European Football League. Structure and scheme of conducting

Football Europa League Tournament carried out under the auspices UEFA. This is one of the most popular and significant competitions between football teams. Fight in Europa League 2016/2017 will be the 46th in a row. Initially, this tournament was called the UEFA Cup. The end of this grand competition between the two best teams will be held in Stockholm.

Europa League regulations

The 2016-2017 tournament will host 190 football teams. Official places will be assigned with the UEFA league table. Countries that have the highest coefficient, have the right to enter three teams. But there is a small nuance, two clubs will directly participate in the group stage, but the third will make its way through the battle to the playoffs.

Also the 15 teams that have qualified for the Champions League are eligible to qualify directly for group stage. It is worth noting interesting fact that previously the Europa League football tournament was not considered interesting and significant, and many teams are not full force laid out on the field. But now the situation has changed radically, as the winner of the Europa League has the right to immediately get into the Champions League. For most football teams, this is the only opportunity to break into a reputable tournament.

Tournament prize fund

Concerning prize pool, then a rapid jump in the ratings of the tournament due to the large monetary reward. Winner Europa League 2016-2017 receives ten million euros and the opportunity to directly enter the Champions League. Clubs that were able to take good places at the tournament, receive from two to four million euros. However, such money for many football clubs is almost their annual budget. Therefore, now the group stage and the playoffs are very spectacular and interesting for football fans.

Europa League 2016 2017 fixtures calendar

The important thing is that there is already a schedule of all matches, but so far without a draw, which will be held immediately after the playoffs. The final of the two football titans of the UEFA Europa League 2016-2017 will officially be held on May 24. The game will be played at the eminent stadium - Friends Arena, which has a capacity of more than fifty thousand fans. The stadium itself was built in 2012 to all the best standards and has a five-star category in its luggage. Since our article will be published at the end of summer, it is worth noting the group stage dates. So, the group stage will be held on September 15th.

Match schedule group dates, playoffs

Playoff round and its first match will be played on 18.08.2016. Group stage - consists of 6 rounds, 1/16, and 1/8 finals.

Tour 1 - 09/15/2016 (first game);
Round 2 - 09/29/2016 (first game);
Round 3 - 10/20/2016 (first game);
Round 4 - 11/3/2016 (first game);
Round 5 - 11/24/2016 (first game);
Round 6 - 8.12.2016 (first game).
1/16 finals - the first match on 02/16/2017. The return game will take place on 02/23/2017;
1/8 - first match 9.03.2017. The return game will take place on 16.03.2017.

Playoffs

Quarter-finals - the first game will be played on 04/13/2017. The return game will take place on 20.04.2017;
Semi-finals – first game 4.05.2017. The return game will take place on 11.05.2017;
Final - 05/24/2017.

This football competition is interesting because it is impossible to predict the winner of the Europa League. Football clubs from England, Spain, Germany and, of course, Italy are considered favorites. For several years in a row, champions of the LE become best clubs Spain. In the new season, Liverpool and Sevilla have great chances. Of course, no one canceled the black horse, so do not underestimate the clubs, a little weaker.

Europa league calendar 2016 2017 schedule of matches and games

On a note

Not so long left before the end of the playoffs of all second legs. Therefore, stay tuned, as soon as the draw for the group part appears, we will immediately try to publish it. Most titled football club – Spanish Seville, which has four trophies. Below you can see best goals Europa League 2016.

Europa League online - standings, schedule and results of Europa League matches. Europa League news. Groups, Europa League calendar.

The Europa League 2019-20 is one of the most prestigious club football tournaments in the world. It was formed in 2009 by combining the UEFA Cup and the Intertoto Cup into a single tournament.
The new tournament has become the successor of the UEFA Cup, which has its own long and rich history.

UEFA Cup

The tournament was played from 1971 to 2009. It was attended by teams that, following the results of their championships, took high places, but did not qualify for the Champions League (European Champion Clubs' Cup) and the European Cup Winners' Cup (Winner's Cup).

Until 2004, the UEFA Cup was played according to the Olympic system, when the teams played at home and away, followed by the departure of one of them. From the 2004-2005 season, a group stage was introduced, the matches of which were played after qualification and before the playoffs. The first winner of the tournament is the club "Tottenham" (London, England), and the last - "Shakhtar" (Donetsk, Ukraine).

Tournament Winners

In total, the Europa League (together with the UEFA Cup) has been won by 26 different clubs, 11 of which have done so more than once. Moreover, only two clubs have won the tournament twice in a row: Real Madrid (Madrid, Spain) in 1985 and 1986, and Sevilla (Spain) in 2006-2007 and 2014-2015.
The record holder for the number of tournaments won is Sevilla (Spain). Three times the trophy was won by Inter (Milan, Italy), Juventus (Turin, Italy), Liverpool (England). The current winner is Sevilla, who defeated Dnepr (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) in the final.

Structure and scheme of conducting

IN this moment it is a complex multi-level tournament with 191 teams representing 54 football associations, including such exotic ones as Gibraltar, Andorra and Luxembourg. Ukraine in the 2015/2016 season in the Europa League is represented by Dnipro, Zorya and Vorskla. The last two teams ended their performances, failing to qualify.
First, the teams in the Olympic system play in a preliminary tournament, which consists of four qualifying rounds and a play-off round, after which 30 teams advance to the group stage. There, they are joined by the reigning winner of the tournament, 7 teams that qualified directly there according to the European odds table, and 10 teams that were knocked out of the Champions League play-off round.
According to the results group tournament 24 the best teams(those who finished first and second in their groups) advance to the playoffs, where they are joined by 8 teams from the Champions League (those who finished third in their groups). Then they continue to fight according to the Olympic system, starting from the 1/16th final. In the final two strongest teams play among themselves the championship title and a trophy called the UEFA Cup.

Trophy

The UEFA Cup, which is a large silver bowl (15 kg), is given to the winning team for temporary storage. The club that wins the Europa League (including the UEFA Cup) five times in total, or three times in a row, will keep the original trophy in perpetuity. So far, no team has been able to meet this requirement.

Europa League 2015 at UA-Football

The UA-Football website has been covering the Europa League since its inception. Team football experts creates high-quality content, from announcements of all tours or rounds, to the creation of a symbolic team of the tour/round
It also provides a presentation of all rivals of Ukrainian clubs in this tournament and a review of the foreign press after the matches with the participation of Ukrainian teams.
The statistics system contains tournament tables all Europa League groups and table top scorers. The schedule of matches is also presented.
In addition, the archive of previous seasons, starting from the 2011/2012 season, is stored in the statistics system of the section.