2014–15 UEFA Europa League#Knockout phase

A total of 195 teams from all 54 UEFA member associations participate in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/09/88/37/2098837_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2014/15 Season|website=UEFA|date=1 May 2014}}

• Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify.
• Associations 10–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify.
• Liechtenstein and Gibraltar each have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Gibraltar as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).
• The top three associations of the 2013–14 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth.
• Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.

The winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry is not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.

For the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2013 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2012–13.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2013/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706130150/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2013/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2013|title=Country coefficients 2012/13|website=UEFA}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2013.html|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2013|publisher=Bert Kassies}}

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:

• {{small|(FP)}} – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking (Norway, Sweden, Finland){{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0215-0e8aae5584cb-75fd60969fff-1000--norway-top-respect-fair-play-table/|title=Norway, Sweden, Finland top Respect Fair Play table|website=UEFA|date=8 May 2014}}
• {{small|(UCL)}} – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League

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Since title holders Sevilla qualified for the Europa League through their domestic performance, the spot which they qualified for in the group stage (as the fifth-placed team of the 2013–14 La Liga) is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0216-0e8b05faf44c-e2413eb3d2b9-1000--2014-15-uefa-europa-league/|title=2014/15 access list and calendar|website=UEFA}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/access2014.html|title=Access list 2014/2015|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104090523/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/access2014.html|archive-date=4 January 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c510976592e-f223a6b627bb-1000--dynamo-kyiv-benefit-from-sevilla-success/|title=Dynamo Kyiv benefit from Sevilla success|website=UEFA|date=27 May 2014}}

• The domestic cup winners of association 7 (Ukraine) were promoted from the play-off round to the group stage.
• The domestic cup winners of association 16 (Austria) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round.
• The domestic cup winners of association 19 (Israel) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
• The domestic cup winners of associations 33 and 34 (Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

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

• When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated. As a result, either of the following teams qualify for the Europa League:
• The domestic cup runners-up, provided they have not yet qualified for European competitions, qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other Europa League qualifiers moved up one "place" (the 2014–15 season is the last with this particular arrangement).
• Otherwise, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place".
• When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
• For associations where a Europa League place is reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualify as stated above). If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place is taken by the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.
• A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which have not yet qualified for European competitions.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0253-0d7f49a4da6e-eefc39d036ea-1000--2014-15-uefa-europa-league-list-of-participants/|title=2014/15 UEFA Europa League list of participants |website=UEFA|date=29 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0216-0e8b163fcf41-b645f85614c3-1000--uefa-europa-league-includes-18-debutants/|title=UEFA Europa League includes 17 debutants|website=UEFA|date=18 June 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2014.html|title=Qualification for European Cup Football 2014/2015|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=2014-01-03|archive-date=2015-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516193913/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2014.html|url-status=dead}}

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
• FP: Fair Play
• UCL: Transferred 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

Notably three teams take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Santos Tartu (3rd tier), St. Pölten (2nd) and Tromsø (2nd).

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{{Cnote2|Note GIB|Gibraltar (GIB): A meeting was held by the Gibraltar Football Association to decide whether College Europa (runners-up of the 2014 Rock Cup) or Manchester 62 (runners-up of the 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division) would represent Gibraltar in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.{{cite web|title=Storm brewing over which football team should go into the UEFA Europa League|url=http://www.panorama.gi/localnews/headlines.php?action=view_article&article=11848&offset=0|website=panorama.gi|access-date=13 May 2014|date=13 May 2014}} The association had to back-track on a decision taken at the beginning of the season as to who would qualify for European competitions, as they were mistaken to go against the competition rules.{{cite web|title=GFA accepts it was mistaken on Europa League|url=http://www.gbc.gi/news/3672/gfa-accepts-it-was-mistaken-on-europa-league|website=panorama.gi|access-date=14 May 2014|date=14 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152312/http://www.gbc.gi/news/3672/gfa-accepts-it-was-mistaken-on-europa-league|archive-date=17 May 2014|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note HUN|Hungary (HUN): Újpest, the winners of the 2013–14 Magyar Kupa, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.{{cite web|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/europa_liga/ujpest-nincs-uefa-licenc-a-diosgyor-indul-az-el-ben-2339437|title=Újpest: nincs UEFA-licenc, a Diósgyőr indul az El-ben|website=nemzetisport.hu|date=30 May 2014|language=hu}} As a result, Győri ETO, the runners-up of the 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round, and the first qualifying round berth was given to Diósgyőr, the runners-up of the cup.}}

{{Cnote2|Note ITA|Italy (ITA): Parma, the sixth-placed team of the 2013–14 Serie A, would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.{{cite web|url=http://www.coni.it/it/notizie/primo-piano/20503-licenza-uefa-parma.html|title=ALTA CORTE DI GIUSTIZIA: Licenze UEFA, respinto il ricorso del Parma|publisher=Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano|date=29 May 2014|language=it|access-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529190555/http://www.coni.it/it/notizie/primo-piano/20503-licenza-uefa-parma.html|archive-date=29 May 2014|url-status=dead}} As a result, the berth was given to Torino, the seventh-placed team of the league.{{cite news |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/29-05-2014/alta-corte-respinto-ricorso-parma-torino-europa-league-80787185344.shtml |title=Respinto il ricorso del Parma. Torino in Europa League. Ghirardi: "Calcio finito" |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |last1=Galdi |first1=Maurizio |date=29 May 2014 |access-date=1 July 2020 }}}}

{{Cnote2|Note LVA|Latvia (LVA): Skonto, the runners-up of the 2013 Latvian Higher League, would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round, but had been excluded from participating by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body due to overdue payables.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/protecting-the-game/club-licensing-and-financial-fair-play/news/newsid=2083607.html|title=Metalurh, Skonto excluded; Petrolul cleared|website=UEFA.org|date=4 April 2014}} As a result, the berth was given to Daugava Rīga, the fourth-placed team of the league.}}

{{Cnote2|Note IRL|Republic of Ireland (IRL): Derry City are a club based in Northern Ireland, but participate in the Europa League through one of the berths for Republic of Ireland as they finished fourth in the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division (any coefficient points they earn count toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).}}

{{Cnote2|Note ROU|Romania (ROU): Dinamo București, the fourth-placed team of the 2013–14 Liga I, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport.ro/liga-1/adio-europa-comisia-de-apel-a-respins-cererea-clubului-pentru-licenta-dinamo-nu-joaca-in-europa-league.html|title=ADIO Europa League! Comisia de Apel a respins cererea clubului Dinamo pentru licenta europeana!|website=sport.ro|date=28 May 2014|language=ro}} As a result, the berth was given to CFR Cluj, the fifth-placed team of the league.}}

{{Cnote2|Note SRB|Serbia (SRB): Red Star Belgrade, the champions of the 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga, would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round, but was banned by UEFA for breaching UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0216-0e8b0ded2b20-fec108c2bd1b-1000--crvena-zvezda-excluded-from-champions-league/|title=Crvena zvezda excluded from UEFA Champions League|website=UEFA|date=6 June 2014}} As a result, Partizan, the runners-up of the league, entered the Champions League instead of the Europa League second qualifying round. Moreover, Jagodina, the third-placed team of the league, entered the Europa League second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round, and the first qualifying round berth was given to Čukarički, the fifth-placed team of the league.}}

{{Cnote2|Note TUR|Turkey (TUR): Fenerbahçe, the champions of the 2013–14 Süper Lig, would have qualified for the Champions League, but was banned by UEFA because of the 2011 Turkish football match-fixing scandal.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020a-0e85256ea48e-68ad3bfb3d2f-1000--decisions-on-besiktas-fenerbahce-steaua/|title=Decisions on Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Steaua|website=UEFA|date=25 June 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/23769348|title=Fenerbahce: Turkish side lose match-fixing ban appeal|website=BBC Sport|date=28 August 2013}} As a result, Beşiktaş, the third-placed team of the league, entered the Champions League instead of the Europe League play-off round, and Trabzonspor, the fourth-placed team of the league, entered the Europa League play-off round instead of the third qualifying round. Moreover, Sivasspor, the fifth-placed team of the league, and Eskişehirspor, the runners-up of the 2013–14 Turkish Cup, which would have entered the Europa League third qualifying round and second qualifying round respectively, were also banned by UEFA due to match-fixing.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0216-0e8b0eabc759-343b681eb01a-1000--decisions-on-sivasspor-and-eskisehirspor/|title=Decisions on Eskişehirspor and Sivasspor|website=UEFA|date=6 June 2014}} The two berths were given to Karabükspor and Bursaspor, the seventh- and eighth-placed teams of the league respectively, as Kasımpaşa, the sixth-placed team of the league, failed to obtain a UEFA licence.}}

{{Cnote2|Note UKR|Ukraine (UKR): Metalurh Donetsk, the sixth-placed team of the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but had been excluded from participating by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body due to overdue payables. As a result, the berth was given to Zorya Luhansk, the seventh-placed team of the league.}}

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The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/calendar2014.html|title=UEFA European Football Calendar 2014/2015|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104090449/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/calendar2014.html|archive-date=4 January 2014|url-status=dead}}

Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

{{main|2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|l1=2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase}}

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients,{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2014/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233528/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/season=2014/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 4, 2013|title=Club coefficients 2013/14|website=UEFA}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2014.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 2014|publisher=Bert Kassies}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedel2014.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140424211539/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedel2014.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2014|title=Seeding in the Europa League 2014/2015|publisher=Bert Kassies}} and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on 23 June 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0253-0d7f3fa18264-3acb4b81e146-1000--former-winners-and-debutants-learn-fate/|title=Former winners and debutants learn fate|website=UEFA|date=23 June 2014}} {{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|Q1}}

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0217-0e8b68714c96-1c88e18aa19c-1000--first-tests-lined-up-for-psv-lyon-and-la-real/|title=First tests lined up for PSV, Lyon and La Real|website=UEFA|date=18 July 2014}} {{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|Q3}}

{{main|2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round|l1=2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round}}

The draw for the play-off round was held on 8 August 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0253-0d7fddcbddce-8cb544c123c5-1000--former-winners-learn-europa-league-play-off-fate/|title=Former winners learn Europa League play-off fate|website=UEFA|date=8 August 2014}} {{#lst:2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|PO}}

{{main|2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage}}

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The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 29 August 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0257-0def7f6fd4fd-59f218d9b914-1000--sevilla-face-feyenoord-standard-and-rijeka/|title=Sevilla face Feyenoord, Standard and Rijeka|website=UEFA|date=29 August 2014}} The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2014 UEFA club coefficients, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0218-0e8bf2f7a5d1-61a317307884-1000--uefa-europa-league-sides-set-for-monaco-draw/|title=UEFA Europa League sides set for Monaco draw|website=UEFA|date=29 August 2014}} They were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 18 September, 2 October, 23 October (one home match of Metalist Kharkiv played on 22 October), 6 November, 27 November, and 11 December 2014.

A total of 26 national associations were represented in the group stage. VfL Wolfsburg, Torino, Feyenoord, Guingamp, Saint-Étienne, Rio Ave, Dynamo Moscow, Krasnodar, Lokeren, Asteras Tripolis, Qarabağ, HJK, Astra Giurgiu, Dinamo Minsk and AaB made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (not counting UEFA Cup group stage appearances), although VfL Wolfsburg had already competed in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase after a third place in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage.

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage. See 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage#Tiebreakers for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Red Bull Salzburg's 21 goals scored set a new Europa League group stage record.{{cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/article135276145/Red-Bull-Salzburg-beherrscht-die-Europa-League.html|title=Red Bull Salzburg beherrscht die Europa League|work=Die Welt|date=11 December 2014|language=de}}

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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 round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

File:FC Red Bull Salzburg g SK Sturm Graz 30.JPG's Alan was the joint top scorer]]

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The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0221-0e90f099e494-c4c594a1b21a-1000--experts-uefa-europa-league-squad-of-the-season/|title=Experts' UEFA Europa League squad of the season|website=UEFA|date=28 May 2015}}

• 2014–15 UEFA Champions League
• 2015 UEFA Super Cup

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140528082451/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2015/index.html 2014–15 UEFA Europa League]
• [http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/27/34/94/2273494_DOWNLOAD.pdf 2014/15 UEFA Europa League season review]

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