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Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 27 June – 29 August 2019 Competition proper: 19 September 2019 – 21 August 2020 |
Teams | Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 158+55 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 197 |
Goals scored | 546 (2.77 per match) |
Attendance | 4,069,102 (20,655 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (8 goals) |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League was the 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. Spanish side Sevilla won the final match 3–2 against Italian side Inter Milan, making them winning the record sixth title of the tournament. As the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. As winners, Sevilla would also have automatically qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage. However, Sevilla had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved will be given to the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 (Rennes), the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.
The video assistant referee (VAR) system will be used in the competition from the knockout stage onwards.
As the title holders of the Europa League, Chelsea qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, although they had already qualified before the final through their league performance. They are unable to defend their title as they advanced to the Champions League knockout stage.
Following the round of 16 first legs, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The final, originally scheduled to take place on 27 May 2020 at Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland, was officially postponed on 23 March 2020. A working group was set up to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season.
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final will be played in Germany in August 2020, with Gdańsk hosting the 2021 final instead.
Association team allocation[]
A total of 213 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- 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 organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Kosovo as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).
- Moreover, 55 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.
Association ranking[]
For the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
- (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
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Distribution[]
The following is the access list for this season.
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Preliminary round (14 teams) |
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First qualifying round (94 teams) |
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Second qualifying round | Champions Path (19 teams) |
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Main Path (74 teams) |
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Third qualifying round | Champions Path (20 teams) |
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Main Path (52 teams) |
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Play-off round | Champions Path (16 teams) |
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Main Path (26 teams) |
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Group stage (48 teams) |
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Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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Changes were made to the default access list, if any of the teams that qualified for the Europa League via their domestic competitions also qualified for the Champions League as the Champions League or Europa League title holders, or if there were fewer teams transferred from the Champions League due to changes in the Champions League access list. In any case where a spot in the Europa League was vacated, cup winners of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds were promoted accordingly.
- In the default access list, originally 17 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path). However, since the Champions League title holders (Liverpool) qualified for the Champions League group stage via their domestic league, only 16 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path). As a result, only 19 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round (one of the losers from the Champions League first qualifying round would be drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round).
- In the default access list, originally three losers from the Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) were transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). However, since the Europa League title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the Champions League group stage via their domestic league, only two losers from the Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) were transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). As a result, the following changes to the access list were made:
- The cup winners of association 18 (Israel) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
- The cup winners of association 25 (Serbia) 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.
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:
- 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 moved 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 moved 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:
- 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 (F: final; SF: semi-finals)
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One team not playing a national top division took part in the competition; Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein) played in 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League, which is Switzerland's 2nd tier.
- Notes
- ^ Albania (ALB): Skënderbeu would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth-placed team of the 2018–19 Albanian Superliga, but were banned from entering UEFA competitions. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team of the league, Laçi, since the fifth-placed team of the league, Flamurtari, failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
- ^ Belgium (BEL): Mechelen would have qualified for the Europa League group stage as the winners of the 2018–19 Belgian Cup, but were found guilty on match-fixing as part of the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal, and thus prohibited by the Royal Belgian Football Association to take part in the 2019–20 European competitions. Mechelen appealed the decision, but the final ruling was announced on 17 July 2019 by the Belgian Arbitration Court for Sports, and Mechelen remained banned, and were subsequently replaced by UEFA. As a result, the third-placed team of the 2018–19 Belgian First Division A, Standard Liège, entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, the Europa League play-off winners of the league, Antwerp, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Gent.
- ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH): Željezničar would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth placed team of the 2018–19 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence. As a result, the berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Radnik Bijeljina.
- ^ Italy (ITA): Milan qualified for the Europa League group stage as the fifth-placed of the 2018–19 Serie A, but were found guilty of breaching Financial Fair Play rules and were excluded from competing in European competitions in 2019–20. As a result, the sixth-placed team of the 2018–19 Serie A, Roma, entered the group stage instead of the second qualifying round, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the seventh-placed team of the league, Torino.
- ^ Lithuania (LTU): Stumbras would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth placed team of the 2018 A Lyga, but had their UEFA licence stripped. As a result, the berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Kauno Žalgiris.
- ^ North Macedonia (MKD): Vardar would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the runners-up of the 2018–19 Macedonian First Football League, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence. As a result, the berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Makedonija GP.
- ^ Republic of Ireland (IRL): Waterford would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth-placed team of the 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division, but were ruled by UEFA to have not passed the "three-year rule" as the club were reformed in 2016. As a result, the berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, St Patrick's Athletic.
- ^ Champions League (UCL Q1): Sarajevo were drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round, as one fewer loser from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path), due to a Champions League group stage berth vacated by the Champions League title holders.
Round and draw dates[]
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
The competition was suspended on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the revised schedule for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the competition, to be played in single-leg matches.
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying | Preliminary round | 11 June 2019 | 27 June 2019 | 4 July 2019 |
First qualifying round | 18 June 2019 | 11 July 2019 | 18 July 2019 | |
Second qualifying round | 19 June 2019 | 25 July 2019 | 1 August 2019 | |
Third qualifying round | 22 July 2019 | 8 August 2019 | 15 August 2019 | |
Play-off | Play-off round | 5 August 2019 | 22 August 2019 | 29 August 2019 |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 30 August 2019 (Monaco) |
19 September 2019 | |
Matchday 2 | 3 October 2019 | |||
Matchday 3 | 24 October 2019 | |||
Matchday 4 | 7 November 2019 | |||
Matchday 5 | 28 November 2019 | |||
Matchday 6 | 12 December 2019 | |||
Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 16 December 2019 | 20 February 2020 | 27 February 2020 |
Round of 16 | 28 February 2020 | 12 March 2020 | 5–6 August 2020 | |
Quarter-finals | 10 July 2020, 13:00 | 10–11 August 2020 | ||
Semi-finals | 16–17 August 2020 | |||
Final | 21 August 2020 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
Notes:
- The two round of 16 ties which did not play their first leg will be played on 5–6 August 2020.
- Round of 16 second legs originally scheduled for 19 March 2020.
- The quarter-final, semi-final, and final draws were originally scheduled for 20 March 2020, with: quarter-final first legs were originally scheduled for 9 April, and second legs 16 April 2020; semi-final first legs were originally scheduled for 30 April, and second legs 7 May 2020; and final was originally scheduled for 27 May 2020.
Matches in the qualifying (including preliminary and play-off) and knockout rounds could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Preliminary round[]
In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 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.
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Progrès Niederkorn ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
La Fiorita ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–2 |
Sant Julià ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–4 |
Ballymena United ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Prishtina ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 |
KÍ Klaksvík ![]() |
9–1 | ![]() |
5–1 | 4–0 |
Barry Town United ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–4 |
Qualifying rounds[]
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 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[]
Second qualifying round[]
The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions).
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sarajevo ![]() |
Bye | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Tre Penne ![]() |
0–10 | ![]() |
0–5 | 0–5 |
Piast Gliwice ![]() |
4–4 (a) | ![]() |
3–2 | 1–2 |
Partizani ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 |
Ararat-Armenia ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 |
Valur ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–4 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–0 |
FC Santa Coloma ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–4 |
HB Tórshavn ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–1 |
Shkëndija ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–1 |
Third qualifying round[]
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions).
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sutjeska Nikšić ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–3 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 |
Ararat-Armenia ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–0 |
Riga ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–2 |
Ludogorets Razgrad ![]() |
9–0 | ![]() |
5–0 | 4–0 |
Sarajevo ![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
F91 Dudelange ![]() |
4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
Astana ![]() |
9–1 | ![]() |
5–1 | 4–0 |
Sheriff Tiraspol ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–1 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 |
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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IFK Norrköping ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–3 |
Torino ![]() |
6–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
Antwerp ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Austria Wien ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–3 |
Feyenoord ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 1–1 |
Brøndby ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
2–4 | 1–3 |
Molde ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–1 |
Thun ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–3 | 1–2 |
FCSB ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–0 |
Pyunik ![]() |
0–8 | ![]() |
0–4 | 0–4 |
Midtjylland ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
2–4 | 1–3 |
Mariupol ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–4 |
AEK Larnaca ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–3 |
Legia Warsaw ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–0 |
Haugesund ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Rijeka ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 |
Ventspils ![]() |
0–9 | ![]() |
0–3 | 0–6 |
Vaduz ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
0–5 | 0–1 |
Partizan ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–1 |
Malmö FF ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
CSKA Sofia ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 |
Neftçi Baku ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–2 |
Luzern ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
0–3 | 0–3 |
Sparta Prague ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–2 |
Universitatea Craiova ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–1 |
Play-off round[]
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions).
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sūduva ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–4 |
Copenhagen ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–1 |
Celtic ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–1 |
Ararat-Armenia ![]() |
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2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Ludogorets Razgrad ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–2 |
Linfield ![]() |
4–4 (a) | ![]() |
3–2 | 1–2 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–3 |
Astana ![]() |
3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Torino ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–3 | 1–2 |
Legia Warsaw ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
FCSB ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
PSV Eindhoven ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 4–0 |
AEK Athens ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
1–3 | 2–0 |
Feyenoord ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–0 |
KAA Gent ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–1 |
Espanyol ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 2–2 |
Partizan ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–1 |
Braga ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 |
Malmö FF ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–0 |
Strasbourg ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 |
AZ ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 4–1 (a.e.t.) |
Group stage[]
- Main article:2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 30 August 2019, 13:00 CEST, 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 could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in around-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 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays are 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, and 12 December 2019.
A total of 26 national associations were represented in the group stage. Espanyol, Ferencváros, LASK, Oleksandriya, Wolfsberger AC and Wolverhampton Wanderers made their debut appearance in the group stage (although Espanyol and Ferencváros had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage).
Group A[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 4 |
Group B[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | |
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
Group C[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 9 | |
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 |
Group D[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 | |
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 |
Group E[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 | |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
Group F[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 |
Group G[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 |
Group H[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 5 |
Group I[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | |
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6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 |
Group J[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 8 | |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 |
Group K[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 |
Group L[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 3 |
Knockout phase[]
- Main article:2019–20 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 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.
Qualified teams[]
Europa League group stage winners and runners-up[]
Group | Winners (seeded in round of 32 draw) |
Runners-up (unseeded in round of 32 draw) |
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A | ![]() |
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B | ![]() |
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C | ![]() |
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D | ![]() |
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E | ![]() |
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F | ![]() |
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G | ![]() |
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H | ![]() |
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I | ![]() |
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J | ![]() |
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K | ![]() |
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L | ![]() |
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Champions League group stage third-placed teams[]
Rnk |
Grp |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification |
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1 | H | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Seeded in round of 32 draw |
2 | E | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | F | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | |
4 | G | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | |
5 | D | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Unseeded in round of 32 draw |
6 | C | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | |
7 | B | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | |
8 | A | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 |
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Club coefficient (UCL Regulations Article 16.04).
Round of 32[]
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2019, 13:00 CET.
Summary[]
The first legs were played on 20 February, and the second legs were played on 26, 27 and 28 February 2020.
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
4–0 | 2–3 |
Sporting CP ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
Getafe ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–2 |
Bayer Leverkusen ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–1 |
Copenhagen ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–1 |
APOEL ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–3 | 0–1 |
CFR Cluj ![]() |
1–1 (a) | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 |
Olympiacos ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
0–1 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
AZ ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 |
Club Brugge ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–5 |
Ludogorets Razgrad ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–2 |
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–2 |
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–3 |
VfL Wolfsburg ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–0 |
Roma ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 |
Rangers ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
3–2 | 1–0 |
Round of 16[]
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 28 February 2020, 13:00 CET.
Summary[]
Six of the eight first leg matches were played on 12 March, while the remaining first legs and all second leg fixtures were postponed by UEFA due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the second legs would be played on 5–6 August 2020. In July 2020, they confirmed that the second legs would be played at the home team's stadium as normal. For the two ties that had not played their first legs, the matches were instead played in a single-leg format, at neutral venues in Germany.
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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İstanbul Başakşehir ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 |
Olympiacos ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 |
Rangers ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–1 |
VfL Wolfsburg ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–3 |
Inter Milan ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Sevilla ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() | ||
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–3 | 0–1 |
LASK ![]() |
1–7 | ![]() |
0–5 | 1–2 |
Quarter-finals[]
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 10 July 2020. The matches were played on 10 and 11 August 2020.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
Manchester United ![]() |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
Inter Milan ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Wolverhampton Wanderers ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Semi-finals[]
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final draw). The matches were played on 16 and 17 August 2020.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Sevilla ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Inter Milan ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
Final[]
- Main article:2020 UEFA Europa League Final
The final was held on 21 August 2020 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.
21 August 2020 21:00 CEST |
Sevilla ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
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De Jong ![]() Lukaku ![]() |
Report | Lukaku ![]() Godín ![]() |
Statistics[]
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
There were 546 goals scored in 197 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.
- As of 17 August 2020
Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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1 | ![]() |
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8 | 811 |
2 | ![]() |
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7 | 443 |
3 | ![]() |
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6 | 373 |
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718 | ||
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738 | ||
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792 | ||
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930 | ||
8 | ![]() |
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5 | 445 |
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486 | ||
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640 | ||
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964 |
Top assists[]
Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
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1 | ![]() |
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6 | 567 |
2 | ![]() |
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5 | 767 |
3 | ![]() |
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4 | 720 |
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811 | ||
5 | 22 players | 3 | N/A |
See also[]
External links[]
- UEFA Europa League (official website)
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