# 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage

The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.
The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round.
Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

## Teams

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2009.
Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients: Pot 1 held teams ranked 9–32, Pot 2 held teams ranked 35–74, Pot 3 held teams ranked 76–108, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 115–203 and unranked teams.
Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Thursday.
* Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32
Pot 1 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 74.370 |
| Werder Bremen | 91.339 |
| Villarreal | 80.853 |
| Roma | 78.582 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 75.826 |
| Sporting CP | 68.292 |
| Hamburger SV | 67.339 |
| Benfica | 64.292 |
| Valencia | 59.853 |
| Panathinaikos | 56.633 |
| Ajax | 54.826 |
| Steaua București | 53.781 |
Pot 2 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Fenerbahçe | 52.445 |
| Basel | 51.050 |
| Lille | 47.033 |
| Celtic | 40.575 |
| Everton | 35.899 |
| Club Brugge | 34.065 |
| Heerenveen | 33.826 |
| Galatasaray | 33.445 |
| Anderlecht | 32.065 |
| Austria Wien | 31.565 |
| Copenhagen | 26.890 |
| Lazio | 26.582 |
Pot 3 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Hertha BSC | 26.339 |
| Sparta Prague | 26.150 |
| Dinamo București | 25.781 |
| AEK Athens | 25.633 |
| Slavia Prague | 25.150 |
| Levski Sofia | 24.250 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 23.853 |
| Partizan | 23.050 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 18.050 |
| Twente | 17.826 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 16.466 |
| Fulham | 15.899 |
Pot 4 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| CSKA Sofia | 14.250 |
| Toulouse | 14.033 |
| CFR Cluj | 13.781 |
| Genoa | 12.582 |
| Rapid Wien | 8.565 |
| Timișoara | 7.781 |
| BATE Borisov | 7.733 |
| Nacional | 7.292 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 6.565 |
| Sturm Graz | 3.565 |
| Ventspils | 2.832 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1.333 |
Notes
* $^{TH}$ Europa League title holders (automatic top seed of pot 1)
* $^{CL-CP}$ Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)
* $^{CL-NCP}$ Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round (Non-Champions Path)

## Tie-breaking criteria

Based on Article 7.05 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:
* higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
* higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* superior goal difference from all group matches played;
* higher number of goals scored;
* higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

## Groups

All times CET/CEST.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AND | AJX | DZ | TIM |
| 1 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Timișoara | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — |
* ↑ On 29 October 2009, UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body ruled that Dinamo Zagreb would have to play their next two home matches in the UEFA Europa League behind closed doors due to the actions of their supporters in their match at Timișoara. They also deducted three points from the Croatian club's points tally in Group A. The club appealed, but the appeal was not heard until after the first closed-doors game against Ajax. After the appeal was heard, UEFA replaced the three-point deduction with a €75,000 fine, and a three-year suspended ban from European competition, while the two-match stadium ban remained unchanged.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | LIL | GEN | SLV |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Lille | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Genoa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HTA | HSV | CEL | RAP |
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Celtic | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCP | HER | HVN | VEN |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Ventspils | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROM | FUL | BSL | CSK |
| 1 | Roma | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Fulham | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Basel | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | PAN | DB | STM |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 6 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SBG | VIL | LAZ | LS |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | TWE | SHF | STE |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Twente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | EVE | BTE | AEK |
| 1 | Benfica | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Everton | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |

### Group J

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHA | BRU | TOU | PTZ |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Toulouse | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 7 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Partizan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | — |

### Group K

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSV | FCK | PRA | CLU |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Copenhagen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — |

### Group L

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRM | ATH | NCL | AUS |
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Nacional | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 5 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |