The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage will begin on 8 September 2022 and end on 3 November 2022. A total of 32 teams will compete in the group stage to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.
Bodø/Glimt, Nantes, Union Berlin and Union Saint-Gilloise will make their debut appearances in the Europa League group stage. Union Saint-Gilloise will make their debut appearance in a UEFA competition group stage.
A total of 23 national associations are represented in the group stage.
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. 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 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[1] 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 was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was 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 are playing in the Europa Conference League group stage):[2]
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 16 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Europa League):[3]
Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Away goals scored in all group matches;
Wins in all group matches;
Away wins in all group matches;
Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals are no longer applied as a tiebreaker starting from last season. However, total away goals are still applied as a tiebreaker.[4]
Groups
The fixtures were announced on 27 August 2022, the day after the draw.[5] The matches will be played on 8 September, 15 September, 6 October, 13 October, 27 October and 3 November 2022. The scheduled kick-off times are 18:45 and 21:00 CET/CEST.
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
^ abcdTied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker. Between Feyenoord and Midtjylland, overall goals scored is used as the tiebreaker.
^CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 29 October 2022 (matchdays 1–5), and CET (UTC+1) for date thereafter (matchday 6).
^ abcDue to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[6] Therefore, Dynamo Kyiv will play their home matches at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego, Kraków, Poland, instead of their regular stadium NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv.
^ abcUnion Saint-Gilloise will play their home match at Den Dreef in Leuven, instead of their regular stadium, the Joseph Marien Stadium, in Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
^ abcSheriff Tiraspol will play their home matches at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium, the Sheriff Stadium, in Tiraspol, due to Transnistria's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
^ abcdef"Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
Roma and Lazio
Manchester United and Arsenal
Red Star Belgrade and Partizan (UECL)
Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro-1 (UECL)
Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven
Rennes and Monaco
Real Sociedad and Real Betis
Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF (UECL)
Midtjylland and Silkeborg (UECL)
Bodø/Glimt and Molde (UECL)
Union Berlin and SC Freiburg
Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor
Sturm Graz and Austria Wien (UECL)
AEK Larnaca and Omonia
Zürich and Basel (UECL)
Arsenal
PSV Eindhoven
Bodø/Glimt
Zürich
Fenerbahçe
Rennes
AEK Larnaca
Dynamo Kyiv
Real Betis
Roma
Ludogorets Razgrad
HJK
Union Saint-Gilloise
Union Berlin
Braga
Malmö FF
Sheriff Tiraspol
Midtjylland
Sturm Graz
Qarabağ
Olympiacos
Ferencváros
Red Star Belgrade