2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage
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The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 14 September and ended on 7 December 2017. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.
Teams
Below are the teams that were participating in the tournament (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients),[1] grouped by their seeding pot. They included 16 teams which entered in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).
- Notes
- † Winners of the play-off round.
- CL-CR Losers of the Champions League play-off round (Champions Route).
- CL-LR Losers of the Champions League play-off round (League Route).
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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 of the Champions League group stage.
Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01):[2]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- Wins in all group matches;
- Away wins in all group matches;
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- UEFA club coefficient.
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Groups
Group A
Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Attendance: 12,613[13]
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia[note 6]
Attendance: 14,490[55]
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia[note 6]
Attendance: 13,803[60]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia[note 6]
Attendance: 13,925[65]
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
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Notes
- Austria Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, instead of their regular stadium Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna, due to reconstruction.
- Zorya Luhansk played their home matches at Arena Lviv, lviv, instead of their regular stadium Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
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