Four Romanian teams are in the competition for a place in Europa League. CFR Cluj, Steaua, Dinamo and FC Vaslui could make a premiere come true if they manage to qualify, despite their play-off competition FK Sarajevo, St. Patrick`s, Slovan Liberec and AEK Atena, rspectively.

There are 76 teams competing for one place in the 12 Europa League groups .Among these are football clubs with a rich history in the European football, like AFC Ajax, Aston Villa FC, SL Benfica and Steaua, UEFA.com reads. The 38 teams to qualify after the play-off will be joined by 10 teams which have been disqualified in the Champions league.

Europa League play-off (with the second match to be staged on the 20.09.2009):

Sivasspor - FC Shakhtar Donetsk

MFK Kosice - AS Roma

FK Baki - FC Basel

FK Teplice - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC

FC BATE Borisov - PFC Litex Lovech

Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC - PSV Eindhoven

EA Guingamp - Hamburger SV

Trabzonspor - Toulouse FC

CSKA Sofia - FC Dinamo Moscova

PAOK FC - SC Heerenveen

NAC Breda - Villarreal

FC Metallurh Donetsk - FK Austria Viena

SK Sturm Graz - FC Metalist

SK Rapid Viena - Aston Villa

FC Dinamo- FC Slovan Liberec

FC Steaua- Saint Patrick's Athletic

FC Twente - FK Qarabag

SC Vaslui- AEK Atena

SK Slavia Praga - FK Crvena Zvezda

FK Sarajevo - CFR 1907 Cluj

FK Partizan - MSK Zilina

Brondby IF - Hertha BSC Berlin

FC Sion - Fenerbahce SK

KKS Lech Poznan - Club Brugge KV

Benfica - FC Vorskla Poltava

AFC Ajax - SK Slovan Bratislava

KRC Genk - LOSC Lille Metropole

Lazio - IF Elfsborg

NK Maribor - AC Sparta Praga

Galatasaray - FC Levadia Tallinn

Genoa CFC - Odense BK

Werder Bremen - FK Aktobe

Everton - SK Sigma Olomouc

Fulham - FC Amkar Perm

NK Dinamo Zagreb - Heart of Midlothian FC27/08 »

Stabæk IF - Valencia

CD Nacional - FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Athletic Bilbao - Tromso IL