2018–19 UEFA Europa League
48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League will be the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 26 June – 30 August 2018 Competition proper: 20 September 2018 – 29 May 2019 |
Teams | Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 158+55 (from 55 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Chelsea (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Arsenal |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 205 |
Goals scored | 565 (2.76 per match) |
Attendance | 5,145,474 (25,100 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Olivier Giroud (11 goals) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The final was played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan,[1] between English sides Chelsea and Arsenal — which was the first Europa League final to feature two teams from one city. As winners, Chelsea will play against the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. And they would also have been qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2018–19 Ligue 1, the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.[2]