2013–14 UEFA Europa League

2013–14 UEFA Europa League
Tournament details
Dates	2 July – 29 August 2013 (qualifying); 19 September 2013 – 14 May 2014 (competition proper)
Teams	48+8 (competition proper); 161+33 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Sevilla (3rd title)
Runner-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	205
Goals scored	475 (2.32 per match)
Attendance	3,411,208 (16,640 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jonathan Soriano; (8 goals)
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The 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season under its current title.

The 2014 UEFA Europa League Final was played between Sevilla and Benfica at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, which was won by Sevilla on penalties, giving them a record-equalling third UEFA Cup/Europa League title. Chelsea were the title holders, but did not defend their title because they qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League and reached the knockout stage.

Association team allocation[]

A total of 194 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League (the exception being Gibraltar, which should start participating in the 2014–15 season after being admitted as a UEFA member in May 2013). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify.
Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify.
Associations 10–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify.
Liechtenstein has one team qualify (as it organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league).
The top three associations of the 2012–13 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth.
Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

The winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However this additional entry is not necessary for this season, because the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.

Association ranking[]

For the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2012 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2011–12.

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:

(FP) – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking (Sweden, Norway, Finland)
(UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	England	84.410	3
2	Spain	84.186
3	Germany	75.186
4	Italy	59.981		+2(UCL)
5	Portugal	55.346		+3(UCL)
6	France	54.178		+1(UCL)
7	Russia	47.832	4
8	Netherlands	45.515		+2(UCL)
9	Ukraine	45.133		+1(UCL)
10	Greece	37.100	3	+1(UCL)
11	Turkey	34.050
12	Belgium	32.400		+1(UCL)
13	Denmark	27.525		+1(UCL)
14	Switzerland	26.800		+2(UCL)
15	Austria	26.325		+1(UCL)
16	Cyprus	25.499		+1(UCL)
17	Israel	22.000		+1(UCL)
18	Scotland	21.141

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
19	Czech Republic	20.350	3	+1(UCL)
20	Poland	19.916		+1(UCL)
21	Croatia	18.874		+1(UCL)
22	Romania	18.824
23	Belarus	18.208
24	Sweden	15.900		+1(FP) +1(UCL)
25	Slovakia	14.874
26	Norway	14.675		+1(FP) +1(UCL)
27	Serbia	14.250		+1(UCL)
28	Bulgaria	14.250		+1(UCL)
29	Hungary	9.750
30	Finland	9.133		+1(FP)
31	Georgia	8.666		+1(UCL)
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.416
33	Republic of Ireland	7.375
34	Slovenia	7.124		+1(UCL)
35	Lithuania	6.875
36	Moldova	6.749		+1(UCL)

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
37	Azerbaijan	6.207	3
38	Latvia	5.874
39	Macedonia	5.666
40	Kazakhstan	5.333		+1(UCL)
41	Iceland	5.332		+1(UCL)
42	Montenegro	4.375
43	Liechtenstein	4.000	1
44	Albania	3.916	3	+1(UCL)
45	Malta	3.083
46	Wales	2.749
47	Estonia	2.666		+1(UCL)
48	Northern Ireland	2.583
49	Luxembourg	2.333
50	Armenia	2.208
51	Faroe Islands	1.416
52	Andorra	1.000	2
53	San Marino	0.916	2
54	Gibraltar	0.000	0

Distribution[]

Since the title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the Champions League through their domestic performance, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:

The domestic cup winners of association 7 (Russia) are promoted from the play-off round to the group stage.
The domestic cup winners of association 16 (Cyprus) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
The domestic cup winners of association 19 (Czech Republic) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
The domestic cup winners of associations 33 and 34 (Republic of Ireland and Slovenia) 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 (76 teams)	19 domestic cup winners from associations 35–53 25 domestic league runners-up from associations 28–53 (except Liechtenstein) 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein) 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
Second qualifying round (80 teams)	15 domestic cup winners from associations 20–34 12 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–27 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 7–9	38 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (58 teams)	3 domestic cup winners from associations 17–19 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 10–15 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–9 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)	40 winners from the second qualifying round
Play-off round (62 teams)	9 domestic cup winners from associations 8–16 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–9 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–6 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3	29 winners from the third qualifying round	15 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage (48 teams)	7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7	31 winners from the play-off round	10 losers from the Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase (32 teams)		12 group winners from the group stage 12 group runners-up from the group stage	8 third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage

Redistribution rules[]

A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:

When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated. As a result, either of the following teams qualify for the Europa League:
- The domestic cup runners-up, provided they have not yet qualified for European competitions, qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other Europa League qualifiers moved up one "place".
- Otherwise, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place".
When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
For associations where a Europa League place is reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualify as stated above). If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place is taken by the highest-placed league team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.
A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which have not yet qualified for European competitions.

Teams[]

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

TH: Title holders
CW: Cup winners
CR: Cup runners-up
LC: League Cup winners
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
FP: Fair Play
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
Shakhtar Donetsk (UCL GS)	Benfica (UCL GS)	Basel (UCL GS)	Porto (UCL GS)
Juventus (UCL GS)	Viktoria Plzeň (UCL GS)	Napoli (UCL GS)	Ajax (UCL GS)
Group stage
Wigan Athletic (CW)	Bordeaux (CW)	Shakhter Karagandy (UCL PO)	PSV Eindhoven (UCL PO)
Valencia (5th)	Anzhi Makhachkala (3rd)	Legia Warsaw (UCL PO)	~~Fenerbahçe~~ (UCL PO)^{[Note TUR]}
Freiburg (5th)	Dinamo Zagreb (UCL PO)	Lyon (UCL PO)
Lazio (CW)	Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL PO)	PAOK (UCL PO)
Vitória de Guimarães (CW)	Maribor (UCL PO)	Paços de Ferreira (UCL PO)
Play-off round
Tottenham Hotspur (5th)	Dynamo Kyiv (3rd)	Maccabi Tel Aviv (UCL Q3)	Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3)
Real Betis (7th)^{[Note ESP]}	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)	Molde (UCL Q3)	Nordsjælland (UCL Q3)
Eintracht Frankfurt (6th)	Atromitos (3rd)	Partizan (UCL Q3)	Red Bull Salzburg (UCL Q3)
Fiorentina (4th)	~~Beşiktaş~~ (3rd)^{[Note TUR]}	Dinamo Tbilisi (UCL Q3)	~~PAOK~~ (UCL Q3)^{[Note GRE]}
Braga (4th)	Genk (CW)	APOEL (UCL Q3)	Zulte Waregem (UCL Q3)
Nice (4th)	Esbjerg (CW)	Elfsborg (UCL Q3)	Grasshopper (UCL Q3)
Spartak Moscow (4th)	St. Gallen (3rd)	Skënderbeu Korçë (UCL Q3)
AZ (CW)	Pasching (CW)	FH (UCL Q3)
Feyenoord (3rd)	Apollon Limassol (CW)	Nõmme Kalju (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Swansea City (LC)^{[Note ENG]}	Saint-Étienne (LC)	Bursaspor (4th)	Hapoel Ramat Gan (CW)
Sevilla (9th)^{[Note ESP]}	Kuban Krasnodar (5th)	Club Brugge (3rd)	Motherwell (2nd)
Stuttgart (CR)	Vitesse Arnhem (4th)	Randers (3rd)	Jablonec (CW)
Udinese (5th)	Metalurh Donetsk (5th)	Zürich (4th)
Estoril (5th)	Asteras Tripolis (4th)	Rapid Wien (3rd)
Second qualifying round
Rubin Kazan (6th)	Maccabi Haifa (2nd)	Rijeka (3rd)	Jagodina (CW)
Utrecht (P-W)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (3rd)	Petrolul Ploiești (CW)	Red Star Belgrade (2nd)
Chornomorets Odesa (CR)	St Johnstone (3rd)	Pandurii Târgu Jiu (2nd)	Beroe Stara Zagora (CW)
Xanthi (7th)^{[Note GRE]}	Hibernian (CR)	Minsk (CW)	Debrecen (CW)
Trabzonspor (CR)	Sparta Prague (2nd)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd)	Honka (CW)
Standard Liège (P-W)	Slovan Liberec (3rd)	IFK Göteborg (CW)	Dila Gori (2nd)
AaB (5th)	Lech Poznań (2nd)	Häcken (2nd)	Široki Brijeg (CW)
Thun (5th)	Śląsk Wrocław (3rd)	Senica (2nd)	Derry City (CW)^{[Note IRL]}
Sturm Graz (4th)	Piast Gliwice (4th)	Trenčín (3rd)	Olimpija Ljubljana (2nd)
Anorthosis (2nd)	Hajduk Split (CW)	Hødd (CW)
Omonia (3rd)	Lokomotiva (2nd)	Strømsgodset (2nd)
First qualifying round
Astra Giurgiu (4th)	Celje (CR)	KR (CW)	Glentoran (CW)
Dinamo Minsk (3rd)	Žalgiris Vilnius (CW)	Breiðablik (2nd)	Crusaders (2nd)
Malmö FF (3rd)	Sūduva Marijampolė (3rd)	ÍBV (3rd)	Linfield (3rd)
Žilina (CR)	Kruoja Pakruojis (4th)	Čelik Nikšić (3rd)	Jeunesse Esch (CW)
Rosenborg (3rd)	Tiraspol (CW)	Rudar Pljevlja (5th)^{[Note MNE]}	F91 Dudelange (2nd)
Vojvodina (3rd)	Dacia Chișinău (2nd)	Mladost Podgorica (6th)^{[Note MNE]}	Differdange 03 (4th)
Levski Sofia (2nd)	Milsami Orhei (4th)	Vaduz (CW)	Pyunik (CW)
Botev Plovdiv (4th)^{[Note BUL]}	Qarabağ (2nd)	Laçi (CW)	Mika (2nd)
Videoton (2nd)	Inter Baku (3rd)	Kukësi (2nd)	Gandzasar (3rd)
Honvéd (3rd)	Khazar Lankaran (CR)	Teuta Durrës (3rd)	Víkingur Gøta (CW)
Inter Turku (2nd)	Ventspils (CW)	Hibernians (CW)	ÍF (2nd)
TPS (3rd)	Skonto (2nd)	Valletta (3rd)	HB (3rd)
Torpedo Kutaisi (3rd)	Liepājas Metalurgs (4th)	Sliema Wanderers (4th)	UE Santa Coloma (CW)
Chikhura Sachkhere (CR)	Teteks (CW)	Prestatyn Town (CW)	FC Santa Coloma (2nd)
Sarajevo (2nd)	Metalurg Skopje (2nd)	Airbus UK Broughton (2nd)	La Fiorita (CW)
Zrinjski Mostar (9th)^{[Note BIH]}	Turnovo (3rd)	Bala Town (P-W)	Libertas (2nd)
Drogheda United (2nd)	Astana (CW)	Flora Tallinn (CW)	Gefle (FP)
St Patrick's Athletic (3rd)	Irtysh Pavlodar (2nd)	Levadia Tallinn (2nd)	Tromsø (FP)
Domžale (3rd)	Aktobe (3rd)	Narva Trans (4th)	Mariehamn (FP)

Notably six teams that did not play in their national top-division took part in the competition. They are: Hapoel Ramat Gan (2nd tier), Hødd (2nd), Pasching (3rd), Teteks (2nd), Vaduz (2nd) and Wigan Athletic (2nd).

Notes

^ Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH): Borac Banja Luka, the third-placed team of the 2012–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA license. As a result, the berth was given to Zrinjski Mostar, the ninth-placed team of the league, which were the highest-placed team with a UEFA license not yet qualified.
^ Bulgaria (BUL): CSKA Sofia, the third-placed team of the 2012–13 A PFG, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA license, due to high financial debts and the following announcement of the club going in bankruptcy. As a result, the berth was given to Botev Plovdiv, the fourth-placed team of the league.
^ England (ENG): Swansea City are a club based in Wales, but participate in the Europa League through one of the berths for England as they won the 2012–13 Football League Cup (any coefficient points they earn count toward England and not Wales).
^ ^{a b} Greece (GRE):
- PAS Giannina, the fifth-placed team of the 2012–13 Superleague Greece, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA license. As a result, the berth was given to Xanthi, the seventh-placed team of the league, since Panathinaikos, the sixth-placed team of the league, also failed to obtain a UEFA license.
- On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing. UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.
^ ^{a b} Montenegro (MNE): Budućnost Podgorica and Grbalj, the winners of the 2012–13 Montenegrin Cup and the fourth-placed team of the 2012–13 Montenegrin First League respectively, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA license. As a result, the berths were given to Rudar Pljevlja and Mladost Podgorica, the fifth- and sixth-placed teams of the league.
^ 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 Republic of Ireland as they won the 2012 FAI Cup (any coefficient points they earn count toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).
^ ^{a b} Spain (ESP): Málaga, the sixth-placed team of the 2012–13 La Liga, would have qualified for the Europa League play-off round, but were banned by UEFA from participating due to violations of UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. As a result, Real Betis, the seventh-placed team of the league, entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round, and the third qualifying round berth was given to Sevilla, the ninth-placed team of the league, since Rayo Vallecano, the eighth-placed team of the league, failed to obtain a UEFA license. Málaga appealed against their ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but it was denied.
^ ^{a b} Turkey (TUR): On 25 June 2013, Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe were banned by UEFA from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal. They appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 18 July 2013 it was ruled that the ban should be temporarily lifted and they should be included in the qualifying round draws of the Champions League and Europa League, until the final decision to be made before the end of August 2013. Fenerbahçe competed in the Champions League qualifying rounds and lost in the play-off round, while Beşiktaş competed in the Europa League play-off round and won. On 28 and 30 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban on Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş respectively, meaning the two clubs were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. UEFA decided to replace Beşiktaş in the Europa League group stage with Tromsø, who were eliminated by Beşiktaş in the play-off round, while a draw was held to select a team to replace Fenerbahçe among the teams eliminated in the play-off round, and was won by APOEL.

Round and draw dates[]

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

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	24 June 2013	4 July 2013	11 July 2013
	Second qualifying round	24 June 2013	18 July 2013	25 July 2013
	Third qualifying round	19 July 2013	1 August 2013	8 August 2013
Play-off	Play-off round	9 August 2013	22 August 2013	29 August 2013
Group stage	Matchday 1	30 August 2013 (Monaco)	19 September 2013
	Matchday 2		3 October 2013
	Matchday 3		24 October 2013
	Matchday 4		7 November 2013
	Matchday 5		28 November 2013
	Matchday 6		12 December 2013
Knockout phase	Round of 32	16 December 2013	20 February 2014	27 February 2014
	Round of 16	16 December 2013	13 March 2014	20 March 2014
	Quarter-finals	21 March 2014	3 April 2014	10 April 2014
	Semi-finals	11 April 2014	24 April 2014	1 May 2014
	Final	11 April 2014	14 May 2014 at Juventus Stadium, Turin

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

Qualifying rounds[]

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round[]

The draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 24 June 2013. The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 July, and the second legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July 2013.

Inter Turku lodged a protest after losing the second leg to Víkingur Gøta, and two match officials were later banned for life by UEFA for attempted match-fixing.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Víkingur Gøta	2–1	Inter Turku	1–1	1–0
Žalgiris Vilnius	4–3	St Patrick's Athletic	2–2	2–1
Airbus UK Broughton	1–1 (a)	Ventspils	1–1	0–0
Narva Trans	1–8	Gefle	0–3	1–5
KR	3–0	Glentoran	0–0	3–0
Chikhura Sachkhere	1–1 (a)	Vaduz	0–0	1–1
Milsami Orhei	1–0	F91 Dudelange	1–0	0–0
Metalurg Skopje	0–2	Qarabağ	0–1	0–1
Videoton	2–2 (a)^[A]	Mladost Podgorica	2–1	0–1
Flora Tallinn	1–1 (a)	Kukësi	1–1	0–0
Teteks	1–2	Pyunik	1–1	0–1
Teuta Durrës	3–3 (a)	Dacia Chișinău	3–1	0–2
Sarajevo	3–1^[A]	Libertas	1–0	2–1
Sliema Wanderers	1–2	Khazar Lankaran	1–1	0–1
Levski Sofia	0–2	Irtysh Pavlodar	0–0	0–2
Hibernians	3–7	Vojvodina	1–4	2–3
Astana	0–6	Botev Plovdiv	0–1	0–5
UE Santa Coloma	1–4	Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	0–1
Domžale	0–3	Astra Giurgiu	0–1	0–2
Rudar Pljevlja	2–1	Mika	1–0	1–1
Breiðablik	4–0^[A]	FC Santa Coloma	4–0	0–0
Drogheda United	0–2	Malmö FF	0–0	0–2
Inter Baku	3–1^[A]	Mariehamn	1–1	2–0
ÍF	0–5	Linfield	0–2	0–3
Prestatyn Town	3–3 (4–3 p)	Liepājas Metalurgs	1–2	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Tromsø	3–2^[A]	Celje	1–2	2–0
Tiraspol	1–1 (2–4 p)	Skonto	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Crusaders	3–9	Rosenborg	1–2	2–7
ÍBV	2–1	HB	1–1	1–0
Jeunesse Esch	3–2	TPS	2–0	1–2
Bala Town	2–3	Levadia Tallinn	1–0	1–3
Kruoja Pakruojis	0–8	Dinamo Minsk	0–3	0–5
La Fiorita	0–4	Valletta	0–3	0–1
Laçi	1–3	Differdange 03	0–1	1–2
Gandzasar	2–4	Aktobe	1–2	1–2
Čelik Nikšić	1–13	Honvéd	1–4	0–9
Torpedo Kutaisi	3–6	Žilina	0–3	3–3
Sūduva Marijampolė	4–4 (4–5 p)^[A]	Turnovo	2–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)

Notes

^ ^{a b c d e f} Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round[]

The first legs were played on 16 and 18 July, and the second legs were played on 25 July 2013.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	2–3^[B]	Häcken	2–2	0–1
Kukësi	3–2^[B]	Sarajevo	3–2	0–0
Thun	5–1	Chikhura Sachkhere	2–0	3–1
Xanthi	2–2 (a)	Linfield	0–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Hødd	1–2	Aktobe	1–0	0–2
Dila Gori	3–0	AaB	3–0	0–0
Maccabi Haifa	10–0	Khazar Lankaran	2–0	8–0
Hajduk Split	3–2	Turnovo	2–1	1–1
Ventspils	5–1	Jeunesse Esch	1–0	4–1
Astra Giurgiu	3–2	Omonia	1–1	2–1
Skonto	2–2 (a)	Slovan Liberec	2–1	0–1
Levadia Tallinn	0–4^[B]	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–0	0–4
Śląsk Wrocław	6–2	Rudar Pljevlja	4–0	2–2
Malmö FF	9–0	Hibernian	2–0	7–0
Jagodina	2–4	Rubin Kazan	2–3	0–1
Strømsgodset	5–2	Debrecen	2–2	3–0
Petrolul Ploiești	7–0	Víkingur Gøta	3–0	4–0
Rijeka	8–0	Prestatyn Town	5–0	3–0
Žalgiris Vilnius	3–1	Pyunik	2–0	1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	3–6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–4	2–2
Honka	2–5	Lech Poznań	1–3	1–2
Red Star Belgrade	2–0	ÍBV	2–0	0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2–2 (2–4 p)	Milsami Orhei	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Vojvodina	5–1	Honvéd	2–0	3–1
Olimpija Ljubljana	3–3 (a)	Žilina	3–1	0–2
Tromsø	2–1^[B]	Inter Baku	2–0	0–1
Chornomorets Odesa	3–2	Dacia Chișinău	2–0	1–2
IFK Göteborg	1–2	Trenčín	0–0	1–2
Dinamo Minsk	4–4 (a)	Lokomotiva	1–2	3–2
KR	2–6	Standard Liège	1–3	1–3
Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	0–2
Qarabağ	4–3	Piast Gliwice	2–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg	1–2	St Johnstone	0–1	1–1
Trabzonspor	7–2	Derry City	4–2	3–0
Valletta	1–3	Minsk	1–1	0–2
Mladost Podgorica	3–2^[B]	Senica	2–2	1–0
Anorthosis	3–4	Gefle	3–0	0–4
Breiðablik	1–0^[B]	Sturm Graz	0–0	1–0
Irtysh Pavlodar	3–4	Široki Brijeg	3–2	0–2
Differdange 03	5–4	Utrecht	2–1	3–3

Notes

^ ^{a b c d e f} Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Third qualifying round[]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2013. The first legs were played on 1 August, and the second legs were played on 8 August 2013.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa	3–1	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	0–0
Široki Brijeg	1–7	Udinese	1–3	0–4
Ventspils	0–3	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	0–3
Dinamo Minsk	0–1	Trabzonspor	0–1	0–0
Śląsk Wrocław	4–3	Club Brugge	1–0	3–3
Trenčín	3–5	Astra Giurgiu	1–3	2–2
Swansea City	4–0	Malmö FF	4–0	0–0
Petrolul Ploiești	3–2	Vitesse Arnhem	1–1	2–1
Slovan Liberec	4–2	Zürich	2–1	2–1
Aktobe	1–1 (2–1 p)	Breiðablik	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Randers	1–4	Rubin Kazan	1–2	0–2
Žalgiris Vilnius	2–2 (a)	Lech Poznań	1–0	1–2
Sevilla	9–1	Mladost Podgorica	3–0	6–1
Hajduk Split	0–2	Dila Gori	0–1	0–1
Kukësi	2–1	Metalurh Donetsk	2–0	0–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	3–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1	2–1
Tromsø	1–1 (4–3 p)	Differdange 03	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Motherwell	0–3	Kuban Krasnodar	0–2	0–1
Saint-Étienne	6–0	Milsami Orhei	3–0	3–0
Jablonec	5–2	Strømsgodset	2–1	3–1
Qarabağ	3–0	Gefle	1–0	2–0
Rijeka	3–2	Žilina	2–1	1–1
Asteras Tripolis	2–4	Rapid Wien	1–1	1–3
Botev Plovdiv	1–1 (a)	Stuttgart	1–1	0–0
Estoril	1–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–0	1–0
Vojvodina	5–2	Bursaspor	2–2	3–0
Xanthi	2–4	Standard Liège	1–2	1–2
Häcken	1–3	Thun	1–2	0–1
Minsk	1–1 (3–2 p)	St Johnstone	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)

Play-off round[]

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 August 2013. The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second legs were played on 29 August 2013.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kuban Krasnodar	3–1	Feyenoord	1–0	2–1
Zulte Waregem	3–2	APOEL	1–1	2–1
Rapid Wien	4–0	Dila Gori	1–0	3–0
Tromsø	2–3	Beşiktaş	2–1	0–2
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–1	Braga	0–1	2–0 (a.e.t.)
Apollon Limassol	2–1	Nice	2–0	0–1
Aktobe	3–8	Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	1–5
Swansea City	6–3	Petrolul Ploiești	5–1	1–2
Atromitos	3–3 (a)	AZ	1–3	2–0
FH	2–7	Genk	0–2	2–5
Elfsborg	2–1	Nordsjælland	1–1	1–0
Sevilla	9–1^[C]	Śląsk Wrocław	4–1	5–0
Red Bull Salzburg	7–0	Žalgiris Vilnius	5–0	2–0
Qarabağ	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1–2
Minsk	1–5	Standard Liège	0–2	1–3
Jablonec	1–8	Real Betis	1–2	0–6
Rijeka	4–3	Stuttgart	2–1	2–2
Chornomorets Odesa	1–1 (7–6 p)	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Maccabi Tel Aviv	w/o^[D]	PAOK	Cancelled	Cancelled
St. Gallen	5–3	Spartak Moscow	1–1	4–2
Molde	0–5	Rubin Kazan	0–2	0–3
Vojvodina	2–3	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	1–2
Kukësi	1–5^[C]	Trabzonspor	0–2	1–3
Esbjerg	5–3	Saint-Étienne	4–3	1–0
Grasshopper	2–2 (a)	Fiorentina	1–2	1–0
Maccabi Haifa	3–1	Astra Giurgiu	2–0	1–1
Udinese	2–4	Slovan Liberec	1–3	1–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	0–8	Tottenham Hotspur	0–5	0–3
Estoril	4–1	Pasching	2–0	2–1
Nõmme Kalju	1–5	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–3	0–2
Partizan	1–3	Thun	1–0	0–3

Notes

^ ^{a b} Order of legs reversed after original draw.
^ On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing. UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round. Thus, Maccabi Tel Aviv, the opponent of PAOK in the Europa League play-off round, qualified directly for the Europa League group stage.

Group stage[]

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 30 August 2013. Prior to the draw, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban on Fenerbahce (which lost in the Champions League play-off round) and Beşiktaş, meaning the two clubs were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. UEFA decided to replace Beşiktaş in the Europa League group stage with Tromsø, who were eliminated by Beşiktaş in the play-off round, while a draw was held to select a team to replace Fenerbahçe among the teams eliminated in the play-off round, and was won by APOEL.

The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients. They were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, and 12 December 2013. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32

See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Group A[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Valencia	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13
Swansea City	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8
Kuban Krasnodar	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6
St. Gallen	6	2	0	4	6	13	−7	6

	KUB	STG	SWA	VAL
Kuban Krasnodar	—	4–0	1–1	0–2
St. Gallen	2–0	—	1–0	2–3
Swansea City	1–1	1–0	—	0–1
Valencia	1–1	5–1	0–3	—

Group B[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ludogorets Razgrad	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9	16
Chornomorets Odesa	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10
PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7
Dinamo Zagreb	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1

	CHO	DIN	LUD	PSV
Chornomorets Odesa	—	2–1	0–1	0–2
Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	—	1–2	0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	3–0	—	2–0
PSV Eindhoven	0–1	2–0	0–2	—

Group C[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Red Bull Salzburg	6	6	0	0	15	3	+12	18
Esbjerg	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12
Elfsborg	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
Standard Liège	6	0	1	5	6	13	−7	1

	ELF	ESB	SAL	STA
Elfsborg	—	1–2	0–1	1–1
Esbjerg	1–0	—	1–2	2–1
Red Bull Salzburg	4–0	3–0	—	2–1
Standard Liège	1–3	1–2	1–3	—

Group D[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rubin Kazan	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14
Maribor	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7
Zulte Waregem	6	2	1	3	4	10	−6	7
Wigan Athletic	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5

	MAR	RUB	WIG	ZUL
Maribor	—	2–5	2–1	0–1
Rubin Kazan	1–1	—	1–0	4–0
Wigan Athletic	3–1	1–1	—	1–2
Zulte Waregem	1–3	0–2	0–0	—

Group E[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fiorentina	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12
Paços de Ferreira	6	0	3	3	1	8	−7	3
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2

	DNI	FIO	PAC	PAN
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	—	1–2	2–0	4–1
Fiorentina	2–1	—	3–0	3–0
Paços de Ferreira	0–2	0–0	—	1–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–1	1–2	0–0	—

Group F[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
APOEL	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5
Bordeaux	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3

	APO	BOR	EIN	MAC
APOEL	—	2–1	0–3	0–0
Bordeaux	2–1	—	0–1	1–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	3–0	—	2–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	1–0	4–2	—

Group G[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Genk	6	4	2	0	10	5	+5	14
Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10
Rapid Wien	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
Thun	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3

	DYN	GEN	RAP	THU
Dynamo Kyiv	—	0–1	3–1	3–0
Genk	3–1	—	1–1	2–1
Rapid Wien	2–2	2–2	—	2–1
Thun	0–2	0–1	1–0	—

Group H[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sevilla	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12
Slovan Liberec	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9
Freiburg	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6
Estoril	6	0	3	3	5	8	−3	3

	EST	FRE	SEV	SLO
Estoril	—	0–0	1–2	1–2
Freiburg	1–1	—	0–2	2–2
Sevilla	1–1	2–0	—	1–1
Slovan Liberec	2–1	1–2	1–1	—

Group I[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	6	3	3	0	6	3	+3	12
Real Betis	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9
Vitória de Guimarães	6	1	2	3	6	5	+1	5
Rijeka	6	0	4	2	2	7	−5	4

	LYO	BET	RIJ	VIT
Lyon	—	1–0	1–0	1–1
Real Betis	0–0	—	0–0	1–0
Rijeka	1–1	1–1	—	0–0
Vitória de Guimarães	1–2	0–1	4–0	—

Group J[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Trabzonspor	6	4	2	0	13	6	+7	14
Lazio	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
Apollon Limassol	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
Legia Warsaw	6	1	0	5	2	8	−6	3

	APO	LAZ	LEG	TRA
Apollon Limassol	—	0–0	0–2	1–2
Lazio	2–1	—	1–0	0–0
Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–2	—	0–2
Trabzonspor	4–2	3–3	2–0	—

Group K[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tottenham Hotspur	6	6	0	0	15	2	+13	18
Anzhi Makhachkala	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8
Sheriff Tiraspol	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6
Tromsø	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1

	ANZ	SHE	TOT	TRO
Anzhi Makhachkala	—	1–1	0–2	1–0
Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	—	0–2	2–0
Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	2–1	—	3–0
Tromsø	0–1	1–1	0–2	—

Group L[]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
AZ	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
PAOK	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12
Maccabi Haifa	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
Shakhter Karagandy	6	0	2	4	5	10	−5	2

	AZ	MAC	PAO	SHA
AZ	—	2–0	1–1	1–0
Maccabi Haifa	0–1	—	0–0	2–1
PAOK	2–2	3–2	—	2–1
Shakhter Karagandy	1–1	2–2	0–2	—

Knockout phase[]

Main article: 2013–14 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[]

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Porto (a)	2	3	5
Eintracht Frankfurt	2	3	5	Porto	1	2	3
Swansea City	0	1	1	Napoli	0	2	2
Napoli	0	3	3					Porto	1	1	2
Maribor	2	1	3					Sevilla	0	4	4
Sevilla	2	2	4	Sevilla (p)	0	2	2(4)
Real Betis	1	2	3	Real Betis	2	0	2(3)
Rubin Kazan	1	0	1									Sevilla (a)	2	1	3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0	0	0									Valencia	0	3	3
Basel	0	3	3	Basel	0	2	2
Ajax	0	1	1	Red Bull Salzburg	0	1	1
Red Bull Salzburg	3	3	6					Basel	3	0	3
Lazio	0	3	3					Valencia (a.e.t.)	0	5	5
Ludogorets Razgrad	1	3	4	Ludogorets Razgrad	0	0	0
Dynamo Kyiv	0	0	0	Valencia	3	1	4
Valencia	2	0	2													Sevilla (p)	0(4)
Slovan Liberec	0	1	1													Benfica	0(2)
AZ	1	1	2	AZ	1	0	1
Anzhi Makhachkala	0	2	2	Anzhi Makhachkala	0	0	0
Genk	0	0	0					AZ	0	0	0
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1	1	2					Benfica	1	2	3
Tottenham Hotspur	0	3	3	Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	3
PAOK	0	0	0	Benfica	3	2	5
Benfica	1	3	4									Benfica	2	0	2
Chornomorets Odesa	0	0	0									Juventus	1	0	1
Lyon	0	1	1	Lyon	4	1	5
Viktoria Plzeň	1	2	3	Viktoria Plzeň	1	2	3
Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	2					Lyon	0	1	1
Juventus	2	2	4					Juventus	1	2	3
Trabzonspor	0	0	0	Juventus	1	1	2
Esbjerg	1	1	2	Fiorentina	1	0	1
Fiorentina	3	1	4

Round of 32[]

The draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 16 December 2013. The first legs were played on 20 February, and the second legs were played on 27 February 2014.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	1–3
Real Betis	3–1	Rubin Kazan	1–1	2–0
Swansea City	1–3	Napoli	0–0	1–3
Juventus	4–0	Trabzonspor	2–0	2–0
Maribor	3–4	Sevilla	2–2	1–2
Viktoria Plzeň	3–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	2–1
Chornomorets Odesa	0–1	Lyon	0–0	0–1
Lazio	3–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	3–3
Esbjerg	2–4	Fiorentina	1–3	1–1
Ajax	1–6	Red Bull Salzburg	0–3	1–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3	Basel	0–0	0–3
Porto	5–5 (a)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	3–3
Anzhi Makhachkala	2–0	Genk	0–0	2–0
Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Valencia	0–2	0–0
PAOK	0–4	Benfica	0–1	0–3
Slovan Liberec	1–2	AZ	0–1	1–1

Round of 16[]

The first legs were played on 13 March, and the second legs were played on 20 March 2014.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad	0–4	Valencia	0–3	0–1
Porto	3–2	Napoli	1–0	2–2
Lyon	5–3	Viktoria Plzeň	4–1	1–2
Sevilla	2–2 (4–3 p)	Real Betis	0–2	2–0 (a.e.t.)
Tottenham Hotspur	3–5	Benfica	1–3	2–2
Basel	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	2–1
Juventus	2–1	Fiorentina	1–1	1–0

Quarter-finals[]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 21 March 2014. The first legs were played on 3 April, and the second legs were played on 10 April 2014.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ	0–3	Benfica	0–1	0–2
Lyon	1–3	Juventus	0–1	1–2
Basel	3–5	Valencia	3–0	0–5 (a.e.t.)
Porto	2–4	Sevilla	1–0	1–4

Semi-finals[]

The draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) was held on 11 April 2014. The first legs were played on 24 April, and the second legs were played on 1 May 2014.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	3–3 (a)	Valencia	2–0	1–3
Benfica	2–1	Juventus	2–1	0–0

Final[]

Main article: 2014 UEFA Europa League Final

14 May 2014 20:45 CEST	Sevilla	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 33,120 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
		Report
		Penalties
	Bacca Mbia Coke Gameiro	4–2	Lima Cardozo Rodrigo Luisão

Statistics[]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Jonathan Soriano	Red Bull Salzburg	8	565'
2	Paco Alcácer	Valencia	7	716'
3	Roman Bezjak	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	576'
4	Jermain Defoe	Tottenham Hotspur	5	360'
	Kévin Gameiro	Sevilla	5	646'
	Olcan Adın	Trabzonspor	5	720'
7	Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	348'
	Sergio Floccari	Lazio	4	382'
	Lima	Benfica	4	401'
	Terrence Boyd	Rapid Wien	4	477'
	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	4	610'
	Yevhen Konoplyanka	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4	625'
	Alan	Red Bull Salzburg	4	682'
	Sadio Mané	Red Bull Salzburg	4	712'
	Carlos Bacca	Sevilla	4	897'

Source:

Top assists[]

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Bibras Natkho	Rubin Kazan	5	450'
1	Kevin Kampl	Red Bull Salzburg	5	768'
3	Christian Eriksen	Tottenham Hotspur	4	454'
	Fabien Camus	Genk	4	462'
	Tranquillo Barnetta	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	497'
	Alan	Red Bull Salzburg	4	682'