2016–17 UEFA Europa League
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30 June – 25 August 2016 (qualifying) 15 September 2016 – 24 May 2017 (competition proper) |
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48+8 (competition proper) 156+33 (expected) (total) (from 54 associations) |
The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League will be the 46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 8th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The 2017 UEFA Europa League Final will be played at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden.[1][2]
The UEFA Executive Committee approved in December 2014 changes to the rewards given according to the Respect Fair Play ranking, and starting from the 2016–17 season, the three Fair Play berths will no longer be allocated to the Europa League.[3]
Association team allocation
A total of 189 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League (the participation of teams from Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, are to be confirmed).[6] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]
- Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 52–54 (except Gibraltar) 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).
- Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.
Association ranking
For the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.[7][8]
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:
- (CL) – Additional teams transferred from Champions League
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Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.[9][10][11][5]
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| First qualifying round (98 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (66 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (58 teams) |
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| Play-off round (44 teams) |
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| Group stage (48 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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The access list above is provisional, as changes will need to be made in the following cases:
- If the Champions League title holders or the Europa League title holders have qualified for the Europa League through domestic performance, their berth in the Europa League is vacated (not replaced by another team from the same association), and cup winners of the highest-ranked associations are moved to a later round accordingly.[12]
- In some cases where changes to the access list of the Champions League are made, the number of losers of the Champions League third qualifying round which are transferred to the Europa League is increased or decreased from the default number of 15, which means changes to the access list of the Europa League will also need to be made.[13]
- Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders are from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association will be moved to the Europa League and enter the group stage, which means changes to the access list of the Europa League may also need to be made.[14]
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):[4]
- 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 the League Cup 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:[15]
- 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
- CL: Transferred from Champions League
- GS: Third-placed teams from group stage
- PO: Losers from play-off round
- Q3: Losers from third qualifying round
Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, either through domestic performance or by winning the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
- Notes
- ^ Belarus (BLR): Dinamo Minsk will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round if BATE Borisov win the 2015–16 Belarusian Cup.
- ^ Belgium (BEL): Club Brugge have qualified for the 2016–17 European competitions by winning the 2015–16 Belgian Pro League Regular season. They may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League if they finish in the top two of the Championship play-offs.
- ^ Croatia (CRO): Rijeka will enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round and Hajduk Split will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round if Dinamo Zagreb win the 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup.
- ^ Cyprus (CYP): Omonia will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round if they win the 2015–16 Cypriot Cup.
- ^ Denmark (DEN): Copenhagen have qualified for the 2016–17 European competitions by winning the 2015–16 Danish Cup. They may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League if they win the 2015–16 Danish Superliga.
- ^ England (ENG): Manchester City have qualified for the 2016–17 European competitions by winning the 2015–16 Football League Cup. They may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League if they finish in the top four of the 2015–16 Premier League. They may also enter the Europa League group stage if they finish fifth in the league, or if they finish sixth and Manchester United finish in the top five in the league and win the 2015–16 FA Cup.
- ^ Italy (ITA): Internazionale have qualified for the 2016–17 Europa League as they will finish fourth or fifth in the 2015–16 Serie A. They will enter the group stage if they finish fourth in the league or Juventus win the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, otherwise they will enter the third qualifying round.
- ^ Poland (POL): Legia Warsaw have qualified for the 2016–17 European competitions by winning the 2015–16 Polish Cup. They may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League if they win the 2015–16 Ekstraklasa.
- ^ Portugal (POR): Braga will enter the group stage instead of the third qualifying round if they finish fourth in the 2015–16 Primeira Liga or win the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal.
- ^ Romania (ROU): Pandurii Târgu Jiu and Dinamo București have qualified for the 2016–17 Europa League as they will finish third or fourth in the 2015–16 Liga I. Pandurii Târgu Jiu will enter the third qualifying round if they finish third in the league or Dinamo București win the 2015–16 Cupa României, otherwise they will enter the second qualifying round. Dinamo București will enter the third qualifying round if they finish third in the league or win the cup, otherwise they will enter the second qualifying round
- ^ Russia (RUS): Zenit Saint Petersburg have qualified for the 2016–17 European competitions by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup. They may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League if they finish in the top two of the 2015–16 Russian Premier League.
- ^ San Marino (SMR): La Fiorita have qualified for the 2016–17 European competitions by winning the 2015–16 Coppa Titano. They may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League if they win the 2015–16 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio.
- ^ Slovakia (SVK): Trenčín have qualified for the 2016–17 European competitions by winning the 2015–16 Slovak Cup. They may still qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League if they win the 2015–16 Slovak First Football League.
- ^ Spain (ESP): Athletic Bilbao, Celta Vigo and Sevilla have qualified for the 2016–17 Europa League as they will finish fifth, sixth or seventh in the 2015–16 La Liga. If Sevilla win the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, they and the fifth-placed team in the league will enter the group stage, while the remaining team (sixth or seventh-placed team) will enter the third qualifying round. If Barcelona win the cup, the fifth and sixth-placed teams will enter the group stage, while the seventh-placed team will enter the third qualifying round. Sevilla will qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League if they win the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
- ^ Turkey (TUR): Konyaspor have qualified for the 2016–17 Europa League as they will finish third or fourth in the 2015–16 Süper Lig. They will enter the group stage if they finish third in the league, otherwise they will enter the third qualifying round.
- ^ Ukraine (UKR): Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, who will finish third or fourth in the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League, are excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.[16] Zorya Luhansk will enter the group stage instead of the third qualifying round if they win the 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup, or if they finish third amongst the eligible teams in the league and Shakhtar Donetsk or Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk win the cup. Vorskla Poltava will enter the group stage instead of the third qualifying round if they finish third amongst the eligible teams in the league and Shakhtar Donetsk or Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk win the cup.
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).[5][17]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 20 June 2016 | 30 June 2016 | 7 July 2016 |
| Second qualifying round | 14 July 2016 | 21 July 2016 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 15 July 2016 | 28 July 2016 | 4 August 2016 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 5 August 2016 | 18 August 2016 | 25 August 2016 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 26 August 2016 (Monaco) |
15 September 2016 | |
| Matchday 2 | 29 September 2016 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 20 October 2016 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 3 November 2016 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 24 November 2016 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 8 December 2016 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 12 December 2016 | 16 February 2017 | 23 February 2017 |
| Round of 16 | 24 February 2017 | 9 March 2017 | 16 March 2017 | |
| Quarter-finals | 17 March 2017 | 13 April 2017 | 20 April 2017 | |
| Semi-finals | 21 April 2017 | 4 May 2017 | 11 May 2017 | |
| Final | 24 May 2017 at Friends Arena, Solna | |||
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 are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients,[18][19][20] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
UEFA club coefficient of each team shown after "Coeff.". For teams whose final coefficient are TBD, current coefficient as of 5 May 2016.[18][19]
First qualifying round
A total of 98 teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round.
HJK Coeff. 10.980
Hajduk Split Coeff. 10.775
Dinamo Minsk Coeff. 10.000
Omonia Coeff. 9.935- AEK Larnaca Coeff. 9.435
AIK Coeff. 8.975
Videoton Coeff. 8.725
Aktobe Coeff. 8.075- Shakhtyor Soligorsk Coeff. 7.500
- IFK Göteborg Coeff. 6.475
- Debrecen Coeff. 6.475
Heart of Midlothian Coeff. 6.460
Ventspils Coeff. 6.075
KR Coeff. 5.750
Trenčín Coeff. 5.400
Odd Coeff. 5.350
Vaduz Coeff. 4.850- Kairat Coeff. 4.825
Differdange 03 Coeff. 4.800
Shamrock Rovers Coeff. 4.590- St Patrick's Athletic Coeff. 4.590
Linfield Coeff. 4.400
Beitar Jerusalem Coeff. 4.225- Stabæk Coeff. 4.100
Levadia Tallinn Coeff. 3.850- Nõmme Kalju Coeff. 3.850
Zimbru Chișinău Coeff. 3.825- Breiðablik Coeff. 3.750
- Ordabasy Coeff. 3.575
- Skonto Coeff. 3.575
HB Coeff. 3.225
Birkirkara Coeff. 2.966- Víkingur Gøta Coeff. 2.725
- Hibernians Coeff. 2.466
Sūduva Marijampolė Coeff. 2.175- RoPS Coeff. 1.980
- Valur Coeff. 1.750
- IFK Mariehamn Coeff. 1.730
Lusitanos Coeff. 1.699- Atlantas Coeff. 1.675
Banants Coeff. 1.575- NSÍ Runavík Coeff. 1.475
- Trakai Coeff. 1.425
- Glenavon Coeff. 1.400
- Cork City Coeff. 1.340
La Fiorita Coeff. 1.316
Bala Town Coeff. 1.200
Sileks Coeff. 1.200
Europa FC Coeff. 0.700- Llandudno Coeff. 0.700
Third-placed team of 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga
Runners-up of 2015–16 Ekstraklasa- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Ekstraklasa
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Israeli Premier League
Runners-up of 2015–16 Danish Superliga- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Danish Superliga
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
Runners-up of 2015–16 A Group- Third-placed team of 2015–16 A Group
Winners of 2015–16 Serbian Cup- Runners-up of 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga
Winners of 2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup- Runners-up of 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga
Winners of 2015–16 Azerbaijan Cup- Runners-up of 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Slovak First Football League
- Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Slovak First Football League
- Winners of 2015–16 Magyar Kupa
- Winners of 2015–16 Moldovan Cup
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Moldovan National Division
Winners of 2015–16 Georgian Cup- Runners-up of 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga
Winners of 2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup- Runners-up of 2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Winners of 2015–16 Macedonian Football Cup
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League
Winners of 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup- Runners-up of 2015–16 Montenegrin First League
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Montenegrin First League
Winners of 2015–16 Albanian Cup- Runners-up of 2015–16 Albanian Superliga
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Albanian Superliga
- Winners of 2015–16 Luxembourg Cup
- Runners-up or third-placed team of 2015–16 Luxembourg National Division
- Winners of 2015–16 NIFL Premiership Europa League play-offs
- Winners of 2015–16 Latvian Football Cup
- Winners of 2015–16 Maltese FA Trophy
- Winners of 2015–16 Estonian Cup
- Winners of 2015–16 Welsh Premier League Europa League play-offs
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Armenian Premier League
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Armenian Premier League
- Winners of 2016 Copa Constitució
- Runners-up of 2015–16 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
Second qualifying round
A total of 66 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: 17 teams which enter in this round, and the 49 winners of the first qualifying round.
- Legia Warsaw Coeff. 28.000
- Copenhagen Coeff. 24.720
- Rijeka Coeff. 14.275
- Strømsgodset Coeff. 7.850
- Häcken Coeff. 5.975
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Winners of 2015–16 Belgian Pro League Europa League play-offs
Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Swiss Super League
Fifth-placed team of 2015–16 Süper Lig
Fourth-placed or fifth-placed team of 2015–16 Superleague Greece
Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Czech First League
Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Liga I- Runners-up 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga
- Winners of 2015–16 Cypriot Cup
- Winners of 2015–16 Israel State Cup
- Winners of 2015–16 Belarusian Cup
- Winners of 2015–16 Scottish Cup
- Winners of 2015–16 Bulgarian Cup
Third qualifying round
A total of 58 teams are expected to play in the third qualifying round: 25 teams which enter in this round, and the 33 winners of the second qualifying round.
Manchester City Coeff. TBD (99.256)
Braga Coeff. 43.116- Club Brugge Coeff. 43.000
Zorya Luhansk Coeff. 11.976- Vorskla Poltava Coeff. 11.976
Sixth-placed team of 2015–16 La Liga
Seventh-placed team of 2015–16 Bundesliga
Fifth-placed team of 2015–16 Serie A- Sixth-placed team of 2015–16 Primeira Liga
Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Ligue 1- Fifth-placed team of 2015–16 Ligue 1
Third-placed team of 2015–16 Russian Premier League- Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Russian Premier League
Fourth-placed team of of 2015–16 Eredivisie- Winners of 2015–16 Eredivisie Europa League play-offs
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Swiss Super League
- Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Süper Lig
- Winners of 2015–16 Greek Football Cup
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Superleague Greece
- Winners of 2015–16 Czech Cup
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Czech First League
- Winners of 2015–16 Cupa României
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Liga I
- Winners of 2015–16 Austrian Cup
- Winners of 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup
Play-off round
A total of 44 teams are expected to play in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
Group stage
The 48 teams are drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients.[18][19][20] If the title holders enter the group stage after losing in the Champions League play-off round, they are automatically seeded into Pot 1 (regulations Article 13.05).[4]
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage.
A total of 48 teams play in the group stage: 16 teams which enter in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League play-off round.
UEFA club coefficient of each team shown after "Coeff.". For teams whose final coefficient are TBD, current coefficient as of 5 May 2016.[18][19]
- Zenit Saint Petersburg Coeff. 93.216
- Standard Liège Coeff. 27.500
- Feyenoord Coeff. 19.112
- Winners of 2015–16 Copa del Rey
- Fifth-placed team of 2015–16 La Liga
- Winners of 2015–16 FA Cup
- Fifth-placed team of 2015–16 Premier League
- Fifth-placed team of 2015–16 Bundesliga
- Sixth-placed team of 2015–16 Bundesliga
- Winners of 2015–16 Coppa Italia
- Fourth-placed team of 2015–16 Serie A
- Winners of 2015–16 Taça de Portugal
- Winners of 2015–16 Coupe de France
- Winners of 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup
- Winners of 2015–16 Swiss Cup
- Third-placed team of 2015–16 Süper Lig
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.
See also
References
- ↑ "Europa League-final 2017 till Friends Arena". Expressen. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Solna to host 2017 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "New Respect Fair Play reward criteria". UEFA.org. 16 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Circular N°14" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "Country coefficients 2014/15". UEFA.com.
- ↑ "UEFA Country Ranking 2015". Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "UEFA Europa League Access list 2016/2017". UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Preliminary Access List 2015-18" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "Access list 2016/2017". Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "Distribution details". UEFA.org. 23 March 2015.
- ↑ "UEFA Access List 2015/18 with explanations" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2016/2017". Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "CFCB adjudicatory chamber orders". uefa.org. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2016/2017". Bert Kassies.
- 1 2 3 4 "Club coefficients". UEFA.com.
- 1 2 3 4 "UEFA Team Ranking 2016". Bert Kassies.
- 1 2 "Seeding in the Europa League 2016/2017". Bert Kassies.
External links
- UEFA Europa League (official website)
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