2023–24 UEFA Europa League

A total of 57 teams from 34 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League. Among them, 15 associations had teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 40 associations that did not have any teams directly qualifying, 19 of them have 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: • The title holders of the UEFA Europa Conference League were given an entry in the Europa League (if they did not qualify for the Champions League through league performance). • Associations 1–5 each had two teams qualify. • Associations 6–16 (except Russia) each had one team qualify. • 36 teams eliminated from the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League. Association ranking For the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22. Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below: • – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League • – Additional berth for UEFA Europa Conference League title holders Distribution The following is the access list for this season. Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2023–24 European season, the following changes to the access list were made: • The cup winners of associations 13 (Belgium) and 14 (Switzerland) entered the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round. • The cup winners of association 16 (Czech Republic) entered the third qualifying round instead of the Europa Conference League second qualifying round. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: • ECL: Europa Conference League title holders • CW: Cup winners • 3rd, 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). Notes ==Schedule==

The schedule of the competition was as follows. 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. ==Third qualifying round==

{{Location map+ |Europe |width=550 |float=right |caption=Location of teams of the 2023–24 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 1 September 2023, 13:00 CEST, in Monaco. 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 club coefficients. As the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, West Ham United entered Pot 1 regardless of their club coefficient (CC). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Brighton & Hove Albion made their debut appearance in European football. Aris Limassol, BK Häcken, Raków Częstochowa, Servette and TSC made their debut appearances in the group stage and their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage. A total of 21 national associations were represented in the group stage. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H ==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. Bracket Knockout round play-offs Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final ==Statistics==

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round. Top goalscorers Team of the Season The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament. Player of the Season • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ( Marseille) Young Player of the Season • Florian Wirtz ( Bayer Leverkusen) ==See also==