2017–18 UEFA Europa League

The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The last game was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, France. Atlético Madrid won against Marseille to win their third Europa League title.

As winners, Atlético Madrid played against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. They also automatically qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage, but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2017–18 Ligue 1.

Manchester United qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League as winners of the Europa League. They were unable to defend their title as they qualified for the Champions League knockout phase.

Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
CW: Cup winners
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
LC: League Cup winners
RW: Regular season winners
PW: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
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 CSKA Moscow  Atlético Madrid  Spartak Moscow  RB Leipzig  Celtic  Sporting CP  Napoli  Borussia Dortmund Group stage Villarreal  Vitória de Guimarães  Lugano  İstanbul Başakşehir  Real Sociedad  Lyon  Fastav Zlín  Young Boys  1. FC Köln  Lokomotiv Moscow  Copenhagen  Nice  Hertha BSC  Zorya Luhansk  Slavia Prague  1899 Hoffenheim  Arsenal  Zulte Waregem  Rijeka  FCSB  Atalanta  Vitesse  Astana  Lazio  Konyaspor  Hapoel Be'er Sheva Play-off round BATE Borisov  Rosenborg  Sheriff Tiraspol  Dynamo Kyiv  Legia Warsaw  Ludogorets Razgrad  Partizan  AEK Athens  FH  Viitorul Constanța  Viktoria Plzeň  Club Brugge  Vardar  Red Bull Salzburg  Ajax Third qualifying round Athletic Bilbao  Bordeaux  PSV Eindhoven  Universitatea Craiova  SC Freiburg  Zenit Saint Petersburg  Fenerbahçe  Austria Wien  Everton  Krasnodar  Sion  Dinamo Zagreb  Milan  Olimpik Donetsk  Sparta Prague  Arka Gdynia  Braga  Oleksandriya  PAOK  Marítimo  Gent  Panathinaikos  Marseille  Oostende  Dinamo București Second qualifying round Utrecht  Panionios  Apollon Limassol  Bnei Yehuda  Galatasaray  Astra Giurgiu  Dinamo Brest  Brøndby  Luzern  Sturm Graz  Östersund  Aberdeen  Mladá Boleslav  Hajduk Split  Brann  Gabala First qualifying round Rheindorf Altach  Ordabasy  VPS  Crusaders  Osijek  Botev Plovdiv  Široki Brijeg  Coleraine  Jagiellonia Białystok  Levski Sofia  Željezničar Sarajevo  Ballymena United  Lech Poznań  Dunav Ruse  Sarajevo  Levadia Tallinn  AEK Larnaca  Domžale  Tirana  Nõmme Kalju  AEL Limassol  Gorica  Partizani Tirana  Flora Tallinn  Shakhtyor Soligorsk  Olimpija Ljubljana  Skënderbeu Korçë  Shirak  Dinamo Minsk  Slovan Bratislava  Pelister  Gandzasar Kapan  AIK  Ružomberok  Shkëndija  Pyunik  IFK Norrköping  Trenčín  Rabotnički  KÍ  Odd  Vaduz  Cork City  NSÍ Runavík  Haugesund  Ferencváros  Derry City  B36 Tórshavn  Maccabi Tel Aviv  Videoton  Shamrock Rovers  Floriana  Beitar Jerusalem  Vasas  Ventspils  Balzan  Lyngby  Dacia Chișinău  Jelgava  Valletta  Midtjylland  Milsami Orhei  Liepāja  Bala Town  Rangers  Zaria Bălți  Differdange 03  Connah's Quay Nomads  St Johnstone  Valur  Fola Esch  Bangor City  Inter Baku  Stjarnan  Progrès Niederkorn  Lincoln Red Imps  Zira  KR  Sutjeska Nikšić  St Joseph's  Red Star Belgrade  Torpedo Kutaisi  Zeta  UE Santa Coloma  Vojvodina  Chikhura Sachkhere  Mladost Podgorica  Sant Julià  Mladost Lučani  Dinamo Batumi  Trakai  Tre Penne  Kairat  SJK  Sūduva Marijampolė  Folgore  Irtysh Pavlodar  HJK  Atlantas  Prishtina 

Notably two teams take part in the competition that are not playing in their national top division, Tirana (2nd tier) and Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein, playing in Swiss 2nd tier).

Notes

Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round19 June 201729 June 20176 July 2017Second qualifying round13 July 201720 July 2017Third qualifying round14 July 201727 July 20173 August 2017Play-offPlay-off round4 August 201717 August 201724 August 2017Group stageMatchday 125 August 2017(Monaco)14 September 2017Matchday 228 September 2017Matchday 319 October 2017Matchday 42 November 2017Matchday 523 November 2017Matchday 67 December 2017Knockout phaseRound of 3211 December 201715 February 201822 February 2018Round of 1623 February 20188 March 201815 March 2018Quarter-finals16 March 20185 April 201812 April 2018Semi-finals13 April 201826 April 20183 May 2018Final16 May 2018 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

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.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2017, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 48 teams were 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 were seeded into four pots based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays were 14 September, 28 September, 19 October, 2 November, 23 November, and 7 December 2017.
Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics
Statistics do not include the qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Ciro Immobile Lazio8582 Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao8013 Júnior Moraes Dynamo Kyiv77424 Mario Balotelli Nice6528 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid631 Aleksandr Kokorin Zenit Saint Petersburg698 André Silva Milan722 Emiliano Rigoni Zenit Saint Petersburg775 Manuel Fernandes Lokomotiv Moscow90010 Harlem Gnohéré FCSB5344 Willian José Real Sociedad384 Patrick Twumasi Astana717 Valon Berisha Red Bull Salzburg1138 Moanes Dabour Red Bull Salzburg1286

Top assists
RankPlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played1 Dimitri Payet Marseille78112 Sergio Canales Real Sociedad65573 Luis Alberto Lazio5644 Stefan Lainer Red Bull Salzburg12905 Theo Walcott Arsenal4424 Xabi Prieto Real Sociedad483 Raphael Holzhauser Austria Wien536 Bruno Fernandes Sporting CP567 Mesut Özil Arsenal609 Hakan Çalhanoğlu Milan613 Aleksei Miranchuk Lokomotiv Moscow784

Squad of the season

PlayerTeam Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid Rui Patrício Sporting CP Leonardo Bonucci Milan Diego Godín Atlético Madrid Stefan Lainer Red Bull Salzburg Luiz Gustavo Marseille Bouna Sarr Marseille Bruno Fernandes Sporting CP Naby Keïta RB Leipzig Koke Atlético Madrid Saúl Ñíguez Atlético Madrid Gabi Atlético Madrid Diadie Samassékou Red Bull Salzburg Gelson Martins Sporting CP Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid Ciro Immobile Lazio Dimitri Payet Marseille Timo Werner RB Leipzig

Related pages
2017–18 UEFA Champions League
2018 UEFA Super Cup

References

Other websites
UEFA Europa League (official website)