UEFA Europa League 2020/21

UEFA Europa League 2020/21
Cup winners	Villarreal CF (1st title)
Beginning	August 18, 2020
final	May 26, 2021
Final stadium	Miejski Stadium , Gdansk
Teams	48 +8 (158 +55 including qualification)
Games	204
Gates	618  (ø 3.03 per game)
spectator	107,866  (ø 529 per game)
Top scorer	Gerard Moreno
yellow cards	859  (ø 4.21 per game)
Yellow and red cards	23  (ø 0.11 per game)
Red cards	14  (ø 0.07 per game)
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The Miejski Stadium in Gdansk hosted the final.

The 2020/21 UEFA Europa League was the 50th edition of the second most important competition for European football clubs , which was held under the name of the UEFA Cup until the 2008/09 season. The season began with the pre-qualification on August 18, 2020 and ended with the final on May 26, 2021.

The final was originally supposed to take place in Seville . Due to the relocation of the final location for the preseason to Cologne , Gdansk was set as the location originally planned for the 2019/20 final as the location for the 2020/21 season.

The winner Villarreal FC qualified for the 2021 UEFA Super Cup and received a place in the group stage of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League .

Events

The following dates were planned for the draws and game rounds:

phase	round	draw	First leg	Return leg
qualification	Preliminary round	August 9, 2020	18./20/21. August 2020
	1st qualifying round	August 10, 2020	25/26/27 August & 9./10. September 2020
	2nd qualifying round	August 31, 2020	16./17. September 2020
	3rd qualifying round	September 1, 2020	September 24, 2020
Play-off	Play-off games	September 18, 2020	October 1, 2020
Group stage	1st matchday	October 2, 2020 ( Athens )	October 22, 2020
	2nd matchday		October 29, 2020
	3rd matchday		5th November 2020
	4th matchday		November 26, 2020
	5th matchday		3rd December 2020
	6th matchday		December 10, 2020
Knockout round	Round of 16	December 14, 2020	February 18, 2021	24./25. February 2021
	Round of 16	February 26, 2021	March 11, 2021	March 18, 2021
	Quarter finals	March 19, 2021	April 8, 2021	April 15, 2021
	Semifinals		April 29, 2021	May 6, 2021
	final		May 26, 2021 in Gdansk

qualification

The division into the individual qualifying rounds is based on the UEFA access list. The order of the associations is determined by the association coefficients of the UEFA five-year ranking 2018/2019. If the cup winners of a national association qualify for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League or would have already qualified for the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League, the next team from the national league gets the worst possible starting position of this nation in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League while the other teams move up accordingly and take over the next better starting place. If a club was not approved for the UEFA competitions, the next best team in the national league moved up.

The teams with the higher club coefficient of the UEFA five-year ranking 2019/20 are seeded. If the club coefficient is the same, the order is determined by the rating points achieved by the teams in the previous season or the following years. If the previous round has not yet been completed at the time of the draw for the respective qualifying round, the higher value of the two teams in the respective outstanding pairings is used for the seeding list.

All encounters were decided in one game. The home right was drawn by lot.

Due to the postponements of the 2019/20 season and the 2020/21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020/21 season had started before the end of the 2019/20 season. As a result, the changes to the access list to be made based on which teams are the Champions League and Europa League defending champions were unsafe after games from previous qualifying rounds had already been played and / or their draws were made. How the changes would be implemented in this case was decided by UEFA.

Pre-qualification

Draw: August 9, 2020 in Nyon

The games took place on August 18, 20 and 21, 2020.

• Participants: 16 teams

	Result
SP Tre Penne	1: 3	KF Gjilani
Lincoln Red Imps FC	13: 0 1 ( without a fight )	FC Prishtina
FC Santa Coloma	0: 0 n.v. (3: 4 p.e.)	FK Iskra Danilovgrad
UE Engordany	1: 3	FK Zeta Golubovci
Glentoran FC	1-0	HB Tórshavn
St Joseph's FC	1: 2	B36 Tórshavn
Coleraine FC	1-0	SP La Fiorita
NSÍ Runavík	5: 1	Barry Town United

¹Due to several positive COVID-19 cases at FC Prishtina, the game was postponed to August 22nd. The game on August 22nd was also canceled, the UEFA rated the game 3-0 for Lincoln.

1st qualifying round

Draw: August 10, 2020 in Nyon

The games took place on August 25, 26 and 27 and on September 9 and 10, 2020.

• Participants: 94 teams

	Result
NK Maribor	1: 1 n.V. (4: 5 in good.)	Coleraine FC
FK Riteriai	3: 2 a.d.	Derry City
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	3-0	FC Differdange 03
Rosenborg Trondheim	4: 2	Breiðablik Kópavogur
Hammarby IF	3-0	Puskás Akadémia FC
FK Ventspils	2: 1	Dinamo car Tiraspol
Aarhus GF	5: 2	FC Honka Espoo
The New Saints FC	3: 1 a.d.	MŠK Žilina
Neftçi Baku	2: 1	KF Shkupi
FC Nõmme Kalju	10: 4 1	NŠ Mura
Apollon Limassol	5: 1	FC Saburtalo Tbilisi
FK Partizan Belgrade	1-0	FK RFS
FCSB Bucharest	3-0	FC Shirak Gyumri
NK Olimpija Ljubljana	2: 1 a.d.	Víkingur Reykjavík
FK Žalgiris Vilnius	2-0	Paide Linnameeskond
Valletta FC	0: 1	Bala Town
Aberdeen FC	6-0	NSÍ Runavík
Malmö FF	2-0	KS Cracovia
FK Shakhtsor Salihorsk	0: 0 n.v. 1: 4 i. E.	Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni
Shamrock Rovers	2: 2 n.V. (12:11 p.m.)	Tampereen Ilves
FC Vaduz	0: 2	Hibernians Paola
FK Keşlə	0: 0 a.d. (4: 5 in good condition)	KF Laçi
FK Bodø / Glimt	6: 1	FK Kauno Žalgiris
Maccabi Haifa	13: 1 2	FK Željezničar Sarajevo
Lech poses	3-0	Valmieras FK
FC Progrès Niederkorn	3-0	FK Zeta Golubovci
B36 Tórshavn	4: 3 a.d.	FC Levadia Tallinn
Honvéd Budapest	2: 1 a.d.	Inter Turku
Lincoln Red Imps FC	2-0	Union Titus Pétange
Motherwell FC	5: 1	Glentoran FC
FK Kukësi	2: 1	Slavia Sofia
FK Dinamo Minsk	0: 2	Piast Gliwice
FH Hafnarfjörður	0: 2	DAC Dunajská Streda
Servette FC	3-0	MFK Ružomberok
Hapoel Beer Sheva	3-0	FC Dinamo Batumi
Fehérvár FC	1: 1 n.V. (4: 2 in.E.)	Bohemians Dublin
FC Alaschkert Martuni	0: 1	FK Renova Džepčište
Ordabassy Shymkent	1: 2	FC Botoșani
CSKA Sofia	2: 1	FC Sirens
Petrocub Hînceşti	0: 2	TSC Backa Topola
KS Teuta Durrës	2-0	Beitar Jerusalem
Sumqayıt PFK	0: 2	KF Shkëndija
FK Borac Banja Luka	1-0	FK Sutjeska Nikšić
FK Qairat Almaty	4: 1	FC Noah Yerevan
FK Iskra Danilovgrad	0: 1	Locomotive Plovdiv
Locomotive Tbilisi	2: 1	CS Universitatea Craiova
KF Gjilani	0: 2 a.d.	APOEL Nicosia

¹The game, which was originally scheduled to be played on August 27, 2020, was postponed to September 10 because a player from FC Nõmme Kalju and a player from NŠ Mura tested positive for COVID-19 .

²The game, which was originally scheduled to be played on August 27, 2020, was postponed to September 9 because five members of the delegation from FK Željezničar Sarajevo tested positive for COVID-19 .

2nd qualifying round

Draw: August 31, 2020 in Nyon

The games took place on September 16 and 17, 2020.

• Total participants: 92 teams, including 20 losing teams in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round and the previous preliminary round of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League qualifying round .

Champions way

	Result
Inter Club d'Escaldes	0: 1	Dundalk FC
Kuopion PS	1: 1 n.V. (4: 3 n.E.)	ŠK Slovan Bratislava
Linfield FC	0: 1	FC Floriana
Riga FC	1: 0 1	SP Tre Fiori
Djurgårdens IF	2: 1	Europe FC
FC Flora Tallinn	2: 1	KR Reykjavík
Sileks Kratovo	0: 2	KF Drita
FK Astana	0: 1	FK Budućnost Podgorica
Ararat-Armenia FC	4: 3 a.d.	CS Fola Esch
Connah's Quay Nomads	0: 1	Dinamo Tbilisi

¹The game was paused at half-time on September 17, 2020 at 0-0 and resumed on September 18. Due to a strong wind, a floodlight shattered, the shards of which fell on the grandstand. Since this represented a security risk for those present, the rescheduling of the second half took place the following morning.

Cup winner and pursuer path

• Participants: 72 teams

	Result
Hammarby IF	0: 3	Lech poses
Qaisar Qysylorda	1: 4	APOEL Nicosia
NŠ Mura	3-0	Aarhus GF
Maccabi Haifa	2: 1	FK Qairat Almaty
Locomotive Tbilisi	2: 1	FK Dynamo Moscow
Neftçi Baku	1: 3	Galatasaray Istanbul
B36 Tórshavn	2: 2 n.v. (5: 4 in good condition)	The New Saints FC
Coleraine FC	2: 2 n.V. (0: 3 in good condition)	Motherwell FC
IFK Gothenburg	1: 2	FC Copenhagen
TSC Backa Topola	6: 6 n.V. (4: 5 p.e.)	FCSB Bucharest
KS Teuta Durrës	0: 4	Granada CF.
OFI Crete	0: 1	Apollon Limassol
FC Progrès Niederkorn	0: 5	Willem II Tilburg
Viking Stavanger	0: 2	Aberdeen FC
Standard Liege	2-0	Bala Town
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni	0: 1 a.d.	FK Partizan Belgrade
CSKA Sofia	2-0	BATE Baryssau
FC Botoșani	0: 1	KF Shkëndija
Locomotive Plovdiv	1: 2	Tottenham Hotspur
KF Laçi	1: 2	Hapoel Beer Sheva
Aris Thessaloniki	1: 2	Kolos Kovalivka
Honvéd Budapest	0: 2	Malmö FF
FK Ventspils	1: 5	Rosenborg Trondheim
FK Riteriai	1: 5	Slovan Liberec
Lincoln Red Imps FC	0: 5	Glasgow Rangers
Servette FC	0: 1	Stade Reims
FK Borac Banja Luka	0: 2	Rio Ave FC
FK Renova Džepčište	0: 1	Hajduk Split
NK Olimpija Ljubljana	2: 3 a.d.	HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
FK Kukësi	0: 4	VfL Wolfsburg
DAC Dunajská Streda	5: 3 a.d.	FK Jablonec
Piast Gliwice	3: 2	TSV Hartberg
NK Osijek	1: 2	FC Basel
Shamrock Rovers	0: 2	AC Milan
Hibernians Paola	0: 1	Fehérvár FC
FK Bodø / Glimt	3: 1	FK Žalgiris Vilnius

3rd qualifying round

Draw: September 1, 2020 in Nyon

The games took place on September 24, 2020.

• Total participants: 70 teams including 11 losing teams in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round .

Champions way

• Participants: 18 teams (+2 byes for KF Tirana and Ludogorez Razgrad , who advance directly to the play-offs)

	Result
FK Sarajevo	2: 1	FK Budućnost Podgorica
Sheriff Tiraspol	1: 1 a.d. (3: 5 in good condition)	Dundalk FC
Ararat-Armenia FC	1: 0 a.d.	NK Celje
Riga FC	0: 1	Celtic Glasgow
Kuopion PS	2-0	Sūduva Marijampolė
Legia Warsaw	2-0	KF Drita
KÍ Klaksvík	6: 1	Dinamo Tbilisi
Djurgårdens IF	0: 1	CFR Cluj
FC Floriana	0: 0 n.v. (2: 4 in good condition)	FC Flora Tallinn

Cup winner and pursuer path

• Participants: 52 teams

	Result
NŠ Mura	1: 5	PSV Eindhoven
Malmö FF	5-0	Lokomotiva Zagreb
Sporting Lisbon	1-0	Aberdeen FC
Sporting Charleroi	2: 1 a.d.	FK Partizan Belgrade
Rosenborg Trondheim	1-0	Alanyaspor
VfL Wolfsburg	2-0	Desna Chernihiv
Fehérvár FC	0: 0 a.d. (4: 1 in good condition)	Stade Reims
Granada CF.	2-0	Locomotive Tbilisi
HNK Rijeka	2: 0 a.d.	Kolos Kovalivka
FC St. Gallen	0: 1	AEK Athens
LASK	7-0	DAC Dunajská Streda
AC Milan	3: 2	FK Bodø / Glimt
KF Shkëndija	1: 3	Tottenham Hotspur
Standard Liege	2: 1 a.d.	FK Vojvodina
FK Rostov	1: 2	Maccabi Haifa
Willem II Tilburg	0: 4	Glasgow Rangers
Apollon Limassol	0: 5	Lech poses
Beşiktaş Istanbul	1: 1 n.V. (2: 4 in good.)	Rio Ave FC
FCSB Bucharest	0: 2	Slovan Liberec
Hapoel Beer Sheva	3-0	Motherwell FC
FC Copenhagen	3-0	Piast Gliwice
FC Basel	3: 2	Anorthosis Famagusta
Galatasaray Istanbul	2-0	Hajduk Split
Viktoria Pilsen	3-0	SønderjyskE
APOEL Nicosia	2: 2 n.V. (4: 2 in good.)	HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
CSKA Sofia	3: 1	B36 Tórshavn

Play-offs

The fourth and final qualifying round was called " play-offs " for the purpose of better marketing opportunities .

Draw: September 18, 2020 in Nyon

The games took place on October 1, 2020.

• Total participants: 42 teams, including 5 losing teams in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League and two of the previous 2nd qualifying round of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League.

Champions way

• Participants: 16 teams

	Result
BSC Young Boys	3-0	KF Tirana
Dinamo Zagreb	3: 1	FC Flora Tallinn
CFR Cluj	3: 1	Kuopion PS
Ararat-Armenia FC	1: 2	FK Red Star Belgrade
FK Dinamo Brest	0: 2	Ludogorez Razgrad
FK Sarajevo	0: 1	Celtic Glasgow
Legia Warsaw	0: 3	Qarabağ Agdam
Dundalk FC	3: 1	KÍ Klaksvík

Cup winner and pursuer path

• Participants: 26 teams

	Result
Hapoel Beer Sheva	1-0	Viktoria Pilsen
Rosenborg Trondheim	0: 2	PSV Eindhoven
AEK Athens	2: 1	VfL Wolfsburg
FC Basel	1: 3	CSKA Sofia
Sporting Lisbon	1: 4	LASK
Sporting Charleroi	1: 2	Lech poses
Rio Ave FC	2: 2 n.V. (8: 9 p.e.)	AC Milan
FC Copenhagen	0: 1	HNK Rijeka
Malmö FF	1: 3	Granada CF.
Tottenham Hotspur	7: 2	Maccabi Haifa
Slovan Liberec	1-0	APOEL Nicosia
Standard Liege	3: 1	Fehérvár FC
Glasgow Rangers	2: 1	Galatasaray Istanbul

Group stage

From the group stage onwards, all games were centrally marketed by UEFA in order to generate greater media attention and thus increased advertising income.

The group winners and runners-up qualified for the sixteenth-finals, while those placed third and fourth were eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams were tied after the group matches, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

1. Number of points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference in direct comparison
3. Number of goals in direct comparison
4. Number of away goals in direct comparison
5. If, after applying criteria 1–4, two or more teams still occupy the same place in the table, criteria 1–4 are reapplied for these teams. If this does not result in a definitive placement, criteria 6–12 will be applied.
6. Goal difference from all group matches
7. higher number of goals scored
8. higher number of away goals scored
9. higher number of wins
10. higher number of away wins
11. lower number of minus points through yellow and red cards (yellow card 1 minus point, red card 3 minus points, yellow-red card 3 minus points)
12. Club coefficients

The 48 teams qualified for the group stage were divided into four pots of 12 teams each based on their club coefficient (KK), and one team from each pot was drawn into one of the 12 groups (A to L); Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

The draw took place in Athens on October 2nd, 2020 . The games took place from October 22nd to December 10th, 2020.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS Roma	6th	4th	1	1	013: 500	+8	13th
2.	BSC Young Boys	6th	3	1	2	009: 700	+2	10
3.	CFR Cluj	6th	1	2	3	004:100	−6	05
4th	CSKA Sofia	6th	1	2	3	003: 700	−4	05

October 22, 2020
BSC Young Boys	1: 2	AS Roma	Wankdorf Stadium
CSKA Sofia	0: 2	CFR Cluj	Wassil Levski National Stadium
October 29, 2020
AS Roma	0-0	CSKA Sofia	Olympic Stadium Rome
CFR Cluj	1: 1	BSC Young Boys	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
5th November 2020
AS Roma	5-0	CFR Cluj	Olympic Stadium Rome
BSC Young Boys	3-0	CSKA Sofia	Wankdorf Stadium
November 26, 2020
CSKA Sofia	0: 1	BSC Young Boys	Wassil Levski National Stadium
CFR Cluj	0: 2	AS Roma	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
3rd December 2020
AS Roma	3: 1	BSC Young Boys	Olympic Stadium Rome
CFR Cluj	0-0	CSKA Sofia	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
December 10, 2020
BSC Young Boys	2: 1	CFR Cluj	Wankdorf Stadium
CSKA Sofia	3: 1	AS Roma	Wassil Levski National Stadium

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Arsenal FC	6th	6th	0	0	020: 500	+15	18th
2.	Molde FK	6th	3	1	2	009:110	−2	10
3.	SK Rapid Vienna	6th	2	1	3	011:130	−2	07th
4th	Dundalk FC	6th	0	0	6th	008:190	−11	00

October 22, 2020
Dundalk FC	1: 2	Molde FK	Dublin arena
SK Rapid Vienna	1: 2	Arsenal FC	West Stadium
October 29, 2020
Arsenal FC	3-0	Dundalk FC	Arsenal Stadium
Molde FK	1-0	SK Rapid Vienna	Molde Stadium
5th November 2020
SK Rapid Vienna	4: 3	Dundalk FC	West Stadium
Arsenal FC	4: 1	Molde FK	Arsenal Stadium
November 26, 2020
Molde FK	0: 3	Arsenal FC	Molde Stadium
Dundalk FC	1: 3	SK Rapid Vienna	Dublin arena
3rd December 2020
Arsenal FC	4: 1	SK Rapid Vienna	Arsenal Stadium
Molde FK	3: 1	Dundalk FC	Molde Stadium
December 10, 2020
Dundalk FC	2: 4	Arsenal FC	Dublin arena
SK Rapid Vienna	2: 2	Molde FK	West Stadium

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6th	5	0	1	021: 800	+13	15th
2.	Slavia Prague	6th	4th	0	2	011:100	+1	12th
3.	Hapoel Beer Sheva	6th	2	0	4th	007:130	−6	06th
4th	OGC Nice	6th	1	0	5	008:160	−8	03

October 22, 2020
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6: 2	OGC Nice	BayArena
Hapoel Beer Sheva	3: 1	Slavia Prague	HaMoshava Stadium (in Petach Tikva )
October 29, 2020
Slavia Prague	1-0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Eden Arena
OGC Nice	1-0	Hapoel Beer Sheva	Stade de Nice
5th November 2020
Slavia Prague	3: 2	OGC Nice	Eden Arena
Hapoel Beer Sheva	2: 4	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	HaMoshava Stadium (in Petach Tikva)
November 26, 2020
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4: 1	Hapoel Beer Sheva	BayArena
OGC Nice	1: 3	Slavia Prague	Stade de Nice
3rd December 2020
Slavia Prague	3-0	Hapoel Beer Sheva	Eden Arena
OGC Nice	2: 3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Stade de Nice
December 10, 2020
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4-0	Slavia Prague	BayArena
Hapoel Beer Sheva	1-0	OGC Nice	HaMoshava Stadium (in Petach Tikva)

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Glasgow Rangers	6th	4th	2	0	013: 700	+6	14th
2.	Benfica Lisbon	6th	3	3	0	018: 900	+9	12th
3.	Standard Liege	6th	1	1	4th	007:140	−7	04th
4th	Lech poses	6th	1	0	5	006:140	−8	03

October 22, 2020
Standard Liege	0: 2	Glasgow Rangers	Maurice Dufrasne Stadium
Lech poses	2: 4	Benfica Lisbon	Poznań Stadium
October 29, 2020
Benfica Lisbon	3-0	Standard Liege	Estádio da Luz
Glasgow Rangers	1-0	Lech poses	Ibrox Stadium
5th November 2020
Benfica Lisbon	3: 3	Glasgow Rangers	Estádio da Luz
Lech poses	3: 1	Standard Liege	Poznań Stadium
November 26, 2020
Standard Liege	2: 1	Lech poses	Maurice Dufrasne Stadium
Glasgow Rangers	2: 2	Benfica Lisbon	Ibrox Stadium
3rd December 2020
Benfica Lisbon	4-0	Lech poses	Estádio da Luz
Glasgow Rangers	3: 2	Standard Liege	Ibrox Stadium
December 10, 2020
Standard Liege	2: 2	Benfica Lisbon	Maurice Dufrasne Stadium
Lech poses	0: 2	Glasgow Rangers	Poznań Stadium

Group E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	PSV Eindhoven	6th	4th	0	2	012: 900	+3	12th
2.	Granada CF.	6th	3	2	1	006: 300	+3	11
3.	PAOK Thessaloniki	6th	1	3	2	008: 700	+1	06th
4th	Omonia Nicosia	6th	1	1	4th	005:120	−7	04th

October 22, 2020
PSV Eindhoven	1: 2	Granada CF.	PSV stadium
PAOK Thessaloniki	1: 1	Omonia Nicosia	Toumba Stadium
October 29, 2020
Omonia Nicosia	1: 2	PSV Eindhoven	GSP stadium
Granada CF.	0-0	PAOK Thessaloniki	Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes
5th November 2020
PAOK Thessaloniki	4: 1	PSV Eindhoven	Toumba Stadium
Omonia Nicosia	0: 2	Granada CF.	GSP stadium
November 26, 2020
PSV Eindhoven	3: 2	PAOK Thessaloniki	PSV stadium
Granada CF.	2: 1	Omonia Nicosia	Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes
3rd December 2020
Omonia Nicosia	2: 1	PAOK Thessaloniki	GSP stadium
Granada CF.	0: 1	PSV Eindhoven	Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes
December 10, 2020
PSV Eindhoven	4-0	Omonia Nicosia	PSV stadium
PAOK Thessaloniki	0-0	Granada CF.	Toumba Stadium

Group F.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SSC Naples	6th	3	2	1	007: 400	+3	11
2.	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	6th	2	3	1	005: 400	+1	09
3.	AZ Alkmaar	6th	2	2	2	007: 500	+2	08th
4th	HNK Rijeka	6th	1	1	4th	006:120	−6	04th

October 22, 2020
SSC Naples	0: 1	AZ Alkmaar	San Paolo Stadium
HNK Rijeka	0: 1	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	Rujevica Stadium
October 29, 2020
AZ Alkmaar	4: 1	HNK Rijeka	AZ stadium
Real Sociedad San Sebastian	0: 1	SSC Naples	Estadio Anoeta
5th November 2020
HNK Rijeka	1: 2	SSC Naples	Rujevica Stadium
Real Sociedad San Sebastian	1-0	AZ Alkmaar	Estadio Anoeta
November 26, 2020
SSC Naples	2-0	HNK Rijeka	San Paolo Stadium
AZ Alkmaar	0-0	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	AZ stadium
3rd December 2020
AZ Alkmaar	1: 1	SSC Naples	AZ stadium
Real Sociedad San Sebastian	2: 2	HNK Rijeka	Estadio Anoeta
December 10, 2020
SSC Naples	1: 1	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	Diego Armando Maradona Stadium 1
HNK Rijeka	2: 1	AZ Alkmaar	Rujevica Stadium

¹ After the death of Diego Maradona on November 25, 2020, the Stadio San Paolo was officially renamed Stadio Diego Armando Maradona just a few days later, on December 4, 2020 in order to pay tribute to the club legend of SSC Napoli.

Group G

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Leicester City	6th	4th	1	1	014: 500	+9	13th
2.	Sporting Braga	6th	4th	1	1	014:100	+4	13th
3.	Zorya Luhansk	6th	2	0	4th	006:110	−5	06th
4th	AEK Athens	6th	1	0	5	007:150	−8	03

October 22, 2020
Sporting Braga	3-0	AEK Athens	Estádio Municipal de Braga
Leicester City	3-0	Zorya Luhansk	King Power Stadium
October 29, 2020
AEK Athens	1: 2	Leicester City	Athens Olympic Stadium
Zorya Luhansk	1: 2	Sporting Braga	Slavutych Arena (in Zaporizhia )
5th November 2020
Zorya Luhansk	1: 4	AEK Athens	Slavutych Arena (in Zaporizhia)
Leicester City	4-0	Sporting Braga	King Power Stadium
November 26, 2020
Sporting Braga	3: 3	Leicester City	Estádio Municipal de Braga
AEK Athens	0: 3	Zorya Luhansk	Athens Olympic Stadium
3rd December 2020
AEK Athens	2: 4	Sporting Braga	Athens Olympic Stadium
Zorya Luhansk	1-0	Leicester City	Slavutych Arena (in Zaporizhia)
December 10, 2020
Sporting Braga	2-0	Zorya Luhansk	Estádio Municipal de Braga
Leicester City	2-0	AEK Athens	King Power Stadium

Group H.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AC Milan	6th	4th	1	1	012: 700	+5	13th
2.	Lille OSC	6th	3	2	1	014: 800	+6	11
3.	Sparta Prague	6th	2	0	4th	010:120	−2	06th
4th	Celtic Glasgow	6th	1	1	4th	010:190	−9	04th

October 22, 2020
Sparta Prague	1: 4	Lille OSC	Letná Stadium
Celtic Glasgow	1: 3	AC Milan	Celtic Park
October 29, 2020
AC Milan	3-0	Sparta Prague	San Siro
Lille OSC	2: 2	Celtic Glasgow	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
5th November 2020
Celtic Glasgow	1: 4	Sparta Prague	Celtic Park
AC Milan	0: 3	Lille OSC	San Siro
November 26, 2020
Sparta Prague	4: 1	Celtic Glasgow	Letná Stadium
Lille OSC	1: 1	AC Milan	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
3rd December 2020
AC Milan	4: 2	Celtic Glasgow	San Siro
Lille OSC	2: 1	Sparta Prague	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
December 10, 2020
Sparta Prague	0: 1	AC Milan	Letná Stadium
Celtic Glasgow	3: 2	Lille OSC	Celtic Park

Group I.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Villarreal CF	6th	5	1	0	017: 500	+12	16
2.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6th	3	2	1	006: 700	−1	11
3.	Sivasspor	6th	2	0	4th	009:110	−2	06th
4th	Qarabağ Agdam	6th	0	1	5	004:130	−9	01

October 22, 2020
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-0	Qarabağ Agdam	Bloomfield Stadium
Villarreal CF	5: 3	Sivasspor	Estadio de la Cerámica
October 29, 2020
Qarabağ Agdam	1: 3	Villarreal CF	Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium
Sivasspor	1: 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Yeni 4 Eylül Stadyumu
5th November 2020
Sivasspor	2-0	Qarabağ Agdam	Yeni 4 Eylül Stadyumu
Villarreal CF	4-0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Estadio de la Cerámica
November 26, 2020
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1: 1	Villarreal CF	Bloomfield Stadium
Qarabağ Agdam	2: 3	Sivasspor	Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium
3rd December 2020
Qarabağ Agdam	1: 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium
Sivasspor	0: 1	Villarreal CF	Yeni 4 Eylül Stadyumu
December 10, 2020
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-0	Sivasspor	Bloomfield Stadium
Villarreal CF	without a fight 3-0 1	Qarabağ Agdam	Estadio de la Cerámica

¹ The game no longer relevant for positioning in the group was canceled due to some COVID-19 cases at Qarabağ Ağdam and rated 3-0 for Villarreal.

Group J

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tottenham Hotspur	6th	4th	1	1	015: 500	+10	13th
2.	Royal Antwerp	6th	4th	0	2	008: 500	+3	12th
3.	LASK	6th	3	1	2	011:120	−1	10
4th	Ludogorez Razgrad	6th	0	0	6th	007:190	−12	00

October 22, 2020
Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	LASK	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Ludogorez Razgrad	1: 2	Royal Antwerp	Arena Ludogorez
October 29, 2020
LASK	4: 3	Ludogorez Razgrad	Linz stadium
Royal Antwerp	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bosuil Stadium
5th November 2020
Ludogorez Razgrad	1: 3	Tottenham Hotspur	Arena Ludogorez
Royal Antwerp	0: 1	LASK	Bosuil Stadium
November 26, 2020
LASK	0: 2	Royal Antwerp	Linz stadium
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Ludogorez Razgrad	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
3rd December 2020
LASK	3: 3	Tottenham Hotspur	Linz stadium
Royal Antwerp	3: 1	Ludogorez Razgrad	Bosuil Stadium
December 10, 2020
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Royal Antwerp	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Ludogorez Razgrad	1: 3	LASK	Arena Ludogorez

Group K

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Dinamo Zagreb	6th	4th	2	0	009: 100	+8	14th
2.	Wolfsberger AC	6th	3	1	2	007: 600	+1	10
3.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	6th	1	2	3	004: 800	−4	05
4th	CSKA Moscow	6th	0	3	3	003: 800	−5	03

October 22, 2020
Dinamo Zagreb	0-0	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Maksimir Stadium
Wolfsberger AC	1: 1	CSKA Moscow	Wörthersee Stadium (in Klagenfurt )
October 29, 2020
CSKA Moscow	0-0	Dinamo Zagreb	Arena CSKA
Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 4	Wolfsberger AC	De Kuip
5th November 2020
Dinamo Zagreb	1-0	Wolfsberger AC	Maksimir Stadium
Feyenoord Rotterdam	3: 1	CSKA Moscow	De Kuip
November 26, 2020
CSKA Moscow	0-0	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Arena CSKA
Wolfsberger AC	0: 3	Dinamo Zagreb	Wörthersee Stadium (in Klagenfurt)
3rd December 2020
CSKA Moscow	0: 1	Wolfsberger AC	Arena CSKA
Feyenoord Rotterdam	0: 2	Dinamo Zagreb	De Kuip
December 10, 2020
Dinamo Zagreb	3: 1	CSKA Moscow	Maksimir Stadium
Wolfsberger AC	1-0	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Wörthersee Stadium (in Klagenfurt)

Group L

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	6th	5	1	0	017: 200	+15	16
2.	FK Red Star Belgrade	6th	3	2	1	009: 400	+5	11
3.	Slovan Liberec	6th	2	1	3	004:130	−9	07th
4th	KAA Gent	6th	0	0	6th	004:150	−11	00

October 22, 2020
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2-0	FK Red Star Belgrade	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Slovan Liberec	1-0	KAA Gent	Stadium u Nisy
October 29, 2020
FK Red Star Belgrade	5: 1	Slovan Liberec	Rajko Mitic Stadium
KAA Gent	1: 4	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	KAA Gent Stadium
5th November 2020
FK Red Star Belgrade	2: 1	KAA Gent	Rajko Mitic Stadium
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	5-0	Slovan Liberec	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
November 26, 2020
KAA Gent	0: 2	FK Red Star Belgrade	KAA Gent Stadium
Slovan Liberec	0: 2	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Stadium u Nisy
3rd December 2020
FK Red Star Belgrade	0-0	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Rajko Mitic Stadium
KAA Gent	1: 2	Slovan Liberec	KAA Gent Stadium
December 10, 2020
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	4: 1	KAA Gent	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Slovan Liberec	0-0	FK Red Star Belgrade	Stadium u Nisy

Final round

Round of 16

The eight third-placed teams in the Champions League were added to the 24 teams that qualified through the group stage of the Europa League . The draw for the round of 32 took place on December 14, 2020 in Nyon . The group winners from the Europa League and the four best group thirds from the Champions League were seeded and initially played away in the first leg; the other teams were drawn to them. Encounters between teams from the same group and the same national association were excluded.

The first legs took place on February 18, the second legs on February 24 and 25, 2021.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Wolfsberger AC	1: 8	Tottenham Hotspur	01: 4 1	0: 4
Dynamo Kiev	2: 1	Club Bruges	1: 1	1-0
Real Sociedad San Sebastian	0: 4	Manchester United	00: 4 2	0-0
Benfica Lisbon	3: 4	Arsenal FC	01: 1 3	02: 3 4
FK Red Star Belgrade	(a)3: 3 ( a )	AC Milan	2: 2	1: 1
Royal Antwerp	5: 9	Glasgow Rangers	3: 4	2: 5
Slavia Prague	2-0	Leicester City	0-0	2-0
FC Salzburg	1: 4	Villarreal CF	0: 2	1: 2
Sporting Braga	1: 5	AS Roma	0: 2	1: 3
FK Krasnodar	2: 4	Dinamo Zagreb	2: 3	0: 1
BSC Young Boys	6: 3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4: 3	2-0
Molde FK	5: 3	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	03: 3 5	2-0
Granada CF.	3: 2	SSC Naples	2-0	1: 2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0: 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0: 2	0: 1
Lille OSC	2: 4	Ajax Amsterdam	1: 2	1: 2
Olympiacos Piraeus	5: 4	PSV Eindhoven	4: 2	1: 2

¹Relocated to the Puskás Aréna in Budapest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly spreading virus mutation B.1.1.7 and the subsequent entry ban .

²Relocated to the Juventus Stadium in Turin due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly spreading virus mutation B.1.1.7 and the subsequent entry ban .

³Relocated to the Olympic Stadium in Rome due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly spreading virus mutation B.1.1.7 and the subsequent entry ban .

^4thRelocated to the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly spreading virus mutation B.1.1.7 and the subsequent entry ban .

⁵Relocated to the Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly spreading virus mutation B.1.1.7 and the subsequent entry ban .

Round of 16

From the round of 16 there were no more seeded teams, the club drawn first received home rights in the first leg. The restriction that teams from the same national association are not allowed to compete against each other also dropped. The draw for the round of 16 took place on February 26, 2021 in Nyon .

The first legs were played on March 11, the second legs a week later, on March 18, 2021.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ajax Amsterdam	5-0	BSC Young Boys	3-0	2-0
Dynamo Kiev	0: 4	Villarreal CF	0: 2	0: 2
AS Roma	5: 1	Shakhtar Donetsk	3-0	2: 1
Olympiacos Piraeus	2: 3	Arsenal FC	1: 3	1-0
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 3	Dinamo Zagreb	2-0	0: 3 a.d.
Manchester United	2: 1	AC Milan	1: 1	1-0
Slavia Prague	3: 1	Glasgow Rangers	1: 1	2-0
Granada CF.	3: 2	Molde FK	2-0	01: 2 1

¹Relocated to the Puskás Aréna in Budapest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly spreading virus mutation B.1.1.7 and the subsequent entry ban .

Quarter finals

The pairings for the quarter-finals were drawn on March 19, 2021 in Nyon. The first legs were played on April 8, the second legs a week later, on April 15, 2021.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Granada CF.	0: 4	Manchester United	0: 2	0: 2
Arsenal FC	5: 1	Slavia Prague	1: 1	4-0
Ajax Amsterdam	2: 3	AS Roma	1: 2	1: 1
Dinamo Zagreb	1: 3	Villarreal CF	0: 1	1: 2

Semifinals

The semi-final draw took place on March 19, 2021 (with the quarter-finals) in Nyon. The first legs took place on April 29, the second legs a week later, on May 6, 2021.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Manchester United	8: 5	AS Roma	6: 2	2: 3
Villarreal CF	2: 1	Arsenal FC	2: 1	0-0

final

The final took place on May 26, 2021 at the Miejski Stadium in Gdansk .

Villarreal CF		Manchester United		Lineup
	May 26, 2021 in Gdansk ( Miejski Stadium ) Result: 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 11:10 p. E. Spectators: 9,412 Referee: Clément Turpin ( France )   Match report
	Gerónimo Rulli - Juan Foyth (88th Mario Gaspar ), Raúl Albiol , Pau Torres , Alfonso Pedraza (88th Alberto Moreno ) - Dani Parejo , Étienne Capoue (120th + 3 ' Dani Raba ), Manu Trigueros (77th Moi Gómez ) - Gerard Moreno , Carlos Bacca (60th Francis Coquelin ), Yeremi Pino (77th Paco Alcácer ) Head coach: Unai Emery	David de Gea - Aaron Wan-Bissaka (120th + 3 ' Juan Mata ), Victor Lindelöf , Eric Bailly (116th Axel Tuanzebe ), Luke Shaw - Paul Pogba (105th Daniel James ), Scott McTominay (120th + 3' Alex Telles ) - Mason Greenwood (100th Fred ), Bruno Fernandes , Marcus Rashford - Edinson Cavani Head Coach: Ole Gunnar Solskjær ( Norway )
	1-0 Gerard Moreno (29th)	1: 1 Edinson Cavani (55th)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Gerard Moreno 2: 1 Dani Raba 3: 2 Paco Alcácer 4: 3 Alberto Moreno 5: 4 Dani Parejo 6: 5 Moi Gómez 7: 6 Raúl Albiol 8: 7 Francis Coquelin 9: 8 Mario Gaspar 10: 9 Pau Torres 11:10 Gerónimo Rulli	1: 1 Juan Mata 2: 2 Alex Telles 3: 3 Bruno Fernandes 4: 4 Marcus Rashford 5: 5 Edinson Cavani 6: 6 Fred 7: 7 Daniel James 8: 8 Luke Shaw 9: 9 Axel Tuanzebe 10:10 Victor Lindelöf Rulli holds against de Gea
	Capoue (54th), Foyth (85th)	Bailly (82nd), Cavani (113th)
	Player of the Match: Étienne Capoue

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the Europa League season (without qualification). The sorting was carried out in the same way as the UEFA goalscorer list according to the number of goals, if the same number of hits these players are sorted alphabetically.

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Borja Mayoral	AS Roma	7th
	Gerard Moreno	Villarreal CF	7th
	Pizzi	Benfica Lisbon	7th
	Yusuf Yazıcı	Lille OSC	7th
5	Paco Alcácer	Villarreal CF	6th
	Edinson Cavani	Manchester United	6th
	Edin Džeko	AS Roma	6th
	Munas Dabbur	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	6th
	Mislav Oršić	Dinamo Zagreb	6th
	Nicolas Pépé	Arsenal FC	6th
	Carlos Vinícius	Tottenham Hotspur	6th
12th	Leon Bailey	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	5
	Mikael Ishak	Lech poses	5
	Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	5
	Donyell paint	PSV Eindhoven	5
	Lukáš Juliš	Sparta Prague	5
	Michael Liendl	Wolfsberger AC	5
	Darwin Nuñez	Benfica Lisbon	5
	Lior Refaelov	Royal Antwerp	5
	Eran Zahavi	PSV Eindhoven	5
21	Elton Acolatse	Hapoel Beer Sheva	4th
	Moussa Diaby	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4th
	Amine Gouiri	OGC Nice	4th
	Larry Kayode	Sivasspor	4th
	Lucas Moura	Tottenham Hotspur	4th
	Elvis Manu	Ludogorez Razgrad	4th
	Jean-Pierre Nsame	BSC Young Boys	4th
	Bruno Petković	Dinamo Zagreb	4th
	Abdallah Sima	Slavia Prague	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Europa League top scorers

Web links

• Official website of the UEFA Europa League

Individual evidence

1. ↑ de.uefa.com: Final of the UEFA Europa League 2021 rises in Gdansk Article from September 24, 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b} Resumption of UEFA competitions in August. In: UEFA. Retrieved June 17, 2020 . 
3. ↑ The 2020/21 UEFA Europa League calendar. In: UEFA. Retrieved October 8, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Curious termination in EL quality. In: Sport1.de . September 17, 2020, accessed September 17, 2020 . 
5. ↑ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/fussball-neapel-benennt-stadion-nach-maradona.2851.de.html?drn:news_id=1201768
6. ↑ from UEFA , the FC Red Bull Salzburg as FC Salzburg listed.
7. ↑ Hoffenheim against Molde is relocated to Spain - second leg in Sinsheim. In: kicker.de. February 8, 2021, accessed February 9, 2021 . 
8. ↑ Top scorer list , on kicker.de.