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2015–16 UEFA Europa League

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2015–16 UEFA Europa League
St-Jakob-Park.jpg
The St. Jakob-Park in Basel will host the final.
Tournament details
Dates 2 July – 27 August 2015 (qualifying)
17 September 2015 – 18 May 2016 (competition proper)
Teams 48+8 (competition proper)
158+33 (expected) (total) (from 54 associations)
← 2014–15
2016–17 →

The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League will be the 45th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised byUEFA, and the 7th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The 2016 UEFA Europa League Final will be played at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland.[1]

Sevilla won the two most recent tournaments. As they automatically qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage as the Europa League title holders, they will not be able to defend their title unless they finish third in the Champions League group stage.

 

 

Format changes[edit]

The UEFA Executive Committee held in May and September 2013 approved the following changes to the UEFA Europa League starting from the 2015–16 season (for the three-year cycle until the 2017–18 season):[2]

  • The title holders of the UEFA Europa League will qualify for the UEFA Champions League, and therefore no Europa League berth will be reserved for them (although it is still possible for them to defend their title if they drop down to the Europa League after Champions League elimination).
  • All associations will have a maximum of three teams entering the Europa League (excluding those transferred from the Champions League); previously associations 7–9 each had four entrants (the only exception is when both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders are from the same top three ranked association and do not qualify for either the Champions League or Europa League through domestic competitions, and the fourth-placed team of their association enter the Europa League instead of the Champions League because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, meaning in this case, four teams from their association enter the Europa League).
  • The number of teams directly qualifying for the group stage will be increased to 16 teams (from the top 12 associations); previously six teams (from the top six associations) directly qualified for the group stage.
  • Should the domestic cup winners qualify for the Champions League, the cup runners-up will no longer be granted a spot in the Europa League, and the spot will be given to the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.[3]

Association team allocation[edit]

A total of 191 teams from all 54 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]

  • Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein and Gibraltar each have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Gibraltar as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).[3]
  • The top three associations of the 2014–15 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth (the 2015–16 season will be the last where Fair Play berths are allocated to the Europa League).[5]
  • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.
  • Since the winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League (which automatically qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League), Sevilla, also qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League as the fifth-placed team of the 2014–15 La Liga, their berth in the Europa League is vacated and not replaced by any other team.

Association ranking[edit]

For the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2014 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2009–10 to 2013–14.[6][7]

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

  • (FP) – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking (Netherlands, England, Republic of Ireland)[8]
  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League
  • (EL) – Vacated berth due to Europa League title holders playing in the Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 97.713 3 −1(EL)
2 England England 84.748 +1(FP)
3 Germany Germany 81.641  
4 Italy Italy 66.938  
5 Portugal Portugal 62.299  
6 France France 56.500  
7 Russia Russia 46.998  
8 Netherlands Netherlands 44.312 +1(FP)
9 Ukraine Ukraine 40.966  
10 Belgium Belgium 36.300  
11 Turkey Turkey 34.200  
12 Greece Greece 33.600  
13 Switzerland Switzerland 33.225  
14 Austria Austria 30.925  
15 Czech Republic Czech Republic 29.350  
16 Romania Romania 27.257  
17 Israel Israel 26.875  
18 Cyprus Cyprus 23.250  
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19 Denmark Denmark 21.300 3  
20 Croatia Croatia 19.625  
21 Poland Poland 18.875  
22 Belarus Belarus 18.625  
23 Scotland Scotland 16.566  
24 Sweden Sweden 16.325  
25 Bulgaria Bulgaria 15.625  
26 Norway Norway 14.275  
27 Serbia Serbia 14.125  
28 Hungary Hungary 11.625  
29 Slovenia Slovenia 11.000  
30 Slovakia Slovakia 11.000  
31 Moldova Moldova 10.375  
32 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 10.375  
33 Georgia (country) Georgia 9.875  
34 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8.250  
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.500  
36 Finland Finland 7.175  
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37 Iceland Iceland 6.750 3  
38 Latvia Latvia 6.250  
39 Montenegro Montenegro 6.000  
40 Albania Albania 5.500  
41 Lithuania Lithuania 5.250  
42 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 5.250  
43 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5.125 +1(FP)
44 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4.875  
45 Malta Malta 4.833  
46 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 4.500 1  
47 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 3.625 3  
48 Wales Wales 3.000  
49 Armenia Armenia 2.875  
50 Estonia Estonia 2.875  
51 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2.125  
52 San Marino San Marino 0.999 2  
53 Andorra Andorra 0.833  
54 Gibraltar Gibraltar 0.000 1  

Distribution[edit]

In the default access list, the Europa League title holders Sevilla enter the group stage (as the fifth-placed team of the 2014–15 La Liga).[9][10] However, since they automatically qualified for the Champions League group stage, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League group stage is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:[11][12]

  • The domestic cup winners of association 13 (Switzerland) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The domestic cup winners of association 18 (Cyprus) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 24 and 25 (Sweden and Bulgaria) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
  Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(102 teams)
  • 29 domestic cup winners from associations 26–54
  • 35 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–53 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 35 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
   
Second qualifying round
(66 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 19–25
  • 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17
  • 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 51 winners from first qualifying round
 
Third qualifying round
(58 teams)
  • 5 domestic cup winners from associations 14–18
  • 9 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–15
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 5–9
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France)
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)
  • 33 winners from second qualifying round
 
Play-off round
(44 teams)
 
  • 29 winners from third qualifying round
  • 15 losers from Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • 13 domestic cup winners from associations 1–13
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 4
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • −1 Europa League title holders
  • 22 winners from play-off round
  • 10 losers from Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
 
  • 12 group winners from group stage
  • 12 group runners-up from group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Redistribution rules[edit]

A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):[4]

  • 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" (the 2015–16 season will be the first with this particular arrangement where the domestic cup runners-up are no longer guaranteed a place in the Europa League in this scenario).
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
  • For associations where a Europa League place is reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier. If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place is taken by the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.
  • A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which have not yet qualified for European competitions.

Teams[edit]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[13][14]

  • CW: Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • P-W: End-of-season Europa League play-off winners
  • FP: Fair Play
  • 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
Round of 32
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Group stage
Spain Villarreal (6th) Portugal Braga (4th) Greece Asteras Tripoli (3rd) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO)
England Tottenham Hotspur (5th) France Marseille (4th) Switzerland Sion (CW) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO)
England Liverpool (6th) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (CW) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO)
Germany Augsburg (5th) Netherlands Groningen (CW) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO)
Germany Schalke 04 (6th) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (3rd) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO)
Italy Fiorentina (4th) Belgium Anderlecht (3rd) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO)  
Italy Napoli (5th) Turkey Beşiktaş (3rd) 23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png (UCL PO)
Play-off round
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Third qualifying round
Spain Athletic Bilbao (7th) France Bordeaux (6th) Belgium Standard Liège (4th) Czech Republic Jablonec (3rd)
England Southampton (7th) Russia Krasnodar (3rd) Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir (4th) Romania Târgu Mureș (2nd)
Germany Borussia Dortmund (7th) Russia Rubin Kazan (5th)[Note RUS] Greece Atromitos (4th) Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona (2nd)
Italy Sampdoria (7th)[Note ITA] Netherlands AZ (3rd) Switzerland Zürich (3rd) Cyprus AEK Larnaca (2nd)
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães (5th) Netherlands Vitesse (P-W) Austria Rheindorf Altach (3rd)  
Portugal Belenenses (6th) Ukraine Zorya Luhansk (4th) Austria Sturm Graz (4th)
France Saint-Étienne (5th) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava (5th) Czech Republic Slovan Liberec (CW)
Second qualifying round
Belgium Charleroi (P-W) Austria Wolfsberger AC (5th) Denmark Copenhagen (CW) Scotland Inverness CT (CW)
Turkey Trabzonspor (5th) Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav (4th) Croatia Rijeka (2nd) Sweden IFK Göteborg (CW)
Greece PAOK (5th) Romania Astra Giurgiu (4th)[Note ROU] Poland Legia Warsaw (CW) Bulgaria Cherno More Varna (CW)
Switzerland Thun (4th) Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (3rd) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (2nd)  
First qualifying round
Romania Botoșani (8th)[Note ROU] Hungary Debrecen (4th) Iceland FH (2nd) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW)
Israel Beitar Jerusalem (4th) Slovenia Koper (CW) Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík (4th) Northern Ireland Glentoran (CW)
Cyprus Apollon Limassol (3rd) Slovenia Celje (2nd) Latvia Jelgava (CW) Northern Ireland Linfield (2nd)
Cyprus Omonia (4th) Slovenia Domžale (3rd) Latvia Skonto (2nd) Northern Ireland Glenavon (3rd)
Denmark Brøndby (3rd) Slovakia Žilina (2nd) Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala (6th)[Note LVA] Wales Bala Town (2nd)
Denmark Randers (4th) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (3rd) Montenegro Mladost Podgorica (CW) Wales Airbus UK Broughton (3rd)
Croatia Hajduk Split (3rd) Slovakia Spartak Trnava (4th) Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić (2nd) Wales Newtown (P-W)
Croatia Lokomotiva (4th) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (CW) Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (3rd) Armenia Ulisses (2nd)
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok (3rd) Moldova Dacia Chișinău (2nd) Albania Laçi (CW) Armenia Shirak (3rd)
Poland Śląsk Wrocław (4th) Moldova Saxan (5th)[Note MDA] Albania Kukësi (2nd) Armenia Alashkert (4th)
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk (3rd) Azerbaijan Inter Baku (2nd) Albania Partizani Tirana (3rd) Estonia Nõmme Kalju (CW)
Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (4th) Azerbaijan Gabala (3rd) Lithuania Kruoja Pakruojis (2nd) Estonia Sillamäe Kalev (2nd)
Scotland Aberdeen (2nd) Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku (4th) Lithuania Atlantas (3rd) Estonia Flora Tallinn (3rd)
Scotland St. Johnstone (4th) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (CW) Lithuania Trakai (4th) Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (CW)
Sweden AIK (3rd) Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi (2nd) Republic of Macedonia Rabotnički (CW) Faroe Islands HB (2nd)
Sweden Elfsborg (4th) Georgia (country) Spartaki Tskhinvali (4th) Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija (3rd) Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík (4th)
Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora (2nd) Kazakhstan Kairat (CW) Republic of Macedonia Renova (4th) San Marino Juvenes/Dogana (2nd)
Bulgaria Litex Lovech (4th)[Note BUL] Kazakhstan Aktobe (2nd) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic (CW) San Marino La Fiorita (3rd)
Norway Rosenborg (2nd) Kazakhstan Ordabasy (4th) Republic of Ireland Cork City (2nd) Andorra Sant Julià (CW)
Norway Odd (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Olimpic (CW) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (4th) Andorra Lusitanos (2nd)
Norway Strømsgodset (4th) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (2nd) Luxembourg Differdange 03 (CW) Gibraltar College Europa (2nd)
Serbia Čukarički (CW) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (3rd) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (3rd) Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles (FP)[15]
Serbia Red Star Belgrade (2nd) Finland SJK (2nd) Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn (4th) England West Ham United (FP)[16]
Serbia Vojvodina (4th) Finland Lahti (3rd) Malta Birkirkara (CW) Republic of Ireland UCD (FP)[17][18]
Hungary Ferencváros (CW) Finland VPS (4th) Malta Valletta (2nd)  
Hungary MTK Budapest (3rd) Iceland KR (CW) Malta Balzan (4th)

Notably two teams will take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Go Ahead Eagles (2nd tier) and UCD (2nd tier).

Notes
  1. ^ Bulgaria (BUL): Lokomotiv Sofia, the third-placed team of the 2014–15 A PFG, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence. As a result, the berth was given to Litex Lovech, the fourth-placed team of the league.[19][20] An appeal was denied on 1 June 2015.[21]
  2. ^ Italy (ITA): Genoa, the sixth-placed team of the 2014–15 Serie A, would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence. As a result, the berth was given to Sampdoria, the seventh-placed team of the league. Genoa withdrew their appeal on 3 June 2015.[22]
  3. ^ Latvia (LVA): Liepāja, the fourth-placed team of the 2014 Latvian Higher League, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence as they were affiliated with the Latvian Football Federation for less than three years after reforming from the dissolved Liepājas Metalurgs. As a result, the berth was given to Spartaks Jūrmala, the sixth-placed team of the league, as Daugava Daugavpils, the fifth-placed team, also failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[23]
  4. ^ Moldova (MDA): Tiraspol, the fourth-placed team of the 2014–15 Moldovan National Division, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but were dissolved at the end of the 2014–15 season.[24] As a result, the berth was given to Saxan, the fifth-placed team of the league.[25]
  5. ^ Romania (ROU): CFR Cluj, the third-placed team of the 2014–15 Liga I, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were banned by UEFA after failing to settle overdue payables.[26] As a result, Astra Giurgiu, the fourth-placed team of the league, entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round, while the first qualifying round berth was given to Botoșani, the eighth-placed team of the league, as Petrolul PloieștiCS U Craiova and Dinamo București, the fifth-, sixth- and seventh-placed teams of the league respectively, all failed to obtain UEFA licences.[27][28]
  6. ^ Russia (RUS): Dynamo Moscow, the fourth-placed team of the 2014–15 Russian Premier League, would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, but they were referred to the UEFA's Club Financial Control Body adjudicatory chamber on 24 April 2015 for violating the Financial Fair Play break-even requirements after the club was not able to reach the settlement with UEFA.[29] The meeting regarding the sanctions for the violation was held on 16 June 2015,[30] and on 19 June 2015, it was announced that Dynamo Moscow were excluded from the UEFA Europa League for the 2015–16 season.[31] As a result, the berth was given to Rubin Kazan, the fifth-placed team of the league.

Round and draw dates[edit]

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[9][32]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 22 June 2015 2 July 2015 9 July 2015
Second qualifying round 16 July 2015 23 July 2015
Third qualifying round 17 July 2015 30 July 2015 6 August 2015
Play-off Play-off round 7 August 2015 20 August 2015 27 August 2015
Group stage Matchday 1 28 August 2015
(Monaco)
17 September 2015
Matchday 2 1 October 2015
Matchday 3 22 October 2015
Matchday 4 5 November 2015
Matchday 5 26 November 2015
Matchday 6 10 December 2015
Knockout phase Round of 32 14 December 2015 18 February 2016 25 February 2016
Round of 16 10 March 2016 17 March 2016
Quarter-finals 18 March 2016 7 April 2016 14 April 2016
Semi-finals 15 April 2016 28 April 2016 5 May 2016
Final 18 May 2016 at St. Jakob-ParkBasel

Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Qualifying rounds[edit]

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients,[33][34][35] and then drawn intotwo-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds will be held on 22 June 2015.[36] The first legs will be played on 2 July, and the second legs will be played on 9 July 2015.

Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Note: UEFA club coefficient (CC) at the end of 2014–15 season, which is used for seeding, is listed in italics.

Second qualifying round[edit]

The first legs will be played on 16 July, and the second legs will be played on 23 July 2015.

Seeded teams
Unseeded teams

Note: UEFA club coefficient (CC) at the end of 2014–15 season, which is used for seeding, is listed in italics.

Third qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the third qualifying round will be held on 17 July 2015. The first legs will be played on 30 July, and the second legs will be played on 6 August 2015.

Seeded teams
Unseeded teams
  • Winners of match involving Poland Śląsk Wrocław or first round opponent CC: ≤8.800
  • Winners of match involving Slovakia Žilina or first round opponent CC: ≤8.750
  • Winners of match involving Kazakhstan Aktobe or first round opponent CC: ≤8.575
  • Cyprus AEK Larnaca CC: 8.460
  • Winners of match involving Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles or first round opponent CC: ≤8.195
  • Winners of match involving Serbia Red Star Belgrade or first round opponent CC: ≤7.775
  • Winners of match involving Hungary Debrecen or first round opponent CC: ≤7.700
  • Winners of match involving Denmark Brøndby or first round opponent CC: ≤7.460
  • Winners of match involving Belgium Charleroi CC: 7.440
  • Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona CC: 7.200
  • Winners of match involving Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk or first round opponent CC: ≤7.150
  • Winners of match involving Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi or first round opponent CC: ≤6.875
  • Winners of match involving Bulgaria Litex Lovech or first round opponent CC: ≤6.850
  • Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir CC: 6.520
  • Winners of match involving Serbia Vojvodina or first round opponent CC: ≤6.275
  • Winners of match involving Slovakia Spartak Trnava or first round opponent CC: ≤6.250
  • Winners of match involving Iceland FH or first round opponent CC: ≤6.100
  • Romania Târgu Mureș CC: 5.259
  • Austria Rheindorf Altach CC: 5.135
Seeding TBD
  • Winners of match involving England West Ham United or first round opponent CC: ≤16.078
  • Winners of match involving Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol or first round opponent CC: ≤14.500
  • Winners of match involving Norway Rosenborg or first round opponent CC: ≤11.875
  • Winners of match involving Sweden Elfsborg or first round opponent CC: ≤11.545
  • Winners of match involving Croatia Hajduk Split or first round opponent CC: ≤11.200
  • Winners of match involving Cyprus Apollon Limassol or first round opponent CC: ≤10.460
  • Winners of match involving Cyprus Omonia or first round opponent CC: ≤10.460
  • Winners of match involving Switzerland Thun CC: 10.375
  • Netherlands Vitesse CC: 10.195
  • Winners of match involving Romania Astra Giurgiu CC: 9.759
  • Winners of match involving Belarus Dinamo Minsk CC: 9.650
  • Czech Republic Jablonec CC: 9.325
  • Winners of match involving Slovakia Slovan Bratislava or first round opponent CC: ≤9.250
  • Austria Sturm Graz CC: 9.135
  • Winners of match involving Sweden AIK or first round opponent CC: ≤9.045
  • Winners of match involving Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku or first round opponent CC: ≤9.000
  • Winners of match involving Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav CC: 8.825

Note: UEFA club coefficient (CC) at the end of 2014–15 season, which is used for seeding, is listed in italics.

Play-off round[edit]

The draw for the play-off round will be held on 7 August 2015. The first legs will be played on 20 August, and the second legs will be played on 27 August 2015.

A total of 44 teams will play in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

Group stage[edit]

 
Location of teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

The draw for the group stage will be held in Monaco on 28 August 2015. The 48 teams are drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.[33][34][35]

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 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays are 17 September, 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 26 November, and 10 December 2015.

A total of 48 teams play in the group stage: 16 teams which enter in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-off round.

Seeding pot 1
Seeding pot 1 or 2 (TBD)
Seeding pot 1, 2 or 3 (TBD)
Seeding pot 2, 3 or 4 (TBD)

Note: UEFA club coefficient (CC) at the end of 2014–15 season, which is used for seeding, is listed in italics.

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Knockout phase[edit]

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 draw for the round of 16, there are seedings (regulations Article 17.03, although the seeding criteria are unspecified),[4] with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group can be drawn against each other, but teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other (changed from previous seasons where an open draw was used in the round of 16).
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.

Round of 32[edit]

The draw for the round of 32 will be held on 14 December 2015. The first legs will be played on 18 February 2016, and the second legs will be played on 25 February 2016.

Round of 16[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 26 February 2016. The first legs will be played on 10 March, and the second legs will be played on 17 March 2016.

Quarter-finals[edit]

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 18 March 2016. The first legs will be played on 7 April, and the second legs will be played on 14 April 2016.

Semi-finals[edit]

The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 15 April 2016. The first legs will be played on 28 April, and the second legs will be played on 5 May 2016.

Final[edit]

The final will be played on 18 May 2016 at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ "Milan to host 2016 UEFA Champions League final". UEFA.org. 18 September 2014.
  2. Jump up^ "Added bonus for UEFA Europa League winners". UEFA.org. 24 May 2013.
  3. Jump up to:a b "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.org. 20 September 2013.
  4. Jump up to:a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  5. Jump up^ "New Respect Fair Play reward criteria". UEFA.org. 16 February 2015.
  6. Jump up^ "Country coefficients 2013/14". UEFA.com.
  7. Jump up^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2014". Bert Kassies.
  8. Jump up^ "Netherlands, England, Ireland get Fair Play bonus". UEFA.org. 8 May 2015. Retrieved8 May 2015.
  9. Jump up to:a b "Preliminary Access List 2015/16" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
  10. Jump up^ "UEFA Europa League Access list 2015/2016". UEFA.com.
  11. Jump up^ "Access list 2015/2016". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  12. Jump up^ "Who is in Champions League and Europa League?". UEFA.com. 7 June 2015.
  13. Jump up^ "2015/16 UEFA Europa League list of participants". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 June2015.
  14. Jump up^ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2015/2016". Bert Kassies.
  15. Jump up^ "FC Twente wint ARAG Fair Play competitie, Europees ticket voor Go Ahead Eagles"(in Dutch). KNVB. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  16. Jump up^ "West Ham get UEFA Europa League place after topping Fair Play Table" (in English). Premier League. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  17. Jump up^ "Ireland leading UEFA Fair Play League". SSE Airtricity League. 15 January 2015.
  18. Jump up^ "UCD set for Europa League after topping Fair Play standings". Irish Times. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  19. Jump up^ "Съобщение на Лицензионната комисия" [Communication from the licensing committee] (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June2015.
  20. Jump up^ "Football Union Reportedly Revokes Licences of Bulgaria's CSKA, Lokomotiv Sofia". noinvite.com. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  21. Jump up^ "Апелативната комисия потвърди решенията на Лицензионната комисия" [The appeals panel upheld the licensing committee] (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  22. Jump up^ "Genoa, niente Europa: ritirato il ricorso per la licenza Uefa". Corriere della Sera. 3 June 2015.
  23. Jump up^ "LFF Apelācijas komisija atstāj spēkā aizliegumu FK 'Liepāja' piedalīties Eirokausos". Delfi Sports. 28 May 2015.
  24. Jump up^ "Коммюнике" (in Russian). FC Tiraspol. 26 May 2015.
  25. Jump up^ "ФК «Саксан» заменит «Тирасполь» в Лиге Европы". Newsmaker. 27 May 2015.
  26. Jump up^ "CFR 1907 Cluj – CFCB adjudicatory chamber decision – March 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. 30 March 2015.
  27. Jump up^ "SANCȚIUNILE DICTATE DE COMISIA DE LICENȚIERE - INSTANȚA DE FOND". FEDERAȚIA ROMÂNĂ DE FOTBAL. 18 May 2015.
  28. Jump up^ "FC Botoşani cap de serie în turul întâi preliminar al Ligii Europa" (in Romanian). Monitorul de Botosani. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  29. Jump up^ "FC Dinamo Moskva referred to Adjudicatory Chamber for break-even requirement breach"UEFA. 24 April 2015.
  30. Jump up^ "Динамо" изложило УЕФА свою позицию по нарушениям правил финансового fair play (in Russian). Russian News Agency "TASS". 16 June 2015.
  31. Jump up^ УЕФА отстранил "Динамо" от участия в ЛЕ-2015/16 за нарушение финансового fair play (in Russian). Rossiya Segodnya. 19 June 2015.
  32. Jump up^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2015/2016". Bert Kassies.
  33. Jump up to:a b "Club coefficients". UEFA.com.
  34. Jump up to:a b "UEFA Team Ranking 2015". Bert Kassies.
  35. Jump up to:a b "Seeding in the Europa League 2015/2016". Bert Kassies.
  36. Jump up^ "Europa League qualifying draws live on Monday". UEFA.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

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Surreal, surely must be a dream....it just seems like yesterday I was standing in the rain at Kingsmills hoping for a late winner against Rothes and now I am waiting to hear what team we are going to draw in Europe. Simply magnificent 

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Not really sure what was happening on that video as I was trying to jump past the speeches. Group 10 seemed to be drawn as normal but with the other groups they seemed to draw two balls then reveal the draw for the whole group. Was that some sort of summary I was watching? Baffled.

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Looking at the draw from Round 1 we can no longer play anyone from Wales as well as Austria, Liechtenstein, Israel, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Russia, Italy, Ukraine, France, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Macedonia, Ireland, Malta, Armenia, Gibraltar,

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Looking at the draw from Round 1 we can no longer play anyone from Wales as well as Austria, Liechtenstein, Israel, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Russia, Italy, Ukraine, France, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Macedonia, Ireland, Malta, Armenia, Gibraltar,

Unless one of those teams beats a seeded team and takes their seeding.

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None of those teams are playing seeded sides that are in the 2nd round. If any of the teams from those nations win they will be unseeded for the 2nd round like us.

I don't get that? Surely the number of seeds has to remain for the draw to work?

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