2017–18 UEFA Europa League

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2017–18 UEFA Europa League
The Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
29 June – 24 August 2017
Competition proper:
14 September 2017 – 16 May 2018
TeamsCompetition proper: 48+8
Total: 157+33 (from 55 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Atlético Madrid (3rd title)
Runners-upFrance Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored556 (2.71 per match)
Attendance4,545,716 (22,174 per match)
Top scorer(s)Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao)
Ciro Immobile (Lazio)
8 goals each
Best player(s)Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)[1]

The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The

final was played at the Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu, France.[2] Atlético Madrid defeated Marseille
to win their third Europa League title.

As winners, Atlético Madrid earned the right to play against the winners of the

Real Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. Moreover, they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage,[3] but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2017–18 Ligue 1, the fifth-ranked association according to next season's access list.[4]

Manchester United qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League as the title holders of Europa League.[5] They were unable to defend their title as they qualified for the Champions League knockout phase, and were eliminated by Sevilla in the round of 16.

Association team allocation

A total of 190 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[6] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[7]

  • Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 52–54 each had two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein and Kosovo (association 55) each had one team qualify (Liechtenstein organised only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Kosovo as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).[8]
  • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.

Starting from this season, Gibraltar were granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League.[9] Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Europa League.[8][10]

Association ranking

For the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16.[11][12]

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

  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (UEL) – Vacated berth due to UEFA Europa League title holders playing in UEFA Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 105.713 3 +1 (UCL)
2 Germany Germany 80.177 +3 (UCL)
3 England England 76.284 −1 (UEL)
4 Italy Italy 70.439 +1 (UCL)
5 Portugal Portugal 53.082 +1 (UCL)
6 France France 52.749 +1 (UCL)
7 Russia Russia 51.082 +2 (UCL)
8
Ukraine
44.883 +1 (UCL)
9 Belgium Belgium 40.000 +1 (UCL)
10 Netherlands Netherlands 35.563 +1 (UCL)
11 Turkey Turkey 34.600 +1 (UCL)
12 Switzerland Switzerland 33.775 +1 (UCL)
13 Czech Republic Czech Republic 32.925 +2 (UCL)
14 Greece Greece 29.700 +1 (UCL)
15 Romania Romania 25.383 +2 (UCL)
16 Austria Austria 25.100 +1 (UCL)
17 Croatia Croatia 23.875 +1 (UCL)
18 Poland Poland 22.500 +1 (UCL)
19 Cyprus Cyprus 22.175
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20 Belarus Belarus 20.000 3 +1 (UCL)
21 Sweden Sweden 19.875
22
Norway
19.250 +1 (UCL)
23 Israel Israel 18.625 +1 (UCL)
24 Denmark Denmark 18.600 +1 (UCL)
25 Scotland Scotland 17.300 +1 (UCL)
26 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 14.875
27 Serbia Serbia 14.625 +1 (UCL)
28
Kazakhstan
14.125 +1 (UCL)
29 Bulgaria Bulgaria 13.125 +1 (UCL)
30 Slovenia Slovenia 13.125
31 Slovakia Slovakia 12.000
32 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 10.500 1
33 Hungary Hungary 9.875 3
34 Moldova Moldova 9.125 +1 (UCL)
35 Iceland Iceland 8.750 +1 (UCL)
36 Georgia (country) Georgia 8.125
37 Finland Finland 7.400
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.125 3
39 Albania Albania 6.625
40 North Macedonia Macedonia 6.000 +1 (UCL)
41 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5.450
42 Latvia Latvia 5.375
43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5.250
44 Montenegro Montenegro 4.875
45 Lithuania Lithuania 4.625
46 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.500
47 Estonia Estonia 4.250
48 Armenia Armenia 4.125
49 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.625
50 Malta Malta 3.583
51 Wales Wales 3.500
52 Gibraltar Gibraltar 1.000 2
53 Andorra Andorra 0.999
54 San Marino San Marino 0.333
55 Kosovo Kosovo 0.000 1

Distribution

In the default access list, Manchester United entered the group stage (as the sixth-placed team of the 2016–17 Premier League).[10] 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 was vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:[13][14][15][16]

  • The domestic cup winners of association 13 (Czech Republic) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The domestic cup winners of association 18 (Poland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 25 (Scotland) and 26 (Azerbaijan) 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
(100 teams)
  • 29 domestic cup winners from associations 27–55
  • 36 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–54 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 35 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–51 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round
(66 teams)
  • 8 domestic cup winners from associations 19–26
  • 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17
  • 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 50 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

A Europa League place was vacated when a team qualified for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualified for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):[7]

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualified for the Champions League, their Europa League place was vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions qualified for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finished above them in the league moving up one "place".
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualified for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position was vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions qualified for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finished above them in the league moving up one "place" if possible.
  • For associations where a Europa League place was reserved for either the League Cup or end-of-season European competition play-offs winners, they always qualified for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier. If the League Cup winners had already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place was taken by the highest-placed team in the league which had not yet qualified for European competitions.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[17][18]

  • CW: Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • RW: Regular season winners
  • PW: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
  • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • PO: Losers from the play-off round
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Round of 32
Russia CSKA Moscow (UCL GS) Spain Atlético Madrid (UCL GS) Russia Spartak Moscow (UCL GS) Germany RB Leipzig (UCL GS)
Scotland Celtic (UCL GS) Portugal Sporting CP (UCL GS)
Napoli (UCL GS
)
Germany Borussia Dortmund (UCL GS)
Group stage
Spain Villarreal (5th) Portugal Vitória de Guimarães (4th) Switzerland Lugano (3rd) Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir (UCL PO)
Spain Real Sociedad (6th) France Lyon (4th)
Fastav Zlín (CW
)
Switzerland Young Boys (UCL PO)
Germany 1. FC Köln (5th) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (CW) Denmark Copenhagen (UCL PO) France Nice (UCL PO)
Germany Hertha BSC (6th) Ukraine Zorya Luhansk (3rd) Czech Republic Slavia Prague (UCL PO) Germany 1899 Hoffenheim (UCL PO)
England Arsenal (CW) Belgium Zulte Waregem (CW) Croatia Rijeka (UCL PO)
FCSB (UCL PO
)
Atalanta (4th
)
Netherlands Vitesse (CW) Kazakhstan Astana (UCL PO)
Lazio (5th
)
Turkey Konyaspor (CW) Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (UCL PO)
Play-off round
Belarus BATE Borisov (UCL Q3) Norway Rosenborg (UCL Q3) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL Q3) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (UCL Q3)
Poland Legia Warsaw (UCL Q3) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL Q3) Serbia Partizan (UCL Q3) Greece AEK Athens (UCL Q3)
Iceland FH (UCL Q3) Romania Viitorul Constanța (UCL Q3) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (UCL Q3) Belgium Club Brugge (UCL Q3)
North Macedonia Vardar (UCL Q3) Austria Red Bull Salzburg (UCL Q3) Netherlands Ajax (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Spain Athletic Bilbao (7th) France Bordeaux (6th) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (3rd) Romania Universitatea Craiova (5th)[Note ROU]
Germany SC Freiburg (7th) Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (3rd) Austria Austria Wien (2nd)
England Everton (7th) Russia Krasnodar (4th) Switzerland Sion (4th) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (2nd)
Milan (6th
)
Ukraine Olimpik Donetsk (4th) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (3rd) Poland Arka Gdynia (CW)
Portugal Braga (5th) Ukraine Oleksandriya (5th) Greece PAOK (CW)
Portugal Marítimo (6th) Belgium Gent (3rd)
3rd
)
France Marseille (5th) Belgium Oostende (PW) Romania Dinamo București (3rd)
Second qualifying round
Netherlands Utrecht (PW)
5th
)
Apollon Limassol (CW
)
Israel Bnei Yehuda (CW)
Turkey Galatasaray (4th) Romania Astra Giurgiu (6th)[Note ROU]
Dinamo Brest (CW
)
Denmark Brøndby (2nd)
Switzerland Luzern (5th) Austria Sturm Graz (3rd) Sweden Östersund (CW) Scotland Aberdeen (2nd)
Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav (4th) Croatia Hajduk Split (3rd) Norway Brann (2nd)
Gabala (2nd
)
First qualifying round
Austria Rheindorf Altach (4th) Kazakhstan Ordabasy (4th) Finland VPS (4th) Northern Ireland Crusaders (2nd)
Croatia Osijek (4th)
Botev Plovdiv (CW
)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (CW) Northern Ireland Coleraine (3rd)
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok (2nd) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo (2nd) Northern Ireland Ballymena United (PW)
Poland Lech Poznań (3rd) Bulgaria Dunav Ruse (4th)[Note BUL] Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (3rd)
Levadia Tallinn (2nd
)
Cyprus AEK Larnaca (2nd) Slovenia Domžale (CW) Albania Tirana (CW) Estonia Nõmme Kalju (3rd)
Cyprus AEL Limassol (4th) Slovenia Gorica (2nd)
2nd
)
Estonia Flora Tallinn (4th)
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd)
Olimpija Ljubljana (3rd
)
3rd
)
Armenia Shirak (CW)
Belarus Dinamo Minsk (3rd) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (CW) North Macedonia Pelister (CW) Armenia Gandzasar Kapan (2nd)
Sweden AIK (2nd) Slovakia Ružomberok (3rd) North Macedonia Shkëndija (2nd) Armenia Pyunik (4th)
Sweden IFK Norrköping (3rd) Slovakia Trenčín (4th) North Macedonia Rabotnički (3rd)
(CW
)
Norway Odd (3rd) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW) Republic of Ireland Cork City (CW) Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík (3rd)
Norway Haugesund (4th)
Ferencváros (CW
)
Republic of Ireland Derry City (3rd)[Note IRL] Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn (4th)
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd)
Videoton (2nd
)
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (4th) Malta Floriana (CW)
Israel Beitar Jerusalem (3rd) Hungary Vasas (3rd) Latvia Ventspils (CW) Malta Balzan (2nd)
Denmark Lyngby (3rd) Moldova Dacia Chișinău (2nd)
Jelgava (2nd
)
Malta Valletta (4th)[Note MLT]
Denmark Midtjylland (PW) Moldova Milsami Orhei (3rd) Latvia Liepāja (4th) Wales Bala Town (CW)
Scotland Rangers (3rd)
Zaria Bălți (4th
)
Luxembourg Differdange 03 (2nd) Wales Connah's Quay Nomads (2nd)
Scotland St Johnstone (4th)
Valur (CW
)
Luxembourg Fola Esch (3rd) Wales Bangor City (PW)
Inter Baku (3rd
)
Iceland Stjarnan (2nd) Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn (4th) Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (2nd)
Azerbaijan Zira (4th) Iceland KR (3rd) Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić (CW) Gibraltar St Joseph's (3rd)
Serbia Red Star Belgrade (2nd) Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi (CW) Montenegro Zeta (2nd) Andorra UE Santa Coloma (CW)
Serbia Vojvodina (3rd) Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere (2nd)
Mladost Podgorica (3rd
)
Andorra Sant Julià (2nd)
Serbia Mladost Lučani (4th) Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi (3rd)
Trakai (2nd
)
Tre Penne (CW
)
Kazakhstan Kairat (2nd) Finland SJK (CW)
Sūduva Marijampolė (3rd
)
Folgore (3rd
)
Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar (3rd) Finland HJK (2nd) Lithuania Atlantas (4th) Kosovo Prishtina (2nd)[Note KOS]

Notably two teams took part in the competition that were not playing in their national top division,

2nd tier) and Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein, playing in Swiss second tier
).

Notes
  1. ^
    Bulgaria (BUL): On 29 May 2017 a UEFA letter to the Bulgarian Football Union declared that CSKA Sofia, the runners-up of the 2016–17 First Professional Football League, were not allowed to compete in the Europa League as they were considered to have been re-formed as a new club and thus did not pass the "three-year rule".[19] As this decision was appealed by CSKA Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union granted a license to them subject to legal proceedings.[20][21][22] A few hours prior to the Europa League first qualifying round draw, UEFA replaced them with Dunav Ruse, the fourth-placed team of the league.[23]
  2. Besa Pejë would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the winners of the 2016–17 Kosovar Cup, but failed to obtain a UEFA license.[24] As a result, the berth was given to the runners-up of the 2016–17 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Prishtina
    .
  • ^
    Malta (MLT): Birkirkara would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the third-placed team of the 2016–17 Maltese Premier League, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[25] As a result, the berth was given to the fourth-placed team of the league, Valletta.
  • ^
    Republic of Ireland (IRL): Derry City are a club based in Northern Ireland, but participate in the Europa League through one of the berths for the Republic of Ireland (any coefficient points they earn count toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).
  • ^
    Romania (ROU): Voluntari would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the winners of 2016–17 Cupa României, and CFR Cluj would have qualified for the second qualifying round as the fourth-placed team of the 2016–17 Liga I, but both failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[26] As a result, the third qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Universitatea Craiova, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the sixth-placed team of the league, Astra Giurgiu.
  • Round and draw dates

    The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[10][27][28]

    Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
    Qualifying First qualifying round 19 June 2017 29 June 2017 6 July 2017
    Second qualifying round 13 July 2017 20 July 2017
    Third qualifying round 14 July 2017 27 July 2017 3 August 2017
    Play-off Play-off round 4 August 2017 17 August 2017 24 August 2017
    Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2017
    (Monaco)
    14 September 2017
    Matchday 2 28 September 2017
    Matchday 3 19 October 2017
    Matchday 4 2 November 2017
    Matchday 5 23 November 2017
    Matchday 6 7 December 2017
    Knockout phase Round of 32 11 December 2017 15 February 2018 22 February 2018
    Round of 16 23 February 2018 8 March 2018 15 March 2018
    Quarter-finals 16 March 2018 5 April 2018 12 April 2018
    Semi-finals 13 April 2018 26 April 2018 3 May 2018
    Final 16 May 2018 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

    Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

    Qualifying rounds

    In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients,[29][30][31] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

    First qualifying round

    The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST.[32] The first legs were played on 29 June, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 July 2017.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 5–0 Albania Tirana 2–0 3–0
    Mladost Lučani Serbia 0–5
    Inter Baku
    0–3 0–2
    Shirak Armenia 2–4 Slovenia Gorica 0–2 2–2
    Shkëndija North Macedonia 7–0[A] Moldova Dacia Chișinău 3–0 4–0
    Trenčín Slovakia 8–1 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 5–1 3–0
    Kairat Kazakhstan 8–1 Lithuania Atlantas 6–0 2–1
    Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country) 1–2 Austria Rheindorf Altach 0–1 1–1
    Zira Azerbaijan 4–1 Luxembourg Differdange 03 2–0 2–1
    Levski Sofia Bulgaria 3–1 Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić 3–1 0–0
    Lech Poznań Poland 7–0 North Macedonia Pelister 4–0 3–0
    Beitar Jerusalem Israel 7–3 Hungary Vasas 4–3 3–0
    Fola Esch Luxembourg 3–2 Moldova Milsami Orhei 2–1 1–1
    Vojvodina Serbia 2–3 Slovakia Ružomberok 2–1 0–2
    Irtysh Pavlodar Kazakhstan 3–0 Bulgaria Dunav Ruse 1–0 2–0
    Mladost Podgorica Montenegro
    4–0 Armenia Gandzasar Kapan 1–0 3–0
    Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0[A] Kazakhstan Ordabasy 2–0 0–0
    Partizani Albania 1–4
    Botev Plovdiv
    1–3 0–1
    Pyunik Armenia 1–9[A] Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–4 0–5
    Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) 0–5[A] Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 0–1 0–4
    Videoton Hungary
    5–3 Malta Balzan 2–0 3–3
    Red Star Belgrade Serbia 6–3 Malta Floriana 3–0 3–3
    UE Santa Coloma Andorra 0–6 Croatia Osijek 0–2 0–4
    Tre Penne San Marino
    0–7[A] North Macedonia Rabotnički 0–1 0–6
    Željezničar Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2 Montenegro Zeta 1–0 2–2
    St Joseph's Gibraltar 0–10[A] Cyprus AEL Limassol 0–4 0–6
    Valletta Malta 3–0
    Folgore
    2–0 1–0
    Zaria Bălți Moldova
    3–3 (6–5 p) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2–1
    a.e.t.
    )
    Rangers Scotland 1–2 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 1–0 0–2
    AEK Larnaca Cyprus
    6–1 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 5–0 1–1
    Skënderbeu Albania 6–0 Andorra Sant Julià 1–0 5–0
    Ventspils Latvia 0–1
    Valur
    0–0 0–1
    Bala Town Wales 1–5 Liechtenstein Vaduz 1–2 0–3
    Domžale Slovenia 5–2 Estonia Flora Tallinn 2–0 3–2
    Midtjylland Denmark 10–2 Republic of Ireland Derry City 6–1 4–1
    Haugesund Norway 7–0 Northern Ireland Coleraine 7–0 0–0
    St Johnstone Scotland 1–3
    Trakai
    1–2 0–1
    VPS Finland 2–0
    Olimpija Ljubljana
    1–0 1–0
    Crusaders Northern Ireland 3–3 (a) Latvia Liepāja 3–1 0–2
    Dinamo Minsk Belarus 4–1 Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 2–1 2–0
    Stjarnan Iceland 0–2 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0–1 0–1
    Odd Norway 5–0 Northern Ireland Ballymena United 3–0 2–0
    Connah's Quay Nomads Wales 1–3 Finland HJK 1–0 0–3
    Nõmme Kalju Estonia 4–2 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 2–1 2–1
    Ferencváros Hungary
    3–0
    Jelgava
    2–0 1–0
    IFK Norrköping Sweden 6–0 Kosovo Prishtina 5–0 1–0
    Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 1–2
    Sūduva Marijampolė
    0–0 1–2
    KR Iceland 2–0[A] Finland SJK 0–0 2–0
    Levadia Tallinn Estonia
    2–6 Republic of Ireland Cork City 0–2 2–4
    Lyngby Denmark 4–0 Wales Bangor City 1–0 3–0
    Faroe Islands
    0–5[A] Sweden AIK 0–0 0–5
    Notes
    1. ^ a b c d e f
      Order of legs reversed after original draw.

    Second qualifying round

    The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 14:30 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw).[32] The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 20 July 2017.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Beitar Jerusalem Israel 1–5[B]
    Botev Plovdiv
    1–1 0–4
    Apollon Limassol Cyprus
    5–1
    Zaria Bălți
    3–0 2–1
    Rabotnički North Macedonia 1–4 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–3
    Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 1–3 Denmark Lyngby 0–1 1–2
    Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2–5 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 2–3 0–2
    Željezničar Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Sweden AIK 0–0 0–2
    Cork City Republic of Ireland 0–2[B]
    AEK Larnaca
    0–1 0–1
    Kairat Kazakhstan 1–3 Albania Skënderbeu 1–1 0–2
    Panionios Greece 5–2 Slovenia Gorica 2–0 3–2
    Astra Giurgiu Romania 3–1[B] Azerbaijan Zira 3–1 0–0
    Haugesund Norway 3–4 Poland Lech Poznań 3–2 0–2
    Brøndby Denmark 3–2 Finland VPS 2–0 1–2
    IFK Norrköping Sweden 3–3 (3–5 p)
    Trakai
    2–1
    a.e.t.
    )
    Hajduk Split Croatia 3–1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–0 2–1
    Nõmme Kalju Estonia 1–4
    Videoton
    0–3 1–1
    Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 5–1 Iceland KR 3–1 2–0
    Valletta Malta 1–3 Netherlands Utrecht 0–0 1–3
    Ružomberok Slovakia 2–1 Norway Brann 0–1 2–0
    Liepāja Latvia 1–2
    Sūduva Marijampolė
    0–2 1–0
    Gabala Azerbaijan
    3–1 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 1–1 2–0
    Progrès Niederkorn Luxembourg 1–3 Cyprus AEL Limassol 0–1 1–2
    Rheindorf Altach Austria 4–1
    Dinamo Brest
    1–1 3–0
    Östersund Sweden 3–1 Turkey Galatasaray 2–0 1–1
    Inter Baku Azerbaijan
    2–4 Luxembourg Fola Esch 1–0 1–4
    Vaduz Liechtenstein 0–2 Norway Odd 0–1 0–1
    Valur Iceland
    3–5 Slovenia Domžale 1–2 2–3
    Irtysh Pavlodar Kazakhstan 1–3 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 1–1 0–2
    Aberdeen Scotland 3–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 1–1 2–0
    Ferencváros Hungary
    3–7 Denmark Midtjylland 2–4 1–3
    Sturm Graz Austria 3–1
    Mladost Podgorica
    0–1 3–0
    Shkëndija North Macedonia 4–2 Finland HJK 3–1 1–1
    Trenčín Slovakia 1–3 Israel Bnei Yehuda 1–1 0–2
    Osijek Croatia 3–2 Switzerland Luzern 2–0 1–2
    Notes
    1. ^ a b c
      Order of legs reversed after original draw.

    Third qualifying round

    The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 13:00 CEST.[33] The first legs were played on 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2017.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 0–2 Croatia Osijek 0–1 0–1
    Trakai Lithuania
    2–4 North Macedonia Shkëndija 2–1 0–3
    Krasnodar Russia 5–2 Denmark Lyngby 2–1 3–1
    Sturm Graz Austria 2–3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–2 1–1
    Panathinaikos Greece 3–1
    Gabala
    1–0 2–1
    Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic 3–3 (2–4 p) Albania Skënderbeu 2–1
    a.e.t.
    )
    Austria Wien Austria 2–1 Cyprus AEL Limassol 0–0 2–1
    Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 2–1 Norway Odd 2–1 0–0
    Dinamo București Romania 1–4 Spain Athletic Bilbao 1–1 0–3
    Olimpik Donetsk Ukraine 1–3 Greece PAOK 1–1 0–2
    Arka Gdynia Poland 4–4 (a) Denmark Midtjylland 3–2 1–2
    Östersund Sweden 3–1 Luxembourg Fola Esch 1–0 2–1
    Bordeaux France 2–2 (a)
    Videoton
    2–1 0–1
    Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–0 Greece Panionios 1–0 1–0
    Utrecht Netherlands 2–2 (a) Poland Lech Poznań 0–0 2–2
    Universitatea Craiova Romania 0–3
    Milan
    0–1 0–2
    Brøndby Denmark 0–2 Croatia Hajduk Split 0–0 0–2
    Gent Belgium 2–4 Austria Rheindorf Altach 1–1 1–3
    Astra Giurgiu Romania 0–1 Ukraine Oleksandriya 0–0 0–1
    Everton England 2–0 Slovakia Ružomberok 1–0 1–0
    Aberdeen Scotland 2–3
    Apollon Limassol
    2–1 0–2
    Red Star Belgrade Serbia 3–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–0 1–0
    Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria
    0–2 Portugal Marítimo 0–0 0–2
    Bnei Yehuda Israel 1–2[C] Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–2 1–0
    Marseille France 4–2 Belgium Oostende 4–2 0–0
    SC Freiburg Germany 1–2 Slovenia Domžale 1–0 0–2
    AEK Larnaca Cyprus
    3–1 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 2–0 1–1
    AIK Sweden 2–3 Portugal Braga 1–1
    a.e.t.
    )
    Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania
    4–1 Switzerland Sion 3–0 1–1
    Notes
    1. ^
      Order of legs reversed after original draw.

    Play-off round

    The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 13:00 CEST.[34] The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 24 August 2017.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score
    Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Milan Italy
    7–0[D] North Macedonia Shkëndija 6–0 1–0
    Osijek Croatia 2–2 (a) Austria Austria Wien 1–2 1–0
    Krasnodar Russia 4–4 (a)[D] Serbia Red Star Belgrade 3–2 1–2
    Club Brugge Belgium 0–3 Greece AEK Athens 0–0 0–3
    Marítimo Portugal 1–3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 1–3
    Panathinaikos Greece 2–4 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–3 0–1
    Apollon Limassol Cyprus
    4–3 Denmark Midtjylland 3–2 1–1
    FH Iceland 3–5 Portugal Braga 1–2 2–3
    Everton England 3–1 Croatia Hajduk Split 2–0 1–1
    Viitorul Constanța Romania 1–7 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 0–4
    Vardar North Macedonia 4–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–0 2–1
    Ajax Netherlands 2–4 Norway Rosenborg 0–1 2–3
    Rheindorf Altach Austria 2–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 2–2
    BATE Borisov Belarus 3–2 Ukraine Oleksandriya 1–1 2–1
    Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–1 (a) Albania Skënderbeu 1–1 0–0
    Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 2–0
    Sūduva Marijampolė
    2–0 0–0
    Domžale Slovenia 1–4 France Marseille 1–1 0–3
    Partizan Serbia 4–0
    Videoton
    0–0 4–0
    Utrecht Netherlands 1–2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
    Legia Warsaw Poland 1–1 (a) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 0–0
    Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 3–1
    AEK Larnaca
    3–1 0–0
    PAOK Greece 3–3 (a) Sweden Östersund 3–1 0–2
    Notes
    1. ^ a b
      Order of legs reversed after original draw.

    Group stage

    Location of teams of the 2017–18 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.