Georgia (country) Zestaponi (4th) Kazakhstan Okzhetpes (9th)Note KAZ Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)
Slovenia Rudar Velenje (3rd) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (2nd) Northern Ireland Linfield (2nd) Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić (3rd)
Finland Lahti (3rd) Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk (3rd) Northern Ireland Lisburn Distillery (4th) Norway Rosenborg (FP)
Latvia Dinaburg (4th)Note LVA Estonia Narva Trans (3rd) Wales Llanelli (2nd) Denmark Randers (FP)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (6th)Note BIH Estonia Nõmme Kalju (4th) Wales The New Saints (3rd) Scotland Motherwell (FP)
Lithuania Vėtra (3rd) Azerbaijan Inter Baku (2nd)
Notes

Round and draw dates[edit]

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[7]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 22 June 2009 2 July 2009 9 July 2009
Second qualifying round 16 July 2009 23 July 2009
Third qualifying round 17 July 2009 30 July 2009 6 August 2009
Play-off Play-off round 7 August 2009 20 August 2009 27 August 2009
Group stage Matchday 1 28 August 2009
(Monaco)
17 September 2009
Matchday 2 1 October 2009
Matchday 3 22 October 2009
Matchday 4 5 November 2009
Matchday 5 2–3 December 2009
Matchday 6 16–17 December 2009
Knockout phase Round of 32 18 December 2009 18 February 2010 25 February 2010
Round of 16 11 March 2010 18 March 2010
Quarter-finals 19 March 2010 1 April 2010 8 April 2010
Semi-finals 22 April 2010 29 April 2010
Final 12 May 2010 at Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Qualifying rounds[edit]

In the qualifying phase and the play-off round, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds, conducted by UEFA President Michel Platini and UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 22 June 2009, and the draw for the third qualifying round, conducted by UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti and Head of Club Competitions Michael Heselschwerdt, was held on 17 July 2009. For the draws, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. Because the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the previous round was completed, the teams were seeded assuming the seeded side in the previous round would be victorious.

First qualifying round[edit]

The first legs were played on 2 July, and the second legs were played on 9 July 2009.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro 2–3 Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Lahti Finland 4–3 Albania Dinamo Tirana 4–1 0–2
Grevenmacher Luxembourg 0–6 Lithuania Vėtra 0–3 0–3
NSÍ Runavík Faroe Islands 1–6 Norway Rosenborg 0–3 1–3
Haladás Hungary 2–2 (a) Kazakhstan Irtysh 1–0 1–2
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 2–3 Albania Vllaznia 1–2 1–1
Olimpi Rustavi Georgia (country) 4–0 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 2–0 2–0
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 7–1 Luxembourg Käerjéng 97 5–0 2–1
Slaven Belupo Croatia 1–0 Malta Birkirkara 1–0 0–0
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova 3–2 Kazakhstan Okzhetpes 1–2 2–0
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 1–11 Georgia (country) Zestaponi 1–5 0–6
Helsingborg Sweden 4–2 Armenia Mika 3–1 1–1
Valletta Malta 5–2 Iceland Keflavík 3–0 2–2
Dinaburg Latvia 2–1 Estonia Nõmme Kalju 2–1 0–0
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–2 Poland Polonia Warsaw 0–2 1–0
Narva Trans Estonia 1–6 Slovenia Rudar Velenje 0–3 1–3
Motherwell Scotland 3–1 Wales Llanelli 0–1 3–0
Banants Armenia 1–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 0–2 1–0
Spartak Trnava Slovakia 5–2 Azerbaijan Inter Baku 2–1 3–1
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 3–2 North Macedonia Renova 2–1 1–1
Randers Denmark 7–0 Northern Ireland Linfield 4–0 3–0
Simurq Azerbaijan 0–4 Israel Bnei Yehuda 0–1 0–3
Fram Iceland 4–2 Wales The New Saints 2–1 2–1

Order of legs reversed after original draw

Second qualifying round[edit]

The first legs were played on 14 and 16 July, and the second legs were played on 23 July 2009.

Both the first and second legs between Bnei Yehuda and Dinaburg and between Rapid Wien and Vllaznia were under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg Norway 0–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–0 0–1
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova 0–1 Portugal Paços de Ferreira 0–0 0–1
Juvenes/Dogana San Marino 0–5 Poland Polonia Warsaw 0–1 0–4
Sturm Graz Austria 3–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2–1 1–1
Basel Switzerland 7–1 Andorra FC Santa Coloma 3–0 4–1
Honka Finland 3–0 Wales Bangor City 2–0 1–0
MŠK Žilina Slovakia 3–0 Moldova Dacia Chișinău 2–0 1–0
Anorthosis Cyprus 3–4 Montenegro Petrovac 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 2–1 Malta Valletta 1–1 1–0
Omonia Cyprus 8–1 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 4–0 4–1
Gorica Slovenia 1–2 Finland Lahti 1–0 0–2
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 3–1 Iceland Fram 1–1 2–0
Legia Warsaw Poland 4–0 Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi 3–0 1–0
Falkirk Scotland 1–2 Liechtenstein Vaduz 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
IF Elfsborg Sweden 3–0 Hungary Haladás 3–0 0–0
Rapid Wien Austria 8–0 Albania Vllaznia 5–0 3–0
Naftan Novopolotsk Belarus 2–2 (a) Belgium Gent 2–1 0–1
Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 3–4 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 1–3
Differdange Luxembourg 1–3 Croatia Rijeka 1–0 0–3
Sūduva Lithuania 1–2 Denmark Randers 0–1 1–1
Vėtra Lithuania 3–2 Finland HJK 0–1 3–1
Milano North Macedonia 2–12 Croatia Slaven Belupo 0–4 2–8
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–4 Norway Tromsø 0–0 1–4
KR Iceland 3–1 Greece AEL 2–0 1–1
Brøndby Denmark 4–2 Estonia Flora Tallinn 0–1 4–1
AaB Denmark 1–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Slavija 0–0 1–3
Steaua București Romania 4–1 Hungary Újpest 2–0 2–1
Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine 5–1 Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 3–0 2–1
Crusaders Northern Ireland 3–5 North Macedonia Rabotnički 1–1 2–4
Bnei Yehuda Israel 5–0 Latvia Dinaburg 4–0 1–0
NAC Breda Netherlands 8–0 Armenia Gandzasar 6–0 2–0
Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 4–0 Moldova Iskra-Stal 1–0 3–0
Sevojno Serbia 1–1 (a) Lithuania Kaunas 0–0 1–1
Flamurtari Albania 2–8 Scotland Motherwell 1–0 1–8
Zestaponi Georgia (country) 3–4 Sweden Helsingborg 1–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Skonto Latvia 1–2 Republic of Ireland Derry City 1–1 0–1
Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–3 Israel Maccabi Netanya 0–0 0–3
Tobol Kazakhstan 1–3 Turkey Galatasaray 1–1 0–2
Rudar Velenje Slovenia 0–5 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0–1 0–4
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 1–0 1–1

Order of legs reversed after original draw

Third qualifying round[edit]

The first legs were played on 28 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 August 2009.

The first leg between Fenerbahçe and Budapest Honvéd and the second leg between Interblock Ljubljana and Metalurh Donetsk were under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Helsingborg Sweden 3–3 (4–5 p) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Fredrikstad Norway 3–7 Poland Lech Poznań 1–6 2–1
Rijeka Croatia 1–4 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 1–2 0–2
Roma Italy 10–2 Belgium Gent 3–1 7–1
Vaslui Romania 3–1 Cyprus Omonia 2–0 1–1
Slavija Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–5 Slovakia Košice 0–2 1–3
IFK Göteborg Sweden 2–4 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–3 1–1
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 2–0 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna 1–0 1–0
Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine 5–0 Slovenia Interblock 2–0 3–0
Vålerenga Norway 2–2 (a) Greece PAOK 1–2 1–0
Rapid Wien Austria 4–3 Cyprus APOP Kinyras 2–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Honka Finland 1–3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–1 1–2
Vaduz Liechtenstein 0–3 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 0–1 0–2
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 3–3 (a) Russia Krylia Sovetov 1–0 2–3
Randers Denmark 1–4 Germany Hamburger SV 0–4 1–0
Tromsø Norway 4–1 Croatia Slaven Belupo 2–1 2–0
Brøndby Denmark 3–3 (a) Poland Legia Warsaw 1–1 2–2
Vojvodina Serbia 3–5 Austria Austria Wien 1–1 2–4
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–1 Republic of Ireland Derry City 1–0 1–1
Steaua București Romania 6–1 Scotland Motherwell 3–0 3–1
MŠK Žilina Slovakia 2–1 Croatia Hajduk Split 1–1 1–0
Braga Portugal 1–4 Sweden IF Elfsborg 1–2 0–2
Aberdeen Scotland 1–8 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc 1–5 0–3
Rabotnički North Macedonia 3–7 Denmark Odense 3–4 0–3
Sevojno Serbia 0–4 France Lille 0–2 0–2
Petrovac Montenegro 1–7 Austria Sturm Graz 1–2 0–5
Fenerbahçe Turkey 6–2 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 5–1 1–1
Bnei Yehuda Israel 2–0 Portugal Paços de Ferreira 1–0 1–0
Club Brugge Belgium 4–3 Finland Lahti 3–2 1–1
Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–2 (a) Switzerland Young Boys 0–1 2–1
KR Iceland 3–5 Switzerland Basel 2–2 1–3
Maccabi Netanya Israel 1–10 Turkey Galatasaray 1–4 0–6
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 4–5 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2–0 2–5
Polonia Warsaw Poland 1–4 Netherlands NAC Breda 0–1 1–3
Vėtra Lithuania 0–6 England Fulham 0–3 0–3

Order of legs reversed after original draw

Play-off round[edit]

The draw for the play-off round, conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and UEFA Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti, was held on 7 August 2009. For the draw, clubs were separated into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficient. The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 27 August 2009.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK Greece 1–1 (a) Netherlands Heerenveen 1–1 0–0
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 4–2 Scotland Hearts 4–0 0–2
Werder Bremen Germany 8–3 Kazakhstan Aktobe 6–3 2–0
Everton England 5–1 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc 4–0 1–1
BATE Borisov Belarus 4–1 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0–1 4–0 (aet)
NAC Breda Netherlands 2–9 Spain Villarreal 1–3 1–6
Lech Poznań Poland 1–1 (3–4 p) Belgium Club Brugge 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Fulham England 3–2 Russia Amkar Perm 3–1 0–1
Galatasaray Turkey 6–1 Estonia Levadia 5–0 1–1
Teplice Czech Republic 2–3 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 1–1
Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine 4–5 Austria Austria Wien 2–2 2–3 (aet)
Twente Netherlands 3–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 3–1 0–0
Košice Slovakia 4–10 Italy Roma 3–3 1–7
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–1 Russia Dynamo Moscow 0–0 2–1
Genk Belgium 3–6 France Lille 1–2 2–4
Bnei Yehuda Israel 0–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–1 0–1
Lazio Italy 3–1 Sweden Elfsborg 3–0 0–1
Trabzonspor Turkey 2–3 France Toulouse 1–3 1–0
Partizan Serbia 3–1 Slovakia MŠK Žilina 1–1 2–0
Baku Azerbaijan 2–8 Switzerland Basel 1–3 1–5
Ajax Netherlands 7–1 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 5–0 2–1
Sivasspor Turkey 0–5 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 0–2
Brøndby Denmark 3–4 Germany Hertha BSC 2–1 1–3
Athletic Bilbao Spain 4–3 Norway Tromsø 3–2 1–1
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–3 Romania CFR Cluj 1–1 1–2
Rapid Wien Austria 2–2 (a) England Aston Villa 1–0 1–2
Steaua București Romania 5–1 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 3–0 2–1
Maribor Slovenia 0–3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–2 0–1
Nacional Portugal 5–4 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 4–3 1–1
Genoa Italy 4–2 Denmark Odense 3–1 1–1
Dinamo București Romania 3–3 (9–8 p) Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 0–3 1 3–0 (aet)
Guingamp France 2–8 Germany Hamburg 1–5 1–3
Sion Switzerland 2–4 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–2 2–2
Sturm Graz Austria 2–1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 1–1 1–0
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 4–2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 3–0 1–2
Benfica Portugal 5–2 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 4–0 1–2
Vaslui Romania 2–4 Greece AEK Athens 2–1 0–3
Stabæk Norway 1–7 Spain Valencia 0–3 1–4

Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Note 1: The match was abandoned at 0–2 in the 88th minute after one Dinamo București fan entered the playing field and other fans invaded the running track around the pitch. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded a default 0–3 defeat against Dinamo during an emergency meeting on 25 August.[9] After advancing to the group stage, Dinamo were punished by having their first two home matches in the group stage played behind closed doors.

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