2017–18 UEFA Europa League

2017–18 UEFA Europa League

The Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu will host the final.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 29 June – 24 August 2017 Competition proper: 14 September 2017 – 16 May 2018
Teams	Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 157+33 (from 55 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	200
Goals scored	545 (2.73 per match)
Attendance	4,275,243 (21,376 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aritz Aduriz Ciro Immobile (8 goals each)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 12 April 2018.

The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League is the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The final will be played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, France.

The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League will automatically qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup.

Manchester United qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League as the title holders of Europa League. They are unable to defend their title as they qualified for the Champions League knockout phase.

Association team allocation

A total of 190 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
  • As the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Manchester United qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League; the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League berth they would otherwise have earned for finishing 6th in the 2016–17 Premier League was vacated and not passed to another English team.
• Associations 52–54 each have two teams qualify.
• Liechtenstein and Kosovo (association 55) each have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Kosovo as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).
• Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

Starting from this season, Gibraltar are granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League. Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Europa League.

Association ranking

For the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16.

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

• (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
• (UEL) – Vacated berth due to UEFA Europa League title holders playing in UEFA Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1 Spain 105.713 3 +1 (UCL) 2 Germany 80.177 +3 (UCL) 3 England 76.284 −1 (UEL) 4 Italy 70.439 +1 (UCL) 5 Portugal 53.082 +1 (UCL) 6 France 52.749 +1 (UCL) 7 Russia 51.082 +2 (UCL) 8 Ukraine 44.883 +1 (UCL) 9 Belgium 40.000 +1 (UCL) 10 Netherlands 35.563 +1 (UCL) 11 Turkey 34.600 +1 (UCL) 12 Switzerland 33.775 +1 (UCL) 13 Czech Republic 32.925 +2 (UCL) 14 Greece 29.700 +1 (UCL) 15 Romania 25.383 +2 (UCL) 16 Austria 25.100 +1 (UCL) 17 Croatia 23.875 +1 (UCL) 18 Poland 22.500 +1 (UCL) 19 Cyprus 22.175

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20 Belarus 20.000 3 +1 (UCL) 21 Sweden 19.875 22 Norway 19.250 +1 (UCL) 23 Israel 18.625 +1 (UCL) 24 Denmark 18.600 +1 (UCL) 25 Scotland 17.300 +1 (UCL) 26 Azerbaijan 14.875 27 Serbia 14.625 +1 (UCL) 28 Kazakhstan 14.125 +1 (UCL) 29 Bulgaria 13.125 +1 (UCL) 30 Slovenia 13.125 31 Slovakia 12.000 32 Liechtenstein 10.500 1 33 Hungary 9.875 3 34 Moldova 9.125 +1 (UCL) 35 Iceland 8.750 +1 (UCL) 36 Georgia 8.125 37 Finland 7.400

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.125 3 39 Albania 6.625 40 Macedonia 6.000 +1 (UCL) 41 Republic of Ireland 5.450 42 Latvia 5.375 43 Luxembourg 5.250 44 Montenegro 4.875 45 Lithuania 4.625 46 Northern Ireland 4.500 47 Estonia 4.250 48 Armenia 4.125 49 Faroe Islands 3.625 50 Malta 3.583 51 Wales 3.500 52 Gibraltar 1.000 2 53 Andorra 0.999 54 San Marino 0.333 55 Kosovo 0.000 1

Distribution

In the default access list, Manchester United enter the group stage (as the sixth-placed team of the 2016–17 Premier League). However, since they qualified for the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League group stage is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:

• The domestic cup winners of association 13 (Czech Republic) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
• The domestic cup winners of association 18 (Poland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
• The domestic cup winners of associations 25 and 26 (Scotland and Azerbaijan) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round (100 teams)	29 domestic cup winners from associations 27–55 36 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–54 (except Liechtenstein) 35 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–51 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round (66 teams)	8 domestic cup winners from associations 19–26 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15	50 winners from first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (58 teams)	5 domestic cup winners from associations 14–18 9 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–15 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 5–9 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)	33 winners from second qualifying round
Play-off round (44 teams)		29 winners from third qualifying round	15 losers from Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage (48 teams)	13 domestic cup winners from associations 1–13 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 4 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3 −1 Europa League title holders	22 winners from play-off round	10 losers from Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase (32 teams)		12 group winners from group stage 12 group runners-up from group stage	8 third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Redistribution rules

A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):

• When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place".
• When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
• For associations where a Europa League place is reserved for either the League Cup or end-of-season European competition play-offs winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier. If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place is taken by the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.

Teams

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

• CW: Cup winners
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• LC: League Cup winners
• RW: Regular season winners
• PW: End-of-season European competition 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

Round of 32
CSKA Moscow (UCL GS)	Atlético Madrid (UCL GS)	Spartak Moscow (UCL GS)	RB Leipzig (UCL GS)
Celtic (UCL GS)	Sporting CP (UCL GS)	Napoli (UCL GS)	Borussia Dortmund (UCL GS)
Group stage
Villarreal (5th)	Vitória de Guimarães (4th)	Lugano (3rd)	İstanbul Başakşehir (UCL PO)
Real Sociedad (6th)	Lyon (4th)	Fastav Zlín (CW)	Young Boys (UCL PO)
1. FC Köln (5th)	Lokomotiv Moscow (CW)	Copenhagen (UCL PO)	Nice (UCL PO)
Hertha BSC (6th)	Zorya Luhansk (3rd)	Slavia Prague (UCL PO)	1899 Hoffenheim (UCL PO)
Arsenal (CW)	Zulte Waregem (CW)	Rijeka (UCL PO)	FCSB (UCL PO)
Atalanta (4th)	Vitesse (CW)	Astana (UCL PO)
Lazio (5th)	Konyaspor (CW)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (UCL PO)
Play-off round
BATE Borisov (UCL Q3)	Rosenborg (UCL Q3)	Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3)	Dynamo Kyiv (UCL Q3)
Legia Warsaw (UCL Q3)	Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL Q3)	Partizan (UCL Q3)	AEK Athens (UCL Q3)
FH (UCL Q3)	Viitorul Constanța (UCL Q3)	Viktoria Plzeň (UCL Q3)	Club Brugge (UCL Q3)
Vardar (UCL Q3)	Red Bull Salzburg (UCL Q3)	Ajax (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Athletic Bilbao (7th)	Bordeaux (6th)	PSV Eindhoven (3rd)	CS U Craiova (5th)
SC Freiburg (7th)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd)	Fenerbahçe (3rd)	Austria Wien (2nd)
Everton (7th)	Krasnodar (4th)	Sion (4th)	Dinamo Zagreb (2nd)
Milan (6th)	Olimpik Donetsk (4th)	Sparta Prague (3rd)	Arka Gdynia (CW)
Braga (5th)	FC Oleksandriya (5th)	PAOK (CW)
Marítimo (6th)	Gent (3rd)	Panathinaikos (3rd)
Marseille (5th)	Oostende (PW)	Dinamo București (3rd)
Second qualifying round
Utrecht (PW)	Panionios (5th)	Apollon Limassol (CW)	Bnei Yehuda (CW)
Galatasaray (4th)	Astra Giurgiu (6th)	Dinamo Brest (CW)	Brøndby (2nd)
Luzern (5th)	Sturm Graz (3rd)	Östersund (CW)	Aberdeen (2nd)
Mladá Boleslav (4th)	Hajduk Split (3rd)	Brann (2nd)	Gabala (2nd)
First qualifying round
Rheindorf Altach (4th)	Ordabasy (4th)	VPS (4th)	Crusaders (2nd)
Osijek (4th)	Botev Plovdiv (CW)	Široki Brijeg (CW)	Coleraine (3rd)
Jagiellonia Białystok (2nd)	Levski Sofia (3rd)	Željezničar Sarajevo (2nd)	Ballymena United (PW)
Lech Poznań (3rd)	Dunav Ruse (4th)	Sarajevo (3rd)	Levadia Tallinn (2nd)
AEK Larnaca (2nd)	Domžale (CW)	Tirana (CW)	Nõmme Kalju (3rd)
AEL Limassol (4th)	Gorica (2nd)	Partizani Tirana (2nd)	Flora Tallinn (4th)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd)	Olimpija Ljubljana (3rd)	Skënderbeu Korçë (3rd)	Shirak (CW)
Dinamo Minsk (3rd)	Slovan Bratislava (CW)	Pelister (CW)	Gandzasar Kapan (2nd)
AIK (2nd)	Ružomberok (3rd)	Shkëndija (2nd)	Pyunik (4th)
IFK Norrköping (3rd)	Trenčín (4th)	Rabotnički (3rd)	KÍ (CW)
Odd (3rd)	Vaduz (CW)	Cork City (CW)	NSÍ Runavík (3rd)
Haugesund (4th)	Ferencváros (CW)	Derry City (3rd)	B36 Tórshavn (4th)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd)	Videoton (2nd)	Shamrock Rovers (4th)	Floriana (CW)
Beitar Jerusalem (3rd)	Vasas (3rd)	Ventspils (CW)	Balzan (2nd)
Lyngby (3rd)	Dacia Chișinău (2nd)	Jelgava (2nd)	Valletta (4th)
Midtjylland (PW)	Milsami Orhei (3rd)	Liepāja (4th)	Bala Town (CW)
Rangers (3rd)	Zaria Bălți (4th)	Differdange 03 (2nd)	Connah's Quay Nomads (2nd)
St Johnstone (4th)	Valur (CW)	Fola Esch (3rd)	Bangor City (PW)
Inter Baku (3rd)	Stjarnan (2nd)	Progrès Niederkorn (4th)	Lincoln Red Imps (2nd)
Zira (4th)	KR (3rd)	Sutjeska Nikšić (CW)	St Joseph's (3rd)
Red Star Belgrade (2nd)	Torpedo Kutaisi (CW)	Zeta (2nd)	UE Santa Coloma (CW)
Vojvodina (3rd)	Chikhura Sachkhere (2nd)	Mladost Podgorica (3rd)	Sant Julià (2nd)
Mladost Lučani (4th)	Dinamo Batumi (3rd)	Trakai (2nd)	Tre Penne (CW)
Kairat (2nd)	SJK (CW)	Sūduva Marijampolė (3rd)	Folgore (3rd)
Irtysh Pavlodar (3rd)	HJK (2nd)	Atlantas (4th)	Prishtina (2nd)

Notably two teams take part in the competition that are not playing in their national top division, Tirana (2nd tier) and Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein, playing in Swiss 2nd tier).

Notes

Round and draw dates

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

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	19 June 2017	29 June 2017	6 July 2017
	Second qualifying round		13 July 2017	20 July 2017
	Third qualifying round	14 July 2017	27 July 2017	3 August 2017
Play-off	Play-off round	4 August 2017	17 August 2017	24 August 2017
Group stage	Matchday 1	25 August 2017 (Monaco)	14 September 2017
	Matchday 2		28 September 2017
	Matchday 3		19 October 2017
	Matchday 4		2 November 2017
	Matchday 5		23 November 2017
	Matchday 6		7 December 2017
Knockout phase	Round of 32	11 December 2017	15 February 2018	22 February 2018
	Round of 16	23 February 2018	8 March 2018	15 March 2018
	Quarter-finals	16 March 2018	5 April 2018	12 April 2018
	Semi-finals	13 April 2018	26 April 2018	3 May 2018
	Final		16 May 2018 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

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

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 29 June, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 July 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Tirana	2–0	3–0
Mladost Lučani	0–5	Inter Baku	0–3	0–2
Shirak	2–4	Gorica	0–2	2–2
Shkëndija	7–0	Dacia Chișinău	3–0	4–0
Trenčín	8–1	Torpedo Kutaisi	5–1	3–0
Kairat	8–1	Atlantas	6–0	2–1
Chikhura Sachkhere	1–2	Rheindorf Altach	0–1	1–1
Zira	4–1	Differdange 03	2–0	2–1
Levski Sofia	3–1	Sutjeska Nikšić	3–1	0–0
Lech Poznań	7–0	Pelister	4–0	3–0
Beitar Jerusalem	7–3	Vasas	4–3	3–0
Fola Esch	3–2	Milsami Orhei	2–1	1–1
Vojvodina	2–3	Ružomberok	2–1	0–2
Irtysh Pavlodar	3–0	Dunav Ruse	1–0	2–0
Mladost Podgorica	4–0	Gandzasar Kapan	1–0	3–0
Široki Brijeg	2–0	Ordabasy	2–0	0–0
Partizani	1–4	Botev Plovdiv	1–3	0–1
Pyunik	1–9	Slovan Bratislava	1–4	0–5
Dinamo Batumi	0–5	Jagiellonia Białystok	0–1	0–4
Videoton	5–3	Balzan	2–0	3–3
Red Star Belgrade	6–3	Floriana	3–0	3–3
UE Santa Coloma	0–6	Osijek	0–2	0–4
Tre Penne	0–7	Rabotnički	0–1	0–6
Željezničar Sarajevo	3–2	Zeta	1–0	2–2
St Joseph's	0–10	AEL Limassol	0–4	0–6
Valletta	3–0	Folgore	2–0	1–0
Zaria Bălți	3–3 (6–5 p)	Sarajevo	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Rangers	1–2	Progrès Niederkorn	1–0	0–2
AEK Larnaca	6–1	Lincoln Red Imps	5–0	1–1
Skënderbeu	6–0	Sant Julià	1–0	5–0
Ventspils	0–1	Valur	0–0	0–1
Bala Town	1–5	Vaduz	1–2	0–3
Domžale	5–2	Flora Tallinn	2–0	3–2
Midtjylland	10–2	Derry City	6–1	4–1
Haugesund	7–0	Coleraine	7–0	0–0
St Johnstone	1–3	Trakai	1–2	0–1
VPS	2–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	1–0
Crusaders	3–3 (a)	Liepāja	3–1	0–2
Dinamo Minsk	4–1	NSÍ Runavík	2–1	2–0
Stjarnan	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	0–1	0–1
Odd	5–0	Ballymena United	3–0	2–0
Connah's Quay Nomads	1–3	HJK	1–0	0–3
Nõmme Kalju	4–2	B36 Tórshavn	2–1	2–1
Ferencváros	3–0	Jelgava	2–0	1–0
IFK Norrköping	6–0	Prishtina	5–0	1–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–2	Sūduva Marijampolė	0–0	1–2
KR	2–0	SJK	0–0	2–0
Levadia Tallinn	2–6	Cork City	0–2	2–4
Lyngby	4–0	Bangor City	1–0	3–0
KÍ	0–5	AIK	0–0	0–5

Notes

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 14:30 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 20 July 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beitar Jerusalem	1–5	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	0–4
Apollon Limassol	5–1	Zaria Bălți	3–0	2–1
Rabotnički	1–4	Dinamo Minsk	1–1	0–3
Slovan Bratislava	1–3	Lyngby	0–1	1–2
Shamrock Rovers	2–5	Mladá Boleslav	2–3	0–2
Željezničar Sarajevo	0–2	AIK	0–0	0–2
Cork City	0–2	AEK Larnaca	0–1	0–1
Kairat	1–3	Skënderbeu	1–1	0–2
Panionios	5–2	Gorica	2–0	3–2
Astra Giurgiu	3–1	Zira	3–1	0–0
Haugesund	3–4	Lech Poznań	3–2	0–2
Brøndby	3–2	VPS	2–0	1–2
IFK Norrköping	3–3 (3–5 p)	Trakai	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Hajduk Split	3–1	Levski Sofia	1–0	2–1
Nõmme Kalju	1–4	Videoton	0–3	1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–1	KR	3–1	2–0
Valletta	1–3	Utrecht	0–0	1–3
Ružomberok	2–1	Brann	0–1	2–0
Liepāja	1–2	Sūduva Marijampolė	0–2	1–0
Gabala	3–1	Jagiellonia Białystok	1–1	2–0
Progrès Niederkorn	1–3	AEL Limassol	0–1	1–2
Rheindorf Altach	4–1	Dinamo Brest	1–1	3–0
Östersunds FK	3–1	Galatasaray	2–0	1–1
Inter Baku	2–4	Fola Esch	1–0	1–4
Vaduz	0–2	Odd	0–1	0–1
Valur	3–5	Domžale	1–2	2–3
Irtysh Pavlodar	1–3	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	0–2
Aberdeen	3–1	Široki Brijeg	1–1	2–0
Ferencváros	3–7	Midtjylland	2–4	1–3
Sturm Graz	3–1	Mladost Podgorica	0–1	3–0
Shkëndija	4–2	HJK	3–1	1–1
Trenčín	1–3	Bnei Yehuda	1–1	0–2
Osijek	3–2	Luzern	2–0	1–2

Notes

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 13:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSV Eindhoven	0–2	Osijek	0–1	0–1
Trakai	2–4	Shkëndija	2–1	0–3
Krasnodar	5–2	Lyngby	2–1	3–1
Sturm Graz	2–3	Fenerbahçe	1–2	1–1
Panathinaikos	3–1	Gabala	1–0	2–1
Mladá Boleslav	3–3 (2–4 p)	Skënderbeu	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Austria Wien	2–1	AEL Limassol	0–0	2–1
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Odd	2–1	0–0
Dinamo București	1–4	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	0–3
Olimpik Donetsk	1–3	PAOK	1–1	0–2
Arka Gdynia	4–4 (a)	Midtjylland	3–2	1–2
Östersunds FK	3–1	Fola Esch	1–0	2–1
Bordeaux	2–2 (a)	Videoton	2–1	0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Panionios	1–0	1–0
Utrecht	2–2 (a)	Lech Poznań	0–0	2–2
Universitatea Craiova	0–3	Milan	0–1	0–2
Brøndby	0–2	Hajduk Split	0–0	0–2
Gent	2–4	Rheindorf Altach	1–1	1–3
Astra Giurgiu	0–1	Oleksandriya	0–0	0–1
Everton	2–0	Ružomberok	1–0	1–0
Aberdeen	2–3	Apollon Limassol	2–1	0–2
Red Star Belgrade	3–0	Sparta Prague	2–0	1–0
Botev Plovdiv	0–2	Marítimo	0–0	0–2
Bnei Yehuda	1–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–2	1–0
Marseille	4–2	Oostende	4–2	0–0
SC Freiburg	1–2	Domžale	1–0	0–2
AEK Larnaca	3–1	Dinamo Minsk	2–0	1–1
AIK	2–3	Braga	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Sūduva Marijampolė	4–1	Sion	3–0	1–1

Notes

Play-off round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 13:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 24 August 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	7–0	Shkëndija	6–0	1–0
Osijek	2–2 (a)	Austria Wien	1–2	1–0
Krasnodar	4–4 (a)	Red Star Belgrade	3–2	1–2
Club Brugge	0–3	AEK Athens	0–0	0–3
Marítimo	1–3	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	1–3
Panathinaikos	2–4	Athletic Bilbao	2–3	0–1
Apollon Limassol	4–3	Midtjylland	3–2	1–1
FH	3–5	Braga	1–2	2–3
Everton	3–1	Hajduk Split	2–0	1–1
Viitorul Constanța	1–7	Red Bull Salzburg	1–3	0–4
Vardar	4–1	Fenerbahçe	2–0	2–1
Ajax	2–4	Rosenborg	0–1	2–3
Rheindorf Altach	2–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	2–2
BATE Borisov	3–2	Oleksandriya	1–1	2–1
Dinamo Zagreb	1–1 (a)	Skënderbeu	1–1	0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Sūduva Marijampolė	2–0	0–0
Domžale	1–4	Marseille	1–1	0–3
Partizan	4–0	Videoton	0–0	4–0
Utrecht	1–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Legia Warsaw	1–1 (a)	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	0–0
Viktoria Plzeň	3–1	AEK Larnaca	3–1	0–0
PAOK	3–3 (a)	Östersunds FK	3–1	0–2

Notes

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage

Skënderbeu

Austria

Salzburg

BATE

Zulte

Ludogorets

Rijeka

Slavia

Plzeň

Zlín

Apollon

Copenhagen

Arsenal

Everton

Lyon

Marseille

Nice

Hertha

Hoffenheim

Köln

AEK

H. Be'er Sheva

M. Tel Aviv

Atalanta

Lazio

Milan

Astana
(not on map)

Vardar

Sheriff

Vitesse

Rosenborg

Braga District

FCSB

Lokomotiv

Zenit

Belgrade

Athletic

Sociedad

Villarreal

Östersund

Lugano

Young Boys

Başakşehir

Konyaspor

Dynamo

Zorya

Belgrade teams
Partizan
Red Star Belgrade

Braga District teams
Braga
Vitória de Guimarães

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Location of teams of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage.
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 on 25 August 2017, 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 cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays were 14 September, 28 September, 19 October, 2 November, 23 November, and 7 December 2017.

A total of 29 national associations were represented in the group stage. Arsenal, Atalanta, Fastav Zlín, 1899 Hoffenheim, İstanbul Başakşehir, 1. FC Köln, Lugano, Milan, Östersund, Real Sociedad, Red Star Belgrade, Vardar and Vitesse made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (although Milan and Red Star Belgrade had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage). Vardar were the first team from Macedonia to play in either the Champions League or Europa League group stage.

Tiebreakers

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

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.

Bracket

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Napoli		1	2	3
	RB Leipzig (a)		3	0	3			RB Leipzig		2	1	3
	Celtic		1	0	1			Zenit Saint Petersburg		1	1	2
	Zenit Saint Petersburg		0	3	3										RB Leipzig		1	2	3
	Marseille		3	0	3										Marseille		0	5	5
	Braga		0	1	1			Marseille		3	2	5
	Spartak Moscow		1	2	3			Athletic Bilbao		1	1	2
	Athletic Bilbao		3	1	4																	Marseille (a.e.t.)		2	1	3
	FCSB		1	1	2																	Red Bull Salzburg		0	2	2
	Lazio		0	5	5			Lazio		2	2	4
	AEK Athens		1	0	1			Dynamo Kyiv		2	0	2
	Dynamo Kyiv (a)		1	0	1										Lazio		4	1	5
	Borussia Dortmund		3	1	4										Red Bull Salzburg		2	4	6
	Atalanta		2	1	3			Borussia Dortmund		1	0	1
	Real Sociedad		2	1	3			Red Bull Salzburg		2	0	2																	16 May – Décines-Charpieu
	Red Bull Salzburg		2	2	4																								Marseille		0
	Ludogorets Razgrad		0	0	0																								Atlético Madrid		3
	Milan		3	1	4			Milan		0	1	1
	Östersunds FK		0	2	2			Arsenal		2	3	5
	Arsenal		3	1	4										Arsenal		4	2	6
	Red Star Belgrade		0	0	0										CSKA Moscow		1	2	3
	CSKA Moscow		0	1	1			CSKA Moscow (a)		0	3	3
	Lyon		3	1	4			Lyon		1	2	3
	Villarreal		1	0	1																	Arsenal		1	0	1
	Copenhagen		1	0	1																	Atlético Madrid		1	1	2
	Atlético Madrid		4	1	5			Atlético Madrid		3	5	8
	Nice		2	0	2			Lokomotiv Moscow		0	1	1
	Lokomotiv Moscow		3	1	4										Atlético Madrid		2	0	2
	Astana		1	3	4										Sporting CP		0	1	1
	Sporting CP		3	3	6			Sporting CP (a.e.t.)		2	1	3
	Partizan		1	0	1			Viktoria Plzeň		0	2	2
	Viktoria Plzeň		1	2	3

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 11 December 2017, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 13 and 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	4–3	Atalanta	3–2	1–1
Nice	2–4	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–3	0–1
Copenhagen	1–5	Atlético Madrid	1–4	0–1
Spartak Moscow	3–4	Athletic Bilbao	1–3	2–1
AEK Athens	1–1 (a)	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	0–0
Celtic	1–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	0–3
Napoli	3–3 (a)	RB Leipzig	1–3	2–0
Red Star Belgrade	0–1	CSKA Moscow	0–0	0–1
Lyon	4–1	Villarreal	3–1	1–0
Real Sociedad	3–4	Red Bull Salzburg	2–2	1–2
Partizan	1–3	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	0–2
FCSB	2–5	Lazio	1–0	1–5
Ludogorets Razgrad	0–4	Milan	0–3	0–1
Astana	4–6	Sporting CP	1–3	3–3
Östersunds FK	2–4	Arsenal	0–3	2–1
Marseille	3–1	Braga	3–0	0–1

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2018, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lazio	4–2	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	2–0
RB Leipzig	3–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	1–1
Atlético Madrid	8–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	5–1
CSKA Moscow	3–3 (a)	Lyon	0–1	3–2
Marseille	5–2	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	2–1
Sporting CP	3–2	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Red Bull Salzburg	1–2	0–0
Milan	1–5	Arsenal	0–2	1–3

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 5 April, and the second legs were played on 12 April 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RB Leipzig	3–5	Marseille	1–0	2–5
Arsenal	6–3	CSKA Moscow	4–1	2–2
Atlético Madrid	2–1	Sporting CP	2–0	0–1
Lazio	5–6	Red Bull Salzburg	4–2	1–4

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 12:00 CEST. The first legs were played on 26 April, and the second legs were played on 3 May 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	3–2	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Arsenal	1–2	Atlético Madrid	1–1	0–1

Final

Main article: 2018 UEFA Europa League final

The final was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu on 16 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)

20:45 CEST

Marseille	0–3	Atlético Madrid
	Report	Griezmann 21', 49' Gabi 89'

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 55,768

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Note: Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Top goalscorers

As of 12 April 2018

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Ciro Immobile	Lazio	8	582
	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao		801
3	Júnior Moraes	Dynamo Kyiv	7	742
4	Mario Balotelli	Nice	6	528
	Aleksandr Kokorin	Zenit Saint Petersburg		698
	André Silva	Milan		722
	Emiliano Rigoni	Zenit Saint Petersburg		775
	Manuel Fernandes	Lokomotiv Moscow		900
9	Harlem Gnohéré	FCSB	5	344
	Willian José	Real Sociedad		384
	Patrick Twumasi	Astana		717
	Valon Berisha	Red Bull Salzburg		928
	Moanes Dabour	Red Bull Salzburg		1076

Top assists

As of 12 April 2018

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Sergio Canales	Real Sociedad	6	557
2	Luis Alberto	Lazio	5	644
	Stefan Lainer	Red Bull Salzburg		1080
4	Theo Walcott	Arsenal	4	424
	Mesut Özil	Arsenal		429
	Xabi Prieto	Real Sociedad		483
	Raphael Holzhauser	Austria Wien		536
	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP		567
	Dimitri Payet	Marseille		569
	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	Milan		613
	Aleksei Miranchuk	Lokomotiv Moscow		784

See also

• 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
• 2018 UEFA Super Cup

References

External links

• UEFA Europa League (official website)