2010–11 UEFA Europa League
Tournament details | |
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Teams | 48+8 (competition proper) 161 (qualifying) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 120 |
Goals scored | 342 (2.85 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Radamel Falcao (7 goals) |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → |
The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League is the second season under a new name for the competition previously known as the UEFA Cup.[1] The final will be held at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.[2]
The defending champions, Atlético Madrid, were eliminated after finishing third in group B.
Association team allocation
A total of 194 teams from 53 UEFA associations will participate in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Countries are allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2004–05 to 2008–09.[3]
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League:[4]
- Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify
- Associations 10–51 each have three teams qualify, except Liechtenstein (one team)
- Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify
- The top three associations of the 2009–10 UEFA Fair Play ranking (Sweden, Denmark, Finland) each gain an additional berth[5]
- Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League
Distribution
The winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, were guaranteed an entry into the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, as they did not qualify for any stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. However, they also qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round through domestic performance, as they were the runners-up of the 2009–10 Copa del Rey to Champions League-qualified Sevilla. As a result, this place in the third qualifying round was vacated, which in turn led to the following changes to the default allocation system in order to compensate for this vacant spot:
- The domestic cup winners of association 28 (Finland) have been promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The domestic cup winners of associations 52 and 53 (Malta and San Marino) have been promoted from the first qualifying to the second qualifying round.
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First qualifying round (52 teams) |
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Second qualifying round (80 teams) |
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Third qualifying round (70 teams) |
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Play-off round (74 teams) |
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Group stage (48 teams) |
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Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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Redistribution rules
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:[4]
- When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifiers within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated, and the remaining Europa League qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest entrance) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
- When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the Europa League qualifiers that finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
- A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
- A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table that has not yet qualified for the Champions League or the Europa League.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- TH: Title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- Nth: League position
- P-: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
- FP: Fair play
- UCL: Relegated 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
- Notes
- England (ENG): Portsmouth, the runners-up of the 2009–10 FA Cup to Champions League-qualified Chelsea, did not obtain a UEFA licence, meaning they could not qualify for Europe. Portsmouth had appealed to UEFA, the Premier League and the English FA, but the latter two would not allow late applications for the licence.[9] As a result, the seventh-placed team of the 2009–10 Premier League, Liverpool, claimed the Europa League spot in the third qualifying round.
- Republic of Ireland (IRL): Since the third- and fourth-placed teams of the 2009 League of Ireland, Cork City and Derry City, were dissolved and expelled from the league respectively after the season was completed, the fifth-placed team, Dundalk, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.[10]
- Lithuania (LTU): Vėtra, the runners-up of the 2009 A Lyga and also the runners-up of the 2009–10 Lithuanian Football Cup to Champions League-qualified Ekranas, were denied the UEFA license for the 2010–11 season and therefore will not represent Lithuania in the UEFA Europa League.[11] As a result, all Europa League spots were awarded to teams based on their league positions. Therefore, the fourth-placed team, Šiauliai, were moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round, while the fifth-placed team, Tauras Tauragė, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.
- Spain (ESP): Mallorca, the fifth-placed team of the 2009–10 La Liga, were not admitted to the UEFA Europa League due to being immersed in a creditor contest[12] (not by reason of having debt) a situation that does not meet the necessary admission criteria for participating in the UEFA competitions.[13] As a result, the seventh-placed team, Villarreal, claimed the Europa League spot in the play-off round. On 30 July, UEFA's Appeals Body dismissed Mallorca's appeal against the infraction.[14]
Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[15]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying | First qualifying round | 21 June 2010 | 1 July 2010 | 8 July 2010 |
Second qualifying round | 15 July 2010 | 22 July 2010 | ||
Third qualifying round | 16 July 2010 | 29 July 2010 | 5 August 2010 | |
Play-off | Play-off round | 6 August 2010 | 19 August 2010 | 26 August 2010 |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 27 August 2010 (Monaco) |
16 September 2010 | |
Matchday 2 | 30 September 2010 | |||
Matchday 3 | 21 October 2010 | |||
Matchday 4 | 4 November 2010 | |||
Matchday 5 | 1–2 December 2010 | |||
Matchday 6 | 15–16 December 2010 | |||
Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 17 December 2010 | 17 February 2011 | 24 February 2011 |
Round of 16 | 10 March 2011 | 17 March 2011 | ||
Quarter-finals | 18 March 2011 | 7 April 2011 | 14 April 2011 | |
Semi-finals | 28 April 2011 | 5 May 2011 | ||
Final | 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin |
Seeding
The draws for the qualifying rounds, the play-off round and the group stage are all seeded based on the 2010 UEFA club coefficients.[16] The coefficients are calculated on the basis of a combination of 20% of the value of the respective national association’s coefficient for the period from 2005–06 to 2009–10 inclusive and the clubs’ individual performances in the UEFA club competitions during the same period. Clubs are ordered by their coefficients and then divided into pots as required.[4][17]
In the draws for the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, the teams are divided evenly into one seeded and one unseeded pot, based on their club coefficients. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie also being decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to these draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association not drawn against each other.
In the draw for the group stage, the 48 teams are split into four pots of twelve teams, based on their club coefficients, with the title holder (if participating) automatically placed into Pot 1. Each group contains one team from each pot, but teams from the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.
In the draw for the first knockout stage, the twelve group winners and the four better third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage (based on their match record in the group stage) are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the first two qualifying rounds was made on 21 June 2010,[18] while the draw for the third qualifying round was made on 16 July 2010.[19]
First qualifying round
The first legs were played on 1 July, and the second legs were played on 8 July 2010.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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UE Santa Coloma | 0–5 | Mogren | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Olimpija | 0–5 | Široki Brijeg | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Anorthosis | 4–0 | Banants | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Olimpia | 1–1 (a)1 | Khazar | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Šibenik | 3–0 | Sliema Wanderers | 0–0 | 3–0 |
Tobol | 2–4 | Zrinjski | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Ulisses | 0–1 | Bnei Yehuda | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Rabotnički | 11–01 | Lusitanos | 5–0 | 6–0 |
KF Tirana | 1–0 | Zalaegerszeg | 0–0 | 1–0 (aet) |
Zestaponi | 5–0 | Faetano | 5–0 | 0–0 |
NSÍ Runavík | 1–4 | Gefle | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Torpedo Zhodino | 6–1 | Fylkir | 3–0 | 3–1 |
Randers | 7–3 | F91 Dudelange | 6–1 | 1–2 |
Portadown | 2–1 | Skonto | 1–1 | 1–0 |
TPS | 7–1 | Port Talbot Town | 3–1 | 4–0 |
KR Reykjavík | 5–2 | Glentoran | 3–0 | 2–2 |
Grevenmacher | 4–51 | Dundalk | 3–3 | 1–2 |
Kalmar FF | 4–0 | EB/Streymur | 1–0 | 3–0 |
Llanelli | 4–5 | Tauras Tauragė | 2–2 | 2–3 (aet) |
Narva Trans | 0–7 | MYPA | 0–2 | 0–5 |
Zeta | 1–1 (a)1 | Dacia | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Laçi | 2–8 | Dnepr Mogilev | 1–1 | 1–7 |
Shakhter Karaganda | 1–3 | Ruch Chorzów | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | Flora | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Nitra | 3–5 | Győri ETO | 2–2 | 1–3 |
Qarabağ | 5–2 | Metalurg Skopje | 4–1 | 1–1 |
- Note 1: Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 15 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 July 2010.
- Notes
- Note 2: Order of legs reversed after original draw.
- Note 5: UEFA awarded Budućnost Podgorica a 3–0 win due to Baku fielding a suspended player in the first leg.[21] The original match had ended in a 2–1 win for Baku.
Third qualifying round
The first legs were played on 29 July (one match played on 27 July), and the second legs were played on 5 August 2010 (one match played on 3 August).
- Notes
- Note 6: Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2010.[22] The first legs were played on 19 August (two matches played on 17 August), and the second legs were played on 26 August 2010 (one match played on 24 August).
- Note 7: Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Group stage
The 48 clubs were drawn into twelve groups of four on 27 August 2010 in Monaco.[23] In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round robin format. The matchdays are 16 September, 30 September, 21 October, 4 November, 1–2 December, and 15–16 December 2010. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):[24]
a) higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the
teams in question
b) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams
in question
c) higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches
played among the teams in question
d) superior goal difference from all group matches played
e) higher number of goals scored
f) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question,
as well as its association, over the previous five seasons
Following a trial at last year's UEFA Europa League, UEFA have announced that in both this year's and the 2011–12 competition, two extra officials will be used – with one on each goal line.[25]
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32 |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Group I
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Group J
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Group K
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Group L
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Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.
Round of 32
The draw for the competition's round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 17 December 2010 in the UEFA headquarters at Nyon, Switzerland.[26] The first legs will be played on 17 February (home leg of Aris played on 15 February), and the second legs will be played on 24 February 2011 (home legs of CSKA Moscow and Porto played on 22 February).
Round of 16
The first legs will be played on 10 March, and the second legs will be played on 17 March 2011.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Benfica or Stuttgart |
BATE Borisov or Paris Saint-Germain |
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Beşiktaş or Dynamo Kyiv |
Aris or Manchester City |
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Rubin Kazan or Twente |
Young Boys or Zenit St. Petersburg |
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PAOK or CSKA Moscow |
Sevilla or Porto |
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Lille or PSV Eindhoven |
Rangers or Sporting CP |
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Metalist Kharkiv or Bayer Leverkusen |
Napoli or Villarreal |
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Anderlecht or Ajax |
Basel or Spartak Moscow |
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Sparta Prague or Liverpool |
Lech Poznań or Braga |
Final
The 2011 UEFA Europa League Final will be on 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Due to UEFA rules against corporate sponsorship outside the federation, for the final the stadium will be referred to as the "Dublin Arena".
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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1 | Radamel Falcao | Porto | 7 | 425' |
2 | Tomáš Necid | CSKA Moscow | 5 | 310' |
Giuseppe Rossi | Villarreal | 5 | 390' | |
Wilfried Bony | Sparta Prague | 5 | 526' | |
Artem Milevskiy | Dynamo Kyiv | 5 | 538' | |
Edinson Cavani | Napoli | 5 | 540' | |
5 | Seydou Doumbia | CSKA Moscow | 4 | 146' |
Emmanuel Adebayor | Manchester City | 4 | 272' | |
Frédéric Kanouté | Sevilla | 4 | 281' | |
David Degen | Young Boys | 4 | 366' | |
Artjoms Rudņevs | Lech Poznań | 4 | 447' | |
Hans Henrik Andreasen | Odense BK | 4 | 450' | |
Patrick Helmes | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 4 | 467' |
- Source: Top scorers (accessed 16 December 2010)
See also
References
- ^ "UEFA Cup to become UEFA Europa League". UEFA. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "UEFA announces 2011 and 2012 final venues". UEFA.com. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009. [dead link]
- ^ UEFA Country Ranking 2009 Bert Kassies' Site
- ^ a b c Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2010/11
- ^ Sweden top UEFA Respect Fair Play rankings
- ^ Fair Play: Gefle IF till Europa League Template:Sv icon
- ^ Denmark’s Randers gain Europa League Fair Play place
- ^ MYPAlle tie auki eurocupeihin Template:Fi icon
- ^ Portsmouth Europa League appeal rejected by FA
- ^ A statement by Dundalk F.C. following the dissolution of Cork City F.C.
- ^ „Vėtra“ šiemet negalės rungtyniauti UEFA Europos lygoje Template:Lt icon
- ^ "El Mallorca anuncia un concurso de acreedores para hacer frente a su deuda". ABC. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
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- ^ 2010/11 draw and match calendar
- ^ UEFA Team Ranking 2010 Bert Kassies
- ^ Seeding in the 2010–11 Europa League Bert Kassies
- ^ Olympiacos and Beşiktaş discover fate
- ^ Liverpool and Juve learn draw fate
- ^ Sant Julià and MYPA fixture rearranged
- ^ a b "Győr, Budućnost Podgorica awarded default wins". UEFA. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- ^ Villa and Rapid to meet again
- ^ Big names face difficult groups
- ^ http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/48/48/90/1484890_DOWNLOAD.pdf
- ^ UEFA welcomes IFAB referee trial decision
- ^ Liverpool get Sparta in round of 32 draw