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2014–15 UEFA Europa League
	The National Stadium in Warsaw hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 1 July – 28 August 2014; Competition proper:; 18 September 2014 – 27 May 2015
Teams	Competition proper: 48+8; Total: 162+33 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Sevilla (4th title)
Runners-up	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played	205
Goals scored	548 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	4,066,128 (19,835 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan (Red Bull Salzburg); Romelu Lukaku (Everton); 8 goals each
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The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League was the 44th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the sixth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The 2015 UEFA Europa League Final was played at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland,^[1] with Spanish side and title holders Sevilla defeating Ukrainian side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3–2 to win a record fourth title.^[2]

This season was the first where clubs must comply with UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations in order to participate.^[3] Moreover, this season was the first where a club from Gibraltar competed in the tournament, after the Gibraltar Football Association was accepted as the 54th UEFA member at the UEFA Congress in May 2013.^[4] They were granted one spot in the Europa League,^[5] which was taken by College Europa, the runners-up of the 2014 Rock Cup.

Starting from this edition, the UEFA Europa League winners automatically qualify for the subsequent UEFA Champions League season even if they do not qualify for the Champions League through their domestic performance.^[6] Therefore, the winners of this tournament qualify for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. They are guaranteed to enter at least the play-off round, and since the group stage berth reserved for the Champions League title holders will not be used (the winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League are guaranteed to qualify for the group stage through domestic performance), they will be elevated to enter the group stage via this berth.^[7]

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.^[8] Another ruling centred in regional instability was also made where Israeli teams were prohibited from hosting any UEFA competitions due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict (whilst the ruling ended a short time after the war, all the country's sides were eliminated before it ended).^[9] The rules regarding suspension due to yellow card accumulation were also changed such that all bookings expired on completion of the quarter-finals and were not carried forward to the semi-finals.^[10] Moreover, this was the first season in which vanishing spray was used.^[11]

Association team allocation

A total of 195 teams from all 54 UEFA member associations participate in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[12]

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 and Gibraltar each have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Gibraltar as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).^[5]
The top three associations of the 2013–14 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth.
Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

The winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry is not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.

Association ranking

For the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2013 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2012–13.^[13]^[14]

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 (Norway, Sweden, Finland)^[15]
(UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	Spain	88.025	3	+1(UCL)
2	England	82.963		+1(UCL)
3	Germany	79.614
4	Italy	64.147		+2(UCL)
5	Portugal	59.168		+1(UCL)
6	France	59.000		+1(UCL)
7	Ukraine	49.758	4	+1(UCL)
8	Russia	46.332		+1(UCL)
9	Netherlands	44.729		+2(UCL)
10	Turkey	34.500	3	+1(UCL)
11	Belgium	34.400		+2(UCL)
12	Greece	34.000		+2(UCL)
13	Switzerland	28.925		+1(UCL)
14	Cyprus	26.833		+1(UCL)
15	Denmark	25.700		+2(UCL)
16	Austria	25.375		+1(UCL)
17	Czech Republic	23.725		+1(UCL)
18	Romania	23.024		+1(UCL)

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
19	Israel	22.875	3	+1(UCL)
20	Belarus	20.875
21	Poland	20.750		+1(UCL)
22	Croatia	19.583		+1(UCL)
23	Sweden	15.625		+1(FP)
24	Scotland	15.191		+1(UCL)
25	Serbia	14.625		+1(UCL)
26	Slovakia	14.208		+1(UCL)
27	Norway	14.175		+1(FP)
28	Bulgaria	12.250
29	Hungary	11.750		+1(UCL)
30	Slovenia	9.708
31	Georgia	9.166
32	Azerbaijan	8.541		+1(UCL)
33	Finland	8.508		+1(FP) +1(UCL)
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.833
35	Moldova	7.666		+1(UCL)
36	Republic of Ireland	7.375

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
37	Lithuania	6.500	3
38	Kazakhstan	5.958		+1(UCL)
39	Latvia	5.791
40	Iceland	5.416
41	Montenegro	5.250
42	Macedonia	5.250
43	Albania	4.166
44	Malta	3.958
45	Liechtenstein	3.500	1
46	Luxembourg	3.375	3
47	Northern Ireland	3.083
48	Wales	2.583
49	Estonia	2.208
50	Armenia	1.750
51	Faroe Islands	1.583
52	San Marino	0.666	2
53	Andorra	0.500	2
54	Gibraltar	0.000	1

Distribution

Since title holders Sevilla qualified for the Europa League through their domestic performance, the spot which they qualified for in the group stage (as the fifth-placed team of the 2013–14 La Liga) is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:^[16]^[17]^[18]

The domestic cup winners of association 7 (Ukraine) were promoted from the play-off round to the group stage.
The domestic cup winners of association 16 (Austria) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
The domestic cup winners of association 19 (Israel) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
The domestic cup winners of associations 33 and 34 (Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina) were 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 (78 teams)	20 domestic cup winners from associations 35–54 26 domestic league runners-up from associations 27–53 (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 11 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–26 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	39 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)	Title holders 6 domestic cup winners from associations 2–7	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:^[12]

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" (the 2014–15 season is the last with this particular arrangement).^[5]
- 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 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:^[19]^[20]^[21]

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
Olympiacos (UCL GS)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (UCL GS)	Roma (UCL GS)	Sporting CP (UCL GS)
Liverpool (UCL GS)	Anderlecht (UCL GS)	Ajax (UCL GS)	Athletic Bilbao (UCL GS)
Group stage
Sevilla^TH (5th)	Guingamp (CW)	Steaua București (UCL PO)	Lille (UCL PO)
Everton (5th)	Dynamo Kyiv (CW)	Slovan Bratislava (UCL PO)	Napoli (UCL PO)
VfL Wolfsburg (5th)	Celtic (UCL PO)	Beşiktaş (UCL PO)
Fiorentina (4th)	Red Bull Salzburg (UCL PO)	Standard Liège (UCL PO)
Estoril (4th)	AaB (UCL PO)	Copenhagen (UCL PO)
Play-off round
Villarreal (6th)	PEC Zwolle (CW)	Qarabağ (UCL Q3)	Partizan (UCL Q3)
Tottenham Hotspur (6th)	Twente (3rd)	Debrecen (UCL Q3)	AEL Limassol (UCL Q3)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (6th)	Trabzonspor (4th)^{[Note TUR]}	Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UCL Q3)
Internazionale (5th)	Lokeren (CW)	Dinamo Zagreb (UCL Q3)	Feyenoord (UCL Q3)
Nacional (5th)	PAOK (3rd)	Legia Warsaw (UCL Q3)	Grasshopper (UCL Q3)
Saint-Étienne (4th)	Zürich (CW)	Aktobe (UCL Q3)	Panathinaikos (UCL Q3)
Metalist Kharkiv (3rd)	Apollon Limassol (3rd)	Maccabi Tel Aviv (UCL Q3)
Rostov (CW)	Midtjylland (3rd)	HJK (UCL Q3)
Lokomotiv Moscow (3rd)	Rapid Wien (2nd)	Sparta Prague (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Real Sociedad (7th)	Lyon (5th)	Club Brugge (3rd)	Viktoria Plzeň (2nd)
Hull City (CR)	Chornomorets Odesa (5th)	Atromitos (4th)	Astra Giurgiu (CW)
Mainz 05 (7th)	Dynamo Moscow (4th)	Young Boys (3rd)	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (CW)
Torino (7th)^{[Note ITA]}	PSV Eindhoven (4th)	Ermis Aradippou (4th)
Rio Ave (CR)	Karabükspor (7th)^{[Note TUR]}	Brøndby (4th)
Second qualifying round
Zorya Luhansk (7th)^{[Note UKR]}	Mladá Boleslav (3rd)	Ruch Chorzów (3rd)	Molde (CW)
Krasnodar (5th)	Slovan Liberec (4th)	Rijeka (CW)	CSKA Sofia (2nd)
Groningen (P-W)	Petrolul Ploiești (3rd)	Hajduk Split (3rd)	Győr (2nd)^{[Note HUN]}
Bursaspor (8th)^{[Note TUR]}	CFR Cluj (5th)^{[Note ROU]}	IF Elfsborg (CW)	Gorica (CW)
Zulte Waregem (P-W)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2nd)	AIK (2nd)	Zestaponi (2nd)
Asteras Tripolis (5th)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (4th)	St Johnstone (CW)	Neftchi Baku (CW)
Luzern (4th)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk (CW)	Motherwell (2nd)	RoPS (CW)
Omonia (5th)	Dinamo Minsk (3rd)	Vojvodina (CW)	Sarajevo (CW)
Esbjerg (5th)	Neman Grodno (4th)	Jagodina (3rd)^{[Note SRB]}
Grödig (3rd)	Zawisza Bydgoszcz (CW)	Košice (CW)
St. Pölten (CR)	Lech Poznań (2nd)	Trenčín (2nd)
First qualifying round
RNK Split (4th)	Željezničar (4th)	Čelik Nikšić (3rd)	Aberystwyth Town (CR)
IFK Göteborg (3rd)	Zimbru Chișinău (CW)	Budućnost Podgorica (4th)	Nõmme Kalju (2nd)
Aberdeen (3rd)	Tiraspol (2nd)	Turnovo (2nd)	Sillamäe Kalev (3rd)
Čukarički (5th)^{[Note SRB]}	Veris Chișinău (3rd)	Metalurg Skopje (3rd)	Santos Tartu (CR)
Spartak Trnava (3rd)	Sligo Rovers (CW)	Shkëndija (4th)	Pyunik (CW)
Rosenborg (2nd)	Dundalk (2nd)	Flamurtari (CW)	Shirak (2nd)
Haugesund (3rd)	Derry City (4th)^{[Note IRL]}	Kukësi (2nd)	Mika (3rd)
Litex Lovech (3rd)	Atlantas (2nd)	Laçi (3rd)	Víkingur Gøta (CW)
Botev Plovdiv (CR)	Ekranas (3rd)	Birkirkara (2nd)	ÍF (2nd)
Ferencváros (3rd)	Banga Gargždai (CR)	Hibernians (3rd)	B36 Tórshavn (3rd)
Diósgyőr (CR)^{[Note HUN]}	Shakhter Karagandy (CW)	Sliema Wanderers (CR)	Libertas (CW)
Koper (2nd)	Astana (2nd)	Vaduz (CW)	Folgore (2nd)
Rudar Velenje (3rd)	Kairat (3rd)	Differdange 03 (CW)	Sant Julià (CW)
Sioni Bolnisi (3rd)	Jelgava (CW)	Fola Esch (2nd)	UE Santa Coloma (2nd)
Chikhura Sachkhere (CR)	Daugava Daugavpils (3rd)	Jeunesse Esch (4th)	College Europa (CR)^{[Note GIB]}
Inter Baku (2nd)	Daugava Rīga (4th)^{[Note LVA]}	Glenavon (CW)	Tromsø (FP)^[22]
Gabala (3rd)	Fram Reykjavík (CW)	Linfield (2nd)	IF Brommapojkarna (FP)^[23]
Honka (2nd)	FH (2nd)	Crusaders (3rd)	MYPA (FP)^[24]
VPS (3rd)	Stjarnan (3rd)	Airbus UK Broughton (2nd)
Široki Brijeg (2nd)	Lovćen Cetinje (CW)	Bangor City (P-W)

Notably three teams take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Santos Tartu (3rd tier), St. Pölten (2nd) and Tromsø (2nd).

Notes

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Gibraltar (GIB): A meeting was held by the Gibraltar Football Association to decide whether College Europa (runners-up of the 2014 Rock Cup) or Manchester 62 (runners-up of the 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division) would represent Gibraltar in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.^[25] The association had to back-track on a decision taken at the beginning of the season as to who would qualify for European competitions, as they were mistaken to go against the competition rules.^[26]
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Hungary (HUN): Újpest, the winners of the 2013–14 Magyar Kupa, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.^[27] As a result, Győr, the runners-up of the 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round, and the first qualifying round berth was given to Diósgyőr, the runners-up of the cup.
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Italy (ITA): Parma, the sixth-placed team of the 2013–14 Serie A, would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.^[28] As a result, the berth was given to Torino, the seventh-placed team of the league.^[29]
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Latvia (LVA): Skonto, the runners-up of the 2013 Latvian Higher League, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but had been excluded from participating by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body due to overdue payables.^[30] As a result, the berth was given to Daugava Rīga, the fourth-placed team of the league.
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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 finished fourth in the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division (any coefficient points they earn count toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).
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Romania (ROU): Dinamo București, the fourth-placed team of the 2013–14 Liga I, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.^[31] As a result, the berth was given to CFR Cluj, the fifth-placed team of the league.
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Serbia (SRB): Red Star Belgrade, the champions of the 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga, would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round, but was banned by UEFA for breaching UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations.^[32] As a result, Partizan, the runners-up of the league, entered the Champions League instead of the Europa League second qualifying round. Moreover, Jagodina, the third-placed team of the league, entered the Europa League second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round, and the first qualifying round berth was given to Čukarički, the fifth-placed team of the league.
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Turkey (TUR): Fenerbahçe, the champions of the 2013–14 Süper Lig, would have qualified for the Champions League, but was banned by UEFA because of the 2011 Turkish football match-fixing scandal.^[33]^[34] As a result, Beşiktaş, the third-placed team of the league, entered the Champions League instead of the Europe League play-off round, and Trabzonspor, the fourth-placed team of the league, entered the Europa League play-off round instead of the third qualifying round. Moreover, Sivasspor, the fifth-placed team of the league, and Eskişehirspor, the runners-up of the 2013–14 Turkish Cup, which would have entered the Europa League third qualifying round and second qualifying round respectively, were also banned by UEFA due to match-fixing.^[35] The two berths were given to Karabükspor and Bursaspor, the seventh- and eighth-placed teams of the league respectively, as Kasımpaşa, the sixth-placed team of the league, failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
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Ukraine (UKR): Metalurh Donetsk, the sixth-placed team of the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but had been excluded from participating by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body due to overdue payables.^[30] As a result, the berth was given to Zorya Luhansk, the seventh-placed team of the league.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).^[16]^[36]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	23 June 2014	3 July 2014	10 July 2014
	Second qualifying round	23 June 2014	17 July 2014	24 July 2014
	Third qualifying round	18 July 2014	31 July 2014	7 August 2014
Play-off	Play-off round	8 August 2014	21 August 2014	28 August 2014
Group stage	Matchday 1	29 August 2014 (Monaco)	18 September 2014
	Matchday 2		2 October 2014
	Matchday 3		23 October 2014
	Matchday 4		6 November 2014
	Matchday 5		27 November 2014
	Matchday 6		11 December 2014
Knockout phase	Round of 32	15 December 2014	19 February 2015	26 February 2015
	Round of 16	27 February 2015^[37]	12 March 2015	19 March 2015
	Quarter-finals	20 March 2015	16 April 2015	23 April 2015
	Semi-finals	24 April 2015	7 May 2015	14 May 2015
	Final	24 April 2015	27 May 2015 at National Stadium, Warsaw

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

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients,^[38]^[39]^[40] 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 draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 23 June 2014.^[41] The first legs were played on 1 and 3 July, and the second legs were played on 8, 10 and 11 July 2014.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sioni Bolnisi	4–4 (a)	Flamurtari	2–3	2–1
Tiraspol	3–6	Inter Baku	2–3	1–3
Hibernians	2–9	Spartak Trnava	2–4	0–5
Čukarički	4–0^[A]	Sant Julià	4–0	0–0
Čelik Nikšić	0–9^[A]	Koper	0–5	0–4
Turnovo	1–4	Chikhura Sachkhere	0–1	1–3
Shirak	1–6	Shakhter Karagandy	1–2	0–4
Gabala	0–5	Široki Brijeg	0–2	0–3
Diósgyőr	6–2	Birkirkara	2–1	4–1
Vaduz	4–0	College Europa	3–0	1–0
Veris Chișinău	0–3	Litex Lovech	0–0	0–3
UE Santa Coloma	0–5	Metalurg Skopje	0–3	0–2
Kairat	1–0	Kukësi	1–0	0–0
Folgore	1–5	Budućnost Podgorica	1–2	0–3
RNK Split	3–1	Mika	2–0	1–1
Botev Plovdiv	6–0	Libertas	4–0	2–0
Željezničar	1–0^[A]	Lovćen Cetinje	0–0	1–0
Shkëndija	2–3	Zimbru Chișinău	2–1	0–2
Sliema Wanderers	2–3	Ferencváros	1–1	1–2
Pyunik	1–6	Astana	1–4	0–2
Rudar Velenje	2–2 (2–3 p)	Laçi	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Differdange 03	2–3	Atlantas	1–0	1–3
VPS	2–3	IF Brommapojkarna	2–1	0–2
B36 Tórshavn	2–3	Linfield	1–2	1–1
Fram Reykjavík	2–3	Nõmme Kalju	0–1	2–2
Rosenborg	6–0	Jelgava	4–0	2–0
Derry City	9–0	Aberystwyth Town	4–0	5–0
Aberdeen	8–0	Daugava Rīga	5–0	3–0
Santos Tartu	1–13	Tromsø	0–7	1–6
Crusaders	5–2	Ekranas	3–1	2–1
Stjarnan	8–0	Bangor City	4–0	4–0
Jeunesse Esch	1–5	Dundalk	0–2	1–3
MYPA	1–0	ÍF	1–0	0–0
FH	6–2	Glenavon	3–0	3–2
Sillamäe Kalev	4–4 (a)	Honka	2–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Banga Gargždai	0–4	Sligo Rovers	0–0	0–4
Víkingur Gøta	3–2	Daugava Daugavpils	2–1	1–1
IFK Göteborg	2–0	Fola Esch	0–0	2–0
Airbus UK Broughton	2–3^[A]	Haugesund	1–1	1–2

Notes

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Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 17 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 24 July 2014.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Győr	1–3	IFK Göteborg	0–3	1–0
Molde	5–2	Gorica	4–1	1–1
Metalurg Skopje	2–2 (a)^[B]	Željezničar	0–0	2–2
Nõmme Kalju	1–3	Lech Poznań	1–0	0–3
Dinamo Minsk	3–0	MYPA	3–0	0–0
Neman Grodno	1–3	FH	1–1	0–2
RNK Split	2–1^[C]	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	0–0
Košice	0–4^[B]	Slovan Liberec	0–1	0–3
Víkingur Gøta	2–1	Tromsø	0–0	2–1
Petrolul Ploiești	5–1	Flamurtari	2–0	3–1
Čukarički	2–5	Grödig	0–4	2–1
CFR Cluj	1–0	Jagodina	0–0	1–0
Motherwell	4–5	Stjarnan	2–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Zestaponi	0–3^[B]	Spartak Trnava	0–0	0–3
IF Brommapojkarna	5–1^[B]	Crusaders	4–0	1–1
Aberdeen	2–1	Groningen	0–0	2–1
Bursaspor	0–0 (1–4 p)	Chikhura Sachkhere	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Neftchi Baku	3–2	Koper	1–2	2–0
Linfield	1–2	AIK	1–0	0–2
Rijeka	3–1	Ferencváros	1–0	2–1
Budućnost Podgorica	0–2	Omonia	0–2	0–0
Mladá Boleslav	6–1	Široki Brijeg	2–1	4–0
Luzern	2–2 (4–5 p)	St Johnstone	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Laçi	1–5	Zorya Luhansk	0–3	1–2
Rosenborg	4–3	Sligo Rovers	1–2	3–1
Atlantas	0–3	Shakhter Karagandy	0–0	0–3
Sarajevo	3–2	Haugesund	0–1	3–1
Zulte Waregem	5–2	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	2–1	3–1
Sillamäe Kalev	0–9	Krasnodar	0–4	0–5
CSKA Sofia	1–1 (a)	Zimbru Chișinău	1–1	0–0
Derry City	1–6	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–1	1–5
Ruch Chorzów	3–2	Vaduz	3–2	0–0
Astana	3–1^[C]	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	0–1
Trenčín	4–3	Vojvodina	4–0	0–3
Litex Lovech	2–3	Diósgyőr	0–2	2–1
Botev Plovdiv	2–3	St. Pölten	2–1	0–2
RoPS	3–5^[B]	Asteras Tripolis	1–1	2–4
Dundalk	2–3^[B]	Hajduk Split	0–2	2–1
Kairat	1–2	Esbjerg	1–1	0–1
IF Elfsborg	1–1 (4–3 p)	Inter Baku	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)

Notes

^ ^{a b c d e f}
Order of legs reversed after original draw.
^ ^{a b}
Order of legs reversed after original draw, due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.^[42]

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2014.^[43] The first legs were played on 31 July, and the second legs were played on 7 August 2014.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Karabükspor	1–1 (a)	Rosenborg	0–0	1–1
RNK Split	2–0^[D]	Chornomorets Odesa	2–0	0–0
St Johnstone	2–3	Spartak Trnava	1–2	1–1
Mainz 05	2–3	Asteras Tripolis	1–0	1–3
Diósgyőr	1–8	Krasnodar	1–5	0–3
Mladá Boleslav	2–6	Lyon	1–4	1–2
Trenčín	1–2	Hull City	0–0	1–2
Omonia	4–0	Metalurg Skopje	3–0	1–0
IF Brommapojkarna	0–7^[D]	Torino	0–3	0–4
PSV Eindhoven	4–2	St. Pölten	1–0	3–2
Stjarnan	1–0	Lech Poznań	1–0	0–0
Zorya Luhansk	3–2	Molde	1–1	2–1
Sarajevo	4–3	Atromitos	1–2	3–1 (a.e.t.)
Real Sociedad	5–2	Aberdeen	2–0	3–2
Astana	4–1	AIK	1–1	3–0
Zulte Waregem	4–7	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2–5	2–2
Grödig	2–2 (a)	Zimbru Chișinău	1–2	1–0
Astra Giurgiu	6–2	Slovan Liberec	3–0	3–2
Ruch Chorzów	2–2 (a)	Esbjerg	0–0	2–2
Dynamo Moscow	3–2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–1	2–1
Young Boys	3–0	Ermis Aradippou	1–0	2–0
IF Elfsborg	5–3	FH	4–1	1–2
Petrolul Ploiești	5–2	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	4–1
Víkingur Gøta	1–9	Rijeka	1–5	0–4
Dinamo Minsk	3–0	CFR Cluj	1–0	2–0
Neftchi Baku	3–2	Chikhura Sachkhere	0–0	3–2
IFK Göteborg	0–1	Rio Ave	0–1	0–0
Club Brugge	5–0	Brøndby	3–0	2–0
Shakhter Karagandy	4–5	Hajduk Split	4–2	0–3

Notes

^ ^{a b}
Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 8 August 2014.^[44] The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 28 August 2014.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sarajevo	2–10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3	0–7
Apollon Limassol	5–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	4–1
Astana	0–7	Villarreal	0–3	0–4
Young Boys	3–1	Debrecen	3–1	0–0
PEC Zwolle	2–4	Sparta Prague	1–1	1–3
Spartak Trnava	2–4	Zürich	1–3	1–1
Asteras Tripolis	3–3 (a)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	1–3
AEL Limassol	1–5	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	0–3
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	Hajduk Split	2–1	0–0
Dinamo Minsk	5–2	Nacional	2–0	3–2
Qarabağ	1–1 (a)	Twente	0–0	1–1
Petrolul Ploiești	2–5	Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	1–2
HJK	5–4	Rapid Wien	2–1	3–3
Trabzonspor	2–0	Rostov	2–0	0–0
Zimbru Chișinău	1–4	PAOK	1–0	0–4
RNK Split	0–1	Torino	0–0	0–1
Dynamo Moscow	4–3^[E]	Omonia	2–2	2–1
Aktobe	0–3	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–2
Lyon	2–2 (a)	Astra Giurgiu	1–2	1–0
Lokeren	2–2 (a)	Hull City	1–0	1–2
Partizan	5–3^[E]	Neftchi Baku	3–2	2–1
Ruch Chorzów	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
IF Elfsborg	2–2 (a)	Rio Ave	2–1	0–1
PSV Eindhoven	3–0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–0	2–0
Karabükspor	1–1 (3–4 p)	Saint-Étienne	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Stjarnan	0–9	Internazionale	0–3	0–6
Panathinaikos	6–2	Midtjylland	4–1	2–1
Zorya Luhansk	4–5^[E]	Feyenoord	1–1	3–4
Grasshopper	1–3	Club Brugge	1–2	0–1
Real Sociedad	1–3	Krasnodar	1–0	0–3
Rijeka	4–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	3–0

Notes

^
Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Group stage

Teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Red: Group A;

Yellow: Group B;

Green: Group C;

Dark green: Group D;

Purple: Group E;

Pink: Group F;

Blue: Group G;

Orange: Group H;

Brown: Group I;

Deep pink: Group J;

Cyan: Group K;

Spring green: Group L.

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 29 August 2014.^[45] The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients,^[38]^[39]^[40] with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically.^[46] 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 18 September, 2 October, 23 October (one home match of Metalist Kharkiv played on 22 October), 6 November, 27 November, and 11 December 2014.

A total of 26 national associations were represented in the group stage. VfL Wolfsburg, Torino, Feyenoord, Guingamp, Saint-Étienne, Rio Ave, Dynamo Moscow, Krasnodar, Lokeren, Asteras Tripolis, Qarabağ, HJK, Astra Giurgiu, Dinamo Minsk and AaB made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (not counting UEFA Cup group stage appearances), although VfL Wolfsburg had already competed in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase after a third place in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage.

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage. See 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage#Tiebreakers for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Red Bull Salzburg's 21 goals scored set a new Europa League group stage record.^[47]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MGB	VIL	ZUR	APL
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–0	5–0
2	Villarreal	6	3	2	1	15	7	+8	11	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	4–1	4–0
3	Zürich	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7		1–1	3–2	—	3–1
4	Apollon Limassol	6	1	0	5	4	18	−14	3		0–2	0–2	3–2	—

Source: Soccerway

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRU	TOR	HJK	KOB
1	Club Brugge	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–0	2–1	1–1
2	Torino	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–0	1–0
3	HJK	6	2	0	4	5	11	−6	6		0–3	2–1	—	2–1
4	Copenhagen	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4		0–4	1–5	2–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BES	TOT	AT	PAR
1	Beşiktaş	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–1	2–1
2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	5–1	1–0
3	Asteras Tripolis	6	1	3	2	7	10	−3	6		2–2	1–2	—	2–0
4	Partizan	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2		0–4	0–0	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SAL	CEL	DZG	AG
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	5	1	0	21	8	+13	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	4–2	5–1
2	Celtic	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	8	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	1–0	2–1
3	Dinamo Zagreb	6	2	0	4	12	15	−3	6		1–5	4–3	—	5–1
4	Astra Giurgiu	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9	4		1–2	1–1	1–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DYM	PSV	EST	PAN
1	Dynamo Moscow	6	6	0	0	9	3	+6	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–0	2–1
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	Estoril	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5		1–2	3–3	—	2–0
4	Panathinaikos	6	0	2	4	6	11	−5	2		1–2	2–3	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	INT	DNI	QAR	SET
1	Internazionale	6	3	3	0	6	2	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–0	0–0
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	0–1	1–0
3	Qarabağ	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	6		0–0	1–2	—	0–0
4	Saint-Étienne	6	0	5	1	2	3	−1	5		1–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEY	SEV	RIJ	STA
1	Feyenoord	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–0	2–1
2	Sevilla	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	1–0	3–1
3	Rijeka	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7		3–1	2–2	—	2–0
4	Standard Liège	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4		0–3	0–0	2–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EVE	WOL	KRA	LIL
1	Everton	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	0–1	3–0
2	VfL Wolfsburg	6	3	1	2	14	10	+4	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	5–1	1–1
3	Krasnodar	6	1	3	2	7	12	−5	6		1–1	2–4	—	1–1
4	Lille	6	0	4	2	3	9	−6	4		0–0	0–3	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	YB	SPA	SLO
1	Napoli	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	3–1	3–0
2	Young Boys	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	2–0	5–0
3	Sparta Prague	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10		0–0	3–1	—	4–0
4	Slovan Bratislava	6	0	0	6	1	20	−19	0		0–2	1–3	0–3	—

Source: Soccerway

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DYK	AAB	STE	RIO
1	Dynamo Kyiv	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–1	2–0
2	AaB	6	3	0	3	5	10	−5	9	Advance to knockout phase	3–0	—	1–0	1–0
3	Steaua București	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	7		0–2	6–0	—	2–1
4	Rio Ave	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4		0–3	2–0	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FIO	GUI	PAO	DMI
1	Fiorentina	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	1–1	1–2
2	Guingamp	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	PAOK	6	2	1	3	10	7	+3	7		0–1	1–2	—	6–1
4	Dinamo Minsk	6	1	1	4	3	14	−11	4		0–3	0–0	0–2	—

Source: Soccerway

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEG	TRA	LOK	MET
1	Legia Warsaw	6	5	0	1	7	2	+5	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	1–0	2–1
2	Trabzonspor	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	2–0	3–1
3	Lokeren	6	3	1	2	4	4	0	10		1–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	Metalist Kharkiv	6	0	0	6	3	10	−7	0		0–1	1–2	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway

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



VfL Wolfsburg	2	0	2

Sporting CP	0	0	0	VfL Wolfsburg	3	2	5

Celtic	3	0	3	Internazionale	1	1	2

Internazionale	3	1	4					VfL Wolfsburg	1	2	3

Trabzonspor	0	0	0					Napoli	4	2	6

Napoli	4	1	5	Napoli	3	0	3

Anderlecht	0	1	1	Dynamo Moscow	1	0	1

Dynamo Moscow	0	3	3									Napoli	1	0	1

AaB	1	0	1									Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1	1	2

Club Brugge	3	3	6	Club Brugge	2	3	5

Liverpool	1	0	1 (4)	Beşiktaş	1	1	2

Beşiktaş (p)	0	1	1 (5)					Club Brugge	0	0	0

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	2	4					Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0	1	1

Olympiacos	0	2	2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (a.e.t.; a)	1	1	2

Ajax	1	3	4	Ajax	0	2	2									27 May – Warsaw

Legia Warsaw	0	0	0													Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2

Villarreal	2	3	5													Sevilla	3

Red Bull Salzburg	1	1	2	Villarreal	1	1	2

Sevilla	1	3	4	Sevilla	3	2	5

Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	2	2					Sevilla	2	2	4

PSV Eindhoven	0	0	0					Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	2	3

Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	3	4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	0	2

Torino	2	3	5	Torino	0	1	1

Athletic Bilbao	2	2	4									Sevilla	3	2	5

Young Boys	1	1	2									Fiorentina	0	0	0

Everton	4	3	7	Everton	2	2	4

Guingamp	2	1	3	Dynamo Kyiv	1	5	6

Dynamo Kyiv	1	3	4					Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	1

Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1					Fiorentina	1	2	3

Fiorentina	1	2	3	Fiorentina	1	3	4

Roma	1	2	3	Roma	1	0	1

Feyenoord	1	1	2

Round of 32

The draw was held on 15 December 2014.^[48]^[49] The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2015.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	2–7	Everton	1–4	1–3
Torino	5–4	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	3–2
Sevilla	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	3–2
VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Sporting CP	2–0	0–0
Ajax	4–0	Legia Warsaw	1–0	3–0
AaB	1–6	Club Brugge	1–3	0–3
Anderlecht	1–3	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	1–3
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4–2	Olympiacos	2–0	2–2
Trabzonspor	0–5	Napoli	0–4	0–1
Guingamp	3–4	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	1–3
Villarreal	5–2	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	3–1
Roma	3–2	Feyenoord	1–1	2–1
PSV Eindhoven	0–4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–1	0–3
Liverpool	1–1 (4–5 p)	Beşiktaş	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Fiorentina	1–1	0–2
Celtic	3–4	Internazionale	3–3	0–1

Round of 16

The draw was held on 27 February 2015.^[50]^[51] The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 19 March 2015.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	4–6	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	2–5
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–2 (a)	Ajax	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Torino	2–0	0–1
VfL Wolfsburg	5–2	Internazionale	3–1	2–1
Villarreal	2–5	Sevilla	1–3	1–2
Napoli	3–1	Dynamo Moscow	3–1	0–0
Club Brugge	5–2	Beşiktaş	2–1	3–1
Fiorentina	4–1	Roma	1–1	3–0

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 20 March 2015.^[52]^[53] The first legs were played on 16 April, and the second legs were played on 23 April 2015.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	4–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	2–2
Club Brugge	0–1^[F]	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0	0–1
Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Fiorentina	1–1	0–2
VfL Wolfsburg	3–6	Napoli	1–4	2–2

Notes

^
Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 24 April 2015.^[54]^[55] The first legs were played on 7 May, and the second legs were played on 14 May 2015.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Napoli	1–2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–1	0–1
Sevilla	5–0	Fiorentina	3–0	2–0

Final

The final was played on 27 May 2015 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. A draw was held on 24 April 2015, after the semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.^[54]

27 May 2015

20:45 CEST

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–3	Sevilla
Kalinić 7' Rotan 44'	Report	Krychowiak 28' Bacca 31', 73'

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 45,000^[56]

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Alan	Red Bull Salzburg	8	423
1	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	8	634
3	Carlos Bacca	Sevilla	7	765
3	Gonzalo Higuaín	Napoli	7	833
5	Stefanos Athanasiadis	PAOK	6	516
	Guillaume Hoarau	Young Boys		605
	Jonathan Soriano	Red Bull Salzburg		613
	Luciano Vietto	Villarreal		732
	Lior Refaelov	Club Brugge		789
10	Raul Rusescu	Steaua București	5	147
	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur		422
	David Lafata	Sparta Prague		440
	Andrej Kramarić	Rijeka		505
	Claudio Beauvue	Guingamp		720
	Demba Ba	Beşiktaş		729
	Kevin De Bruyne	VfL Wolfsburg		981

Source: UEFA.com^[57]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Luciano Vietto	Villarreal	6	732
1	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	6	933
3	Colin Kazim-Richards	Feyenoord	5	560
3	Kevin De Bruyne	VfL Wolfsburg	5	981
5	Vasilis Torosidis	Roma	4	297
	Leighton Baines	Everton	4	450
	Alexandru Chipciu	Steaua București	4	450
	Kevin Kampl	Red Bull Salzburg	4	540
	Lior Refaelov	Club Brugge	4	789
	Gökhan Töre	Beşiktaş	4	886

Source: UEFA.com^[58]

Squad of the Season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:^[59]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Denys Boyko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
GK	Sergio Rico	Sevilla
DF	Douglas	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	Faouzi Ghoulam	Napoli
	Timothée Kolodziejczak	Sevilla
	Raúl Albiol	Napoli
	Aleix Vidal	Sevilla
MF	Borja Valero	Fiorentina
	Kevin De Bruyne	VfL Wolfsburg
	Éver Banega	Sevilla
	Marek Hamšík	Napoli
	Grzegorz Krychowiak	Sevilla
	Ruslan Rotan	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	Stéphane Mbia	Sevilla
FW	Alan	Red Bull Salzburg
	Carlos Bacca	Sevilla
	Gonzalo Higuaín	Napoli
	Yevhen Konoplyanka	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

References

^ "Executive Committee decides hosts for 2015 finals". UEFA.org. 23 May 2013.
^ "Carlos Bacca double breaks Dnipro hearts for Sevilla to make history". Guardian. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
^ "EURO reflected key football values". UEFA.org. 24 May 2013.
^ "Congress decisions bring Gibraltar on board". UEFA.org. 24 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.org. 20 September 2013.
^ "Added bonus for UEFA Europa League winners". UEFA.org. 24 May 2013.
^ "How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.
^ "Ukrainian, Russian clubs to be kept apart by UEFA in Euro competitions". Fox Sports.
^ "UEFA bars Israeli clubs from hosting matches while conflict continues". Fox Sports.
^ "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.org. 17 July 2014.
^ "Vanishing spray paint approved for UEFA games". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2014/15 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2014.
^ "Country coefficients 2012/13". UEFA.com.
^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2013". Bert Kassies.
^ "Norway, Sweden, Finland top Respect Fair Play table". UEFA.com. 8 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "2014/15 access list and calendar". UEFA.com.
^ "Access list 2014/2015". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ "Dynamo Kyiv benefit from Sevilla success". UEFA.com. 27 May 2014.
^ "2014/15 UEFA Europa League list of participants". UEFA.com. 29 August 2014.
^ "UEFA Europa League includes 17 debutants". UEFA.com. 18 June 2014.
^ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2014/2015". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
^ "Tromsø får plass i Europa League" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. 8 May 2014.
^ "BP klart för europakval" (in Swedish). Svenska Fotbollförbundet. 9 May 2014.
^ "MYPA Eurooppa-liigan karsintoihin" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
^ "Storm brewing over which football team should go into the UEFA Europa League". panorama.gi. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
^ "GFA accepts it was mistaken on Europa League". panorama.gi. 14 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
^ "Újpest: nincs UEFA-licenc, a Diósgyőr indul az El-ben". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 30 May 2014.
^ "ALTA CORTE DI GIUSTIZIA: Licenze UEFA, respinto il ricorso del Parma" (in Italian). Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ Galdi, Maurizio (29 May 2014). "Respinto il ricorso del Parma. Torino in Europa League. Ghirardi: "Calcio finito"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Metalurh, Skonto excluded; Petrolul cleared". UEFA.org. 4 April 2014.
^ "ADIO Europa League! Comisia de Apel a respins cererea clubului Dinamo pentru licenta europeana!". sport.ro (in Romanian). 28 May 2014.
^ "Crvena zvezda excluded from UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com. 6 June 2014.
^ "Decisions on Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Steaua". UEFA.com. 25 June 2013.
^ "Fenerbahce: Turkish side lose match-fixing ban appeal". BBC Sport. 28 August 2013.
^ "Decisions on Eskişehirspor and Sivasspor". UEFA.com. 6 June 2014.
^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2014/2015". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ "Media accreditation for club knockout draws". UEFA.com. 8 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Club coefficients 2013/14". UEFA.com.
^ ^a ^b "UEFA Team Ranking 2014". Bert Kassies.
^ ^a ^b "Seeding in the Europa League 2014/2015". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.
^ "Former winners and debutants learn fate". UEFA.com. 23 June 2014.
^ "Maccabi Tel Aviv's Champions League qualifier changed due to rocket fire". The Jerusalem Post. 10 July 2014.
^ "First tests lined up for PSV, Lyon and La Real". UEFA.com. 18 July 2014.
^ "Former winners learn Europa League play-off fate". UEFA.com. 8 August 2014.
^ "Sevilla face Feyenoord, Standard and Rijeka". UEFA.com. 29 August 2014.
^ "UEFA Europa League sides set for Monaco draw". UEFA.com. 29 August 2014.
^ "Red Bull Salzburg beherrscht die Europa League". Die Welt (in German). 11 December 2014.
^ "Draws — Round of 32". UEFA.com. 15 December 2014.
^ "Europa League round of 32 draw". UEFA.com. 15 December 2014.
^ "Draws — Round of 16". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.
^ "UEFA Europa League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.
^ "Draws — Quarter-finals". UEFA.com. 20 March 2015.
^ "UEFA Europa League quarter-final draw". UEFA.com. 20 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Draws — Semi-finals". UEFA.com. 24 April 2015.
^ "UEFA Europa League semi-final draw". UEFA.com. 24 April 2015.
^ "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
^ "Experts' UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA.com. 28 May 2015.

External links

[cnote_Note_GIB] 
Gibraltar (GIB): A meeting was held by the Gibraltar Football Association to decide whether College Europa (runners-up of the 2014 Rock Cup) or Manchester 62 (runners-up of the 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division) would represent Gibraltar in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.^[25] The association had to back-track on a decision taken at the beginning of the season as to who would qualify for European competitions, as they were mistaken to go against the competition rules.^[26]

[cnote_Note_HUN] 
Hungary (HUN): Újpest, the winners of the 2013–14 Magyar Kupa, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.^[27] As a result, Győr, the runners-up of the 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round, and the first qualifying round berth was given to Diósgyőr, the runners-up of the cup.

[cnote_Note_ITA] 
Italy (ITA): Parma, the sixth-placed team of the 2013–14 Serie A, would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.^[28] As a result, the berth was given to Torino, the seventh-placed team of the league.^[29]

[cnote_Note_LVA] 
Latvia (LVA): Skonto, the runners-up of the 2013 Latvian Higher League, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but had been excluded from participating by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body due to overdue payables.^[30] As a result, the berth was given to Daugava Rīga, the fourth-placed team of the league.

[cnote_Note_IRL] 
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 finished fourth in the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division (any coefficient points they earn count toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).

[cnote_Note_ROU] 
Romania (ROU): Dinamo București, the fourth-placed team of the 2013–14 Liga I, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.^[31] As a result, the berth was given to CFR Cluj, the fifth-placed team of the league.

[cnote_Note_SRB] 
Serbia (SRB): Red Star Belgrade, the champions of the 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga, would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round, but was banned by UEFA for breaching UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations.^[32] As a result, Partizan, the runners-up of the league, entered the Champions League instead of the Europa League second qualifying round. Moreover, Jagodina, the third-placed team of the league, entered the Europa League second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round, and the first qualifying round berth was given to Čukarički, the fifth-placed team of the league.

[cnote_Note_TUR] 
Turkey (TUR): Fenerbahçe, the champions of the 2013–14 Süper Lig, would have qualified for the Champions League, but was banned by UEFA because of the 2011 Turkish football match-fixing scandal.^[33]^[34] As a result, Beşiktaş, the third-placed team of the league, entered the Champions League instead of the Europe League play-off round, and Trabzonspor, the fourth-placed team of the league, entered the Europa League play-off round instead of the third qualifying round. Moreover, Sivasspor, the fifth-placed team of the league, and Eskişehirspor, the runners-up of the 2013–14 Turkish Cup, which would have entered the Europa League third qualifying round and second qualifying round respectively, were also banned by UEFA due to match-fixing.^[35] The two berths were given to Karabükspor and Bursaspor, the seventh- and eighth-placed teams of the league respectively, as Kasımpaşa, the sixth-placed team of the league, failed to obtain a UEFA licence.

[cnote_Note_UKR] 
Ukraine (UKR): Metalurh Donetsk, the sixth-placed team of the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but had been excluded from participating by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body due to overdue payables.^[30] As a result, the berth was given to Zorya Luhansk, the seventh-placed team of the league.

[cnote_A] ^{a b c d}
Order of legs reversed after original draw.

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

[cnote_C] ^{a b}
Order of legs reversed after original draw, due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.^[42]

[cnote_D] ^{a b}
Order of legs reversed after original draw.

[cnote_E] 
Order of legs reversed after original draw.

[cnote_F] 
Order of legs reversed after original draw.

[1] "Executive Committee decides hosts for 2015 finals". UEFA.org. 23 May 2013.

[2] "Carlos Bacca double breaks Dnipro hearts for Sevilla to make history". Guardian. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[3] "EURO reflected key football values". UEFA.org. 24 May 2013.

[4] "Congress decisions bring Gibraltar on board". UEFA.org. 24 May 2013.

[gibraltar-5] "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.org. 20 September 2013.

[6] "Added bonus for UEFA Europa League winners". UEFA.org. 24 May 2013.

[7] "How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.

[8] "Ukrainian, Russian clubs to be kept apart by UEFA in Euro competitions". Fox Sports.

[9] "UEFA bars Israeli clubs from hosting matches while conflict continues". Fox Sports.

[10] "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.org. 17 July 2014.

[11] "Vanishing spray paint approved for UEFA games". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2014.

[regulations-12] "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2014/15 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2014.

[13] "Country coefficients 2012/13". UEFA.com.

[14] "UEFA Country Ranking 2013". Bert Kassies.

[15] "Norway, Sweden, Finland top Respect Fair Play table". UEFA.com. 8 May 2014.

[access-16] "2014/15 access list and calendar". UEFA.com.

[17] "Access list 2014/2015". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

[18] "Dynamo Kyiv benefit from Sevilla success". UEFA.com. 27 May 2014.

[19] "2014/15 UEFA Europa League list of participants". UEFA.com. 29 August 2014.

[20] "UEFA Europa League includes 17 debutants". UEFA.com. 18 June 2014.

[qualification-21] "Qualification for European Cup Football 2014/2015". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2014-01-03.

[22] "Tromsø får plass i Europa League" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. 8 May 2014.

[23] "BP klart för europakval" (in Swedish). Svenska Fotbollförbundet. 9 May 2014.

[24] "MYPA Eurooppa-liigan karsintoihin" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

[25] "Storm brewing over which football team should go into the UEFA Europa League". panorama.gi. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

[26] "GFA accepts it was mistaken on Europa League". panorama.gi. 14 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.

[27] "Újpest: nincs UEFA-licenc, a Diósgyőr indul az El-ben". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 30 May 2014.

[28] "ALTA CORTE DI GIUSTIZIA: Licenze UEFA, respinto il ricorso del Parma" (in Italian). Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[29] Galdi, Maurizio (29 May 2014). "Respinto il ricorso del Parma. Torino in Europa League. Ghirardi: "Calcio finito"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[metalurh_skonto-30] "Metalurh, Skonto excluded; Petrolul cleared". UEFA.org. 4 April 2014.

[31] "ADIO Europa League! Comisia de Apel a respins cererea clubului Dinamo pentru licenta europeana!". sport.ro (in Romanian). 28 May 2014.

[32] "Crvena zvezda excluded from UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com. 6 June 2014.

[uefa20130625-33] "Decisions on Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Steaua". UEFA.com. 25 June 2013.

[34] "Fenerbahce: Turkish side lose match-fixing ban appeal". BBC Sport. 28 August 2013.

[35] "Decisions on Eskişehirspor and Sivasspor". UEFA.com. 6 June 2014.

[36] "UEFA European Football Calendar 2014/2015". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

[37] "Media accreditation for club knockout draws". UEFA.com. 8 December 2014.

[cc-38] "Club coefficients 2013/14". UEFA.com.

[trank-39] "UEFA Team Ranking 2014". Bert Kassies.

[seed-40] "Seeding in the Europa League 2014/2015". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.

[41] "Former winners and debutants learn fate". UEFA.com. 23 June 2014.

[42] "Maccabi Tel Aviv's Champions League qualifier changed due to rocket fire". The Jerusalem Post. 10 July 2014.

[43] "First tests lined up for PSV, Lyon and La Real". UEFA.com. 18 July 2014.

[44] "Former winners learn Europa League play-off fate". UEFA.com. 8 August 2014.

[45] "Sevilla face Feyenoord, Standard and Rijeka". UEFA.com. 29 August 2014.

[46] "UEFA Europa League sides set for Monaco draw". UEFA.com. 29 August 2014.

[47] "Red Bull Salzburg beherrscht die Europa League". Die Welt (in German). 11 December 2014.

[48] "Draws — Round of 32". UEFA.com. 15 December 2014.

[49] "Europa League round of 32 draw". UEFA.com. 15 December 2014.

[50] "Draws — Round of 16". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.

[51] "UEFA Europa League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.

[52] "Draws — Quarter-finals". UEFA.com. 20 March 2015.

[53] "UEFA Europa League quarter-final draw". UEFA.com. 20 March 2015.

[draw_SF-F-54] "Draws — Semi-finals". UEFA.com. 24 April 2015.

[55] "UEFA Europa League semi-final draw". UEFA.com. 24 April 2015.

[full_time-56] "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[57] "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[58] "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[59] "Experts' UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA.com. 28 May 2015.

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v t e 2014–15 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '14 '15 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '14 '15 Faroe Islands '14 '15 Finland '14 '15 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '14 '15 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '14 '15 Latvia '14 '15 Lithuania '14 '15 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '14 '15 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '14 '15 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '14 '15 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '14 '15 Finland '14 '15 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '14 '15 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '14 '15 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '14 '15 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '14 '15 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '14 '15 Estonia France Gibraltar Hungary Iceland '14 '15 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '14 '15 Romania Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia '14 '15 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan ~~Latvia '14~~ Lithuania '14 '15 Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '14 '15 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2015 Euro Under-21 qualification 2015 Euro Under-19 qualification 2015 Euro Under-17 qualification

v t e 2014–15 European club competitions
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Football	Men Champions League Europa League Super Cup Youth League Women Champions League
Football variants	Futsal Futsal Cup Beach soccer Euro Winners Cup
Basketball	Men Euroleague Eurocup EuroChallenge Women Euroleague Eurocup
Volleyball	Men Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
Handball	Men Champions League EHF Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League EHF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Challenge Cup
Water polo	Men Champions League Euro Cup Super Cup Women Euro League LEN Trophy Super Cup
Rugby union	Men European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup
Ice hockey	Men Champions Hockey League Continental Cup Women Champions Cup
Indoor hockey	Men EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup Women EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup
Field hockey	Men Euro Hockey League Trophy Women EuroHockey Club Champions Cup Trophy
Roller hockey	Men European League CERS Cup Continental Cup Women European Cup

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Association team allocation

Association ranking

Distribution

Redistribution rules

Teams

Round and draw dates

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Knockout phase

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Squad of the Season

See also

References

External links