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2015–16 UEFA Europa League

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2015–16 UEFA Europa League
The St. Jakob-Park in Basel hosted the final.
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
30 June – 27 August 2015
Competition proper:
17 September 2015 – 18 May 2016
TeamsCompetition proper: 48+8
Total: 158+33 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Sevilla (5th title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored536 (2.61 per match)
Attendance4,487,160 (21,889 per match)
Top scorer(s)Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao)
10 goals

The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League was the 45th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The 2016 UEFA Europa League Final was played between Liverpool and Sevilla at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland,[1] and won by Sevilla, their fifth title (extending their own record) and third win in a row (also a tournament record).[2]

Sevilla initially started the 2015–16 European club season in the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, but qualified for the Europa League by finishing third in the Champions League group stage, and successfully defended their title. As the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, they qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League,[3] and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup.[4]

Format changes

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The UEFA Executive Committee held in May and September 2013 approved the following changes to the UEFA Europa League starting from the 2015–16 season (for the three-year cycle until the 2017–18 season):[5]

  • The title holders of the UEFA Europa League will qualify for the UEFA Champions League, and therefore no Europa League berth will be reserved for them (although it is still possible for them to defend their title if they drop down to the Europa League after Champions League elimination).
  • All associations will have a maximum of three teams entering the Europa League (excluding those transferred from the Champions League); previously associations 7–9 each had four entrants (the only exception is when both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders are from the same top three ranked association and do not qualify for either the Champions League or Europa League through domestic competitions, and the fourth-placed team of their association enter the Europa League instead of the Champions League because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, meaning in this case, four teams from their association enter the Europa League).
  • The number of teams directly qualifying for the group stage will be increased to 16 teams (from the top 12 associations); previously six teams (from the top six associations) directly qualified for the group stage.
  • Should the domestic cup winners qualify for the Champions League, the cup runners-up will no longer be granted a spot in the Europa League, and the spot will be given to the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.[6][7]

Association team allocation

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A total of 191 teams from all 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[8]

  • Associations 1–51 (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).[9]
  • The top three associations of the 2014–15 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth (the 2015–16 season will be the last where Fair Play berths are allocated to the Europa League).[10]
  • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

Association ranking

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For the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2014 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2009–10 to 2013–14.[11][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 (Netherlands, England, Republic of Ireland)[13]
  • (CL) – Additional teams transferred from Champions League
  • (EL) – Vacated berth due to Europa League title holders playing in Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  Spain 97.713 3 −1(EL)
+2(CL)
2  England 84.748 +1(FP)
+1(CL)
3  Germany 81.641 +1(CL)
4  Italy 66.938 +1(CL)
5  Portugal 62.299 +2(CL)
6  France 56.500 +1(CL)
7  Russia 46.998
8  Netherlands 44.312 +1(FP)
+1(CL)
9  Ukraine 40.966 +1(CL)
10  Belgium 36.300 +1(CL)
11  Turkey 34.200 +2(CL)
12  Greece 33.600 +2(CL)
13  Switzerland 33.225 +2(CL)
14  Austria 30.925 +2(CL)
15  Czech Republic 29.350 +2(CL)
16  Romania 27.257 +1(CL)
17  Israel 26.875
18  Cyprus 23.250 +1(CL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19  Denmark 21.300 3 +1(CL)
20  Croatia 19.625
21  Poland 18.875 +1(CL)
22  Belarus 18.625
23  Scotland 16.566 +1(CL)
24  Sweden 16.325
25  Bulgaria 15.625
26  Norway 14.275 +1(CL)
27  Serbia 14.125 +1(CL)
28  Hungary 11.625 +1(CL)
29  Slovenia 11.000
30  Slovakia 11.000
31  Moldova 10.375 +1(CL)
32  Azerbaijan 10.375 +1(CL)
33  Georgia 9.875
34  Kazakhstan 8.250
35  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.500
36  Finland 7.175 +1(CL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37  Iceland 6.750 3
38  Latvia 6.250
39  Montenegro 6.000
40  Albania 5.500 +1(CL)
41  Lithuania 5.250
42  Macedonia 5.250
43  Republic of Ireland 5.125 +1(FP)
44  Luxembourg 4.875
45  Malta 4.833
46  Liechtenstein 4.500 1
47  Northern Ireland 3.625 3
48  Wales 3.000
49  Armenia 2.875
50  Estonia 2.875
51  Faroe Islands 2.125
52  San Marino 0.999 2
53  Andorra 0.833
54  Gibraltar 0.000 1

Distribution

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In the default access list, Sevilla enter the group stage (as the fifth-placed team of the 2014–15 La Liga).[14][15] However, since they qualified for the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League group stage is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:[16][17]

  • The domestic cup winners of association 13 (Switzerland) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The domestic cup winners of association 18 (Cyprus) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 24 (Sweden) and 25 (Bulgaria) 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
(102 teams)
  • 29 domestic cup winners from associations 26–54
  • 35 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–53 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 35 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
Second qualifying round
(66 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 19–25
  • 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17
  • 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 51 winners from first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(58 teams)
  • 5 domestic cup winners from associations 14–18
  • 9 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–15
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 5–9
  • 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)
  • 33 winners from second qualifying round
Play-off round
(44 teams)
  • 29 winners from third qualifying round
  • 15 losers from Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • 13 domestic cup winners from associations 1–13
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 4
  • 2 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (except Europa League title holders)
  • 22 winners from play-off round
  • 10 losers from Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 12 group winners from group stage
  • 12 group runners-up from group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Redistribution rules

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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 (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):[8]

  • 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, 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" (the 2015–16 season will be the first with this particular arrangement where the domestic cup runners-up are no longer guaranteed a place in the Europa League in this scenario).
  • 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. 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

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[18][19]

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • PW: End-of-season Europa League play-off winners
  • FP: Fair Play
  • CL: Transferred from Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from group stage
    • PO: Losers from play-off round
    • Q3: Losers from third qualifying round
Round of 32
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (CL GS) Turkey Galatasaray (CL GS) Germany Bayer Leverkusen (CL GS) Portugal Porto (CL GS)
England Manchester United (CL GS) Spain SevillaTH (CL GS) Greece Olympiacos (CL GS) Spain Valencia (CL GS)
Group stage
Spain Villarreal (6th) Portugal Braga (4th) Greece Asteras Tripolis (3rd) Italy Lazio (CL PO)
England Tottenham Hotspur (5th) France Marseille (4th) Switzerland Sion (CW) Belgium Club Brugge (CL PO)
England Liverpool (6th) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (CW) Cyprus APOEL (CL PO) Portugal Sporting CP (CL PO)
Germany FC Augsburg (5th) Netherlands Groningen (CW) Albania Skënderbeu (CL PO) Austria Rapid Wien (CL PO)
Germany Schalke 04 (6th) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (3rd) Scotland Celtic (CL PO) France Monaco (CL PO)
Italy Fiorentina (4th) Belgium Anderlecht (3rd) Switzerland Basel (CL PO)
Italy Napoli (5th) Turkey Beşiktaş (3rd) Serbia Partizan (CL PO)
Play-off round
Poland Lech Poznań (CL Q3) Romania Steaua București (CL Q3) Hungary Videoton (CL Q3) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (CL Q3)
Moldova Milsami Orhei (CL Q3) Denmark Midtjylland (CL Q3) Austria Red Bull Salzburg (CL Q3) Netherlands Ajax (CL Q3)
Finland HJK (CL Q3) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (CL Q3) Greece Panathinaikos (CL Q3) Turkey Fenerbahçe (CL Q3)
Azerbaijan Qarabağ (CL Q3) Norway Molde (CL Q3) Switzerland Young Boys (CL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Spain Athletic Bilbao (7th) France Bordeaux (6th) Belgium Standard Liège (4th) Czech Republic Jablonec (3rd)
England Southampton (7th) Russia Krasnodar (3rd) Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir (4th) Romania Târgu Mureș (2nd)
Germany Borussia Dortmund (7th) Russia Rubin Kazan (5th)[Note RUS] Greece Atromitos (4th) Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona (2nd)
Italy Sampdoria (7th)[Note ITA] Netherlands AZ (3rd) Switzerland Zürich (3rd) Cyprus AEK Larnaca (2nd)
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães (5th) Netherlands Vitesse (PW) Austria Rheindorf Altach (3rd)
Portugal Belenenses (6th) Ukraine Zorya Luhansk (4th) Austria Sturm Graz (4th)
France Saint-Étienne (5th) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava (5th) Czech Republic Slovan Liberec (CW)
Second qualifying round
Belgium Charleroi (PW) Austria Wolfsberger AC (5th) Denmark Copenhagen (CW) Scotland Inverness CT (CW)
Turkey Trabzonspor (5th) Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav (4th) Croatia Rijeka (2nd) Sweden IFK Göteborg (CW)
Greece PAOK (5th) Romania Astra Giurgiu (4th)[Note ROU] Poland Legia Warsaw (CW) Bulgaria Cherno More (CW)
Switzerland Thun (4th) Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (3rd) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (2nd)
First qualifying round
Romania Botoșani (8th)[Note ROU] Hungary Debrecen (4th) Iceland FH (2nd) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW)
Israel Beitar Jerusalem (4th) Slovenia Koper (CW) Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík (4th) Northern Ireland Glentoran (CW)
Cyprus Apollon Limassol (3rd) Slovenia Celje (2nd) Latvia Jelgava (CW) Northern Ireland Linfield (2nd)
Cyprus Omonia (4th) Slovenia Domžale (3rd) Latvia Skonto (2nd) Northern Ireland Glenavon (3rd)
Denmark Brøndby (3rd) Slovakia Žilina (2nd) Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala (6th)[Note LVA] Wales Bala Town (2nd)
Denmark Randers (4th) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (3rd) Montenegro Mladost Podgorica (CW) Wales Airbus UK Broughton (3rd)
Croatia Hajduk Split (3rd) Slovakia Spartak Trnava (4th) Montenegro Sutjeska (2nd) Wales Newtown (PW)
Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb (4th) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (CW) Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (3rd) Armenia Ulisses (2nd)
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok (3rd) Moldova Dacia Chișinău (2nd) Albania Laçi (CW) Armenia Shirak (3rd)
Poland Śląsk Wrocław (4th) Moldova Saxan (5th)[Note MDA] Albania Kukësi (2nd) Armenia Alashkert (4th)
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk (3rd) Azerbaijan Inter Baku (2nd) Albania Partizani (3rd) Estonia Nõmme Kalju (CW)
Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (4th) Azerbaijan Gabala (3rd) Lithuania Kruoja Pakruojis (2nd) Estonia Sillamäe Kalev (2nd)
Scotland Aberdeen (2nd) Azerbaijan Neftçi (4th) Lithuania Atlantas (3rd) Estonia Flora (3rd)
Scotland St Johnstone (4th) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (CW) Lithuania Trakai (4th) Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (CW)
Sweden AIK (3rd) Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi (2nd) North Macedonia Rabotnicki (CW) Faroe Islands HB (2nd)
Sweden IF Elfsborg (4th) Georgia (country) Tskhinvali (4th) North Macedonia Shkëndija (3rd) Faroe Islands NSÍ (4th)
Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora (2nd) Kazakhstan Kairat (CW) North Macedonia Renova (4th) San Marino Juvenes/Dogana (2nd)
Bulgaria Litex Lovech (4th)[Note BUL] Kazakhstan Aktobe (2nd) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic (CW) San Marino La Fiorita (3rd)
Norway Rosenborg (2nd) Kazakhstan Ordabasy (4th) Republic of Ireland Cork City (2nd) Andorra Sant Julià (CW)
Norway Odd (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Olimpic (CW) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (4th) Andorra Lusitanos (2nd)
Norway Strømsgodset (4th) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (2nd) Luxembourg Differdange 03 (CW) Gibraltar Europa (2nd)
Serbia Čukarički (CW) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (3rd) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (3rd) Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles (FP)[20]
Serbia Red Star Belgrade (2nd) Finland SJK (2nd) Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn (4th) England West Ham United (FP)[21]
Serbia Vojvodina (4th) Finland Lahti (3rd) Malta Birkirkara (CW) Republic of Ireland UCD (FP)[22][23]
Hungary Ferencváros (CW) Finland VPS (4th) Malta Valletta (2nd)
Hungary MTK Budapest (3rd) Iceland KR (CW) Malta Balzan (4th)

Notably two teams took part in the competition that were not playing in their national top-division. They were Go Ahead Eagles (2nd tier) and UCD (2nd tier).

Notes
  1. ^
    Bulgaria (BUL): Lokomotiv Sofia, the third-placed team of the 2014–15 A Group, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence. As a result, the berth was given to Litex Lovech, the fourth-placed team of the league.[24][25] An appeal was denied on 1 June 2015.[26]
  2. ^
    Italy (ITA): Genoa, the sixth-placed team of the 2014–15 Serie A, would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence. As a result, the berth was given to Sampdoria, the seventh-placed team of the league. Genoa withdrew their appeal on 3 June 2015.[27]
  3. ^
    Latvia (LVA): Liepāja, the fourth-placed team of the 2014 Latvian Higher League, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence as they were affiliated with the Latvian Football Federation for less than three years after reforming from the dissolved Liepājas Metalurgs. As a result, the berth was given to Spartaks Jūrmala, the sixth-placed team of the league, as Daugava Daugavpils, the fifth-placed team, also failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[28]
  4. ^
    Moldova (MDA): Tiraspol, the fourth-placed team of the 2014–15 Moldovan National Division, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but were dissolved at the end of the 2014–15 season.[29] As a result, the berth was given to Saxan, the fifth-placed team of the league.[30]
  5. ^
    Romania (ROU): CFR Cluj, the third-placed team of the 2014–15 Liga I, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were banned by UEFA after failing to settle overdue payables.[31] As a result, Astra Giurgiu, the fourth-placed team of the league, entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round, while the first qualifying round berth was given to Botoșani, the eighth-placed team of the league, as Petrolul Ploiești, Universitatea Craiova and Dinamo București, the fifth-, sixth- and seventh-placed teams of the league respectively, all failed to obtain UEFA licences.[32][33]
  6. ^
    Russia (RUS): Dynamo Moscow, the fourth-placed team of the 2014–15 Russian Premier League, would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, but they were referred to the UEFA's Club Financial Control Body adjudicatory chamber on 24 April 2015 for violating the Financial Fair Play break-even requirements after the club was not able to reach the settlement with UEFA.[34] The meeting regarding the sanctions for the violation was held on 16 June 2015,[35] and on 19 June 2015, it was announced that Dynamo Moscow were excluded from the UEFA Europa League for the 2015–16 season.[36] As a result, the berth was given to Rubin Kazan, the fifth-placed team of the league.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[14][37][38]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 22 June 2015 2 July 2015 9 July 2015
Second qualifying round 16 July 2015 23 July 2015
Third qualifying round 17 July 2015 30 July 2015 6 August 2015
Play-off Play-off round 7 August 2015 20 August 2015 27 August 2015
Group stage Matchday 1 28 August 2015
(Monaco) 		17 September 2015
Matchday 2 1 October 2015
Matchday 3 22 October 2015
Matchday 4 5 November 2015
Matchday 5 26 November 2015
Matchday 6 10 December 2015
Knockout phase Round of 32 14 December 2015 18 February 2016 25 February 2016
Round of 16 26 February 2016 10 March 2016 17 March 2016
Quarter-finals 18 March 2016 7 April 2016 14 April 2016
Semi-finals 15 April 2016 28 April 2016 5 May 2016
Final 18 May 2016 at St. Jakob-Park, Basel

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

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients,[39][40][41] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first and second qualifying round was held on 22 June 2015.[42][43][44] With 102 teams involved, it was UEFA's biggest ever tournament draw. The first legs were played on 30 June and 2 July, and the second legs were played on 7 and 9 July 2015.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Víkingur Reykjavík Iceland2–3Slovenia Koper0–12–2
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–3Norway Odd0–30–0
Kukësi Albania2–0Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino2–00–0
Alashkert Armenia2–2 (a)Scotland St Johnstone1–01–2
Jelgava Latvia3–3 (a)Bulgaria Litex Lovech1–12–2
Newtown Wales4–2Malta Valletta2–12–1
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)2–3Azerbaijan Gabala2–10–2
Renova North Macedonia1–5Moldova Dacia Chișinău0–11–4
Olimpic Bosnia and Herzegovina1–1 (a)Slovakia Spartak Trnava1–10–0
West Ham United England4–0[a]Andorra Lusitanos3–01–0
Glenavon Northern Ireland1–5Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk1–20–3
Differdange 03 Luxembourg4–3Wales Bala Town3–11–2
Shkëndija North Macedonia1–1 (a)Scotland Aberdeen1–10–0
Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands0–2Norway Rosenborg0–20–0
SJK Finland0–2Iceland FH0–10–1
Linfield Northern Ireland5–4[a]Faroe Islands NSÍ2–03–4
Brøndby Denmark11–0San Marino Juvenes/Dogana9–02–0
MTK Budapest Hungary1–3Serbia Vojvodina0–01–3
Skonto Latvia4–1Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic2–12–0
Lahti Finland2–7Sweden IF Elfsborg2–20–5
Atlantas Lithuania1–5Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora0–21–3
Debrecen Hungary3–2Montenegro Sutjeska3–00–2
Ordabasy Kazakhstan1–2Israel Beitar Jerusalem0–01–2
Balzan Malta0–3Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar0–20–1
Sillamäe Kalev Estonia3–7Croatia Hajduk Split1–12–6
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro1–3[a]Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala1–30–0
Red Star Belgrade Serbia1–4Kazakhstan Kairat0–21–2
Flora Estonia1–2North Macedonia Rabotnicki1–00–2
Sant Julià Andorra0–4Denmark Randers0–10–3
Saxan Moldova0–4Cyprus Apollon Limassol0–20–2
Progrès Niederkorn Luxembourg0–3Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers0–00–3
Aktobe Kazakhstan0–1Estonia Nõmme Kalju0–10–0
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country)1–2Cyprus Omonia1–00–2
Kruoja Pakruojis Lithuania0–9Poland Jagiellonia Białystok0–10–8
Shirak Armenia3–2Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar2–01–2
Cork City Republic of Ireland2–3Iceland KR1–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands2–5Hungary Ferencváros1–11–4
Trakai Lithuania7–1Faroe Islands HB3–04–1
Laçi Albania1–1 (a)Azerbaijan Inter Baku1–10–0
VPS Finland2–6Sweden AIK2–20–4
UCD Republic of Ireland2–2 (a)Luxembourg F91 Dudelange1–01–2
Domžale Slovenia0–1Serbia Čukarički0–10–0
Glentoran Northern Ireland1–7Slovakia Žilina1–40–3
Strømsgodset Norway4–1[a]Albania Partizani3–11–0
Neftçi Azerbaijan3–3 (a)[a]Montenegro Mladost Podgorica2–21–1
Celje Slovenia1–4Poland Śląsk Wrocław0–11–3
La Fiorita San Marino1–10Liechtenstein Vaduz0–51–5
Birkirkara Malta3–1Armenia Ulisses0–03–1
Airbus UK Broughton Wales3–5Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb1–32–2
Botoșani Romania4–2Georgia (country) Tskhinvali1–13–1
Europa Gibraltar0–9Slovakia Slovan Bratislava0–60–3
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

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The first legs were played on 16 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 23 July 2015.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Kukësi Albania4–3Montenegro Mladost Podgorica0–14–2
Lokomotiva Zagreb Croatia2–7Greece PAOK2–10–6
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia6–1Republic of Ireland UCD1–05–1
Ferencváros Hungary0–3Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar0–10–2
Vaduz Liechtenstein5–1Estonia Nõmme Kalju3–12–0
Beroe Stara Zagora Bulgaria0–1Denmark Brøndby0–10–0
KR Iceland0–4Norway Rosenborg0–10–3
AIK Sweden4–0Armenia Shirak2–02–0
Legia Warsaw Poland4–0Romania Botoșani1–03–0
Dacia Chișinău Moldova3–6Slovakia Žilina1–22–4
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland1–4Norway Odd0–21–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel2–3Switzerland Thun1–11–2
Kairat Kazakhstan4–2Armenia Alashkert3–01–2
Vojvodina Serbia4–1Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala3–01–1
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland0–1Cyprus Omonia0–00–1
Jelgava Latvia1–2North Macedonia Rabotnicki1–00–2
Čukarički Serbia1–2Azerbaijan Gabala1–00–2
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus0–3Austria Wolfsberger AC0–10–2
Trabzonspor Turkey3–1Luxembourg Differdange 031–02–1
Charleroi Belgium9–2Israel Beitar Jerusalem5–14–1
Randers Denmark0–1Sweden IF Elfsborg0–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic2–2 (a)Norway Strømsgodset1–21–0
Cherno More Bulgaria1–5Belarus Dinamo Minsk1–10–4
Rijeka Croatia2–5Scotland Aberdeen0–32–2
West Ham United England1–1 (5–3 p)Malta Birkirkara1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Apollon Limassol Cyprus4–0Lithuania Trakai4–00–0
Koper Slovenia4–6Croatia Hajduk Split3–21–4
FH Iceland3–4Azerbaijan Inter Baku1–22–2 (a.e.t.)
Inverness CT Scotland0–1Romania Astra Giurgiu0–10–0
Spartak Trnava Slovakia5–2Northern Ireland Linfield2–13–1
Copenhagen Denmark5–1Wales Newtown2–03–1
Śląsk Wrocław Poland0–2Sweden IFK Göteborg0–00–2
Skonto Latvia4–11Hungary Debrecen2–22–9

Third qualifying round

[edit]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2015.[45][46] The first legs were played on 29 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 6 August 2015.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Zürich Switzerland1–2Belarus Dinamo Minsk0–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Kairat Kazakhstan3–2Scotland Aberdeen2–11–1
Žilina Slovakia3–3 (a)Ukraine Vorskla Poltava2–01–3 (a.e.t.)
AZ Netherlands4–1Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir2–02–1
Bordeaux France4–0Cyprus AEK Larnaca3–01–0
PAOK Greece2–1Slovakia Spartak Trnava1–01–1
Târgu Mureș Romania2–4France Saint-Étienne0–32–1
Debrecen Hungary3–6Norway Rosenborg2–31–3
Jablonec Czech Republic3–3 (a)Denmark Copenhagen0–13–2
Thun Switzerland2–2 (a)Liechtenstein Vaduz0–02–2
Belenenses Portugal2–1Sweden IFK Göteborg2–10–0
Sampdoria Italy2–4Serbia Vojvodina0–42–0
Kukësi Albania0–4Poland Legia Warsaw0–3[a]0–1
Charleroi Belgium0–5Ukraine Zorya Luhansk0–20–3
Sturm Graz Austria3–4Russia Rubin Kazan2–31–1
IF Elfsborg Sweden2–3Norway Odd2–10–2
Southampton England5–0Netherlands Vitesse3–02–0
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic5–1Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–13–0
Apollon Limassol Cyprus1–2[b]Azerbaijan Gabala1–10–1
Wolfsberger AC Austria0–6Germany Borussia Dortmund0–10–5
AIK Sweden1–4Greece Atromitos1–30–1
Standard Liège Belgium3–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar2–11–0
West Ham United England3–4Romania Astra Giurgiu2–21–2
Athletic Bilbao Spain2–0Azerbaijan Inter Baku2–00–0
Rabotnicki North Macedonia2–1Turkey Trabzonspor1–01–1 (a.e.t.)
Brøndby Denmark2–2 (a)Cyprus Omonia0–02–2
Rheindorf Altach Austria6–2Portugal Vitória de Guimarães2–14–1
Hajduk Split Croatia4–0Norway Strømsgodset2–02–0
Krasnodar Russia5–3Slovakia Slovan Bratislava2–03–3
Notes:
  1. ^ Legia Warsaw won 3–0 by default after their first leg match against Kukësi was abandoned when a Legia player was hit by an object from the crowd.[47]
  2. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Play-off round

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2015.[48][49] The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs were played on 27 August 2015.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Rheindorf Altach Austria0–1Portugal Belenenses0–10–0
Žilina Slovakia3–3 (a)Spain Athletic Bilbao3–20–1
Steaua București Romania1–3Norway Rosenborg0–31–0
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine2–4Poland Legia Warsaw0–12–3
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic5–0Serbia Vojvodina3–02–0
Milsami Orhei Moldova1–2France Saint-Étienne1–10–1
Ajax Netherlands1–0[a]Czech Republic Jablonec1–00–0
Young Boys Switzerland0–4Azerbaijan Qarabağ0–10–3
Molde Norway3–3 (a)Belgium Standard Liège2–01–3
PAOK Greece6–1Denmark Brøndby5–01–1
Bordeaux France2–2 (a)Kazakhstan Kairat1–01–2
Lech Poznań Poland4–0Hungary Videoton3–01–0
Dinamo Minsk Belarus2–2 (3–2 p)Austria Red Bull Salzburg2–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Rabotnicki North Macedonia1–2Russia Rubin Kazan1–10–1
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic2–0Croatia Hajduk Split1–01–0
Atromitos Greece0–4Turkey Fenerbahçe0–10–3
Gabala Azerbaijan2–2 (a)[a]Greece Panathinaikos0–02–2
Southampton England1–2Denmark Midtjylland1–10–1
Astra Giurgiu Romania3–4Netherlands AZ3–20–2
Odd Norway5–11Germany Borussia Dortmund3–42–7
Krasnodar Russia5–1Finland HJK5–10–0
Sparta Prague Czech Republic6–4[a]Switzerland Thun3–13–3
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Group stage

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage
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Location of teams of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Dark Green: Group D;
Purple: Group E; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H;
Brown: Group I; Deep pink: Group J; Cyan: Group K; Spring green: Group L.

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2015.[50][51] The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.[39][40][41]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays were 17 September, 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 26 November, and 10 December 2015.

A total of 24 national associations were represented in the group stage. FC Augsburg, Belenenses, Gabala, Groningen, Midtjylland, Monaco, Sion and Skënderbeu made their debut appearances in the group stage (although Monaco have appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage). Skënderbeu Korçë were the first team from Albania to play in the group stage of any UEFA club competition.[52]

Group A

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOL FEN AJX CEL
1 Norway Molde 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase — 0–2 1–1 3–1
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 1–3 — 1–0 1–1
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7 1–1 0–0 — 2–2
4 Scotland Celtic 6 0 3 3 8 12 −4 3 1–2 2–2 1–2 —
Source: Soccerway

Group B

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV SIO RUB BOR
1 England Liverpool 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 1–1 2–1
2 Switzerland Sion 6 2 3 1 5 5 0 9 0–0 — 2–1 1–1
3 Russia Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 6 6 0 6 0–1 2–0 — 0–0
4 France Bordeaux 6 0 4 2 5 7 −2 4 1–1 0–1 2–2 —
Source: Soccerway

Group C

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KRA DOR PAOK QAB
1 Russia Krasnodar 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 2–1 2–1
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 2–1 — 0–1 4–0
3 Greece PAOK 6 1 4 1 3 3 0 7 0–0 1–1 — 0–0
4 Azerbaijan Gabala 6 0 2 4 2 12 −10 2 0–3 1–3 0–0 —
Source: Soccerway

Group D

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP MID BRU LEG
1 Italy Napoli 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19 18 Advance to knockout phase — 5–0 5–0 5–2
2 Denmark Midtjylland 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7 1–4 — 1–1 1–0
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 0–1 1–3 — 1–0
4 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–2 1–0 1–1 —
Source: Soccerway

Group E

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RW VIL PLZ DMI
1 Austria Rapid Wien 6 5 0 1 10 6 +4 15 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 3–2 2–1
2 Spain Villarreal 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 1–0 — 1–0 4–0
3 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 1 4 8 10 −2 4 1–2 3–3 — 2–0
4 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 6 1 0 5 3 11 −8 3 0–1 1–2 1–0 —
Source: Soccerway

Group F

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRA MAR LIB GRO
1 Portugal Braga 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13 Advance to knockout phase — 3–2 2–1 1–0
2 France Marseille 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 1–0 — 0–1 2–1
3 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7 0–1 2–4 — 1–1
4 Netherlands Groningen 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 0–0 0–3 0–1 —
Source: Soccerway

Group G

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LAZ SET DNI ROS
1 Italy Lazio 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 Advance to knockout phase — 3–2 3–1 3–1
2 France Saint-Étienne 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9 1–1 — 3–0 2–2
3 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7 1–1 0–1 — 3–0
4 Norway Rosenborg 6 0 2 4 4 12 −8 2 0–2 1–1 0–1 —
Source: Soccerway

Group H

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LMO SPO BES SKE
1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase — 2–4 1–1 2–0
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10 1–3 — 3–1 5–1
3 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 1–1 1–1 — 2–0
4 Albania Skënderbeu 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3 0–3 3–0 0–1 —
Source: Soccerway

Group I

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BSL FIO LCH BEL
1 Switzerland Basel 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 2–0 1–2
2 Italy Fiorentina 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10 1–2 — 1–2 1–0
3 Poland Lech Poznań 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 0–1 0–2 — 0–0
4 Portugal Belenenses 6 1 2 3 2 8 −6 5 0–2 0–4 0–0 —
Source: Soccerway

Group J

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT AND MON QAR
1 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 4–1 3–1
2 Belgium Anderlecht 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 — 1–1 2–1
3 France Monaco 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 1–1 0–2 — 1–0
4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4 0–1 1–0 1–1 —
Source: Soccerway

Group K

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCH SPP AT APO
1 Germany Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 15 3 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 4–0 1–0
2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 3 3 0 10 5 +5 12 1–1 — 1–0 2–0
3 Greece Asteras Tripolis 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4 0–4 1–1 — 2–0
4 Cyprus APOEL 6 1 0 5 3 12 −9 3 0–3 1–3 2–1 —
Source: Soccerway

Group L

[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATH AUG PAR AZ
1 Spain Athletic Bilbao 6 4 1 1 16 8 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 5–1 2–2
2 Germany FC Augsburg 6 3 0 3 12 11 +1 9 2–3 — 1–3 4–1
3 Serbia Partizan 6 3 0 3 10 14 −4 9 0–2 1–3 — 3–2
4 Netherlands AZ 6 1 1 4 8 13 −5 4 2–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

[edit]
Main article: 2015–16 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

[edit]
Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Spain Villarreal112
Italy Napoli011 Spain Villarreal202
Portugal Sporting CP011Germany Bayer Leverkusen000
Germany Bayer Leverkusen134 Spain Villarreal246
Czech Republic Sparta Prague134Czech Republic Sparta Prague123
Russia Krasnodar000 Czech Republic Sparta Prague134
Turkey Galatasaray112Italy Lazio101
Italy Lazio134 Spain Villarreal101
Germany Borussia Dortmund213England Liverpool033
Portugal Porto000 Germany Borussia Dortmund325
Italy Fiorentina101England Tottenham Hotspur011
England Tottenham Hotspur134 Germany Borussia Dortmund134
Germany FC Augsburg000England Liverpool145
England Liverpool011 England Liverpool213
Denmark Midtjylland213England Manchester United011 18 May – Basel
England Manchester United156 England Liverpool1
Turkey Fenerbahçe213Spain Sevilla3
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow011 Turkey Fenerbahçe112
Switzerland Sion123Portugal Braga044
Portugal Braga224 Portugal Braga101
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk033Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk246
Germany Schalke 04000 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk314
Belgium Anderlecht (a.e.t.)123Belgium Anderlecht101
Greece Olympiacos011 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk213
France Marseille011Spain Sevilla235
Spain Athletic Bilbao112 Spain Athletic Bilbao (a)112
Spain Valencia6410Spain Valencia022
Austria Rapid Wien000 Spain Athletic Bilbao123 (4)
France Saint-Étienne314Spain Sevilla (p)213 (5)
Switzerland Basel (a)224 Switzerland Basel000
Spain Sevilla303Spain Sevilla033
Norway Molde011

Round of 32

[edit]

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2015.[53][54] The first legs were played on 16 and 18 February, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 February 2016.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Valencia Spain10–0Austria Rapid Wien6–04–0
Fiorentina Italy1–4England Tottenham Hotspur1–10–3
Borussia Dortmund Germany2–6Portugal Porto1–41–2
Fenerbahçe Turkey3–1Russia Lokomotiv Moscow2–01–1
Anderlecht Belgium3–1Greece Olympiacos1–02–1 (a.e.t.)
Midtjylland Denmark3–6England Manchester United2–11–5
FC Augsburg Germany0–1England Liverpool0–00–1
Sparta Prague Czech Republic4–0Russia Krasnodar1–03–0
Galatasaray Turkey2–4Italy Lazio1–11–3
Sion Switzerland3–4Portugal Braga1–22–2
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine3–0Germany Schalke 040–03–0
Marseille France1–2Spain Athletic Bilbao0–11–1
Sevilla Spain3–1Norway Molde3–00–1
Sporting CP Portugal1–4Germany Bayer Leverkusen0–11–3
Villarreal Spain2–1Italy Napoli1–01–1
Saint-Étienne France4–4 (a)Switzerland Basel3–21–2

Round of 16

[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2016.[55][56] The first legs were played on 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2016.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine4–1Belgium Anderlecht3–11–0
Basel Switzerland0–3Spain Sevilla0–00–3
Villarreal Spain2–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen2–00–0
Athletic Bilbao Spain2–2 (a)Spain Valencia1–01–2
Liverpool England3–1England Manchester United2–01–1
Sparta Prague Czech Republic4–1Italy Lazio1–13–0
Borussia Dortmund Germany5–1England Tottenham Hotspur3–02–1
Fenerbahçe Turkey2–4Portugal Braga1–01–4

Quarter-finals

[edit]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2016.[57][58] The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2016.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Braga Portugal1–6Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk1–20–4
Villarreal Spain6–3Czech Republic Sparta Prague2–14–2
Athletic Bilbao Spain3–3 (4–5 p)Spain Sevilla1–22–1 (a.e.t.)
Borussia Dortmund Germany4–5England Liverpool1–13–4

Semi-finals

[edit]

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 April 2016.[59][60] The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs were played on 5 May 2016.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine3–5Spain Sevilla2–21–3
Villarreal Spain1–3England Liverpool1–00–3

Final

[edit]
Main article: 2016 UEFA Europa League final

The final was played on 18 May 2016 at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland.[61] The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.[59]

Liverpool England1–3Spain Sevilla
  • Sturridge 35'
 Report
Attendance: 34,429[62]

Statistics

[edit]

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

[edit]
Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Spain Aritz Aduriz Spain Athletic Bilbao 10 907
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Cédric Bakambu Spain Villarreal 9 942
3 France Kevin Gameiro Spain Sevilla 8 674
Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Germany Borussia Dortmund 772
5 Paraguay Raúl Bobadilla Germany FC Augsburg 6 412
Argentina Erik Lamela England Tottenham Hotspur 572
7 Cameroon Aboubakar Oumarou Serbia Partizan 5 331
Belgium Dries Mertens Italy Napoli 417
Spain José Callejón Italy Napoli 448
Argentina Franco Di Santo Germany Schalke 04 451
Czech Republic David Lafata Czech Republic Sparta Prague 558
Russia Aleksandr Samedov Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 720
Germany Marco Reus Germany Borussia Dortmund 742

Source:[63]

Top assists

[edit]
Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 Spain Denis Suárez Spain Villarreal 6 966
2 Czech Republic Bořek Dočkal Czech Republic Sparta Prague 5 1029
3 South Korea Son Heung-min England Tottenham Hotspur 4 504
France Nolan Roux France Saint-Étienne 538
Spain Vitolo Spain Sevilla 634
Spain Beñat Spain Athletic Bilbao 733
Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan Germany Borussia Dortmund 902
Portugal Rafa Silva Portugal Braga 1070
9 15 players 3 —

Source:[64]

Squad of the Season

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The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.[65]

Pos. Name Team
GK Spain David Soria Spain Sevilla
Spain David de Gea England Manchester United
DF Belgium Toby Alderweireld England Tottenham Hotspur
Germany Mats Hummels Germany Borussia Dortmund
France Adil Rami Spain Sevilla
Brazil Mariano Spain Sevilla
Croatia Darijo Srna Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
MF Germany Emre Can England Liverpool
Germany Gonzalo Castro Germany Borussia Dortmund
Brazil Philippe Coutinho England Liverpool
Argentina Éver Banega Spain Sevilla
Poland Grzegorz Krychowiak Spain Sevilla
France Steven Nzonzi Spain Sevilla
Brazil Marlos Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
FW Spain Aritz Aduriz Spain Athletic Bilbao
Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Germany Borussia Dortmund
Democratic Republic of the Congo Cédric Bakambu Spain Villarreal
France Kevin Gameiro Spain Sevilla

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