2023–24 UEFA Europa League

2023–24 UEFA Europa League

The Aviva Stadium in Dublin hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 8–31 August 2023 Competition proper: 21 September 2023 – 22 May 2024
Teams	Competition proper: 32+8 Total: 21+36 (from 32 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Atalanta (1st title)
Runners-up	Bayer Leverkusen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	141
Goals scored	439 (3.11 per match)
Attendance	4,370,262 (30,995 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille) 10 goals
Best player(s)	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)[1]
Best young player	Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)[2]
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The 2023–24 UEFA Europa League was the 53rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 15th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The final was played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, with Italian club Atalanta defeating German club Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 to win their first European title. Atalanta became the first Italian team to win the competition since Parma in 1999. Their win also denied Leverkusen’s bid to win a continental treble and complete the entire season unbeaten across all competitions. As winners of the tournament, Atalanta automatically qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league stage and also earned the right to play against Real Madrid, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, in the 2024 UEFA Super Cup.

This edition was the final season with the current format of 32 teams participating in the group stage, after UEFA announced that a brand new format would be introduced for the following edition.^[3] Due to the format change, no clubs can be transferred from the Champions League group stage to the UEFA Europa League under the Swiss format, and this edition's winners onwards will no longer be able to defend the title.^[4]

Sevilla were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League.

A total of 57 teams from 34 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League. Among them, 15 associations had teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 40 associations that did not have any teams directly qualifying, 19 of them have teams playing after being transferred from the Champions League (the only member association which could not have a participant was Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league, and could only enter their cup winner into the Europa Conference League given their association ranking). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[5]

• The title holders of the UEFA Europa Conference League were given an entry in the Europa League (if they did not qualify for the Champions League through league performance).
• Associations 1–5 each had two teams qualify.
• Associations 6–16 (except Russia)^{[Note RUS]} each had one team qualify.
• 36 teams eliminated from the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.

For the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22.^[6]

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

• (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
• (UECL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa Conference League title holders

Association ranking for 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1  England 106.641 2 +1 (UECL) 2  Spain 96.141 3  Italy 76.902 +1 (UCL) 4  Germany 75.213 5  France 60.081 +2 (UCL) 6  Portugal 53.382 1 +2 (UCL) 7  Netherlands 49.300 +1 (UCL) 8  Austria 38.850 +1 (UCL) 9  Scotland 36.900 +1 (UCL) 10  Russia 34.482 0 [Note RUS] 11  Serbia 33.375 1 +1 (UCL) 12  Ukraine 31.800 +2 (UCL) 13  Belgium 30.600 +1 (UCL) 14  Switzerland 29.675 +2 (UCL) 15  Greece 28.200 +2 (UCL) 16  Czech Republic 27.800 +1 (UCL) 17  Norway 27.250 0 +1 (UCL) 18  Denmark 27.175 19  Croatia 27.150 +1 (UCL)

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20  Turkey 27.100 0 +1 (UCL) 21  Cyprus 26.375 +1 (UCL) 22  Israel 24.375 +1 (UCL) 23  Sweden 22.875 +1 (UCL) 24  Bulgaria 19.500 +1 (UCL) 25  Romania 17.150 26  Azerbaijan 17.000 +1 (UCL) 27  Hungary 16.375 28  Poland 15.875 +1 (UCL) 29  Kazakhstan 15.750 +1 (UCL) 30  Slovakia 15.625 +1 (UCL) 31  Slovenia 15.000 +1 (UCL) 32  Belarus 12.500 +1 (UCL) 33  Moldova 11.250 +1 (UCL) 34  Lithuania 10.000 +1 (UCL) 35  Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.125 +1 (UCL) 36  Finland 8.875 +1 (UCL) 37  Luxembourg 8.750 38  Latvia 8.625

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 39  Kosovo 8.166 0 40  Republic of Ireland 8.125 41  Armenia 8.125 42  Northern Ireland 8.083 43  Albania 8.000 44  Faroe Islands 7.250 +1 (UCL) 45  Estonia 7.041 46  Malta 7.000 47  Georgia 7.000 48  North Macedonia 7.000 49  Liechtenstein 6.500 50  Wales 5.500 51  Gibraltar 5.416 52  Iceland 5.375 +1 (UCL) 53  Montenegro 4.875 54  Andorra 4.665 55  San Marino 1.332

The following is the access list for this season.^[7]

Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2023–24 European season, the following changes to the access list were made:

• The cup winners of associations 13 (Belgium) and 14 (Switzerland) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
• The cup winners of association 16 (Czech Republic) entered the third qualifying round instead of the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

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

• ECL: Europa Conference League title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
• UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
  • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
  • CH/LP PO: Losers from the play-off round (Champions/League Path)
  • CH/LP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
  • CH/LP Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round (Champions/League Path)

The third qualifying round was divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

Qualified teams for 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Entry round		Teams
Knockout round play-offs		Galatasaray (UCL GS)	Lens (UCL GS)	Braga (UCL GS)	Benfica (UCL GS)
		Feyenoord (UCL GS)	Milan (UCL GS)	Young Boys (UCL GS)	Shakhtar Donetsk (UCL GS)
Group stage		West Ham United (ECL)	Liverpool (5th)	Brighton & Hove Albion (6th)	Villarreal (5th)
		Real Betis (6th)	Atalanta (5th)	Roma (6th)	SC Freiburg (5th)
		Bayer Leverkusen (6th)	Toulouse (CW)	Rennes (4th)	Sporting CP (4th)
		Rangers (UCL LP PO)	AEK Athens (UCL CH PO)	Panathinaikos (UCL LP PO)	Molde (UCL CH PO)
		Maccabi Haifa (UCL CH PO)	Raków Częstochowa (UCL CH PO)	Marseille (UCL LP Q3)	Sturm Graz (UCL LP Q3)
		TSC (UCL LP Q3)	Servette (UCL LP Q3)
Play-off round		Ajax (3rd)	LASK (3rd)	Aberdeen (3rd)	Čukarički (3rd)
		Zorya Luhansk (3rd)[Note UKR]	Union Saint-Gilloise (3rd)	Lugano (3rd)	Sparta Prague (UCL CH Q3)
		Dinamo Zagreb (UCL CH Q3)	Aris Limassol (UCL CH Q3)	Slovan Bratislava (UCL CH Q3)	Olimpija Ljubljana (UCL CH Q3)
		KÍ (UCL CH Q3)
Third qualifying round	CH	BK Häcken (UCL CH Q2)	Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL CH Q2)	Qarabağ (UCL CH Q2)	Astana (UCL CH Q2)
		BATE Borisov (UCL CH Q2)	Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL CH Q2)	Žalgiris (UCL CH Q2)	Zrinjski Mostar (UCL CH Q2)
		HJK (UCL CH Q2)	Breiðablik (UCL CH Q2)
	MP	Olympiacos (3rd)	Slavia Prague (CW)	Dnipro-1 (UCL LP Q2)	Genk (UCL LP Q2)

Notes

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[10][11][12] Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023. The first legs were played on 8 and 10 August, and the second legs were played on 17 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League play-off round of their respective path.

Champions Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žalgiris	1–8	BK Häcken	1–3	0–5
Qarabağ	4–2	HJK	2–1	2–1
Zrinjski Mostar	6–3	Breiðablik	6–2	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	7–3	BATE Borisov	5–1	2–2
Astana	3–6	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	1–5

Main Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	2–1	Genk	1–0	1–1
Slavia Prague	4–1	Dnipro-1	3–0	1–1

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023. The first legs were played on 24 August and the second legs were played on 31 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League group stage.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Prague	3–2	Zorya Luhansk	2–0	1–2
Olympiacos	6–1	Čukarički	3–1	3–0
Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	Lugano	2–0	1–0
Ludogorets Razgrad	2–4	Ajax	1–4	1–0
BK Häcken	5–3	Aberdeen	2–2	3–1
LASK	3–2	Zrinjski Mostar	2–1	1–1
KÍ	2–3	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	1–2
Olimpija Ljubljana	1–3	Qarabağ	0–2	1–1
Slovan Bratislava	4–7	Aris Limassol	2–1	2–6
Dinamo Zagreb	4–5	Sparta Prague	3–1	1–4

Sturm

LASK

Qarabağ

Union SG

Aris

Prague

Liverpool

West Ham

Brighton

Toulouse

Rennes

Marseille

Freiburg

Leverkusen

Athens

M. Haifa

Atalanta

Roma

Sheriff

Ajax

Molde

Raków

Sporting

Rangers

TSC

Villarreal

Betis

Häcken

Servette

Athens teams
AEK
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos

Prague teams
Slavia
Sparta

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Location of teams of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023, 13:00 CEST, in Monaco. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots each of eight teams, based on their club coefficients. As the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, West Ham United entered Pot 1 regardless of their club coefficient (CC).^[13] Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Aris Limassol, Brighton & Hove Albion, BK Häcken, Raków Częstochowa, Servette and TSC made their debut appearances in the group stage and their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage. Furthermore, Brighton & Hove Albion qualified for European football for the first time in their history.

A total of 21 national associations were represented in the group stage.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WHU	FRE	OLY	TSC
1	West Ham United	6	5	0	1	10	4	+6	15	Advance to round of 16		—	2–0	1–0	3–1
2	SC Freiburg	6	4	0	2	17	7	+10	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	5–0	5–0
3	Olympiacos	6	2	1	3	11	14	−3	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League		2–1	2–3	—	5–2
4	TSC	6	0	1	5	6	19	−13	1			0–1	1–3	2–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BHA	MAR	AJA	AEK
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to round of 16		—	1–0	2–0	2–3
2	Marseille	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–2	—	4–3	3–1
3	Ajax	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League		0–2	3–3	—	3–1
4	AEK Athens	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4			0–1	0–2	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAN	SPP	BET	ALI
1	Rangers	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	1–0	1–1
2	Sparta Prague	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–0	—	1–0	3–2
3	Real Betis	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9	Transfer to Europa Conference League		2–3	2–1	—	4–1
4	Aris Limassol	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4			2–1	1–3	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATA	SCP	STU	RAK
1	Atalanta	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Advance to round of 16		—	1–1	1–0	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	3–0	2–1
3	Sturm Graz	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4[a]	Transfer to Europa Conference League		2–2	1–2	—	0–1
4	Raków Częstochowa	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4[a]			0–4	1–1	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	TOU	USG	LAS
1	Liverpool	6	4	0	2	17	7	+10	12	Advance to round of 16		—	5–1	2–0	4–0
2	Toulouse	6	3	2	1	8	9	−1	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		3–2	—	0–0	1–0
3	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League		2–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	LASK	6	1	0	5	6	12	−6	3			1–3	1–2	3–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIL	REN	MHA	PAO
1	Villarreal	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	Advance to round of 16		—	1–0	0–0	3–2
2	Rennes	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–3	—	3–0	3–1
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–2	0–3	—	0–0
4	Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	4			2–0	1–2	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLP	ROM	SRV	SHE
1	Slavia Prague	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	15	Advance to round of 16		—	2–0	4–0	6–0
2	Roma	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–0	—	4–0	3–0
3	Servette	6	1	2	3	4	13	−9	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League		0–2	1–1	—	2–1
4	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1			2–3	1–2	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEV	QAR	MOL	HAC
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	6	0	0	19	3	+16	18	Advance to round of 16		—	5–1	5–1	4–0
2	Qarabağ	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Molde	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–2	2–2	—	5–1
4	BK Häcken	6	0	0	6	3	17	−14	0			0–2	0–1	1–3	—

In the knockout phase, teams played 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 was as follows:

• In the draw for the knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Champions League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

	Knockout round play-offs							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
								Benfica		2	1	3
	Benfica		2	0	2			Rangers		2	0	2
															Benfica		2	0	2 (2)
	Toulouse		1	0	1
															Marseille (p)		1	1	2 (4)
								Marseille		4	1	5
	Shakhtar Donetsk		2	1	3			Villarreal		0	3	3
																						Marseille		1	0	1
	Marseille		2	3	5
																						Atalanta		1	3	4
								Sparta Prague		1	1	2
	Galatasaray		3	1	4			Liverpool		5	6	11
															Liverpool		0	1	1
	Sparta Prague		2	4	6
															Atalanta		3	0	3
								Sporting CP		1	1	2
																													22 May – Dublin
	Young Boys		1	1	2			Atalanta		1	2	3
																													Atalanta		3
	Sporting CP		3	1	4
																													Bayer Leverkusen		0
								Milan		4	3	7
	Milan		3	2	5			Slavia Prague		2	1	3
															Milan		0	1	1
	Rennes		0	3	3
															Roma		1	2	3
								Roma		4	0	4
	Feyenoord		1	1	2 (2)			Brighton & Hove Albion		0	1	1
																						Roma		0	2	2
	Roma (p)		1	1	2 (4)
																						Bayer Leverkusen		2	2	4
								Qarabağ		2	2	4
	Braga		2	3	5			Bayer Leverkusen		2	3	5
															Bayer Leverkusen		2	1	3
	Qarabağ (a.e.t.)		4	2	6
															West Ham United		0	1	1
								SC Freiburg		1	0	1
	Lens		0	2	2			West Ham United		0	5	5
	SC Freiburg (a.e.t.)		0	3	3

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023, 13:00 CET.^[14] The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 22 February 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Feyenoord	2–2 (2–4 p)	Roma	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Milan	5–3	Rennes	3–0	2–3
Lens	2–3	SC Freiburg	0–0	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Young Boys	2–4	Sporting CP	1–3	1–1
Benfica	2–1	Toulouse	2–1	0–0
Braga	5–6	Qarabağ	2–4	3–2 (a.e.t.)
Galatasaray	4–6	Sparta Prague	3–2	1–4
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–5	Marseille	2–2	1–3

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 12:00 CET.^[15] The first legs were played on 6 and 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	2–11	Liverpool	1–5	1–6
Marseille	5–3	Villarreal	4–0	1–3
Roma	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	0–1
Benfica	3–2	Rangers	2–2	1–0
SC Freiburg	1–5	West Ham United	1–0	0–5
Sporting CP	2–3	Atalanta	1–1	1–2
Milan	7–3	Slavia Prague	4–2	3–1
Qarabağ	4–5	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	2–3

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 13:00 CET.^[16] The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	1–3	Roma	0–1	1–2
Liverpool	1–3	Atalanta	0–3	1–0
Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	West Ham United	2–0	1–1
Benfica	2–2 (2–4 p)	Marseille	2–1	0–1 (a.e.t.)

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 13:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.^[16] The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 9 May 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	1–4	Atalanta	1–1	0–3
Roma	2–4	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	2–2

The final was played on 22 May 2024 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.^[16]

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22)

20:00 IST

Atalanta	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Lookman 12', 26', 75'	Report

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 47,135^[17]

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Rank[18]	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Marseille	10	1030
2	Romelu Lukaku	Roma	7	1082
3	Gianluca Scamacca	Atalanta	6	697
	João Pedro	Brighton & Hove Albion		436
5	Juninho	Qarabağ	5	794
	Mohammed Kudus	West Ham United		771
	Ademola Lookman	Atalanta		720
	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting CP		622
	Darwin Núñez	Liverpool		459
	Fotis Ioannidis	Panathinaikos		435
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool		399
	Victor Boniface	Bayer Leverkusen		379
	Michael Gregoritsch	SC Freiburg		345
	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen		301

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.^[19]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Mile Svilar	Roma
DF	Gianluca Mancini	Roma
	Jonathan Tah	Bayer Leverkusen
	Berat Djimsiti	Atalanta
MF	Jeremie Frimpong	Bayer Leverkusen
	Teun Koopmeiners	Atalanta
	Granit Xhaka	Bayer Leverkusen
	Matteo Ruggeri	Atalanta
FW	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen
	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Marseille
	Ademola Lookman	Atalanta

• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ( Marseille)^[1]

• Florian Wirtz ( Bayer Leverkusen)^[2]

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