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2009–10 UEFA Europa League

{{Short description|39th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA Europa League

| year = 2009–10

| image = HH imtech arena.jpg

| size = 275px

| alt =

| caption = The Volksparkstadion in Hamburg hosted the final

| dates = 17 September 2009 – 12 May 2010 (competition proper)
2 July – 27 August 2009 (qualifying)

| num_teams = 48+8 (competition proper)
159+33 (total)

| associations = 53

| champion_other = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Fulham

| matches = 205

| goals = 539

| attendance =

| top_scorer = Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen)
Óscar Cardozo (Benfica)
9 goals each

| player =

| prevseason = 2008–09 (UEFA Cup)

| nextseason = 2010–11

}}

The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years.{{cite news |title=UEFA Cup to become UEFA Europa League |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01d1-0f8ef23c90b9-fdc5b01d5c6f-1000--uefa-cup-to-become-uefa-europa-league/ |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=26 September 2008 |access-date=23 August 2017 }}

Spain's Atlético Madrid won the tournament for the first time, beating Fulham – who were playing in their first European final – at the Volksparkstadion, home ground of Hamburger SV, in Hamburg, Germany.{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=676743.html |title=Madrid and Hamburg awarded 2010 finals |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=28 March 2008 |access-date=28 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331135339/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind%3D64/newsid%3D676743.html |archive-date=31 March 2008 |url-status = dead}}

Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual finalists Fulham in the round of 32.

Association team allocation

A total of 192 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Associations were allocated places according to their 2008 UEFA country coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method3/crank2008.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2008|access-date=13 February 2009 }}

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League:{{cite web |title=Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/UEFACup/84/52/89/845289_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823205941/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/UEFACup/84/52/89/845289_DOWNLOAD.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2009 |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=7 August 2009 }}

  • Associations 1–6 each entered three teams
  • Associations 7–9 each entered four teams
  • Associations 10–51 each entered three teams, except Liechtenstein (it organised only a domestic cup competition and no domestic league competition)
  • Associations 52–53 plus Liechtenstein each entered one team
  • The top three associations of the 2008–09 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gained an additional berth
  • Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League

=Association ranking=

valign=top

|

{| class="wikitable"

Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

1

| {{fba|ENG}}

| 75.749

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="6"| 3

| +1(UCL)

2

| {{fba|ESP}}

| 75.266

| +1(UCL)

3

| {{fba|ITA}}

| 60.410

| +1(UCL)

4

| {{fba|FRA|1974}}

| 52.668

| +1(UCL)

5

| {{fba|GER}}

| 48.722

| +1(UCL)

6

| {{fba|RUS}}

| 43.750

| +2(UCL)

7

| {{fba|ROU}}

| 40.599

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3"| 4

| +2(UCL)

8

| {{fba|POR}}

| 39.927

| +1(UCL)

9

| {{fba|NED}}

| 38.213

| +1(UCL)

10

| {{fba|SCO}}

| 33.375

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="9"| 3

| +1(FP)
+1(UCL)

11

| {{fba|TUR}}

| 31.725

| +1(UCL)

12

| {{fba|UKR}}

| 30.100

| +1(UCL)

13

| {{fba|BEL}}

| 26.700

| +2(UCL)

14

| {{fba|GRE}}

| 25.831

| +1(UCL)

15

| {{fba|CZE}}

| 25.750

| +2(UCL)

16

| {{fba|SUI}}

| 24.225

|

17

| {{fba|BUL}}

| 23.166

| +1(UCL)

18

| {{fba|NOR}}

| 22.425

| +1(FP)
+1(UCL)

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

19

| {{fba|DEN}}

| 20.450

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="18"| 3

| +1(FP)
+1(UCL)

20

| {{fba|AUT}}

| 17.700

| +1(UCL)

21

| {{fba|SRB|2004}}

| 16.750

| +1(UCL)

22

| {{fba|ISR}}

| 15.750

|

23

| {{fba|SWE}}

| 13.691

|

24

| {{fba|SVK}}

| 12.332

| +1(UCL)

25

| {{fba|POL}}

| 12.041

|

26

| {{fba|HUN}}

| 11.999

|

27

| {{fba|CRO}}

| 11.624

| +1(UCL)

28

| {{fba|CYP}}

| 10.082

|

29

| {{fba|SVN}}

| 9.915

| +1(UCL)

30

| {{fba|FIN}}

| 9.623

|

31

| {{fba|LVA}}

| 8.831

| +1(UCL)

32

| {{fba|BIH}}

| 8.498

|

33

| {{fba|LTU}}

| 7.999

|

34

| {{fba|MDA}}

| 7.499

| +1(UCL)

35

| {{fba|IRL}}

| 7.332

|

36

| {{fba|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

| 6.331

|

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

37

| {{fba|ISL}}

| 5.999

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"| 3

|

38

| {{fba|GEO}}

| 5.831

|

39

| {{fba|LIE}}

| 5.500

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| 1

|

40

| {{fba|BLR|1995}}

| 5.332

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="12"| 3

| +1(UCL)

41

| {{fba|EST}}

| 4.332

| +1(UCL)

42

| {{fba|AZE}}

| 3.832

| +1(UCL)

43

| {{fba|ALB}}

| 3.666

|

44

| {{fba|ARM}}

| 3.665

|

45

| {{fba|KAZ}}

| 2.582

| +1(UCL)

46

| {{fba|NIR}}

| 2.332

|

47

| {{fba|WAL}}

| 2.331

|

48

| {{fba|FRO}}

| 1.832

|

49

| {{fba|LUX}}

| 1.498

|

50

| {{fba|MLT}}

| 0.832

|

51

| {{fba|MNE}}

| 0.500

|

52

| {{fba|AND}}

| 0.500

|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"| 1

|

53

| {{fba|SMR|1862}}

| 0.250

|

|}

;Notes

  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, Denmark, Scotland){{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.org/social-responsibility/news/newsid=828673.html|title=Norway confirmed as Fair Play winners|date=11 May 2009|work=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=11 May 2009}}
  • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

=Distribution=

Since the winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance, the title holder spot reserved for them in the group stage was vacated. As this was the first edition of the Europa League, it was initially unknown whether UEFA would simply disregard the vacant title holder spot and rearrange entries so that one more team would qualify from the play-off round, or replace the title holders' group stage place with that of the top-ranked association's cup winner and move teams from lower rounds appropriately, as the regulations were unclear on this matter. The former set-up was confirmed by UEFA's official list of participants, published on 16 June 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=837593.html|title=2009/10 List of participants|website=UEFA|date=16 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909070741/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=837593.html|archive-date=9 September 2015}} As a result, the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:{{cite news |title=2009/10 UEFA Europa League Access list and calendar |url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=788326.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909070751/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=788326.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2015 |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=19 December 2008 |access-date=7 September 2009 }}

  • The domestic cup winners of associations 16 and 17 (Switzerland and Bulgaria) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 28 and 29 (Cyprus and Slovenia) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 52 and 53 (Andorra and San Marino) and the domestic league runners-up of associations 35 and 36 (Republic of Ireland and Macedonia) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

class="wikitable"
!Teams entering in this round

!Teams advancing from previous round

!Teams transferred from Champions League

First qualifying round
(46 teams)

|

  • 14 domestic league runners-up from associations 37–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankings

|

|

Second qualifying round
(80 teams)

|

  • 24 domestic cup winners from associations 30–53
  • 18 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–36
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21
  • 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 7–9

|

  • 23 winners from the first qualifying round

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Third qualifying round
(70 teams)

|

  • 12 domestic cup winners from associations 18–29
  • 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 10–15
  • 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–9
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France)
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)

|

  • 40 winners from the second qualifying round

|

Play-off round
(76 teams)

|

  • 17 domestic cup winners from associations 1–17
  • 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–9
  • 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–6
  • 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3

|

  • 35 winners from the third qualifying round

|

  • 15 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(48 teams)

|

|

  • 38 winners from the play-off round

|

  • 10 losers from the Champions League play-off round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)

|

|

  • 12 group winners from the group stage
  • 12 group runners-up from the group stage

|

  • 8 third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage

=Redistribution rules=

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

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association) also qualified for the Champions League, their Europa League place was vacated, and the remaining Europa League qualifiers were moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they did not already qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League. Otherwise, this place was taken by the highest-placed league finisher which did not qualify for the Europa League yet.
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualified for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position was vacated, and the Europa League qualifiers which finished lower in the league were moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which did not qualify for the Europa League yet.
  • A place vacated by the League Cup winners was taken by the highest-placed league finisher which did not qualify for the Europa League yet.
  • A Fair Play place was taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which did not qualify for the Champions League or Europa League yet.

=Teams=

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

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-off winners
  • FP: Fair play
  • UCL: Relegated 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

class="wikitable"
colspan="4"|Round of 32
{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus (UCL GS)

|{{fbaicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg (UCL GS)

|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Marseille (UCL GS)

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid (UCL GS)

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool (UCL GS)

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Rubin Kazan (UCL GS)

|{{fbaicon|ROU}} Unirea Urziceni (UCL GS)

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Standard Liège (UCL GS)

colspan="4"|Group stage
{{fbaicon|ROU}} Timișoara (UCL PO)

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP (UCL PO)

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic (UCL PO)

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht (UCL PO)

{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos (UCL PO)

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} Levski Sofia (UCL PO)

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Copenhagen (UCL PO)

|{{fbaicon|AUT}} Red Bull Salzburg (UCL PO)

{{fbaicon|LVA}} Ventspils (UCL PO)

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Sheriff Tiraspol (UCL PO)

|

|

colspan="4"|Play-off round
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Everton (5th)

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Zenit Saint Petersburg (5th)

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Genk (CW)

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} Maribor (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|ENG}} Aston Villa (6th)

|{{fbaicon|ROU}} CFR Cluj (CW)

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} AEK Athens (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} BATE Borisov (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Villarreal (5th)

|{{fbaicon|ROU}} Dinamo București (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Teplice (CW)

|{{fbaicon|EST}} Levadia Tallinn (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia (6th)

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|SUI}} Sion (CW)

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Baku (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio (CW)

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Nacional (4th)

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} Litex Lovech (CW)

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Aktobe (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|ITA}} Genoa (5th)

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Heerenveen (CW)

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague (UCL Q3)

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Dynamo Moscow (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Guingamp (CW)

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Stabæk (UCL Q3)

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Twente (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Toulouse (4th)

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Heart of Midlothian (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|SRB|2004}} Partizan (UCL Q3)

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Sivasspor (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen (CW)

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava (UCL Q3)

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk (UCL Q3)TH

{{fbaicon|GER}} Hertha BSC (4th)

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Vorskla Poltava (CW)

|{{fbaicon|CRO}} Dinamo Zagreb (UCL Q3)

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague (UCL Q3)

{{fbaicon|RUS}} Amkar Perm (4th)

|

|

|

colspan="4"|Third qualifying round
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Fulham (7th)

|{{fbaicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven (4th)

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} CSKA Sofia (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|SWE}} IFK Göteborg (CW)

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Athletic Bilbao (CR)

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Aberdeen (4th)

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Vålerenga (CW)

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Košice (CW)

{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma (6th)

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe (4th)

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Fredrikstad (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|POL}} Lech Poznań (CW)

{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Lille (5th)

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Metalist Kharkiv (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Odense (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Honvéd (CW)

{{fbaicon|GER}} Hamburger SV (5th)

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Club Brugge (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|AUT}} Austria Wien (CW)

|{{fbaicon|CRO}} Hajduk Split (2nd)

{{fbaicon|RUS}} Krylia Sovetov Samara (6th)

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} PAOK (4th)

|{{fbaicon|SRB|2004}} Vojvodina (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|CYP}} APOP Kinyras (CW)

{{fbaicon|ROU}} Vaslui (5th)

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Slovan Liberec (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|ISR}} Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd){{Cref2|Note ISR}}

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} Interblock (CW)

{{fbaicon|POR}} Braga (5th)

|{{fbaicon|SUI}} Young Boys (2nd)

|

|

colspan="4"|Second qualifying round
{{fbaicon|ROU}} Steaua București (6th)

|{{fbaicon|AUT}} Sturm Graz (4th)

|{{fbaicon|LVA}} Skonto (3rd){{Cref2|Note LVA}}

|{{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} Naftan Novopolotsk (CW)

{{fbaicon|POR}} Paços de Ferreira (CR)

|{{fbaicon|SRB|2004}} Red Star Belgrade (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|BIH}} Slavija (CW)

|{{fbaicon|EST}} Flora (CW)

{{fbaicon|NED}} NAC Breda (P-W)

|{{fbaicon|SRB|2004}} Sevojno (CR)

|{{fbaicon|BIH}} Sarajevo (4th){{Cref2|Note BIH}}

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Qarabağ (CW)

{{fbaicon|SCO}} Falkirk (CR)

|{{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Netanya (4th){{Cref2|Note ISR}}

|{{fbaicon|LTU}} Sūduva (CW)

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Flamurtari (CW)

{{fbaicon|TUR}} Galatasaray (5th)

|{{fbaicon|SWE}} IF Elfsborg (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|LTU}} Kaunas (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|ARM}} Gandzasar Kapan (3rd){{Cref2|Note ARM}}

{{fbaicon|UKR}} Metalurh Donetsk (4th)

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Žilina (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Dacia Chișinău (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Tobol (2nd)

{{fbaicon|BEL}} Gent (4th)

|{{fbaicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Iskra-Stal (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|NIR}} Crusaders (CW)

{{fbaicon|GRE}} AEL (5th)

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Újpest (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} St Patrick's Athletic (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} Bangor City (CW)

{{fbaicon|CZE}} Sigma Olomouc (4th)

|{{fbaicon|CRO}} Rijeka (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Derry City (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|FRO}} HB (2nd)

{{fbaicon|SUI}} Basel (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|CYP}} Omonia (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Rabotnicki (CW)

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} Differdange 03 (2nd)

{{fbaicon|BUL}} Cherno More (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} HIT Gorica (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Milano (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Sliema Wanderers (CW)

{{fbaicon|NOR}} Tromsø (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK (CW)

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} KR (CW)

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Petrovac (CW)

{{fbaicon|DEN}} Brøndby (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|FIN}} Honka (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|GEO}} Dinamo Tbilisi (CW)

|{{fbaicon|AND}} FC Santa Coloma (CW)

{{fbaicon|DEN}} AaB (CR)

|{{fbaicon|LVA}} Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|LIE}} Vaduz (CW)

|{{fbaicon|SMR|1862}} Juvenes/Dogana (CW)

{{fbaicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien (2nd)

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|

|

colspan="4"|First qualifying round
{{fbaicon|ISR}} Bnei Yehuda (5th){{Cref2|Note ISR}}

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Zimbru Chișinău (4th)

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Simurq (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|FRO}} B36 (3rd)

{{fbaicon|SWE}} Helsingborgs IF (4th)

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Sligo Rovers (4th)

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Vllaznia (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|FRO}} NSÍ (4th)

{{fbaicon|SVK}} Spartak Trnava (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Renova (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Dinamo Tirana (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} Grevenmacher (3rd)

{{fbaicon|POL}} Polonia Warsaw (4th)

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} Keflavík (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|ARM}} Mika (4th){{Cref2|Note ARM}}

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} Käerjéng 97 (CR)

{{fbaicon|HUN}} Haladás (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} Fram (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|ARM}} Banants (CR)

|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Birkirkara (2nd)

{{fbaicon|CRO}} Slaven Belupo (4th)

|{{fbaicon|GEO}} Olimpi Rustavi (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Irtysh (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Valletta (3rd)

{{fbaicon|CYP}} Anorthosis Famagusta (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|GEO}} Zestaponi (4th)

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Okzhetpes (9th){{Cref2|Note KAZ}}

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)

{{fbaicon|SVN}} Rudar Velenje (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} Dinamo Minsk (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|NIR}} Linfield (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Sutjeska (3rd)

{{fbaicon|FIN}} Lahti (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} MTZ-RIPO Minsk (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|NIR}} Lisburn Distillery (4th)

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg (FP)

{{fbaicon|LVA}} Dinaburg (4th){{Cref2|Note LVA}}

|{{fbaicon|EST}} Narva Trans (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} Llanelli (2nd)

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Randers (FP)

{{fbaicon|BIH}} Široki Brijeg (6th){{Cref2|Note BIH}}

|{{fbaicon|EST}} Nõmme Kalju (4th)

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} The New Saints (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Motherwell (FP)

{{fbaicon|LTU}} Vėtra (3rd)

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Inter Baku (2nd)

|

|

{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}

{{Cnote2|Note ARM|Armenia (ARM): Ararat Yerevan, which finished second in the 2008 Armenian Premier League, did not obtain a UEFA license, so Gandzasar Kapan, which finished third, were moved up to the second qualifying round, while Mika, which finished fourth, took the first qualifying round spot.}}

{{Cnote2|Note BIH|Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH): Sloboda Tuzla, which finished third in the 2008–09 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, did not obtain a UEFA license, so Sarajevo, which finished fourth, were moved up to the second qualifying round. Borac Banja Luka, which finished fifth, also did not obtain a UEFA license, so Široki Brijeg, which finished sixth, took the first qualifying round spot.}}

{{Cnote2|Note ISR|Israel (ISR): 2008–09 Israel State Cup winners Beitar Jerusalem (which also finished third in the 2008–09 Israeli Premier League) did not obtain a UEFA license. Since Maccabi Haifa, the cup runners-up, qualified for the Champions League as the league champions, all three Israeli Europa League spots were redistributed based on league position, with second-placed Hapoel Tel Aviv moving up to the third qualifying round, fourth-placed Maccabi Netanya moving up to the second qualifying round, and fifth-placed Bnei Yehuda taking the first qualifying round spot.}}

{{Cnote2|Note KAZ|Kazakhstan (KAZ): Almaty, the 2008 Kazakhstan Cup runners-up, merged with Megasport to form Lokomotiv Astana. However, the new club did not obtain a UEFA license. Following the denied license and withdrawal of three higher-placed teams in the 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League, Okzhetpes, which finished ninth, took the first qualifying round spot.}}

{{Cnote2|Note LVA|Latvia (LVA): Daugava Daugavpils, the 2008 Latvian Football Cup winners, merged with Dinaburg. Skonto, which finished third in the 2008 Latvian Higher League, were moved up to the second qualifying round, while Dinaburg, which finished fourth, took the first qualifying round spot.}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.

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Phase

!Round

!Draw date

!First leg

!Second leg

rowspan=3|Qualifying

|First qualifying round

|rowspan=2|22 June 2009

|2 July 2009

|9 July 2009

Second qualifying round

|16 July 2009

|23 July 2009

Third qualifying round

|17 July 2009

|30 July 2009

|6 August 2009

Play-off

|Play-off round

|7 August 2009

|20 August 2009

|27 August 2009

rowspan=6|Group stage

|Matchday 1

|rowspan=6|28 August 2009
(Monaco)

|colspan=2|17 September 2009

Matchday 2

|colspan=2|1 October 2009

Matchday 3

|colspan=2|22 October 2009

Matchday 4

|colspan=2|5 November 2009

Matchday 5

|colspan=2|2–3 December 2009

Matchday 6

|colspan=2|16–17 December 2009

rowspan=5|Knockout phase

|Round of 32

|rowspan=2|18 December 2009

|18 February 2010

|25 February 2010

Round of 16

|11 March 2010

|18 March 2010

Quarter-finals

|rowspan=3|19 March 2010

|1 April 2010

|8 April 2010

Semi-finals

|22 April 2010

|29 April 2010

Final

|colspan=2|12 May 2010 at Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Qualifying rounds

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In the qualifying phase and the play-off round, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

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Play-off round

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 28 August 2009. A total of 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four. Teams were divided into four pots,{{cite web |title=Contenders await group stage fate |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01dc-0e72b6107946-58f2de235d98-1000--contenders-await-group-stage-fate/ |publisher=UEFA |date=28 August 2009 }} based on their club coefficient. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.

A total of 24 associations were represented in the group stage. This was the first time teams from Latvia or Moldova qualified for the group stage of any European competition.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The matchdays were 17 September, 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 2–3 December, and 16–17 December 2009. The top two in each group advanced to the knockout phase. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

During this stage of the tournament, matches featured five on-field officials – with two additional officials monitoring play around the penalty area as part of a FIFA-sanctioned experiment.{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-fifaexperiment&prov=reuters&type=lgns |title=Renamed UEFA Cup to feature five officials |publisher=Reuters |access-date=1 June 2009 }}

{{Clear}}

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=Group B=

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=Group C=

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=Group D=

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=Group E=

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=Group F=

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=Group G=

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=Group H=

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=Group I=

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=Group J=

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=Group K=

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=Group L=

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Knockout phase

{{Main|2009–10 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.

{{#lst:2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|Format}}

=Bracket=

{{trim|{{#section-h:2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|Bracket}}}}

=Round of 32=

{{#lst:2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|R32}}

=Round of 16=

{{#lst:2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|R16}}

=Quarter-finals=

{{#lst:2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|QF}}

=Semi-finals=

{{#lst:2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|SF}}

=Final=

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Statistics

Top scorers and assists (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round):

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=Top goalscorers=

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!Rank{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com:80/uefaeuropaleague/season=2010/statistics/round=2000037/players/type=topscorers/index.html |title=Top scorers |publisher=UEFA |date=12 May 2010 |access-date=13 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026155851/http://www.uefa.com:80/uefaeuropaleague/season=2010/statistics/round=2000037/players/type=topscorers/index.html |archive-date=26 October 2011}}

!Name

!Team

!Goals

!Minutes played

rowspan=2|1

|align=left|{{flagicon|PER|football}} Claudio Pizarro

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen

|rowspan=2|9

|692

align=left|{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} Óscar Cardozo

|align=left|{{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica

|995

rowspan=7|3

|align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Jonathan Legear

|align=left|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|rowspan=7|6

|487

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Llorente

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Athletic Bilbao

|544

align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} Diego Forlán

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid

|599

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Villa

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|710

align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} Mladen Petrić

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Hamburger SV

|870

align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bobby Zamora

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Fulham

|1027

align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Zoltán Gera

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Fulham

|1276

rowspan=6|10

|align=left|{{flagicon|CIV}} Gervinho

|align=left|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Lille

|rowspan=6|5

|282

align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Rúben Micael

|align=left|{{fbaicon|POR}} Nacional

|525

align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Frei

|align=left|{{fbaicon|SUI}} Basel

|531

align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Adriano

|align=left|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|690

align=left|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Djibril Cissé

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos

|720

align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Mata

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|789

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=Top assists=

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Rank{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2010/statistics/round=2000037/players/type=assists/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002113547/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2010/statistics/round=2000037/players/type=assists/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2015 |title=Statistics – Tournament phase – Assists |work=UEFA |access-date=20 March 2015 }}NameTeamAssistsMinutes played
rowspan=2|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Mesut Özil

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen

|6

|661

align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Ángel Di María

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica

|6

|972

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|align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Bjørn Helge Riise

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Fulham

|4

|515

align="left"|{{flagicon|URU}} Luis Suárez

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

|4

|551

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Silva

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|4

|559

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See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

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