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2023–24 UEFA Europa League

The 2023–24 UEFA Europa League is the 53rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 15th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

2023–24 UEFA Europa League
The Aviva Stadium in Dublin will host the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
8–31 August 2023
Competition proper:
21 September 2023 – 22 May 2024
TeamsCompetition proper: 32+8
Total: 21+36 (from 32 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played136
Goals scored425 (3.13 per match)
Attendance4,149,375 (30,510 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)
10 goals
All statistics correct as of 18 April 2024.

The final will be played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The winners of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League group stage, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup, and the winners of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana in the 2024 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge.

This edition will be the final season with the current format of 32 teams participating in the group stage, after UEFA announced that a brand new format would be introduced for the following edition.[1] Due to the format change, no clubs can be transferred from the Champions League group stage to the UEFA Europa League under the Swiss format, and this edition's winners onwards will no longer be able to defend the title.[2]

Sevilla were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League.

Association team allocation

A total of 57 teams from 34 of the 55 UEFA member associations are participating in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League. Among them, 15 associations had teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 40 associations that did not have any teams directly qualifying, 19 of them have teams playing after being transferred from the Champions League (the only member association which could not have a participant was Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league, and could only enter their cup winner into the Europa Conference League given their association ranking). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[3]

  • The title holders of the UEFA Europa Conference League were given an entry in the Europa League (if they did not qualify for the Champions League through league performance).
  • Associations 1–5 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 6–16 (except Russia)[Note RUS] each had one team qualify.
  • 36 teams eliminated from the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.

Association ranking

For the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22.[4]

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
  • (UECL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa Conference League title holders
Association ranking for 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
1  England106.6412+1 (UECL)
2  Spain96.141
3  Italy76.902+1 (UCL)
4  Germany75.213
5  France60.081+2 (UCL)
6  Portugal53.3821+2 (UCL)
7  Netherlands49.300+1 (UCL)
8  Austria38.850+1 (UCL)
9  Scotland36.900+1 (UCL)
10  Russia34.4820[Note RUS]
11  Serbia33.3751+1 (UCL)
12  Ukraine31.800+2 (UCL)
13  Belgium30.600+1 (UCL)
14  Switzerland29.675+2 (UCL)
15  Greece28.200+2 (UCL)
16  Czech Republic27.800+1 (UCL)
17  Norway27.2500+1 (UCL)
18  Denmark27.175
19  Croatia27.150+1 (UCL)
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
20  Turkey27.1000+1 (UCL)
21  Cyprus26.375+1 (UCL)
22  Israel24.375+1 (UCL)
23  Sweden22.875+1 (UCL)
24  Bulgaria19.500+1 (UCL)
25  Romania17.150
26  Azerbaijan17.000+1 (UCL)
27  Hungary16.375
28  Poland15.875+1 (UCL)
29  Kazakhstan15.750+1 (UCL)
30  Slovakia15.625+1 (UCL)
31  Slovenia15.000+1 (UCL)
32  Belarus12.500+1 (UCL)
33  Moldova11.250+1 (UCL)
34  Lithuania10.000+1 (UCL)
35  Bosnia and Herzegovina9.125+1 (UCL)
36  Finland8.875+1 (UCL)
37  Luxembourg8.750
38  Latvia8.625
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
39  Kosovo8.1660
40  Republic of Ireland8.125
41  Armenia8.125
42  Northern Ireland8.083
43  Albania8.000
44  Faroe Islands7.250+1 (UCL)
45  Estonia7.041
46  Malta7.000
47  Georgia7.000
48  North Macedonia7.000
49  Liechtenstein6.500
50  Wales5.500
51  Gibraltar5.416
52  Iceland5.375+1 (UCL)
53  Montenegro4.875
54  Andorra4.665
55  San Marino1.332

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.[5]

Access list for 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions League
Third qualifying round
(14 teams)		Champions Path
(10 teams)		——
  • 10 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(4 teams)
  • 2 domestic cup winners from associations 15–16
—
  • 2 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round
(20 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 7–14 (except Russia)[Note RUS]
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 2 winners from the third qualifying round (Main Path)
  • 6 teams eliminated from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • Europa Conference League title holder
  • 6 domestic cup winners from associations 1–6
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 5
  • 4 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 10 winners from the play-off round
  • 4 teams eliminated from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 teams eliminated from Champions League play-off round (League Path)
  • 4 teams eliminated from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)
Preliminary knockout round
(16 teams)		—
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 group third-placed teams from Champions League group stage
Knockout phase
(16 teams)		—
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 winners from the preliminary knockout round

Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2023–24 European season, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The cup winners of associations 13 (Belgium) and 14 (Switzerland) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of association 16 (Czech Republic) entered the third qualifying round instead of the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

Teams

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

  • ECL: Europa Conference League title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • CH/LP PO: Losers from the play-off round (Champions/League Path)
    • CH/LP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
    • CH/LP Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round (Champions/League Path)

The third qualifying round was divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).


Qualified teams for 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
Entry roundTeams
Knockout round play-offs Galatasaray (UCL GS) Lens (UCL GS) Braga (UCL GS) Benfica (UCL GS)
Feyenoord (UCL GS) Milan (UCL GS) Young Boys (UCL GS) Shakhtar Donetsk (UCL GS)
Group stage West Ham United (ECL) Liverpool (5th) Brighton & Hove Albion (6th) Villarreal (5th)
Real Betis (6th) Atalanta (5th) Roma (6th) SC Freiburg (5th)
Bayer Leverkusen (6th) Toulouse (CW) Rennes (4th) Sporting CP (4th)
Rangers (UCL LP PO) AEK Athens (UCL CH PO) Panathinaikos (UCL LP PO) Molde (UCL CH PO)
Maccabi Haifa (UCL CH PO) Raków Częstochowa (UCL CH PO) Marseille (UCL LP Q3) Sturm Graz (UCL LP Q3)
TSC (UCL LP Q3) Servette (UCL LP Q3)
Play-off round Ajax (3rd) LASK (3rd) Aberdeen (3rd) Čukarički (3rd)
Zorya Luhansk (3rd)[Note UKR] Union Saint-Gilloise (3rd) Lugano (3rd) Sparta Prague (UCL CH Q3)
Dinamo Zagreb (UCL CH Q3) Aris Limassol (UCL CH Q3) Slovan Bratislava (UCL CH Q3) Olimpija Ljubljana (UCL CH Q3)
KÍ (UCL CH Q3)
Third qualifying roundCH BK Häcken (UCL CH Q2) Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL CH Q2) Qarabağ (UCL CH Q2) Astana (UCL CH Q2)
BATE Borisov (UCL CH Q2) Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL CH Q2) Žalgiris (UCL CH Q2) Zrinjski Mostar (UCL CH Q2)
HJK (UCL CH Q2) Breiðablik (UCL CH Q2)
MP Olympiacos (3rd) Slavia Prague (CW) Dnipro-1 (UCL LP Q2) Genk (UCL LP Q2)

Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[8][9][10] Matches are scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Schedule for 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingThird qualifying round24 July 202310 August 202317 August 2023
Play-offsPlay-off round7 August 202324 August 202331 August 2023
Group stageMatchday 11 September 202321 September 2023
Matchday 25 October 2023
Matchday 326 October 2023
Matchday 49 November 2023
Matchday 530 November 2023
Matchday 614 December 2023
Knockout phaseKnockout round play-offs18 December 202315 February 202422 February 2024
Round of 1623 February 20247 March 202414 March 2024
Quarter-finals15 March 202411 April 202418 April 2024
Semi-finals2 May 20249 May 2024
Final22 May 2024 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023. The first legs were played on 8 and 10 August, and the second legs were played on 17 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League play-off round of their respective path.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Žalgiris 1–8 BK Häcken1–30–5
Qarabağ 4–2 HJK2–12–1
Zrinjski Mostar 6–3 Breiðablik6–20–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 7–3 BATE Borisov5–12–2
Astana 3–6 Ludogorets Razgrad2–11–5
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Main Path
Olympiacos 2–1 Genk1–01–1
Slavia Prague 4–1 Dnipro-13–01–1

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.The first legs were played on 24 August and the second legs were played on 31 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League group stage.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Slavia Prague 3–2 Zorya Luhansk2–01–2
Olympiacos 6–1 Čukarički3–13–0
Union Saint-Gilloise 3–0 Lugano2–01–0
Ludogorets Razgrad 2–4 Ajax1–41–0
BK Häcken 5–3 Aberdeen2–23–1
LASK 3–2 Zrinjski Mostar2–11–1
KÍ 2–3 Sheriff Tiraspol1–11–2
Olimpija Ljubljana 1–3 Qarabağ0–21–1
Slovan Bratislava 4–7 Aris Limassol2–12–6
Dinamo Zagreb 4–5 Sparta Prague3–11–4

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023, 13:00 CEST, in Monaco. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots each of eight teams, based on their club coefficients. As the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, West Ham United entered Pot 1 regardless of their club coefficient (CC).[11] Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Aris Limassol, Brighton & Hove Albion, BK Häcken, Raków Częstochowa, Servette and TSC made their debut appearances in the group stage and their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage. Furthermore, Brighton & Hove Albion qualified for European football for the first time in their history.

A total of 21 national associations were represented in the group stage.

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification WHU FRE OLY TSC
1 West Ham United6501104+615Advance to round of 16—2–01–03–1
2 SC Freiburg6402177+1012Advance to knockout round play-offs1–2—5–05–0
3 Olympiacos62131114−37Transfer to Europa Conference League2–12–3—5–2
4 TSC6015619−1310–11–32–2—
Source: UEFA

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BHA MAR AJA AEK
1 Brighton & Hove Albion6411105+513Advance to round of 16—1–02–02–3
2 Marseille63211410+411Advance to knockout round play-offs2–2—4–33–1
3 Ajax61231013−35Transfer to Europa Conference League0–23–3—3–1
4 AEK Athens6114612−640–10–21–1—
Source: UEFA

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RAN SPP BET ALI
1 Rangers632186+211Advance to round of 16—2–11–01–1
2 Sparta Prague631297+210Advance to knockout round play-offs0–0—1–03–2
3 Real Betis630397+29Transfer to Europa Conference League2–32–1—4–1
4 Aris Limassol6114713−642–11–30–1—
Source: UEFA

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ATA SCP STU RAK
1 Atalanta6420124+814Advance to round of 16—1–11–02–0
2 Sporting CP6321106+411Advance to knockout round play-offs1–2—3–02–1
3 Sturm Graz611449−54[a]Transfer to Europa Conference League2–21–2—0–1
4 Raków Częstochowa6114310−74[a]0–41–10–1—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group E

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification LIV TOU USG LAS
1 Liverpool6402177+1012Advance to round of 16—5–12–04–0
2 Toulouse632189−111Advance to knockout round play-offs3–2—0–01–0
3 Union Saint-Gilloise622258−38Transfer to Europa Conference League2–11–1—2–1
4 LASK6105612−631–31–23–0—
Source: UEFA

Group F

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification VIL REN MHA PAO
1 Villarreal641197+213Advance to round of 16—1–00–03–2
2 Rennes6402136+712Advance to knockout round play-offs2–3—3–03–1
3 Maccabi Haifa612339−65Transfer to Europa Conference League1–20–3—0–0
4 Panathinaikos6114710−342–01–21–2—
Source: UEFA

Group G

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SLP ROM SRV SHE
1 Slavia Prague6501174+1315Advance to round of 16—2–04–06–0
2 Roma6411124+813Advance to knockout round play-offs2–0—4–03–0
3 Servette6123413−95Transfer to Europa Conference League0–21–1—2–1
4 Sheriff Tiraspol6015517−1212–31–21–1—
Source: UEFA

Group H

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification LEV QAR MOL HAC
1 Bayer Leverkusen6600193+1618Advance to round of 16—5–15–14–0
2 Qarabağ631279−210Advance to knockout round play-offs0–1—1–02–1
3 Molde6213121207Transfer to Europa Conference League1–22–2—5–1
4 BK Häcken6006317−1400–20–11–3—
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play 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 knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Champions League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

Bracket

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023, 13:00 CET.[12]The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 22 February 2024.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Feyenoord 2–2 (2–4 p) Roma1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Milan 5–3 Rennes3–02–3
Lens 2–3 SC Freiburg0–02–3 (a.e.t.)
Young Boys 2–4 Sporting CP1–31–1
Benfica 2–1 Toulouse2–10–0
Braga 5–6 Qarabağ2–43–2 (a.e.t.)
Galatasaray 4–6 Sparta Prague3–21–4
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–5 Marseille2–21–3

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 12:00 CET.[13]The first legs were played on 6 and 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2024.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sparta Prague 2–11 Liverpool1–51–6
Marseille 5–3 Villarreal4–01–3
Roma 4–1 Brighton & Hove Albion4–00–1
Benfica 3–2 Rangers2–21–0
SC Freiburg 1–5 West Ham United1–00–5
Sporting CP 2–3 Atalanta1–11–2
Milan 7–3 Slavia Prague4–23–1
Qarabağ 4–5 Bayer Leverkusen2–22–3

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 13:00 CET.[14]The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2024.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Milan 1–3 Roma0–11–2
Liverpool 1–3 Atalanta0–31–0
Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 West Ham United2–01–1
Benfica 2–2 (2–4 p) Marseille2–10–1 (a.e.t.)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 13:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[14]The first legs will be played on 2 May, and the second legs will be played on 9 May 2024.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Marseille 1 Atalanta2 May9 May
Roma 2 Bayer Leverkusen2 May9 May

Final

The final will be played on 22 May 2024 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[14]

Winners of semi-final 1 v Winners of semi-final 2

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Table updated as of 18 April 2024.

Top goalscorers

Rank[15]PlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Marseille10850
2 Romelu Lukaku Roma7913
3 João Pedro Brighton & Hove Albion6436
4 Patrik Schick Bayer Leverkusen5276
Victor Boniface Bayer Leverkusen334
Michael Gregoritsch SC Freiburg345
Mohamed Salah Liverpool399
Fotis Ioannidis Panathinaikos435
Darwin Núñez Liverpool459
Gianluca Scamacca Atalanta499
Viktor Gyökeres Sporting CP622
Mohammed Kudus West Ham United771
Juninho Qarabağ794

See also

References

External links

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