2018–19 UEFA Europa League

2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 26 June – 30 August 2018 Competition proper: 20 September 2018 – 29 May 2019
Teams	Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 158+55
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (2nd title)
Runner-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	205
Goals scored	565 (2.76 per match)
Attendance	5,094,104 (24,849 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Olivier Giroud (11 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The final will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. The winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. They will also automatically qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved will be given to the third-placed team of the 2018–19 Ligue 1, the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.

As the title holders of Europa League, Atlético Madrid qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, albeit they have qualified before the final through their league performance. They will only be able to defend their title if they finish third in their group in the Champions League group stage.

Format changes

On 9 December 2016, UEFA confirmed the reforming plan for the UEFA Champions League for the 2018–2021 cycle, which was announced on 26 August 2016. As per the new regulations, all teams that are eliminated in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds will get a second chance in the Europa League.

Association team allocation

A total of 214 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 52–54 each have two teams qualify.
• Liechtenstein and Kosovo (association 55) each have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Kosovo as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).
• Moreover, 55 teams eliminated from the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League (default number is 57, but two fewer teams compete in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League).

Association ranking

For the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17.

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

• (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1 Spain 104.998 3 2 Germany 79.498 3 England 75.962 4 Italy 73.332 5 France 56.665 6 Russia 50.532 7 Portugal 49.332 8 Ukraine 42.633 9 Belgium 42.400 10 Turkey 39.200 11 Czech Republic 33.175 12 Switzerland 32.075 13 Netherlands 31.063 14 Greece 27.900 15 Austria 25.350 16 Croatia 25.250 17 Romania 24.350 18 Denmark 24.000 19 Belarus 19.875

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20 Poland 19.750 3 21 Sweden 19.725 22 Israel 19.375 23 Scotland 18.925 24 Cyprus 18.550 25 Norway 18.325 26 Azerbaijan 17.750 27 Bulgaria 15.875 28 Serbia 15.375 29 Kazakhstan 15.250 30 Slovenia 13.125 31 Slovakia 11.750 32 Liechtenstein 11.000 1 33 Hungary 9.500 3 34 Moldova 9.500 35 Iceland 8.375 36 Finland 7.650 37 Albania 6.625

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 38 Republic of Ireland 6.575 3 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.500 40 Georgia 6.375 41 Latvia 6.125 42 Macedonia 5.625 43 Estonia 5.250 44 Montenegro 5.250 45 Armenia 5.125 46 Luxembourg 4.875 47 Northern Ireland 4.500 48 Lithuania 4.125 49 Malta 4.000 50 Wales 3.875 51 Faroe Islands 3.500 52 Gibraltar 2.500 2 53 Andorra 1.165 54 San Marino 0.333 55 Kosovo 0.000 1

Distribution

In the default access list, originally 17 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round are transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path). However, one fewer loser would be transferred since the Champions League title holders already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league. Therefore, only 19 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round (one of them would be drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round).

In addition, originally three losers from the Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) are transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). However, one fewer loser would be transferred since the Europa League title holders already qualified for the group stage via their domestic league. As a result, the following changes to the access list was made:

• The cup winners of association 18 (Denmark) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
• The cup winners of association 25 (Norway) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
• The cup winners of associations 50 and 51 (Wales and Faroe Islands) entered the first qualifying round instead of the preliminary round.

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Champions League
Preliminary round (14 teams)		4 domestic cup winners from associations 52–55 6 domestic league runners-up from associations 49–54 4 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 48–51
First qualifying round (94 teams)		26 domestic cup winners from associations 26–51 30 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–48 (except Liechtenstein) 31 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–47 (except Liechtenstein)	7 winners from preliminary round
Second qualifying round	Champions Path (19 teams)			16 losers from Champions League first qualifying round 3 losers from Champions League preliminary round
	Main Path (74 teams)	7 domestic cup winners from associations 19–25 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–15 9 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15 2 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 5–6 (League Cup winners for France) 4 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–4 (League Cup winners for England)	47 winners from first qualifying round
Third qualifying round	Champions Path (20 teams)		10 winners from second qualifying round (Champions Path)	10 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)
	Main Path (52 teams)	6 domestic cup winners from associations 13–18 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6	37 winners from second qualifying round (Main Path)	2 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round	Champions Path (16 teams)		10 winners from third qualifying round (Champions Path)	6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
	Main Path (26 teams)		26 winners from third qualifying round (Main Path)
Group stage (48 teams)		12 domestic cup winners from associations 1–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 5 4 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–4	8 winners from play-off round (Champions Path) 13 winners from play-off round (Main Path)	4 losers from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path) 2 losers from Champions League play-off round (League Path) 4 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)
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 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, 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 either the League Cup or end-of-season European competition play-offs winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier. 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 team in the league 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:

• CW: Cup winners
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• LC: League Cup winners
• RW: Regular season winners
• PW: End-of-season Europa League 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
  • Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round
  • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
  • PR: Losers from the preliminary round

Qualified teams for 2018–19 UEFA Europa League (by entry round)
Round of 32

(UCL GS)	(UCL GS)	(UCL GS)	(UCL GS)
(UCL GS)	(UCL GS)	(UCL GS)	(UCL GS)

Group stage

Villarreal (5th)	Milan (6th)	Akhisarspor (CW)	Dynamo Kyiv (UCL PO)
Real Betis (6th)	Marseille (4th)	Jablonec (3rd)	PAOK (UCL PO)
Eintracht Frankfurt (CW)	Rennes (5th)	Zürich (CW)	Spartak Moscow (UCL Q3)
Bayer Leverkusen (5th)	Krasnodar (4th)	Red Bull Salzburg (UCL PO)	Standard Liège (UCL Q3)
Chelsea (CW)	Sporting CP (3rd)	Dinamo Zagreb (UCL PO)	Fenerbahçe (UCL Q3)
Arsenal (6th)	Vorskla Poltava (3rd)	BATE Borisov (UCL PO)	Slavia Prague (UCL Q3)
Lazio (5th)	Anderlecht (3rd)	MOL Vidi (UCL PO)

Play-off round

Champions Path		Main Path
Malmö FF (UCL Q3)	Astana (UCL Q3)
Celtic (UCL Q3)	Spartak Trnava (UCL Q3)
Qarabağ (UCL Q3)	Shkëndija (UCL Q3)

Third qualifying round

Champions Path		Main Path
CFR Cluj (UCL Q2)	Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL Q2)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (5th)	Olympiacos (3rd)
Midtjylland (UCL Q2)	Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q2)	Braga (4th)	Rapid Wien (3rd)
Legia Warsaw (UCL Q2)	HJK (UCL Q2)	Zorya Luhansk (4th)	Rijeka (2nd)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (UCL Q2)	Kukësi (UCL Q2)	Gent (4th)	Universitatea Craiova (CW)
Rosenborg (UCL Q2)	Sūduva Marijampolė (UCL Q2)	İstanbul Başakşehir (3rd)	Brøndby (CW)
		Sigma Olomouc (4th)	Basel (UCL Q2)
		Luzern (3rd)	Sturm Graz (UCL Q2)
		Feyenoord (CW)

Second qualifying round

Champions Path		Main Path
APOEL (UCL Q1)	F91 Dudelange (UCL Q1)	Sevilla (7th)	Atromitos (4th)
Olimpija Ljubljana (UCL Q1)	Crusaders (UCL Q1)	RB Leipzig (6th)	Asteras Tripolis (5th)
Valur (UCL Q1)	Valletta (UCL Q1)	Burnley (7th)	LASK Linz (4th)
Cork City (UCL Q1)	The New Saints (UCL Q1)	Atalanta (7th)	Admira Wacker Mödling (5th)
Zrinjski Mostar (UCL Q1)	Víkingur Gøta (UCL Q1)	Bordeaux (6th)	Hajduk Split (3rd)
Torpedo Kutaisi (UCL Q1)	Drita (UCL Q1)	Ufa (6th)	FCSB (2nd)
Spartaks Jūrmala (UCL Q1)	Lincoln Red Imps (UCL PR)	Rio Ave (5th)	Dynamo Brest (CW)
Flora Tallinn (UCL Q1)	FC Santa Coloma (UCL PR)	Mariupol (5th)	Jagiellonia Białystok (2nd)
Sutjeska Nikšić (UCL Q1)	La Fiorita (UCL PR)	Genk (PW)	Djurgårdens IF (CW)
Alashkert (UCL Q1)		Beşiktaş (4th)	Hapoel Haifa (CW)
		Sparta Prague (5th)	Aberdeen (2nd)
		St. Gallen (5th)	AEK Larnaca (CW)
		AZ (3rd)	Lillestrøm (CW)
		Vitesse (PW)

First qualifying round

Osijek (4th)	CSKA Sofia (2nd)	Stjarnan (2nd)	Shkupi (4th)
Viitorul Constanța (4th)	Levski Sofia (PW)	FH (3rd)	FCI Levadia (CW)
Nordsjælland (3rd)	Partizan (CW)	KuPS (2nd)	Nõmme Kalju (3rd)
Copenhagen (PW)	Radnički Niš (3rd)	Ilves (3rd)	Narva Trans (5th)
Dinamo Minsk (2nd)	Spartak Subotica (4th)	Lahti (4th)	Titograd Podgorica (CW)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (3rd)	Kairat (CW)	Luftëtari (3rd)	Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)
Lech Poznań (3rd)	Irtysh Pavlodar (4th)	Laçi (4th)	Rudar Pljevlja (5th)
Górnik Zabrze (4th)	Tobol (5th)	Partizani (5th)	Gandzasar Kapan (CW)
AIK (2nd)	Maribor (2nd)	Dundalk (2nd)	Banants (2nd)
BK Häcken (4th)	Domžale (3rd)	Shamrock Rovers (3rd)	Pyunik (5th)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd)	Rudar Velenje (4th)	Derry City (4th)	Racing FC (CW)
Beitar Jerusalem (3rd)	Slovan Bratislava (CW)	Željezničar (CW)	Progrès Niederkorn (2nd)
Rangers (3rd)	DAC Dunajská Streda (3rd)	Sarajevo (3rd)	Fola Esch (3rd)
Hibernian (4th)	Trenčín (PW)	Široki Brijeg (4th)	Coleraine (CW)
Apollon Limassol (2nd)	Vaduz (CW)	Chikhura Sachkhere (CW)	Glenavon (3rd)
Anorthosis Famagusta (3rd)	Újpest (CW)	Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)	Cliftonville (PW)
Molde (2nd)	Ferencváros (2nd)	Samtredia (3rd)	Stumbras (CW)
Sarpsborg 08 (3rd)	Honvéd (4th)	Liepāja (CW)	Žalgiris (2nd)
Keşla (CW)	Milsami Orhei (CW)	Riga FC (3rd)	Balzan (2nd)
Gabala (2nd)	Petrocub Hîncești (3rd)	Ventspils (4th)	Connah's Quay Nomads (CW)
Neftçi Baku (3rd)	Zaria Bălți (5th)	Vardar (2nd)	NSÍ Runavík (CW)
Slavia Sofia (CW)	ÍBV (CW)	Rabotnički (3rd)

Preliminary round

Trakai (3rd)	Cefn Druids (PW)	St Joseph's (3rd)	Tre Fiori (3rd)
Gżira United (3rd)	KÍ Klaksvík (2nd)	Engordany (2nd)	Prishtina (CW)
Birkirkara (4th)	B36 Tórshavn (3rd)	Sant Julià (3rd)
Bala Town (4th)	Europa (CW)	Folgore (2nd)

Notably one team that is not playing a national top division takes part in the competition; Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein) played in 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League, which is Switzerland's 2nd tier.

Notes

Round and draw dates

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

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary	Preliminary round	12 June 2018	28 June 2018	5 July 2018
Qualifying	First qualifying round	19 June 2018 (Champions Path) 20 June 2018 (Main Path)	12 July 2018	19 July 2018
	Second qualifying round		26 July 2018	2 August 2018
	Third qualifying round	23 July 2018	9 August 2018	16 August 2018
Play-off	Play-off round	6 August 2018	23 August 2018	30 August 2018
Group stage	Matchday 1	31 August 2018 (Monaco)	20 September 2018
	Matchday 2		4 October 2018
	Matchday 3		25 October 2018
	Matchday 4		8 November 2018
	Matchday 5		29 November 2018
	Matchday 6		13 December 2018
Knockout phase	Round of 32	17 December 2018	14 February 2019	21 February 2019
	Round of 16	22 February 2019	7 March 2019	14 March 2019
	Quarter-finals	15 March 2019	11 April 2019	18 April 2019
	Semi-finals	19 April 2019	2 May 2019	9 May 2019
	Final		29 May 2019 at Olympic Stadium, Baku

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

From this season, the kick-off times starting from the group stage will be slightly changed to 18:55 CET and 21:00 CET. Kick-off times starting from the quarter-finals will be 21:00 CET.

Preliminary round

Main article:2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-offs (Main Path)

In the preliminary, qualifying and play-off rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients (used for Main Path only), and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018. The first legs were played on 26 and 28 June, and the second legs was played on 5 July 2018.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Europa	1–6	Prishtina	1–1	0–5
Sant Julià	1–4	Gżira United	0–2	1–2
Engordany	3–2	Folgore	2–1	1–1
B36 Tórshavn	2–2 (4–2p)	St Joseph's	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Birkirkara	2–3	KÍ Klaksvík	1–1	1–2
Tre Fiori	3–1	Bala Town	3–0	0–1
Cefn Druids	1–2	Trakai	1–1	0–1

Qualifying rounds

Main article:2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-offs (Main Path)

Note: All qualified teams below are listed with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients (CC). A new club coefficient system will be used for seeding starting from the 2018–19 season, which is calculated by the maximum of either the club points in the previous five years or 20% of the association points over the same period (instead of the sum of the two values). In cases where the club coefficients are to be determined (teams from their associations are still active in 2017–18 UEFA club competitions), the latest club coefficients are listed.

First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 10, 11 and 12 July, and the second legs were played on 17, 18 and 19 July 2018.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stjarnan	3–1	Nõmme Kalju	3–0	0–1
Ilves	1–3	Slavia Sofia	0–1	1–2
KÍ Klaksvík	2–3	Žalgiris	1–2	1–1
Fola Esch	0–0 (5–4 p)	Prishtina	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Glenavon	3–6	Molde	2–1	1–5
DAC Dunajská Streda	3–2	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–1	2–1
Stumbras	1–2	Apollon Limassol	1–0	0–2
Široki Brijeg	3–3 (a)	Domžale	2–2	1–1
Rangers	2–0	Shkupi	2–0	0–0
Gabala	1–2	Progrès Niederkorn	0–2	1–0
Racing FC	0–2	Viitorul Constanța	0–2	0–0
Samtredia	0–3	Tobol	0–1	0–2
Partizani	0–3	Maribor	0–1	0–2
Neftçi Baku	3–5	Újpest	3–1	0–4
Budućnost Podgorica	1–3	Trenčín	0–2	1–1
Derry City	2–3	Dinamo Minsk	0–2	2–1
B36 Tórshavn	2–1	Titograd Podgorica	0–0	2–1
Górnik Zabrze	2–1	Zaria Bǎlți	1–0	1–1
Spartak Subotica	3–1	Coleraine	1–1	2–0
Pyunik	3–0	Vardar	1–0	2–0
Shamrock Rovers	1–2	AIK	0–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Connah's Quay Nomads	1–5	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–3	0–2
Lahti	0–3	FH	0–3	0–0
Ventspils	8–3	Luftëtari	5–0	3–3
Cliftonville	1–3	Nordsjælland	0–1	1–2
Banants	1–5	Sarajevo	1–2	0–3
Engordany	1–10	Kairat	0–3	1–7
Petrocub Hîncești	2–3	Osijek	1–1	1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta	2–2 (a)	Laçi	2–1	0–1
Ferencváros	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	0–1
Balzan	5–3	Keşla	4–1	1–2
Rabotnički	2–5	Honvéd	2–1	0–4
Rudar Pljevlja	0–6	Partizan	0–3	0–3
CSKA Sofia	1–1 (5–3 p)	Riga FC	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Milsami Orhei	2–9	Slovan Bratislava	2–4	0–5
Radnički Niš	5–0	Gżira United	4–0	1–0
Lech Poznań	3–2	Gandzasar Kapan	2–0	1–2
Chikhura Sachkhere	2–1	Beitar Jerusalem	0–0	2–1
Vaduz	3–3 (a)	Levski Sofia	1–0	2–3
Narva Trans	1–5	Željezničar	0–2	1–3
Trakai	1–0	Irtysh Pavlodar	0–0	1–0
Hibernian	12–5	NSÍ Runavík	6–1	6–4
Rudar Velenje	10–0	Tre Fiori	7–0	3–0
FCI Levadia	1–3	Dundalk	0–1	1–2
ÍBV	0–6	Sarpsborg 08	0–4	0–2
KuPS	1–2	Copenhagen	0–1	1–1
Liepāja	2–4	BK Häcken	0–3	2–1

Notes

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round Champions Path was held on 19 June 2018, 16:00 CEST, and the draw for the second qualifying round Main Path was held on 20 June 2018, 14:50 CEST.

Seeding

A total of 18 teams were involved in the second qualifying round Champions Path draw.

• Seeded: 15 of the 16 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (excluding the losers of the Champions League first qualifying round given a bye to the third qualifying round as decided by an additional draw held after the Champions League first qualifying round draw)
• Unseeded: the three losers of the Champions League preliminary round

They were divided into three groups of six teams, where five teams were seeded and one team were unseeded. Teams from Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo, could not be drawn into the same tie, and if such a potential pairing was drawn, the second team drawn in the current tie would be moved to the next tie.

Champions Path

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cork City	Bye	N/A	N/A	N/A
The New Saints	3–2	Lincoln Red Imps	2–1	1–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	7–0	Víkingur Gøta	3–0	4–0
Zrinjski Mostar	3–2	Valletta	1–1	2–1
FC Santa Coloma	1–3	Valur	1–0	0–3
Sutjeska Nikšić	0–1	Alashkert	0–1	0–0
F91 Dudelange	3–2	Drita	2–1	1–1
Spartaks Jūrmala	9–0	La Fiorita	6–0	3–0
APOEL	5–2	Flora Tallinn	5–0	0–2
Olimpija Ljubljana	6–2	Crusaders	5–1	1–1

Main Path

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	5–0	Laçi	3–0	2–0
Atalanta	10–2	Sarajevo	2–2	8–0
Žalgiris	2–1	Vaduz	1–0	1–1
Kairat	3–2	AZ	2–0	1–2
Aberdeen	2–4	Burnley	1–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Partizan	2–1	Trakai	1–0	1–1
Balzan	3–4	Slovan Bratislava	2–1	1–3
Nordsjælland	2–0	AIK	1–0	1–0
Rudar Velenje	0–6	FCSB	0–2	0–4
Hapoel Haifa	2–1	FH	1–1	1–0
Dundalk	0–4	AEK Larnaca	0–0	0–4
Górnik Zabrze	1–5	Trenčín	0–1	1–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–2	Radnički Niš	2–0	2–2
CSKA Sofia	6–1	Admira Wacker Mödling	3–0	3–1
Spartak Subotica	3–2	Sparta Prague	2–0	1–2
RB Leipzig	5–1	BK Häcken	4–0	1–1
Stjarnan	0–7	Copenhagen	0–2	0–5
Ufa	1–1 (a)	Domžale	0–0	1–1
Tobol	2–2 (a)	Pyunik	2–1	0–1
Jagiellonia Białystok	5–4	Rio Ave	1–0	4–4
LASK Linz	6–1	Lillestrøm	4–0	2–1
Honvéd	1–2	Progrès Niederkorn	1–0	0–2
Osijek	1–2	Rangers	0–1	1–1
B36 Tórshavn	0–8	Beşiktaş	0–2	0–6
DAC Dunajská Streda	2–7	Dinamo Minsk	1–3	1–4
Ventspils	1–3	Bordeaux	0–1	1–2
Željezničar	2–5	Apollon Limassol	1–2	1–3
Viitorul Constanța	3–5	Vitesse	2–2	1–3
St. Gallen	2–2 (a)	Sarpsborg 08	2–1	0–1
Dynamo Brest	5–4	Atromitos	4–3	1–1
Sevilla	7–1	Újpest	4–0	3–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2–4	Lech Poznań	1–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Hibernian	4–3	Asteras Tripolis	3–2	1–1
Chikhura Sachkhere	0–2	Maribor	0–0	0–2
Genk	9–1	Fola Esch	5–0	4–1
Djurgårdens IF	2–3	Mariupol	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Hajduk Split	4–2	Slavia Sofia	1–0	3–2

Notes

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round is split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and Main Path (for cup winners and league non-champions). The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 2018. The first legs were played on 7 and 9 August, and the second legs were played on 16 August 2018.

Champions Path

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	Zrinjski Mostar	1–0	1–1
Legia Warsaw	3–4	F91 Dudelange	1–2	2–2
Alashkert	0–7	CFR Cluj	0–2	0–5
Olimpija Ljubljana	7–1	HJK	3–0	4–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–2 (a)	Valur	1–0	1–2
Cork City	0–5	Rosenborg	0–2	0–3
Spartaks Jūrmala	0–1	Sūduva Marijampolė	0–1	0–0
The New Saints	1–5	Midtjylland	0–2	1–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–5	APOEL	2–2	1–3
Torpedo Kutaisi	5–4	Kukësi	5–2	0–2

Main Path

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pyunik	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	1–2
Dinamo Minsk	5–8	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–0	1–8 (a.e.t.)
Sturm Graz	0–7	AEK Larnaca	0–2	0–5
Sarpsborg 08	2–1	Rijeka	1–1	1–0
İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	Burnley	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Zorya Luhansk	3–3 (a)	Braga	1–1	2–2
Hapoel Haifa	1–6	Atalanta	1–4	0–2
Genk	4–1	Lech Poznań	2–0	2–1
Vitesse	0–2	Basel	0–1	0–1
Nordsjælland	3–5	Partizan	1–2	2–3
Hibernian	0–3	Molde	0–0	0–3
Hajduk Split	1–2	FCSB	0–0	1–2
Sevilla	6–0	Žalgiris	1–0	5–0
Sigma Olomouc	4–1	Kairat	2–0	2–1
Slovan Bratislava	2–5	Rapid Wien	2–1	0–4
Mariupol	2–5	Bordeaux	1–3	1–2
CSKA Sofia	2–4	Copenhagen	1–2	1–2
Olympiacos	7–1	Luzern	4–0	3–1
Rangers	3–1	Maribor	3–1	0–0
Trenčín	5–1	Feyenoord	4–0	1–1
Jagiellonia Białystok	1–4	Gent	0–1	1–3
Spartak Subotica	1–4	Brøndby	0–2	1–2
Ufa	4–3	Progrès Niederkorn	2–1	2–2
Beşiktaş	2–2 (a)	LASK Linz	1–0	1–2
Apollon Limassol	4–1	Dynamo Brest	4–0	0–1
RB Leipzig	4–2	Universitatea Craiova	3–1	1–1

Play-off round

The play-off round is split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and Main Path (for cup winners and league non-champions). The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2018. The first legs were played on 23 August, and the second legs were played on 30 August 2018.

Champions Path

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpija Ljubljana	1–3	Spartak Trnava	0–2	1–1
APOEL	1–1 (1–2 p)	Astana	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg	5–1	Shkëndija	3–1	2–0
F91 Dudelange	5–2	CFR Cluj	2–0	3–2
Sūduva Marijampolė	1–4	Celtic	1–1	0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–3	Qarabağ	1–0	0–3
Malmö FF	4–2	Midtjylland	2–2	2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	0–5	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	0–4

Main Path

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sigma Olomouc	0–4	Sevilla	0–1	0–3
Sarpsborg 08	4–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–1	1–2
Gent	0–2	Bordeaux	0–0	0–2
Partizan	1–4	Beşiktaş	1–1	0–3
Rapid Wien	4–3	FCSB	3–1	1–2
Basel	3–3 (a)	Apollon Limassol	3–2	0–1
Rangers	2–1	Ufa	1–0	1–1
Atalanta	0–0 (3–4 p)	Copenhagen	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–3	Molde	3–1	1–2
Trenčín	1–4	AEK Larnaca	1–1	0–3
Genk	9–4	Brøndby	5–2	4–2
Olympiacos	4–2	Burnley	3–1	1–1
Zorya Luhansk	2–3	RB Leipzig	0–0	2–3

Notes

Group stage

Main article:2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2018 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. 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 are seeded into four pots based on their 2018 UEFA club coefficients.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32 where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays are 20 September, 4 October, 25 October, 8 November, 29 November, and 13 December 2018.

A total of 27 national associations are represented in the group stage. Akhisarspor, Chelsea, F91 Dudelange, Jablonec, Rangers, RB Leipzig, Sarpsborg 08, Spartak Moscow and Spartak Trnava will make their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (although Chelsea, Rangers, RB Leipzig and Spartak Moscow have already competed in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase after a third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage, while Rangers and Spartak Moscow have appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage). F91 Dudelange will be the first team from Luxembourg to play in either the Champions League or Europa League group stage.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	1	1	16	9	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
Zürich	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
AEK Larnaca	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5
Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	4	2	5	7	−2	4

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Red Bull Salzburg	6	6	0	0	17	6	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase
Celtic	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9
RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
Rosenborg	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	3	2	1	6	5	+1	11	Advance to knockout phase
Slavia Prague	6	3	1	2	4	3	+1	10
Bordeaux	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7
Copenhagen	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Dinamo Zagreb	6	4	2	0	11	3	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase
Fenerbahçe	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
Spartak Trnava	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7
Anderlecht	6	0	3	3	2	7	−5	3

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Arsenal	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16	Advance to knockout phase
Sporting CP	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13
Vorskla Poltava	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	3
Qarabağ	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Real Betis	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase
Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10
Milan	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10
F91 Dudelange	6	0	1	5	3	16	−13	1

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Villarreal	6	2	4	0	12	5	+7	10	Advance to knockout phase
Rapid Wien	6	3	1	2	6	9	−3	10
Rangers	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6
Spartak Moscow	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	6	0	0	17	5	+12	18	Advance to knockout phase
Lazio	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9
Apollon Limassol	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7
Marseille	6	0	1	5	6	16	−10	1

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Genk	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase
Malmö FF	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
Beşiktaş	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	7
Sarpsborg 08	6	1	2	3	8	13	−5	5

Group J

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Sevilla	6	4	0	2	18	6	+12	12	Advance to knockout phase
Krasnodar	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12
Standard Liège	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10
Akhisarspor	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1

Group K

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase
Rennes	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9
Astana	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
Jablonec	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5

Group L

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Chelsea	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16	Advance to knockout phase
BATE Borisov	6	3	0	3	9	9	0	9
MOL Vidi	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
PAOK	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3

Knockout phase

Main article:2018–19 UEFA Europa League 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 is 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 are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals
Viktoria Plzeň	2	0	2
Dinamo Zagreb	1	3	4			Dinamo Zagreb	1	0	1
Galatasaray	1	0	1			Benfica (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
Benfica	2	0	2									Benfica	4	0	4
Shakhtar Donetsk	2	1	3									Eintracht Frankfurt (a)	2	2	4
Eintracht Frankfurt	2	4	6			Eintracht Frankfurt	0	1	1
Rapid Wien	0	0	0			Inter Milan	0	0	0
Inter Milan	1	4	5															Eintracht Frankfurt
Lazio	0	0	0															Chelsea
Sevilla	1	2	3			Sevilla	2	3	5
Slavia Prague	0	4	4			Slavia Prague (a.e.t.)	2	4	6
Genk	0	1	1									Slavia Prague	0	3	3
Malmö FF	1	0	1									Chelsea	1	4	5			Final (29 May – Baku)
Chelsea	2	3	5			Chelsea	3	5	8
Olympiacos	2	0	2			Dynamo Kyiv	0	0	0
Dynamo Kyiv	2	1	3															Winners of semi-final 2
Rennes	3	3	6															Winners of semi-final 1
Real Betis	3	1	4			Rennes	3	0	3
BATE Borisov	1	0	1			Arsenal	1	3	4
Arsenal	0	3	3									Arsenal	2	1	3
Zürich	1	0	1									Napoli	0	0	0
Napoli	3	2	5			Napoli	3	1	4
Club Brugge	2	0	2			Red Bull Salzburg	0	3	3
Red Bull Salzburg	1	4	5															Arsenal
Fenerbahçe	1	1	2															Valencia
Zenit Saint Petersburg	0	3	3			Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	1	2
Sporting CP	0	1	1			Villarreal	3	2	5
Villarreal	1	1	2									Villarreal	1	0	1
Celtic	0	0	0									Valencia	3	2	5
Valencia	2	1	3			Valencia	2	1	3
Krasnodar (a)	0	1	1			Krasnodar	1	1	2
Bayer Leverkusen	0	1	1

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 17 December 2018, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 12 and 14 February, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 February 2019.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viktoria Plzeň	2–4	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	0–3
Club Brugge	2–5	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	0–4
Rapid Wien	0–5	Inter Milan	0–1	0–4
Slavia Prague	4–1	Genk	0–0	4–1
Krasnodar	1–1 (a)	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	1–1
Zürich	1–5	Napoli	1–3	0–2
Malmö FF	1–5	Chelsea	1–2	0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	1–4
Celtic	0–3	Valencia	0–2	0–1
Rennes	6–4	Real Betis	3–3	3–1
Olympiacos	2–3	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	0–1
Lazio	0–3	Sevilla	0–1	0–2
Fenerbahçe	2–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	1–3
Sporting CP	1–2	Villarreal	0–1	1–1
BATE Borisov	1–3	Arsenal	1–0	0–3
Galatasaray	1–2	Benfica	1–2	0–0

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 22 February 2019, 13:00 CET. The first legs will be played on 7 March, and the second legs will be played on 14 March 2019.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	8–0	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	5–0
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Inter Milan	0–0	1–0
Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	Benfica	1–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)
Napoli	4–3	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	1–3
Valencia	3–2	Krasnodar	2–1	1–1
Sevilla	5–6	Slavia Prague	2–2	3–4 (a.e.t.)
Rennes	3–4	Arsenal	3–1	0–3
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–5	Villarreal	1–3	1–2

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 13:00 CET.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	3–0	Napoli	2–0	1–0
Villarreal	1–5	Valencia	1–3	0–2
Benfica	4–4 (a)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	0–2
Slavia Prague	3–5	Chelsea	0–1	3–4

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 13:00 CET (after the quarter-final draw).

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	7–3	Valencia	3–1	4–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2 (p)	Chelsea	1–1	1–1

Final

Main article:2019 UEFA Europa League Final

The final will be played on 29 May 2019 at the Olympic Stadium in Baku National Stadium. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 23:00 AZT	Chelsea	4–1	Arsenal	Olympic Stadium, Baku Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Giroud  49' Pedro  60' Hazard  65' (Pen), 72'	UEFA Report BBC Report	Iwobi  69'

See also

• 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
• 2019 UEFA Super Cup

External links

• UEFA Europa League (official website)