2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage

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The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 15 September and ended on 9 December 2016. A total of 48 teams compete in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Draw

The draw was held on 26 August 2016, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[2] 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 2016 UEFA club coefficients.[3][4][5]

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 were 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, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g. Russia) do not play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[6] Therefore, Ukrainian clubs Shakhtar Donetsk (Pot 1) and Zorya Luhansk (Pot 4) and Russian clubs Zenit Saint Petersburg (Pot 1) and Krasnodar (Pot 3) could not be drawn into the same group.

Teams

Below are the participating teams (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients),[3][4] grouped by their seeding pot.[7] They include 16 teams which enter in this stage, the 22 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
Germany Schalke 04 96.035
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 93.216
England Manchester United 82.256
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk[†] 81.976
Spain Athletic Bilbao 75.142
Greece Olympiacos[†] 70.940
Spain Villarreal[CL-LR] 60.142
Netherlands Ajax[CL-LR] 58.112
Italy Internazionale 58.087
Italy Fiorentina 57.087
Belgium Anderlecht[†] 54.000
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň[CL-CR] 44.585
Pot 2
Team Coeff
Netherlands AZ[†] 43.612
Portugal Braga 43.116
Austria Red Bull Salzburg[CL-CR] 42.520
Italy Roma[CL-LR] 41.587
Turkey Fenerbahçe[†] 40.920
Czech Republic Sparta Prague[†] 40.585
Greece PAOK[†] 37.440
Romania Steaua București[CL-LR] 36.576
Belgium Genk[†] 36.000
Cyprus APOEL[CL-CR] 35.935
Belgium Standard Liège 27.500
France Saint-Étienne[†] 26.049
Pot 3
Team Coeff
Belgium Gent[†] 25.000
Switzerland Young Boys[CL-LR] 24.755
Russia Krasnodar[†] 24.216
Austria Rapid Wien[†] 23.520
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec[†] 22.085
Spain Celta Vigo 21.142
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv[†] 20.225
Netherlands Feyenoord 19.112
Austria Austria Wien[†] 19.020
Germany Mainz 05 18.035
Switzerland Zürich 17.755
England Southampton 16.756
Pot 4
Team Coeff
Greece Panathinaikos[†] 14.940
Italy Sassuolo[†] 14.087
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[†] 13.475
Kazakhstan Astana[†] 12.575
France Nice 12.049
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 11.976
Romania Astra Giurgiu[†] 11.076
Turkey Konyaspor 6.920
Turkey Osmanlıspor[†] 6.920
Azerbaijan Gabala[†] 5.225
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva[CL-CR] 4.725
Republic of Ireland Dundalk[CL-CR] 2.590
Notes
  1. Winners of the play-off round.
  2. CL-CR Losers of the Champions League play-off round (Champions Route).
  3. CL-LR Losers of the Champions League play-off round (League Route).

Format

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.[1]

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 16.01):[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 having applied criteria 1 to 4 (to a set of three or more teams), a subset of those teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the tied teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 apply;
  6. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. higher number of wins in all group matches;
  10. higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  11. lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. higher club coefficient.

Groups

The matchdays are 15 September, 29 September, 20 October, 3 November, 24 November, and 8 December 2016.[8] The match kickoff times are 19:00 and 21:05 CEST/CET, except for certain matches in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia.[9] The match kickoff times for matchdays 5 and 6 in Turkey, and all simultaneous matches in the same group on matchday 6, were changed to 17:00 CET due to the decision of the Turkish government to use the UTC+3 time zone all year round starting from September 2016.[10]

Times up to 29 October 2016 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).

Group A

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Group B

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29 September 2016 (2016-09-29)
17:00
Astana Kazakhstan 0–0 Switzerland Young Boys
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/matches/round=2000792/match=2019404/index.html
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 21,328[25]
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)




8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)
19:00
Young Boys Switzerland 3–0 Kazakhstan Astana
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/matches/round=2000792/match=2019500/index.html
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 7,616[33]
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Group C

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8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)
19:00
Mainz 05 Germany 2–0 Azerbaijan Gabala
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/matches/round=2000792/match=2019502/index.html
Opel Arena, Mainz
Attendance: 12,860[46]
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Group D

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15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)
19:00
AZ Netherlands 1–1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Wuytens Goal 61' http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/matches/round=2000792/match=2019384/index.html Kilduff Goal 89'
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Attendance: 10,003[48]
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)





Group E

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Group F

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3 November 2016 (2016-11-03)
19:00
Athletic Bilbao Spain 5–3 Belgium Genk
Aduriz Goal 8'24' (pen.)44' (pen.)74'90+4' (pen.) http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/matches/round=2000792/match=2019460/index.html
San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 33,417[78]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)


Group G

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Group H

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Group I

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29 September 2016 (2016-09-29)
19:00
Krasnodar Russia 5–2 France Nice
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/matches/round=2000792/match=2019419/index.html
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 10,750[112]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)




Group J

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Group K

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Group L

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zorya Luhansk played their home matches at Chornomorets Stadium, Odesa, instead of their regular stadium Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gabala played their home matches at Bakcell Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Qabala, which did not meet UEFA requirements.[37]
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Maccabi Tel Aviv played their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dundalk played their home matches at Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, instead of their regular stadium Oriel Park, Dundalk.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Astra Giurgiu played their home matches at Arena Națională, Bucharest, instead of their regular stadium Stadionul Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Austria Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, instead of their regular stadium Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna.
  7. The Sassuolo v Genk match, originally scheduled on 8 December 2016, 19:00 CET, was postponed to the following day due to heavy fog.[83]
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Qarabağ played their home matches at Dalga Arena, Baku, and Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.

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