Roma, who won 2-1, were leading 1-0 when the referee led the players off the pitch in the 55th minute of the last 32 second leg match, after Feyenoord's Mitchell Te Vrede was given a straight red card for a dangerous tackle from behind.
The teams returned about 10 minutes later and almost immediately substitute Elvis Manu equalised for the hosts, who had substitute goalkeeper Erwin Mulder sent from the bench for an incident during the celebrations.
However, Ivory Coast forward Gervinho put Roma 2-1 in front three minutes later to give them a 3-2 win on aggregate.
“It was right to suspend play as we could have opened a shop with all the objects that were thrown from the stands,” Roma coach Rudi Garcia told Italy's Mediaset channel.
The match was staged in a tense atmosphere after Feyenoord fans went on the rampage before last week's first leg in Rome, causing damage to a 500-year-old fountain which experts said could not be repaired.
The Barcaccia, a boat-shaped fountain at the foot of the Spanish Steps, was chipped by beer bottles thrown and kicked by Dutch supporters.
Police fired teargas to clear hundreds of fans and detained 23 of them. Six more were later arrested for causing injury, resisting arrest and insulting public officials.
(Writing by Brian Homewood; editing by Ken Ferrris)
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