2019–20 UEFA Europa League

2019–20 UEFA Europa League
The Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Gdańsk will host the final
Tournament details
Dates Qualifying:
June – August 2019
Competition proper:
September 2019 – 27 May 2020
Teams Competition proper: 48+8
Total (expected): 158+57 (from 55 associations)

The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League will be the 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The final will be played at the Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland.[1] The winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. They will also automatically qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved will be given to the third-placed team of the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.

Association team allocation

A total of 215 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

  • Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 52–54 each have two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein and Kosovo (association 55) each have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Kosovo as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).[2]
  • Moreover, 57 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

Association ranking

For the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.[3]

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

  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
Association ranking for 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 106.998 3
2 England England 79.605
3 Italy Italy 76.249
4 Germany Germany 71.427
5 France France 56.415
6 Russia Russia 53.382
7 Portugal Portugal 47.248
8 Ukraine Ukraine 41.133
9 Belgium Belgium 38.500
10 Turkey Turkey 35.800
11 Austria Austria 32.850
12 Switzerland Switzerland 30.200
13 Czech Republic Czech Republic 30.175
14 Netherlands Netherlands 29.749
15 Greece Greece 28.600
16 Croatia Croatia 26.000
17 Denmark Denmark 25.950
18 Israel Israel 21.750
19 Cyprus Cyprus 21.550
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20 Romania Romania 20.450 3
21 Poland Poland 20.125
22 Sweden Sweden 19.975
23 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 19.125
24 Bulgaria Bulgaria 19.125
25 Serbia Serbia 18.750
26 Scotland Scotland 18.625
27 Belarus Belarus 18.625
28 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 18.125
29 Norway Norway 17.425
30 Slovenia Slovenia 14.500
31 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 13.000 1
32 Slovakia Slovakia 12.125 3
33 Moldova Moldova 10.000
34 Albania Albania 8.500
35 Iceland Iceland 8.250
36 Hungary Hungary 8.125
37 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 7.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38 Finland Finland 6.900 3
39 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 6.700
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.625
41 Latvia Latvia 5.625
42 Estonia Estonia 5.500
43 Lithuania Lithuania 5.375
44 Montenegro Montenegro 5.000
45 Georgia (country) Georgia 5.000
46 Armenia Armenia 4.875
47 Malta Malta 4.500
48 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4.375
49 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.250
50 Wales Wales 3.875
51 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.750
52 Gibraltar Gibraltar 3.000 2
53 Andorra Andorra 1.331
54 San Marino San Marino 0.499
55 Kosovo Kosovo 0.000 1

Distribution

The following is the default access list.[4]

Access list for 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
Preliminary round
(16 teams)
  • 6 domestic cup winners from associations 50–55
  • 6 domestic league runners-up from associations 49–54
  • 4 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 48–51
First qualifying round
(94 teams)
  • 25 domestic cup winners from associations 25–49
  • 30 domestic league runners-up from associations 18–48 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 31 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–47 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 8 winners from preliminary round
Second qualifying round Champions Path
(20 teams)
  • 17 losers from Champions League first qualifying round
  • 3 losers from Champions League preliminary round
Main Path
(74 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 18–24
  • 2 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–17
  • 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–15
  • 9 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15
  • 2 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 5–6 (League Cup winners for France)
  • 4 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–4 (League Cup winners for England)
  • 47 winners from first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions Path
(20 teams)
  • 10 winners from second qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 10 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(52 teams)
  • 5 domestic cup winners from associations 13–17
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6
  • 37 winners from second qualifying round (Main Path)
  • 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round Champions Path
(16 teams)
  • 10 winners from third qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(26 teams)
  • 26 winners from third qualifying round (Main Path)
Group stage
(48 teams)
  • 12 domestic cup winners from associations 1–12
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 5
  • 4 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–4
  • 8 winners from play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 13 winners from play-off round (Main Path)
  • 4 losers from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 2 losers from Champions League play-off round (League Path)
  • 4 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)
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

Changes will be made to the access list above, if any of the teams that qualify for the Europa League via their domestic competitions also qualify for the Champions League as the Champions League or Europa League title holders, or if there are fewer teams transferred from the Champions League due to changes in the Champions League access list. In any case where a spot in the Europa League is vacated, cup winners of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds will be promoted accordingly.

Redistribution rules

A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:

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

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]

  • CW: Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • RW: Regular season winners
  • PW: End-of-season Europa League 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
    • Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round
    • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
    • PR: Losers from the preliminary round

Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, either through domestic performance, or by winning the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League or the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

CC: 2019 UEFA club coefficients.[5]

Qualified teams for 2019–20 UEFA Europa League (by entry round) Round of 32
(UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS)
(UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS)
Group stage
Spain (CW) Germany (5th) Turkey (CW) (UCL PO)
Spain (5th) France (CW) Austria (CW) (UCL PO)
England (CW) France (4th) Switzerland (CW) (UCL Q3)
England (5th) Russia (CW) (UCL PO) (UCL Q3)
Italy (CW) Portugal (CW) (UCL PO) (UCL Q3)
Italy (5th) Ukraine (CW) (UCL PO) (UCL Q3)
Germany (CW) Belgium (CW) (UCL PO)
Play-off round
Champions Path Main Path
(UCL Q3) (UCL Q3)
(UCL Q3) (UCL Q3)
(UCL Q3) (UCL Q3)
Third qualifying round
Champions Path Main Path
(UCL Q2) (UCL Q2) Russia (4th) Netherlands (CW)
(UCL Q2) (UCL Q2) Portugal (3rd) Greece (CW)
(UCL Q2) (UCL Q2) Ukraine (3rd) Croatia (CW)
(UCL Q2) (UCL Q2) Belgium (RW) Denmark (CW)
(UCL Q2) (UCL Q2) Turkey (3rd) (UCL Q2)
Austria (3rd) (UCL Q2)
Switzerland (3rd) (UCL Q2)
Czech Republic (CW)
Second qualifying round
Champions Path Main Path
(UCL Q1) (UCL Q1) Spain (6th) Netherlands (3rd)
(UCL Q1) (UCL Q1) England (LC) Netherlands (PW)
(UCL Q1) (UCL Q1) Italy (6th) Greece (3rd)
(UCL Q1) (UCL Q1) Germany (6th) Greece (4th)
(UCL Q1) (UCL Q1) France (LC) Croatia (2nd)
(UCL Q1) (UCL Q1) Russia (5th) Denmark (2nd)
(UCL Q1) (UCL Q1) Portugal (4th) Israel (CW)
(UCL Q1) (UCL PR) Ukraine (4th) Cyprus (CW)
(UCL Q1) (UCL PR) Belgium (PW) Romania (CW)
(UCL Q1) (UCL PR) Turkey (4th) Poland (CW)
Austria (4th) Sweden (CW)
Switzerland (4th) Azerbaijan (CW)
Czech Republic (3rd) Bulgaria (CW)
Czech Republic (4th)
First qualifying round
Croatia (3rd) Belarus (CW) Iceland Stjarnan (CW) CC: 4.250 Estonia (2nd)
Denmark (PW) Belarus (2nd) Iceland Breiðablik (2nd) CC: 1.450 Estonia (3rd)
Israel (2nd) Belarus (3rd) Iceland KR (4th) CC: 2.500 Lithuania Žalgiris (CW)[Note LTU] CC: 6.000
Israel (3rd) Kazakhstan (CW) Hungary (CW) Lithuania (2nd)
Cyprus (2nd) Kazakhstan (2nd) Hungary (2nd) Lithuania (3rd)
Cyprus (3rd) Kazakhstan (3rd) Hungary (3rd) Montenegro (CW)
Romania (2nd) Norway (CW) Republic of Macedonia (CW) Montenegro (2nd)
Romania (3rd) Norway (2nd) Republic of Macedonia (2nd) Montenegro (3rd)
Poland (2nd) Norway (3rd) Republic of Macedonia (3rd) Georgia (country) (CW)
Poland (3rd) Slovenia (CW) Finland Inter Turku (CW) CC: 1.455 Georgia (country) (2nd)
Sweden (2nd) Slovenia (2nd) Finland (2nd) Georgia (country) (3rd)
Sweden (3rd) Slovenia (3rd) Finland (3rd) Armenia (CW)
Azerbaijan (2nd) Liechtenstein (CW) Republic of Ireland Cork City (CW/2nd) CC: 3.750 Armenia (2nd)
Azerbaijan (3rd) Slovakia (CW) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (3rd/4th) CC: 2.250 Armenia (3rd)
Bulgaria (2nd) Slovakia (2nd) Republic of Ireland Waterford (3rd/4th) CC: 1.490 Malta (CW)
Bulgaria (PW) Slovakia (PW) Bosnia and Herzegovina (CW) Malta (2nd)
Serbia (CW) Moldova (CW) Bosnia and Herzegovina (2nd) Malta (3rd)
Serbia (2nd) Moldova (2nd) Bosnia and Herzegovina (3rd) Luxembourg (CW)
Serbia (3rd) Moldova (3rd) Latvia (CW) Luxembourg (2nd)
Scotland (CW) Albania (CW) Latvia (2nd) Northern Ireland (CW)
Scotland (2nd) Albania (2nd) Latvia (3rd)
Scotland (3rd) Albania (3rd) Estonia (CW)
Preliminary round
Luxembourg (3rd) Wales (2nd) Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík (2nd/3rd/4th) CC: 1.250 Andorra (2nd)
Northern Ireland (2nd) Wales (PW) Gibraltar (CW) San Marino (CW)
Northern Ireland (PW) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn (CW) CC: 3.000 Gibraltar (2nd) San Marino (2nd)
Wales (CW) Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík (2nd/3rd/4th) CC: 1.750 Andorra (CW) Kosovo (CW)
Notes
  1. ^ Lithuania (LTU): Žalgiris have qualified for the 2019–20 European competitions as the winners of the 2018 Lithuanian Cup. They may still qualify to the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League if they win the 2018 A Lyga.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Istanbul to host 2020 UEFA Champions League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Timeline for UEFA Presidential elections decided". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Country coefficients 2017/18". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Champions League and Europa League changes next season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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