2013–14 UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League 2013/14 is the 43rd edition of the second most important competition for European football clubs, which took place up to the 2008/09 season under the name of the UEFA Cup. The competition is taking part again this season 194 clubs from all 53 national associations of UEFA.
The season began with the first leg of the first qualifying round on July 2, 2013, and ends with the final on 14 May 2014 Turin Juventus Stadium, the home of Juventus.
- 2.1 Group A
- 2.2 Group B
- 2.3 Group C
- 2.4 Group D
- 2.5 Group E
- 2.6 Group F
- 2.7 Group G
- 2.8 Group H
- 2.9 Group I
- 2:10 Group J
- 2:11 Group K
- 2:12 Group L
Qualification
First qualifying round
- Draw: June 24, 2013 Nyon
- First leg: from 2 to July 4, 2013
- Return matches from the 9th to July 11th, 2013
- Participants: 76 teams, including three were fair play qualifiers: Sweden Gefle IF ( winner of the Fair Play rankings )
- Norway Tromsø IL (second )
- Finland IFK Mariehamn (third)
Second qualifying round
- Draw: June 24, 2013 Nyon
- First leg: on July 18, 2013
- Second leg matches: on July 25, 2013
- Participation: 80 Teams, including the 38 winning teams of the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
- Draw: July 19, 2013 in Nyon
- First leg: August 1, 2013
- Second leg matches: August 8, 2013
- Participation: 58 Teams, including the 40 winning teams of the second qualifying round
Playoff Round
- Draw: August 9, 2013 in Nyon
- First leg: August 22, 2013
- Second leg matches: August 29, 2013
The final round is called due to the central marketing " play-off ". In this round, the losing teams in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League came 2013/14 added.
Group stage
As in the previous year, the Cup Winners' associations 1-6 in the UEFA five year ranking qualified automatically for the group stage next to the title holder. As the space for the defending was not required by the double qualification of Chelsea FC, the third-place finisher moved to rank 7 ( Anzhi Makhachkala ) - The Russian Cup winner CSKA Moscow qualified for the Champions League - the group stage. At the group stage taking 48 teams from 27 state associations in part, 7 teams were directly qualified to arrived ten losing teams from the Champions League qualification. A further 29 sites were identified in the Europa League qualifying rounds.
Fenerbahce and Besiktas Istanbul, who took part in the qualifying competition for the time being, failed each with its objection before the International Court of Sport. Beşiktaş Istanbul, was replaced by their opponents in the play- offs, Tromsø IL, while the backup crew for Fenerbahce by lot from the remaining 29 losers of the play-off round was determined. The lot fell to APOEL Nicosia.
The group winners and runners qualified for the round of the left third and fourth-placed from the competition. Case of a tie between two or more teams after the group matches, the ranking was determined by the following criteria:
The 48 qualified for the group stage teams were divided based on their club coefficient (KK ) on four Lostöpfe each with 12 teams, drawn from every Lostopf a team in one of the 12 groups (A to L); Teams in the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
The draw was held in Monaco on 30 August.
It was played at six matchdays from September 19 to December 12 2013, kick-off times were 19:00 and 21:05 clock clock.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Round of
Among the 24 teams that qualified through the group stage of the Europa League, the eight third group of the Champions League were added. The draw of the sixteenth finals took place in Nyon on 16 December 2013. The group winners from the Europa League and the four best third out of the Champions League were set here; them the rest of the teams were drawn against. It encounters were excluded between teams in the same group or the same national association. The first legs will find on February 20, instead of the return legs on 27 February 2014.
Second round
The draw for the fourth round also took place on 16 December 2013 following the draw of the sixteenth finals in Nyon. From the second round there are no seeded teams more. Also removes the restriction that teams from the same country authority will not play against each other. The first legs took place on 13 March 2014 the return matches found one week later on 20 March 2014.
Quarterfinals
The first legs took place on April 3, 2014, the second legs take place on 10 April 2014. The draw for the quarter-finals took place on March 21, 2014 at 13:00 clock in Nyon and gave the following games:
Semifinal
The draw for the semi-finals takes place on April 11, 2014 in Nyon. The first legs will take place on May 1, 2014 April 24, 2014 the return games.
Final
The final of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14 will take place on Wednesday 14 May 2014 Juventus Stadium in Turin instead.
Top scorers
Below, the best scorers in the Europa League season are listed (without qualification). The order was as for the UEFA scorers on the number of gates and the same number of hits on the basis of minutes of the game.