The 10 losers of the play-off round entered the group stage.
Below are the participating teams (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for qualifying phase and play-off round, however),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.
CH Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
CH Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
LP Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).
Format
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 advance to the next round. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals were scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[4]
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]
Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
Round
Draw date
First leg
Second leg
Third qualifying round
18 July 2022
4 August 2022
11 August 2022
Play-offs
2 August 2022
18 August 2022
25 August 2022
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.
Seeding
A total of 14 teams played in the qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:
Champions Path (10 teams): 10 losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw. There was no seeding.
Main Path (4 teams): The teams were seeded as follows:
Seeded: 2 teams which entered in this round.
Unseeded: 2 losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (League Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw.
Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.
The first legs were played on 4 August, and the second legs were played on 9 and 11 August 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League play-off round of their respective path.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.
Seeding
A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round. The teams were seeded into four "priority groups":
Priority 1: The 6 teams from the higher ranking association which entered in this round.
Priority 2: 6 losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw
Priority 3: 5 winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw
Priority 4: The remaining team which entered in this round, and 2 winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw
The procedure of the draw was as follows:
Three teams from Pot 1 (Priority 1) were paired with the three teams in Pot 4 (Priority 4).
The three remaining Pot 1 (Priority 1) teams were then paired with teams from Pot 3 (Priority 3).
The two remaining Pot 3 (Priority 3) teams were then paired with teams from Pot 2 (Priority 2).
The four remaining Pot 2 (Priority 2) balls were then drawn one after another to complete the ninth and tenth pairings (open draw).
Country protection was not applied.[33] The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.
^F91 Dudelange played their home match at the Stade de Luxembourg, in Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium, the Stade Jos Nosbaum, in Dudelange, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
^Shkupi played their home matches at the Toše Proeski Arena, instead of their regular stadium, the Čair Stadium, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
^Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[34]
^Zürich played their play-off round home match at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium, Letzigrund, in Zürich, which was hosting a concert.[47]
^Apollon Limassol played their home match at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium, the Tsirio Stadium, in Limassol, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
^Sheriff Tiraspol will play their home match at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium, the Sheriff Stadium, in Tiraspol, due to Transnistria's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Note: Between the 2004–05 and 2008–09 seasons, the competition was still known as the UEFA Cup, but is included as it followed a group stage—knockout phase format.