2013–14 UEFA Europa League

2013–14 UEFA Europa League

The 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season under its current title.

The final was played between Sevilla and Benfica at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, which was won by Sevilla on penalties, giving them a record-equalling third UEFA Cup/Europa League title. Chelsea could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League and also reached the knockout stage.

Association team allocation

2013–14 UEFA Europa League

A total of 194 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League (the exception being Gibraltar, which started participating in the 2014–15 season after being admitted as a UEFA member in May 2013). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualify. • Associations 7–9 each had four teams qualify. • Associations 10–51 (except Liechtenstein) each had three teams qualify. • Associations 52–53 each had two teams qualify. • Liechtenstein had one team qualify (as it organised only a domestic cup and no domestic league). • The top three associations of the 2012–13 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gained an additional berth. • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.

The winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League were given an additional entry as title holders if they did not qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry was not necessary for this season, because the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.

Association ranking

For the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2012 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2011–12.

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:

• (FP) – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking (Sweden, Norway, Finland) • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	England	84.410	3
2	Spain	84.186
3	Germany	75.186
4	Italy	59.981	+2(UCL)
5	Portugal	55.346	+3(UCL)
6	France	54.178	+1(UCL)
7	Russia	47.832	4
8	Netherlands	45.515	+2(UCL)
9	Ukraine	45.133	+1(UCL)
10	Greece	37.100	3	+1(UCL)
11	Turkey	34.050
12	Belgium	32.400	+1(UCL)
13	Denmark	27.525	+1(UCL)
14	Switzerland	26.800	+2(UCL)
15	Austria	26.325	+1(UCL)
16	Cyprus	25.499	+1(UCL)
17	Israel	22.000	+1(UCL)
18	Scotland	21.141
Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
19	Czech Republic	20.350	3	+1(UCL)
20	Poland	19.916	+1(UCL)
21	Croatia	18.874	+1(UCL)
22	Romania	18.824
23	Belarus	18.208
24	Sweden	15.900	+1(FP) +1(UCL)
25	Slovakia	14.874
26	Norway	14.675	+1(FP) +1(UCL)
27	Serbia	14.250	+1(UCL)
28	Bulgaria	14.250	+1(UCL)
29	Hungary	9.750
30	Finland	9.133	+1(FP)
31	Georgia	8.666	+1(UCL)
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.416
33	Republic of Ireland	7.375
34	Slovenia	7.124	+1(UCL)
35	Lithuania	6.875
36	Moldova	6.749	+1(UCL)
Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
37	Azerbaijan	6.207	3
38	Latvia	5.874
39	Macedonia	5.666
40	Kazakhstan	5.333	+1(UCL)
41	Iceland	5.332	+1(UCL)
42	Montenegro	4.375
43	Liechtenstein	4.000	1
44	Albania	3.916	3	+1(UCL)
45	Malta	3.083
46	Wales	2.749
47	Estonia	2.666	+1(UCL)
48	Northern Ireland	2.583
49	Luxembourg	2.333
50	Armenia	2.208
51	Faroe Islands	1.416
52	Andorra	1.000	2
53	San Marino	0.916
54	Gibraltar	0.000	0

Distribution

Since the title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the Champions League through their domestic performance, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders was vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:

• The domestic cup winners of association 7 (Russia) were promoted from the play-off round to the group stage. • The domestic cup winners of association 16 (Cyprus) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round. • The domestic cup winners of association 19 (Czech Republic) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round. • The domestic cup winners of associations 33 (Republic of Ireland) and 34 (Slovenia) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round (76 teams)
Second qualifying round (80 teams)
Third qualifying round (58 teams)
Play-off round (62 teams)
Group stage (48 teams)
Knockout phase (32 teams)

Redistribution rules

A Europa League place 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 place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following 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, either of the following teams qualified for the Europa League: • The domestic cup runners-up, provided they had not yet qualified for European competitions, qualified for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other Europa League qualifiers moved up one "place". • Otherwise, 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 moved 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 moved up one "place" if possible. • For associations where a Europa League place was reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualified for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualified as stated above). 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 league team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions. • A Fair Play place was taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which had not yet qualified for European competitions.

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 • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners • FP: Fair Play • 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

<table><thead><tr><th>Round of 32</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Shakhtar Donetsk (UCL GS)</td><td>Benfica (UCL GS)</td><td>Basel (UCL GS)</td><td>Porto (UCL GS)</td></tr><tr><td>Juventus (UCL GS)</td><td>Viktoria Plzeň (UCL GS)</td><td>Napoli (UCL GS)</td><td>Ajax (UCL GS)</td></tr><tr><td>Group stage</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan Athletic (CW)</td><td>Bordeaux (CW)</td><td>Shakhter Karagandy (UCL PO)</td><td>PSV Eindhoven (UCL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Valencia (5th)</td><td>Anzhi Makhachkala (3rd)</td><td>Legia Warsaw (UCL PO)</td><td>Fenerbahçe (UCL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>SC Freiburg (5th)</td><td>Dinamo Zagreb (UCL PO)</td><td>Lyon (UCL PO)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lazio (CW)</td><td>Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL PO)</td><td>PAOK (UCL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Vitória de Guimarães (CW)</td><td>Maribor (UCL PO)</td><td>Paços de Ferreira (UCL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Play-off round</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur (5th)</td><td>Dynamo Kyiv (3rd)</td><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv (UCL Q3)</td><td>Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Real Betis (7th)</td><td>Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)</td><td>Molde (UCL Q3)</td><td>Nordsjælland (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Eintracht Frankfurt (6th)</td><td>Atromitos (3rd)</td><td>Partizan (UCL Q3)</td><td>Red Bull Salzburg (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Fiorentina (4th)</td><td>Beşiktaş (3rd)</td><td>Dinamo Tbilisi (UCL Q3)</td><td>PAOK (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Braga (4th)</td><td>Genk (CW)</td><td>APOEL (UCL Q3)</td><td>Zulte Waregem (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Nice (4th)</td><td>Esbjerg (CW)</td><td>IF Elfsborg (UCL Q3)</td><td>Grasshopper (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Spartak Moscow (4th)</td><td>St. Gallen (3rd)</td><td>Skënderbeu (UCL Q3)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>AZ (CW)</td><td>Pasching (CW)</td><td>FH (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Feyenoord (3rd)</td><td>Apollon Limassol (CW)</td><td>Nõmme Kalju (UCL Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Third qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea City (LC)</td><td>Saint-Étienne (LC)</td><td>Bursaspor (4th)</td><td>Hapoel Ramat Gan (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Sevilla (9th)</td><td>Kuban Krasnodar (5th)</td><td>Club Brugge (3rd)</td><td>Motherwell (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>VfB Stuttgart (CR)</td><td>Vitesse (4th)</td><td>Randers (3rd)</td><td>Jablonec (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Udinese (5th)</td><td>Metalurh Donetsk (5th)</td><td>Zürich (4th)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Estoril (5th)</td><td>Asteras Tripolis (4th)</td><td>Rapid Wien (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Second qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>Rubin Kazan (6th)</td><td>Maccabi Haifa (2nd)</td><td>Rijeka (3rd)</td><td>Jagodina (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Utrecht (P-W)</td><td>Hapoel Tel Aviv (3rd)</td><td>Petrolul Ploiești (CW)</td><td>Red Star Belgrade (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Chornomorets Odesa (CR)</td><td>St Johnstone (3rd)</td><td>Pandurii Târgu Jiu (2nd)</td><td>Beroe Stara Zagora (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Skoda Xanthi (7th)</td><td>Hibernian (CR)</td><td>Minsk (CW)</td><td>Debrecen (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Trabzonspor (CR)</td><td>Sparta Prague (2nd)</td><td>Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd)</td><td>Honka (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Standard Liège (P-W)</td><td>Slovan Liberec (3rd)</td><td>IFK Göteborg (CW)</td><td>Dila Gori (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>AaB (5th)</td><td>Lech Poznań (2nd)</td><td>BK Häcken (2nd)</td><td>Široki Brijeg (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Thun (5th)</td><td>Śląsk Wrocław (3rd)</td><td>Senica (2nd)</td><td>Derry City (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Sturm Graz (4th)</td><td>Piast Gliwice (4th)</td><td>Trenčín (3rd)</td><td>Olimpija Ljubljana (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Anorthosis Famagusta (2nd)</td><td>Hajduk Split (CW)</td><td>Hødd (CW)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Omonia (3rd)</td><td>Lokomotiva Zagreb (2nd)</td><td>Strømsgodset (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>First qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>Astra Giurgiu (4th)</td><td>Celje (CR)</td><td>KR (CW)</td><td>Glentoran (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo Minsk (3rd)</td><td>Žalgiris (CW)</td><td>Breiðablik (2nd)</td><td>Crusaders (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Malmö FF (3rd)</td><td>Sūduva (3rd)</td><td>ÍBV (3rd)</td><td>Linfield (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Žilina (CR)</td><td>Kruoja Pakruojis (4th)</td><td>Čelik Nikšić (3rd)</td><td>Jeunesse Esch (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Rosenborg (3rd)</td><td>Tiraspol (CW)</td><td>Rudar Pljevlja (5th)</td><td>F91 Dudelange (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Vojvodina (3rd)</td><td>Dacia Chișinău (2nd)</td><td>Mladost Podgorica (6th)</td><td>Differdange 03 (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Levski Sofia (2nd)</td><td>Milsami Orhei (4th)</td><td>Vaduz (CW)</td><td>Pyunik (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Botev Plovdiv (4th)</td><td>Qarabağ (2nd)</td><td>Laçi (CW)</td><td>Mika (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Videoton (2nd)</td><td>Inter Baku (3rd)</td><td>Kukësi (2nd)</td><td>Gandzasar Kapan (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Honvéd (3rd)</td><td>Khazar Lankaran (CR)</td><td>Teuta (3rd)</td><td>Víkingur Gøta (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Turku (2nd)</td><td>Ventspils (CW)</td><td>Hibernians (CW)</td><td>ÍF (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>TPS (3rd)</td><td>Skonto (2nd)</td><td>Valletta (3rd)</td><td>HB (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo Kutaisi (3rd)</td><td>Liepājas Metalurgs (4th)</td><td>Sliema Wanderers (4th)</td><td>UE Santa Coloma (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Chikhura Sachkhere (CR)</td><td>Teteks (CW)</td><td>Prestatyn Town (CW)</td><td>FC Santa Coloma (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Sarajevo (2nd)</td><td>Metalurg Skopje (2nd)</td><td>Airbus UK Broughton (2nd)</td><td>La Fiorita (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Zrinjski Mostar (9th)</td><td>Turnovo (3rd)</td><td>Bala Town (P-W)</td><td>Libertas (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Drogheda United (2nd)</td><td>Astana (CW)</td><td>Flora (CW)</td><td>Gefle IF (FP)</td></tr><tr><td>St Patrick's Athletic (3rd)</td><td>Irtysh (2nd)</td><td>Levadia Tallinn (2nd)</td><td>Tromsø (FP)</td></tr><tr><td>Domžale (3rd)</td><td>Aktobe (3rd)</td><td>Narva Trans (4th)</td><td>Mariehamn (FP)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Notably six teams that did not play in their national top-division took part in the competition. They were: Hapoel Ramat Gan (2nd tier), Hødd (2nd), Pasching (3rd), Teteks (2nd), Vaduz (2nd) and Wigan Athletic (2nd).

Round and draw dates

2013–14 UEFA Europa League

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	24 June 2013	4 July 2013	11 July 2013
Second qualifying round	18 July 2013	25 July 2013
Third qualifying round	19 July 2013	1 August 2013	8 August 2013
Play-off	Play-off round	9 August 2013	22 August 2013	29 August 2013
Group stage	Matchday 1	30 August 2013 (Monaco)	19 September 2013
Matchday 2	3 October 2013
Matchday 3	24 October 2013
Matchday 4	7 November 2013
Matchday 5	28 November 2013
Matchday 6	12 December 2013
Knockout phase	Round of 32	16 December 2013	20 February 2014	27 February 2014
Round of 16	13 March 2014	20 March 2014
Quarter-finals	21 March 2014	3 April 2014	10 April 2014
Semi-finals	11 April 2014	24 April 2014	1 May 2014
Final	14 May 2014 at Juventus Stadium, Turin

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

2013–14 UEFA Europa League

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

The draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 24 June 2013. The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 July, and the second legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July 2013.

Inter Turku lodged a protest after losing the second leg to Víkingur Gøta, and two match officials were later banned for life by UEFA for attempted match-fixing.

<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>Víkingur Gøta </td><td>2–1</td><td> Inter Turku</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Žalgiris </td><td>4–3</td><td> St Patrick's Athletic</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Airbus UK Broughton </td><td>1–1 (a)</td><td> Ventspils</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Narva Trans </td><td>1–8</td><td> Gefle IF</td><td>0–3</td><td>1–5</td></tr><tr><td>KR </td><td>3–0</td><td> Glentoran</td><td>0–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Chikhura Sachkhere </td><td>1–1 (a)</td><td> Vaduz</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Milsami Orhei </td><td>1–0</td><td> F91 Dudelange</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Metalurg Skopje </td><td>0–2</td><td> Qarabağ</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Videoton </td><td>2–2 (a)</td><td> Mladost Podgorica</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Flora </td><td>1–1 (a)</td><td> Kukësi</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Teteks </td><td>1–2</td><td> Pyunik</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Teuta </td><td>3–3 (a)</td><td> Dacia Chișinău</td><td>3–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Sarajevo </td><td>3–1</td><td> Libertas</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Sliema Wanderers </td><td>1–2</td><td> Khazar Lankaran</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Levski Sofia </td><td>0–2</td><td> Irtysh</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Hibernians </td><td>3–7</td><td> Vojvodina</td><td>1–4</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Astana </td><td>0–6</td><td> Botev Plovdiv</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>UE Santa Coloma </td><td>1–4</td><td> Zrinjski Mostar</td><td>1–3</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Domžale </td><td>0–3</td><td> Astra Giurgiu</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Rudar Pljevlja </td><td>2–1</td><td> Mika</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Breiðablik </td><td>4–0</td><td> FC Santa Coloma</td><td>4–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Drogheda United </td><td>0–2</td><td> Malmö FF</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Baku </td><td>3–1</td><td> Mariehamn</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>ÍF </td><td>0–5</td><td> Linfield</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Prestatyn Town </td><td>3–3 (4–3 p)</td><td> Liepājas Metalurgs</td><td>1–2</td><td>2–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Tromsø </td><td>3–2</td><td> Celje</td><td>1–2</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Tiraspol </td><td>1–1 (2–4 p)</td><td> Skonto</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Crusaders </td><td>3–9</td><td> Rosenborg</td><td>1–2</td><td>2–7</td></tr><tr><td>ÍBV </td><td>2–1</td><td> HB</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Jeunesse Esch </td><td>3–2</td><td> TPS</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Bala Town </td><td>2–3</td><td> Levadia Tallinn</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Kruoja Pakruojis </td><td>0–8</td><td> Dinamo Minsk</td><td>0–3</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>La Fiorita </td><td>0–4</td><td> Valletta</td><td>0–3</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Laçi </td><td>1–3</td><td> Differdange 03</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Gandzasar Kapan </td><td>2–4</td><td> Aktobe</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Čelik Nikšić </td><td>1–13</td><td> Honvéd</td><td>1–4</td><td>0–9</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo Kutaisi </td><td>3–6</td><td> Žilina</td><td>0–3</td><td>3–3</td></tr><tr><td>Sūduva </td><td>4–4 (4–5 p)</td><td> Turnovo</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 16 and 18 July, and the second legs were played on 25 July 2013.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	2–3	BK Häcken	2–2	0–1
Kukësi	3–2	Sarajevo	3–2	0–0
Thun	5–1	Chikhura Sachkhere	2–0	3–1
Skoda Xanthi	2–2 (a)	Linfield	0–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Hødd	1–2	Aktobe	1–0	0–2
Dila Gori	3–0	AaB	3–0	0–0
Maccabi Haifa	10–0	Khazar Lankaran	2–0	8–0
Hajduk Split	3–2	Turnovo	2–1	1–1
Ventspils	5–1	Jeunesse Esch	1–0	4–1
Astra Giurgiu	3–2	Omonia	1–1	2–1
Skonto	2–2 (a)	Slovan Liberec	2–1	0–1
Levadia Tallinn	0–4	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–0	0–4
Śląsk Wrocław	6–2	Rudar Pljevlja	4–0	2–2
Malmö FF	9–0	Hibernian	2–0	7–0
Jagodina	2–4	Rubin Kazan	2–3	0–1
Strømsgodset	5–2	Debrecen	2–2	3–0
Petrolul Ploiești	7–0	Víkingur Gøta	3–0	4–0
Rijeka	8–0	Prestatyn Town	5–0	3–0
Žalgiris	3–1	Pyunik	2–0	1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	3–6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–4	2–2
Honka	2–5	Lech Poznań	1–3	1–2
Red Star Belgrade	2–0	ÍBV	2–0	0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2–2 (2–4 p)	Milsami Orhei	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Vojvodina	5–1	Honvéd	2–0	3–1
Olimpija Ljubljana	3–3 (a)	Žilina	3–1	0–2
Tromsø	2–1	Inter Baku	2–0	0–1
Chornomorets Odesa	3–2	Dacia Chișinău	2–0	1–2
IFK Göteborg	1–2	Trenčín	0–0	1–2
Dinamo Minsk	4–4 (a)	Lokomotiva Zagreb	1–2	3–2
KR	2–6	Standard Liège	1–3	1–3
Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	0–2
Qarabağ	4–3	Piast Gliwice	2–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg	1–2	St Johnstone	0–1	1–1
Trabzonspor	7–2	Derry City	4–2	3–0
Valletta	1–3	Minsk	1–1	0–2
Mladost Podgorica	3–2	Senica	2–2	1–0
Anorthosis Famagusta	3–4	Gefle IF	3–0	0–4
Breiðablik	1–0	Sturm Graz	0–0	1–0
Irtysh	3–4	Široki Brijeg	3–2	0–2
Differdange 03	5–4	Utrecht	2–1	3–3

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2013. The first legs were played on 1 August, and the second legs were played on 8 August 2013.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa	3–1	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	0–0
Široki Brijeg	1–7	Udinese	1–3	0–4
Ventspils	0–3	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	0–3
Dinamo Minsk	0–1	Trabzonspor	0–1	0–0
Śląsk Wrocław	4–3	Club Brugge	1–0	3–3
Trenčín	3–5	Astra Giurgiu	1–3	2–2
Swansea City	4–0	Malmö FF	4–0	0–0
Petrolul Ploiești	3–2	Vitesse	1–1	2–1
Slovan Liberec	4–2	Zürich	2–1	2–1
Aktobe	1–1 (2–1 p)	Breiðablik	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Randers	1–4	Rubin Kazan	1–2	0–2
Žalgiris	2–2 (a)	Lech Poznań	1–0	1–2
Sevilla	9–1	Mladost Podgorica	3–0	6–1
Hajduk Split	0–2	Dila Gori	0–1	0–1
Kukësi	2–1	Metalurh Donetsk	2–0	0–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	3–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1	2–1
Tromsø	1–1 (4–3 p)	Differdange 03	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Motherwell	0–3	Kuban Krasnodar	0–2	0–1
Saint-Étienne	6–0	Milsami Orhei	3–0	3–0
Jablonec	5–2	Strømsgodset	2–1	3–1
Qarabağ	3–0	Gefle IF	1–0	2–0
Rijeka	3–2	Žilina	2–1	1–1
Asteras Tripolis	2–4	Rapid Wien	1–1	1–3
Botev Plovdiv	1–1 (a)	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	0–0
Estoril	1–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–0	1–0
Vojvodina	5–2	Bursaspor	2–2	3–0
Skoda Xanthi	2–4	Standard Liège	1–2	1–2
BK Häcken	1–3	Thun	1–2	0–1
Minsk	1–1 (3–2 p)	St Johnstone	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 August 2013. The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second legs were played on 29 August 2013.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kuban Krasnodar	3–1	Feyenoord	1–0	2–1
Zulte Waregem	3–2	APOEL	1–1	2–1
Rapid Wien	4–0	Dila Gori	1–0	3–0
Tromsø	2–3	Beşiktaş	2–1	0–2
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–1	Braga	0–1	2–0 (a.e.t.)
Apollon Limassol	2–1	Nice	2–0	0–1
Aktobe	3–8	Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	1–5
Swansea City	6–3	Petrolul Ploiești	5–1	1–2
Atromitos	3–3 (a)	AZ	1–3	2–0
FH	2–7	Genk	0–2	2–5
IF Elfsborg	2–1	Nordsjælland	1–1	1–0
Sevilla	9–1	Śląsk Wrocław	4–1	5–0
Red Bull Salzburg	7–0	Žalgiris	5–0	2–0
Qarabağ	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1–2
Minsk	1–5	Standard Liège	0–2	1–3
Jablonec	1–8	Real Betis	1–2	0–6
Rijeka	4–3	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	2–2
Chornomorets Odesa	1–1 (7–6 p)	Skënderbeu	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Maccabi Tel Aviv	w/o	PAOK	Canc.	Canc.
St. Gallen	5–3	Spartak Moscow	1–1	4–2
Molde	0–5	Rubin Kazan	0–2	0–3
Vojvodina	2–3	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	1–2
Kukësi	1–5	Trabzonspor	0–2	1–3
Esbjerg	5–3	Saint-Étienne	4–3	1–0
Grasshopper	2–2 (a)	Fiorentina	1–2	1–0
Maccabi Haifa	3–1	Astra Giurgiu	2–0	1–1
Udinese	2–4	Slovan Liberec	1–3	1–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	0–8	Tottenham Hotspur	0–5	0–3
Estoril	4–1	Pasching	2–0	2–1
Nõmme Kalju	1–5	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–3	0–2
Partizan	1–3	Thun	1–0	0–3

Group stage

2013–14 UEFA Europa League

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 30 August 2013. Prior to the draw, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban on Fenerbahce (which lost in the Champions League play-off round) and Beşiktaş, meaning the two clubs were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. UEFA decided to replace Beşiktaş in the Europa League group stage with Tromsø, who were eliminated by Beşiktaş in the play-off round, while a draw was held to select a team to replace Fenerbahçe among the teams eliminated in the play-off round, and was won by APOEL.

The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients. They were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, and 12 December 2013. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage.

A total of 27 associations were represented in the group stage. This was also the first time a team from Kazakhstan qualified for group stage. Swansea City, Kuban Krasnodar, Sankt Gallen, Ludogorets, Chornomorets Odesa, Esbjerg, Elfsborg, Zulte Waregem, Wigan Athletic, Paços de Ferreira, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Eintracht Frankfurt, APOEL, Thun, Slovan Liberec, SC Freiburg, Estoril, Real Betis, Vitória de Guimarães, Rijeka, Trabzonspor, Apollon Limassol, Tromsø and Shakhter Karagandy all made their debut in UEFA Europa League group stage (although Elfsborg, Zulte Waregem, Eintracht Frankfurt, Slovan Liberec, Vitória de Guimarães and Tromsø played already in UEFA Cup as well as Thun, Real Betis, Trabzonspor already disputed the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League knockout stage).

• For tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points, see 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage#Tiebreakers

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	SWA	KUB	STG
1	Valencia	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–3	1–1	5–1
2	Swansea City	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8		0–1	—	1–1	1–0
3	Kuban Krasnodar	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6			0–2	1–1	—	4–0
4	St. Gallen	6	2	0	4	6	13	−7	6		2–3	1–0	2–0	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LUD	CHO	PSV	DIN
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	2–0	3–0
2	Chornomorets Odesa	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10		0–1	—	0–2	2–1
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7			0–2	0–1	—	2–0
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		1–2	1–2	0–0	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAL	ESB	ELF	STA
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	6	0	0	15	3	+12	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	4–0	2–1
2	Esbjerg	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12		1–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	IF Elfsborg	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–1	1–2	—	1–1
4	Standard Liège	6	0	1	5	6	13	−7	1		1–3	1–2	1–3	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RUB	MAR	ZUL	WIG
1	Rubin Kazan	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	4–0	1–0
2	Maribor	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7		2–5	—	0–1	2–1
3	Zulte Waregem	6	2	1	3	4	10	−6	7			0–2	1–3	—	0–0
4	Wigan Athletic	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5		1–1	3–1	1–2	—

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FIO	DNI	PAC	PAN
1	Fiorentina	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12		1–2	—	2–0	4–1
3	Paços de Ferreira	6	0	3	3	1	8	−7	3			0–0	0–2	—	1–1
4	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2		1–2	0–1	0–0	—

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EIN	MTA	APO	BOR
1	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–0	3–0
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11		4–2	—	0–0	1–0
3	APOEL	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5			0–3	0–0	—	2–1
4	Bordeaux	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3		0–1	1–2	2–1	—

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GEN	DYN	RAP	THU
1	Genk	6	4	2	0	10	5	+5	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	1–1	2–1
2	Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10		0–1	—	3–1	3–0
3	Rapid Wien	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6			2–2	2–2	—	2–1
4	Thun	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3		0–1	0–2	1–0	—

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEV	SLO	FRE	EST
1	Sevilla	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	2–0	1–1
2	Slovan Liberec	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9		1–1	—	1–2	2–1
3	SC Freiburg	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6			0–2	2–2	—	1–1
4	Estoril	6	0	3	3	5	8	−3	3		1–2	1–2	0–0	—

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LYO	BET	VIT	RIJ
1	Lyon	6	3	3	0	6	3	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–1	1–0
2	Real Betis	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9		0–0	—	1–0	0–0
3	Vitória de Guimarães	6	1	2	3	6	5	+1	5			1–2	0–1	—	4–0
4	Rijeka	6	0	4	2	2	7	−5	4		1–1	1–1	0–0	—

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TRA	LAZ	APO	LEG
1	Trabzonspor	6	4	2	0	13	6	+7	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–3	4–2	2–0
2	Lazio	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12		0–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Apollon Limassol	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			1–2	0–0	—	0–2
4	Legia Warsaw	6	1	0	5	2	8	−6	3		0–2	0–2	0–1	—

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	ANZ	SHE	TRO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	6	0	0	15	2	+13	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–1	2–1	3–0
2	Anzhi Makhachkala	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8		0–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			0–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Tromsø	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1		0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AZ	PAO	MHA	SHA
1	AZ	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	PAOK	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12		2–2	—	3–2	2–1
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5			0–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	Shakhter Karagandy	6	0	2	4	5	10	−5	2		1–1	0–2	2–2	—

Knockout phase

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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 draws 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 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2013. The first legs were played on 20 February, and the second legs were played on 27 February 2014.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	1–3
Real Betis	3–1	Rubin Kazan	1–1	2–0
Swansea City	1–3	Napoli	0–0	1–3
Juventus	4–0	Trabzonspor	2–0	2–0
Maribor	3–4	Sevilla	2–2	1–2
Viktoria Plzeň	3–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	2–1
Chornomorets Odesa	0–1	Lyon	0–0	0–1
Lazio	3–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	3–3
Esbjerg	2–4	Fiorentina	1–3	1–1
Ajax	1–6	Red Bull Salzburg	0–3	1–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3	Basel	0–0	0–3
Porto	5–5 (a)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	3–3
Anzhi Makhachkala	2–0	Genk	0–0	2–0
Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Valencia	0–2	0–0
PAOK	0–4	Benfica	0–1	0–3
Slovan Liberec	1–2	AZ	0–1	1–1

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2013, immediately after the round of 32 draw. The first legs were played on 13 March, and the second legs were played on 20 March 2014.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad	0–4	Valencia	0–3	0–1
Porto	3–2	Napoli	1–0	2–2
Lyon	5–3	Viktoria Plzeň	4–1	1–2
Sevilla	2–2 (4–3 p)	Real Betis	0–2	2–0 (a.e.t.)
Tottenham Hotspur	3–5	Benfica	1–3	2–2
Basel	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	2–1
Juventus	2–1	Fiorentina	1–1	1–0

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 21 March 2014. The first legs were played on 3 April, and the second legs were played on 10 April 2014.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ	0–3	Benfica	0–1	0–2
Lyon	1–3	Juventus	0–1	1–2
Basel	3–5	Valencia	3–0	0–5 (a.e.t.)
Porto	2–4	Sevilla	1–0	1–4

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 11 April 2014. The first legs were played on 24 April, and the second legs were played on 1 May 2014.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	3–3 (a)	Valencia	2–0	1–3
Benfica	2–1	Juventus	2–1	0–0

Final

The final was played on 14 May 2014 at Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy. A draw was held on 11 April 2014, after the semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Statistics

2013–14 UEFA Europa League

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Squad of the season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Beto	Sevilla
Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
DF	Eliaquim Mangala	Porto
Ezequiel Garay	Benfica
Leonardo Bonucci	Juventus
Nicolás Pareja	Sevilla
Gonzalo Rodríguez	Fiorentina
MF	Andrea Pirlo	Juventus
Borja Valero	Fiorentina
Ivan Rakitić	Sevilla
Stéphane Mbia	Sevilla
Nicolás Gaitán	Benfica
André Gomes	Benfica
FW	Carlos Tevez	Juventus
Gonzalo Higuaín	Napoli
Jonathan Soriano	Red Bull Salzburg
Rodrigo	Benfica
Lazar Marković	Benfica