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2017–18 UEFA Europa League
File:OL-Angers Groupama Stadium 01.jpg
The Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
29 June – 24 August 2017
Competition proper:
14 September 2017 – 16 May 2018
TeamsCompetition proper: 48+8
Total: 157+33 (from 55 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Atlético Madrid (3rd title)
Runners-upFrance Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored556 (2.71 per match)
Attendance4,545,716 (22,174 per match)
Top scorer(s)Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao)
Ciro Immobile (Lazio)
8 goals each
Best player(s)Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)[1]

The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu, France.[2] Atlético Madrid defeated Marseille to win their third Europa League title. As winners, Atlético Madrid earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. Moreover, they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage,[3] but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2017–18 Ligue 1, the fifth-ranked association according to next season's access list.[4] Manchester United qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League as the title holders of Europa League.[5] They were unable to defend their title as they qualified for the Champions League knockout phase, and were eliminated by Sevilla in the round of 16.

Association team allocation

A total of 190 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[6] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[7]

  • Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 52–54 each had two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein and Kosovo (association 55) each had one team qualify (Liechtenstein organised only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Kosovo as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).[8]
  • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.

Starting from this season, Gibraltar were granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League.[9] Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Europa League.[8][10]

Association ranking

For the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16.[11][12] Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:

  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (UEL) – Vacated berth due to UEFA Europa League title holders playing in UEFA Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 105.713 3 +1 (UCL)
2 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 80.177 +3 (UCL)
3 File:Flag of England.svg England 76.284 −1 (UEL)
4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 70.439 +1 (UCL)
5 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 53.082 +1 (UCL)
6 File:Flag of France.svg France 52.749 +1 (UCL)
7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 51.082 +2 (UCL)
8 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 44.883 +1 (UCL)
9 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 40.000 +1 (UCL)
10 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 35.563 +1 (UCL)
11 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 34.600 +1 (UCL)
12 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 33.775 +1 (UCL)
13 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 32.925 +2 (UCL)
14 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 29.700 +1 (UCL)
15 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 25.383 +2 (UCL)
16 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 25.100 +1 (UCL)
17 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 23.875 +1 (UCL)
18 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 22.500 +1 (UCL)
19 File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 22.175
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20 File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 20.000 3 +1 (UCL)
21 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 19.875
22 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 19.250 +1 (UCL)
23 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 18.625 +1 (UCL)
24 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 18.600 +1 (UCL)
25 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 17.300 +1 (UCL)
26 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 14.875
27 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 14.625 +1 (UCL)
28 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 14.125 +1 (UCL)
29 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 13.125 +1 (UCL)
30 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 13.125
31 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 12.000
32 File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein 10.500 1
33 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 9.875 3
34 File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 9.125 +1 (UCL)
35 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 8.750 +1 (UCL)
36 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 8.125
37 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 7.400
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38 File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.125 3
39 File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 6.625
40 File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 6.000 +1 (UCL)
41 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 5.450
42 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 5.375
43 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 5.250
44 File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 4.875
45 File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 4.625
46 File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 4.500
47 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 4.250
48 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 4.125
49 File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 3.625
50 File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 3.583
51 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 3.500
52 File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar 1.000 2
53 File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 0.999
54 File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino 0.333
55 File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 0.000 1

Distribution

In the default access list, Manchester United entered the group stage (as the sixth-placed team of the 2016–17 Premier League).[10] However, since they qualified for the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League group stage was vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:[13][14][15][16]

  • The domestic cup winners of association 13 (Czech Republic) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The domestic cup winners of association 18 (Poland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 25 (Scotland) and 26 (Azerbaijan) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(100 teams)
  • 29 domestic cup winners from associations 27–55
  • 36 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–54 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 35 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–51 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round
(66 teams)
  • 8 domestic cup winners from associations 19–26
  • 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17
  • 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 50 winners from first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(58 teams)
  • 5 domestic cup winners from associations 14–18
  • 9 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–15
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 5–9
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France)
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)
  • 33 winners from second qualifying round
Play-off round
(44 teams)
  • 29 winners from third qualifying round
  • 15 losers from Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • 13 domestic cup winners from associations 1–13
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 4
  • 2 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (except Europa League title holders)
  • 22 winners from play-off round
  • 10 losers from Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 12 group winners from group stage
  • 12 group runners-up from group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Redistribution rules

A Europa League place was vacated when a team qualified for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualified for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):[7]

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualified for the Champions League, their Europa League place was vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions qualified for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finished above them in the league moving up one "place".
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualified for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position was vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions qualified for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finished above them in the league moving up one "place" if possible.
  • For associations where a Europa League place was reserved for either the League Cup or end-of-season European competition play-offs winners, they always qualified for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier. If the League Cup winners had already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place was taken by the highest-placed team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[17][18]

  • CW: Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • RW: Regular season winners
  • PW: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
  • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • PO: Losers from the play-off round
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Round of 32
Russia CSKA Moscow (UCL GS) Spain Atlético Madrid (UCL GS) Russia Spartak Moscow (UCL GS) Germany RB Leipzig (UCL GS)
Scotland Celtic (UCL GS) Portugal Sporting CP (UCL GS) Italy Napoli (UCL GS) Germany Borussia Dortmund (UCL GS)
Group stage
Spain Villarreal (5th) Portugal Vitória de Guimarães (4th) Switzerland Lugano (3rd) Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir (UCL PO)
Spain Real Sociedad (6th) France Lyon (4th) Czech Republic Fastav Zlín (CW) Switzerland Young Boys (UCL PO)
Germany 1. FC Köln (5th) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (CW) Denmark Copenhagen (UCL PO) France Nice (UCL PO)
Germany Hertha BSC (6th) Ukraine Zorya Luhansk (3rd) Czech Republic Slavia Prague (UCL PO) Germany TSG Hoffenheim (UCL PO)
England Arsenal (CW) Belgium Zulte Waregem (CW) Croatia Rijeka (UCL PO) Romania FCSB (UCL PO)
Italy Atalanta (4th) Netherlands Vitesse (CW) Kazakhstan Astana (UCL PO)
Italy Lazio (5th) Turkey Konyaspor (CW) Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (UCL PO)
Play-off round
Belarus BATE Borisov (UCL Q3) Norway Rosenborg (UCL Q3) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (UCL Q3)
Poland Legia Warsaw (UCL Q3) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL Q3) Serbia Partizan (UCL Q3) Greece AEK Athens (UCL Q3)
Iceland FH (UCL Q3) Romania Viitorul Constanța (UCL Q3) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (UCL Q3) Belgium Club Brugge (UCL Q3)
North Macedonia Vardar (UCL Q3) Austria Red Bull Salzburg (UCL Q3) Netherlands Ajax (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Spain Athletic Bilbao (7th) France Bordeaux (6th) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (3rd) Romania Universitatea Craiova (5th)[Note ROU]
Germany SC Freiburg (7th) Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (3rd) Austria Austria Wien (2nd)
England Everton (7th) Russia Krasnodar (4th) Switzerland Sion (4th) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (2nd)
Italy Milan (6th) Ukraine Olimpik Donetsk (4th) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (3rd) Poland Arka Gdynia (CW)
Portugal Braga (5th) Ukraine Oleksandriya (5th) Greece PAOK (CW)
Portugal Marítimo (6th) Belgium Gent (3rd) Greece Panathinaikos (3rd)
France Marseille (5th) Belgium Oostende (PW) Romania Dinamo București (3rd)
Second qualifying round
Netherlands Utrecht (PW) Greece Panionios (5th) Cyprus Apollon Limassol (CW) Israel Bnei Yehuda (CW)
Turkey Galatasaray (4th) Romania Astra Giurgiu (6th)[Note ROU] Belarus Dinamo Brest (CW) Denmark Brøndby (2nd)
Switzerland Luzern (5th) Austria Sturm Graz (3rd) Sweden Östersunds FK (CW) Scotland Aberdeen (2nd)
Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav (4th) Croatia Hajduk Split (3rd) Norway Brann (2nd) Azerbaijan Gabala (2nd)
First qualifying round
Austria Rheindorf Altach (4th) Kazakhstan Ordabasy (4th) Finland VPS (4th) Northern Ireland Crusaders (2nd)
Croatia Osijek (4th) Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv (CW) Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (CW) Northern Ireland Coleraine (3rd)
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok (2nd) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo (2nd) Northern Ireland Ballymena United (PW)
Poland Lech Poznań (3rd) Bulgaria Dunav Ruse (4th)[Note BUL] Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (3rd) Estonia Levadia Tallinn (2nd)
Cyprus AEK Larnaca (2nd) Slovenia Domžale (CW) Albania Tirana (CW) Estonia Nõmme Kalju (3rd)
Cyprus AEL Limassol (4th) Slovenia Gorica (2nd) Albania Partizani (2nd) Estonia Flora Tallinn (4th)
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd) Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana (3rd) Albania Skënderbeu (3rd) Armenia Shirak (CW)
Belarus Dinamo Minsk (3rd) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (CW) North Macedonia Pelister (CW) Armenia Gandzasar Kapan (2nd)
Sweden AIK (2nd) Slovakia Ružomberok (3rd) North Macedonia Shkëndija (2nd) Armenia Pyunik (4th)
Sweden IFK Norrköping (3rd) Slovakia Trenčín (4th) North Macedonia Rabotnički (3rd) Faroe Islands KÍ (CW)
Norway Odd (3rd) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW) Republic of Ireland Cork City (CW) Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík (3rd)
Norway Haugesund (4th) Hungary Ferencváros (CW) Republic of Ireland Derry City (3rd)[Note IRL] Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn (4th)
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd) Hungary Videoton (2nd) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (4th) Malta Floriana (CW)
Israel Beitar Jerusalem (3rd) Hungary Vasas (3rd) Latvia Ventspils (CW) Malta Balzan (2nd)
Denmark Lyngby (3rd) Moldova Dacia Chișinău (2nd) Latvia Jelgava (2nd) Malta Valletta (4th)[Note MLT]
Denmark Midtjylland (PW) Moldova Milsami Orhei (3rd) Latvia Liepāja (4th) Wales Bala Town (CW)
Scotland Rangers (3rd) Moldova Zaria Bălți (4th) Luxembourg Differdange 03 (2nd) Wales Connah's Quay Nomads (2nd)
Scotland St Johnstone (4th) Iceland Valur (CW) Luxembourg Fola Esch (3rd) Wales Bangor City (PW)
Azerbaijan Inter Baku (3rd) Iceland Stjarnan (2nd) Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn (4th) Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (2nd)
Azerbaijan Zira (4th) Iceland KR (3rd) Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić (CW) Gibraltar St Joseph's (3rd)
Serbia Red Star Belgrade (2nd) Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi (CW) Montenegro Zeta (2nd) Andorra UE Santa Coloma (CW)
Serbia Vojvodina (3rd) Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere (2nd) Montenegro Mladost Podgorica (3rd) Andorra Sant Julià (2nd)
Serbia Mladost Lučani (4th) Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi (3rd) Lithuania Trakai (2nd) San Marino Tre Penne (CW)
Kazakhstan Kairat (2nd) Finland SJK (CW) Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė (3rd) San Marino Folgore (3rd)
Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar (3rd) Finland HJK (2nd) Lithuania Atlantas (4th) Kosovo Prishtina (2nd)[Note KOS]

Notably two teams took part in the competition that were not playing in their national top division, Tirana (2nd tier) and Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein, playing in Swiss second tier).

Notes
  1. ^
    Bulgaria (BUL): On 29 May 2017 a UEFA letter to the Bulgarian Football Union declared that CSKA Sofia, the runners-up of the 2016–17 First Professional Football League, were not allowed to compete in the Europa League as they were considered to have been re-formed as a new club and thus did not pass the "three-year rule".[19] As this decision was appealed by CSKA Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union granted a license to them subject to legal proceedings.[20][21][22] A few hours prior to the Europa League first qualifying round draw, UEFA replaced them with Dunav Ruse, the fourth-placed team of the league.[23]
  2. ^
    Kosovo (KOS): Besa Pejë would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the winners of the 2016–17 Kosovar Cup, but failed to obtain a UEFA license.[24] As a result, the berth was given to the runners-up of the 2016–17 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Prishtina.
  3. ^
    Malta (MLT): Birkirkara would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the third-placed team of the 2016–17 Maltese Premier League, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[25] As a result, the berth was given to the fourth-placed team of the league, Valletta.
  4. ^
    Republic of Ireland (IRL): Derry City are a club based in Northern Ireland, but participate in the Europa League through one of the berths for the Republic of Ireland (any coefficient points they earn count toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).
  5. ^
    Romania (ROU): Voluntari would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the winners of 2016–17 Cupa României, and CFR Cluj would have qualified for the second qualifying round as the fourth-placed team of the 2016–17 Liga I, but both failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[26] As a result, the third qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Universitatea Craiova, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the sixth-placed team of the league, Astra Giurgiu.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[10][27][28]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 19 June 2017 29 June 2017 6 July 2017
Second qualifying round 13 July 2017 20 July 2017
Third qualifying round 14 July 2017 27 July 2017 3 August 2017
Play-off Play-off round 4 August 2017 17 August 2017 24 August 2017
Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2017
(Monaco) 		14 September 2017
Matchday 2 28 September 2017
Matchday 3 19 October 2017
Matchday 4 2 November 2017
Matchday 5 23 November 2017
Matchday 6 7 December 2017
Knockout phase Round of 32 11 December 2017 15 February 2018 22 February 2018
Round of 16 23 February 2018 8 March 2018 15 March 2018
Quarter-finals 16 March 2018 5 April 2018 12 April 2018
Semi-finals 13 April 2018 26 April 2018 3 May 2018
Final 16 May 2018 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients,[29][30][31] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

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Second qualifying round

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Third qualifying round

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Play-off round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League play-off round

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Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage
2017–18 UEFA Europa League is located in Europe
Skënderbeu
Austria
Salzburg
BATE
Zulte
Ludogorets
Rijeka
Slavia
Plzeň
Zlín
Apollon
Copenhagen
Arsenal
Everton
Lyon
Marseille
Nice
Hertha
Hoffenheim
Köln
AEK
H. Be'er Sheva
M. Tel Aviv
Atalanta
Lazio
Milan
Astana (not on map)
Astana
(not on map)
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Vardar
Sheriff
Vitesse
Rosenborg
Braga District
Braga District
FCSB
Lokomotiv
Zenit
Belgrade
Belgrade
Athletic
Sociedad
Villarreal
Östersund
Lugano
Young Boys
Başakşehir
Konyaspor
Dynamo
Zorya
Belgrade teams File:Yellow pog.svg Partizan File:Orange pog.svg Red Star Belgrade Braga District teams File:Green pog.svg Braga File:Brown pog.svg Vitória de Guimarães
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Location of teams of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage.
File:Red pog.svg Red: Group A; File:Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group B; File:Green pog.svg Green: Group C; File:Dark Green 004040 pog.svg Dark Green: Group D;
File:Purple pog.svg Purple: Group E; File:Pink pog.svg Pink: Group F; File:Blue pog.svg Blue: Group G; File:Orange pog.svg Orange: Group H;
File:Brown pog.svg Brown: Group I; File:DeepPink pog.svg Deep pink: Group J; File:Cyan pog.svg Cyan: Group K; File:SpringGreen pog.svg Spring green: Group L.

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2017, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[32] The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.[29][30][31] In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays were 14 September, 28 September, 19 October, 2 November, 23 November, and 7 December 2017. A total of 29 national associations were represented in the group stage. Arsenal, Atalanta, Fastav Zlín, TSG Hoffenheim, İstanbul Başakşehir, 1. FC Köln, Lugano, Milan, Östersunds FK, Real Sociedad, Red Star Belgrade, Vardar and Vitesse made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (although Milan and Red Star Belgrade had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage). Vardar were the first team from Macedonia to play in either the Champions League or Europa League group stage.[33]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIL AST SLP MTA
1 Spain Villarreal 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 2–2 0–1
2 Kazakhstan Astana 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 2–3 — 1–1 4–0
3 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 0–2 0–1 — 1–0
4 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1 1 4 1 8 −7 4 0–0 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DKV PAR YB SKE
1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 4 1 1 15 9 +6 13 Advance to knockout phase — 4–1 2–2 3–1
2 Serbia Partizan 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8 2–3 — 2–1 2–0
3 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6 0–1 1–1 — 2–1
4 Albania Skënderbeu 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 3–2 0–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRA LUD IBS HOF
1 Portugal Braga 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Advance to knockout phase — 0–2 2–1 3–1
2 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9 1–1 — 1–2 2–1
3 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 2–1 0–0 — 1–1
4 Germany TSG Hoffenheim 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 1–2 1–1 3–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL AEK RJK AW
1 Italy Milan 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11 Advance to knockout phase — 0–0 3–2 5–1
2 Greece AEK Athens 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8 0–0 — 2–2 2–2
3 Croatia Rijeka 6 2 1 3 11 12 −1 7 2–0 1–2 — 1–4
4 Austria Austria Wien 6 1 2 3 9 16 −7 5 1–5 0–0 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATA LYO EVE APL
1 Italy Atalanta 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 3–0 3–1
2 France Lyon 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11 1–1 — 3–0 4–0
3 England Everton 6 1 1 4 7 15 −8 4 1–5 1–2 — 2–2
4 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 6 0 3 3 5 14 −9 3 1–1 1–1 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LOM KOB SHE ZLI
1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 1–2 3–0
2 Denmark Copenhagen 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 — 2–0 3–0
3 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 6 2 3 1 4 4 0 9[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 0–0 — 1–0
4 Czech Republic Fastav Zlín 6 0 2 4 1 10 −9 2 0–2 1–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head results: Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2–0 Sheriff Tiraspol.

Group G

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PLZ FCSB LUG HBS
1 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 4 0 2 13 8 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 4–1 3–1
2 Romania FCSB 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 3–0 — 1–2 1–1
3 Switzerland Lugano 6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9 3–2 1–2 — 1–0
4 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 0–2 1–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS ZVE KLN BATE
1 England Arsenal 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13 Advance to knockout phase — 0–0 3–1 6–0
2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6 2 3 1 3 2 +1 9 0–1 — 1–0 1–1
3 Germany 1. FC Köln 6 2 0 4 7 8 −1 6 1–0 0–1 — 5–2
4 Belarus BATE Borisov 6 1 2 3 6 16 −10 5 2–4 0–0 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group I

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAL MAR KON VSC
1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 3 3 0 7 1 +6 12 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 0–0 3–0
2 France Marseille 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 0–0 — 1–0 2–1
3 Turkey Konyaspor 6 1 3 2 4 6 −2 6 0–2 1–1 — 2–1
4 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5 1–1 1–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group J

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATH OST ZOR HRT
1 Spain Athletic Bilbao 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 0–1 3–2
2 Sweden Östersunds FK 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 — 2–0 1–0
3 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 6 2 0 4 3 9 −6 6 0–2 0–2 — 2–1
4 Germany Hertha BSC 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5 0–0 1–1 2–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

Group K

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LAZ NCE ZUL VIT
1 Italy Lazio 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 2–0 1–1
2 France Nice 6 3 0 3 12 7 +5 9 1–3 — 3–1 3–0
3 Belgium Zulte Waregem 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5 7 3–2 1–5 — 1–1
4 Netherlands Vitesse 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 2–3 1–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group L

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZEN RS ROS VRD
1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 5 1 0 17 5 +12 16 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 3–1 2–1
2 Spain Real Sociedad 6 4 0 2 16 6 +10 12 1–3 — 4–0 3–0
3 Norway Rosenborg 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 1–1 0–1 — 3–1
4 North Macedonia Vardar 6 0 1 5 3 20 −17 1 0–5 0–6 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

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Round of 32

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Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank[34] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Italy Ciro Immobile Italy Lazio 8 582
Spain Aritz Aduriz Spain Athletic Bilbao 801
3 Brazil Júnior Moraes Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 7 742
4 Italy Mario Balotelli France Nice 6 528
France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid 631
Russia Aleksandr Kokorin Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 698
Portugal André Silva Italy Milan 722
Argentina Emiliano Rigoni Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 775
Portugal Manuel Fernandes Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 900
10 France Harlem Gnohéré Romania FCSB 5 344
Brazil Willian José Spain Real Sociedad 384
Ghana Patrick Twumasi Kazakhstan Astana 717
Kosovo Valon Berisha Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1138
Israel Mu'nas Dabbur Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1286

Top assists

Rank[34] Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 France Dimitri Payet France Marseille 7 811
2 Spain Sergio Canales Spain Real Sociedad 6 557
3 Spain Luis Alberto Italy Lazio 5 644
Austria Stefan Lainer Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1290
5 England Theo Walcott England Arsenal 4 424
Spain Xabi Prieto Spain Real Sociedad 483
Austria Raphael Holzhauser Austria Austria Wien 536
Portugal Bruno Fernandes Portugal Sporting CP 567
Germany Mesut Özil England Arsenal 609
Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu Italy Milan 613
Russia Aleksei Miranchuk Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 784

Squad of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.[35]

Pos. Player Team
GK Slovenia Jan Oblak Spain Atlético Madrid
Portugal Rui Patrício Portugal Sporting CP
DF Italy Leonardo Bonucci Italy Milan
Uruguay Diego Godín Spain Atlético Madrid
Austria Stefan Lainer Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Brazil Luiz Gustavo France Marseille
France Bouna Sarr France Marseille
MF Portugal Bruno Fernandes Portugal Sporting CP
Guinea Naby Keïta Germany RB Leipzig
Spain Koke Spain Atlético Madrid
Spain Saúl Spain Atlético Madrid
Spain Gabi Spain Atlético Madrid
Mali Diadie Samassékou Austria Red Bull Salzburg
FW Portugal Gelson Martins Portugal Sporting CP
France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid
Italy Ciro Immobile Italy Lazio
France Dimitri Payet France Marseille
Germany Timo Werner Germany RB Leipzig

Player of the season

Votes were cast by coaches of the 48 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 9 August 2018.[36] The award winner was announced during the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Monaco on 31 August 2018.

Rank Player Team Points
Shortlist of top three
1 France Antoine Griezmann[1] Spain Atlético Madrid 388
2 France Dimitri Payet France Marseille 103
3 Uruguay Diego Godín Spain Atlético Madrid 84
Players ranked 4–10
4 Slovenia Jan Oblak Spain Atlético Madrid 43
5 Italy Ciro Immobile Italy Lazio 26
6 Spain Aritz Aduriz Spain Athletic Bilbao 16
Spain Koke Spain Atlético Madrid
8 Brazil Luiz Gustavo France Marseille 10
France Florian Thauvin France Marseille
10 Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić Italy Lazio 8

See also

References

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