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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]

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.

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[1]
  • 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).

CC: 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[11]

Qualified teams for 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Entry round Teams
Knockout round play-offs Germany RB Leipzig (UCL GS) Portugal Porto (UCL GS) Germany Borussia Dortmund (UCL GS) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL GS)
Spain Barcelona (UCL GS) Italy Atalanta (UCL GS) Spain Sevilla (UCL GS) Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (UCL GS)
Group stage Spain Real Sociedad (5th) Spain Real Betis (6th) England Leicester City (CW) England West Ham United (6th)
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (5th) Germany Bayer Leverkusen (6th) Italy Napoli (5th) Italy Lazio (6th)
France Lyon (4th) France Marseille (5th) Portugal Braga (CW) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (CW)
Denmark Brøndby (UCL CH PO) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (UCL CH PO) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (UCL CH PO) Hungary Ferencváros (UCL CH PO)
France Monaco (UCL LP PO) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (UCL LP PO) Russia Spartak Moscow (UCL LP Q3) Belgium Genk (UCL LP Q3)
Denmark Midtjylland (UCL LP Q3) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (UCL LP Q3)
Play-off round Belgium Antwerp (3rd) Ukraine Zorya Luhansk (3rd) Netherlands AZ (3rd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (3rd)
Austria Sturm Graz (3rd) Denmark Randers (CW) Scotland Rangers (UCL CH Q3) Czech Republic Slavia Prague (UCL CH Q3)
Greece Olympiacos (UCL CH Q3) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (UCL CH Q3) Romania CFR Cluj (UCL CH Q3) Poland Legia Warsaw (UCL CH Q3)
Third qualifying round CH Cyprus Omonia (UCL CH Q2) Kazakhstan Kairat (UCL CH Q2) Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku (UCL CH Q2) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (UCL CH Q2)
Slovenia Mura (UCL CH Q2) Lithuania Žalgiris (UCL CH Q2) Armenia Alashkert (UCL CH Q2) Finland HJK (UCL CH Q2)
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (UCL CH Q2) Estonia Flora (UCL CH Q2)
MP Scotland St Johnstone (CW) Czech Republic Jablonec (3rd) Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta (CW) Turkey Galatasaray (UCL LP Q2)
Austria Rapid Wien (UCL LP Q2) Scotland Celtic (UCL LP Q2)

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition was as follows.[12] 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.[13]

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.[14]

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.[15] 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 Cyprus 2–2 (5–4 p) Estonia Flora 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Mura Slovenia 1–0 Lithuania Žalgiris 0–0 1–0
Kairat Kazakhstan 2–3 Armenia Alashkert 0–0 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 2–4 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–3 1–1
Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan 2–5 Finland HJK 2–2 0–3
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Jablonec Czech Republic 2–7 Scotland Celtic 2–4 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 4–2 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 3–0 1–2
Galatasaray Turkey 5–3 Scotland 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.[16] 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 Denmark 2–3 Turkey Galatasaray 1–1 1–2
Rapid Wien Austria 6–2 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 3–0 3–2
Celtic Scotland 3–2 Netherlands AZ 2–0 1–2
Fenerbahçe Turkey 6–2 Finland HJK 1–0 5–2
Mura Slovenia 1–5 Austria Sturm Graz 1–3 0–2
Omonia Cyprus 4–4 (2–3 p) Belgium Antwerp 4–2 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Olympiacos Greece 5–2 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 3–0 2–2
Rangers Scotland 1–0 Armenia Alashkert 1–0 0–0
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 3–4 Poland Legia Warsaw 2–2 1–2
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 6–1 Romania 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.[14][17] 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.[11] 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 France Lyon 6 5 1 0 16 5 +11 16 Advance to round of 16 — 1–1 3–0 3–0
2 Scotland Rangers 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–2 — 2–0 2–0
3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 3–4 1–0 — 2–0
4 Denmark 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 France Monaco 6 3 3 0 7 4 +3 12 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 0–0 1–0
2 Spain Real Sociedad 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 — 3–0 1–1
3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 2–2 — 2–0
4 Austria 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 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10[a] Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 3–4 0–1
2 Italy Napoli 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–3 — 3–2 3–0
3 England Leicester City 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–1 2–2 — 3–1
4 Poland 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 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 — 3–1 1–1 2–2
2 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 8 7 +1 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 — 1–0 2–1
3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–1 0–3 — 2–2
4 Belgium 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 Turkey Galatasaray 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 — 1–0 4–2 1–1
2 Italy Lazio 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–0 — 0–0 2–0
3 France Marseille 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–0 2–2 — 1–0
4 Russia 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 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 0–1 1–0
2 Portugal Braga 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 — 3–1 4–2
3 Denmark Midtjylland 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–1 3–2 — 1–1
4 Bulgaria 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 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13 Advance to round of 16 — 4–0 3–2 2–1
2 Spain Real Betis 6 3 1 2 12 12 0 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 — 4–3 2–0
3 Scotland Celtic 6 3 0 3 13 15 −2 9 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–4 3–2 — 2–0
4 Hungary 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 England West Ham United 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Advance to round of 16 — 0–1 2–0 3–0
2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–2 — 3–1 1–1
3 Austria Rapid Wien 6 2 0 4 4 9 −5 6 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–2 2–1 — 0–1
4 Belgium 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-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 Spain 3–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 0–1
Atalanta Italy 5–1 Greece Olympiacos 2–1 3–0
RB Leipzig Germany 5–3 Spain Real Sociedad 2–2 3–1
Barcelona Spain 5–3 Italy Napoli 1–1 4–2
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2–3 Spain Real Betis 2–3 0–0
Borussia Dortmund Germany 4–6 Scotland Rangers 2–4 2–2
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–2 (2–3 p) Portugal Braga 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Porto Portugal 4–3 Italy 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 Scotland 4–2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 3–0 1–2
Braga Portugal 3–1 France Monaco 2–0 1–1
Porto Portugal 1–2 France Lyon 0–1 1–1
Atalanta Italy 4–2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 1–0
Sevilla Spain 1–2 England West Ham United 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Barcelona Spain 2–1 Turkey Galatasaray 0–0 2–1
RB Leipzig Germany w/o[A] Russia Spartak Moscow Canc. Canc.
Real Betis Spain 2–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 1–1 (a.e.t.)

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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 Germany 3–1 Italy Atalanta 1–1 2–0
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 4–3 Spain Barcelona 1–1 3–2
West Ham United England 4–1 France Lyon 1–1 3–0
Braga Portugal 2–3 Scotland 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 Germany 2–3 Scotland Rangers 1–0 1–3
West Ham United England 1–3 Germany 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 Germany1–1 (a.e.t.)Scotland 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 England James Tavernier Scotland Rangers 7 1320
2 Cameroon Karl Toko Ekambi France Lyon 6 583
Brazil Galeno[A] Portugal Braga
Portugal Porto 		657
4 Zambia Patson Daka England Leicester City 5 416
Japan Daichi Kamada Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1108
6 Russia Aleksandr Sobolev Russia Spartak Moscow 4 311
Nigeria Victor Osimhen Italy Napoli 321
Poland Arkadiusz Milik France Marseille 351
Italy Ciro Immobile Italy Lazio 524
France Christopher Nkunku Germany RB Leipzig 526
Spain Borja Iglesias Spain Real Betis 556
North Macedonia Eljif Elmas Italy Napoli 617
France Moussa Diaby Germany Bayer Leverkusen 623
Croatia Mislav Oršić Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 672
Colombia Alfredo Morelos Scotland Rangers 680
Colombia Rafael Santos Borré Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1093
Portugal Ricardo Horta Portugal 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 Serbia Filip Kostić Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 1140
2 Germany Florian Wirtz Germany Bayer Leverkusen 4 437
Portugal Iuri Medeiros Portugal Braga 674
Portugal Ricardo Horta Portugal Braga 1119
5 Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho England Leicester City 3 273
Russia Aleksandr Golovin France Monaco 331
Italy Andrea Petagna Italy Napoli 340
Germany Mario Götze Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 421
Spain Angeliño Germany RB Leipzig 467
Spain Sergio Canales Spain Real Betis 495
Nigeria Victor Moses Russia Spartak Moscow 525
France Nabil Fekir Spain Real Betis 596
France Moussa Diaby Germany Bayer Leverkusen 623
Spain Pablo Fornals England West Ham United 714
Nigeria Joe Aribo Scotland Rangers 1111
England Ryan Kent Scotland 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 Germany Kevin Trapp Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
DF England Craig Dawson England West Ham United
Austria Martin Hinteregger Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Nigeria Calvin Bassey Scotland Rangers
MF England James Tavernier Scotland Rangers
Austria Konrad Laimer Germany RB Leipzig
England Declan Rice England West Ham United
Serbia Filip Kostić Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
FW France Christopher Nkunku Germany RB Leipzig
Colombia Rafael Santos Borré Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
England Ryan Kent Scotland 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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  28. ^ "2021/22 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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