2014–15 UEFA Europa League

2014–15 UEFA Europa League

The Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	1 July – 28 August 2014 (qualifying) 18 September 2014 – 27 May 2015 (competition proper)
Teams	48+8 (competition proper) 162+33 (total) (from 54 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Sevilla (4th title)
Runners-up	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played	205
Goals scored	548 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	4,066,128 (19,835 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan Romelu Lukaku (8 goals each)

The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League was the 44th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 6th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The 2015 UEFA Europa League Final was played at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, with Spanish side and title holders Sevilla defeating Ukrainian side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3–2 to win a record fourth title.

This season was the first where clubs must comply with UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations in order to participate. Moreover, this season was the first where a club from Gibraltar competed in the tournament, after the Gibraltar Football Association was accepted as the 54th UEFA member at the UEFA Congress in May 2013. They were granted one spot in the Europa League, which was taken by College Europa, the runners-up of the 2014 Rock Cup.

Starting from this edition, the UEFA Europa League winners automatically qualify for the subsequent UEFA Champions League season even if they do not qualify for the Champions League through their domestic performance. Therefore, the winners of this tournament qualify for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. They are guaranteed to enter at least the play-off round, and since the group stage berth reserved for the Champions League title holders will not be used (the winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League are guaranteed to qualify for the group stage through domestic performance), they will be elevated to enter the group stage via this berth.

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries. Another ruling centred in regional instability was also made where Israeli teams were prohibited from hosting any UEFA competitions due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. The rules regarding suspension due to yellow card accumulation were also changed such that all bookings expired on completion of the quarter-finals and were not carried forward to the semi-finals. Moreover, this was the first season in which vanishing spray was used.

Association team allocation

A total of 195 teams from all 54 UEFA member associations participate in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify.
• Associations 10–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify.
• Liechtenstein and Gibraltar each have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Gibraltar as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).
• The top three associations of the 2013–14 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth.
• Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

The winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry is not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.

Association ranking

For the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2013 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2012–13.

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 (Norway, Sweden, Finland)
• (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1 Spain 88.025 3 +1(UCL) 2 England 82.963 +1(UCL) 3 Germany 79.614 4 Italy 64.147 +2(UCL) 5 Portugal 59.168 +1(UCL) 6 France 59.000 +1(UCL) 7 Ukraine 49.758 4 +1(UCL) 8 Russia 46.332 +1(UCL) 9 Netherlands 44.729 +2(UCL) 10 Turkey 34.500 3 +1(UCL) 11 Belgium 34.400 +2(UCL) 12 Greece 34.000 +2(UCL) 13 Switzerland 28.925 +1(UCL) 14 Cyprus 26.833 +1(UCL) 15 Denmark 25.700 +2(UCL) 16 Austria 25.375 +1(UCL) 17 Czech Republic 23.725 +1(UCL) 18 Romania 23.024 +1(UCL)

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 19 Israel 22.875 3 +1(UCL) 20 Belarus 20.875 21 Poland 20.750 +1(UCL) 22 Croatia 19.583 +1(UCL) 23 Sweden 15.625 +1(FP) 24 Scotland 15.191 +1(UCL) 25 Serbia 14.625 +1(UCL) 26 Slovakia 14.208 +1(UCL) 27 Norway 14.175 +1(FP) 28 Bulgaria 12.250 29 Hungary 11.750 +1(UCL) 30 Slovenia 9.708 31 Georgia 9.166 32 Azerbaijan 8.541 +1(UCL) 33 Finland 8.508 +1(FP) +1(UCL) 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.833 35 Moldova 7.666 +1(UCL) 36 Republic of Ireland 7.375

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 37 Lithuania 6.500 3 38 Kazakhstan 5.958 +1(UCL) 39 Latvia 5.791 40 Iceland 5.416 41 Montenegro 5.250 42 Macedonia 5.250 43 Albania 4.166 44 Malta 3.958 45 Liechtenstein 3.500 1 46 Luxembourg 3.375 3 47 Northern Ireland 3.083 48 Wales 2.583 49 Estonia 2.208 50 Armenia 1.750 51 Faroe Islands 1.583 52 San Marino 0.666 2 53 Andorra 0.500 54 Gibraltar 0.000 1

Distribution

Since the title holders Sevilla qualified for the Europa League through their domestic performance, the spot which they qualified for in the group stage (as the fifth-placed team of the 2013–14 La Liga) is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:

• The domestic cup winners of association 7 (Ukraine) are promoted from the play-off round to the group stage.
• The domestic cup winners of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
• The domestic cup winners of association 19 (Israel) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
• The domestic cup winners of associations 33 and 34 (Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina) are 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 (78 teams)	20 domestic cup winners from associations 35–54 26 domestic league runners-up from associations 27–53 (except Liechtenstein) 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein) 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
Second qualifying round (80 teams)	15 domestic cup winners from associations 20–34 11 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–26 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 7–9	39 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (58 teams)	3 domestic cup winners from associations 17–19 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 10–15 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–9 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France) 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)	40 winners from the second qualifying round
Play-off round (62 teams)	9 domestic cup winners from associations 8–16 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–9 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–6 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3	29 winners from the third qualifying round	15 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage (48 teams)	Title holders 6 domestic cup winners from associations 2–7	31 winners from the play-off round	10 losers from the Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase (32 teams)		12 group winners from the group stage 12 group runners-up from the group stage	8 third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage

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" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated. As a result, either of the following teams qualify for the Europa League:
  • The domestic cup runners-up, provided they have not yet qualified for European competitions, qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other Europa League qualifiers moved up one "place" (the 2014–15 season is the last with this particular arrangement).
  • Otherwise, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place".
• When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
• For associations where a Europa League place is reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualify as stated above). If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place is taken by the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.
• A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which have 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

Round of 32
Olympiacos (UCL GS)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (UCL GS)	Roma (UCL GS)	Sporting CP (UCL GS)
Liverpool (UCL GS)	Anderlecht (UCL GS)	Ajax (UCL GS)	Athletic Bilbao (UCL GS)
Group stage
SevillaTH (5th)	Guingamp (CW)	Steaua București (UCL PO)	Lille (UCL PO)
Everton (5th)	Dynamo Kyiv (CW)	Slovan Bratislava (UCL PO)	Napoli (UCL PO)
Wolfsburg (5th)	Celtic (UCL PO)	Beşiktaş (UCL PO)
Fiorentina (4th)	Red Bull Salzburg (UCL PO)	Standard Liège (UCL PO)
Estoril (4th)	AaB (UCL PO)	Copenhagen (UCL PO)
Play-off round
Villarreal (6th)	PEC Zwolle (CW)	Qarabağ (UCL Q3)	Partizan (UCL Q3)
Tottenham Hotspur (6th)	Twente (3rd)	Debrecen (UCL Q3)	AEL Limassol (UCL Q3)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (6th)	Trabzonspor (4th)	Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UCL Q3)
Internazionale (5th)	Lokeren (CW)	Dinamo Zagreb (UCL Q3)	Feyenoord (UCL Q3)
Nacional (5th)	PAOK (3rd)	Legia Warsaw (UCL Q3)	Grasshoppers (UCL Q3)
Saint-Étienne (4th)	Zürich (CW)	Aktobe (UCL Q3)	Panathinaikos (UCL Q3)
Metalist Kharkiv (3rd)	Apollon Limassol (3rd)	Maccabi Tel Aviv (UCL Q3)
Rostov (CW)	Midtjylland (3rd)	HJK (UCL Q3)
Lokomotiv Moscow (3rd)	Rapid Wien (2nd)	Sparta Prague (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Real Sociedad (7th)	Lyon (5th)	Club Brugge (3rd)	Viktoria Plzeň (2nd)
Hull City (CR)	Chornomorets Odesa (5th)	Atromitos (4th)	Astra Giurgiu (CW)
Mainz 05 (7th)	Dynamo Moscow (4th)	Young Boys (3rd)	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (CW)
Torino (7th)	PSV Eindhoven (4th)	Ermis Aradippou (4th)
Rio Ave (CR)	Karabükspor (7th)	Brøndby (4th)
Second qualifying round
Zorya Luhansk (7th)	Mladá Boleslav (3rd)	Ruch Chorzów (3rd)	Molde (CW)
Krasnodar (5th)	Slovan Liberec (4th)	Rijeka (CW)	CSKA Sofia (2nd)
Groningen (P-W)	Petrolul Ploiești (3rd)	Hajduk Split (3rd)	Győr (2nd)
Bursaspor (8th)	CFR Cluj (5th)	Elfsborg (CW)	Gorica (CW)
Zulte Waregem (P-W)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2nd)	AIK (2nd)	Zestafoni (2nd)
Asteras Tripoli (5th)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (4th)	St Johnstone (CW)	Neftchi Baku (CW)
Luzern (4th)	Shakhtyor Salihorsk (CW)	Motherwell (2nd)	RoPS (CW)
Omonia (5th)	Dinamo Minsk (3rd)	Vojvodina (CW)	Sarajevo (CW)
Esbjerg (5th)	Neman Grodno (4th)	Jagodina (3rd)
Grödig (3rd)	Zawisza Bydgoszcz (CW)	Košice (CW)
St. Pölten (CR)	Lech Poznań (2nd)	Trenčín (2nd)
First qualifying round
RNK Split (4th)	Željezničar (4th)	Čelik Nikšić (3rd)	Aberystwyth Town (CR)
IFK Göteborg (3rd)	Zimbru Chișinău (CW)	Budućnost Podgorica (4th)	Nõmme Kalju (2nd)
Aberdeen (3rd)	Tiraspol (2nd)	Turnovo (2nd)	Sillamäe Kalev (3rd)
Čukarički (5th)	Veris Chișinău (3rd)	Metalurg Skopje (3rd)	Santos Tartu (CR)
Spartak Trnava (3rd)	Sligo Rovers (CW)	Shkëndija (4th)	Pyunik (CW)
Rosenborg (2nd)	Dundalk (2nd)	Flamurtari Vlorë (CW)	Shirak (2nd)
Haugesund (3rd)	Derry City (4th)	Kukësi (2nd)	Mika (3rd)
Litex Lovech (3rd)	Atlantas (2nd)	Laçi (3rd)	Víkingur Gøta (CW)
Botev Plovdiv (CR)	Ekranas (3rd)	Birkirkara (2nd)	ÍF (2nd)
Ferencváros (3rd)	Banga Gargždai (CR)	Hibernians (3rd)	B36 Tórshavn (3rd)
Diósgyőr (CR)	Shakhter Karagandy (CW)	Sliema Wanderers (CR)	Libertas (CW)
Koper (2nd)	Astana (2nd)	Vaduz (CW)	Folgore (2nd)
Rudar Velenje (3rd)	Kairat (3rd)	Differdange 03 (CW)	Sant Julià (CW)
Sioni Bolnisi (3rd)	Jelgava (CW)	Fola Esch (2nd)	UE Santa Coloma (2nd)
Chikhura Sachkhere (CR)	Daugava Daugavpils (3rd)	Jeunesse Esch (4th)	College Europa (CR)
Inter Baku (2nd)	Daugava Rīga (4th)	Glenavon (CW)	Tromsø (FP)
Gabala (3rd)	Fram Reykjavík (CW)	Linfield (2nd)	Brommapojkarna (FP)
Honka (2nd)	FH (2nd)	Crusaders (3rd)	MYPA (FP)
VPS (3rd)	Stjarnan (3rd)	Airbus UK Broughton (2nd)
Široki Brijeg (2nd)	Lovćen Cetinje (CW)	Bangor City (P-W)

Notably three teams take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Santos Tartu (3rd tier), St. Pölten (2nd) and Tromsø (2nd).

Notes

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is 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	23 June 2014	3 July 2014	10 July 2014
	Second qualifying round		17 July 2014	24 July 2014
	Third qualifying round	18 July 2014	31 July 2014	7 August 2014
Play-off	Play-off round	8 August 2014	21 August 2014	28 August 2014
Group stage	Matchday 1	29 August 2014 (Monaco)	18 September 2014
	Matchday 2		2 October 2014
	Matchday 3		23 October 2014
	Matchday 4		6 November 2014
	Matchday 5		27 November 2014
	Matchday 6		11 December 2014
Knockout phase	Round of 32	15 December 2014	19 February 2015	26 February 2015
	Round of 16	27 February 2015	12 March 2015	19 March 2015
	Quarter-finals	20 March 2015	16 April 2015	23 April 2015
	Semi-finals	24 April 2015	7 May 2015	14 May 2015
	Final		27 May 2015 at Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw

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

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2014 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 draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 23 June 2014. The first legs were played on 1 and 3 July, and the second legs were played on 8, 10 and 11 July 2014.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sioni Bolnisi	4–4 (a)	Flamurtari Vlorë	2–3	2–1
Tiraspol	3–6	Inter Baku	2–3	1–3
Hibernians	2–9	Spartak Trnava	2–4	0–5
Čukarički	4–0	Sant Julià	4–0	0–0
Čelik Nikšić	0–9	Koper	0–5	0–4
Turnovo	1–4	Chikhura Sachkhere	0–1	1–3
Shirak	1–6	Shakhter Karagandy	1–2	0–4
Gabala	0–5	Široki Brijeg	0–2	0–3
Diósgyőr	6–2	Birkirkara	2–1	4–1
Vaduz	4–0	College Europa	3–0	1–0
Veris Chișinău	0–3	Litex Lovech	0–0	0–3
UE Santa Coloma	0–5	Metalurg Skopje	0–3	0–2
Kairat	1–0	Kukësi	1–0	0–0
Folgore	1–5	Budućnost Podgorica	1–2	0–3
RNK Split	3–1	Mika	2–0	1–1
Botev Plovdiv	6–0	Libertas	4–0	2–0
Željezničar	1–0	Lovćen Cetinje	0–0	1–0
Shkëndija	2–3	Zimbru Chișinău	2–1	0–2
Sliema Wanderers	2–3	Ferencváros	1–1	1–2
Pyunik	1–6	Astana	1–4	0–2
Rudar Velenje	2–2 (2–3 p)	Laçi	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Differdange 03	2–3	Atlantas	1–0	1–3
VPS	2–3	Brommapojkarna	2–1	0–2
B36 Tórshavn	2–3	Linfield	1–2	1–1
Fram Reykjavík	2–3	Nõmme Kalju	0–1	2–2
Rosenborg	6–0	Jelgava	4–0	2–0
Derry City	9–0	Aberystwyth Town	4–0	5–0
Aberdeen	8–0	Daugava Rīga	5–0	3–0
Santos Tartu	1–13	Tromsø	0–7	1–6
Crusaders	5–2	Ekranas	3–1	2–1
Stjarnan	8–0	Bangor City	4–0	4–0
Jeunesse Esch	1–5	Dundalk	0–2	1–3
MYPA	1–0	ÍF	1–0	0–0
FH	6–2	Glenavon	3–0	3–2
Sillamäe Kalev	4–4 (a)	Honka	2–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Banga Gargždai	0–4	Sligo Rovers	0–0	0–4
Víkingur Gøta	3–2	Daugava Daugavpils	2–1	1–1
IFK Göteborg	2–0	Fola Esch	0–0	2–0
Airbus UK Broughton	2–3	Haugesund	1–1	1–2

Notes

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 17 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 24 July 2014.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Győr	1–3	IFK Göteborg	0–3	1–0
Molde	5–2	Gorica	4–1	1–1
Metalurg Skopje	2–2 (a)	Željezničar	0–0	2–2
Nõmme Kalju	1–3	Lech Poznań	1–0	0–3
Dinamo Minsk	3–0	MYPA	3–0	0–0
Neman Grodno	1–3	FH	1–1	0–2
RNK Split	2–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	0–0
Košice	0–4	Slovan Liberec	0–1	0–3
Víkingur Gøta	2–1	Tromsø	0–0	2–1
Petrolul Ploiești	5–1	Flamurtari Vlorë	2–0	3–1
Čukarički	2–5	Grödig	0–4	2–1
CFR Cluj	1–0	Jagodina	0–0	1–0
Motherwell	4–5	Stjarnan	2–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Zestafoni	0–3	Spartak Trnava	0–0	0–3
Brommapojkarna	5–1	Crusaders	4–0	1–1
Aberdeen	2–1	Groningen	0–0	2–1
Bursaspor	0–0 (1–4 p)	Chikhura Sachkhere	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Neftchi Baku	3–2	Koper	1–2	2–0
Linfield	1–2	AIK	1–0	0–2
Rijeka	3–1	Ferencváros	1–0	2–1
Budućnost Podgorica	0–2	Omonia	0–2	0–0
Mladá Boleslav	6–1	Široki Brijeg	2–1	4–0
Luzern	2–2 (4–5 p)	St Johnstone	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Laçi	1–5	Zorya Luhansk	0–3	1–2
Rosenborg	4–3	Sligo Rovers	1–2	3–1
Atlantas	0–3	Shakhter Karagandy	0–0	0–3
Sarajevo	3–2	Haugesund	0–1	3–1
Zulte Waregem	5–2	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	2–1	3–1
Sillamäe Kalev	0–9	Krasnodar	0–4	0–5
CSKA Sofia	1–1 (a)	Zimbru Chișinău	1–1	0–0
Derry City	1–6	Shakhtyor Salihorsk	0–1	1–5
Ruch Chorzów	3–2	Vaduz	3–2	0–0
Astana	3–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	0–1
Trenčín	4–3	Vojvodina	4–0	0–3
Litex Lovech	2–3	Diósgyőr	0–2	2–1
Botev Plovdiv	2–3	St. Pölten	2–1	0–2
RoPS	3–5	Asteras Tripoli	1–1	2–4
Dundalk	2–3	Hajduk Split	0–2	2–1
Kairat	1–2	Esbjerg	1–1	0–1
Elfsborg	1–1 (4–3 p)	Inter Baku	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)

Notes

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2014. The first legs were played on 31 July, and the second legs were played on 7 August 2014.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Karabükspor	1–1 (a)	Rosenborg	0–0	1–1
RNK Split	2–0	Chornomorets Odesa	2–0	0–0
St Johnstone	2–3	Spartak Trnava	1–2	1–1
Mainz 05	2–3	Asteras Tripoli	1–0	1–3
Diósgyőr	1–8	Krasnodar	1–5	0–3
Mladá Boleslav	2–6	Lyon	1–4	1–2
Trenčín	1–2	Hull City	0–0	1–2
Omonia	4–0	Metalurg Skopje	3–0	1–0
Brommapojkarna	0–7	Torino	0–3	0–4
PSV Eindhoven	4–2	St. Pölten	1–0	3–2
Stjarnan	1–0	Lech Poznań	1–0	0–0
Zorya Luhansk	3–2	Molde	1–1	2–1
Sarajevo	4–3	Atromitos	1–2	3–1 (a.e.t.)
Real Sociedad	5–2	Aberdeen	2–0	3–2
Astana	4–1	AIK	1–1	3–0
Zulte Waregem	4–7	Shakhtyor Salihorsk	2–5	2–2
Grödig	2–2 (a)	Zimbru Chișinău	1–2	1–0
Astra Giurgiu	6–2	Slovan Liberec	3–0	3–2
Ruch Chorzów	2–2 (a)	Esbjerg	0–0	2–2
Dynamo Moscow	3–2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–1	2–1
Young Boys	3–0	Ermis Aradippou	1–0	2–0
Elfsborg	5–3	FH	4–1	1–2
Petrolul Ploiești	5–2	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	4–1
Víkingur Gøta	1–9	Rijeka	1–5	0–4
Dinamo Minsk	3–0	CFR Cluj	1–0	2–0
Neftchi Baku	3–2	Chikhura Sachkhere	0–0	3–2
IFK Göteborg	0–1	Rio Ave	0–1	0–0
Club Brugge	5–0	Brøndby	3–0	2–0
Shakhter Karagandy	4–5	Hajduk Split	4–2	0–3

Notes

Play-off round

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 8 August 2014. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 28 August 2014.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sarajevo	2–10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3	0–7
Apollon Limassol	5–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	4–1
Astana	0–7	Villarreal	0–3	0–4
Young Boys	3–1	Debrecen	3–1	0–0
PEC Zwolle	2–4	Sparta Prague	1–1	1–3
Spartak Trnava	2–4	Zürich	1–3	1–1
Asteras Tripoli	3–3 (a)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	1–3
AEL Limassol	1–5	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	0–3
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	Hajduk Split	2–1	0–0
Dinamo Minsk	5–2	Nacional	2–0	3–2
Qarabağ	1–1 (a)	Twente	0–0	1–1
Petrolul Ploiești	2–5	Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	1–2
HJK	5–4	Rapid Wien	2–1	3–3
Trabzonspor	2–0	Rostov	2–0	0–0
Zimbru Chișinău	1–4	PAOK	1–0	0–4
RNK Split	0–1	Torino	0–0	0–1
Dynamo Moscow	4–3	Omonia	2–2	2–1
Aktobe	0–3	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–2
Lyon	2–2 (a)	Astra Giurgiu	1–2	1–0
Lokeren	2–2 (a)	Hull City	1–0	1–2
Partizan	5–3	Neftchi Baku	3–2	2–1
Ruch Chorzów	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Elfsborg	2–2 (a)	Rio Ave	2–1	0–1
PSV Eindhoven	3–0	Shakhtyor Salihorsk	1–0	2–0
Karabükspor	1–1 (3–4 p)	Saint-Étienne	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Stjarnan	0–9	Internazionale	0–3	0–6
Panathinaikos	6–2	Midtjylland	4–1	2–1
Zorya Luhansk	4–5	Feyenoord	1–1	3–4
Grasshoppers	1–3	Club Brugge	1–2	0–1
Real Sociedad	1–3	Krasnodar	1–0	0–3
Rijeka	4–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	3–0

Notes

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage

Sevilla

Villarreal

Everton

Tottenham

Wolfsburg

M'gladbach

Inter

Torino

Fiorentina

Napoli

Estoril

Rio Ave

Guingamp

Lille

St. Étienne

Dyn. Kyiv

Metalist

Metalist

Dnipro

Krasnodar

Dyn. Moscow

PSV

Feyenoord

Beşiktaş

Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor

Standard

Brugge

Lokeren

Lokeren

PAOK

Asteras

Panathinaikos

Young Boys

Zürich

Apollon

AaB

Copenhagen

Salzburg

Sparta

Steaua

Astra

Din. Minsk

Legia

Legia

Rijeka

Din. Zagreb

Celtic

Partizan

Slovan

Qarabağ

HJK

Teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Black: Group D;
Purple: Group E; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H;
Brown: Group I; Deep pink: Group J; Cyan: Group K; 8px Spring green: Group L.

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 29 August 2014. The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. 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 18 September, 2 October, 23 October (one home match of Metalist Kharkiv played on 22 October), 6 November, 27 November, and 11 December 2014.

A total of 26 national associations were represented in the group stage. Wolfsburg, Torino, Feyenoord, Guingamp, Saint-Étienne, Rio Ave, Dynamo Moscow, Krasnodar, Lokeren, Asteras Tripoli, Qarabağ, HJK, Astra Giurgiu, Dinamo Minsk and AaB made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (not counting UEFA Cup group stage appearances), although Wolfsburg had already disputed the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase after a third place in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage.

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage. See 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage#Tiebreakers for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MÖN	VIL	ZÜR	APO
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–0	5–0
2	Villarreal	6	3	2	1	15	7	+8	11			2–2	—	4–1	4–0
3	Zürich	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7			1–1	3–2	—	3–1
4	Apollon Limassol	6	1	0	5	4	18	−14	3			0–2	0–2	3–2	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRU	TOR	HJK	COP
1	Club Brugge	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	2–1	1–1
2	Torino	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11			0–0	—	2–0	1–0
3	HJK	6	2	0	4	5	11	−6	6			0–3	2–1	—	2–1
4	Copenhagen	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4			0–4	1–5	2–0	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEŞ	TOT	ATR	PAR
1	Beşiktaş	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–1	2–1
2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11			1–1	—	5–1	1–0
3	Asteras Tripoli	6	1	3	2	7	10	−3	6			2–2	1–2	—	2–0
4	Partizan	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2			0–4	0–0	0–0	—

Group D

Red Bull Salzburg's 21 goals scored set a new Europa League group stage record.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAL	CEL	ZAG	AGI
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	5	1	0	21	8	+13	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–2	4–2	5–1
2	Celtic	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	8			1–3	—	1–0	2–1
3	Dinamo Zagreb	6	2	0	4	12	15	−3	6			1–5	4–3	—	5–1
4	Astra Giurgiu	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9	4			1–2	1–1	1–0	—

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DMO	PSV	EST	PAN
1	Dynamo Moscow	6	6	0	0	9	3	+6	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–0	2–1
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8			0–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	Estoril	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5			1–2	3–3	—	2–0
4	Panathinaikos	6	0	2	4	6	11	−5	2			1–2	2–3	1–1	—

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	DNI	QAR	SÉ
1	Internazionale	6	3	3	0	6	2	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–0	0–0
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7			0–1	—	0–1	1–0
3	Qarabağ	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	6			0–0	1–2	—	0–0
4	Saint-Étienne	6	0	5	1	2	3	−1	5			1–1	0–0	1–1	—

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FEY	SEV	RIJ	STA
1	Feyenoord	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–0	2–1
2	Sevilla	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11			2–0	—	1–0	3–1
3	Rijeka	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7			3–1	2–2	—	2–0
4	Standard Liège	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4			0–3	0–0	2–0	—

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EVE	WOL	KRA	LIL
1	Everton	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–1	0–1	3–0
2	Wolfsburg	6	3	1	2	14	10	+4	10			0–2	—	5–1	1–1
3	Krasnodar	6	1	3	2	7	12	−5	6			1–1	2–4	—	1–1
4	Lille	6	0	4	2	3	9	−6	4			0–0	0–3	1–1	—

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAP	YB	SPA	SLO
1	Napoli	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	3–1	3–0
2	Young Boys	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	12			2–0	—	2–0	5–0
3	Sparta Prague	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10			0–0	3–1	—	4–0
4	Slovan Bratislava	6	0	0	6	1	20	−19	0			0–2	1–3	0–3	—

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DYK	AaB	STE	RIO
1	Dynamo Kyiv	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	3–1	2–0
2	AaB	6	3	0	3	5	10	−5	9			3–0	—	1–0	1–0
3	Steaua București	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	7			0–2	6–0	—	2–1
4	Rio Ave	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–3	2–0	2–2	—

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FIO	GUI	PAO	DMI
1	Fiorentina	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	1–1	1–2
2	Guingamp	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10			1–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	PAOK	6	2	1	3	10	7	+3	7			0–1	1–2	—	6–1
4	Dinamo Minsk	6	1	1	4	3	14	−11	4			0–3	0–0	0–2	—

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEG	TRA	LOK	MET
1	Legia Warsaw	6	5	0	1	7	2	+5	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	1–0	2–1
2	Trabzonspor	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			0–1	—	2–0	3–1
3	Lokeren	6	3	1	2	4	4	0	10			1–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	Metalist Kharkiv	6	0	0	6	3	10	−7	0			0–1	1–2	0–1	—

Knockout phase

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

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.

Bracket

Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals
Wolfsburg	2	0	2
Sporting CP	0	0	0			Wolfsburg	3	2	5
Celtic	3	0	3			Internazionale	1	1	2
Internazionale	3	1	4									Wolfsburg	1	2	3
Trabzonspor	0	0	0									Napoli	4	2	6
Napoli	4	1	5			Napoli	3	0	3
Anderlecht	0	1	1			Dynamo Moscow	1	0	1
Dynamo Moscow	0	3	3															Napoli	1	0	1
AaB	1	0	1															Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1	1	2
Club Brugge	3	3	6			Club Brugge	2	3	5
Liverpool	1	0	1(4)			Beşiktaş	1	1	2
Beşiktaş (p)	0	1	1(5)									Club Brugge	0	0	0
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	2	4									Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0	1	1			Final
Olympiacos	0	2	2			Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (aet; a)	1	1	2
Ajax	1	3	4			Ajax	0	2	2
Legia Warsaw	0	0	0															Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk			2
Villarreal	2	3	5															Sevilla			3
Red Bull Salzburg	1	1	2			Villarreal	1	1	2
Sevilla	1	3	4			Sevilla	3	2	5
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	2	2									Sevilla	2	2	4
PSV Eindhoven	0	0	0									Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	2	3
Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	3	4			Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	0	2
Torino	2	3	5			Torino	0	1	1
Athletic Bilbao	2	2	4															Sevilla	3	2	5
Young Boys	1	1	2															Fiorentina	0	0	0
Everton	4	3	7			Everton	2	2	4
Guingamp	2	1	3			Dynamo Kyiv	1	5	6
Dynamo Kyiv	1	3	4									Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	1
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1									Fiorentina	1	2	3
Fiorentina	1	2	3			Fiorentina	1	3	4
Roma	1	2	3			Roma	1	0	1
Feyenoord	1	1	2

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 15 December 2014. The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	2–7	Everton	1–4	1–3
Torino	5–4	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	3–2
Sevilla	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	3–2
Wolfsburg	2–0	Sporting CP	2–0	0–0
Ajax	4–0	Legia Warsaw	1–0	3–0
AaB	1–6	Club Brugge	1–3	0–3
Anderlecht	1–3	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	1–3
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4–2	Olympiacos	2–0	2–2
Trabzonspor	0–5	Napoli	0–4	0–1
Guingamp	3–4	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	1–3
Villarreal	5–2	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	3–1
Roma	3–2	Feyenoord	1–1	2–1
PSV Eindhoven	0–4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–1	0–3
Liverpool	1–1 (4–5 p)	Beşiktaş	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Fiorentina	1–1	0–2
Celtic	3–4	Internazionale	3–3	0–1

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 February 2015. The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 19 March 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	4–6	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	2–5
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–2 (a)	Ajax	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Torino	2–0	0–1
Wolfsburg	5–2	Internazionale	3–1	2–1
Villarreal	2–5	Sevilla	1–3	1–2
Napoli	3–1	Dynamo Moscow	3–1	0–0
Club Brugge	5–2	Beşiktaş	2–1	3–1
Fiorentina	4–1	Roma	1–1	3–0

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 March 2015. The first legs were played on 16 April, and the second legs were played on 23 April 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	4–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	2–2
Club Brugge	0–1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0	0–1
Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Fiorentina	1–1	0–2
Wolfsburg	3–6	Napoli	1–4	2–2

Notes

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) was held on 24 April 2015. The first legs were played on 7 May, and the second legs were played on 14 May 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Napoli	1–2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–1	0–1
Sevilla	5–0	Fiorentina	3–0	2–0

Final

Main article: 2015 UEFA Europa League Final

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Sevilla

27 May 2015 20:45 CEST

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–3	Sevilla
Kalinić  7' Rotan  44'	Report	Krychowiak  28' Bacca  31', 73'

Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Despite leaving European football halfway through the season, Red Bull Salzburg's Alan was the joint top scorer

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Alan	Red Bull Salzburg	8	423
	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	8	634
3	Carlos Bacca	Sevilla	7	765
	Gonzalo Higuaín	Napoli	7	833
5	Stefanos Athanasiadis	PAOK	6	516
	Guillaume Hoarau	Young Boys	6	605
	Jonathan Soriano	Red Bull Salzburg	6	613
	Luciano Vietto	Villarreal	6	732
	Lior Refaelov	Club Brugge	6	789
10	Raul Rusescu	Steaua București	5	147
	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	5	422
	David Lafata	Sparta Prague	5	440
	Andrej Kramarić	Rijeka	5	505
	Claudio Beauvue	Guingamp	5	720
	Demba Ba	Beşiktaş	5	729
	Kevin De Bruyne	Wolfsburg	5	981

Source: UEFA.com

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Luciano Vietto	Villarreal	6	732
	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	6	933
3	Colin Kazim-Richards	Feyenoord	5	560
	Kevin De Bruyne	Wolfsburg	5	981
5	Vasilis Torosidis	Roma	4	297
	Leighton Baines	Everton	4	450
	Alexandru Chipciu	Steaua București	4	450
	Kevin Kampl	Red Bull Salzburg	4	540
	Lior Refaelov	Club Brugge	4	789
	Gökhan Töre	Beşiktaş	4	886

Source: UEFA.com

Squad of the season

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

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Denys Boyko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	Sergio Rico	Sevilla
DF	Douglas	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	Faouzi Ghoulam	Napoli
	Timothée Kolodziejczak	Sevilla
	Raúl Albiol	Napoli
	Aleix Vidal	Sevilla
MF	Borja Valero	Fiorentina
	Kevin De Bruyne	Wolfsburg
	Éver Banega	Sevilla
	Marek Hamšík	Napoli
	Grzegorz Krychowiak	Sevilla
	Ruslan Rotan	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	Stéphane Mbia	Sevilla
FW	Alan	Red Bull Salzburg
	Carlos Bacca	Sevilla
	Gonzalo Higuaín	Napoli
	Yevhen Konoplyanka	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

See also

• 2014–15 UEFA Champions League
• 2015 UEFA Super Cup

External links

• 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
• 2014/15 UEFA Europa League season review