2011–12 UEFA Europa League

The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League was the third season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 41st edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and ended on 9 May 2012 with the final held at Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, two extra officials – one on each goal line – were used in all matches of the competition from the group stage.

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2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Teams by country in 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage

Atlético Madrid won the title, defeating Athletic Bilbao 3–0 in an all-Spanish final. Porto were the defending champions, but they were beaten by Manchester City in the Round of 32.

Association team allocation

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

A total of 194 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. Associations are allocated places according to their 2010 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2005–06 to 2009–10.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League:

• 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, which have one team qualify (as Liechtenstein only have a domestic cup and no domestic league) • Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify • The top three associations of the 2010–11 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League

Association ranking

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Association</th><th>Coeff.</th><th>Teams</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td> England</td><td>81.856</td><td>3</td><td>+1(FP) +2(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> Spain</td><td>79.757</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> Italy</td><td>64.338</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> Germany</td><td>64.207</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> France</td><td>53.740</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> Russia</td><td>43.791</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> Ukraine</td><td>39.550</td><td>4</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> Romania</td><td>39.491</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> Portugal</td><td>38.296</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>36.546</td><td>3</td><td>+2(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> Turkey</td><td>34.450</td><td>+2(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> Greece</td><td>29.899</td><td>+2(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td> Switzerland</td><td>28.375</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> Belgium</td><td>27.900</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td> Denmark</td><td>27.350</td><td>+2(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> Scotland</td><td>25.791</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td> Bulgaria</td><td>22.000</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td> Czech Republic</td><td>21.975</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Association</td><td>Coeff.</td><td>Teams</td><td>Notes</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td> Austria</td><td>19.575</td><td>3</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td> Israel</td><td>18.875</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td> Cyprus</td><td>17.999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td> Norway</td><td>17.400</td><td>+1(FP) +1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td> Slovakia</td><td>15.832</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td> Sweden</td><td>14.191</td><td>+1(FP) +1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td> Serbia</td><td>14.000</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td> Poland</td><td>12.541</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td> Croatia</td><td>12.332</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td> Belarus</td><td>11.541</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td> Republic of Ireland</td><td>9.541</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td> Finland</td><td>9.499</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td> Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>8.749</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td> Lithuania</td><td>8.416</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td> Latvia</td><td>8.248</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td> Moldova</td><td>7.290</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td> Slovenia</td><td>6.957</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td> Hungary</td><td>6.750</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Association</td><td>Coeff.</td><td>Teams</td><td>Notes</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td> Georgia</td><td>5.748</td><td>3</td><td>+1(UCL)</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td> Azerbaijan</td><td>5.498</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td> Iceland</td><td>5.415</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td> Macedonia</td><td>5.332</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td> Liechtenstein</td><td>4.500</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td> Kazakhstan</td><td>4.499</td><td>3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td> Estonia</td><td>4.374</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td> Albania</td><td>3.999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td> Armenia</td><td>2.999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td> Wales</td><td>2.581</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td> Montenegro</td><td>2.125</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td> Faroe Islands</td><td>1.832</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td> Northern Ireland</td><td>1.624</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td> Luxembourg</td><td>1.249</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td> Andorra</td><td>1.000</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td> Malta</td><td>0.916</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td> San Marino</td><td>0.750</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

• (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, England, Sweden) • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

Distribution

Since the winners of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, Porto, qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance, the title holder spot reserved for them in the group stage was vacated. As a result, the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:

• The domestic cup winners of associations 16 and 17 (Scotland and Bulgaria) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round. • The domestic cup winners of associations 28 and 29 (Belarus and Republic of Ireland) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round. • The domestic cup winners of associations 52 and 53 (Malta and San Marino) and the domestic league runners-up of associations 33 and 34 (Latvia and Moldova) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Teams entering in this round</th><th>Teams advancing from previous round</th><th>Teams transferred from Champions League</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>First qualifying round (50 teams)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Second qualifying round (80 teams)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Third qualifying round (70 teams)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Play-off round (76 teams)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Group stage (48 teams)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Knockout phase (32 teams)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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:

• 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 starting round) 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-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners • 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

<table><thead><tr><th>Round of 32</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Manchester City (UCL GS)</td><td>Trabzonspor (UCL GS)</td><td>Manchester United (UCL GS)</td><td>Ajax (UCL GS)</td></tr><tr><td>Valencia (UCL GS)</td><td>Olympiacos (UCL GS)</td><td>Porto (UCL GS)TH</td><td>Viktoria Plzeň (UCL GS)</td></tr><tr><td>Group stage</td></tr><tr><td>Zürich (UCL PO)</td><td>Odense (UCL PO)</td><td>Maccabi Haifa (UCL PO)</td><td>Wisła Kraków (UCL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Malmö FF (UCL PO)</td><td>Rubin Kazan (UCL PO)</td><td>Copenhagen (UCL PO)</td><td>Twente (UCL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Udinese (UCL PO)</td><td>Sturm Graz (UCL PO)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Play-off round</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur (5th)</td><td>Lokomotiv Moscow (5th)</td><td>Anderlecht (3rd)</td><td>Standard Liège (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham City (LC)</td><td>Metalist Kharkiv (3rd)</td><td>Nordsjælland (CW)</td><td>Slovan Bratislava (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Sevilla (5th)</td><td>Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)</td><td>Celtic (CW)</td><td>Zestaponi (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Athletic Bilbao (6th)</td><td>Steaua București (CW)</td><td>CSKA Sofia (CW)</td><td>Litex Lovech (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Lazio (5th)</td><td>Rapid București (4th)</td><td>Ekranas (UCL Q3)</td><td>Trabzonspor (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Roma (6th)</td><td>Sporting CP (3rd)</td><td>Shamrock Rovers (UCL Q3)</td><td>Partizan (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Schalke 04 (CW)</td><td>Braga (4th)</td><td>Panathinaikos (UCL Q3)</td><td>Maribor (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Hannover 96 (4th)</td><td>PSV Eindhoven (3rd)</td><td>Dynamo Kyiv (UCL Q3)</td><td>HJK (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Paris Saint-Germain (4th)</td><td>Beşiktaş (CW)</td><td>Rangers (UCL Q3)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sochaux (5th)</td><td>AEK Athens (CW)</td><td>Vaslui (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Spartak Moscow (4th)</td><td>Sion (CW)</td><td>Rosenborg (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Third qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City (CR)</td><td>Vitória de Guimarães (5th)</td><td>Levski Sofia (2nd)</td><td>Helsingborgs IF (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Madrid (7th)</td><td>AZ (4th)</td><td>Mladá Boleslav (CW)</td><td>Red Star Belgrade (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Palermo (CR)</td><td>Bursaspor (3rd)</td><td>Sparta Prague (2nd)</td><td>Legia Warsaw (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Mainz 05 (5th)</td><td>PAOK (3rd)</td><td>Ried (CW)</td><td>Hajduk Split (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Rennes (6th)</td><td>Young Boys (3rd)</td><td>Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW)</td><td>Gomel (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Alania Vladikavkaz (CR)</td><td>Club Brugge (4th)</td><td>Omonia (CW)</td><td>Sligo Rovers (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Karpaty Lviv (5th)</td><td>Brøndby (3rd)</td><td>Strømsgodset (CW)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo București (6th)</td><td>Heart of Midlothian (3rd)</td><td>Senica (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Second qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>Vorskla Poltava (6th)</td><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd)</td><td>Željezničar (CW)</td><td>Vaduz (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Gaz Metan Mediaș (7th)</td><td>Bnei Yehuda (4th)</td><td>Sarajevo (2nd)</td><td>Aktobe (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Nacional (6th)</td><td>Anorthosis Famagusta (3rd)</td><td>Sūduva (2nd)</td><td>Levadia Tallinn (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>ADO Den Haag (P-W)</td><td>AEK Larnaca (4th)</td><td>Tauras Tauragė (4th)</td><td>Tirana (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Gaziantepspor (4th)</td><td>Vålerenga (2nd)</td><td>Ventspils (CW)</td><td>Mika (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Olympiacos Volos (5th)</td><td>Žilina (3rd)</td><td>Liepājas Metalurgs (3rd)</td><td>Llanelli (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Thun (5th)</td><td>Örebro SK (3rd)</td><td>Iskra-Stal (CW)</td><td>Rudar Pljevlja (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Westerlo (CR)</td><td>Vojvodina (3rd)</td><td>Sheriff Tiraspol (2nd)</td><td>EB/Streymur (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Midtjylland (4th)</td><td>Śląsk Wrocław (2nd)</td><td>Domžale (CW)</td><td>Crusaders (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee United (4th)</td><td>RNK Split (3rd)</td><td>Kecskemét (CW)</td><td>Differdange 03 (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Lokomotiv Sofia (4th)</td><td>Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd)</td><td>Gagra (CW)</td><td>Sant Julià (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Jablonec (3rd)</td><td>Bohemians (2nd)</td><td>Khazar Lankaran (CW)</td><td>Floriana (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull Salzburg (2nd)</td><td>TPS (CW)</td><td>FH (CW)</td><td>Juvenes/Dogana (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Austria Wien (3rd)</td><td>KuPS (2nd)</td><td>Metalurg Skopje (CW)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>Tromsø (3rd)</td><td>Koper (3rd)</td><td>Shakhter Karagandy (CR)</td><td>Glentoran (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Spartak Trnava (4th)</td><td>Olimpija Ljubljana (4th)</td><td>Narva Trans (3rd)</td><td>Cliftonville (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>IF Elfsborg (4th)</td><td>Paks (2nd)</td><td>Nõmme Kalju (4th)</td><td>Fola Esch (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Rad (4th)</td><td>Ferencváros (3rd)</td><td>Flamurtari (2nd)</td><td>Käerjéng 97 (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Jagiellonia Białystok (4th)</td><td>Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)</td><td>Vllaznia (3rd)</td><td>Lusitanos (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Varaždin (CR)</td><td>Metalurgi Rustavi (3rd)</td><td>Banants (2nd)</td><td>UE Santa Coloma (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Minsk (3rd)</td><td>Qarabağ (3rd)</td><td>Ulisses (3rd)</td><td>Birkirkara (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>St Patrick's Athletic (5th)</td><td>AZAL Baku (4th)</td><td>The New Saints (2nd)</td><td>Tre Penne (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Honka (4th)</td><td>ÍBV (3rd)</td><td>Neath (P-W)</td><td>Aalesund (FP)</td></tr><tr><td>Široki Brijeg (4th)</td><td>KR (4th)</td><td>Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)</td><td>Fulham (FP)</td></tr><tr><td>Banga (CR)</td><td>Renova (3rd)</td><td>Zeta (4th)</td><td>BK Häcken (FP)</td></tr><tr><td>Daugava Daugavpils (4th)</td><td>Rabotnicki (4th)</td><td>NSÍ (3rd)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Milsami Orhei (3rd)</td><td>Irtysh (3rd)</td><td>ÍF (4th)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Round and draw dates

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.

<table><thead><tr><th>Phase</th><th>Round</th><th>Draw date</th><th>First leg</th><th>Second leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Qualifying</td><td>First qualifying round</td><td>20 June 2011</td><td>30 June 2011</td><td>7 July 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Second qualifying round</td><td>14 July 2011</td><td>21 July 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Third qualifying round</td><td>15 July 2011</td><td>28 July 2011</td><td>4 August 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Play-off</td><td>Play-off round</td><td>5 August 2011</td><td>18 August 2011</td><td>25 August 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Group stage</td><td>Matchday 1</td><td>26 August 2011 (Monaco)</td><td>15 September 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 2</td><td>29 September 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 3</td><td>20 October 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 4</td><td>3 November 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 5</td><td>30 November – 1 December 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 6</td><td>14–15 December 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Knockout phase</td><td>Round of 32</td><td>16 December 2011</td><td>16 February 2012</td><td>23 February 2012</td></tr><tr><td>Round of 16</td><td>8 March 2012</td><td>15 March 2012</td></tr><tr><td>Quarter-finals</td><td>16 March 2012</td><td>29 March 2012</td><td>5 April 2012</td></tr><tr><td>Semi-finals</td><td>19 April 2012</td><td>26 April 2012</td></tr><tr><td>Final</td><td>9 May 2012 at Arena Națională, Bucharest</td></tr></tbody></table>

Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Qualifying rounds

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011. The first legs were played on 30 June, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2011.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ÍF </td><td>2–8</td><td> KR</td><td>1–3</td><td>1–5</td></tr><tr><td>Daugava Daugavpils </td><td>1–7</td><td> Tromsø</td><td>0–5</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>IF Elfsborg </td><td>5–1</td><td> Fola Esch</td><td>4–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>The New Saints </td><td>2–1</td><td> Cliftonville</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Honka </td><td>2–0</td><td> Nõmme Kalju</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Fulham </td><td>3–0</td><td> NSÍ</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>ÍBV </td><td>1–2</td><td> St Patrick's Athletic</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Käerjéng 97 </td><td>2–6</td><td> BK Häcken</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–5</td></tr><tr><td>Aalesund </td><td>6–1</td><td> Neath</td><td>4–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Renova </td><td>3–3 (2–3 p)</td><td> Glentoran</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Koper </td><td>2–3</td><td> Shakhter Karagandy</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Banga </td><td>0–7</td><td> Qarabağ</td><td>0–4</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>UE Santa Coloma </td><td>0–5</td><td> Paks</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Narva Trans </td><td>1–7</td><td> Rabotnicki</td><td>1–4</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Rad </td><td>9–1</td><td> Tre Penne</td><td>6–0</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>Budućnost Podgorica </td><td>3–4</td><td> Flamurtari</td><td>1–3</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Ferencváros </td><td>5–0</td><td> Ulisses</td><td>3–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Jagiellonia Białystok </td><td>1–2</td><td> Irtysh</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>AZAL Baku </td><td>2–3</td><td> Minsk</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo Tbilisi </td><td>5–1</td><td> Milsami Orhei</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>Varaždin </td><td>6–1</td><td> Lusitanos</td><td>5–1</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Banants </td><td>1–2</td><td> Metalurgi Rustavi</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Birkirkara </td><td>1–2</td><td> Vllaznia</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Široki Brijeg </td><td>0–3</td><td> Olimpija Ljubljana</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Spartak Trnava </td><td>4–2</td><td> Zeta</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 20 June 2011, immediately after the first qualifying round draw. The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 21 July 2011.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Metalurgi Rustavi </td><td>3–1</td><td> Irtysh</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Sūduva </td><td>1–4</td><td> IF Elfsborg</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Metalurg Skopje </td><td>2–3</td><td> Lokomotiv Sofia</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Sant Julià </td><td>0–4</td><td> Bnei Yehuda</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Željezničar </td><td>1–0</td><td> Sheriff Tiraspol</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>KuPS </td><td>1–2</td><td> Gaz Metan Mediaș</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Minsk </td><td>2–5</td><td> Gaziantepspor</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Iskra-Stal </td><td>2–4</td><td> Varaždin</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Tauras Tauragė </td><td>2–5</td><td> ADO Den Haag</td><td>2–3</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Glentoran </td><td>0–5</td><td> Vorskla Poltava</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Juvenes/Dogana </td><td>0–4</td><td> Rabotnicki</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Örebro SK </td><td>0–2</td><td> Sarajevo</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Crusaders </td><td>1–7</td><td> Fulham</td><td>1–3</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Llanelli </td><td>2–6</td><td> Dinamo Tbilisi</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>Floriana </td><td>0–9</td><td> AEK Larnaca</td><td>0–8</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Shakhtyor Soligorsk </td><td>2–4</td><td> Ventspils</td><td>0–1</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Flamurtari </td><td>1–7</td><td> Jablonec</td><td>0–2</td><td>1–5</td></tr><tr><td>KR </td><td>3–2</td><td> Žilina</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Vålerenga </td><td>2–0</td><td> Mika</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Olimpija Ljubljana </td><td>3–1</td><td> Bohemians</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Domžale </td><td>2–5</td><td> RNK Split</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Differdange 03 </td><td>1–0</td><td> Levadia Tallinn</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Tirana </td><td>1–3</td><td> Spartak Trnava</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Ferencváros </td><td>3–4</td><td> Aalesund</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Liepājas Metalurgs </td><td>1–4</td><td> Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>1–4</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Rad </td><td>1–2</td><td> Olympiacos Volos</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>The New Saints </td><td>3–8</td><td> Midtjylland</td><td>1–3</td><td>2–5</td></tr><tr><td>Kecskemét </td><td>1–1 (a)</td><td> Aktobe</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>BK Häcken </td><td>3–0</td><td> Honka</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Anorthosis Famagusta </td><td>3–2</td><td> Gagra</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Vaduz </td><td>3–3 (a)</td><td> Vojvodina</td><td>0–2</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>Rudar Pljevlja </td><td>0–5</td><td> Austria Wien</td><td>0–3</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Śląsk Wrocław </td><td>3–3 (a)</td><td> Dundee United</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Shakhter Karagandy </td><td>2–3</td><td> St Patrick's Athletic</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>EB/Streymur </td><td>1–1 (a)</td><td> Qarabağ</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>FH </td><td>1–3</td><td> Nacional</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Paks </td><td>4–1</td><td> Tromsø</td><td>1–1</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>TPS </td><td>0–1</td><td> Westerlo</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv </td><td>3–1</td><td> Khazar Lankaran</td><td>3–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Vllaznia </td><td>1–2</td><td> Thun</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2011. The first legs were played on 26 and 28 July, and the second legs were played on 4 August 2011.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Atlético Madrid </td><td>4–1</td><td> Strømsgodset</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Young Boys </td><td>5–1</td><td> Westerlo</td><td>3–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Ventspils </td><td>1–9</td><td> Red Star Belgrade</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–7</td></tr><tr><td>Alania Vladikavkaz </td><td>2–2 (4–2 p)</td><td> Aktobe</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>AEK Larnaca </td><td>5–2</td><td> Mladá Boleslav</td><td>3–0</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Željezničar </td><td>0–8</td><td> Maccabi Tel Aviv</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–6</td></tr><tr><td>AZ </td><td>3–1</td><td> Jablonec</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Olimpija Ljubljana </td><td>3–4</td><td> Austria Wien</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Bursaspor </td><td>5–2</td><td> Gomel</td><td>2–1</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>Aalesund </td><td>5–1</td><td> IF Elfsborg</td><td>4–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Gaziantepspor </td><td>0–1</td><td> Legia Warsaw</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Hapoel Tel Aviv </td><td>5–2</td><td> Vaduz</td><td>4–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Metalurgi Rustavi </td><td>2–7</td><td> Rennes</td><td>2–5</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Levski Sofia </td><td>3–3 (4–5 p)</td><td> Spartak Trnava</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Midtjylland </td><td>1–2</td><td> Vitória de Guimarães</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo București </td><td>4–3</td><td> Varaždin</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Karpaty Lviv </td><td>5–1</td><td> St Patrick's Athletic</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>Palermo </td><td>3–3 (a)</td><td> Thun</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>KR </td><td>1–6</td><td> Dinamo Tbilisi</td><td>1–4</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Omonia </td><td>3–1</td><td> ADO Den Haag</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull Salzburg </td><td>4–0</td><td> Senica</td><td>1–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Club Brugge </td><td>4–2</td><td> Qarabağ</td><td>4–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Differdange 03 </td><td>w/o</td><td> Olympiacos Volos</td><td>0–3</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Mainz 05 </td><td>2–2 (3–4 p)</td><td> Gaz Metan Mediaș</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Bnei Yehuda </td><td>1–3</td><td> Helsingborgs IF</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City </td><td>2–0</td><td> Hajduk Split</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Anorthosis Famagusta </td><td>2–3</td><td> Rabotnicki</td><td>0–2</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Sparta Prague </td><td>7–0</td><td> Sarajevo</td><td>5–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Vorskla Poltava </td><td>2–0</td><td> Sligo Rovers</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Paks </td><td>2–5</td><td> Heart of Midlothian</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Śląsk Wrocław </td><td>0–0 (4–3 p)</td><td> Lokomotiv Sofia</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Nacional </td><td>4–2</td><td> BK Häcken</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Ried </td><td>4–4 (a)</td><td> Brøndby</td><td>2–0</td><td>2–4</td></tr><tr><td>Vålerenga </td><td>0–5</td><td> PAOK</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>RNK Split </td><td>0–2</td><td> Fulham</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Play-off round

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011. The first legs were played on 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2011.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv </td><td>4–2</td><td> Panathinaikos</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Madrid </td><td>6–0</td><td> Vitória de Guimarães</td><td>2–0</td><td>4–0</td></tr><tr><td>Shamrock Rovers </td><td>3–2</td><td> Partizan</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Metalist Kharkiv </td><td>4–0</td><td> Sochaux</td><td>0–0</td><td>4–0</td></tr><tr><td>Beşiktaş </td><td>3–2</td><td> Alania Vladikavkaz</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Rosenborg </td><td>1–2</td><td> AEK Larnaca</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Vorskla Poltava </td><td>5–3</td><td> Dinamo București</td><td>2–1</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>Bursaspor </td><td>3–4</td><td> Anderlecht</td><td>1–2</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Slovan Bratislava </td><td>2–1</td><td> Roma</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Differdange 03 </td><td>0–6</td><td> Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>0–4</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Legia Warsaw </td><td>5–4</td><td> Spartak Moscow</td><td>2–2</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>Ekranas </td><td>1–4</td><td> Hapoel Tel Aviv</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>PAOK </td><td>3–1</td><td> Karpaty Lviv</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Athletic Bilbao </td><td>w/o</td><td> Trabzonspor</td><td>0–0</td><td>Canc.</td></tr><tr><td>Heart of Midlothian </td><td>0–5</td><td> Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>0–5</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Maribor </td><td>3–2</td><td> Rangers</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Steaua București </td><td>3–1</td><td> CSKA Sofia</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Nordsjælland </td><td>1–2</td><td> Sporting CP</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Fulham </td><td>3–1</td><td> Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Lokomotiv Moscow </td><td>3–1</td><td> Spartak Trnava</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Celtic </td><td>6–0</td><td> Sion</td><td>3–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Śląsk Wrocław </td><td>2–4</td><td> Rapid București</td><td>1–3</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Litex Lovech </td><td>1–3</td><td> Dynamo Kyiv</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Lazio </td><td>9–1</td><td> Rabotnicki</td><td>6–0</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>Nacional </td><td>0–3</td><td> Birmingham City</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Ried </td><td>0–5</td><td> PSV Eindhoven</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>Thun </td><td>1–5</td><td> Stoke City</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Aalesund </td><td>2–7</td><td> AZ</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–6</td></tr><tr><td>Vaslui </td><td>2–1</td><td> Sparta Prague</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Omonia </td><td>2–2 (a)</td><td> Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Zestaponi </td><td>3–5</td><td> Club Brugge</td><td>3–3</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Hannover 96 </td><td>3–2</td><td> Sevilla</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>HJK </td><td>3–6</td><td> Schalke 04</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–6</td></tr><tr><td>AEK Athens </td><td>2–1</td><td> Dinamo Tbilisi</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Red Star Belgrade </td><td>1–6</td><td> Rennes</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Austria Wien </td><td>3–2</td><td> Gaz Metan Mediaș</td><td>3–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Braga </td><td>2–2 (a)</td><td> Young Boys</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Standard Liège </td><td>4–1</td><td> Helsingborgs IF</td><td>1–0</td><td>3–1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group stage

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

The group stage features 48 teams, which were allocated into pots based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into twelve groups of four. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. The draw was held on 26 August 2011 in Monaco.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 15 September, 29 September, 20 October, 3 November, 30 November – 1 December, and 14–15 December 2011. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the group stage of the 2011–12 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):

• higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; • superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question; • higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question; • higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question; • If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams; • superior goal difference from all group matches played; • higher number of goals scored from all group matches played; • higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

A total of 24 national associations are represented in this group stage (including Scotland after Celtic were reinstated into the Europa League over Sion), with England having the most teams, with four. This was also the first time an Irish side were represented in the group stage.

Group A

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>PAOK</th><th>RK</th><th>TH</th><th>SR</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>PAOK</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>+4</td><td>12</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Rubin Kazan</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>11</td><td>5</td><td>+6</td><td>11</td><td></td><td>2–2</td><td>—</td><td>1–0</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>+5</td><td>10</td><td></td><td></td><td>1–2</td><td>1–0</td><td>—</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Shamrock Rovers</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>19</td><td>−15</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>1–3</td><td>0–3</td><td>0–4</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group B

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>SL</th><th>HAN</th><th>COP</th><th>VP</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Standard Liège</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>+8</td><td>14</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Hannover 96</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>9</td><td>7</td><td>+2</td><td>11</td><td></td><td>0–0</td><td>—</td><td>2–2</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Copenhagen</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>9</td><td>−4</td><td>5</td><td></td><td></td><td>0–1</td><td>1–2</td><td>—</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Vorskla Poltava</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>−6</td><td>2</td><td></td><td>1–3</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–1</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group C

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>PSV</th><th>LW</th><th>HTA</th><th>RB</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>13</td><td>5</td><td>+8</td><td>16</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>1–0</td><td>3–3</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Legia Warsaw</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>−2</td><td>9</td><td></td><td>0–3</td><td>—</td><td>3–2</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Hapoel Tel Aviv</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>+1</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>0–1</td><td>2–0</td><td>—</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Rapid București</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>12</td><td>−7</td><td>3</td><td></td><td>1–3</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–3</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group D

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>SCP</th><th>LAZ</th><th>VAS</th><th>ZÜR</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Sporting CP</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>+4</td><td>12</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Lazio</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>+2</td><td>9</td><td></td><td>2–0</td><td>—</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Vaslui</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>−3</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>1–0</td><td>0–0</td><td>—</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Zürich</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>−3</td><td>5</td><td></td><td>0–2</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–0</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group E

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>BEŞ</th><th>SC</th><th>DK</th><th>MTA</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Beşiktaş</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>+6</td><td>12</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>3–1</td><td>1–0</td><td>5–1</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Stoke City</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>+3</td><td>11</td><td></td><td>2–1</td><td>—</td><td>1–1</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Dynamo Kyiv</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1</td><td>—</td><td>3–3</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>17</td><td>−9</td><td>2</td><td></td><td>2–3</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–1</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group F

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>AB</th><th>RBS</th><th>PSG</th><th>SB</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>11</td><td>8</td><td>+3</td><td>13</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>11</td><td>8</td><td>+3</td><td>10</td><td></td><td>0–1</td><td>—</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Paris Saint-Germain</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>+1</td><td>10</td><td></td><td></td><td>4–2</td><td>3–1</td><td>—</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Slovan Bratislava</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>11</td><td>−7</td><td>1</td><td></td><td>1–2</td><td>2–3</td><td>0–0</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group G

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>MK</th><th>AZ</th><th>AW</th><th>MFF</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Metalist Kharkiv</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>15</td><td>6</td><td>+9</td><td>14</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>1–1</td><td>4–1</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>AZ</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>+3</td><td>8</td><td></td><td>1–1</td><td>—</td><td>2–2</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Austria Wien</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>10</td><td>11</td><td>−1</td><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>1–2</td><td>2–2</td><td>—</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Malmö FF</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>15</td><td>−11</td><td>1</td><td></td><td>1–4</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–2</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group H

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>CB</th><th>BRA</th><th>BC</th><th>MAR</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Club Brugge</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>12</td><td>9</td><td>+3</td><td>11</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Braga</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>12</td><td>6</td><td>+6</td><td>11</td><td></td><td>1–2</td><td>—</td><td>1–0</td><td>5–1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Birmingham City</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>10</td><td></td><td></td><td>2–2</td><td>1–3</td><td>—</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Maribor</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>15</td><td>−9</td><td>1</td><td></td><td>3–4</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group I

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>AM</th><th>UDI</th><th>CEL</th><th>REN</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>11</td><td>4</td><td>+7</td><td>13</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>4–0</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Udinese</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>−1</td><td>9</td><td></td><td>2–0</td><td>—</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Celtic</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>−1</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>0–1</td><td>1–1</td><td>—</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Rennes</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>10</td><td>−5</td><td>3</td><td></td><td>1–1</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–1</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group J

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>SCH</th><th>SB</th><th>MHA</th><th>AEK</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Schalke 04</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>13</td><td>2</td><td>+11</td><td>14</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>2–1</td><td>3–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Steaua București</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>9</td><td>11</td><td>−2</td><td>8</td><td></td><td>0–0</td><td>—</td><td>4–2</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Maccabi Haifa</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>12</td><td>−2</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>0–3</td><td>5–0</td><td>—</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>AEK Larnaca</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>11</td><td>−7</td><td>5</td><td></td><td>0–5</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group K

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>TWE</th><th>WK</th><th>FUL</th><th>OB</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Twente</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>+7</td><td>13</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>4–1</td><td>1–0</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Wisła Kraków</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>13</td><td>−5</td><td>9</td><td></td><td>2–1</td><td>—</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Fulham</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>+3</td><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>1–1</td><td>4–1</td><td>—</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Odense</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>14</td><td>−5</td><td>4</td><td></td><td>1–4</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–2</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group L

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>AND</th><th>LM</th><th>AEK</th><th>SG</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Anderlecht</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>18</td><td>5</td><td>+13</td><td>18</td><td>Advance to knockout phase</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>5–3</td><td>4–1</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Lokomotiv Moscow</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>14</td><td>11</td><td>+3</td><td>12</td><td></td><td>0–2</td><td>—</td><td>3–1</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>AEK Athens</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>15</td><td>−7</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>1–2</td><td>1–3</td><td>—</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Sturm Graz</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>14</td><td>−9</td><td>3</td><td></td><td>0–2</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–3</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Knockout phase

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

In the draw for the round of 32, 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 is 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.

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2011. The first legs were played on 14 and 16 February, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 February 2012.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Porto </td><td>1–6</td><td> Manchester City</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Ajax </td><td>2–3</td><td> Manchester United</td><td>0–2</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Lokomotiv Moscow </td><td>2–2 (a)</td><td> Athletic Bilbao</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull Salzburg </td><td>1–8</td><td> Metalist Kharkiv</td><td>0–4</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City </td><td>0–2</td><td> Valencia</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Rubin Kazan </td><td>0–2</td><td> Olympiacos</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>AZ </td><td>2–0</td><td> Anderlecht</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Lazio </td><td>1–4</td><td> Atlético Madrid</td><td>1–3</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Steaua București </td><td>0–2</td><td> Twente</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Viktoria Plzeň </td><td>2–4</td><td> Schalke 04</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–3 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Wisła Kraków </td><td>1–1 (a)</td><td> Standard Liège</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Braga </td><td>1–2</td><td> Beşiktaş</td><td>0–2</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Udinese </td><td>3–0</td><td> PAOK</td><td>0–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Trabzonspor </td><td>2–6</td><td> PSV Eindhoven</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Hannover 96 </td><td>3–1</td><td> Club Brugge</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Legia Warsaw </td><td>2–3</td><td> Sporting CP</td><td>2–2</td><td>0–1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2011, immediately after the round of 32 draw. The first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2012.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Metalist Kharkiv </td><td>2–2 (a)</td><td> Olympiacos</td><td>0–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Sporting CP </td><td>3–3 (a)</td><td> Manchester City</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Twente </td><td>2–4</td><td> Schalke 04</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Standard Liège </td><td>2–6</td><td> Hannover 96</td><td>2–2</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Valencia </td><td>5–3</td><td> PSV Eindhoven</td><td>4–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>AZ </td><td>3–2</td><td> Udinese</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Madrid </td><td>6–1</td><td> Beşiktaş</td><td>3–1</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester United </td><td>3–5</td><td> Athletic Bilbao</td><td>2–3</td><td>1–2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Quarter-finals

The draws for the quarter-finals were held on 16 March 2012. The first legs were played on 29 March, and the second legs on 5 April 2012.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>AZ </td><td>2–5</td><td> Valencia</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Schalke 04 </td><td>4–6</td><td> Athletic Bilbao</td><td>2–4</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Sporting CP </td><td>3–2</td><td> Metalist Kharkiv</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Madrid </td><td>4–2</td><td> Hannover 96</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Semi-finals

The draws for the semi-finals were held on 16 March 2012, immediately after the quarter-final draw. The first legs were played on 19 April, and the second legs were played on 26 April 2012.

Final

The final was played on 9 May 2012 at the Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania. A draw was held on 16 March 2012, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.