2019–20 UEFA Europa League
The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League is the 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
 The RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne will host the final | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 27 June – 29 August 2019 Competition proper: 19 September 2019 – 21 August 2020 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 158+55 (from 55 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 194 |
| Goals scored | 535 (2.76 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,069,102 (20,975 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  (7 goals) |
The final will be played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. The winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. They will also automatically qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved will be given to the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 (Rennes), the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.
The quarter-finals onwards were played as a single match knockout ties at neutral venues in Germany (RheinEnergieStadion, MSV-Arena, Merkur Spiel-Arena, Arena AufSchalke) from 10 to 21 August due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
The video assistant referee (VAR) system will be used in the competition from the knockout stage onwards.[2] As the title holders of the Europa League, Chelsea qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, although they had already qualified before the final through their league performance. They are unable to defend their title as they advanced to the Champions League knockout stage.
Association team allocation
A total of 213 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[3]
- Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
- 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).[4]
- Moreover, 55 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League (default number is 57, but 2 fewer teams compete in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League).
Association ranking
For the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.[5]
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
- (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
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Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.[6]
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| Preliminary round (14 teams) |
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| First qualifying round (94 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round | Champions Path (19 teams) |
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| Main Path (74 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round | Champions Path (20 teams) |
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| Play-off round | Champions Path (16 teams) |
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| Group stage (48 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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Changes are made to the default access list, if any of the teams that qualify for the Europa League via their domestic competitions also qualify for the Champions League as the Champions League or Europa League title holders, or if there are fewer teams transferred from the Champions League due to changes in the Champions League access list. In any case where a spot in the Europa League is vacated, cup winners of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds are promoted accordingly.
- In the default access list, originally 17 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round are transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path). However, since the Champions League title holders (Liverpool) qualified for the Champions League group stage via their domestic league, only 16 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path). As a result, only 19 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round (one of the losers from the Champions League first qualifying round would be drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round).
- In the default access list, originally three losers from the Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) are transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). However, since the Europa League title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the Champions League group stage via their domestic league, only two losers from the Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) were transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). As a result, the following changes to the access list were made:
- The cup winners of association 18 (Israel) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
- The cup winners of association 25 (Serbia) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
- The cup winners of associations 50 and 51 (Wales and Faroe Islands) entered the first qualifying round instead of the preliminary round.
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:
- 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:[6]
- CW: Cup winners
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
- LC: League Cup winners
- RW: Regular season winners
- PW: End-of-season Europa League 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
- Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round
- Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
- PR: Losers from the preliminary round (F: final; SF: semi-finals)
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One team not playing a national top division took part in the competition; Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein) played in 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League, which is Switzerland's 2nd tier.
- Notes
- ^ Albania (ALB): Skënderbeu would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth-placed team of the 2018–19 Albanian Superliga, but were banned from entering UEFA competitions.[7] As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team of the league, Laçi, since the fifth-placed team of the league, Flamurtari, failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[8]
- ^ Belgium (BEL): Mechelen would have qualified for the Europa League group stage as the winners of the 2018–19 Belgian Cup, but were found guilty on match-fixing as part of the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal, and thus prohibited by the Royal Belgian Football Association to take part in the 2019–20 European competitions. Mechelen appealed the decision,[9] but the final ruling was announced on 17 July 2019 by the Belgian Arbitration Court for Sports, and Mechelen remained banned,[10] and were subsequently replaced by UEFA.[11] As a result, the third-placed team of the 2018–19 Belgian First Division A, Standard Liège, entered the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, the Europa League play-off winners of the league, Antwerp, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Gent.[12]
- ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH): Željezničar would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth placed team of the 2018–19 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[13] As a result, the berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Radnik Bijeljina.
- ^ Italy (ITA): Milan qualified for the Europa League group stage as the fifth-placed of the 2018–19 Serie A, but were found guilty of breaching Financial Fair Play rules and were excluded from competing in European competitions in 2019–20.[14] As a result, the sixth-placed team of the 2018–19 Serie A, Roma, entered the group stage instead of the second qualifying round, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the seventh-placed team of the league, Torino.
- ^ Lithuania (LTU): Stumbras would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth placed team of the 2018 A Lyga, but had their UEFA licence stripped.[15] As a result, the berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Kauno Žalgiris.[16]
- ^ North Macedonia (MKD): Vardar would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the runners-up of the 2018–19 Macedonian First Football League, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[17] As a result, the berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Makedonija GP.
- ^ Republic of Ireland (IRL): Waterford would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the fourth-placed team of the 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division, but were ruled by UEFA to have not passed the "three-year rule" as the club were reformed in 2016.[18] As a result, the berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, St Patrick's Athletic.
- ^ Champions League (UCL Q1): Sarajevo were drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round, as one fewer loser from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path), due to a Champions League group stage berth vacated by the Champions League title holders.
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).[19] Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
The competition was suspended on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[20] A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season.[21] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the revised schedule for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the competition, to be played in single-leg matches.[1]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 11 June 2019 | 27 June 2019 | 4 July 2019 |
| First qualifying round | 18 June 2019 | 11 July 2019 | 18 July 2019 | |
| Second qualifying round | 19 June 2019 | 25 July 2019 | 1 August 2019 | |
| Third qualifying round | 22 July 2019 | 8 August 2019 | 15 August 2019 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 5 August 2019 | 22 August 2019 | 29 August 2019 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 30 August 2019 (Monaco) |
19 September 2019 | |
| Matchday 2 | 3 October 2019 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 24 October 2019 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 7 November 2019 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 28 November 2019 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 12 December 2019 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 16 December 2019 | 20 February 2020 | 27 February 2020 |
| Round of 16[lower-alpha 1] | 28 February 2020 | 12 March 2020 | 5–6 August 2020[lower-alpha 2] | |
| Quarter-finals | 10 July 2020[lower-alpha 3] | 10–11 August 2020[lower-alpha 4] | ||
| Semi-finals | 16–17 August 2020[lower-alpha 5] | |||
| Final | 21 August 2020 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne[lower-alpha 6] | |||
- The two round of 16 ties which did not play their first leg were played on 5–6 August 2020
- Round of 16 second legs originally scheduled for 19 March 2020
- Quarter-final, semi-final and final draws originally scheduled for 20 March 2020
- Quarter-final first legs originally scheduled for 9 April, and second legs 16 April 2020
- Semi-final first legs originally scheduled for 30 April, and second legs 7 May 2020
- Final originally scheduled for 27 May 2020
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the varying rates of transmission of COVID-19 across European countries during the time of the Round of 16 first leg ties, different matches were affected in different ways. Because of this severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy at the time, the games involving Inter Milan and A.S. Roma were postponed,[22] whereas games hosted in Greece, Germany, and Austria went ahead but behind closed doors.[23] Games hosted in Turkey and Scotland went ahead as normal. On 15 March, UEFA announced that none of the Round of 16 second leg ties would go ahead in the following week, postponing them indefinitely,[24] with a taskforce convened to reschedule the rest of the season.[21] On 23 March, it was announced that the Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland would no longer host the competition Final, originally scheduled for 27 May, but would host the 2021 Final instead.[25]
On 17 June it was announced that the Europa League would return on 5 August and conclude on 21 August,[1] with a last-eight tournament to be held across four venues in Germany.[26] The remainder of the competition would be played in a mini-tournament style with remaining fixture to be played as single legged ties except for the Round of 16 fixtures where the first leg had already been played.[27] All remaining ties of the competition will be played behind closed doors due to the remaining presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[28]
Final tournament venues
| Cologne | Duisburg |
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| RheinEnergieStadion (final venue) |
MSV-Arena |
| Capacity: 49,698 | Capacity: 31,514 |
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| Düsseldorf | Gelsenkirchen |
| Merkur Spiel-Arena | Arena AufSchalke |
| Capacity: 54,600 | Capacity: 62,271 |
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Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients,[29] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2019.[30] The first legs were played on 27 June, and the second legs on 2 and 4 July 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Progrès Niederkorn |
2–2 (a) | |
1–0 | 1–2 |
| La Fiorita |
1–3 | |
0–1 | 1–2 |
| Sant Julià |
3–6 | |
3–2 | 0–4 |
| Ballymena United |
2–0 | |
2–0 | 0–0 |
| Prishtina |
1–3 | |
1–1 | 0–2 |
| KÍ Klaksvík |
9–1[upper-alpha 1] | |
5–1 | 4–0 |
| Barry Town United |
0–4 | |
0–0 | 0–4 |
Notes
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients,[29] 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 18 June 2019.[31] The first legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July, and the second legs on 16, 17 and 18 July 2019.
Notes
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Second qualifying round
The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions). The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2019.[32] The first legs were played on 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs on 30, 31 July and 1 August 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Sarajevo |
Bye | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Tre Penne |
0–10 | |
0–5 | 0–5 |
| Piast Gliwice |
4–4 (a) | |
3–2 | 1–2 |
| Partizani |
1–2 | |
0–1 | 1–1 |
| Ararat-Armenia |
4–1 | |
2–0 | 2–1 |
| Valur |
1–5 | |
1–1 | 0–4 |
| Slovan Bratislava |
4–1 | |
2–1 | 2–0 |
| FC Santa Coloma |
1–4 | |
0–0 | 1–4 |
| HB Tórshavn |
2–3 | |
2–2 | 0–1 |
| Shkëndija |
2–3 | |
1–2 | 1–1 |
Notes
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions). The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019.[33] The first legs were played on 6, 7 and 8 August, and the second legs on 13, 14 and 15 August 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Sutjeska Nikšić |
3–5 | |
1–2 | 2–3 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv |
2–4 | |
1–2 | 1–2 |
| Ararat-Armenia |
3–2 | |
1–2 | 2–0 |
| Riga |
3–3 (a) | |
1–1 | 2–2 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad |
9–0 | |
5–0 | 4–0 |
| Sarajevo |
1–2 | |
1–2 | 0–0 |
| F91 Dudelange |
4–1 | |
3–1 | 1–0 |
| Astana |
9–1 | |
5–1 | 4–0 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol |
2–3 | |
1–2 | 1–1 |
| Slovan Bratislava |
4–1 | |
1–0 | 3–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| IFK Norrköping |
2–4 | |
1–1 | 1–3 |
| Torino |
6–1 | |
5–0 | 1–1 |
| Antwerp |
2–2 (a) | |
1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Austria Wien |
2–5 | |
1–2 | 1–3 |
| Feyenoord |
5–1 | |
4–0 | 1–1 |
| Brøndby |
3–7 | |
2–4 | 1–3 |
| Molde |
4–3 | |
3–0 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
0–2 | |
0–1 | 0–1 |
| Thun |
3–5 | |
2–3 | 1–2 |
| FCSB |
1–0 | |
0–0 | 1–0 |
| Pyunik |
0–8 | |
0–4 | 0–4 |
| Midtjylland |
3–7 | |
2–4 | 1–3 |
| Mariupol |
0–4 | |
0–0 | 0–4 |
| AEK Larnaca |
1–4 | |
1–1 | 0–3 |
| Legia Warsaw |
2–0 | |
0–0 | 2–0 |
| Haugesund |
0–1 | |
0–1 | 0–0 |
| Rijeka |
4–0 | |
2–0 | 2–0 |
| Ventspils |
0–9 | |
0–3 | 0–6 |
Vaduz  |
0–6 | |
0–5 | 0–1 |
| Partizan |
3–2 | |
3–1 | 0–1 |
| Malmö FF |
3–1 | |
3–0 | 0–1 |
| CSKA Sofia |
1–2 | |
1–1 | 0–1 |
| Neftçi Baku |
3–4 | |
2–2 | 1–2 |
| Luzern |
0–6 | |
0–3 | 0–3 |
| Sparta Prague |
3–4 | |
2–2 | 1–2 |
| Universitatea Craiova |
1–3 | |
0–2 | 1–1 |
Play-off round
The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for cup winners and league non-champions). The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019.[34] The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second legs will be played on 29 August 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Sūduva |
2–4 | |
0–0 | 2–4 |
| Copenhagen |
3–2 | |
3–1 | 0–1 |
| Celtic |
6–1 | |
2–0 | 4–1 |
| Ararat-Armenia |
3–3 (4–5 p) | |
2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Ludogorets Razgrad |
2–2 (a) | |
0–0 | 2–2 |
| Linfield |
4–4 (a) | |
3–2 | 1–2 |
| Slovan Bratislava |
3–3 (a) | |
1–0 | 2–3 |
| Astana |
3–2 | |
3–0 | 0–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Torino |
3–5 | |
2–3 | 1–2 |
| Legia Warsaw |
0–1 | |
0–0 | 0–1 |
| FCSB |
0–1 | |
0–0 | 0–1 |
| PSV Eindhoven |
7–0 | |
3–0 | 4–0 |
| AEK Athens |
3–3 (a) | |
1–3 | 2–0 |
| Feyenoord |
6–0 | |
3–0 | 3–0 |
| Gent |
3–2 | |
2–1 | 1–1 |
| Espanyol |
5–3 | |
3–1 | 2–2 |
| Partizan |
3–2 | |
2–1 | 1–1 |
| Braga |
3–1 | |
1–0 | 2–1 |
| Malmö FF |
4–0 | |
3–0 | 1–0 |
| Strasbourg |
1–3 | |
1–0 | 0–3 |
| AZ |
5–2 | |
1–1 | 4–1 (a.e.t.) |
Group stage
Glasgow teams
Istanbul teams
Rome teams
The draw for the group stage was held on 30 August 2019, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[35] The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients.[29]
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 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays are 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, and 12 December 2019.
A total of 26 national associations are represented in the group stage. Espanyol, Ferencváros, LASK, Oleksandriya, Wolfsberg and Wolverhampton Wanderers made their debut appearances in the group stage (although Espanyol and Ferencváros had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage).
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Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01):[3]
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Group A
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–4 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 4 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAL | KOB | DKV | LUG | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BSL | GET | KRA | TRA | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LASK | SPO | PSV | ROS | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CEL | CLJ | LAZ | REN | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | FRA | STL | VSC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | RAN | YB | FEY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | LUD | FER | CSKA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 5–1 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
Group I
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNT | WLF | STE | OLE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |
Group J
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IBS | ROM | MGB | WLB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 8 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–4 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
Group K
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRA | WOL | SLO | BES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | ||
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
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, quarter-finals and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final stages of the competition would feature a format change. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final would be played in a single-leg format from 10 to 21 August 2020 in the German cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen. The matches will tentatively be played behind closed doors, though spectators could be allowed subject to a review of the situation and the decisions of the national and local government.
Following the competition restart in August 2020, a maximum of five substitutions will be allowed, with a sixth allowed in extra time. However, each team will only be given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time. This follows a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.[36]
Bracket
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| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2019, 13:00 CET.[37] The first legs were played on 20 February, and the second legs were played on 26, 27 and 28 February 2020.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton Wanderers |
6–3 | |
4–0 | 2–3 |
| Sporting CP |
4–5 | |
3–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
| Getafe |
3–2 | |
2–0 | 1–2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen |
5–2 | |
2–1 | 3–1 |
| Copenhagen |
4–2 | |
1–1 | 3–1 |
| APOEL |
0–4 | |
0–3 | 0–1 |
| CFR Cluj |
1–1 (a) | |
1–1 | 0–0 |
| Olympiacos |
2–2 (a) | |
0–1 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
| AZ |
1–3 | |
1–1 | 0–2 |
| Club Brugge |
1–6 | |
1–1 | 0–5 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad |
1–4 | |
0–2 | 1–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt |
6–3 | |
4–1 | 2–2 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk |
5–4 | |
2–1 | 3–3 |
| VfL Wolfsburg |
5–1 | |
2–1 | 3–0 |
| Roma |
2–1 | |
1–0 | 1–1 |
| Rangers |
4–2 | |
3–2 | 1–0 |
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 28 February 2020, 13:00 CET.[38] Six of the eight first leg matches were played on 12 March, while the remaining first legs and all second leg fixtures were postponed by UEFA due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[39] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the second legs would be played on 5–6 August 2020. In July 2020, they confirmed that the second legs would be played at the home team's stadium as normal. For the two ties that had not played their first legs, the matches were instead played in a single-leg format, at neutral venues in Germany.[40][41]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| İstanbul Başakşehir |
1–3 | |
1–0 | 0–3 |
| Olympiacos |
1–2 | |
1–1 | 0–1 |
| Rangers |
1–4 | |
1–3 | 0–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg |
1–5 | |
1–2 | 0–3 |
| Inter Milan |
2–0 | | ||
| Sevilla |
2–0 | | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt |
0–4 | |
0–3 | 0–1 |
| LASK |
1–7 | |
0–5 | 1–2 |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 10 July 2020.[39][42] The matches were played on 10 and 11 August 2020.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Shakhtar Donetsk |
4–1 | |
| Manchester United |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | |
| Inter Milan |
2–1 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers |
0–1 | |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final draw). The matches will be played on 16 and 17 August 2020.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Sevilla |
16 Aug (SF1) | |
| Inter Milan |
17 Aug (SF2) | |
Final
The final is scheduled to be played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.[42]
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
There have been 535 goals scored in 194 matches, for an average of 2.76 goals per match.[43]
- As of 11 August 2020
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
|
7 | 721 |
| 2 | |
|
6 | 373 |
|
|
718 | ||
 |
|
738 | ||
 |
|
792 | ||
|
|
930 | ||
| 7 | |
|
5 | 392 |
|
|
486 | ||
|
|
550 | ||
|
|
964 |
Notes
- Bruno Fernandes played for Sporting CP in the group stage and for Manchester United in the knockout stage, after his transfer during the January transfer window.
- Andraž Šporar played for Slovan Bratislava in the group stage and for Sporting CP in the knockout stage, after his transfer during the January transfer window.
Source:[44]
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
|
6 | 567 |
| 2 | |
|
5 | 764 |
| 3 | |
|
4 | 720 |
|
|
721 | ||
| 5 | 22 players | 3 | N/A | |
- Bruno Fernandes played for Sporting CP in the group stage and for Manchester United in the knockout stage, after his transfer during the January transfer window.
Source:[45]
Notes
- The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[28]
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