49th season of Europe ‘s junior-grade club football tournament organised by UEFA
International football contest
The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League was the 49th season of Europe ‘s secondary golf club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. Sevilla defeated Inter Milan in the final examination, played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, 3–2 for a record sixth deed in the competition. [ 2 ] As winners, Sevilla earned the right to play against Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. Since they had already qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group phase through their league performance, the moor primitively reserved for the Europa League championship holders was given to the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 ( Rennes ), the 5th-ranked association according to following season ‘s access list.

due to the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended in mid-march 2020 and resumed in August. The quarter-finals onwards were played as a single couple hard ties at impersonal venues in Germany ( RheinEnergieStadion, MSV-Arena, Merkur Spiel-Arena, Arena AufSchalke ) behind close doors from 10 to 21 August. [ 3 ] The video recording adjunct reviewer ( VAR ) system was used in the competition from the knockout stage onwards. [ 4 ] As the claim holders of the Europa League, Chelsea qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, although they had already qualified before the concluding through their league performance. They were unable to defend their championship as they advanced to the Champions League smasher stagecoach .

Association team allotment [edit ]

A sum of 213 teams from all 55 UEFA extremity associations participated in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the numeral of participating teams for each association : [ 5 ]

  • Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 52–54 each had two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein and Kosovo (association 55) each had one team qualify (Liechtenstein organised only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Kosovo as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).[6]
  • Moreover, 55 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League (default number was 57, but 2 fewer teams competed in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League).

Association ranking [edit ]

For the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA area coefficients, which took into account their performance in european competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18. [ 7 ] apart from the allocation based on the state coefficients, associations could have extra teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below :

  • ( UCL ) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

distribution [edit ]

The come is the access list for this season. [ 8 ]

Access list for 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
Preliminary round
(14 teams)
  • 4 domestic cup winners from associations 52–55
  • 6 domestic league runners-up from associations 49–54
  • 4 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 48–51
First qualifying round
(94 teams)
  • 26 domestic cup winners from associations 26–51
  • 30 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–48 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 31 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–47 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 7 winners from preliminary round
Second qualifying round Champions Path
(19 teams)
  • 16 losers from Champions League first qualifying round
  • 3 losers from Champions League preliminary round
Main Path
(74 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 19–25
  • 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17
  • 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–15
  • 9 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15
  • 2 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 5–6 (League Cup winners for France)
  • 4 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–4 (League Cup winners for England)
  • 47 winners from first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions Path
(20 teams)
  • 10 winners from second qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 10 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(52 teams)
  • 6 domestic cup winners from associations 13–18
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6
  • 37 winners from second qualifying round (Main Path)
  • 2 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round Champions Path
(16 teams)
  • 10 winners from third qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(26 teams)
  • 26 winners from third qualifying round (Main Path)
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • 12 domestic cup winners from associations 1–12
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 5
  • 4 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 8 winners from play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 13 winners from play-off round (Main Path)
  • 4 losers from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 losers from Champions League play-off round (League Path)
  • 4 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 12 group winners from group stage
  • 12 group runners-up from group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Changes were made to the default access list, if any of the teams that qualified for the Europa League via their domestic competitions besides qualified for the Champions League as the Champions League or Europa League title holders, or if there were fewer teams transferred from the Champions League due to changes in the Champions League access number. In any case where a spot in the Europa League was vacated, cup winners of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds were promoted accordingly .

  • In the default access list, originally 17 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path). However, since the Champions League title holders (Liverpool) qualified for the Champions League group stage via their domestic league, only 16 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa League second qualifying round (Champions Path). As a result, only 19 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round (one of the losers from the Champions League first qualifying round would be drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round).
  • In the default access list, originally three losers from the Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) were transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). However, since the Europa League title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the Champions League group stage via their domestic league, only two losers from the Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) were transferred to the Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). As a result, the following changes to the access list were made:
    • The cup winners of association 18 (Israel) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
    • The cup winners of association 25 (Serbia) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
    • The cup winners of associations 50 and 51 (Wales and Faroe Islands) entered the first qualifying round instead of the preliminary round.

redistribution rules [edit ]

A Europa League locate 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 set was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the follow rules :

  • 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, 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 moving 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 moving up one “place” if possible.
  • For associations where a Europa League place was reserved for either the League Cup or end-of-season European competition play-offs winners, they always qualified for the Europa League as the “lowest-placed” qualifier. 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 team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions.

Teams [edit ]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round : [ 8 ]

  • CW: Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • RW: Regular season winners
  • PW: End-of-season Europa League 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
    • Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round
    • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
    • PR: Losers from the preliminary round (F: final; SF: semi-finals)

One team not playing a national top division took part in the competition ; Vaduz ( representing Liechtenstein ) played in 2019–20 swiss Challenge League, which is Switzerland ‘s 2nd tier .

Notes

The schedule of the competition was as follows ( all draws were held at the UEFA headquarter in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated differently ). [ 21 ] Matches could besides be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays alternatively of the even Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts. The competition was suspended on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. [ 22 ] A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the end of the season. [ 23 ] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced the revised agenda for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the competition, to be played in single-leg matches. [ 3 ]

Schedule for 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 11 June 2019 27 June 2019 4 July 2019
First qualifying round 18 June 2019 11 July 2019 18 July 2019
Second qualifying round 19 June 2019 25 July 2019 1 August 2019
Third qualifying round 22 July 2019 8 August 2019 15 August 2019
Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2019 22 August 2019 29 August 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 30 August 2019
(Monaco)
19 September 2019
Matchday 2 3 October 2019
Matchday 3 24 October 2019
Matchday 4 7 November 2019
Matchday 5 28 November 2019
Matchday 6 12 December 2019
Knockout phase Round of 32 16 December 2019 20 February 2020 27 February 2020
Round of 16 28 February 2020 12 March 2020 5–6 August 2020
Quarter-finals 10 July 2020 10–11 August 2020
Semi-finals 16–17 August 2020
Final 21 August 2020 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows .

Original schedule for 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 11 June 2019 27 June 2019 4 July 2019
First qualifying round 18 June 2019 11 July 2019 18 July 2019
Second qualifying round 19 June 2019 25 July 2019 1 August 2019
Third qualifying round 22 July 2019 8 August 2019 15 August 2019
Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2019 22 August 2019 29 August 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 30 August 2019
(Monaco)
19 September 2019
Matchday 2 3 October 2019
Matchday 3 24 October 2019
Matchday 4 7 November 2019
Matchday 5 28 November 2019
Matchday 6 12 December 2019
Knockout phase Round of 32 16 December 2019 20 February 2020 27 February 2020
Round of 16 28 February 2020 12 March 2020 19 March 2020
Quarter-finals 20 March 2020 9 April 2020 16 April 2020
Semi-finals 30 April 2020 7 May 2020
Final 27 May 2020 at Stadion Energa Gdańsk, Gdańsk

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic [edit ]

ascribable to the varying rates of transmission of COVID-19 across european countries during the fourth dimension of the Round of 16 first leg ties, unlike matches were affected in different ways. Because of this severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy at the fourth dimension, the games involving Inter Milan and A.S. Roma were postponed, [ 24 ] whereas games hosted in Greece, Germany, and Austria went ahead but behind close doors. [ 25 ] Games hosted in Turkey and Scotland went ahead as convention. On 15 March, UEFA announced that none of the Round of 16 second branch ties would go ahead in the pursuit week, postponing them indefinitely, [ 26 ] with a taskforce convened to reschedule the rest of the temper. [ 23 ] On 23 March, it was announced that the Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland would no long host the contest Final, in the first place scheduled for 27 May, but would host the 2021 Final alternatively. [ 27 ] On 17 June it was announced that the Europa League would return on 5 August and conclude on 21 August, [ 3 ] with a last-eight tournament to be held across four venues in Germany. [ 28 ] The remainder of the competition would be played in a mini-tournament manner with remaining regular to be played as individual legged ties except for the Round of 16 fixtures where the first peg had already been played. [ 29 ] All remaining ties of the competition were played behind closed doors due to the remaining presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. [ 25 ]

Final tournament venues [edit ]

preliminary beat [edit ]

In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA club coefficients, [ 30 ] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the like association could not be drawn against each other. The draw for the preliminary round of golf was held on 11 June 2019. [ 31 ] The first base legs were played on 27 June, and the second leg on 2 and 4 July 2019 .
Notes

  1. ^ order of legs reversed after original draw .

Qualifying rounds [edit ]

In the qualify rounds and the play-off rung, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2019 UEFA clubhouse coefficients, [ 30 ] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the lapp association could not be drawn against each other .

beginning qualifying round [edit ]

The draw for the first qualify round was held on 18 June 2019. [ 32 ] The first base legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July, and the second legs on 16, 17 and 18 July 2019 .
Notes

  1. a b c d e f g h i j orderliness of legs reversed after original reap .

second gear qualify circle [edit ]

The second modify round was split into two discriminate sections : Champions Path ( for league champions ) and League Path ( for cup winners and league non-champions ). The hook for the second base stipulate round was held on 19 June 2019. [ 33 ] The first legs were played on 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs on 30, 31 July and 1 August 2019 .
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  1. ^ order of legs reversed after original draw .

third qualifying round [edit ]

The third modification round was split into two separate sections : Champions Path ( for league champions ) and League Path ( for cup winners and league non-champions ). The reap for the one-third modification round was held on 22 July 2019. [ 34 ] The first legs were played on 6, 7 and 8 August, and the second base leg on 13, 14 and 15 August 2019 .

Play-off circle [edit ]

The play-off cycle was split into two separate sections : Champions Path ( for league champions ) and League Path ( for cup winners and league non-champions ). The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019. [ 35 ] The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second branch will be played on 29 August 2019 .

Group degree [edit ]

The draw for the group stage was held on 30 August 2019, 13:00 hundred, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. [ 36 ] The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the limitation that teams from the lapp association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2019 UEFA cabaret coefficients. [ 30 ] In each group, teams played against each early home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runner-up advanced to the attack of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays were 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, and 12 December 2019. A total of 26 national associations were represented in the group stagecoach. Espanyol, Ferencváros, LASK, Oleksandriya, Wolfsberger AC and Wolverhampton Wanderers made their debut appearances in the group phase ( although Espanyol and Ferencváros had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage ) .
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Group A [edit ]

Group B [edit ]

Group C [edit ]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BSL GET KRA TRA
1 SwitzerlandBasel 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 5–0 2–0
2 SpainGetafe 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12 0–1 3–0 1–0
3 RussiaKrasnodar 6 3 0 3 7 11 −4 9 1–0 1–2 3–1
4 TurkeyTrabzonspor 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1 2–2 0–1 0–2

Group D [edit ]

Group E [edit ]

Group F [edit ]

Group G [edit ]

Group H [edit ]

Group I [edit ]

Group J [edit ]

Group K [edit ]

Group L [edit ]

Knockout phase [edit ]

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 disembowel 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, quarter-finals and semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the “home” team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final stages of the contest would feature a format change. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final would be played in a single-leg format from 10 to 21 August 2020 in the german cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen. The matches were tentatively played behind close doors, though spectators could be allowed national to a review of the position and the decisions of the home and local government. Following the contest resume in August 2020, a maximum of five substitutions were allowed, with a sixth allowed in extra time. however, each team was merely given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a one-fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of supernumerary time and at half-time in supernumerary time. This followed a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the affect of repair congestion. [ 37 ]

bracket [edit ]

Round of 32 [edit ]

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2019, 13:00 CET. [ 38 ] The beginning legs were played on 20 February, and the second gear legs were played on 26, 27 and 28 February 2020 .

Round of 16 [edit ]

The attract for the orotund of 16 was held on 28 February 2020, 13:00 CET. [ 39 ] Six of the eight foremost leg matches were played on 12 March, while the remaining foremost legs and all second peg fixtures were postponed by UEFA due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. [ 40 ] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the second legs would be played on 5–6 August 2020. In July 2020, they confirmed that the second legs would be played at the home team ‘s stadium as normal. For the two ties that had not played their beginning legs, the matches were rather played in a single-leg format, at neutral venues in Germany. [ 41 ] [ 42 ]
The tie for the quarter-finals took place on 10 July 2020. [ 40 ] [ 43 ] The matches were played on 10 and 11 August 2020 .
The puff for the semi-finals took position on 10 July 2020 ( after the quarter-final describe ). The matches were played on 16 and 17 August 2020 .

final [edit ]

The final was played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. The “ home ” team ( for administrative purposes ) was determined by an extra pull held after the quarter-final and semi-final draw. [ 43 ]

Statistics [edit ]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off rung .

top goalscorers [edit ]

Notes

top assists [edit ]

Squad of the season [edit ]

The UEFA technical foul study group selected the following 23 players as the squad of the tournament. [ 47 ]
Notes

player of the season [edit ]

Votes were cast by coaches of the 48 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the european Sports Media ( ESM ) group, representing each of UEFA ‘s penis associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the inaugural receive five points, the second gear three and the one-third matchless. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 17 September 2020. [ 48 ] The award achiever was announced during the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Switzerland on 2 October 2020 .
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See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

  1. ^[45] The remainder of the contest, held in August 2020, was played behind close up doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

References [edit ]

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