2023–24 UEFA Europa League

European club football competition

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.

## Association team allocation

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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.

### Association ranking

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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

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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)
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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  |
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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  |

### Distribution

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

Access list for 2023–24 UEFA Europa League  | Teams entering in this round  | Teams advancing from previous round  | Teams transferred from Champions League

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Third qualifying round
(14 teams)  | Champions Path
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* 10 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)

Main Path
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* 2 domestic cup winners from associations 15–16

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* 2 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)

Play-off round
(20 teams)  |

* 7 domestic cup winners from associations 7–14 (except Russia)[Note RUS]

* 5 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
* 2 winners from the third qualifying round (Main Path)

* 6 teams eliminated from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)

Group stage
(32 teams)  |

* Europa Conference League title holder
* 6 domestic cup winners from associations 1–6
* 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 5
* 4 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–4

* 10 winners from the play-off round

* 4 teams eliminated from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)
* 2 teams eliminated from Champions League play-off round (League Path)
* 4 teams eliminated from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)

Preliminary knockout round
(16 teams)  | —  |

* 8 group runners-up from the group stage

* 8 group third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Knockout phase
(16 teams)  | —  |

* 8 group winners from the group stage
* 8 winners from the preliminary knockout round

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.

### Teams

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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

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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

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Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[9]

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Ukraine (UKR): Organization of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Cup was aborted and scratched due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The berth reserved for the cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team in the league, Zorya Luhansk.

## Schedule

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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.

Schedule for 2023–24 UEFA Europa League  Phase  | Round  | Draw date  | First leg  | Second leg

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Qualifying  | Third qualifying round  | 24 July 2023  | 10 August 2023  | 17 August 2023
Play-offs  | Play-off round  | 7 August 2023  | 24 August 2023  | 31 August 2023
Group stage  | Matchday 1  | 1 September 2023  | 21 September 2023
Matchday 2  | 5 October 2023
Matchday 3  | 26 October 2023
Matchday 4  | 9 November 2023
Matchday 5  | 30 November 2023
Matchday 6  | 14 December 2023
Knockout phase  | Knockout round play-offs  | 18 December 2023  | 15 February 2024  | 22 February 2024
Round of 16  | 23 February 2024  | 7 March 2024  | 14 March 2024
Quarter-finals  | 15 March 2024  | 11 April 2024  | 18 April 2024
Semi-finals  | 2 May 2024  | 9 May 2024
Final  | 22 May 2024 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin

## Third qualifying round

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Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round

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.

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Champions Path  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
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Main Path  Olympiacos | 2–1  |  Genk | 1–0 | 1–1
Slavia Prague | 4–1  |  Dnipro-1 | 3–0 | 1–1

## Play-off round

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Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League play-off round

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

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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

## Group stage

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Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage

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.

### Group A

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  WHU |  FRE |  OLY |  TSC

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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 | --

Source: UEFA

### Group B

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  BHA |  MAR |  AJA |  AEK

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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 | --

Source: UEFA

### Group C

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  RAN |  SPP |  BET |  ALI

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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 | --

Source: UEFA

### Group D

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  ATA |  SCP |  STU |  RAK

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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 | --

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

### Group E

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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 | --

Source: UEFA

### Group F

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  VIL |  REN |  MHA |  PAO

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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 | --

Source: UEFA

### Group G

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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 | --

Source: UEFA

### Group H

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  LEV |  QAR |  MOL |  HAC

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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 | --

Source: UEFA

## Knockout phase

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Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

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.
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### Bracket

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

### Knockout round play-offs

[edit]

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

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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

### Round of 16

[edit]

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

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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

### Quarter-finals

[edit]

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

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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.)

### Semi-finals

[edit]

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

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|
|

Marseille | 1–4  |  Atalanta | 1–1 | 0–3
Roma | 2–4  |  Bayer Leverkusen | 0–2 | 2–2

### Final

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Main article: 2024 UEFA Europa League final

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

[edit]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

### Top goalscorers

[edit]

Rank[18] | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played

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|
|

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

### Team of the Season

[edit]

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

### Player of the Season

[edit]

* Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ( Marseille)[1]

### Young Player of the Season

[edit]

* Florian Wirtz ( Bayer Leverkusen)[2]

## See also

[edit]

* 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
* 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
* 2024 UEFA Super Cup
* 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
* 2023–24 UEFA Youth League

## References

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1. ^ a b "Aubameyang named 2023/24 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
2. ^ a b "Florian Wirtz named 2023/24 UEFA Europa League Young Player of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
3. ^ "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
4. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (13 March 2021). "New-look Champions League is a pointless waste of time that will destroy the drama". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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8. ^ "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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10. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Europa League: Matches, final, key dates". UEFA. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
11. ^ "International match calendar and access list for the 2023/24 season". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 65/2022. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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13. ^ "UEFA 5-year Club Ranking 2023". kassiesa.net. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
14. ^ UEFA.com (18 December 2023). "UEFA Europa League knockout round play-off draw: Feyenoord vs Roma, Milan vs Rennes, Galatasaray vs Sparta Praha | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
15. ^ UEFA.com (23 February 2024). "UEFA Europa League round of 16 draw: Liverpool face Sparta, Brighton meet Roma | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
16. ^ a b c UEFA.com (15 March 2024). "UEFA Europa League quarter-final draw: Liverpool vs Atalanta, Milan vs Roma | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
17. ^ "Full Time Report Final – Atalanta v Bayer Leverkusen" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
18. ^ "UEFA Europa League – Top Scorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
19. ^ "2023/24 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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