2013–14 UEFA Europa League

The 2013–14 UEFA Europa League is the 43rd season and the final will be played at the Juventus Stadium,Turin,Italy on May 14,2014

 Defending Champion
Chelsea are the defending champions

Teams Participating
A total of 194 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations participate in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League  

• 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 has one team qualify (as it organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league)
• The top three associations of the 2012–13 UEFA Respect Fair Play Ranking each gain an additional berth
• 33 teams eliminated from the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League are transferred to the Europa League

Round and Draw Dates

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

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	24 June 2013	4 July 2013	11 July 2013
	Second qualifying round		18 July 2013	25 July 2013
	Third qualifying round	19 July 2013	1 August 2013	8 August 2013
Play-off	Play-off round	9 August 2013	22 August 2013	29 August 2013
Group stage	Matchday 1	30 August 2013 (Monaco)	19 September 2013
	Matchday 2		3 October 2013
	Matchday 3		24 October 2013
	Matchday 4		7 November 2013
	Matchday 5		28 November 2013
	Matchday 6		12 December 2013
Knockout phase	Round of 32	13 December 2013	20 February 2014	27 February 2014
	Round of 16		13 March 2014	20 March 2014
	Quarter-finals	21 March 2014	3 April 2014	10 April 2014
	Semi-finals	11 April 2014	24 April 2014	1 May 2014
	Final		14 May 2014 at Juventus Stadium Turin

Group Stage

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on August 30,2013

The 48 teams 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 will play against each other home-and-away in a Round Robin Format

The matchdays are -

• September 19,2013
• October 3,2013
• October 24,2013
• November 7,2013
• November 28,2013 and 
• December 12, 2013

The group winners and runners-up will advance to the Round of 32, where they will be joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the 2013-14 Champions League Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Valencia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swansea City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuban Krasnodar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
St Gallen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
PSC eindhoven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dinamo Zagreb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chornomorets Odesa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ludogorets Razgrad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Standard Liege	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red Bull Salzburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elfsborg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Esbjerg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rubin Kazan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maribor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zulte Waregem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fiorentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pacos de Ferreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pandurii Targu Jiu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bordeaux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
APOEL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dynamo Kyiv	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Genk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rapid Wien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sevilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Freiburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estoril	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovan Liberec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Real Betis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitoria de Guimaraes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rijeka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group J

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lazio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trabzonspor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Legia Warsaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Apollon Limassol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group K

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anzhi Makhachkala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheriff Tiraspol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tromso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group L

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PAOK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maccabi Haifa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shakhter Karagandy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 will be held on Dec 13, 2013. The first legs will be played on Feb 20,2014 and the second legs will be played on Feb 27, 2014.

Round of 16

The first legs will be played on March13,2014 and the second legs will be played on March 20,2014.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on March 21,2014 The first legs will be played on April 3,2014 and the second legs will be played on April 10,2014.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes) will be held on April 11,2014. The first legs will be played on 24 April, and the second legs will be played on May 1,2014

Final
The final will be played on 14 May 2014 at the  Juventus Stadium,Turin,Italy on May 14,2014