2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage
The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage was played from 18 September to 11 December 2014. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.[1]
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Draw
The draw was held on 29 August 2014, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[2] The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into twelve groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots, with the restriction that teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.
The fixtures are decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups play their matches at 19:00 CEST/CET, while the other six groups play their matches at 21:05 CEST/CET, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday. There are other restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day), and Russian teams do not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[3] Therefore, Ukrainian clubs Dynamo Kyiv, Metalist Kharkiv (both Pot 1) and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Pot 2), and Russian clubs Dynamo Moscow and Krasnodar (both Pot 4) could not be drawn into the same group despite being in different pots.
Teams
Below were the 48 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2014 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their seeding pot.[5][6] They include 7 teams which enter in this stage, the 31 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.
Key to colours |
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Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32 |
- Notes
- TH Title holders, automatically placed at the top position of seeding list.
- † Winners of the play-off round.
- CL Losers of the Champions League play-off round.
Format
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.[1]
Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:[1]
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 8 apply;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
- higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Groups
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.[7] The match kickoff times were 19:00 and 21:05 CEST/CET, except for matches in Russia and Azerbaijan and one home match each of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Metalist Kharkiv which were 18:00 CEST/CET, and two home matches of Dynamo Moscow which were 17:00 CEST/CET. Times up to 25 October 2014 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).
Group A
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18 September 2014
19:00 |
Apollon Limassol | 3–2 | Zürich |
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Papoulis 9' Gullón 40' P. Koch 87' (o.g.) |
Report | Rikan 50' Yapi Yapo 53' |
23 October 2014
21:05 |
Villarreal | 4–1 | Zürich |
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Cani 6' Vietto 57' Bruno 60' G. dos Santos 78' |
Report | Schönbächler 43' |
23 October 2014
21:05 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–0 | Apollon Limassol |
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Traoré 11', 67' Hrgota 56' Herrmann 83' Angelis 90+1' (o.g.) |
Report |
Stadion im Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
Attendance: 38,182[13] Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine) |
6 November 2014
19:00 |
Zürich | 3–2 | Villarreal |
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Etoundi 21' Buff 26' Chikhaoui 29' |
Report | Pina 19' Gerard 23' |
6 November 2014
19:00 |
Apollon Limassol | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Report | Raffael 56' Herrmann 90+5' |
27 November 2014
21:05 |
Villarreal | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Vietto 26' Cheryshev 63' |
Report | Raffael 55' Xhaka 67' |
27 November 2014
21:05 |
Zürich | 3–1 | Apollon Limassol |
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Djimsiti 32' Chikhaoui 39' (pen.), 59' (pen.) |
Report | Farley 23' |
- Notes
- ^ a b c Apollon Limassol played their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia instead of their regular stadium, Tsirion Stadium, Limassol.
Group B
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11 December 2014
19:00 |
Copenhagen | 1–5 | Torino |
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Amartey 6' | Report | Martínez 15', 47' Amauri 42' (pen.) Darmian 49' Silva 53' |
Group C
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23 October 2014
21:05 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 5–1 | Asteras Tripoli |
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Kane 13', 74', 81' Lamela 30', 66' |
Report | Barrales 89' |
6 November 2014
19:00 |
Asteras Tripoli | 1–2 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Barrales 90' (pen.) | Report | Townsend 36' (pen.) Kane 42' |
Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 6,500[12] Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain) |
27 November 2014
21:05 |
Asteras Tripoli | 2–2 | Beşiktaş |
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Barrales 72' Parra 83' |
Report | Ba 15' Töre 61' (pen.) |
Group D
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18 September 2014
19:00 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 2–2 | Celtic |
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Alan 36' Soriano 78' |
Report | Wakaso 14' Brown 60' |
18 September 2014
19:00 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 5–1 | Astra Giurgiu |
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Soudani 17', 24', 45+1' Henríquez 70' Ćorić 90+2' |
Report | Chițu 82' |
23 October 2014
21:05 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 4–2 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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Alan 14', 45', 52' Ramalho 49' |
Report | Ademi 81' Henríquez 89' |
6 November 2014
19:00 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 1–5 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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Henríquez 60' | Report | Soriano 40', 64', 85' Kampl 59' Bruno 72' |
11 December 2014
19:00 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 5–1 | Astra Giurgiu |
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Sabitzer 9' Kampl 34', 90+2' Alan 46', 70' |
Report | Florescu 51' |
11 December 2014
19:00 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 4–3 | Celtic |
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Pjaca 14', 40', 50' Brozović 48' |
Report | Commons 23' Šćepović 30' Pivarić 82' (o.g.) |
Group E
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6 November 2014
19:00 |
Panathinaikos | 2–3 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Ajagun 11' Petrić 43' |
Report | Memphis 27' De Jong 65' Wijnaldum 78' |
27 November 2014
17:00 |
Dynamo Moscow | 2–1 | Panathinaikos |
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Triantafyllopoulos 55' (o.g.) Ionov 61' |
Report | Berg 14' |
27 November 2014
21:05 |
Estoril | 3–3 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Tozé 12' Kuca 30' Amado 39' |
Report | Memphis 6' Narsingh 14' Wijnaldum 82' |
Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril
Attendance: 3,700[40] Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden) |
The match was abandoned at half-time due to heavy rainfall, and was resumed on 28 November 2014, 17:00, from the point of abandonment.[41]
Group F
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27 November 2014
21:05 |
Internazionale | 2–1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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Kuzmanović 30' Osvaldo 50' |
Report | Rotan 16' |
11 December 2014
18:00 |
Qarabağ | 0–0 | Internazionale |
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Report |
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 31,200[47] Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic) |
- Notes
- ^ a b c Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk played their home matches at Olympic Stadium, Kiev instead of their regular stadium, Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, due to the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine.
Group G
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Group H
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18 September 2014
21:05 |
Everton | 4–1 | Wolfsburg |
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Rodríguez 15' (o.g.) Coleman 45+1' Baines 47' (pen.) Mirallas 89' |
Report | Rodríguez 90+4' |
23 October 2014
18:00 |
Krasnodar | 2–4 | Wolfsburg |
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Granqvist 51' (pen.) Wánderson 86' |
Report | Granqvist 37' (o.g.) De Bruyne 46', 80' Luiz Gustavo 64' |
6 November 2014
21:05 |
Wolfsburg | 5–1 | Krasnodar |
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Hunt 47', 57' Guilavogui 73' Bendtner 89' (pen.), 90+1' |
Report | Wánderson 72' |
Group I
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18 September 2014
21:05 |
Young Boys | 5–0 | Slovan Bratislava |
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Lecjaks 5' Steffen 29' Nuzzolo 63' Nikçi 80' Hoarau 90+2' |
Report |
18 September 2014
21:05 |
Napoli | 3–1 | Sparta Prague |
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Higuaín 23' (pen.) Mertens 51', 81' |
Report | Hušbauer 14' |
6 November 2014
21:05 |
Sparta Prague | 4–0 | Slovan Bratislava |
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Lafata 29', 83' Krejčí 32' Nhamoinesu 74' |
Report |
27 November 2014
19:00 |
Slovan Bratislava | 1–3 | Young Boys |
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Soumah 11' | Report | Hoarau 9' (pen.) Kubo 18', 63' |
Group J
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18 September 2014
21:05 |
Steaua București | 6–0 | AaB |
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Sânmărtean 51' Rusescu 59' (pen.), 73' Keșerü 61', 65', 72' |
Report |
2 October 2014
19:00 |
Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 | Steaua București |
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Yarmolenko 40' Kravets 66' Teodorczyk 90+1' |
Report | Rusescu 89' |
6 November 2014
21:05 |
Rio Ave | 2–2 | Steaua București |
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Diego Lopes 35', 77' (pen.) | Report | Keșerü 61' Filip 90+4' |
- Notes
- ^ a b c Steaua București played their home matches at Arena Națională, Bucharest instead of their regular stadium, Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest.
- ^ The Steaua București v AaB match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.
Group K
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18 September 2014
21:05 |
PAOK | 6–1 | Dinamo Minsk |
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Nikolić 3' (o.g.) Athanasiadis 11', 16', 28' Papadopoulos 50' Tzandaris 90' |
Report | Nikolić 80' |
- Notes
- ^ a b c Dinamo Minsk played their home matches at Borisov Arena, Barysaw instead of their regular stadium, Traktar Stadium, Minsk.
Group L
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18 September 2014
21:05 |
Metalist Kharkiv | 1–2 | Trabzonspor |
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Homenyuk 61' | Report | Constant 25' Papadopoulos 90+4' |
22 October 2014
18:00 |
Metalist Kharkiv | 0–1 | Legia Warsaw |
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Report | Duda 28' |
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kiev[F]
Attendance: 2,374[70] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania) |
27 November 2014
19:00 |
Trabzonspor | 3–1 | Metalist Kharkiv |
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Belkalem 36' Ekici 86' Horyainov 90+5' (o.g.) |
Report | Homenyuk 68' |
- Notes
- ^ a b c Metalist Kharkiv played their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv, or at Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kiev, instead of their regular stadium, Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, due to the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine.
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