This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round .
All times are CEST (UTC+02:00 ).
Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon , Switzerland.[ 1]
Round
Draw date and time
First leg
Second leg
Play-off round
5 August 2011 13:30[ 2]
18 August 2011
25 August 2011
Play-off round
Teams
Below are the 76 teams involved in the play-off round (including 26 teams entering at this stage, 35 winners from the third qualifying round and 15 losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round ).[ 3] The 38 winners of the play-off round qualified for the group stage to join the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round .
Notes
Seeding
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011.[ 4]
Summary
The first legs were played on 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2011.
^ a b c d e f Order of legs reversed after original draw.
^ a b As a result of match-fixing allegations , Turkish club Fenerbahçe were removed from the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and were replaced with Trabzonspor on 24 August 2011. As a result, Trabzonspor's second leg against Athletic Bilbao was cancelled, and Athletic Bilbao qualified for the group stage.[ 7]
^ a b c Celtic lodged protests over the eligibility of a number of the Sion players who participated in the two legs of the play-off round, which Sion won 3–1 aggregate (first leg: 0–0; second leg: 3–1). The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body accepted the protests and decided to award both matches to Celtic by forfeit (3–0). As a consequence, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage.[ 8]
Matches
Legia Warsaw won 5–4 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 4–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vaslui won 2–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 5–3 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 6–3 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vorskla Poltava won 5–3 on aggregate.
AZ won 7–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Red Bull Salzburg won on away goals.
Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 4–2 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.
Stoke City won 5–1 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.
PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.
Metalist Kharkiv won 4–0 on aggregate.
Fulham won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hannover 96 won 3–2 on aggregate.
Rennes won 6–1 on aggregate.
Shamrock Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.
AEK Larnaca won 2–1 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 6–0 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 5–0 on aggregate.
Maribor won 3–2 on aggregate.
Birmingham City won 3–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won on walkover after Trabzonspor were promoted to the Champions League.
Lazio won 9–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 6–0 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 5–0 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Braga won on away goals.
Notes
^ Greek club Olympiacos Volos , who had reached the play-off round, were excluded from the competition by UEFA on 11 August 2011 for their involvement in the Koriopolis match-fixing scandal .[ 5] UEFA decided to replace them in the play-off round with Differdange 03 from Luxembourg, who had lost to Olympiakos Volos in the previous round.[ 6]
^ Vaslui played their home match at Stadionul Ceahlăul , Piatra Neamț as their own Stadionul Municipal did not meet UEFA criteria.
^ Zestafoni played their home match on Boris Paichadze National Stadium , Tbilisi as it has a greater capacity than their own David Abashidze Stadium .
^ Gaz Metan Mediaș played their home match at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu , Cluj-Napoca as their own Stadionul Gaz Metan did not meet the UEFA criteria.
^ Steaua București played their home match at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu , Cluj-Napoca as they have left their own Stadionul Steaua prior to the season.
^ CSKA Sofia played their home match at Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia as their own Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet the UEFA criteria.
^ Rapid București played their home match at Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu , Timișoara as they have left their own Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu prior to the season.
^ Differdange 03 played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel , Luxembourg City as their own Stade du Thillenberg did not meet the UEFA criteria.
^ As a result of match-fixing allegations , Turkish club Fenerbahçe were removed from the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and were replaced with Trabzonspor on 24 August 2011. As a result, Trabzonspor's second leg against Athletic Bilbao was cancelled, and Athletic Bilbao qualified for the group stage.[ 7]
^ Trabzonspor were due to play their home match at Türk Telekom Arena , Istanbul as their own Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium needed maintenance work after the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival .
^ a b Celtic lodged protests over the eligibility of a number of the Sion players who participated in the two legs of the play-off round, which Sion won 3–1 aggregate (first leg: 0–0; second leg: 3–1). The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body accepted the protests and decided to award both matches to Celtic by forfeit (3–0). As a consequence, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage.[ 8]
References
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