2013–14 UEFA Europa League

2013–14 UEFA Europa League
The Juventus Stadium in Turin hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates2 July – 29 August 2013 (qualifying)
19 September 2013 – 14 May 2014 (competition proper)
Teams48+8 (competition proper)
161+33 (total) (from 53 associations)
Final positions
Champions Sevilla (3rd title)
Runners-up Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored475 (2.32 per match)
Attendance3,411,208 (16,640 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jonathan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg)
8 goals

The 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season under its current title.

The final was played between Sevilla and Benfica at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy,[1] which was won by Sevilla on penalties, giving them a record-equalling third UEFA Cup/Europa League title.[2] Chelsea could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League and also reached the knockout stage.

Association team allocation

A total of 194 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League (the exception being Gibraltar, which started participating in the 2014–15 season after being admitted as a UEFA member in May 2013).[3][4] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5]

  • Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–9 each had four teams qualify.
  • Associations 10–51 (except Liechtenstein) each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 52–53 each had two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein had one team qualify (as it organised only a domestic cup and no domestic league).
  • The top three associations of the 2012–13 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gained an additional berth.
  • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.

The winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League were given an additional entry as title holders if they did not qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry was not necessary for this season, because the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.

Association ranking

For the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2012 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2011–12.[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 (Sweden, Norway, Finland)[8]
  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  England 84.410 3
2  Spain 84.186
3  Germany 75.186
4  Italy 59.981 +2(UCL)
5  Portugal 55.346 +3(UCL)
6  France 54.178 +1(UCL)
7  Russia 47.832 4
8  Netherlands 45.515 +2(UCL)
9  Ukraine 45.133 +1(UCL)
10  Greece 37.100 3 +1(UCL)
11  Turkey 34.050
12  Belgium 32.400 +1(UCL)
13  Denmark 27.525 +1(UCL)
14  Switzerland 26.800 +2(UCL)
15  Austria 26.325 +1(UCL)
16  Cyprus 25.499 +1(UCL)
17  Israel 22.000 +1(UCL)
18  Scotland 21.141
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19  Czech Republic 20.350 3 +1(UCL)
20  Poland 19.916 +1(UCL)
21  Croatia 18.874 +1(UCL)
22  Romania 18.824
23  Belarus 18.208
24  Sweden 15.900 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
25  Slovakia 14.874
26  Norway 14.675 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
27  Serbia 14.250 +1(UCL)
28  Bulgaria 14.250 +1(UCL)
29  Hungary 9.750
30  Finland 9.133 +1(FP)
31  Georgia 8.666 +1(UCL)
32  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.416
33  Republic of Ireland 7.375
34  Slovenia 7.124 +1(UCL)
35  Lithuania 6.875
36  Moldova 6.749 +1(UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37  Azerbaijan 6.207 3
38  Latvia 5.874
39  Macedonia 5.666
40  Kazakhstan 5.333 +1(UCL)
41  Iceland 5.332 +1(UCL)
42  Montenegro 4.375
43  Liechtenstein 4.000 1
44  Albania 3.916 3 +1(UCL)
45  Malta 3.083
46  Wales 2.749
47  Estonia 2.666 +1(UCL)
48  Northern Ireland 2.583
49  Luxembourg 2.333
50  Armenia 2.208
51  Faroe Islands 1.416
52  Andorra 1.000 2
53  San Marino 0.916
54  Gibraltar 0.000 0

Distribution

Since the title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the Champions League through their domestic performance, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders was vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:[9][10]

  • The domestic cup winners of association 7 (Russia) were promoted from the play-off round to the group stage.
  • The domestic cup winners of association 16 (Cyprus) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
  • The domestic cup winners of association 19 (Czech Republic) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 33 (Republic of Ireland) and 34 (Slovenia) were 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
(76 teams)
  • 19 domestic cup winners from associations 35–53
  • 25 domestic league runners-up from associations 28–53 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
Second qualifying round
(80 teams)
  • 15 domestic cup winners from associations 20–34
  • 12 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–27
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21
  • 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 7–9
  • 38 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(58 teams)
  • 3 domestic cup winners from associations 17–19
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–9
  • 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)
  • 40 winners from the second qualifying round
Play-off round
(62 teams)
  • 9 domestic cup winners from associations 8–16
  • 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–9
  • 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–6
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 29 winners from the third qualifying round
  • 15 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7
  • 31 winners from the play-off round
  • 10 losers from the Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 12 group winners from the group stage
  • 12 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage

Redistribution rules

A Europa League place was vacated when a team qualified for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualified for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following rules:[5]

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualified for the Champions League, their Europa League place was vacated. As a result, either of the following teams qualified for the Europa League:
    • The domestic cup runners-up, provided they had not yet qualified for European competitions, qualified for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other Europa League qualifiers moved up one "place".
    • Otherwise, the highest-placed team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions qualified for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finished above them in the league moved up one "place".
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualified for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position was vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions qualified for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finished above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
  • For associations where a Europa League place was reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualified for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualified as stated above). If the League Cup winners had already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place was taken by the highest-placed league team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions.
  • A Fair Play place was taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which had not yet qualified for European competitions.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[11][12]

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs 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
Shakhtar Donetsk (UCL GS) Benfica (UCL GS) Basel (UCL GS) Porto (UCL GS)
Juventus (UCL GS) Viktoria Plzeň (UCL GS) Napoli (UCL GS) Ajax (UCL GS)
Group stage
Wigan Athletic (CW) Bordeaux (CW) Shakhter Karagandy (UCL PO) PSV Eindhoven (UCL PO)
Valencia (5th) Anzhi Makhachkala (3rd) Legia Warsaw (UCL PO) Fenerbahçe (UCL PO)[Note TUR]
SC Freiburg (5th) Dinamo Zagreb (UCL PO) Lyon (UCL PO)
Lazio (CW) Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL PO) PAOK (UCL PO)
Vitória de Guimarães (CW) Maribor (UCL PO) Paços de Ferreira (UCL PO)
Play-off round
Tottenham Hotspur (5th) Dynamo Kyiv (3rd) Maccabi Tel Aviv (UCL Q3) Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3)
Real Betis (7th)[Note ESP] Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th) Molde (UCL Q3) Nordsjælland (UCL Q3)
Eintracht Frankfurt (6th) Atromitos (3rd) Partizan (UCL Q3) Red Bull Salzburg (UCL Q3)
Fiorentina (4th) Beşiktaş (3rd)[Note TUR] Dinamo Tbilisi (UCL Q3) PAOK (UCL Q3)[Note GRE]
Braga (4th) Genk (CW) APOEL (UCL Q3) Zulte Waregem (UCL Q3)
Nice (4th) Esbjerg (CW) IF Elfsborg (UCL Q3) Grasshopper (UCL Q3)
Spartak Moscow (4th) St. Gallen (3rd) Skënderbeu (UCL Q3)
AZ (CW) Pasching (CW) FH (UCL Q3)
Feyenoord (3rd) Apollon Limassol (CW) Nõmme Kalju (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Swansea City (LC)[Note ENG] Saint-Étienne (LC) Bursaspor (4th) Hapoel Ramat Gan (CW)
Sevilla (9th)[Note ESP] Kuban Krasnodar (5th) Club Brugge (3rd) Motherwell (2nd)
VfB Stuttgart (CR) Vitesse (4th) Randers (3rd) Jablonec (CW)
Udinese (5th) Metalurh Donetsk (5th) Zürich (4th)
Estoril (5th) Asteras Tripolis (4th) Rapid Wien (3rd)
Second qualifying round
Rubin Kazan (6th) Maccabi Haifa (2nd) Rijeka (3rd) Jagodina (CW)
Utrecht (P-W) Hapoel Tel Aviv (3rd) Petrolul Ploiești (CW) Red Star Belgrade (2nd)
Chornomorets Odesa (CR) St Johnstone (3rd) Pandurii Târgu Jiu (2nd) Beroe Stara Zagora (CW)
Skoda Xanthi (7th)[Note GRE] Hibernian (CR) Minsk (CW) Debrecen (CW)
Trabzonspor (CR) Sparta Prague (2nd) Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd) Honka (CW)
Standard Liège (P-W) Slovan Liberec (3rd) IFK Göteborg (CW) Dila Gori (2nd)
AaB (5th) Lech Poznań (2nd) BK Häcken (2nd) Široki Brijeg (CW)
Thun (5th) Śląsk Wrocław (3rd) Senica (2nd) Derry City (CW)[Note IRL]
Sturm Graz (4th) Piast Gliwice (4th) Trenčín (3rd) Olimpija Ljubljana (2nd)
Anorthosis Famagusta (2nd) Hajduk Split (CW) Hødd (CW)
Omonia (3rd) Lokomotiva Zagreb (2nd) Strømsgodset (2nd)
First qualifying round
Astra Giurgiu (4th) Celje (CR) KR (CW) Glentoran (CW)
Dinamo Minsk (3rd) Žalgiris (CW) Breiðablik (2nd) Crusaders (2nd)
Malmö FF (3rd) Sūduva (3rd) ÍBV (3rd) Linfield (3rd)
Žilina (CR) Kruoja Pakruojis (4th) Čelik Nikšić (3rd) Jeunesse Esch (CW)
Rosenborg (3rd) Tiraspol (CW) Rudar Pljevlja (5th)[Note MNE] F91 Dudelange (2nd)
Vojvodina (3rd) Dacia Chișinău (2nd) Mladost Podgorica (6th)[Note MNE] Differdange 03 (4th)
Levski Sofia (2nd) Milsami Orhei (4th) Vaduz (CW) Pyunik (CW)
Botev Plovdiv (4th)[Note BUL] Qarabağ (2nd) Laçi (CW) Mika (2nd)
Videoton (2nd) Inter Baku (3rd) Kukësi (2nd) Gandzasar Kapan (3rd)
Honvéd (3rd) Khazar Lankaran (CR) Teuta (3rd) Víkingur Gøta (CW)
Inter Turku (2nd) Ventspils (CW) Hibernians (CW) ÍF (2nd)
TPS (3rd) Skonto (2nd) Valletta (3rd) HB (3rd)
Torpedo Kutaisi (3rd) Liepājas Metalurgs (4th) Sliema Wanderers (4th) UE Santa Coloma (CW)
Chikhura Sachkhere (CR) Teteks (CW) Prestatyn Town (CW) FC Santa Coloma (2nd)
Sarajevo (2nd) Metalurg Skopje (2nd) Airbus UK Broughton (2nd) La Fiorita (CW)
Zrinjski Mostar (9th)[Note BIH] Turnovo (3rd) Bala Town (P-W) Libertas (2nd)
Drogheda United (2nd) Astana (CW) Flora (CW) Gefle IF (FP)[13]
St Patrick's Athletic (3rd) Irtysh (2nd) Levadia Tallinn (2nd) Tromsø (FP)[14]
Domžale (3rd) Aktobe (3rd) Narva Trans (4th) Mariehamn (FP)[15]

Notably six teams that did not play in their national top-division took part in the competition. They were: Hapoel Ramat Gan (2nd tier), Hødd (2nd), Pasching (3rd), Teteks (2nd), Vaduz (2nd) and Wigan Athletic (2nd).

Notes
  1. ^
    Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH): Borac Banja Luka, the third-placed team of the 2012–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA license.[16] As a result, the berth was given to Zrinjski Mostar, the ninth-placed team of the league, which were the highest-placed team with a UEFA license not yet qualified.
  2. ^
    Bulgaria (BUL): CSKA Sofia, the third-placed team of the 2012–13 A PFG, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA license, due to high financial debts and the following announcement of the club going in bankruptcy.[17] As a result, the berth was given to Botev Plovdiv, the fourth-placed team of the league.
  3. ^
    England (ENG): Swansea City are a club based in Wales, but participated in the Europa League through one of the berths for England as they won the 2012–13 Football League Cup (any coefficient points they earned counted toward England and not Wales).
  4. ^ a b
    Greece (GRE):
    • PAS Giannina, the fifth-placed team of the 2012–13 Superleague Greece, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA license.[18] As a result, the berth was given to Skoda Xanthi, the seventh-placed team of the league, since Panathinaikos, the sixth-placed team of the league, also failed to obtain a UEFA license.[19]
    • On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[20] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.[21]
  5. ^ a b
    Montenegro (MNE): Budućnost Podgorica and Grbalj, the winners of the 2012–13 Montenegrin Cup and the fourth-placed team of the 2012–13 Montenegrin First League respectively, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA license.[22] As a result, the berths were given to Rudar Pljevlja and Mladost Podgorica, the fifth- and sixth-placed teams of the league.
  6. ^
    Republic of Ireland (IRL): Derry City are a club based in Northern Ireland, but participated in the Europa League through one of the berths for Republic of Ireland as they won the 2012 FAI Cup (any coefficient points they earned counted toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).
  7. ^ a b
    Spain (ESP): Málaga, the sixth-placed team of the 2012–13 La Liga, would have qualified for the Europa League play-off round, but were banned by UEFA from participating due to violations of UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.[23] As a result, Real Betis, the seventh-placed team of the league, entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round, and the third qualifying round berth was given to Sevilla, the ninth-placed team of the league, since Rayo Vallecano, the eighth-placed team of the league, failed to obtain a UEFA license.[24] Málaga unsuccessfully appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[25]
  8. ^ a b
    Turkey (TUR): On 25 June 2013, Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe were banned by UEFA from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[26][27] They appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 18 July 2013 it was ruled that the ban should be temporarily lifted and they should be included in the qualifying round draws of the Champions League and Europa League, until the final decision to be made before the end of August 2013.[28][29][30] Fenerbahçe competed in the Champions League qualifying rounds and lost in the play-off round, while Beşiktaş competed in the Europa League play-off round and won. On 28 and 30 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban on Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş respectively, meaning the two clubs were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.[31][32][33] UEFA decided to replace Beşiktaş in the Europa League group stage with Tromsø, who were eliminated by Beşiktaş in the play-off round,[34] while a draw was held to select a team to replace Fenerbahçe among the teams eliminated in the play-off round,[35] and was won by APOEL.[36]

Round and draw dates

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

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 24 June 2013 4 July 2013 11 July 2013
Second qualifying round 18 July 2013 25 July 2013
Third qualifying round 19 July 2013 1 August 2013 8 August 2013
Play-off Play-off round 9 August 2013 22 August 2013 29 August 2013
Group stage Matchday 1 30 August 2013
(Monaco)
19 September 2013
Matchday 2 3 October 2013
Matchday 3 24 October 2013
Matchday 4 7 November 2013
Matchday 5 28 November 2013
Matchday 6 12 December 2013
Knockout phase Round of 32 16 December 2013 20 February 2014 27 February 2014
Round of 16 13 March 2014 20 March 2014
Quarter-finals 21 March 2014 3 April 2014 10 April 2014
Semi-finals 11 April 2014 24 April 2014 1 May 2014
Final 14 May 2014 at Juventus Stadium, Turin

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

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients,[37][38][39] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

The draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 24 June 2013.[40] The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 July, and the second legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July 2013.

Inter Turku lodged a protest after losing the second leg to Víkingur Gøta,[41][42] and two match officials were later banned for life by UEFA for attempted match-fixing.[43]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Víkingur Gøta 2–1 Inter Turku1–11–0
Žalgiris 4–3 St Patrick's Athletic2–22–1
Airbus UK Broughton 1–1 (a) Ventspils1–10–0
Narva Trans 1–8 Gefle IF0–31–5
KR 3–0 Glentoran0–03–0
Chikhura Sachkhere 1–1 (a) Vaduz0–01–1
Milsami Orhei 1–0 F91 Dudelange1–00–0
Metalurg Skopje 0–2 Qarabağ0–10–1
Videoton 2–2 (a)[a] Mladost Podgorica2–10–1
Flora 1–1 (a) Kukësi1–10–0
Teteks 1–2 Pyunik1–10–1
Teuta 3–3 (a) Dacia Chișinău3–10–2
Sarajevo 3–1[a] Libertas1–02–1
Sliema Wanderers 1–2 Khazar Lankaran1–10–1
Levski Sofia 0–2 Irtysh0–00–2
Hibernians 3–7 Vojvodina1–42–3
Astana 0–6 Botev Plovdiv0–10–5
UE Santa Coloma 1–4 Zrinjski Mostar1–30–1
Domžale 0–3 Astra Giurgiu0–10–2
Rudar Pljevlja 2–1 Mika1–01–1
Breiðablik 4–0[a] FC Santa Coloma4–00–0
Drogheda United 0–2 Malmö FF0–00–2
Inter Baku 3–1[a] Mariehamn1–12–0
ÍF 0–5 Linfield0–20–3
Prestatyn Town 3–3 (4–3 p) Liepājas Metalurgs1–22–1 (a.e.t.)
Tromsø 3–2[a] Celje1–22–0
Tiraspol 1–1 (2–4 p) Skonto0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Crusaders 3–9 Rosenborg1–22–7
ÍBV 2–1 HB1–11–0
Jeunesse Esch 3–2 TPS2–01–2
Bala Town 2–3 Levadia Tallinn1–01–3
Kruoja Pakruojis 0–8 Dinamo Minsk0–30–5
La Fiorita 0–4 Valletta0–30–1
Laçi 1–3 Differdange 030–11–2
Gandzasar Kapan 2–4 Aktobe1–21–2
Čelik Nikšić 1–13 Honvéd1–40–9
Torpedo Kutaisi 3–6 Žilina0–33–3
Sūduva 4–4 (4–5 p)[a] Turnovo2–22–2 (a.e.t.)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 16 and 18 July, and the second legs were played on 25 July 2013.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sparta Prague 2–3[a] BK Häcken2–20–1
Kukësi 3–2[a] Sarajevo3–20–0
Thun 5–1 Chikhura Sachkhere2–03–1
Skoda Xanthi 2–2 (a) Linfield0–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Hødd 1–2 Aktobe1–00–2
Dila Gori 3–0 AaB3–00–0
Maccabi Haifa 10–0 Khazar Lankaran2–08–0
Hajduk Split 3–2 Turnovo2–11–1
Ventspils 5–1 Jeunesse Esch1–04–1
Astra Giurgiu 3–2 Omonia1–12–1
Skonto 2–2 (a) Slovan Liberec2–10–1
Levadia Tallinn 0–4[a] Pandurii Târgu Jiu0–00–4
Śląsk Wrocław 6–2 Rudar Pljevlja4–02–2
Malmö FF 9–0 Hibernian2–07–0
Jagodina 2–4 Rubin Kazan2–30–1
Strømsgodset 5–2 Debrecen2–23–0
Petrolul Ploiești 7–0 Víkingur Gøta3–04–0
Rijeka 8–0 Prestatyn Town5–03–0
Žalgiris 3–1 Pyunik2–01–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 3–6 Hapoel Tel Aviv1–42–2
Honka 2–5 Lech Poznań1–31–2
Red Star Belgrade 2–0 ÍBV2–00–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–2 (2–4 p) Milsami Orhei1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Vojvodina 5–1 Honvéd2–03–1
Olimpija Ljubljana 3–3 (a) Žilina3–10–2
Tromsø 2–1[a] Inter Baku2–00–1
Chornomorets Odesa 3–2 Dacia Chișinău2–01–2
IFK Göteborg 1–2 Trenčín0–01–2
Dinamo Minsk 4–4 (a) Lokomotiva Zagreb1–23–2
KR 2–6 Standard Liège1–31–3
Zrinjski Mostar 1–3 Botev Plovdiv1–10–2
Qarabağ 4–3 Piast Gliwice2–12–2 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg 1–2 St Johnstone0–11–1
Trabzonspor 7–2 Derry City4–23–0
Valletta 1–3 Minsk1–10–2
Mladost Podgorica 3–2[a] Senica2–21–0
Anorthosis Famagusta 3–4 Gefle IF3–00–4
Breiðablik 1–0[a] Sturm Graz0–01–0
Irtysh 3–4 Široki Brijeg3–20–2
Differdange 03 5–4 Utrecht2–13–3
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2013.[44] The first legs were played on 1 August, and the second legs were played on 8 August 2013.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa 3–1 Red Star Belgrade3–10–0
Široki Brijeg 1–7 Udinese1–30–4
Ventspils 0–3 Maccabi Haifa0–00–3
Dinamo Minsk 0–1 Trabzonspor0–10–0
Śląsk Wrocław 4–3 Club Brugge1–03–3
Trenčín 3–5 Astra Giurgiu1–32–2
Swansea City 4–0 Malmö FF4–00–0
Petrolul Ploiești 3–2 Vitesse1–12–1
Slovan Liberec 4–2 Zürich2–12–1
Aktobe 1–1 (2–1 p) Breiðablik1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Randers 1–4 Rubin Kazan1–20–2
Žalgiris 2–2 (a) Lech Poznań1–01–2
Sevilla 9–1 Mladost Podgorica3–06–1
Hajduk Split 0–2 Dila Gori0–10–1
Kukësi 2–1 Metalurh Donetsk2–00–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 3–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv1–12–1
Tromsø 1–1 (4–3 p) Differdange 031–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Motherwell 0–3 Kuban Krasnodar0–20–1
Saint-Étienne 6–0 Milsami Orhei3–03–0
Jablonec 5–2 Strømsgodset2–13–1
Qarabağ 3–0 Gefle IF1–02–0
Rijeka 3–2 Žilina2–11–1
Asteras Tripolis 2–4 Rapid Wien1–11–3
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 (a) VfB Stuttgart1–10–0
Estoril 1–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan0–01–0
Vojvodina 5–2 Bursaspor2–23–0
Skoda Xanthi 2–4 Standard Liège1–21–2
BK Häcken 1–3 Thun1–20–1
Minsk 1–1 (3–2 p) St Johnstone0–11–0 (a.e.t.)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 August 2013.[45] The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second legs were played on 29 August 2013.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Kuban Krasnodar 3–1 Feyenoord1–02–1
Zulte Waregem 3–2[a] APOEL1–12–1
Rapid Wien 4–0 Dila Gori1–03–0
Tromsø 2–3 Beşiktaş2–10–2
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2–1 Braga0–12–0 (a.e.t.)
Apollon Limassol 2–1 Nice2–00–1
Aktobe 3–8 Dynamo Kyiv2–31–5
Swansea City 6–3 Petrolul Ploiești5–11–2
Atromitos 3–3 (a) AZ1–32–0
FH 2–7 Genk0–22–5
IF Elfsborg 2–1 Nordsjælland1–11–0
Sevilla 9–1[b] Śląsk Wrocław4–15–0
Red Bull Salzburg 7–0 Žalgiris5–02–0
Qarabağ 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt0–21–2
Minsk 1–5 Standard Liège0–21–3
Jablonec 1–8 Real Betis1–20–6
Rijeka 4–3 VfB Stuttgart2–12–2
Chornomorets Odesa 1–1 (7–6 p) Skënderbeu1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Maccabi Tel Aviv w/o[c] PAOKCanc.[c]Canc.[c]
St. Gallen 5–3 Spartak Moscow1–14–2
Molde 0–5 Rubin Kazan0–20–3
Vojvodina 2–3 Sheriff Tiraspol1–11–2
Kukësi 1–5[b] Trabzonspor0–21–3
Esbjerg 5–3 Saint-Étienne4–31–0
Grasshopper 2–2 (a) Fiorentina1–21–0
Maccabi Haifa 3–1 Astra Giurgiu2–01–1
Udinese 2–4 Slovan Liberec1–31–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–8 Tottenham Hotspur0–50–3
Estoril 4–1 Pasching2–02–1
Nõmme Kalju 1–5 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1–30–2
Partizan 1–3 Thun1–00–3
Notes:
  1. ^ Following the completion of the play-offs, APOEL were drawn as the lucky loser to advance to the group stage (replacing the spot vacated by Fenerbahçe).
  2. ^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  3. ^ a b c On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from all 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[20] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.[21] PAOK therefore vacated their place in the Europa League, and Maccabi Tel Aviv, the opponent drawn against PAOK in the Europa League play-off round, qualified directly for the Europa League group stage.

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Dark green: Group D;
Purple: Group E; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H;
Brown: Group I; Deep pink: Group J; Cyan: Group K; Spring green: Group L.

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 30 August 2013.[46] Prior to the draw, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban on Fenerbahce (which lost in the Champions League play-off round) and Beşiktaş, meaning the two clubs were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.[31][32][33] UEFA decided to replace Beşiktaş in the Europa League group stage with Tromsø, who were eliminated by Beşiktaş in the play-off round,[34] while a draw was held to select a team to replace Fenerbahçe among the teams eliminated in the play-off round,[35] and was won by APOEL.[36]

The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients.[37][38][39][47] They were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, and 12 December 2013. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage.

A total of 27 associations were represented in the group stage. This was also the first time a team from Kazakhstan qualified for group stage. Swansea City, Kuban Krasnodar, Sankt Gallen, Ludogorets, Chornomorets Odesa, Esbjerg, Elfsborg, Zulte Waregem, Wigan Athletic, Paços de Ferreira, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Eintracht Frankfurt, APOEL, Thun, Slovan Liberec, SC Freiburg, Estoril, Real Betis, Vitória de Guimarães, Rijeka, Trabzonspor, Apollon Limassol, Tromsø and Shakhter Karagandy all made their debut in UEFA Europa League group stage (although Elfsborg, Zulte Waregem, Eintracht Frankfurt, Slovan Liberec, Vitória de Guimarães and Tromsø played already in UEFA Cup as well as Thun, Real Betis, Trabzonspor already disputed the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League knockout stage).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL SWA KUB STG
1 Valencia 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase 0–3 1–1 5–1
2 Swansea City 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8 0–1 1–1 1–0
3 Kuban Krasnodar 6 1 3 2 7 7 0 6[a] 0–2 1–1 4–0
4 St. Gallen 6 2 0 4 6 13 −7 6[a] 2–3 1–0 2–0
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Kuban Krasnodar +2, St. Gallen −2.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LUD CHO PSV DIN
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 2–0 3–0
2 Chornomorets Odesa 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 0–1 0–2 2–1
3 PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7 0–2 0–1 2–0
4 Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1 1–2 1–2 0–0
Source: Soccerway

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAL ESB ELF STA
1 Red Bull Salzburg 6 6 0 0 15 3 +12 18 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 4–0 2–1
2 Esbjerg 6 4 0 2 8 8 0 12 1–2 1–0 2–1
3 IF Elfsborg 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 0–1 1–2 1–1
4 Standard Liège 6 0 1 5 6 13 −7 1 1–3 1–2 1–3
Source: Soccerway

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RUB MAR ZUL WIG
1 Rubin Kazan 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 4–0 1–0
2 Maribor 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7[a] 2–5 0–1 2–1
3 Zulte Waregem 6 2 1 3 4 10 −6 7[a] 0–2 1–3 0–0
4 Wigan Athletic 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5 1–1 3–1 1–2
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Maribor +1, Zulte Waregem −1.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FIO DNI PAC PAN
1 Fiorentina 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 3–0 3–0
2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 1–2 2–0 4–1
3 Paços de Ferreira 6 0 3 3 1 8 −7 3 0–0 0–2 1–1
4 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2 1–2 0–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EIN MTA APO BOR
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 5 0 1 13 4 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 3–0
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 4–2 0–0 1–0
3 APOEL 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 5 0–3 0–0 2–1
4 Bordeaux 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 3 0–1 1–2 2–1
Source: Soccerway

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GEN DYN RAP THU
1 Genk 6 4 2 0 10 5 +5 14 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 1–1 2–1
2 Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 0–1 3–1 3–0
3 Rapid Wien 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 2–2 2–2 2–1
4 Thun 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7 3 0–1 0–2 1–0
Source: Soccerway

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEV SLO FRE EST
1 Sevilla 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 2–0 1–1
2 Slovan Liberec 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 1–1 1–2 2–1
3 SC Freiburg 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6 0–2 2–2 1–1
4 Estoril 6 0 3 3 5 8 −3 3 1–2 1–2 0–0
Source: Soccerway

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO BET VIT RIJ
1 Lyon 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 1–1 1–0
2 Real Betis 6 2 3 1 3 2 +1 9 0–0 1–0 0–0
3 Vitória de Guimarães 6 1 2 3 6 5 +1 5 1–2 0–1 4–0
4 Rijeka 6 0 4 2 2 7 −5 4 1–1 1–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway

Group J

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TRA LAZ APO LEG
1 Trabzonspor 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 Advance to knockout phase 3–3 4–2 2–0
2 Lazio 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 0–0 2–1 1–0
3 Apollon Limassol 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 1–2 0–0 0–2
4 Legia Warsaw 6 1 0 5 2 8 −6 3 0–2 0–2 0–1
Source: Soccerway

Group K

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT ANZ SHE TRO
1 Tottenham Hotspur 6 6 0 0 15 2 +13 18 Advance to knockout phase 4–1 2–1 3–0
2 Anzhi Makhachkala 6 2 2 2 4 7 −3 8 0–2 1–1 1–0
3 Sheriff Tiraspol 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6 0–2 0–0 2–0
4 Tromsø 6 0 1 5 1 10 −9 1 0–2 0–1 1–1
Source: Soccerway

Group L

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AZ PAO MHA SHA
1 AZ 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12[a] Advance to knockout phase 1–1 2–0 1–0
2 PAOK 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12[a] 2–2 3–2 2–1
3 Maccabi Haifa 6 1 2 3 6 9 −3 5 0–1 0–0 2–1
4 Shakhter Karagandy 6 0 2 4 5 10 −5 2 1–1 0–2 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (2) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: AZ 2, PAOK 1.

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 round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Porto (a)235
Eintracht Frankfurt235 Porto123
Swansea City011 Napoli022
Napoli033 Porto112
Maribor213 Sevilla044
Sevilla224 Sevilla (p)022 (4)
Real Betis123 Real Betis202 (3)
Rubin Kazan101 Sevilla (a)213
Maccabi Tel Aviv000 Valencia033
Basel033 Basel022
Ajax011 Red Bull Salzburg011
Red Bull Salzburg336 Basel303
Lazio033 Valencia (a.e.t.)055
Ludogorets Razgrad134 Ludogorets Razgrad000
Dynamo Kyiv000 Valencia314 14 May – Turin
Valencia202 Sevilla (p)0 (4)
Slovan Liberec011 Benfica0 (2)
AZ112 AZ101
Anzhi Makhachkala022 Anzhi Makhachkala000
Genk000 AZ000
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk112 Benfica123
Tottenham Hotspur033 Tottenham Hotspur123
PAOK000 Benfica325
Benfica134 Benfica202
Chornomorets Odesa000 Juventus101
Lyon011 Lyon415
Viktoria Plzeň123 Viktoria Plzeň123
Shakhtar Donetsk112 Lyon011
Juventus224 Juventus123
Trabzonspor000 Juventus112
Esbjerg112 Fiorentina101
Fiorentina314

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2013.[48][49] The first legs were played on 20 February, and the second legs were played on 27 February 2014.[50]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur1–01–3
Real Betis 3–1 Rubin Kazan1–12–0
Swansea City 1–3 Napoli0–01–3
Juventus 4–0 Trabzonspor2–02–0
Maribor 3–4 Sevilla2–21–2
Viktoria Plzeň 3–2 Shakhtar Donetsk1–12–1
Chornomorets Odesa 0–1 Lyon0–00–1
Lazio 3–4 Ludogorets Razgrad0–13–3
Esbjerg 2–4 Fiorentina1–31–1
Ajax 1–6 Red Bull Salzburg0–31–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 Basel0–00–3
Porto 5–5 (a) Eintracht Frankfurt2–23–3
Anzhi Makhachkala 2–0 Genk0–02–0
Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Valencia0–20–0
PAOK 0–4 Benfica0–10–3
Slovan Liberec 1–2 AZ0–11–1

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2013, immediately after the round of 32 draw.[48][49] The first legs were played on 13 March, and the second legs were played on 20 March 2014.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AZ 1–0 Anzhi Makhachkala1–00–0
Ludogorets Razgrad 0–4 Valencia0–30–1
Porto 3–2 Napoli1–02–2
Lyon 5–3 Viktoria Plzeň4–11–2
Sevilla 2–2 (4–3 p) Real Betis0–22–0 (a.e.t.)
Tottenham Hotspur 3–5 Benfica1–32–2
Basel 2–1 Red Bull Salzburg0–02–1
Juventus 2–1 Fiorentina1–11–0

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 21 March 2014.[51][52] The first legs were played on 3 April, and the second legs were played on 10 April 2014.[53]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AZ 0–3 Benfica0–10–2
Lyon 1–3 Juventus0–11–2
Basel 3–5 Valencia3–00–5 (a.e.t.)
Porto 2–4 Sevilla1–01–4

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 11 April 2014.[54][55] The first legs were played on 24 April, and the second legs were played on 1 May 2014.[56]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sevilla 3–3 (a) Valencia2–01–3
Benfica 2–1 Juventus2–10–0

Final

The final was played on 14 May 2014 at Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy. A draw was held on 11 April 2014, after the semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[54]

Sevilla 0–0 (a.e.t.) Benfica
Report
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 33,120[57]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Squad of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:[60]

Pos. Player Team
GK Beto Sevilla
Gianluigi Buffon Juventus
DF Eliaquim Mangala Porto
Ezequiel Garay Benfica
Leonardo Bonucci Juventus
Nicolás Pareja Sevilla
Gonzalo Rodríguez Fiorentina
MF Andrea Pirlo Juventus
Borja Valero Fiorentina
Ivan Rakitić Sevilla
Stéphane Mbia Sevilla
Nicolás Gaitán Benfica
André Gomes Benfica
FW Carlos Tevez Juventus
Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli
Jonathan Soriano Red Bull Salzburg
Rodrigo Benfica
Lazar Marković Benfica

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