2010–11 UEFA Europa League

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Aviva Stadium, Dublin hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 16 September 2010 – 18 May 2011 (competition proper)
1 July – 26 August 2010 (qualifying)
Teams 48+8 (competition proper)
161+33 (total) (from 53 associations)
Final positions
Champions Portugal Porto (2nd title)
Runners-up Portugal Braga
Tournament statistics
Matches played 178
Goals scored 479 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colombia Radamel Falcao
(17 goals)

The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup.[1] It began on 1 July 2010, with the first qualifying round matches, and concluded on 18 May 2011, with the final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, between Porto and first-time finalists Braga. This was the first all-Portuguese final of a European competition and only the third time that two Portuguese teams faced each other in Europe, following Braga's elimination of Benfica in the semi-finals. Porto defeated Braga 1–0, with a goal from the competition's top goalscorer Radamel Falcao,[2] and won their second title in the competition, after victory in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup.

Association team allocation

A total of 194 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Associations were allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA country coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2004–05 to 2008–09.[3]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League:[4]

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 England England 79.499 3
2 Spain Spain 74.266 +1(UCL)
3 Italy Italy 62.910 +1(UCL)
4 Germany Germany 56.695
5 France France 50.168
6 Russia Russia 47.625 +3(UCL)
7 Ukraine Ukraine 41.850 4 +1(UCL)
8 Netherlands Netherlands 39.130 +2(UCL)
9 Romania Romania 38.908 +1(UCL)
10 Portugal Portugal 36.462 3 +2(UCL)
11 Turkey Turkey 32.225 +1(UCL)
12 Greece Greece 28.165 +1(UCL)
13 Scotland Scotland 27.875 +2(UCL)
14 Belgium Belgium 25.325 +2(UCL)
15 Switzerland Switzerland 25.250 +2(UCL)
16 Denmark Denmark 24.450 +1(FP)
17 Bulgaria Bulgaria 21.250 +1(UCL)
18 Czech Republic Czech Republic 20.750 +1(UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19 Norway Norway 18.800 3 +1(UCL)
20 Austria Austria 17.825 +1(UCL)
21 Serbia Serbia 15.250
22 Israel Israel 15.250
23 Cyprus Cyprus 15.082 +1(UCL)
24 Sweden Sweden 14.691 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
25 Slovakia Slovakia 14.665
26 Poland Poland 12.916 +1(UCL)
27 Croatia Croatia 12.332 +1(UCL)
28 Finland Finland 9.790 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
29 Lithuania Lithuania 9.666
30 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 9.499
31 Latvia Latvia 9.164
32 Slovenia Slovenia 9.082
33 Belarus Belarus 8.666 +1(UCL)
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.665
35 Hungary Hungary 8.166 +1(UCL)
36 Iceland Iceland 6.665
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37 Moldova Moldova 6.665 3 +1(UCL)
38 Georgia (country) Georgia 6.664
39 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 5.500 1
40 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 5.165 3
41 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 4.498
42 Estonia Estonia 4.332
43 Albania Albania 3.999
44 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 3.249 +1(UCL)
45 Armenia Armenia 2.999
46 Wales Wales 2.331 +1(UCL)
47 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2.165
48 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2.165
49 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.332
50 Montenegro Montenegro 1.000
51 Andorra Andorra 0.500
52 Malta Malta 0.499 2
53 San Marino San Marino 0.250
Notes

Distribution

The winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, were guaranteed a place in the group stage as the title holder, since they did not qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. However, they also qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round through domestic performance, as they were the runners-up of the 2009–10 Copa del Rey to Champions League-qualified Sevilla. As a result, this place in the third qualifying round was vacated, which in turn led to the following changes to the default allocation system in order to compensate for this vacant spot:[6]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(52 teams)
  • 20 domestic league runners-up from associations 33–53 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankings
Second qualifying round
(80 teams)
  • 25 domestic cup winners from associations 29–53
  • 14 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–32
  • 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
  • 26 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(70 teams)
  • 13 domestic cup winners from associations 16–28
  • 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 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)
  • 2 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)
    (minus the spot vacated by Atlético Madrid)
  • 40 winners from the second qualifying round
Play-off round
(74 teams)
  • 15 domestic cup winners from associations 1–15
  • 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
  • 35 winners from the third qualifying round
  • 15 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • Title holder
  • 37 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:[4]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[7]

Round of 32
Netherlands Twente (UCL GS) Portugal Benfica (UCL GS) Scotland Rangers (UCL GS) Russia Rubin Kazan (UCL GS)
Switzerland Basel (UCL GS) Russia Spartak Moscow (UCL GS) Netherlands Ajax (UCL GS) Portugal Braga (UCL GS)
Group stage
Spain Atlético Madrid (TH) Belgium Anderlecht (UCL PO) Norway Rosenborg (UCL PO) Russia Zenit St. Petersburg (UCL PO)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (UCL PO) Spain Sevilla (UCL PO) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (UCL PO) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (UCL PO)
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL PO) Italy Sampdoria (UCL PO) Switzerland Young Boys (UCL PO)
Play-off round
England Manchester City (5th) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (4th) Greece AEK Athens (3rd) Romania Unirea Urziceni (UCL Q3)
England Aston Villa (6th) Russia CSKA Moscow (5th) Scotland Dundee United (CW) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (UCL Q3)
Spain Getafe (6th) Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol (CW) Belgium Club Brugge (3rd) Sweden AIK (UCL Q3)
Spain Villarreal (7th)Note ESP Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv (3rd) Switzerland Grasshopper (3rd) Greece PAOK (UCL Q3)
Italy Palermo (5th) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (3rd) Kazakhstan Aktobe (UCL Q3) Scotland Celtic (UCL Q3)
Italy Napoli (6th) Netherlands Feyenoord (4th) Finland HJK Helsinki (UCL Q3) Turkey Fenerbahçe (UCL Q3)
Germany Bayer Leverkusen (4th) Romania Vaslui (3rd) Wales The New Saints (UCL Q3) Belgium Gent (UCL Q3)
Germany Borussia Dortmund (5th) Romania Steaua Bucureşti (4th) Bulgaria Litex Lovech (UCL Q3) Cyprus Omonia (UCL Q3)
France Paris Saint-Germain (CW) Portugal Porto (CW) Belarus BATE Borisov (UCL Q3) Poland Lech Poznań (UCL Q3)
France Lille (4th) Turkey Trabzonspor (CW) Hungary Debrecen (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
England Liverpool (7th)Note ENG Portugal Sporting CP (4th) Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora (CW) Cyprus Apollon (CW)
Italy Juventus (7th) Turkey Galatasaray (3rd) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (2nd) Sweden IFK Göteborg (2nd)
Germany Stuttgart (6th) Greece Aris (4th) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (CW) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (CW)
France Montpellier (5th) Scotland Hibernian (4th) Czech Republic Jablonec (2nd) Poland Jagiellonia Białystok (CW)
Russia Sibir Novosibirsk (CR) Belgium Genk (P-W) Norway Aalesund (CW) Croatia Hajduk Split (CW)
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th) Switzerland Luzern (4th) Austria Sturm Graz (CW) Finland Inter Turku (CW)
Netherlands AZ (5th) Denmark Nordsjælland (CW) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (CW)
Romania Timişoara (5th) Denmark Odense (2nd) Israel Maccabi Haifa (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Ukraine Karpaty Lviv (5th) Austria Austria Wien (2nd) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (2nd) Estonia Sillamäe Kalev (2nd)
Netherlands Utrecht (P-W) Austria Rapid Wien (3rd) Latvia Jelgava (CW) Albania Besa Kavajë (CW)
Romania Dinamo Bucureşti (6th) Serbia OFK Beograd (3rd) Latvia Ventspils (2nd) Kazakhstan Atyrau (CW)
Portugal Marítimo (5th) Serbia Spartak Zlatibor Voda (4th) Slovenia Maribor (CW) Armenia Mika (2nd)
Turkey Beşiktaş (4th) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd) Slovenia Gorica (3rd) Wales Bangor City (CW)
Greece Olympiacos (5th) Cyprus APOEL (2nd) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (2nd) Northern Ireland Cliftonville (2nd)
Scotland Motherwell (5th) Sweden Elfsborg (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (CW) Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (CW)
Belgium Cercle Brugge (CR) Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica (3rd) Hungary Videoton (2nd) Luxembourg Differdange (CW)
Switzerland Lausanne-Sport (CR) Poland Wisła Kraków (2nd) Iceland Breiðablik (CW) Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)
Denmark Brøndby (3rd) Croatia Cibalia (3rd) Moldova Iskra-Stal (2nd) Andorra UE Sant Julià (CW)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia (3rd) Finland Honka (2nd) Georgia (country) WIT Georgia (CW) Malta Valletta (CW)
Czech Republic Baník Ostrava (3rd) Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė (3rd) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW) San Marino Tre Penne (2nd)
Norway Molde (2nd) Lithuania Šiauliai (4th)Note LTU Republic of Macedonia Teteks (CW)
Norway Stabæk (3rd) Republic of Ireland Sporting Fingal (CW) Azerbaijan Baku (CW)
First qualifying round
Israel Bnei Yehuda (CR) Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (2nd) Azerbaijan Khazar (4th) Faroe Islands EB/Streymur (2nd)
Cyprus Anorthosis (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski (4th) Estonia Narva Trans (3rd) Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík (4th)
Sweden Kalmar FF (4th) Hungary Győri ETO (3rd) Estonia Flora (CR) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (2nd)
Slovakia Nitra (4th) Hungary Zalaegerszeg (CR) Albania Tirana (3rd) Luxembourg Grevenmacher (3rd)
Poland Ruch Chorzów (3rd) Iceland KR Reykjavík (2nd) Albania Laçi (4th) Montenegro Mogren (3rd)
Croatia Šibenik (4th) Iceland Fylkir (3rd) Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy (3rd) Montenegro Zeta (4th)
Finland TPS (3rd) Moldova Olimpia (3rd) Kazakhstan Tobol Kostanay (4th) Andorra UE Santa Coloma (2nd)
Lithuania Tauras Tauragė (5th)Note LTU Moldova Dacia (CR) Armenia Ulisses (3rd) Andorra Lusitanos (4th)
Republic of Ireland Dundalk (5th)Note IRL Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd) Armenia Banants (CR) Malta Sliema Wanderers (3rd)
Latvia Skonto (3rd) Georgia (country) Zestaponi (3rd) Wales Llanelli (2nd) San Marino Faetano (3rd)
Slovenia Olimpija (4th) Republic of Macedonia Rabotnički (2nd) Wales Port Talbot Town (3rd) Sweden Gefle (FP)[8]
Belarus Dnepr Mogilev (3rd) Republic of Macedonia Metalurg Skopje (3rd) Northern Ireland Glentoran (3rd) Denmark Randers (FP)[9]
Belarus Torpedo Zhodino (CR) Azerbaijan Qarabağ (3rd) Northern Ireland Portadown (CR) Finland MYPA (FP)[10]
Notes

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[6]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 21 June 2010 1 July 2010 8 July 2010
Second qualifying round 15 July 2010 22 July 2010
Third qualifying round 16 July 2010 29 July 2010 5 August 2010
Play-off Play-off round 6 August 2010 19 August 2010 26 August 2010
Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2010
(Monaco)
16 September 2010
Matchday 2 30 September 2010
Matchday 3 21 October 2010
Matchday 4 4 November 2010
Matchday 5 1–2 December 2010
Matchday 6 15–16 December 2010
Knockout phase Round of 32 17 December 2010 17 February 2011 24 February 2011
Round of 16 10 March 2011 17 March 2011
Quarter-finals 18 March 2011 7 April 2011 14 April 2011
Semi-finals 28 April 2011 5 May 2011
Final 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin

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.

Seeding

The draws for the qualifying rounds, the play-off round and the group stage are all seeded based on the 2010 UEFA club coefficients.[17] The coefficients are calculated on the basis of a combination of 20% of the value of the respective national association’s coefficient for the period from 2005–06 to 2009–10 inclusive and the clubs' individual performances in the UEFA club competitions during the same period. Clubs are ordered by their coefficients and then divided into pots as required.[4][18]

In the draws for the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, the teams are divided evenly into one seeded and one unseeded pot, based on their club coefficients. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie also being decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to these draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association not drawn against each other.

In the draw for the group stage, the 48 teams are split into four pots of twelve teams, based on their club coefficients, with the title holder (if participating) automatically placed into Pot 1. Each group contains one team from each pot, but teams from the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.

In the draw for the first knockout stage, the twelve group winners and the four better third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage (based on their match record in the group stage) are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team 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 may be drawn with each other.

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying and play-off rounds, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

The draw for the first two qualifying rounds was made on 21 June 2010,[19] while the draw for the third qualifying round was made on 16 July 2010.[20]

First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 1 July, and the second legs were played on 8 July 2010.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UE Santa Coloma Andorra 0–5 Montenegro Mogren 0–3 0–2
Olimpija Slovenia 0–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 0–2 0–3
Anorthosis Cyprus 4–0 Armenia Banants 3–0 1–0
Olimpia Moldova 1–1 (a)1 Azerbaijan Khazar 0–0 1–1
Šibenik Croatia 3–0 Malta Sliema Wanderers 0–0 3–0
Tobol Kazakhstan 2–4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski 1–2 1–2
Ulisses Armenia 0–1 Israel Bnei Yehuda 0–0 0–1
Rabotnički Republic of Macedonia 11–01 Andorra Lusitanos 5–0 6–0
KF Tirana Albania 1–0 Hungary Zalaegerszeg 0–0 1–0 (aet)
Zestaponi Georgia (country) 5–0 San Marino Faetano 5–0 0–0
NSÍ Runavík Faroe Islands 1–4 Sweden Gefle 0–2 1–2
Torpedo Zhodino Belarus 6–1 Iceland Fylkir 3–0 3–1
Randers Denmark 7–3 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 6–1 1–2
Portadown Northern Ireland 2–1 Latvia Skonto 1–1 1–0
TPS Finland 7–1 Wales Port Talbot Town 3–1 4–0
KR Reykjavík Iceland 5–2 Northern Ireland Glentoran 3–0 2–2
Grevenmacher Luxembourg 4–51 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 3–3 1–2
Kalmar FF Sweden 4–0 Faroe Islands EB/Streymur 1–0 3–0
Llanelli Wales 4–5 Lithuania Tauras Tauragė 2–2 2–3 (aet)
Narva Trans Estonia 0–7 Finland MYPA 0–2 0–5
Zeta Montenegro 1–1 (a)1 Moldova Dacia 1–1 0–0
Laçi Albania 2–8 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 1–1 1–7
Shakhter Karaganda Kazakhstan 1–3 Poland Ruch Chorzów 1–2 0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2–1 Estonia Flora 2–1 0–0
Nitra Slovakia 3–5 Hungary Győri ETO 2–2 1–3
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 5–2 Republic of Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 4–1 1–1

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 15 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 July 2010.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cercle Brugge Belgium 2–2 (a) Finland TPS 0–1 2–1
Motherwell Scotland 2–0 Iceland Breiðablik 1–0 1–0
Anorthosis Cyprus 3–22 Croatia Šibenik 0–2 3–0 (aet)
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 1–0 1–1
Šiauliai Lithuania 0–7 Poland Wisła Kraków 0–2 0–5
Kalmar FF Sweden 2–0 Moldova Dacia 0–0 2–0
Utrecht Netherlands 5–1 Albania KF Tirana 4–0 1–1
Gorica Slovenia 1–4 Denmark Randers 0–3 1–1
Marítimo Portugal 6–4 Republic of Ireland Sporting Fingal 3–2 3–2
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania 2–6 Austria Rapid Wien 0–2 2–4
Ventspils Latvia 1–3 Republic of Macedonia Teteks 0–0 1–3
OFK Beograd Serbia 3–2 Belarus Torpedo Zhodino 2–2 1–0
Olimpia Moldova 1–7 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti 0–2 1–5
MYPA Finland 8–0 Andorra UE Sant Julià 3–0 5–03
Videoton Hungary 1–3 Slovenia Maribor 1–1 0–2
Brøndby Denmark 3–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz 3–0 0–0
Stabæk Norway 3–3 (a) Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 2–2 1–1
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2–1 Israel Bnei Yehuda 1–1 1–0
Elfsborg Sweden 3–1 Moldova Iskra-Stal 2–1 1–0
KR Reykjavík Iceland 2–6 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv 0–3 2–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–2 Montenegro Mogren 2–0 1–2
Austria Wien Austria 3–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2–2 1–0
Tauras Tauragė Lithuania 1–6 Cyprus APOEL 0–3 1–3
Molde Norway 2–2 (a) Latvia Jelgava 1–0 1–2
Zestaponi Georgia (country) 3–1 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica 3–0 0–1
Honka Finland 2–3 Wales Bangor City 1–1 1–2
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 8–0 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 6–0 2–0
WIT Georgia Georgia (country) 0–6 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava 0–6 0–0
Rabotnički Republic of Macedonia 1–0 Armenia Mika 1–0 0–0
Atyrau Kazakhstan 0–5 Hungary Győri ETO 0–34 0–2
Portadown Northern Ireland 2–32 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–2 1–1
Beşiktaş Turkey 7–0 Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 3–0 4–0
Differdange Luxembourg 3–5 Serbia Spartak Zlatibor Voda 3–3 0–2
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 10–1 Estonia Sillamäe Kalev 5–1 5–0
Valletta Malta 1–1 (a) Poland Ruch Chorzów 1–1 0–0
Baku Azerbaijan 2–4 Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 0–35 2–1
Zrinjski Bosnia and Herzegovina 13–3 San Marino Tre Penne 4–1 9–2
Gefle Sweden 2–42 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–2 1–2
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 1–02 Croatia Cibalia 1–0 0–0
Besa Kavajë Albania 1–11 Greece Olympiacos 0–5 1–6
Notes

Third qualifying round

The first legs were played on 27 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 3 and 5 August 2010.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Odense Denmark 5–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski 5–3 0–0
Dnepr Mogilev Belarus 3–1 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava 1–0 2–1
Rabotnički Republic of Macedonia 0–46 England Liverpool 0–2 0–2
Marítimo Portugal 10–3 Wales Bangor City 8–2 2–1
Beroe Stara Zagora Bulgaria 1–4 Austria Rapid Wien 1–1 0–3
MYPA Finland 4–56 Romania Timişoara 1–2 3–3
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 5–1 Northern Ireland Cliftonville 3–0 2–1
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine 2–0 Georgia (country) Zestafoni 1–0 1–0
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 0–3 Italy Juventus 0–2 0–1
Elfsborg Sweden 7–1 Republic of Macedonia Teteks 5–0 2–1
Nordsjælland Denmark 1–3 Portugal Sporting CP 0–1 1–2
Maribor Slovenia 6–2 Scotland Hibernian 3–0 3–2
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 2–3 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–2 1–1
Inter Turku Finland 3–8 Belgium Genk 1–5 2–3
Ruch Chorzów Poland 1–6 Austria Austria Wien 1–3 0–3
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 1–4 Turkey Beşiktaş 1–1 0–3
Olympiacos Greece 2–2 (a) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 0–1
Wisła Kraków Poland 2–4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–1 2–3
Sturm Graz Austria 3–1 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 1–1
Cercle Brugge Belgium 2–36 Cyprus Anorthosis 1–0 1–3
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–3 Denmark Brøndby 1–2 0–1
Molde Norway 4–5 Germany Stuttgart 2–3 2–2
Maccabi Haifa Israel 2–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–0 1–3
Utrecht Netherlands 4–1 Switzerland Luzern 1–0 3–1
Sibir Novosibirsk Russia 2–2 (a) Cyprus Apollon 1–0 1–2
Randers Denmark 3–4 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 2–3 1–1
Dinamo Bucureşti Romania 3–4 Croatia Hajduk Split 3–1 0–3
AZ Netherlands 2–1 Sweden IFK Göteborg 2–0 0–1
Spartak Zlatibor Voda Serbia 2–3 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–1 0–2
Győri ETO Hungary 1–1 (4–3 p) France Montpellier 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Aalesund Norway 1–4 Scotland Motherwell 1–1 0–3
Kalmar FF Sweden 3–6 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–1 2–5
Galatasaray Turkey 7–3 Serbia OFK Beograd 2–2 5–1
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 3–4 Greece Aris 1–2 2–2
APOEL Cyprus 4–1 Czech Republic Jablonec 1–0 3–1
Notes

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2010.[23] The first legs were played on 17 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 24 and 26 August 2010.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain France 5–4 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 3–4
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 6–1 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 3–0 3–1
CSKA Moscow Russia 6–1 Cyprus Anorthosis 4–0 2–1
Hajduk Split Croatia 5–2 Romania Unirea Urziceni 4–1 1–1
Feyenoord Netherlands 1–2 Belgium Gent 1–0 0–2
Genk Belgium 2–7 Portugal Porto 0–3 2–4
Debrecen Hungary 4–1 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 2–0 2–1
Aris Greece 2–1 Austria Austria Wien 1–0 1–1
Galatasaray Turkey 3–3 (a) Ukraine Karpaty Lviv 2–2 1–1
Palermo Italy 5–3 Slovenia Maribor 3–0 2–3
Club Brugge Belgium 5–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 2–1 3–2
Omonia Cyprus 2–3 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 0–1 2–2
Vaslui Romania 0–2 France Lille 0–0 0–2
Napoli Italy 3–0 Sweden Elfsborg 1–0 2–0
Sporting CP Portugal 3–2 Denmark Brøndby 0–2 3–0
Steaua Bucureşti Romania 1–1 (4–3 p)7 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Liverpool England 3–1 Turkey Trabzonspor 1–0 2–1
Celtic Scotland 2–4 Netherlands Utrecht 2–0 0–4
Borussia Dortmund Germany 5–0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 4–0 1–0
AIK Sweden 1–2 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–0 1–2
Sturm Graz Austria 1–3 Italy Juventus 1–2 0–1
Getafe Spain 2–1 Cyprus APOEL 1–0 1–1 (aet)
Dundee United Scotland 1–2 Greece AEK Athens 0–1 1–1
AZ Netherlands 3–2 Kazakhstan Aktobe 2–0 1–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 0–1 Poland Lech Poznań 0–1 0–0
Rapid Wien Austria 4–3 England Aston Villa 1–1 3–2
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 5–2 Wales The New Saints 3–0 2–2
Beşiktaş Turkey 6–0 Finland HJK Helsinki 2–0 4–0
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 2–3 Germany Stuttgart 0–1 2–2
Sibir Novosibirsk Russia 1–5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–0 0–5
BATE Belarus 5–1 Portugal Marítimo 3–0 2–1
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 2–2 (4–3 p) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Győri ETO Hungary 1–4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 1–2
Odense Denmark 3–1 Scotland Motherwell 2–1 1–0
PAOK Greece 2–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–0 1–1 (aet)
Villarreal Spain 7–1 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 5–0 2–1
Timişoara Romania 0–3 England Manchester City 0–1 0–2

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Black: 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 48 clubs were drawn into twelve groups of four on 27 August 2010 in Monaco.[24] In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 16 September, 30 September, 21 October, 4 November, 1–2 December, and 15–16 December 2010. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):[4]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Following a trial at last year's UEFA Europa League, UEFA have announced that in both this year's and the 2011–12 competition, two extra officials would be used – with one on each goal line.[25]

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Manchester City 6321116+511
Poland Lech Poznań 6321118+311
Italy Juventus 60607706
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 60241982
  JUV LEC MC SAL
Juventus 3–3 1–1 0–0
Lech Poznań 1–1 3–1 2–0
Manchester City 1–1 3–1 3–0
Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 0–1 0–2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 633082+612
Greece Aris 631275+210
Spain Atlético Madrid 622297+28
Norway Rosenborg 6105313103
  ARI ATL LEV RBK
Aris 1–0 0–0 2–0
Atlético Madrid 2–3 1–1 3–0
Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 1–1 4–0
Rosenborg 2–1 1–2 0–1

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Sporting CP 6402146+812
France Lille 622286+28
Belgium Gent 621381357
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 621361157
  GNT LS LIL SCP
Gent 1–0 1–1 3–1
Levski Sofia 3–2 2–2 1–0
Lille 3–0 1–0 1–2
Sporting CP 5–1 5–0 1–0

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Villarreal 640285+312
Greece PAOK 632153+211
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 62134517
Belgium Club Brugge 60334843
  BRG DZ PAOK VLR
Club Brugge 0–2 1–1 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 0–1 2–0
PAOK 1–1 1–0 1–0
Villarreal 2–1 3–0 1–0

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6321106+411
Belarus BATE 63121111010
Netherlands AZ 621381027
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 61235725
  AZ BTE DK SHF
AZ 3–0 1–2 2–1
BATE 4–1 1–4 3–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 2–2 0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 0–1 2–0

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia CSKA Moscow 6510183+1516
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6231121209
Italy Palermo 621371147
Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 6015516111
  CSM LAU PAL SPP
CSKA Moscow 5–1 3–1 3–0
Lausanne-Sport 0–3 0–1 1–3
Palermo 0–3 1–0 2–2
Sparta Prague 1–1 3–3 3–2

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6600186+1218
Belgium Anderlecht 62138807
Greece AEK Athens 621391347
Croatia Hajduk Split 610551383
  AEK AND HAJ ZNT
AEK Athens 1–1 3–1 0–3
Anderlecht 3–0 2–0 1–3
Hajduk Split 1–3 1–0 2–3
Zenit St. Petersburg 4–2 3–1 2–0

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Stuttgart 6501166+1015
Switzerland Young Boys 6303101009
Spain Getafe 62134847
Denmark Odense 611481464
  GET OB STU YB
Getafe 2–1 0–3 1–0
Odense 1–1 1–2 2–0
Stuttgart 1–0 5–1 3–0
Young Boys 2–0 4–2 4–2

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6420103+714
Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 632194+511
Italy Sampdoria 61234735
Hungary Debrecen 610541393
  DEB MET PSV SAM
Debrecen 0–5 1–2 2–0
Metalist Kharkiv 2–1 0–2 2–1
PSV Eindhoven 3–0 0–0 1–1
Sampdoria 1–0 0–0 1–2

Group J

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Paris Saint-Germain 633094+512
Spain Sevilla 6312107+310
Germany Borussia Dortmund 6231107+39
Ukraine Karpaty Lviv 6015415111
  DOR KAR PSG SEV
Borussia Dortmund 3–0 1–1 0–1
Karpaty Lviv 3–4 1–1 0–1
Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 2–0 4–2
Sevilla 2–2 4–0 0–1

Group K

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Liverpool 624083+510
Italy Napoli 61418917
Romania Steaua Bucureşti 613291126
Netherlands Utrecht 60515725
  LIV NAP STE UTR
Liverpool 3–1 4–1 0–0
Napoli 0–0 1–0 0–0
Steaua Bucureşti 1–1 3–3 3–1
Utrecht 0–0 3–3 1–1

Group L

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Porto 6510144+1016
Turkey Beşiktaş 641196+313
Austria Rapid Wien 610551273
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 610541063
  BJK CSS POR RPD
Beşiktaş 1–0 1–3 2–0
CSKA Sofia 1–2 0–1 0–2
Porto 1–1 3–1 3–0
Rapid Wien 1–2 1–2 1–3

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 draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 17 December 2010.[26] The draws for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team) were held on 18 March 2011.[27]

Bracket

Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
 Greece PAOK 0 1 1  
 Russia CSKA Moscow 1 1 2      Russia CSKA Moscow 0 1 1  
 Spain Sevilla 1 1 2    Portugal Porto 1 2 3  
 Portugal Porto (a) 2 0 2        Portugal Porto 5 5 10  
 Belgium Anderlecht 0 0 0        Russia Spartak Moscow 1 2 3  
 Netherlands Ajax 2 3 5      Netherlands Ajax 0 0 0
 Switzerland Basel 2 1 3    Russia Spartak Moscow 1 3 4  
 Russia Spartak Moscow 3 1 4        Portugal Porto 5 2 7  
 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 0 0 0        Spain Villarreal 1 3 4  
 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2 4 6      Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2 1 3  
 Italy Napoli 0 1 1    Spain Villarreal 3 2 5  
 Spain Villarreal 0 2 2        Spain Villarreal 5 3 8
 Russia Rubin Kazan 0 2 2        Netherlands Twente 1 1 2  
 Netherlands Twente 2 2 4      Netherlands Twente 3 0 3
 Switzerland Young Boys 2 1 3    Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 0 2 2  
 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 3 4        Portugal Porto 1
 Portugal Benfica 2 2 4        Portugal Braga 0
 Germany Stuttgart 1 0 1      Portugal Benfica 2 1 3  
 Belarus BATE Borisov 2 0 2    France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 2  
 France Paris Saint-Germain (a) 2 0 2        Portugal Benfica 4 2 6  
 France Lille 2 1 3        Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 2 3  
 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2 3 5      Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 1 1
 Scotland Rangers (a) 1 2 3    Scotland Rangers 0 0 0  
 Portugal Sporting CP 1 2 3        Portugal Benfica 2 0 2
 Turkey Beşiktaş 1 0 1        Portugal Braga (a) 1 1 2  
 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 4 4 8      Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2 0 2  
 Greece Aris 0 0 0    England Manchester City 0 1 1  
 England Manchester City 0 3 3        Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1 0 1
 Poland Lech Poznań 1 0 1        Portugal Braga (a) 1 0 1  
 Portugal Braga 0 2 2      Portugal Braga 1 0 1
 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0 0 0    England Liverpool 0 0 0  
 England Liverpool 0 1 1  

Round of 32

The first legs were played on 15 and 17 February, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 24 February 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Napoli Italy 1–2 Spain Villarreal 0–0 1–2
Rangers Scotland 3–3 (a) Portugal Sporting CP 1–1 2–2
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–1 England Liverpool 0–0 0–1
Anderlecht Belgium 0–5 Netherlands Ajax 0–3 0–2
Lech Poznań Poland 1–2 Portugal Braga 1–0 0–2
Beşiktaş Turkey 1–8 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 0–4
Basel Switzerland 3–4 Russia Spartak Moscow 2–3 1–1
Young Boys Switzerland 3–4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–1 1–3
Aris Greece 0–3 England Manchester City 0–0 0–3
PAOK Greece 1–2 Russia CSKA Moscow 0–1 1–1
Sevilla Spain 2–2 (a) Portugal Porto 1–2 1–0
Rubin Kazan Russia 2–4 Netherlands Twente 0–2 2–2
Lille France 3–5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–2 1–3
Benfica Portugal 4–1 Germany Stuttgart 2–1 2–0
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–2 (a) France Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 0–0
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 0–6 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0–4 0–2

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 3–2 France Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–1 England Manchester City 2–0 0–1
Twente Netherlands 3–2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–0 0–2
CSKA Moscow Russia 1–3 Portugal Porto 0–1 1–2
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–0 Scotland Rangers 0–0 1–0
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 3–5 Spain Villarreal 2–3 1–2
Ajax Netherlands 0–4 Russia Spartak Moscow 0–1 0–3
Braga Portugal 1–08 England Liverpool 1–0 0–0

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Porto Portugal 10–3 Russia Spartak Moscow 5–1 5–2
Benfica Portugal 6–3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 4–1 2–2
Villarreal Spain 8–2 Netherlands Twente 5–1 3–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–1 (a)9 Portugal Braga 1–1 0–0

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs were played on 5 May 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 2–2 (a)10 Portugal Braga 2–1 0–1
Porto Portugal 7–4 Spain Villarreal 5–1 2–3

Final

The final was played on 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Due to UEFA rules against corporate sponsorship outside the federation, for the final the stadium was referred to as the "Dublin Arena".

18 May 2011
19:45 IST
Porto Portugal 1–0 Portugal Braga
Falcao  44' Report

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1 Colombia Radamel Falcao Portugal Porto 17 1098'
2 Italy Giuseppe Rossi Spain Villarreal 11 1037'
3 Czech Republic Tomáš Necid Russia CSKA Moscow 6 526'
4 Mali Frédéric Kanouté Spain Sevilla 5 461'
Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony Czech Republic Sparta Prague 5 526'
Brazil Nilmar Spain Villarreal 5 572'
Latvia Artjoms Rudņevs Poland Lech Poznań 5 621'
Uruguay Edinson Cavani Italy Napoli 5 667'
Colombia Fredy Guarín Portugal Porto 5 808'
Ukraine Artem Milevskiy Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 5 967'
Hungary Balázs Dzsudzsák Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 5 973'

See also

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