Europa
League - The Format
The
UEFA Europa League 2009–10 is the new name for the UEFA
Cup. It will be in a new format to make it mirror the Champions
League. The final will be played in Hamburg, Germany on
Wednesday 12th May 2010, the home of Hamburg SV.
| Competition
Round |
Draw
date |
First
leg |
Second
leg |
1st qualifying round |
22
June 09 |
2
July 09 |
9
July 09 |
| 2nd
qualifying round |
22
June 09 |
16
July 09 |
23 July 09 |
3rd
qualifying round
|
17
July 09 |
30
July09 |
6
August 09 |
Play-off
round
(Everton Join The Europa Cup Here) |
7
August 09 |
20
August 09 |
27
August 09 |
| Group
stage Match 1 |
28
August 09 |
17
September 09 |
| Group
stage Match 2 |
1
October 09 |
| Group
stage Match 3 |
22
October 09 |
| Group
stage Match 4 |
5
November 09 |
| Group
stage Match 5 |
2/3
December 09 |
| Group
stage Match 6 |
16/17
December 09 |
| Knock
out Last 32 |
18
Dec 09 |
18
Feb 10 |
25
Feb 10 |
| Knock
out Last 16 |
11
March 10 |
18
March 10 |
|
Quarter-finals |
19
March 10 |
1
April 2010 |
8
April 2010 |
| Semi-finals |
22
April 2010 |
29
April 2010 |
| Final |
12
May 2010 |
Play
Off Round Draw
The
draw will take place at 12.30pm on Friday 7th August 2009
for the play-off round of the Europa League takes place
on Friday. Everton are seeded and will not meet teams from
the same country. The two-legged tie will take place on
the 20th and 27th August 2009. Click
here for Full Europa League Format
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The 26 teams already through to the Play-Off round
are:
Everton,
Aston Villa (Eng)
Villarreal, Valencia (Spain)
Lazio,
Genoa (Italy)
Guingamp, Toulouse (France)
Werder Bremen, Hertha BSC (Germany)
Amkar Perm, Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia)
Dinamo Bucuresti, CFR Cluj (Romania)
Benfica, Nacional (Portugal)
Heerenveen, Ajax (Holland)
Heart of Midlothian (Scotland)
Trabzonspor (Turkey)
Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine)
Racing Genk (Belgium)
AEK Athens (Greece)
Teplice (Czech Republic)
Sion (Switzerland)
Litex Lovech (Bulgaria)
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The following teams came through the qualifying rounds:
SC Vaslui, FC Steaua
Bucuresti (Romania)
SK
Sturm Graz, FK Austria Wien, SK Rapid Wien (Austria)
FK Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Odense BK, Brøndby
IF (Denmark)
FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan)
Galatasaray AS, Fenerbahçe
SK (Turkey)
KKS Lech Poznan (Poland)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC,
Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (Israel)
Tromsø IL (Norway)
PFC CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)
FC Metallurh Donetsk,
Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)
PAOK FC (Greece)
Fulham (England)
FC Slovan Liberec,
SK Sigma Olomouc (Czech Republic)
MŠK Žilina, MFK Košice
(Slovakia)
NAC Breda, PSV Eindhoven
(Netherlands)
Club Brugge KV (Belgium)
Hamburger SV (Germany)
Saint
Patrick's Athletic FC (Republic of Ireland)
LOSC
Lille Métropole (France)
FK
Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
AS
Roma (Italy)
FC
Basel 1893 (Switzerland)
Athletic
Club Bilbao (Spain)
IF
Elfsborg (Sweden)
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The
group stage of the competition will consist of 12 groups
of 4 teams.
They
will be:
10
losers from the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 play-off round
38 winners from the play-off round
During
this stage of the tournament, matches will feature five
on-field officials - with two additional officials monitoring
play around the penalty box as part of a FIFA-sanctioned
experiment.
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The
following teams are expected to participate in the final
knockout phase:
12
group winners from the group stage
12 group runners-up from the group stage
8 third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League 2009–10
group stage
The group winners, along with the 4 better third-ranked
teams from the Champions League, will be drawn against the
group runners-up and the other 4 third-ranked teams.
