2010–11 UEFA Europa League

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2010–11 UEFA Europa League
Aviva Stadium in Dublin hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates16 September 2010 – 18 May 2011 (competition proper)
1 July – 26 August 2010 (qualifying)
Teams48+8 (competition proper)
161+33 (total) (from 53 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Porto (2nd title)
Runners-upPortugal Braga
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored551 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)Radamel Falcao (Porto)
17 goals

The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the

final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, between Porto and first-time finalists Braga. This was the first all-Portuguese final of a European competition and only the third time that two Portuguese teams faced each other in Europe, following Braga's elimination of Benfica in the semi-finals. Porto defeated Braga 1–0, with a goal from the competition's top goalscorer Radamel Falcao,[2] and won their second title in the competition, after victory in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup
. Atletico Madrid were the defending champions but were eliminated in group stage.

Association team allocation

A total of 194 teams from 53

UEFA country coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2004–05 to 2008–09.[3]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League:[4]

  • Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify
  • Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify
  • Associations 10–51 each have three teams qualify, except Liechtenstein, which have one team qualify (as Liechtenstein only have a domestic cup and no domestic league)
  • Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify (an increase from only one team in the previous season)
  • The top three associations of the 2009–10
    UEFA Fair Play ranking
    each gain an additional berth
  • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 England England 79.499 3
2 Spain Spain 74.266 +1(UCL)
3 Italy Italy 62.910 +1(UCL)
4 Germany Germany 56.695
5 France France 50.168
6 Russia Russia 47.625 +3(UCL)
7
Ukraine
41.850 4 +1(UCL)
8 Netherlands Netherlands 39.130 +2(UCL)
9 Romania Romania 38.908 +1(UCL)
10 Portugal Portugal 36.462 3 +2(UCL)
11 Turkey Turkey 32.225 +1(UCL)
12 Greece Greece 28.165 +1(UCL)
13 Scotland Scotland 27.875 +2(UCL)
14 Belgium Belgium 25.325 +2(UCL)
15 Switzerland Switzerland 25.250 +2(UCL)
16 Denmark Denmark 24.450 +1(FP)
17 Bulgaria Bulgaria 21.250 +1(UCL)
18
Czech Republic
20.750 +1(UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19
Norway
18.800 3 +1(UCL)
20 Austria Austria 17.825 +1(UCL)
21 Serbia Serbia 15.250
22 Israel Israel 15.250
23 Cyprus Cyprus 15.082 +1(UCL)
24 Sweden Sweden 14.691 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
25 Slovakia Slovakia 14.665
26 Poland Poland 12.916 +1(UCL)
27 Croatia Croatia 12.332 +1(UCL)
28 Finland Finland 9.790 +1(FP)
+1(UCL)
29 Lithuania Lithuania 9.666
30 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 9.499
31 Latvia Latvia 9.164
32 Slovenia Slovenia 9.082
33 Belarus Belarus 8.666 +1(UCL)
34
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.665
35 Hungary Hungary 8.166 +1(UCL)
36 Iceland Iceland 6.665
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37
Moldova
6.665 3 +1(UCL)
38 Georgia (country) Georgia 6.664
39 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 5.500 1
40 North Macedonia Macedonia 5.165 3
41 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 4.498
42 Estonia Estonia 4.332
43 Albania Albania 3.999
44
Kazakhstan
3.249 +1(UCL)
45 Armenia Armenia 2.999
46 Wales Wales 2.331 +1(UCL)
47 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2.165
48 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2.165
49 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.332
50 Montenegro Montenegro 1.000
51 Andorra Andorra 0.500
52 Malta Malta 0.499 2
53 San Marino San Marino 0.250
Notes
  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Sweden, Denmark, Finland)[5]
  • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

Distribution

The winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, were guaranteed a place in the group stage as the title holder, since they did not qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. However, they also qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round through domestic performance, as they were the runners-up of the 2009–10 Copa del Rey to Champions League-qualified Sevilla. As a result, this place in the third qualifying round was vacated, which in turn led to the following changes to the default allocation system in order to compensate for this vacant spot:[6]

  • The domestic cup winners of association 28 (Finland) have been promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 52 and 53 (Malta and San Marino) have been promoted from the first qualifying to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(52 teams)
  • 20 domestic league runners-up from associations 33–53 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 3 teams which qualified via
    Fair Play rankings
Second qualifying round
(80 teams)
  • 25 domestic cup winners from associations 29–53
  • 14 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–32
  • 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
  • 26 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(70 teams)
  • 13 domestic cup winners from associations 16–28
  • 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 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)
  • 2 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)
    (minus the spot vacated by Atlético Madrid)
  • 40 winners from the second qualifying round
Play-off round
(74 teams)
  • 15 domestic cup winners from associations 1–15
  • 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
  • 35 winners from the third qualifying round
  • 15 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • Title holder
  • 37 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:[4]

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifiers within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated, and the remaining Europa League qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the Europa League qualifiers that finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
  • A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
  • A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table that has not yet qualified for the Champions League or the Europa League.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[7]

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
  • FP: Fair play
  • UCL: Relegated from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • PO: Losers from the play-off round
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Round of 32
Netherlands Twente (UCL GS) Portugal Benfica (UCL GS) Scotland Rangers (UCL GS) Russia Rubin Kazan (UCL GS)
Switzerland Basel (UCL GS) Russia Spartak Moscow (UCL GS) Netherlands Ajax (UCL GS) Portugal Braga (UCL GS)
Group stage
Spain Atlético Madrid (TH) Belgium Anderlecht (UCL PO) Norway Rosenborg (UCL PO) Russia Zenit St. Petersburg (UCL PO)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (UCL PO) Spain Sevilla (UCL PO) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (UCL PO) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (UCL PO)
Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL PO
)
Sampdoria (UCL PO
)
Switzerland Young Boys (UCL PO)
Play-off round
England Manchester City (5th) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (4th) Greece AEK Athens (3rd) Romania Unirea Urziceni (UCL Q3)
England Aston Villa (6th) Russia CSKA Moscow (5th) Scotland Dundee United (CW) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (UCL Q3)
Spain Getafe (6th) Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol (CW)
3rd
)
Sweden AIK (UCL Q3)
Spain Villarreal (7th)Note ESP Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv (3rd) Switzerland Grasshopper (3rd) Greece PAOK (UCL Q3)
Palermo (5th
)
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (3rd) Kazakhstan Aktobe (UCL Q3) Scotland Celtic (UCL Q3)
Napoli (6th
)
Netherlands Feyenoord (4th) Finland HJK (UCL Q3) Turkey Fenerbahçe (UCL Q3)
4th
)
Vaslui (3rd
)
Wales The New Saints (UCL Q3) Belgium Gent (UCL Q3)
Germany Borussia Dortmund (5th)
Steaua București (4th
)
Bulgaria Litex Lovech (UCL Q3) Cyprus Omonia (UCL Q3)
France Paris Saint-Germain (CW) Portugal Porto (CW) Belarus BATE Borisov (UCL Q3) Poland Lech Poznań (UCL Q3)
France Lille (4th)
CW
)
Hungary Debrecen (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
England Liverpool (7th)Note ENG
4th
)
Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora (CW)
Apollon (CW
)
Juventus (7th
)
Turkey Galatasaray (3rd)
2nd
)
Sweden IFK Göteborg (2nd)
6th
)
Greece Aris (4th) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (CW) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (CW)
France Montpellier (5th) Scotland Hibernian (4th)
2nd
)
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok (CW)
Russia Sibir Novosibirsk (CR)
P-W
)
Norway Aalesund (CW)
CW
)
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th) Switzerland Luzern (4th) Austria Sturm Graz (CW) Finland Inter Turku (CW)
Netherlands AZ (5th) Denmark Nordsjælland (CW) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (CW)
Timișoara (5th
)
Denmark Odense (2nd) Israel Maccabi Haifa (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Ukraine Karpaty Lviv (5th) Austria Austria Wien (2nd)
2nd
)
Estonia Sillamäe Kalev (2nd)
Netherlands Utrecht (P-W) Austria Rapid Wien (3rd)
Jelgava (CW
)
Besa (CW
)
Romania Dinamo București (6th)
3rd
)
Latvia Ventspils (2nd) Kazakhstan Atyrau (CW)
5th
)
4th
)
CW
)
Armenia Mika (2nd)
Turkey Beşiktaş (4th) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd) Slovenia Gorica (3rd) Wales Bangor City (CW)
Greece Olympiacos (5th) Cyprus APOEL (2nd) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (2nd) Northern Ireland Cliftonville (2nd)
Scotland Motherwell (5th) Sweden Elfsborg (3rd)
CW
)
Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (CW)
Belgium Cercle Brugge (CR) Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica (3rd)
Videoton (2nd
)
Luxembourg Differdange (CW)
Switzerland Lausanne-Sport (CR) Poland Wisła Kraków (2nd)
CW
)
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)
Denmark Brøndby (3rd)
3rd
)
Iskra-Stal (2nd
)
Andorra UE Sant Julià (CW)
3rd
)
Finland Honka (2nd) Georgia (country) WIT Georgia (CW)
CW
)
3rd
)
Sūduva Marijampolė (3rd
)
Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW)
Tre Penne (2nd
)
2nd
)
Šiauliai (4th)Note LTU
CW
)
3rd
)
Republic of Ireland Sporting Fingal (CW)
Baku (CW
)
First qualifying round
Israel Bnei Yehuda (CR) Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (2nd)
Khazar (4th
)
2nd
)
Cyprus Anorthosis (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski (4th)
Narva Trans (3rd
)
4th
)
Sweden Kalmar FF (4th) Hungary Győri ETO (3rd)
Flora (CR
)
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (2nd)
Slovakia Nitra (4th) Hungary Zalaegerszeg (CR)
3rd
)
Luxembourg Grevenmacher (3rd)
Poland Ruch Chorzów (3rd) Iceland KR Reykjavík (2nd)
4th
)
Mogren (3rd
)
4th
)
Iceland Fylkir (3rd) Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy (3rd) Montenegro Zeta (4th)
Finland TPS (3rd)
Olimpia (3rd
)
Kazakhstan Tobol Kostanay (4th) Andorra UE Santa Coloma (2nd)
Lithuania Tauras Tauragė (5th)Note LTU Moldova Dacia (CR)
Ulisses (3rd
)
Andorra Lusitanos (4th)
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)
Banants (CR
)
Malta Sliema Wanderers (3rd)
Latvia Skonto (3rd)
Zestaponi (3rd
)
Llanelli (2nd
)
Faetano (3rd
)
Olimpija (4th
)
2nd
)
Wales Port Talbot Town (3rd)
FP)[8]
Belarus Dnepr Mogilev (3rd)
3rd
)
Northern Ireland Glentoran (3rd)
FP)[9]
Torpedo Zhodino (CR
)
Qarabağ (3rd
)
Northern Ireland Portadown (CR)
FP)[10]
Notes
  • England (ENG): Portsmouth, the runners-up of the 2009–10 FA Cup to Champions League-qualified Chelsea, did not obtain a UEFA licence, meaning they could not qualify for Europe. Portsmouth had appealed to UEFA, the Premier League and the English FA, but the latter two would not allow late applications for the licence.[11] As a result, the seventh-placed team of the 2009–10 Premier League, Liverpool, claimed the Europa League spot in the third qualifying round.
  • Republic of Ireland (IRL): Since the third- and fourth-placed teams of the
    2009 League of Ireland, Cork City and Derry City, were dissolved and expelled from the league respectively after the season was completed, the fifth-placed team, Dundalk, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.[12]
  • Lithuania (LTU):
    Šiauliai, were moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round, while the fifth-placed team, Tauras Tauragė
    , claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.
  • Spain (ESP): Mallorca, the fifth-placed team of the 2009–10 La Liga, were not admitted to the UEFA Europa League due to being immersed in a creditor contest[14] (not by reason of having debt) a situation that does not meet the necessary admission criteria for participating in the UEFA competitions.[15] As a result, the seventh-placed team, Villarreal, claimed the Europa League spot in the play-off round. On 30 July, UEFA's Appeals Body dismissed Mallorca's appeal against the infraction.[16]

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[6]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 21 June 2010 1 July 2010 8 July 2010
Second qualifying round 15 July 2010 22 July 2010
Third qualifying round 16 July 2010 29 July 2010 5 August 2010
Play-off Play-off round 6 August 2010 19 August 2010 26 August 2010
Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2010
(Monaco)
16 September 2010
Matchday 2 30 September 2010
Matchday 3 21 October 2010
Matchday 4 4 November 2010
Matchday 5 1–2 December 2010
Matchday 6 15–16 December 2010
Knockout phase Round of 32 17 December 2010 17 February 2011 24 February 2011
Round of 16 10 March 2011 17 March 2011
Quarter-finals 18 March 2011 7 April 2011 14 April 2011
Semi-finals 28 April 2011 5 May 2011
Final 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin

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.

Seeding

The draws for the qualifying rounds, the play-off round and the group stage are all seeded based on the 2010 UEFA club coefficients.[17] The coefficients are calculated on the basis of a combination of 20% of the value of the respective national association's coefficient for the period from 2005–06 to 2009–10 inclusive and the clubs' individual performances in the UEFA club competitions during the same period. Clubs are ordered by their coefficients and then divided into pots as required.[4][18]

In the draws for the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, the teams are divided evenly into one seeded and one unseeded pot, based on their club coefficients. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie also being decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to these draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition, while ensuring that teams from the same association not drawn against each other.

In the draw for the group stage, the 48 teams are split into four pots of twelve teams, based on their club coefficients, with the title holder (if participating) automatically placed into Pot 1. Each group contains one team from each pot, but teams from the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.

In the draw for the first knockout stage, the twelve group winners and the four better third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage (based on their match record in the group stage) are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying and play-off rounds, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

The draw for the first two qualifying rounds was made on 21 June 2010,[19] while the draw for the third qualifying round was made on 16 July 2010.[20]

First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 1 July, and the second legs were played on 8 July 2010.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UE Santa Coloma Andorra 0–5 Montenegro Mogren 0–3 0–2
Olimpija Slovenia
0–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 0–2 0–3
Anorthosis Cyprus 4–0
Banants
3–0 1–0
Olimpia Moldova
1–1 (a)1
Khazar
0–0 1–1
Šibenik Croatia 3–0 Malta Sliema Wanderers 0–0 3–0
Tobol Kazakhstan 2–4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski 1–2 1–2
Ulisses Armenia
0–1 Israel Bnei Yehuda 0–0 0–1
Rabotnički North Macedonia 11–01
Lusitanos
5–0 6–0
KF Tirana Albania 1–0 Hungary Zalaegerszeg 0–0 1–0 (aet)
Zestaponi Georgia (country)
5–0
Faetano
5–0 0–0
NSÍ Runavík Faroe Islands 1–4 Sweden Gefle 0–2 1–2
Torpedo Zhodino Belarus
6–1 Iceland Fylkir 3–0 3–1
Randers Denmark 7–3 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 6–1 1–2
Portadown Northern Ireland 2–1 Latvia Skonto 1–1 1–0
TPS Finland 7–1 Wales Port Talbot Town 3–1 4–0
KR Reykjavík Iceland 5–2 Northern Ireland Glentoran 3–0 2–2
Grevenmacher Luxembourg 4–51 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 3–3 1–2
Kalmar FF Sweden 4–0 Faroe Islands EB/Streymur 1–0 3–0
Llanelli Wales
4–5 Lithuania Tauras Tauragė 2–2 2–3 (aet)
Narva Trans Estonia
0–7
MYPA
0–2 0–5
Zeta Montenegro 1–1 (a)1
Dacia
1–1 0–0
Laçi Albania 2–8 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 1–1 1–7
Shakhter Karaganda Kazakhstan 1–3 Poland Ruch Chorzów 1–2 0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2–1
Flora
2–1 0–0
Nitra Slovakia 3–5 Hungary Győri ETO 2–2 1–3
Qarabağ Azerbaijan
5–2 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 4–1 1–1
  • Note 1: Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 15 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 July 2010.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cercle Brugge Belgium 2–2 (a) Finland TPS 0–1 2–1
Motherwell Scotland 2–0
Breiðablik
1–0 1–0
Anorthosis Cyprus 3–22 Croatia Šibenik 0–2 3–0 (aet)
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 1–0 1–1
Šiauliai Lithuania
0–7 Poland Wisła Kraków 0–2 0–5
Kalmar FF Sweden 2–0
Dacia
0–0 2–0
Utrecht Netherlands 5–1 Albania KF Tirana 4–0 1–1
Gorica Slovenia 1–4 Denmark Randers 0–3 1–1
Marítimo Portugal 6–4 Republic of Ireland Sporting Fingal 3–2 3–2
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania
2–6 Austria Rapid Wien 0–2 2–4
Ventspils Latvia 1–3 North Macedonia Teteks 0–0 1–3
OFK Beograd Serbia 3–2
Torpedo Zhodino
2–2 1–0
Olimpia Moldova
1–7 Romania Dinamo București 0–2 1–5
MYPA Finland
8–0 Andorra UE Sant Julià 3–0 5–03
Videoton Hungary
1–3 Slovenia Maribor 1–1 0–2
Brøndby Denmark 3–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz 3–0 0–0
Stabæk Norway 3–3 (a) Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 2–2 1–1
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2–1 Israel Bnei Yehuda 1–1 1–0
Elfsborg Sweden 3–1
Iskra-Stal
2–1 1–0
KR Reykjavík Iceland 2–6 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv 0–3 2–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–2 Montenegro Mogren 2–0 1–2
Austria Wien Austria 3–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2–2 1–0
Tauras Tauragė Lithuania 1–6 Cyprus APOEL 0–3 1–3
Molde Norway 2–2 (a)
Jelgava
1–0 1–2
Zestaponi Georgia (country)
3–1 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica 3–0 0–1
Honka Finland 2–3 Wales Bangor City 1–1 1–2
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 8–0 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 6–0 2–0
WIT Georgia Georgia (country) 0–6 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava 0–6 0–0
Rabotnički North Macedonia 1–0
Mika
1–0 0–0
Atyrau Kazakhstan 0–5 Hungary Győri ETO 0–34 0–2
Portadown Northern Ireland 2–32
Qarabağ
1–2 1–1
Beşiktaş Turkey 7–0 Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 3–0 4–0
Differdange Luxembourg 3–5
Spartak Zlatibor Voda
3–3 0–2
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 10–1 Estonia Sillamäe Kalev 5–1 5–0
Valletta Malta 1–1 (a) Poland Ruch Chorzów 1–1 0–0
Baku Azerbaijan
2–4 Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 0–35 2–1
Zrinjski Bosnia and Herzegovina 13–3
Tre Penne
4–1 9–2
Gefle Sweden 2–42 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–2 1–2
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 1–02 Croatia Cibalia 1–0 0–0
Besa Albania
1–11 Greece Olympiacos 0–5 1–6
Notes
  • Note 2: Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  • Note 3: Original match abandoned in the 80th minute due to adverse weather conditions, with
    MYPA leading 1–0. The match was replayed on 23 July 2010 at 18:30 CEST from the beginning.[21]
  • Note 4: UEFA awarded Győri ETO a 3–0 win due to Atyrau fielding a suspended player in the first leg.[22] The original match had ended in a 2–0 win for Győri ETO.
  • Note 5: UEFA awarded
    Baku fielding a suspended player in the first leg.[22]
    The original match had ended in a 2–1 win for Baku.

Third qualifying round

The first legs were played on 27 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 3 and 5 August 2010.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Odense Denmark 5–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski 5–3 0–0
Dnepr Mogilev Belarus 3–1 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava 1–0 2–1
Rabotnički North Macedonia 0–46 England Liverpool 0–2 0–2
Marítimo Portugal 10–3 Wales Bangor City 8–2 2–1
Beroe Stara Zagora Bulgaria 1–4 Austria Rapid Wien 1–1 0–3
MYPA Finland
4–56
Timișoara
1–2 3–3
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 5–1 Northern Ireland Cliftonville 3–0 2–1
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine 2–0 Georgia (country) Zestafoni 1–0 1–0
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 0–3
Juventus
0–2 0–1
Elfsborg Sweden 7–1 North Macedonia Teteks 5–0 2–1
Nordsjælland Denmark 1–3
Sporting CP
0–1 1–2
Maribor Slovenia 6–2 Scotland Hibernian 3–0 3–2
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 2–3 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–2 1–1
Inter Turku Finland 3–8 Belgium Genk 1–5 2–3
Ruch Chorzów Poland 1–6 Austria Austria Wien 1–3 0–3
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 1–4 Turkey Beşiktaş 1–1 0–3
Olympiacos Greece 2–2 (a) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 0–1
Wisła Kraków Poland 2–4
Qarabağ
0–1 2–3
Sturm Graz Austria 3–1 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 1–1
Cercle Brugge Belgium 2–36 Cyprus Anorthosis 1–0 1–3
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–3 Denmark Brøndby 1–2 0–1
Molde Norway 4–5 Germany Stuttgart 2–3 2–2
Maccabi Haifa Israel 2–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–0 1–3
Utrecht Netherlands 4–1 Switzerland Luzern 1–0 3–1
Sibir Novosibirsk Russia 2–2 (a)
Apollon
1–0 1–2
Randers Denmark 3–4 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 2–3 1–1
Dinamo București Romania 3–4 Croatia Hajduk Split 3–1 0–3
AZ Netherlands 2–1 Sweden IFK Göteborg 2–0 0–1
Spartak Zlatibor Voda Serbia
2–3 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–1 0–2
Győri ETO Hungary 1–1 (4–3 p) France Montpellier 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Aalesund Norway 1–4 Scotland Motherwell 1–1 0–3
Kalmar FF Sweden 3–6 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–1 2–5
Galatasaray Turkey 7–3 Serbia OFK Beograd 2–2 5–1
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 3–4 Greece Aris 1–2 2–2
APOEL Cyprus 4–1
Jablonec
1–0 3–1
Notes
  • Note 6: Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2010.[23] The first legs were played on 17 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 24 and 26 August 2010.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain France 5–4 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 3–4
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 6–1 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 3–0 3–1
CSKA Moscow Russia 6–1 Cyprus Anorthosis 4–0 2–1
Hajduk Split Croatia 5–2 Romania Unirea Urziceni 4–1 1–1
Feyenoord Netherlands 1–2 Belgium Gent 1–0 0–2
Genk Belgium 2–7 Portugal Porto 0–3 2–4
Debrecen Hungary 4–1 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 2–0 2–1
Aris Greece 2–1 Austria Austria Wien 1–0 1–1
Galatasaray Turkey 3–3 (a) Ukraine Karpaty Lviv 2–2 1–1
Palermo Italy
5–3 Slovenia Maribor 3–0 2–3
Club Brugge Belgium 5–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 2–1 3–2
Omonia Cyprus 2–3 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 0–1 2–2
Vaslui Romania
0–2 France Lille 0–0 0–2
Napoli Italy
3–0 Sweden Elfsborg 1–0 2–0
Sporting CP Portugal
3–2 Denmark Brøndby 0–2 3–0
Steaua București Romania
1–1 (4–3 p)7 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Liverpool England 3–1 Turkey Trabzonspor 1–0 2–1
Celtic Scotland 2–4 Netherlands Utrecht 2–0 0–4
Borussia Dortmund Germany 5–0
Qarabağ
4–0 1–0
AIK Sweden 1–2 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–0 1–2
Sturm Graz Austria 1–3
Juventus
1–2 0–1
Getafe Spain 2–1 Cyprus APOEL 1–0 1–1 (aet)
Dundee United Scotland 1–2 Greece AEK Athens 0–1 1–1
AZ Netherlands 3–2 Kazakhstan Aktobe 2–0 1–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 0–1 Poland Lech Poznań 0–1 0–0
Rapid Wien Austria 4–3 England Aston Villa 1–1 3–2
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 5–2 Wales The New Saints 3–0 2–2
Beşiktaş Turkey 6–0 Finland HJK 2–0 4–0
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 2–3 Germany Stuttgart 0–1 2–2
Sibir Novosibirsk Russia 1–5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–0 0–5
BATE Belarus 5–1 Portugal Marítimo 3–0 2–1
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 2–2 (4–3 p) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Győri ETO Hungary 1–4
Dinamo Zagreb
0–2 1–2
Odense Denmark 3–1 Scotland Motherwell 2–1 1–0
PAOK Greece 2–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–0 1–1 (aet)
Villarreal Spain 7–1 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 5–0 2–1
Timișoara Romania
0–3 England Manchester City 0–1 0–2
  • Note 7: Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Group stage

Steaua
Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid
Sofia
Sofia
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Community of Madrid teams: Atlético Madrid Getafe Thessaloniki teams: Aris PAOK Sofia teams CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia
Community of Madrid teams:
Atlético Madrid
Getafe

Thessaloniki teams:
Aris
PAOK

Sofia teams
CSKA Sofia
Levski Sofia
Location of teams of the 2010–11 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 48 clubs were drawn into twelve groups of four on 27 August 2010 in Monaco.[24] In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 16 September, 30 September, 21 October, 4 November, 1–2 December, and 15–16 December 2010. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):[4]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Following a trial at last year's UEFA Europa League, UEFA have announced that in both this year's and the 2011–12 competition, two extra officials would be used – with one on each goal line.[25]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC LEC
JUV
SAL
1 England Manchester City 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 1–1 3–0
2 Poland Lech Poznań 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 3–1 1–1 2–0
3
Juventus
6 0 6 0 7 7 0 6 1–1 3–3 0–0
4 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 0 2 4 1 9 −8 2 0–2 0–1 1–1
Source: Soccerway

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEV
ARI
ATL RBK
1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 3 0 8 2 +6 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 1–1 4–0
2
Aris
6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 0–0 1–0 2–0
3 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8 1–1 2–3 3–0
4 Norway Rosenborg 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 0–1 2–1 1–2
Source: Soccerway

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
SCP
LIL GNT LS
1
Sporting CP
6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 5–1 5–0
2 France Lille 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8 1–2 3–0 1–0
3 Belgium Gent 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5 7 3–1 1–1 1–0
4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7 1–0 2–2 3–2
Source: Soccerway

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VLR PAOK DZ BRG
1 Spain Villarreal 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 3–0 2–1
2 Greece PAOK 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11 1–0 1–0 1–1
3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7 2–0 0–1 0–0
4 Belgium Club Brugge 6 0 3 3 4 8 −4 3 1–2 1–1 0–2
Source: Soccerway

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DK BTE AZ SHF
1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Advance to knockout phase 2–2 2–0 0–0
2 Belarus BATE 6 3 1 2 11 11 0 10 1–4 4–1 3–1
3 Netherlands AZ 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 1–2 3–0 2–1
4 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 2–0 0–1 1–1
Source: Soccerway

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSM SPP
PAL
LAU
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 0 18 3 +15 16 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 3–1 5–1
2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9 1–1 3–2 3–3
3
Palermo
6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 0–3 2–2 1–0
4 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 6 0 1 5 5 16 −11 1 0–3 1–3 0–1
Source: Soccerway

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZNT AND AEK HAJ
1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 6 0 0 18 6 +12 18 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 4–2 2–0
2 Belgium Anderlecht 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 1–3 3–0 2–0
3 Greece AEK Athens 6 2 1 3 9 13 −4 7 0–3 1–1 3–1
4 Croatia Hajduk Split 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3 2–3 1–0 1–3
Source: Soccerway

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STU YB GET OB
1 Germany VfB Stuttgart 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 15 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 1–0 5–1
2 Switzerland Young Boys 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9 4–2 2–0 4–2
3 Spain Getafe 6 2 1 3 4 8 −4 7 0–3 1–0 2–1
4 Denmark Odense 6 1 1 4 8 14 −6 4 1–2 2–0 1–1
Source: Soccerway

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSV MET
SAM
DEB
1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 14 Advance to knockout phase 0–0 1–1 3–0
2 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 0–2 2–1 2–1
3
Sampdoria
6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 1–2 0–0 1–0
4 Hungary Debrecen 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3 1–2 0–5 2–0
Source: Soccerway

Group J

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSG SEV DOR KAR
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase 4–2 0–0 2–0
2 Spain Sevilla 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 0–1 2–2 4–0
3 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9 1–1 0–1 3–0
4 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv 6 0 1 5 4 15 −11 1 1–1 0–1 3–4
Source: Soccerway

Group K

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV
NAP
STE
UTR
1 England Liverpool 6 2 4 0 8 3 +5 10 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 4–1 0–0
2
Napoli
6 1 4 1 8 9 −1 7 0–0 1–0 0–0
3
Steaua București
6 1 3 2 9 11 −2 6 1–1 3–3 3–1
4 Netherlands Utrecht 6 0 5 1 5 7 −2 5 0–0 3–3 1–1
Source: Soccerway

Group L

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR BJK RPD CSS
1 Portugal Porto 6 5 1 0 14 4 +10 16 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 3–0 3–1
2 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13 1–3 2–0 1–0
3 Austria Rapid Wien 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3 1–3 1–2 1–2
4 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 3 0–1 1–2 0–2
Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

In the

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

The draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 17 December 2010.[26] The draws for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team) were held on 18 March 2011.[27]

Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Greece PAOK 0 1 1
Russia CSKA Moscow 1 1 2
Russia CSKA Moscow 0 1 1
Portugal Porto 1 2 3
Spain Sevilla 1 1 2
Portugal Porto (a) 2 0 2
Portugal Porto 5 5 10
Russia Spartak Moscow 1 2 3
Belgium Anderlecht 0 0 0
Netherlands Ajax 2 3 5
Netherlands Ajax 0 0 0
Russia Spartak Moscow 1 3 4
Switzerland Basel 2 1 3
Russia Spartak Moscow 3 1 4
Portugal Porto 5 2 7
Spain Villarreal 1 3 4
Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 0 0 0
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2 4 6
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2 1 3
Spain Villarreal 3 2 5
Napoli
0 1 1
Spain Villarreal 0 2 2
Spain Villarreal 5 3 8
Netherlands Twente 1 1 2
Russia Rubin Kazan 0 2 2
Netherlands Twente 2 2 4
Netherlands Twente 3 0 3
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 0 2 2
Switzerland Young Boys 2 1 3
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 3 4
Portugal Porto 1
Portugal Braga 0
Portugal Benfica 2 2 4
Germany VfB Stuttgart 1 0 1
Portugal Benfica 2 1 3
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 2
Belarus BATE Borisov 2 0 2
France Paris Saint-Germain (a) 2 0 2
Portugal Benfica 4 2 6
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 2 3
France Lille 2 1 3
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2 3 5
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 1 1
Scotland Rangers 0 0 0
Scotland Rangers (a) 1 2 3
Portugal Sporting CP 1 2 3
Portugal Benfica 2 0 2
Portugal Braga (a) 1 1 2
Turkey Beşiktaş 1 0 1
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 4 4 8
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2 0 2
England Manchester City 0 1 1
Greece Aris 0 0 0
England Manchester City 0 3 3
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1 0 1
Portugal Braga (a) 1 0 1
Poland Lech Poznań 1 0 1
Portugal Braga 0 2 2
Portugal Braga 1 0 1
England Liverpool 0 0 0
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0 0 0
England Liverpool 0 1 1

Round of 32

The first legs were played on 15 and 17 February, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 24 February 2011.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Napoli Italy
1–2 Spain Villarreal 0–0 1–2
Rangers Scotland 3–3 (a)
Sporting CP
1–1 2–2
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–1 England Liverpool 0–0 0–1
Anderlecht Belgium 0–5 Netherlands Ajax 0–3 0–2
Lech Poznań Poland 1–2 Portugal Braga 1–0 0–2
Beşiktaş Turkey 1–8 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 0–4
Basel Switzerland 3–4 Russia Spartak Moscow 2–3 1–1
Young Boys Switzerland 3–4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–1 1–3
Aris Greece 0–3 England Manchester City 0–0 0–3
PAOK Greece 1–2 Russia CSKA Moscow 0–1 1–1
Sevilla Spain 2–2 (a) Portugal Porto 1–2 1–0
Rubin Kazan Russia 2–4 Netherlands Twente 0–2 2–2
Lille France 3–5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–2 1–3
Benfica Portugal 4–1 Germany Stuttgart 2–1 2–0
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–2 (a) France Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 0–0
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 0–6 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0–4 0–2

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2011.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 3–2 France Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–1 England Manchester City 2–0 0–1
Twente Netherlands 3–2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–0 0–2
CSKA Moscow Russia 1–3 Portugal Porto 0–1 1–2
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–0 Scotland Rangers 0–0 1–0
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 3–5 Spain Villarreal 2–3 1–2
Ajax Netherlands 0–4 Russia Spartak Moscow 0–1 0–3
Braga Portugal 1–08 England Liverpool 1–0 0–0
  • Note 8: Order of legs reversed after original draw due to proximity between the cities of Porto and Braga.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2011.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Porto Portugal 10–3 Russia Spartak Moscow 5–1 5–2
Benfica Portugal 6–3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 4–1 2–2
Villarreal Spain 8–2 Netherlands Twente 5–1 3–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–1 (a)9 Portugal Braga 1–1 0–0
  • Note 9: Order of legs reversed after original draw due to proximity between the cities of Porto and Braga.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs were played on 5 May 2011.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 2–2 (a)10 Portugal Braga 2–1 0–1
Porto Portugal 7–4 Spain Villarreal 5–1 2–3
  • Note 10: Order of legs reversed after original draw due to proximity between the cities of Porto and Braga.

Final

The final was played on 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Due to UEFA rules against corporate sponsorship outside the federation, for the final the stadium was referred to as the "Dublin Arena".

Porto Portugal1–0Portugal Braga
Falcao 44' Report

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1 Colombia Radamel Falcao Portugal Porto 17 1098
2 Italy Giuseppe Rossi Spain Villarreal 11 1037
3 Czech Republic Tomáš Necid Russia CSKA Moscow 6 526
4 Mali Frédéric Kanouté Spain Sevilla 5 461
Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony Czech Republic Sparta Prague 526
Brazil Nilmar Spain Villarreal 572
Latvia Artjoms Rudņevs Poland Lech Poznań 621
Uruguay Edinson Cavani
Napoli
667
Colombia Fredy Guarín Portugal Porto 808
Ukraine Artem Milevskyi Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 967
Hungary Balázs Dzsudzsák Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 973

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