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* '''D''' {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] and [[Real Betis]]
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Revision as of 17:04, 1 September 2023

The 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage will begin on 21 September 2023 and end on 14 December 2023. A total of 32 teams will compete in the group stage to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League.

Aris Limassol, Brighton & Hove Albion, BK Häcken, Raków Częstochowa, Servette and TSC will make their debut appearances in the group stage. All six clubs are also making their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage. Furthermore, Brighton qualified for European football for the first time in their history. A total of 21 national associations are represented in the group stage.

This is the final season with the group stage format, which will be replaced by the league phase format starting from the next season.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023, 13:00 CEST, in Monaco. 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 2023 UEFA club coefficients.[2] Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association, including those playing in the Europa Conference League group stage (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams), based on television audiences, where one team would be drawn into Groups A–D and another team would be drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would have different kick-off times. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed (the second team in a pairing marked by UECL played in the Europa Conference League group stage):[3]

Teams

Below were the participating teams (with their 2023 UEFA club coefficients),[2] grouped by their seeding pot. They included:

Key to colours
Group winners advance directly to round of 16
Group runners-up advance to knockout round play-offs
Third-placed teams enter Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs
Pot 1
Team Notes Coeff.[2]
England West Ham United 50.000
England Liverpool 123.000
Italy Roma 97.000
Netherlands Ajax [EL-PO] 89.000
Spain Villarreal 82.000
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 72.000
Italy Atalanta 55.500
Scotland Rangers [CL-LP] 54.000
Pot 2
Team Notes Coeff.[2]
Portugal Sporting CP 52.500
Czech Republic Slavia Prague [EL-PO] 52.000
France Rennes 44.000
Greece Olympiacos [EL-PO] 39.000
Spain Real Betis 37.000
Austria LASK [EL-PO] 36.000
France Marseille [CL-LQ] 33.000
Azerbaijan Qarabağ [EL-PO] 25.000
Pot 3
Team Notes Coeff.[2]
Norway Molde [CL-CP] 24.000
England Brighton & Hove Albion 21.914
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol [EL-PO] 19.500
Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise [EL-PO] 19.000
Germany SC Freiburg 16.496
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 14.000
Israel Maccabi Haifa [CL-CP] 13.000
Austria Sturm Graz [CL-LQ] 12.500
Pot 4
Team Notes Coeff.[2]
France Toulouse 12.232
Greece AEK Athens [CL-CP] 11.000
Serbia TSC [CL-LQ] 6.475
Switzerland Servette [CL-LQ] 6.335
Greece Panathinaikos [CL-LP] 5.045
Poland Raków Częstochowa [CL-CP] 5.000
Cyprus Aris Limassol [EL-PO] 4.895
Sweden BK Häcken [EL-PO] 4.750

Notes

  1. EL-PO Winners of play-off round.
  2. CL-CP Losers of Champions League play-off round (Champions Path).
  3. CL-LP Losers of Champions League play-off round (League Path).
  4. CL-LQ Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (League Path).

Format

In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The winners of each group will advance to the round of 16, while the runners-up will advance to the knockout round play-offs. The third-placed teams will be transferred to the Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs, while the fourth-placed teams will be eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria was applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 16 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Europa League):[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Wins in all group matches;
  9. Away wins in all group matches;
  10. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
  11. UEFA club coefficient.

Groups

The fixtures will be announced on 2 September 2023, the day after the draw. The matches will be played on 21 September, 5 October, 26 October, 9 November, 30 November and 14 December 2023. The scheduled kick-off times will be 18:45 and 21:00 CET/CEST.

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WHU FRE OLY TSC
1 England West Ham United 6 5 0 1 10 4 +6 15 Advance to round of 16 — 2–0 1–0 3–1
2 Germany SC Freiburg 6 4 0 2 17 7 +10 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 — 5–0 5–0
3 Greece Olympiacos 6 2 1 3 11 14 −3 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 2–1 2–3 — 5–2
4 Serbia TSC 6 0 1 5 6 19 −13 1 0–1 1–3 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BHA MAR AJA AEK
1 England Brighton & Hove Albion 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Advance to round of 16 — 1–0 2–0 2–3
2 France Marseille 6 3 2 1 14 10 +4 11 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–2 — 4–3 3–1
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 1 2 3 10 13 −3 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–2 3–3 — 3–1
4 Greece AEK Athens 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4 0–1 0–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAN SPP BET ALI
1 Scotland Rangers 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 1–0 1–1
2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–0 — 1–0 3–2
3 Spain Real Betis 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9 Transfer to Europa Conference League 2–3 2–1 — 4–1
4 Cyprus Aris Limassol 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4 2–1 1–3 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATA SCP STU RAK
1 Italy Atalanta 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 14 Advance to round of 16 — 1–1 1–0 2–0
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 — 3–0 2–1
3 Austria Sturm Graz 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4[a] Transfer to Europa Conference League 2–2 1–2 — 0–1
4 Poland Raków Częstochowa 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4[a] 0–4 1–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.
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Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV TOU USG LAS
1 England Liverpool 6 4 0 2 17 7 +10 12 Advance to round of 16 — 5–1 2–0 4–0
2 France Toulouse 6 3 2 1 8 9 −1 11 Advance to knockout round play-offs 3–2 — 0–0 1–0
3 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 2–1 1–1 — 2–1
4 Austria LASK 6 1 0 5 6 12 −6 3 1–3 1–2 3–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIL REN MHA PAO
1 Spain Villarreal 6 4 1 1 9 7 +2 13 Advance to round of 16 — 1–0 0–0 3–2
2 France Rennes 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–3 — 3–0 3–1
3 Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 1 2 3 3 9 −6 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 0–3 — 0–0
4 Greece Panathinaikos 6 1 1 4 7 10 −3 4 2–0 1–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Group G

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLP ROM SRV SHE
1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 Advance to round of 16 — 2–0 4–0 6–0
2 Italy Roma 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–0 — 4–0 3–0
3 Switzerland Servette 6 1 2 3 4 13 −9 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–2 1–1 — 2–1
4 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 6 0 1 5 5 17 −12 1 2–3 1–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Group H

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEV QAR MOL HAC
1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 6 0 0 19 3 +16 18 Advance to round of 16 — 5–1 5–1 4–0
2 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 — 1–0 2–1
3 Norway Molde 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 2–2 — 5–1
4 Sweden BK Häcken 6 0 0 6 3 17 −14 0 0–2 0–1 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Notes

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 26 October 2023 (matchdays 1–3), and CET (UTC+1) for date thereafter (matchdays 4–6).

References

  1. ^ "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Europa League group stage draw pots". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, 2023/24 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

External links

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