2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage

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The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage was played from 18 September to 11 December 2014. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Draw

The draw was held on 29 August 2014, 13:00

UEFA club coefficients
at the beginning of the season, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into twelve groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots, with the restriction that teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures are decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups play their matches at 19:00 CEST/CET, while the other six groups play their matches at 21:05 CEST/CET, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday. There are other restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day), and Russian teams do not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.

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

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Pot 2), and Russian clubs Dynamo Moscow and Krasnodar
(both Pot 4) could not be drawn into the same group despite being in different pots.

Teams

Below were the 48 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2014

UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their seeding pot.[5][6] They include 7 teams which enter in this stage, the 31 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round
.

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32
Pot 1
Team Coeff
Spain Sevilla[TH] 71.042
Italy Internazionale[†] 95.387
England Tottenham Hotspur[†] 75.949
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven[†] 64.862
Napoli[CL-LR]
61.387
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 56.193
Spain Villarreal[†] 53.542
Italy Fiorentina 49.387
Austria Red Bull Salzburg[CL-CR] 46.185
Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv[†] 45.693
France Lille[CL-LR] 45.300
Denmark Copenhagen[CL-LR] 45.260
Pot 2
Team Coeff
Steaua București[CL-CR]
39.451
Belgium Standard Liège[CL-LR] 38.260
Greece PAOK[†] 37.720
Scotland Celtic[CL-CR] 36.813
Turkey Beşiktaş[CL-LR] 32.840
Germany Wolfsburg 32.328
Belgium Club Brugge[†] 32.260
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk[†]
32.193
Turkey Trabzonspor[†] 31.340
Greece Panathinaikos[†] 30.220
Czech Republic Sparta Prague[†] 28.870
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach[†] 25.328
Pot 3
Team Coeff
England Everton 24.949
Switzerland Young Boys[†] 24.145
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[†] 23.925
Switzerland Zürich[†] 18.645
Portugal Estoril 15.459
Poland Legia Warsaw[†] 15.275
Serbia Partizan[†] 14.825
Torino[†]
13.387
Netherlands Feyenoord[†] 13.362
Guingamp
12.800
France Saint-Étienne[†] 12.800
Portugal Rio Ave[†] 12.459
Pot 4
Team Coeff
Russia Dynamo Moscow[†] 12.399
Russia Krasnodar[†] 9.399
Croatia Rijeka[†] 8.925
Belgium Lokeren[†] 8.760
Asteras Tripoli[†]
8.720
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava[CL-CR] 8.700
Apollon Limassol[†]
8.650
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[†] 7.575
7.435
Romania Astra Giurgiu[†] 6.951
Belarus Dinamo Minsk[†] 6.725
Denmark AaB[CL-CR] 5.260
Notes

Format

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 from the Champions League group stage.[1]

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to

points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:[1]

  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 in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 8 apply;
  6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
  8. higher number of
    coefficient points
    accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

The matchdays were 18 September, 2 October, 23 October (one home match of

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Metalist Kharkiv which were 18:00 CEST/CET, and two home matches of Dynamo Moscow which were 17:00 CEST/CET. Times up to 25 October 2014 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1
).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Villarreal 6 3 2 1 15 7 +8 11
3 Switzerland Zürich 6 2 1 3 10 14 −4 7
4 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14 3
Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany1–1Spain Villarreal
Herrmann 21' Report Uche 68'
Apollon Limassol Cyprus
3–2Switzerland Zürich
Papoulis 9'
Gullón 40'
P. Koch 87' (o.g.
)
Report
Rikan 50'
Yapi Yapo
53'
Attendance: 5,662[9]
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Zürich Switzerland1–1Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Etoundi 23' Report Nordtveit 25'
Attendance: 18,422[10]
Apollon Limassol
Gerard 9', 82'
Espinosa 44', 51'
Report
El Madrigal, Villarreal
Attendance: 12,630[11]
)

Apollon Limassol
Traoré 11', 67'
Hrgota 56'
Herrmann 83'
Angelis 90+1' (o.g.)
Report
Ukraine
)

Apollon Limassol Cyprus
0–2Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report
Raffael 56'
Herrmann
90+5'
Attendance: 5,258[15]

Villarreal Spain2–2Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Vietto 26'
Cheryshev 63'
Report
Raffael 55'
Xhaka
67'
El Madrigal, Villarreal
Attendance: 16,000[12]
)

Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany3–0Switzerland Zürich
Herrmann 31'
Hrgota 59', 64'
Report
Apollon Limassol Cyprus
0–2Spain Villarreal
Report Gerard 35'
Vietto 40'
Attendance: 4,200[18]
Notes
  1. ^
    Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
    .

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belgium Club Brugge 6 3 3 0 10 2 +8 12 Advance to knockout phase
2
Torino
6 3 2 1 9 3 +6 11
3 Finland HJK 6 2 0 4 5 11 −6 6
4 Denmark Copenhagen 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 4
Torino
Report
HJK
N. Jørgensen 68', 81' Report
Ukraine
)

HJK Finland
0–3Belgium Club Brugge
Report Heikkinen 19' (o.g.)
De Sutter 70'
De Bock 78'
Bosnia and Herzegovina
)
Torino Italy
1–0Denmark Copenhagen
Quagliarella 90+4' (pen.) Report
Stadio Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 13,734[12]
)


Torino
Baah 60'
Moren 81'
Report Quagliarella 90'
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,562[21]
)

Torino Italy
0–0Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 15,102[12]
)

Torino
Amartey 6' Report Martínez 15', 47'
Amauri 42' (pen.)
Darmian 49'
Silva 53'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
3
Asteras Tripoli
6 1 3 2 7 10 −3 6
4 Serbia Partizan 6 0 2 4 1 9 −8 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Partizan Serbia0–0England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 22,112[25]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Asteras Tripoli
Töre 33' Report Parra 88'

Asteras Tripoli Greece
2–0Serbia Partizan
Usero 22'
Parra 52'
Report
Tottenham Hotspur England1–1Turkey Beşiktaş
Kane 27' Report Ba 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 24,300[12]

Asteras Tripoli
Kane 13', 74', 81'
Lamela 30', 66'
Report Barrales 89'
Attendance: 21,428[12]
Partizan Serbia0–4Turkey Beşiktaş
Report Kavlak 18'
Ba 45'
Özyakup 52'
Töre 54'

Asteras Tripoli Greece
1–2England Tottenham Hotspur
Barrales 90' (pen.) Report Townsend 36' (pen.)
Kane 42'
Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain
)

Tottenham Hotspur England1–0Serbia Partizan
Stambouli 49' Report
Ukraine
)
Asteras Tripoli Greece
2–2Turkey Beşiktaş
Barrales 72'
Parra 83'
Report Ba 15'
Töre 61' (pen.)

Asteras Tripoli
Report
Attendance: 6,750[29]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Beşiktaş Turkey1–0England Tottenham Hotspur
Tosun 59' Report

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 5 1 0 21 8 +13 16 Advance to knockout phase
2 Scotland Celtic 6 2 2 2 10 11 −1 8
3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 0 4 12 15 −3 6
4 Romania Astra Giurgiu 6 1 1 4 6 15 −9 4
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Red Bull Salzburg Austria2–2Scotland Celtic
Alan 36'
Soriano
78'
Report
Wakaso 14'
Brown
60'
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia5–1Romania Astra Giurgiu
Soudani 17', 24', 45+1'
Henríquez 70'
Ćorić 90+2'
Report Chițu 82'
Attendance: 10,383[32]
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

Astra Giurgiu Romania1–2Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Seto 15' Report Kampl 36'
Soriano 42'
Stadionul Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu
Attendance: 3,298[12]
)

Red Bull Salzburg Austria4–2Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Ramalho
49'
Report Ademi 81'
Henríquez 89'

Astra Giurgiu Romania1–1Scotland Celtic
William
79'
Report Johansen 32'
Ukraine
)
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia1–5Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Henríquez 60' Report Soriano 40', 64', 85'
Kampl 59'
Bruno 72'

Celtic Scotland1–3Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Johansen 30' Report
Alan 8', 13'
Keïta
90+2'
Attendance: 32,414[33]
Astra Giurgiu Romania1–0Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Bukari 50' Report
Stadionul Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu
Attendance: 2,520[12]
)

Dinamo Zagreb Croatia4–3Scotland Celtic
Pjaca 14', 40', 50'
Brozović 48'
Report Commons 23'
Šćepović 30'
Pivarić 82' (o.g.)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia Dynamo Moscow 6 6 0 0 9 3 +6 18 Advance to knockout phase
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
3 Portugal Estoril 6 1 2 3 7 8 −1 5
4 Greece Panathinaikos 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–0Portugal Estoril
De Jong 26' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 14,200[36]
Panathinaikos Greece1–2Russia Dynamo Moscow
Dinas
63'
Report Kokorin 40'
Ionov 49'

Dynamo Moscow Russia1–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Zhirkov 90+3' Report
Attendance: 7,872[12]
Estoril Portugal2–0Greece Panathinaikos
Kléber 52'
Amado
66'
Report

Estoril Portugal1–2Russia Dynamo Moscow
Tavares 90+5' Report Kokorin 52'
Zhirkov 80'
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–1Greece Panathinaikos
Memphis 44' Report
Karelis
87'

Dynamo Moscow Russia1–0Portugal Estoril
Kurányi 77' Report

Dynamo Moscow Russia2–1Greece Panathinaikos
Triantafyllopoulos 55' (o.g.)
Ionov 61'
Report Berg 14'
Attendance: 4,207[12]
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)

The match was abandoned at half-time due to heavy rainfall, and was resumed on 28 November 2014, 17:00, from the point of abandonment.[39]


PSV Eindhoven Netherlands0–1Russia Dynamo Moscow
Report Ionov 90'
Attendance: 25,000[40]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Panathinaikos Greece1–1Portugal Estoril
Karelis
55'
Report
Kléber
87'

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Internazionale 6 3 3 0 6 2 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7
3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 1 3 2 3 5 −2 6
4 France Saint-Étienne 6 0 5 1 2 3 −1 5
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Qarabağ Azerbaijan0–0France Saint-Étienne
Report
Steven McLean (Scotland
)

Internazionale Italy2–0Azerbaijan Qarabağ
D'Ambrosio 18'
Icardi 85'
Report
Attendance: 28,435[43]

Internazionale Italy0–0France Saint-Étienne
Report
Attendance: 33,378[12]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine0–1Azerbaijan Qarabağ
Report Muarem 21'

Qarabağ Azerbaijan1–2Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
George 36' Report Kalinić 15', 73'
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 31,000[12]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland
)

Internazionale Italy2–1Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Kuzmanović 30'
Osvaldo 50'
Report Rotan 16'
Attendance: 14,415[12]

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine1–0France Saint-Étienne
Fedetskyi 66' Report
Qarabağ Azerbaijan0–0Italy Internazionale
Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 31,200[45]
)
Notes

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Sevilla 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11
3 Croatia Rijeka 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
4 Belgium Standard Liège 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4
Standard Liège Belgium2–0Croatia Rijeka
Ciman 74'
Araújo 87'
Report
Sevilla Spain2–0Netherlands Feyenoord
Krychowiak 8'
Mbia 31'
Report

Feyenoord Netherlands2–1Belgium Standard Liège
Van Beek 47'
Manu 84'
Report Viera 65'
Attendance: 33,000[12]
Rijeka Croatia2–2Spain Sevilla
Kramarić 53' (pen.)
Kvržić 68'
Report Aspas 26'
Mbia 90+1'
Attendance: 9,256[12]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Rijeka Croatia3–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Kramarić 63', 71', 76' (pen.) Report Toornstra 66'
Norway
)
Standard Liège Belgium0–0Spain Sevilla
Report

Feyenoord Netherlands2–0Croatia Rijeka
El Ahmadi 8'
Immers 20'
Report
Attendance: 30,800[12]
Sevilla Spain3–1Belgium Standard Liège
Gameiro 19'
Reyes 41'
Bacca
90'
Report
M'Poku
32'

Rijeka Croatia2–0Belgium Standard Liège
Moisés 26'
Kramarić 34' (pen.
)
Report
Feyenoord Netherlands2–0Spain Sevilla
Toornstra 56'
El Ahmadi 83'
Report
Attendance: 19,500[12]

Standard Liège Belgium0–3Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Toornstra 16'
Boëtius 60'
Manu 88'
Attendance: 11,913[48]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Sevilla Spain1–0Croatia Rijeka
Suárez 20' Report

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Everton 6 3 2 1 10 3 +7 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Germany Wolfsburg 6 3 1 2 14 10 +4 10
3 Russia Krasnodar 6 1 3 2 7 12 −5 6
4 France Lille 6 0 4 2 3 9 −6 4
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Lille France1–1Russia Krasnodar
Kjær 63' Report Laborde 35'
Everton England4–1Germany Wolfsburg
Rodriguez 15' (o.g.)
Coleman 45+1'
Baines 47' (pen.)
Mirallas 89'
Report Rodriguez 90+4'
Attendance: 29,593[51]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Krasnodar Russia1–1England Everton
Ari 43' Report Eto'o 82'
Attendance: 31,050[12]
Wolfsburg Germany1–1France Lille
De Bruyne 82' Report Origi 77' (pen.)

Krasnodar Russia2–4Germany Wolfsburg
Granqvist 51' (pen.)
Wánderson 86'
Report Granqvist 37' (o.g.)
De Bruyne 46', 80'
Luiz Gustavo 64'
Lille France0–0England Everton
Report

Wolfsburg Germany5–1Russia Krasnodar
Hunt 47', 57'
Guilavogui 73'
Bendtner 89' (pen.), 90+1'
Report Wánderson 72'
Everton England3–0France Lille
Osman 27'
Jagielka 42'
Naismith 61'
Report
Attendance: 28,844[12]

Krasnodar Russia1–1France Lille
Ari 35' Report Roux 79'
Attendance: 13,450[12]
Wolfsburg Germany0–2England Everton
Report Lukaku 43'
Mirallas 75'

Lille France0–3Germany Wolfsburg
Report Vieirinha 45+1'
Rodriguez 65', 89' (pen.)
Villeneuve d'Ascq
Attendance: 33,559[54]
)

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Napoli
6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Switzerland Young Boys 6 4 0 2 13 7 +6 12
3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10
4 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 6 0 0 6 1 20 −19 0
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Young Boys Switzerland5–0Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Nuzzolo 63'
Nikçi 80'
Hoarau
90+2'
Report
Kazakhstan
)
Napoli Italy
3–1Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Higuaín 23' (pen.)
Mertens 51', 81'
Report Hušbauer 14'
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,933[12]
)


Napoli
Hoarau 52'
Bertone 90+2'
Report
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 24,024[12]
)


Napoli
Report
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,111[12]
)

Group J

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout phase
2 Denmark AaB 6 3 0 3 5 10 −5 9
3 Romania Steaua București 6 2 1 3 11 9 +2 7
4 Portugal Rio Ave 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
Steaua București Romania
6–0Denmark AaB
Sânmărtean 51'
Rusescu 59' (pen.), 73'
Keșerü 61', 65', 72'
Report
Rio Ave Portugal0–3Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report Yarmolenko 20'
Belhanda 25'
Kravets 70'
Estádio dos Arcos, Vila do Conde
Attendance: 2,315[12]
)

AaB Denmark1–0Portugal Rio Ave
Helenius 46' Report
Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 4,741[12]
)


Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–0Denmark AaB
Husyev
90+3'
Report
Attendance: 25,230[12]
Steaua București
Diego Lopes 35', 77' (pen.) Report Keșerü 61'
Filip 90+4'
Estádio dos Arcos, Vila do Conde
Attendance: 3,232[12]
)

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–0Portugal Rio Ave
Lens 53'
Veloso 78'
Report
Norway
)

Rio Ave Portugal2–0Denmark AaB
Del Valle 59', 79' Report
Sébastien Delferiere (Belgium
)
Notes
  1. ^
    Steaua București played their home matches at Arena Națională, Bucharest instead of their regular stadium, Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
    .
  • ^
    The Steaua București v AaB match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.
  • Group K

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Italy Fiorentina 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase
    2
    Guingamp
    6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
    3 Greece PAOK 6 2 1 3 10 7 +3 7
    4 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 6 1 1 4 3 14 −11 4
    Source: Soccerway
    Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
    PAOK Greece6–1Belarus Dinamo Minsk
    Tzandaris
    90'
    Report Nikolić 80'
    Guingamp
    Vargas 34'
    Cuadrado 67'
    Bernardeschi 88'
    Report

    Guingamp France
    2–0Greece PAOK
    Marveaux 47', 50' Report
    Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp
    Attendance: 8,783[12]
    )

    Guingamp
    Report
    PAOK Greece0–1Italy Fiorentina
    Report Vargas 38'

    Guingamp France
    2–0Belarus Dinamo Minsk
    Beauvue 44'
    Mandanne 86'
    Report
    Kazakhstan
    )
    Fiorentina Italy1–1Greece PAOK
    Pasqual 88' Report Martens 81'
    Sébastien Delferiere (Belgium
    )

    Guingamp France
    1–2Italy Fiorentina
    Beauvue 45' (pen.) Report Marin 6'
    Babacar 13'
    Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp
    Attendance: 5,519[12]
    )

    Fiorentina Italy1–2Belarus Dinamo Minsk
    Marin 88' Report
    Kantsavy 39'
    Nikolić
    55'
    Notes
    1. ^
      Traktar Stadium, Minsk
      .