2022–23 UEFA Europa League

2022–23 UEFA Europa League
Puskás Aréna 05.jpg
The Puskás Aréna in Budapest will host the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
4–25 August 2022
Competition proper:
8 September 2022 – 31 May 2023
TeamsCompetition proper: 32+8
Total: 21+36 (from 33–35 associations)

The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League is the 52nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 14th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The final will be played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest was originally scheduled to host the final match for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, but several hosts were shifted because of the delay and ultimate relocation of the 2020 final due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The winners of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.

As the title holders of the Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt, qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League. They will only be able to defend their title if they finish third in their group.

Association team allocation

A total of 58 teams from between 31 and 36 of the 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League. Among them, 15 associations have teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 40 associations that do not have any teams directly qualifying, between 15 and 20 of them may have teams playing after being transferred from the Champions League (the only member associations which cannot have a participant are Russia and Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league, and can only enter their cup winner into the Europa Conference League given their association ranking). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[2]

  • The title holders of the UEFA Europa Conference League will be given an entry in the Europa League (if they do not qualify for the Champions League group stage).
  • Associations 1–5 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 6–7 and 9–15 each have one team qualify.
  • 37 teams eliminated from the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

Association ranking

For the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21.[3]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may 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 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  England 100.569 2
2  Spain 97.855
3  Italy 75.438
4  Germany 73.570
5  France 56.081 +1 (UCL)
6  Portugal 48.549 1
7  Netherlands 39.200 +1 (UCL)
8  Russia 38.382 0 [Note RUS]
9  Belgium 36.500 1 +1 (UCL)
10  Austria 35.825 +1 (UCL)
11  Scotland 33.375
12  Ukraine 33.100 +1 (UCL)
13  Turkey 30.100 +2 (UCL)
14  Denmark 27.875 +1 (UCL)
15  Cyprus 27.750 +2 (UCL)
16  Serbia 26.750 +1 (UCL)
17  Czech Republic 26.600
18  Croatia 26.275 0
19   Switzerland 26.225 +1 (UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20  Greece 26.000 0 +1 (UCL)
21  Israel 24.375
22  Norway 21.000 +1 (UCL)
23  Sweden 20.500 +1 (UCL)
24  Bulgaria 20.375 +1 (UCL)
25  Romania 18.200
26  Azerbaijan 16.875 +1 (UCL)
27  Kazakhstan 15.625
28  Hungary 15.500 +1 (UCL)
29  Belarus 15.250
30  Poland 15.125
31  Slovenia 14.250 +1 (UCL)
32  Slovakia 13.625 +1 (UCL)
33  Liechtenstein 9.000
34  Lithuania 8.750 +1 (UCL)
35  Luxembourg 8.250 +1 (UCL)
36  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.000
37  Republic of Ireland 7.875 +1 (UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38  North Macedonia 7.625 0 +1 (UCL)
39  Armenia 7.375 +1 (UCL)
40  Latvia 7.375
41  Albania 7.250
42  Northern Ireland 6.958 +1 (UCL)
43  Georgia 6.875
44  Finland 6.875 +1 (UCL)
45  Moldova 6.875 +1 (UCL)
46  Malta 6.375
47  Faroe Islands 6.125
48  Kosovo 5.833
49  Gibraltar 5.666
50  Montenegro 5.000
51  Wales 5.000
52  Iceland 4.875
53  Estonia 4.750
54  Andorra 3.331
55  San Marino 1.166

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.[4]

Access list for 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
Third qualifying round
(14 teams)
Champions Path
(10 teams)
  • 10 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(4 teams)
  • 2 domestic cup winners from associations 16–17
  • 2 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round
(20 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 8–15 (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)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7
  • 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 2022–23 European season, and since the Europa Conference League title holders (Roma) have qualified through their league positions, the following changes to the access list have been made:

  • The cup winners of association 7 (Netherlands) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round
  • The cup winners of associations 13 (Turkey), 14 (Denmark) and 15 (Cyprus) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of associations 16 (Serbia) and 17 (Czech Republic) enter the third qualifying round instead of the Europa Conference League.

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:

  • ECL: Europa Conference League title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association; all teams are subject to approval by UEFA
  • 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 is divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

CC: 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[5]

Qualified teams for 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
Entry round Teams
Knockout round play-offs (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS)
(UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS)
Group stage Italy Roma (6th)ECL England Arsenal (5th) England Manchester United (6th) Spain Real Betis (CW)
Spain Real Sociedad (6th) Italy Lazio (5th) Germany Union Berlin (5th) Germany SC Freiburg (6th)
France Nantes (CW) France Rennes (4th) Portugal Braga (4th) Netherlands Feyenoord (3rd)
Turkey Trabzonspor (UCL CH PO) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (UCL CH PO) Norway Bodø/Glimt (UCL CH PO) Azerbaijan Qarabağ (UCL CH PO)
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (UCL LP PO) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (UCL LP PO) France Monaco (UCL LP Q3) Austria Sturm Graz (UCL LP Q3)
Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise (UCL LP Q3) Denmark Midtjylland (UCL LP Q3)
Play-off round Belgium Gent (CW) Austria Austria Wien (3rd) Scotland Heart of Midlothian (3rd) Ukraine Dnipro-1 (Abd-3rd)[Note UKR]
Turkey Sivasspor (CW) Denmark Silkeborg (3rd) Cyprus Omonia (CW) Cyprus Apollon Limassol (UCL CH Q3)
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL CH Q3) Hungary Ferencváros (UCL CH Q3) Lithuania Žalgiris (UCL CH Q3) Armenia Pyunik (UCL CH Q3)
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL CH Q3)
Third qualifying round CH Switzerland Zürich (UCL CH Q2) Greece Olympiacos (UCL CH Q2) Sweden Malmö FF (UCL CH Q2) Slovenia Maribor (UCL CH Q2)
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (UCL CH Q2) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (UCL CH Q2) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (UCL CH Q2) North Macedonia Shkupi (UCL CH Q2)
Northern Ireland Linfield (UCL CH Q2) Finland HJK (UCL CH Q2)
MP Serbia Partizan (2nd) Czech Republic Slovácko (CW) Turkey Fenerbahçe (UCL LP Q2) Cyprus AEK Larnaca (UCL LP Q2)

Notes

  1. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[7]
  2. ^
    Ukraine (UKR): The 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup was abandoned due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The berth reserved for the cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team of the league at the time of the abandonment, SC Dnipro-1, who were selected to play in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. Matches are scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the group stage are 18:45 and 21:00 CEST/CET, though exceptionally can take place at 16:30 due to geographical reasons.

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup takes place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, the group stage will commence in the first week of September 2022 and conclude in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup.

The draws for the qualifying round will be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8] The group stage draw will take place in Istanbul, Turkey.[9]

Schedule for 2022–23 UEFA Europa League[10][11]
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Third qualifying round 18 July 2022 4 August 2022 11 August 2022
Play-offs Play-off round 2 August 2022 18 August 2022 25 August 2022
Group stage Matchday 1 26 August 2022 8 September 2022
Matchday 2 15 September 2022
Matchday 3 6 October 2022
Matchday 4 13 October 2022
Matchday 5 27 October 2022
Matchday 6 3 November 2022
Knockout phase Knockout round play-offs 7 November 2022 16 February 2023 23 February 2023
Round of 16 24 February 2023 9 March 2023 16 March 2023
Quarter-finals 17 March 2023 13 April 2023 20 April 2023
Semi-finals 11 May 2023 18 May 2023
Final 31 May 2023 at Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022. The first legs were played on 4 August, and the second legs were played on 9 and 11 August 2022.

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Malmö FF Sweden 5–2 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 3–0 2–2
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 5–2 North Macedonia Shkupi 3–1 2–1
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–5 Switzerland Zürich 0–2 0–3
Olympiacos Greece 3–3 (4–3 p) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Maribor Slovenia 0–3 Finland HJK 0–2 0–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 4–3 Serbia Partizan 2–1 2–2
Fenerbahçe Turkey 4–1 Czech Republic Slovácko 3–0 1–1

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022. The first legs were played on 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2022.

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dnipro-1 Ukraine 1–5 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 1–2 0–3
Gent Belgium 0–4 Cyprus Omonia 0–2 0–2
Austria Wien Austria 1–6 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–2 1–4
Zürich Switzerland 3–1 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 2–1 1–0
HJK Finland 2–1 Denmark Silkeborg 1–0 1–1
Malmö FF Sweden 5–1 Turkey Sivasspor 3–1 2–0
Ferencváros Hungary 4–1 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 4–0 0–1
Apollon Limassol Cyprus 2–2 (1–3 p) Greece Olympiacos 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Pyunik Armenia 0–0 (2–3 p) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 4–3 Lithuania Žalgiris 1–0 3–3 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage.
Brown pog.svg Brown: Group A; Red pog.svg Red: Group B; Orange pog.svg Orange: Group C; Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group D;
Green pog.svg Green: Group E; Blue pog.svg Blue: Group F; Purple pog.svg Purple: Group G; Pink pog.svg Pink: Group H.

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022. 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 2022 UEFA club coefficients (CC).[12] Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Bodø/Glimt, Nantes, Union Berlin and Union Saint-Gilloise will make their debut appearances in the group stage. Union Saint-Gilloise will make their debut appearance in a UEFA competition group stage.

A total of 23 national associations are represented in the group stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS PSV BOD ZUR
1 England Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 15 Sep 6 Oct 3 Nov
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout round play-offs 27 Oct 8 Sep 13 Oct
3 Norway Bodø/Glimt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Europa Conference League 13 Oct 3 Nov 15 Sep
4 Switzerland Zürich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Sep 6 Oct 27 Oct
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2022. Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DKV REN FEN AKL
1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 13 Oct 3 Nov 15 Sep
2 France Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout round play-offs 6 Oct 15 Sep 3 Nov
3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Europa Conference League 8 Sep 27 Oct 6 Oct
4 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Oct 8 Sep 13 Oct
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2022. Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM LUD BET HJK
1 Italy Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 3 Nov 6 Oct 15 Sep
2 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout round play-offs 8 Sep 27 Oct 13 Oct
3 Spain Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Europa Conference League 13 Oct 15 Sep 3 Nov
4 Finland HJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Oct 6 Oct 8 Sep
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2022. Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRA MAL UNI USG
1 Portugal Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 3 Nov 15 Sep 6 Oct
2 Sweden Malmö FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout round play-offs 8 Sep 6 Oct 27 Oct
3 Germany Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Europa Conference League 27 Oct 13 Oct 8 Sep
4 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Oct 15 Sep 3 Nov
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2022. Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN RSO SHE OMO
1 England Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 8 Sep 27 Oct 13 Oct
2 Spain Real Sociedad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout round play-offs 3 Nov 13 Oct 15 Sep
3 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Europa Conference League 15 Sep 6 Oct 3 Nov
4 Cyprus Omonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Oct 27 Oct 8 Sep
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2022. Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LAZ FEY MID STU
1 Italy Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 8 Sep 27 Oct 13 Oct
2 Netherlands Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout round play-offs 3 Nov 13 Oct 15 Sep
3 Denmark Midtjylland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Europa Conference League 15 Sep 6 Oct 3 Nov
4 Austria Sturm Graz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Oct 27 Oct 8 Sep
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2022. Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY QAR FRE NAN
1 Greece Olympiacos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 6 Oct 15 Sep 3 Nov
2 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout round play-offs 13 Oct 3 Nov 15 Sep
3 Germany SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Europa Conference League 27 Oct 8 Sep 6 Oct
4 France Nantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Sep 27 Oct 13 Oct
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2022. Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB MON FER TRA
1 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 8 Sep 6 Oct 27 Oct
2 France Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout round play-offs 3 Nov 15 Sep 6 Oct
3 Hungary Ferencváros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfer to Europa Conference League 13 Oct 27 Oct 8 Sep
4 Turkey Trabzonspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Sep 13 Oct 3 Nov
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2022. Source: UEFA

See also

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