2017–18 UEFA Europa League
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June/July – August 2017 (qualifying) September 2017 – May/June 2018 (competition proper) |
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48+8 (competition proper) 157+33 (expected) (total) (from 54 associations) |
The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League will be 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.
A possible host city candidate for the Europa League final is reported to be Lyon, France, with the Parc Olympique Lyonnais as possible host stadium.[1][2][3] On 15 September 2016, UEFA announced that a decision regarding the 2018 final will be made at a later stage.[4]
The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League will automatically qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage,[5] and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup.
Association team allocation
A total of 190 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League (the participation of teams from Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, is to be confirmed).[7] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[6]
- Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 52–54 each have two teams qualify.
- Liechtenstein have one team qualify (as it organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league).
- 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.[8]
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.[9][10]
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 the Champions League
Final ranking as of 28 May 2016.[9][10]
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Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.[11][12]
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| First qualifying round (100 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 will be vacated (not replaced by another team from the same association), and cup winners of the highest-ranked associations will be moved to a later round accordingly.[13]
- If 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 may be 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.[14]
- 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, which means changes to the access list of the Europa League will also need to be made.[15]
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):[6]
- 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:
- CW: Cup winners
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
- LC: League Cup 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
Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, either through domestic performance, or by winning the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League or the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.
- Notes
- ^ Belarus (BLR): Shakhtyor Soligorsk will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round if they or BATE Borisov win the 2016–17 Belarusian Cup. Dinamo Minsk will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round if they win the cup.
- ^ Republic of Ireland (IRL): Derry City are a club based in Northern Ireland, but will participate in the Europa League through one of the berths for the Republic of Ireland (any coefficient points they earn count toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).
- ^ Sweden (SWE): AIK will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round if they win the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen. IFK Norrköping will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round if they win the cup.
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients,[16][17] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
First qualifying round
A total of 100 teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round.
Dinamo Minsk CC: 10.975
HJK CC: 10.530
AIK CC: 9.945- Shakhtyor Soligorsk CC: 7.475
Ventspils CC: 5.725
Odd CC: 5.665
Kairat CC: TBD (5.550)
KR CC: 5.175- IFK Norrköping CC: 4.945
Nõmme Kalju CC: 4.800- Stjarnan CC: 4.175
- Haugesund CC: 4.165
- Ordabasy CC: TBD (4.050)
- Levadia Tallinn CC: 4.050
- Irtysh Pavlodar CC: TBD (3.550)
Shamrock Rovers CC: TBD (3.065)- Jelgava CC: 2.975
- SJK CC: 2.780
- Cork City CC: TBD (2.565)
B36 Tórshavn CC: 2.450- Derry City CC: TBD (2.315)
- VPS CC: 2.030
- Valur CC: 1.925
Atlantas CC: 1.825- Sūduva Marijampolė CC: 1.825
Torpedo Kutaisi CC: 1.775- Trakai CC: 1.575
- NSÍ Runavík CC: 1.450
- KÍ CC: 0.700
Third-placed team of 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga
Third-placed team of 2016–17 Croatian First Football League
Runners-up of 2016–17 Ekstraklasa- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Ekstraklasa
Runners-up of 2016–17 Cypriot First Division- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Cypriot First Division
Runners-up of 2016–17 Israeli Premier League- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Israeli Premier League
Runners-up of 2016–17 Danish Superliga- Winners of 2016–17 Danish Superliga Europa League play-offs
Runners-up of 2016–17 Scottish Premiership- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Scottish Premiership
Winners of 2016–17 Azerbaijan Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League
Winners of 2016–17 Serbian Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga
Winners of 2016–17 Bulgarian Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 First Professional Football League
- Winners of 2016–17 First Professional Football League Europa League play-offs
Winners of 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga
Winners of 2016–17 Slovak Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Slovak First Football League
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Slovak First Football League
Winners of 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup
Winners of 2016–17 Magyar Kupa- Runners-up of 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Winners of 2016–17 Moldovan Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Moldovan National Division
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Moldovan National Division
- Losers of 2016 Umaglesi Liga Championship final
- Winners of 2016 Umaglesi Liga Europa League play-offs
Winners of 2016–17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Winners of 2016–17 Albanian Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Albanian Superliga
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Albanian Superliga
Winners of 2016–17 Macedonian Football Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Macedonian First Football League
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Macedonian First Football League
- Winners of 2016–17 Latvian Football Cup
Winners of 2016–17 Luxembourg Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division
Winners of 2016–17 Montenegrin Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Montenegrin First League
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Montenegrin First League
Winners of 2016–17 Irish Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 NIFL Premiership
- Winners of 2016–17 NIFL Premiership Europa League play-offs
- Winners of 2016–17 Estonian Cup
Winners of 2016–17 Armenian Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Armenian Premier League
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Armenian Premier League
Winners of 2016–17 Maltese FA Trophy- Runners-up of 2016–17 Maltese Premier League
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Maltese Premier League
Winners of 2016–17 Welsh Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Welsh Premier League
- Winners of 2016–17 Welsh Premier League Europa League play-offs
Winners of 2017 Rock Cup- Runners-up of 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division
Winners of 2017 Copa Constitució- Runners-up of 2016–17 Primera Divisió
Winners of 2016–17 Coppa Titano- Runners-up of 2016–17 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
Note: UEFA club coefficient (CC) at the end of 2016–17 season, which is used for seeding, is listed in italics.[16][17]
Second qualifying round
A total of 66 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: 16 teams which enter in this round, and the 50 winners of the first qualifying round.
- Brann CC: 3.665
Winners of 2016–17 Eredivisie Europa League play-offs
Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Süper Lig
Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Swiss Super League
Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Czech First League
Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Superleague Greece
Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Liga I- Runners-up of 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga
- Runners-up of 2016–17 Croatian First Football League
- Winners of 2016–17 Polish Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Cypriot Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Belarusian Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Svenska Cupen
- Winners of 2016–17 Israel State Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Danish Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Scottish 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.
Sixth-placed team of 2016–17 La Liga
Sixth-placed team of 2016–17 Bundesliga
Winners of 2016–17 EFL Cup
Fifth-placed team of 2016–17 Serie A
Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Primeira Liga- Fifth-placed team of 2016–17 Primeira Liga
Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Ligue 1- Winners of 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue
Third-placed team of 2016–17 Russian Premier League- Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Russian Premier League
Third-placed team of 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League- Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League
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Third-placed team of 2016–17 Belgian First Division A- Winners of 2016–17 Belgian First Division A Europa League play-offs
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Eredivisie
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Süper Lig
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Swiss Super League
- Winners of 2016–17 Czech Cup
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Czech First League
- Winners of 2016–17 Greek Football Cup
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Superleague Greece
- Winners of 2016–17 Cupa României
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Liga I
- Winners of 2016–17 Austrian Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 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 2017–18 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 2017 UEFA club coefficients.[16][17] 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).[6]
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 2017–18 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 2017–18 UEFA Champions League play-off round.
- Winners of 2016–17 Copa del Rey
- Fifth-placed team of 2016–17 La Liga
- Winners of 2016–17 DFB-Pokal
- Fifth-placed team of 2016–17 Bundesliga
- Winners of 2016–17 FA Cup
- Fifth-placed team of 2016–17 Premier League
- Winners of 2016–17 Coppa Italia
- Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Serie A
- Winners of 2016–17 Taça de Portugal
- Winners of 2016–17 Coupe de France
- Winners of 2016–17 Russian Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Belgian Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 KNVB Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Turkish Cup
- Winners of 2016–17 Swiss Cup
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
- ↑ http://www.football365.fr/finale-2018-rendez-a-lyon-2697783.html
- ↑ http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/internacional/20160915/41322745015/kiev-sede-de-la-final-de-la-champions-2017-18.html
- ↑ http://www.marca.com/futbol/2016/09/15/57da667a268e3e37458b45a5.html
- ↑ http://www.uefa.org/mediaservices/newsid=2404974.html
- ↑ "Evolution of UEFA club competitions from 2018". UEFA.com. 26 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "Gibraltar gains an additional spot in the Europa League". Gibraltar Football Association. 20 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Country coefficients 2015/16". UEFA.com.
- 1 2 "UEFA Country Ranking 2016". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ↑ "Preliminary Access List 2015/16" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
- ↑ "Access list 2015/2016". 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.
- 1 2 3 "Club coefficients". UEFA.com.
- 1 2 3 "UEFA Team Ranking 2017". Bert Kassies.
External links
- UEFA Europa League (official website)