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2021–22 UEFA Europa League

The 2021–22 UEFA Europa League was the 51st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

2021–22 UEFA Europa League
The Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
3–26 August 2021
Competition proper:
15 September 2021 – 18 May 2022
TeamsCompetition proper: 32+8
Total: 21+37 (from 33 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsGermany Eintracht Frankfurt (2nd title)
Runners-upScotland Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played139
Goals scored367 (2.64 per match)
Attendance3,435,542 (24,716 per match)
Top scorer(s)James Tavernier (Rangers)
7 goals
Best player(s)Filip Kostić (Eintracht Frankfurt)[1]
Best young playerAnsgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt)[2]

Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Rangers 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the final played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain, winning the competition for the second time in club history, and the first since 1980.[3] The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.[4] However, due to the postponement and relocation of the 2020 final, the final hosts were shifted back a year, with Budapest instead hosting the 2023 final.[5] As winners, Eintracht Frankfurt automatically qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup.

This season was the first since 1999–2000 (the first season after the dissolution of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) where three major European club competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and the newly created UEFA Europa Conference League) take place, and the first outright where the Europa League (then the UEFA Cup) is the secondary competition of the three. As a result, major changes to the format of the Europa League were made. The number of teams in the group stage was reduced from 48 to 32 teams, and the number of teams participating in qualifying was also reduced significantly. The first round of the knockout phase also now involved only the group stage runners-up and the Champions League third-placed teams, with the group winners directly advancing to the round of 16.[6]

As the title holders Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, they were unable to defend their title as they advanced to the Champions League knockout stage, and were eliminated by Liverpool in the semi-finals.

On 24 June 2021, UEFA approved the proposal to abolish the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions, which had been used since 1965. Therefore, if in a two-legged tie, two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner of tie was not decided by the number of away goals scored by each team, but always by 30 minutes of extra time, and if the two teams scored the same number of goals in extra time, the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[7]

Association team allocation

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A total of 58 teams from 33 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League. Among them, 16 associations had teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 39 associations that did not have any teams directly qualifying, 17 of them had teams playing after being transferred from the Champions League (the only member association which could not have a participant was Liechtenstein, which did not organise a domestic league, and could only enter their cup winner into the Europa Conference League given their association ranking). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[8]

  • Associations 1–5 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 6–15 each had one team qualify.
    • As the UEFA Europa Conference League title holders' berth was not used this season, association 16 had one of their teams promoted from the Europa Conference League to the Europa League, so they also had one team qualify.
  • Moreover, 37 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.
  • In future seasons, the title holders of the UEFA Europa Conference League would be given an additional entry in the Europa League. However, this berth was not used for this season as the first edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League had not been held.

Association ranking

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For the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20.[9]

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
Association ranking for 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1   Spain 102.283 2 +2 (UCL)
2   England 90.462
3   Germany 74.784 +2 (UCL)
4   Italy 70.653 +1 (UCL)
5   France 59.248 +1 (UCL)
6   Portugal 49.449 1 +1 (UCL)
7   Russia 45.549 +2 (UCL)
8   Belgium 37.900 +1 (UCL)
9   Ukraine 36.100
10   Netherlands 35.750 +1 (UCL)
11   Turkey 33.600 +1 (UCL)
12   Austria 32.925 +1 (UCL)
13   Denmark 29.250 +2 (UCL)
14   Scotland 27.875 +2 (UCL)
15   Czech Republic 27.300 +2 (UCL)
16   Cyprus 26.750 +1 (UCL)
17   Switzerland 26.400 0
18   Greece 26.300 +1 (UCL)
19   Serbia 25.500 +1 (UCL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20   Croatia 24.875 0 +1 (UCL)
21   Sweden 22.750
22   Norway 21.750
23   Israel 19.625
24   Kazakhstan 19.250 +1 (UCL)
25   Belarus 18.875
26   Azerbaijan 18.750 +1 (UCL)
27   Bulgaria 17.375 +1 (UCL)
28   Romania 16.700 +1 (UCL)
29   Poland 16.625 +1 (UCL)
30   Slovakia 15.875 +1 (UCL)
31   Liechtenstein 13.500
32   Slovenia 13.000 +1 (UCL)
33   Hungary 12.875 +1 (UCL)
34   Luxembourg 8.000
35   Lithuania 7.875 +1 (UCL)
36   Armenia 7.625 +1 (UCL)
37   Latvia 7.625
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38   Albania 7.375 0
39   North Macedonia 7.375
40   Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.875
41   Moldova 6.750 +1 (UCL)
42   Republic of Ireland 6.700
43   Finland 6.500 +1 (UCL)
44   Georgia 5.750
45   Malta 5.750
46   Iceland 5.375
47   Wales 5.000
48   Northern Ireland 4.875
49   Gibraltar 4.750 +1 (UCL)
50   Montenegro 4.375
51   Estonia 4.375 +1 (UCL)
52   Kosovo 4.000
53   Faroe Islands 3.750
54   Andorra 2.831
55   San Marino 0.666

Distribution

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The following is the access list for this season.[10] In the default access list, the title holders of the Europa Conference League qualified for the group stage. However, since this berth was not used for this season, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The cup winners of association 7 (Russia) enter the group stage instead of the play-off round.
  • The cup winners of association 13 (Denmark) enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of association 16 (Cyprus) enter the third qualifying round instead of the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.
Access list for 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
Third qualifying round
(16 teams) 		Champions Path
(10 teams)
  • 10 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(6 teams)
  • 3 domestic cup winners from association 14–16
  • 3 teams eliminated from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round
(20 teams)
  • 6 domestic cup winners from associations 8–13
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 3 winners from the third qualifying round (Main Path)
  • 6 teams eliminated from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 5
  • 4 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 10 winners from the play-off round
  • 4 teams eliminated from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 teams eliminated from Champions League play-off round (League Path)
  • 4 teams eliminated from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)
Preliminary knockout round
(16 teams)
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 group third-placed teams from Champions League group stage
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 winners from the preliminary knockout round

Teams

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

  • CW: Cup winners
  • 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • CH/LP PO: Losers from the play-off round (Champions/League Path)
    • CH/LP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
    • CH/LP Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round (Champions/League Path)

The third qualifying round was divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

Qualified teams for 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Entry round Teams
Knockout round play-offs   RB Leipzig (UCL GS)   Porto (UCL GS)   Borussia Dortmund (UCL GS)   Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL GS)
  Barcelona (UCL GS)   Atalanta (UCL GS)   Sevilla (UCL GS)   Zenit Saint Petersburg (UCL GS)
Group stage   Real Sociedad (5th)   Real Betis (6th)   Leicester City (CW)   West Ham United (6th)
  Eintracht Frankfurt (5th)   Bayer Leverkusen (6th)   Napoli (5th)   Lazio (6th)
  Lyon (4th)   Marseille (5th)   Braga (CW)   Lokomotiv Moscow (CW)
  Brøndby (UCL CH PO)   Dinamo Zagreb (UCL CH PO)   Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL CH PO)   Ferencváros (UCL CH PO)
  Monaco (UCL LP PO)   PSV Eindhoven (UCL LP PO)   Spartak Moscow (UCL LP Q3)   Genk (UCL LP Q3)
  Midtjylland (UCL LP Q3)   Sparta Prague (UCL LP Q3)
Play-off round   Antwerp (3rd)   Zorya Luhansk (3rd)   AZ (3rd)   Fenerbahçe (3rd)
  Sturm Graz (3rd)   Randers (CW)   Rangers (UCL CH Q3)   Slavia Prague (UCL CH Q3)
  Olympiacos (UCL CH Q3)   Red Star Belgrade (UCL CH Q3)   CFR Cluj (UCL CH Q3)   Legia Warsaw (UCL CH Q3)
Third qualifying round CH   Omonia (UCL CH Q2)   Kairat (UCL CH Q2)   Neftçi Baku (UCL CH Q2)   Slovan Bratislava (UCL CH Q2)
  Mura (UCL CH Q2)   Žalgiris (UCL CH Q2)   Alashkert (UCL CH Q2)   HJK (UCL CH Q2)
  Lincoln Red Imps (UCL CH Q2)   Flora (UCL CH Q2)
MP   St Johnstone (CW)   Jablonec (3rd)   Anorthosis Famagusta (CW)   Galatasaray (UCL LP Q2)
  Rapid Wien (UCL LP Q2)   Celtic (UCL LP Q2)

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition was as follows.[11] Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the group stage were 18:45 (instead of 18:55 previously) and 21:00 CEST/CET, though exceptionally could take place at 16:30 due to geographical reasons.[12]

All draws started at 13:00 or 13:30 CEST/CET and were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. On 16 July 2021, UEFA announced that the group stage draw would be held in Istanbul, Turkey.[13]

Schedule for 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Third qualifying round 19 July 2021 5 August 2021 12 August 2021
Play-offs Play-off round 2 August 2021 19 August 2021 26 August 2021
Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2021 16 September 2021
Matchday 2 30 September 2021
Matchday 3 21 October 2021
Matchday 4 4 November 2021
Matchday 5 25 November 2021
Matchday 6 9 December 2021
Knockout phase Knockout round play-offs 13 December 2021 17 February 2022 24 February 2022
Round of 16 25 February 2022 10 March 2022 17 March 2022
Quarter-finals 18 March 2022 7 April 2022 14 April 2022
Semi-finals 28 April 2022 5 May 2022
Final 18 May 2022 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville

Third qualifying round

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Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 13:00 CEST.[14] The first legs were played on 3 and 5 August, and the second legs were played on 10 and 12 August 2021.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League play-off round of their respective path.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Omonia   2–2 (5–4 p)   Flora 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Mura   1–0   Žalgiris 0–0 1–0
Kairat   2–3   Alashkert 0–0 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Lincoln Red Imps   2–4   Slovan Bratislava 1–3 1–1
Neftçi Baku   2–5   HJK 2–2 0–3
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Jablonec   2–7   Celtic 2–4 0–3
Rapid Wien   4–2   Anorthosis Famagusta 3–0 1–2
Galatasaray   5–3   St Johnstone 1–1 4–2

Play-off round

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Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021, 13:00 CEST.[15] The first legs were played on 17, 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 26 August 2021.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League group stage.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Randers   2–3   Galatasaray 1–1 1–2
Rapid Wien   6–2   Zorya Luhansk 3–0 3–2
Celtic   3–2   AZ 2–0 1–2
Fenerbahçe   6–2   HJK 1–0 5–2
Mura   1–5   Sturm Graz 1–3 0–2
Omonia   4–4 (2–3 p)   Antwerp 4–2 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Olympiacos   5–2   Slovan Bratislava 3–0 2–2
Rangers   1–0   Alashkert 1–0 0–0
Slavia Prague   3–4   Legia Warsaw 2–2 1–2
Red Star Belgrade   6–1   CFR Cluj 4–0 2–1

Group stage

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Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage
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Location of teams of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage.
  Brown: Group A;   Red: Group B;   Orange: Group C;   Yellow: Group D;
  Green: Group E;   Blue: Group F;   Purple: Group G;   Pink: Group H.

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021, 12:00 CEST (13:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.[13][16] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[17] Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association, including those playing in the Europa Conference League group stage (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams), based on television audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would have different kick-off times.[18]

The matches were played on 15–16 September, 30 September, 19–21 October, 4 November, 24–25 November, and 9 December 2021. The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16, while the runners-up advanced to the knockout round play-offs. The third-placed teams were transferred to the Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs, while the fourth-placed teams were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Brøndby and West Ham United made their debut appearances in the Europa League group stage (although Brøndby had previously appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage).

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO RAN SPP BRO
1   Lyon 6 5 1 0 16 5 +11 16 Advance to round of 16 — 1–1 3–0 3–0
2   Rangers 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–2 — 2–0 2–0
3   Sparta Prague 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 3–4 1–0 — 2–0
4   Brøndby 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2 1–3 1–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON RSO PSV STU
1   Monaco 6 3 3 0 7 4 +3 12 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 0–0 1–0
2   Real Sociedad 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 — 3–0 1–1
3   PSV Eindhoven 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 2–2 — 2–0
4   Sturm Graz 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2 1–1 0–1 1–4 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPM NAP LEI LEG
1   Spartak Moscow 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10[a] Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 3–4 0–1
2   Napoli 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–3 — 3–2 3–0
3   Leicester City 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–1 2–2 — 3–1
4   Legia Warsaw 6 2 0 4 4 11 −7 6 0–1 1–4 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FRA OLY FEN ANT
1   Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 — 3–1 1–1 2–2
2   Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 8 7 +1 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 — 1–0 2–1
3   Fenerbahçe 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–1 0–3 — 2–2
4   Antwerp 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 0–1 1–0 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAL LAZ MAR LOK
1   Galatasaray 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 — 1–0 4–2 1–1
2   Lazio 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–0 — 0–0 2–0
3   Marseille 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–0 2–2 — 1–0
4   Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 0–1 0–3 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB BRA MID LUD
1   Red Star Belgrade 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 0–1 1–0
2   Braga 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 — 3–1 4–2
3   Midtjylland 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–1 3–2 — 1–1
4   Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 2 4 3 8 −5 2 0–1 0–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEV BET CEL FER
1   Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13 Advance to round of 16 — 4–0 3–2 2–1
2   Real Betis 6 3 1 2 12 12 0 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 — 4–3 2–0
3   Celtic 6 3 0 3 13 15 −2 9 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–4 3–2 — 2–0
4   Ferencváros 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3 1–0 1–3 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WHU DZA RWI GNK
1   West Ham United 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Advance to round of 16 — 0–1 2–0 3–0
2   Dinamo Zagreb 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–2 — 3–1 1–1
3   Rapid Wien 6 2 0 4 4 9 −5 6 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–2 2–1 — 0–1
4   Genk 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 5 2–2 0–3 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

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Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Champions League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Once again, teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Bracket

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Knockout round play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
  Sevilla303
  Dinamo Zagreb112   Sevilla101
  West Ham United (a.e.t.)022
  West Ham United134
  Porto224
  Lyon101
  Lazio123   Porto011
  Lyon112
  West Ham United101
  Zenit Saint Petersburg202
  Eintracht Frankfurt213
  Real Betis303   Real Betis112
  Eintracht Frankfurt (a.e.t.)213
  Eintracht Frankfurt134
  Barcelona145
  Barcelona123
  Napoli123   Barcelona022
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  Galatasaray011
  Eintracht Frankfurt (p)1 (5)
  RB Leipzig235
  Rangers1 (4)
  Real Sociedad213   RB Leipzig (w/o)———
  Spartak Moscow———
  RB Leipzig123
  Atalanta235
  Atalanta101
  Olympiacos101   Atalanta314
  Bayer Leverkusen202
  RB Leipzig112
  Sheriff Tiraspol202 (2)
  Rangers033
  Braga (p)022 (3)   Braga213
  Monaco011
  Braga112
  Borussia Dortmund224
  Rangers (a.e.t.)033
  Rangers426   Rangers314
  Red Star Belgrade022

Knockout round play-offs

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The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021, 13:00 CET.[19] The first legs were played on 17 February, and the second legs were played on 24 February 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sevilla   3–2   Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 0–1
Atalanta   5–1   Olympiacos 2–1 3–0
RB Leipzig   5–3   Real Sociedad 2–2 3–1
Barcelona   5–3   Napoli 1–1 4–2
Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–3   Real Betis 2–3 0–0
Borussia Dortmund   4–6   Rangers 2–4 2–2
Sheriff Tiraspol   2–2 (2–3 p)   Braga 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Porto   4–3   Lazio 2–1 2–2

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022, 12:00 CET.[20] The first legs were played on 9 and 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers   4–2   Red Star Belgrade 3–0 1–2
Braga   3–1   Monaco 2–0 1–1
Porto   1–2   Lyon 0–1 1–1
Atalanta   4–2   Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 1–0
Sevilla   1–2   West Ham United 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Barcelona   2–1   Galatasaray 0–0 2–1
RB Leipzig   w/o[A]   Spartak Moscow Canc. Canc.
Real Betis   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 1–1 (a.e.t.)

Notes

  1. ^ RB Leipzig won on walkover as UEFA suspended Spartak Moscow due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[21][22][23]

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 13:30 CET.[24] The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RB Leipzig   3–1   Atalanta 1–1 2–0
Eintracht Frankfurt   4–3   Barcelona 1–1 3–2
West Ham United   4–1   Lyon 1–1 3–0
Braga   2–3   Rangers 1–0 1–3 (a.e.t.)

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 13:30 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[24] The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs were played on 5 May 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RB Leipzig   2–3   Rangers 1–0 1–3
West Ham United   1–3   Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 0–1

Final

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Main article: 2022 UEFA Europa League final

The final was played on 18 May 2022 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville. A draw was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[24]

Eintracht Frankfurt  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Rangers
  • Borré   69'
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 38,842[25]

Statistics

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Statistics exclude qualifying round and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[26] Player Team(s) Goals Minutes played
1   James Tavernier   Rangers 7 1320
2   Karl Toko Ekambi   Lyon 6 583
  Galeno[A]   Braga
  Porto 		657
4   Patson Daka   Leicester City 5 416
  Daichi Kamada   Eintracht Frankfurt 1108
6   Aleksandr Sobolev   Spartak Moscow 4 311
  Victor Osimhen   Napoli 321
  Arkadiusz Milik   Marseille 351
  Ciro Immobile   Lazio 524
  Christopher Nkunku   RB Leipzig 526
  Borja Iglesias   Real Betis 556
  Eljif Elmas   Napoli 617
  Moussa Diaby   Bayer Leverkusen 623
  Mislav Oršić   Dinamo Zagreb 672
  Alfredo Morelos   Rangers 680
  Rafael Santos Borré   Eintracht Frankfurt 1093
  Ricardo Horta   Braga 1119

Notes

  1. ^ Galeno played for Braga in the group stage and for Porto in the knockout stage, after his transfer during the January transfer window.

Top assists

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Rank[27] Player Team Assists Minutes played
1   Filip Kostić   Eintracht Frankfurt 6 1140
2   Florian Wirtz   Bayer Leverkusen 4 437
  Iuri Medeiros   Braga 674
  Ricardo Horta   Braga 1119
5   Kelechi Iheanacho   Leicester City 3 273
  Aleksandr Golovin   Monaco 331
  Andrea Petagna   Napoli 340
  Mario Götze   PSV Eindhoven 421
  Angeliño   RB Leipzig 467
  Sergio Canales   Real Betis 495
  Victor Moses   Spartak Moscow 525
  Nabil Fekir   Real Betis 596
  Moussa Diaby   Bayer Leverkusen 623
  Pablo Fornals   West Ham United 714
  Joe Aribo   Rangers 1111
  Ryan Kent   Rangers 1143

Team of the season

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The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[28]

Pos. Player Team
GK   Kevin Trapp   Eintracht Frankfurt
DF   Craig Dawson   West Ham United
  Martin Hinteregger   Eintracht Frankfurt
  Calvin Bassey   Rangers
MF   James Tavernier   Rangers
  Konrad Laimer   RB Leipzig
  Declan Rice   West Ham United
  Filip Kostić   Eintracht Frankfurt
FW   Christopher Nkunku   RB Leipzig
  Rafael Santos Borré   Eintracht Frankfurt
  Ryan Kent   Rangers

Player of the Season

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Young Player of the Season

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See also

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References

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