2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/newsid=1651736.html |title=2011/12 draw and match calendar |publisher=UEFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312175418/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/newsid%3D1651736.html |archive-date=12 March 2012}}

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).{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/accesslist/listofparticipants/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618104817/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/accesslist/listofparticipants/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 18, 2011 |title=2011/12 list of participants |publisher=UEFA |date=10 June 2011 |access-date=13 September 2011}} 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

{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}

{{Cnote2|CL-CR|n=0|^CL-CR Losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Route)}}

{{Cnote2|CL-LR|n=0|^CL-LR Losing teams from the Champions League third qualifying round (League Route)}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Legia Warsaw {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow

|goals1 =

• Radović {{goal|3||69}}

|goals2 =

• Ari {{goal|52||71}}

|stadium = Pepsi Arena, Warsaw

|attendance = 23,450{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/kp-legia-warsaw/fk-spartak-moskva/1182133/ |title=Legia Warszawa vs. Spartak Moskva – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Mike Dean (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007212/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Spartak Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw

|goals1 =

• K. Kombarov {{goal|10}}
• D. Kombarov {{goal|27|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Kucharczyk {{goal|29}}
• Rybus {{goal|43}}
• Gol {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 19,345{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fk-spartak-moskva/kp-legia-warsaw/1182135/ |title=Spartak Moskva vs. Legia Warszawa – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Alon Yefet (Israel)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007249/

}}

Legia Warsaw won 5–4 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Ekranas {{fbaicon|LTU}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ISR}} Hapoel Tel Aviv

|goals1 =

• Samusiovas {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys

|attendance = 2,748{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fk-ekranas/hapoel-tel-aviv-fc/1182137/ |title=Ekranas vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007213/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Hapoel Tel Aviv {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|LTU}} Ekranas

|goals1 =

• Cohen {{goal|37}}
• Damari {{goal|53}}
• Tamuz {{goal|81}}
• Lala {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

|attendance = 7,500{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/hapoel-tel-aviv-fc/fk-ekranas/1182138/ |title=Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Ekranas – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007250/

}}

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 4–1 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Lokomotiv Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SVK}} Spartak Trnava

|goals1 =

• Yanbayev {{goal|34}}
• Maicon {{goal|37}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 13,402{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fk-lokomotiv-moscow/fc-spartak-trnava/1182153/ |title=Lokomotiv Moskva vs. Spartak Trnava – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007221/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Spartak Trnava {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Moscow

|goals1 =

• Yanbaev {{goal|38|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

• Obinna {{goal|81|pen.}}

|stadium = Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava

|attendance = 11,258{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-spartak-trnava/fk-lokomotiv-moscow/1182154/ |title=Spartak Trnava vs. Lokomotiv Moskva – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Luca Banti (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007258/

}}

Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Vaslui {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague

|goals1 =

• Temwanjera {{goal|13}}
• Milanov {{goal|36}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț{{refn|group=note|Vaslui played their home match at Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț as their own Stadionul Municipal did not meet UEFA criteria.}}

|attendance = 5,170{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fc-vaslui/ac-sparta-praha/1182171/ |title=Vaslui vs. Sparta Praha – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007230/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Sparta Prague {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Vaslui

|goals1 =

• Pamić {{goal|59}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Generali Arena, Prague

|attendance = 13,699{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/ac-sparta-praha/fc-vaslui/1182172/ |title=Sparta Praha vs. Vaslui – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007267/

}}

Vaslui won 2–1 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Zestaponi {{fbaicon|GEO}}

|score = 3–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|goals1 =

• Gelashvili {{goal|59||83}}
• Dvali {{goal|63}}

|goals2 =

• Akpala {{goal|27}}
• Refaelov {{goal|30}}
• Hoefkens {{goal|72}}

|stadium = Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi{{refn|group=note|Zestaponi played their home match on Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi as it has a greater capacity than their own David Abashidze Stadium.}}

|attendance = 7,680{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fc-zestafoni/club-brugge-kv/1182175/ |title=Zestafoni vs. Club Brugge – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Harald Lechner (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007232/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Club Brugge {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GEO}} Zestaponi

|goals1 =

• Akpala {{goal|7||27}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

|attendance = 23,725{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/club-brugge-kv/fc-zestafoni/1182176/ |title=Club Brugge vs. Zestafoni – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Tony Asumaa (Finland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007269/

}}

Club Brugge won 5–3 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = HJK {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

|goals1 =

• Pukki {{goal|18||54}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sonera Stadium, Helsinki

|attendance = 10,504{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/helsingin-jalkapallokubi/fc-schalke-04/1182179/ |title=HJK vs. Schalke 04 – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007234/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:20

|team1 = Schalke 04 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 6–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK

|goals1 =

• Huntelaar {{goal|15|pen.|25||49|pen.|63}}
• Papadopoulos {{goal|56}}
• Draxler {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

• Pukki {{goal|20}}

|stadium = Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance = 52,034{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-schalke-04/helsingin-jalkapallokubi/1182180/ |title=Schalke 04 vs. HJK – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007271/

}}

Schalke 04 won 6–3 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:45

|team1 = Litex Lovech {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|UKR}} Dynamo Kyiv

|goals1 =

• Yanev {{goal|13}}

|goals2 =

• Ninković {{goal|7|pen.}}
• Ideye {{goal|77}}

|stadium = Lovech Stadium, Lovech

|attendance = 5,862{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/pfk-litex-lovech/fc-dynamo-kyiv/1182162/ |title=Lovech vs. Dynamo Kyiv 1 – 2 |publisher=Soccerway.com |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007224/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Dynamo Kyiv {{fbaicon|UKR}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BUL}} Litex Lovech

|goals1 =

• Milevskyi {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

|attendance = 8,100{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-dynamo-kyiv/pfk-litex-lovech/1182164/ |title=Dynamo Kyiv vs. Lovech – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Stuart Attwell (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007261/

}}

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Vorskla Poltava {{fbaicon|UKR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Dinamo București

|goals1 =

• Kryvosheyenko {{goal|32}}
• Rebenok {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

• Niculae {{goal|58}}

|stadium = Butovsky Vorskla Stadium, Poltava

|attendance = 9,500{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fc-vorskla-poltava/fc-dinamo-1948-sa-bucuresti/1182119/ |title=Vorskla vs. Dinamo București 2 – 1 |publisher=Soccerway.com |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Liran Liany (Israel)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007208/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Dinamo București {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|UKR}} Vorskla Poltava

|goals1 =

• Torje {{goal|45}}
• Țucudean {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

• Januzi {{goal|37}}
• Barannik {{goal|72||78}}

|stadium = Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

|attendance = 9,641{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-dinamo-1948-sa-bucuresti/fc-vorskla-poltava/1182120/ |title=Dinamo București vs. Vorskla – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007245/

}}

Vorskla Poltava won 5–3 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Aalesund {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} AZ

|goals1 =

• Barrantes {{goal|14|pen.|73}}

|goals2 =

• Martens {{goal|30}}

|stadium = Color Line Stadion, Ålesund

|attendance = 5,646{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/alesunds-fotballklub/stichting-az/1182169/ |title=Aalesund vs. AZ – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007229/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = AZ {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NOR}} Aalesund

|goals1 =

• Wernbloom {{goal|7}}
• Altidore {{goal|25||59}}
• Martens {{goal|54}}
• Holman {{goal|68}}
• Moisander {{goal|90|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

|attendance = 11,814{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/stichting-az/alesunds-fotballklub/1182170/ |title=AZ vs. Aalesund – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007266/

}}

AZ won 7–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Omonia {{fbaicon|CYP}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AUT}} Red Bull Salzburg

|goals1 =

• Freddy {{goal|35}}
• Leandro {{goal|45+3}}

|goals2 =

• Alan {{goal|3}}

|stadium = GSP Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance = 11,858{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/ac-omonia-nicosia/fc-red-bull-salzburg/1182173/ |title=Omonia Nicosia vs. Salzburg – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Lee Probert (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007231/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 21:05

|team1 = Red Bull Salzburg {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} Omonia

|goals1 =

• Hinteregger {{goal|51}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bullen Arena, Wals-Siezenheim

|attendance = 9,100{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-red-bull-salzburg/ac-omonia-nicosia/1182174/ |title=Salzburg vs. Omonia Nicosia – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007268/

}}

2–2 on aggregate; Red Bull Salzburg won on away goals.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Austria Wien {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Gaz Metan Mediaș

|goals1 =

• Linz {{goal|7}}
• Barazite {{goal|45||61}}

|goals2 =

• Breeveld {{goal|24}}

|stadium = Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna

|attendance = 9,100{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fk-austria-memphis-magna/gaz-metan-medias/1182185/ |title=Austria Wien vs. Gaz Metan Mediaș – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007237/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Gaz Metan Mediaș {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AUT}} Austria Wien

|goals1 =

• Hoban {{goal|40}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca{{refn|group=note|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.}}

|attendance = 3,700{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/gaz-metan-medias/fk-austria-memphis-magna/1182186/ |title=Gaz Metan Mediaș vs. Austria Wien – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007274/

}}

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Maccabi Tel Aviv {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos

|goals1 =

• Konaté {{goal|60}}
• Atar {{goal|67|pen.|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

|attendance = 12,500{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/maccabi-tel-aviv-fc/panathinaikos-fc/1182115/ |title=Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Panathinaikos – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007202/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Tel Aviv

|goals1 =

• Boumsong {{goal|70}}
• Toché {{goal|79}}

|goals2 =

• Medunjanin {{goal|61}}

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance = 15,503{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/panathinaikos-fc/maccabi-tel-aviv-fc/1182116/ |title=Panathinaikos vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Antonio Damato (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007239/

}}

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Steaua București {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BUL}} CSKA Sofia

|goals1 =

• Galamaz {{goal|16}}
• Tatu {{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca{{refn|group=note|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.}}

|attendance = 20,700{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/sc-fc-steaua-bucuresti-sa/pfc-cska-sofia/1182143/ |title=Steaua București vs. CSKA Sofia – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007218/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = CSKA Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Steaua București

|goals1 =

• Michel {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

• Tănase {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia{{refn|group=note|CSKA Sofia played their home match at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia as their own Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet the UEFA criteria.}}

|attendance = 27,200{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/pfc-cska-sofia/sc-fc-steaua-bucuresti-sa/1182144/ |title=CSKA Sofia vs. Steaua București – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007255/

}}

Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Thun {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Stoke City

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Pugh {{goal|18}}

|stadium = Arena Thun, Thun

|attendance = 7,150{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fc-thun/stoke-city-fc/1182167/ |title=Thun vs. Stoke City – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007228/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Stoke City {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Thun

|goals1 =

• Upson {{goal|25}}
• Jones {{goal|31||72}}
• Whelan {{goal|38}}

|goals2 =

• Wittwer {{goal|77}}

|stadium = Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent

|attendance = 24,118{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/stoke-city-fc/fc-thun/1182168/ |title=Stoke City vs. Thun – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=1 January 2013}}

|referee = Marcin Borski (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007265/

}}

Stoke City won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Beşiktaş {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|RUS}} Alania Vladikavkaz

|goals1 =

• Sivok {{goal|20}}
• Guti {{goal|76|pen.}}
• Almeida {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance = 18,430{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/besiktas-jk/fc-alaniya-vladikavkaz/1182130/ |title=Beşiktaş vs. Alaniya – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007206/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Alania Vladikavkaz {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş

|goals1 =

• Gabulov {{goal|81}}
• Neco {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Republican Spartak Stadium, Vladikavkaz

|attendance = 10,000{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-alaniya-vladikavkaz/besiktas-jk/1182132/ |title=Alaniya vs. Beşiktaş – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007243/

}}

Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Bursaspor {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|goals1 =

• Vederson {{goal|36|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Legear {{goal|53|pen.}}
• Jovanović {{goal|77}}

|stadium = Bursa Atatürk Stadium, Bursa

|attendance = 21,920{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/bursaspor/royal-sporting-club-anderlecht/1182122/ |title=Bursaspor vs. Anderlecht – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007209/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Anderlecht {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|TUR}} Bursaspor

|goals1 =

• Juhász {{goal|38}}
• Jovanović {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

• Bahadır {{goal|5}}
• Stepanov {{goal|68}}

|stadium = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

|attendance = 15,551{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/royal-sporting-club-anderlecht/bursaspor/1182123/ |title=Anderlecht vs. Bursaspor – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007246/

}}

Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = PAOK {{fbaicon|GRE}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|UKR}} Karpaty Lviv

|goals1 =

• Athanasiadis {{goal|15}}
• Lino {{goal|56}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

|attendance = 21,424{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/paok-fc/fc-karpaty-lviv/1182140/ |title=PAOK vs. Karpaty 2 – 0 |publisher=Soccerway.com |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Robert Malek (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007214/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Karpaty Lviv {{fbaicon|UKR}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} PAOK

|goals1 =

• Lucas {{goal|45|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Balafas {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Ukraina Stadium, Lviv

|attendance = 20,000{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-karpaty-lviv/paok-fc/1182142/ |title=Karpaty vs. PAOK – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Fredy Fautrel (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007251/

}}

PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Nordsjælland {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Farum Park, Farum

|attendance = 3,891{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fc-nordsjalland/sporting-clube-de-portugal/1182146/ |title=Nordsjælland vs. Sporting CP – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007219/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 22:15

|team1 = Sporting CP {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|DEN}} Nordsjælland

|goals1 =

• Santos {{goal|77}}
• Evaldo {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

• Laudrup {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

|attendance = 24,028{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/sporting-clube-de-portugal/fc-nordsjalland/1182147/ |title=Sporting CP vs. Nordsjælland – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007256/

}}

Sporting CP won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Śląsk Wrocław {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Rapid București

|goals1 =

• Mila {{goal|16}}

|goals2 =

• Grigore {{goal|24}}
• Roman {{goal|34}}
• Apostol {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Stadion Oporowska, Wrocław

|attendance = 7,200{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/wroclawski-klub-sportowy-slask-wroclaw-ssa/sc-fc-rapid-sa-bucuresti/1182157/ |title=Śląsk Wrocław vs. Rapid București – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Michael Weiner (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007223/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Rapid București {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POL}} Śląsk Wrocław

|goals1 =

• Pancu {{goal|12}}

|goals2 =

• Sobota {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara{{refn|group=note|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.}}

|attendance = 3,383{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/sc-fc-rapid-sa-bucuresti/wroclawski-klub-sportowy-slask-wroclaw-ssa/1182158/ |title=Rapid București vs. Śląsk Wrocław – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Martin Hansson (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007260/

}}

Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Standard Liège {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SWE}} Helsingborgs IF

|goals1 =

• Tchité {{goal|60}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

|attendance = 10,457{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/standard-de-liege/helsingborgs-idrottsforening/1182189/ |title=Standard Liège vs. Helsingborg – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2008074/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Helsingborgs IF {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BEL}} Standard Liège

|goals1 =

• Jönsson {{goal|61|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Mbaye {{goal|14}}
• Berrier {{goal|34}}
• Kanu {{goal|68}}

|stadium = Olympia, Helsingborg

|attendance = 6,656{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/helsingborgs-idrottsforening/standard-de-liege/1182190/ |title=Helsingborg vs. Standard Liège – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Saïd Ennjimi (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2008075/

}}

Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Metalist Kharkiv {{fbaicon|UKR}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Sochaux

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

|attendance = 35,886{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fc-metalist-kharkiv/fc-sochaux-montbeliard/1182126/ |title=Metalist vs. Sochaux 0 – 0 |publisher=Soccerway.com |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007205/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Sochaux {{fbaicon|FRA}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fbaicon|UKR}} Metalist Kharkiv

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Sosa {{goal|6}}
• Cristaldo {{goal|11||40}}
• Taison {{goal|51}}

|stadium = Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard

|attendance = 8,739{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-sochaux-montbeliard/fc-metalist-kharkiv/1182128/ |title=Sochaux vs. Metalist – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007242/

}}

Metalist Kharkiv won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Fulham {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|UKR}} Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

|goals1 =

• Hughes {{goal|38}}
• Dempsey {{goal|43||49}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Craven Cottage, London

|attendance = 14,823{{cite news |title=Fulham 3–0 Dnipro |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14486526.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=19 August 2011}}

|referee = Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007220/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk {{fbaicon|UKR}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Fulham

|goals1 =

• Shakhov {{goal|23}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk

|attendance = 12,750{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-dnipro-dnipropetrovsk/fulham-football-club/1182149/ |title=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk vs. Fulham – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007257/

}}

Fulham won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Hannover 96 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla

|goals1 =

• Schlaudraff {{goal|6||45}}

|goals2 =

• Kanouté {{goal|37}}

|stadium = AWD-Arena, Hanover

|attendance = 43,500{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/hannover-96/sevilla-futbol-club/1182177/ |title=Hannover 96 vs. Sevilla – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007233/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 21:05

|team1 = Sevilla {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} Hannover 96

|goals1 =

• Pogatetz {{goal|37|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

• Abdellaoue {{goal|23}}

|stadium = Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

|attendance = 33,026{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/sevilla-futbol-club/hannover-96/1182178/ |title=Sevilla vs. Hannover 96 – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007270/

}}

Hannover 96 won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Red Star Belgrade {{fbaicon|SRB}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Rennes

|goals1 =

• Cadú {{goal|17|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Pitroipa {{goal|41}}
• Montaño {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

|attendance = 51,862{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fk-crvena-zvezda-beograd/stade-rennais-fc/1182183/ |title=Crvena Zvezda vs. Stade Rennes – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007236/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Rennes {{fbaicon|FRA}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SRB}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1 =

• Montaño {{goal|10}}
• M'Vila {{goal|19|pen.}}
• Pajot {{goal|85}}
• Kembo-Ekoko {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes

|attendance = 19,364{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/stade-rennais-fc/fk-crvena-zvezda-beograd/1182184/ |title=Stade Rennes vs. Crvena Zvezda – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007273/

}}

Rennes won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Shamrock Rovers {{fbaicon|IRL}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SRB}} Partizan

|goals1 =

• McCabe {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

• Tomić {{goal|14}}

|stadium = Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght

|attendance = 4,650{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/shamrock-rovers-football-club/fk-partizan-beograd/1182121/ |title=Shamrock Rovers vs. Partizan – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007204/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Partizan {{fbaicon|SRB}}

|score = 1–2

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbaicon|IRL}} Shamrock Rovers

|goals1 =

• Volkov {{goal|35}}

|goals2 =

• Sullivan {{goal|59}}
• O'Donnell {{goal|113|pen.}}

|stadium = Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade

|attendance = 13,706{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fk-partizan-beograd/shamrock-rovers-football-club/1182124/ |title=Partizan vs. Shamrock Rovers – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007241/

}}

Shamrock Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Rosenborg {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} AEK Larnaca

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

|attendance = 5,081{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/rosenborg-ballklubb/aek-larnaca/1182134/ |title=Rosenborg vs. AEK Larnaca – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Cristian Balaj (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007207/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = AEK Larnaca {{fbaicon|CYP}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg

|goals1 =

• Van Dijk {{goal|21|pen.|53|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Henriksen {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

|attendance = 5,342{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/aek-larnaca/rosenborg-ballklubb/1182136/ |title=AEK Larnaca vs. Rosenborg – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Euan Norris (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007244/

}}

AEK Larnaca won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Slovan Bratislava {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Bojan

{{goal|84}}

|stadium = Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava

|attendance = 10,548{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/k-slovan-bratislava/as-roma/1182127/ |title=Slovan Bratislava vs. Roma – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007210/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Roma {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava

|goals1 =

• Perrotta {{goal|11}}

|goals2 =

• Štepanovský {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance = 47,302{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/as-roma/k-slovan-bratislava/1182125/ |title=Roma vs. Slovan Bratislava – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007247/

}}

Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Differdange 03 {{fbaicon|LUX}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Gameiro {{goal|17}}
• Bahebeck {{goal|71}}
• Ceará {{goal|90}}
• Ménez {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium = Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City{{refn|group=note|Differdange 03 played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City as their own Stade du Thillenberg did not meet the UEFA criteria.}}

|attendance = 6,153{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/fc-differdange-03/paris-saint-germain-fc/1182129/ |title=Differdange 03 vs. PSG – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Matej Jug (Slovenia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007211/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Paris Saint-Germain {{fbaicon|FRA}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|LUX}} Differdange 03

|goals1 =

• Nenê {{goal|65}}
• Afoun {{goal|79|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

|attendance = 15,194{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/paris-saint-germain-fc/fc-differdange-03/1182131/ |title=PSG vs. Differdange 03 – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007248/

}}

Paris Saint-Germain won 6–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Heart of Midlothian {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score = 0–5

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Van der Vaart {{goal|5}}
• Defoe {{goal|13}}
• Livermore {{goal|28}}
• Bale {{goal|63}}
• Lennon {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

|attendance = 16,279{{cite news |title=Hearts 0–0 Tottenham |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/14486531.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 August 2011|access-date=19 August 2011}}

|referee = Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007216/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Tottenham Hotspur {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SCO}} Heart of Midlothian

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = White Hart Lane, London

|attendance = 32,590{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/tottenham-hotspur-football-club/heart-of-midlothian-fc/1182151/ |title=Tottenham Hotspur vs. Heart of Midlothian – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Anastassios Kakos (Greece)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007253/

}}

Tottenham Hotspur won 5–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Maribor {{fbaicon|SVN}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SCO}} Rangers

|goals1 =

• Ibraimi {{goal|52}}
• Velikonja {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

• Ortiz {{goal|31}}

|stadium = Ljudski vrt, Maribor

|attendance = 10,900{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/nk-maribor/rangers-fc/1182139/ |title=Maribor vs. Rangers – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007217/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Rangers {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SVN}} Maribor

|goals1 =

• Bocanegra {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

• Volaš {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

|attendance = 32,223{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/rangers-fc/nk-maribor/1182141/ |title=Rangers vs. Maribor – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007254/

}}

Maribor won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Nacional {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Birmingham City

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio da Madeira, Funchal

|attendance = 4,323{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/clube-desportivo-nacional/birmingham-city-football-club/1182161/ |title=Nacional vs. Birmingham City – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=1 January 2013}}

|referee = Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007226/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Birmingham City {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Nacional

|goals1 =

• Redmond {{goal|15}}
• Murphy {{goal|24}}
• Wood {{goal|86}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = St Andrew's, Birmingham

|attendance = 27,698{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/birmingham-city-football-club/clube-desportivo-nacional/1182163/ |title=Birmingham City vs. Nacional – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007263/

}}

Birmingham City won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = AEK Athens {{fbaicon|GRE}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GEO}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|goals1 =

• José Carlos {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance = 12,640{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/aek-athens-fc/fc-dinamo-tbilisi/1182182/ |title=AEK Athens vs. Dinamo Tbilisi – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007235/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:05

|team1 = Dinamo Tbilisi {{fbaicon|GEO}}

|score = 1–1

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} AEK Athens

|goals1 =

• Koshkadze {{goal|1}}

|goals2 =

• Leonardo {{goal|111|pen.}}

|stadium = Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance = 40,000{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-dinamo-tbilisi/aek-athens-fc/1182181/ |title=Dinamo Tbilisi vs. AEK Athens – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007272/

}}

AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Athletic Bilbao {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

|attendance = 26,000{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/athletic-club/trabzonspor/1182148/ |title=Athletic Club vs. Trabzonspor – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Daniele Orsato (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007215/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Trabzonspor {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score = Cancelled{{refn|group=note|name=Trabzonspor v Athletic Bilbao|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.}}

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Athletic Bilbao

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul{{refn|group=note|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.}}

|attendance =

|referee = Knut Kircher (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007252/

}}

Athletic Bilbao won on walkover after Trabzonspor were promoted to the Champions League.{{refn|group=note|name=Trabzonspor v Athletic Bilbao}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Lazio {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|MKD}} Rabotnicki

|goals1 =

• Hernanes {{goal|20}}
• Mauri {{goal|39}}
• Cissé {{goal|51||65}}
• Rocchi {{goal|87}}
• Klose {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance = 24,532{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/ss-lazio-roma/zfk-rabotnicki/1182159/ |title=Lazio vs. Rabotnički – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Sergei Karasev (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007225/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Rabotnicki {{fbaicon|MKD}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio

|goals1 =

• Lazarevski {{goal|39}}

|goals2 =

• Rocchi {{goal|23||77}}
• Hernanes {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Philip II Arena, Skopje

|attendance = 7,100{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/zfk-rabotnicki/ss-lazio-roma/1182160/ |title=Rabotnički vs. Lazio – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Menashe Masiah (Israel)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007262/

}}

Lazio won 9–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:05

|team1 = Celtic {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score = 3–0

|scorenote = Awarded{{refn|group=note|name=067ac6ee|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.}}

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Sion

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 51,795{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/celtic-fc/fc-sion/1182156/ |title=Celtic vs. Sion – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007222/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Sion {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 0–3

|scorenote = Awarded{{refn|group=note|name=067ac6ee}}

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1 =

• Feindouno {{goal|3|pen.|63}}
• Sio {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

• Mulgrew {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Stade de Tourbillon, Sion

|attendance = 7,100{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/fc-sion/celtic-fc/1182155/ |title=Sion vs. Celtic – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007259/

}}

Celtic won 6–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:05

|team1 = Ried {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis

|attendance = 5,740{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/sv-josko-ried/psv-nv/1182166/ |title=Ried vs. PSV – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007227/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 18:45

|team1 = PSV Eindhoven {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AUT}} Ried

|goals1 =

• Toivonen {{goal|53}}
• Lens {{goal|67}}
• Wijnaldum {{goal|74}}
• Labyad {{goal|79}}
• Strootman {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

|attendance = 23,000{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/psv-nv/sv-josko-ried/1182165/ |title=PSV vs. Ried – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Maksim Layushkin (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007264/

}}

PSV Eindhoven won 5–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 22:00

|team1 = Atlético Madrid {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Vitória de Guimarães

|goals1 =

• Elias {{goal|68||73}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Vicente Calderón, Madrid

|attendance = 27,153{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/club-atletico-de-madrid/vitoria-guimaraes/1182117/ |title=Atlético Madrid vs. Vitória Guimarães – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Clément Turpin (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007203/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Vitória de Guimarães {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Gabi {{goal|2|pen.}}
• Adrián {{goal|18||60}}
• Salvio {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

|attendance = 10,330{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/vitoria-guimaraes/club-atletico-de-madrid/1182118/ |title=Vitória Guimarães vs. Atlético Madrid – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Andre Marriner (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007240/

}}

Atlético Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|18|df=y}}

|time = 22:00

|team1 = Braga {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Young Boys

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

|attendance = 12,457{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/18/europe/uefa-cup/sporting-braga/bsc-young-boys-bern/1182187/ |title=Sporting Braga vs. Young Boys – 18 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Pawel Gil (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007238/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2011|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Young Boys {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Braga

|goals1 =

• Mayuka {{goal|61}}
• Farnerud {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

• Barbosa {{goal|24}}
• Lima {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Stade de Suisse, Bern

|attendance = 15,012{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/08/25/europe/uefa-cup/bsc-young-boys-bern/sporting-braga/1182188/ |title=Young Boys vs. Sporting Braga – 25 August 2011 |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}

|referee = Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007275/

}}

2–2 on aggregate; Braga won on away goals.

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