2023–24 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round

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:{{cite web |url=https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulations-of-the-UEFA-Europa-League-2023/24-Online |title=Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, 2023/24 Season |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|year=2023 |access-date=4 March 2023}}

• 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){{Cref2|Note RUS}} each had one team qualify.
• 36 teams eliminated from the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the Europa League.

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/country/#/yr/2022 |title=Association coefficients 2021/22 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=27 July 2022|access-date=27 July 2022}}

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

• {{small|(UCL)}} – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
• {{small|(UECL)}} – Additional berth for UEFA Europa Conference League title holders

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The following is the access list for this season.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/58/61/42/2586142_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Access list 2021–24 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204074949/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/58/61/42/2586142_DOWNLOAD.pdf |url-status=live }}

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.

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

The third qualifying round was divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

Notes

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{{Cnote2|Note RUS|Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/60560567/ |title=Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams |website=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022}} The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.{{cite press release|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0275-150c9887cacb-882c686f407f-1000/ |title=UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs |publisher=UEFA|location=Nyon|date=2 May 2022 |access-date=2 May 2022}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note UKR|Ukraine (UKR): Organization of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Cup was aborted and scratched due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The berth reserved for the cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team in the league, Zorya Luhansk.}}

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The schedule of the competition was as follows.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/027a-1641dbb4e215-91bce93221b1-1000/ |title=2023/24 UEFA Europa League: Matches, final, key dates |publisher=UEFA |date=12 October 2022 |access-date=1 January 2023}}{{cite magazine |url=https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0279-163596ae271e-e04faa20e08e-1000/20220926_circular_2022_65_en.zip |title=International match calendar and access list for the 2023/24 season |number=65/2022 |magazine=UEFA Circular Letter |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=26 September 2022 |access-date=27 September 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/027c-16dee2d0b98f-a5040858c501-1000/ |title=2023 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions |publisher=UEFA |date=20 December 2022 |access-date=1 January 2023}} 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.

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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).{{Cite web |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/trank2023.html |title=UEFA 5-year Club Ranking 2023 |work=kassiesa.net|access-date=1 September 2023}} Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Aris Limassol, Brighton & Hove Albion, 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. Furthermore, Brighton & Hove Albion qualified for European football for the first time in their history.

A total of 21 national associations were represented in the group stage.

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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.{{#lst:2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase|Format}}

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

===Team of the Season===

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/028d-1af72d7a87db-103be0eecc6d-1000--europa-league-all-star-xi/ |title=2023/24 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=24 May 2024 |access-date=24 May 2024}}

• {{flagicon|GAB}} Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ({{fbaicon|FRA}} Marseille){{cite news|date=24 May 2024|title= Aubameyang named 2023/24 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/028d-1af72cc09a3e-b8bc35e6464f-1000--player-of-the-season-aubameyang/|access-date=24 May 2024|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}

• {{flagicon|GER}} Florian Wirtz ({{fbaicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen){{cite news|date=24 May 2024|title=Florian Wirtz named 2023/24 UEFA Europa League Young Player of the Season|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/028d-1af72d377c8e-0b2d7634e2cf-1000--young-player-of-the-season-wirtz/|access-date=24 May 2024|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}

• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
• 2024 UEFA Super Cup
• 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2023–24 UEFA Youth League

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