2011–12 UEFA Europa League

41st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA July 2020 UEFA Europa League 2011–12 Arena-bukareszt.jpg 275px The Arena Națională in Bucharest hosted the final 30 June – 25 August 2011 (qualifying)15 September 2011 – 9 May 2012 (competition proper) 48+8 (competition proper)161+33 (total) 53 ESP Atlético Madrid 2 ESP Athletic Bilbao 205 585 Radamel Falcao (Atlético Madrid)12 goals 2010–11 2012–13 thumb|Teams by country in 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League was the third season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 41st edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup.https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01d1-0f8ef23c90b9-fdc5b01d5c6f-1000--uefa-cup-to-become-uefa-europa-league/ UEFA Cup to become UEFA Europa League UEFA 27 September 2008 27 August 2011 It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and ended on 9 May 2012 with the final held at Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania.https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01d5-0e70c9e763c9-0b023fd4e3e9-1000--uefa-unveil-2011-and-2012-final-venues/ UEFA unveil 2011 and 2012 final venues UEFA 30 January 2009 27 August 2011 live https://web.archive.org/web/20121103190029/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/stadiumsecurity/news/newsid%3D796145.html 3 November 2012 As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, two extra officials – one on each goal line – were used in all matches of the competition from the group stage.https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0252-0ce1fa43099d-a7161bbf372c-1000--uefa-welcomes-ifab-referee-trial-decision/ UEFA welcomes IFAB referee trial decision UEFA 22 July 2010 27 August 2011 Atlético Madrid won the title, defeating Athletic Bilbao 3–0 in an all-Spanish final (two goals from Falcao and one from Diego).https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17995827 Atl Madrid 3–0 Athletic Bilbao BBC Sport 9 May 2012 15 January 2018 Porto were the defending champions; they were beaten by Manchester City in the Round of 32 (6-1 on aggregate). Association team allocation A total of 194 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. Associations are allocated places according to their 2010 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2005–06 to 2009–10.https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/crank2010.html UEFA Country Ranking 2010 Bert Kassies Below is the qualification scheme for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League:Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2011/12 https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/62/69/60/1626960_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110626034322/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/62/69/60/1626960_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead 26 June 2011 Union of European Football Associations Nyon 1 June 2011 March 2011 Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify Associations 10–51 each have three teams qualify, except Liechtenstein, which have one team qualify (as Liechtenstein only have a domestic cup and no domestic league) Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify The top three associations of the 2010–11 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League Association ranking RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes 1 ENG 81.856 3 +1(FP)+2(UCL) 2 ESP 79.757 +1(UCL) 3 ITA 64.338 +1(UCL) 4 GER 64.207 5 FRA 53.740 6 RUS 43.791 +1(UCL) 7 UKR 39.550 4 +1(UCL) 8 ROU 39.491 +1(UCL) 9 POR 38.296 +1(UCL) 10 NED 36.546 3 +2(UCL) 11 TUR 34.450 +2(UCL) 12 GRE 29.899 +2(UCL) 13 SUI 28.375 +1(UCL) 14 BEL 27.900 +1(UCL) 15 DEN 27.350 +2(UCL) 16 SCO 25.791 +1(UCL) 17 BUL 22.000 +1(UCL) 18 CZE 21.975 +1(UCL)RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes 19 AUT 19.575 3 +1(UCL) 20 ISR 18.875 +1(UCL) 21 CYP 17.999 22 NOR 17.400 +1(FP)+1(UCL) 23 SVK 15.832 +1(UCL) 24 SWE 14.191 +1(FP)+1(UCL) 25 SRB 14.000 +1(UCL) 26 POL 12.541 +1(UCL) 27 CRO 12.332 28 BLR 1995 11.541 29 IRL 9.541 +1(UCL) 30 FIN 9.499 +1(UCL) 31 BIH 8.749 32 LTU 8.416 +1(UCL) 33 LVA 8.248 34 MDA 7.290 35 SVN 6.957 +1(UCL) 36 HUN 6.750RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes 37 GEO 5.748 3 +1(UCL) 38 AZE 5.498 39 ISL 5.415 40 MKD Macedonia 5.332 41 LIE 4.500 1 42 KAZ 4.499 3 43 EST 4.374 44 ALB 3.999 45 ARM 2.999 46 WAL 2.581 47 MNE 2.125 48 FRO 1.832 49 NIR 1.624 50 LUX 1.249 51 AND 1.000 52 MLT 0.916 2 53 SMR 1862 0.750 Notes (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, England, Sweden) https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50f8282fd8-8f62a47f01f5-1000--fair-play-bonus-for-norway-england-and-sweden/ Fair Play bonus for Norway, England and Sweden UEFA 16 May 2011 (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League Distribution Since the winners of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, Porto, qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance, the title holder spot reserved for them in the group stage was vacated. As a result, the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage: https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50f82cc102-d161b6bb0901-1000--2011-12-uefa-europa-league-access-list/ 2011/12 UEFA Europa League access list UEFA 20 June 2011 The domestic cup winners of associations 16 and 17 (Scotland and Bulgaria) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the play-off round. The domestic cup winners of associations 28 and 29 (Belarus and Republic of Ireland) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round. The domestic cup winners of associations 52 and 53 (Malta and San Marino) and the domestic league runners-up of associations 33 and 34 (Latvia and Moldova) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round. Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions LeagueFirst qualifying round(50 teams)18 domestic league runners-up from associations 35–53 (except Liechtenstein) 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein) 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankingsSecond qualifying round(80 teams)24 domestic cup winners from associations 30–53 16 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–34 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 7–925 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying round(70 teams)12 domestic cup winners from associations 18–29 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 10–15 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–9 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France) 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)40 winners from the second qualifying roundPlay-off round(76 teams)17 domestic cup winners from associations 1–17 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–9 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–6 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–335 winners from the third qualifying round15 losers from the Champions League third qualifying roundGroup stage(48 teams)38 winners from the play-off round10 losers from the Champions League play-off roundKnockout phase(32 teams)12 group winners from the group stage 12 group runners-up from the group stage8 third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage Redistribution rules 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" qualifiers within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated, and the remaining Europa League qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League. When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the Europa League qualifiers that finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League. A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League. A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table that has not yet qualified for the Champions League or the Europa League. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01f2-0e78a92bc11b-6610b928c079-1000--2011-12-list-of-participants/ 2011/12 UEFA Europa League list of participants UEFA 26 August 2011https://kassiesa.net/uefa/qual2011.html Qualification for European Cup Football 2011/2012 Bert Kassies 15 May 2011 https://archive.today/20120529202747/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/qual2011.html 29 May 2012 dead TH: Title holders CW: Cup winners CR: Cup runners-up LC: League Cup winners Nth: League position P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners FP: Fair play UCL: Relegated 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 Round of 32ENG Manchester City (UCL GS)TUR Trabzonspor (UCL GS)Note TURENG Manchester United (UCL GS)NED Ajax (UCL GS)ESP Valencia (UCL GS)GRE Olympiacos (UCL GS)POR Porto (UCL GS)THCZE Viktoria Plzeň (UCL GS)Group stageSUI Zürich (UCL PO)DEN Odense (UCL PO)ISR Maccabi Haifa (UCL PO)POL Wisła Kraków (UCL PO)SWE Malmö FF (UCL PO)RUS Rubin Kazan (UCL PO)DEN Copenhagen (UCL PO)NED Twente (UCL PO)ITA Udinese (UCL PO)AUT Sturm Graz (UCL PO)Play-off roundENG Tottenham Hotspur (5th)RUS Lokomotiv Moscow (5th)BEL Anderlecht (3rd)BEL Standard Liège (UCL Q3)ENG Birmingham City (LC)UKR Metalist Kharkiv (3rd)DEN Nordsjælland (CW)SVK Slovan Bratislava (UCL Q3)ESP Sevilla (5th)UKR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)SCO Celtic (CW)GEO Zestaponi (UCL Q3)ESP Athletic Bilbao (6th)ROU Steaua București (CW)BUL CSKA Sofia (CW)BUL Litex Lovech (UCL Q3)ITA Lazio (5th)ROU Rapid București (4th)Note ROULTU Ekranas (UCL Q3)TUR Trabzonspor (UCL Q3)Note TURITA Roma (6th)POR Sporting CP (3rd)IRL Shamrock Rovers (UCL Q3)SRB Partizan (UCL Q3)GER Schalke 04 (CW)POR Braga (4th)GRE Panathinaikos (UCL Q3)SVN Maribor (UCL Q3)GER Hannover 96 (4th)NED PSV Eindhoven (3rd)UKR Dynamo Kyiv (UCL Q3)FIN HJK (UCL Q3)FRA Paris Saint-Germain (4th)TUR Beşiktaş (CW)SCO Rangers (UCL Q3)FRA Sochaux (5th)GRE AEK Athens (CW)ROU Vaslui (UCL Q3)RUS Spartak Moscow (4th)SUI Sion (CW)NOR Rosenborg (UCL Q3)Third qualifying roundENG Stoke City (CR)POR Vitória de Guimarães (5th)BUL Levski Sofia (2nd)SWE Helsingborgs IF (CW)ESP Atlético Madrid (7th)NED AZ (4th)CZE Mladá Boleslav (CW)SRB Red Star Belgrade (2nd)ITA Palermo (CR)TUR Bursaspor (3rd)CZE Sparta Prague (2nd)POL Legia Warsaw (CW)GER Mainz 05 (5th)GRE PAOK (3rd)AUT Ried (CW)CRO Hajduk Split (2nd)FRA Rennes (6th)SUI Young Boys (3rd)ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW)BLR 1995 Gomel (CW)RUS Alania Vladikavkaz (CR)BEL Club Brugge (4th)CYP Omonia (CW)IRL Sligo Rovers (CW)UKR Karpaty Lviv (5th)DEN Brøndby (3rd)NOR Strømsgodset (CW)ROU Dinamo București (6th)Note ROUSCO Heart of Midlothian (3rd)SVK Senica (2nd)Second qualifying roundUKR Vorskla Poltava (6th)ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd)BIH Željezničar (CW)LIE Vaduz (CW)ROU Gaz Metan Mediaș (7th)Note ROUISR Bnei Yehuda (4th)BIH Sarajevo (2nd)KAZ Aktobe (2nd)Note KAZPOR Nacional (6th)CYP Anorthosis Famagusta (3rd)LTU Sūduva (2nd)EST Levadia Tallinn (2nd)NED ADO Den Haag (P-W)CYP AEK Larnaca (4th)LTU Tauras Tauragė (4th)Note LTUALB Tirana (CW)TUR Gaziantepspor (4th)NOR Vålerenga (2nd)LVA Ventspils (CW)ARM Mika (CW)GRE Olympiacos Volos (5th)SVK Žilina (3rd)LVA Liepājas Metalurgs (3rd)WAL Llanelli (CW)SUI Thun (5th)SWE Örebro SK (3rd)MDA Iskra-Stal (CW)MNE Rudar Pljevlja (CW)BEL Westerlo (CR)SRB Vojvodina (3rd)MDA Sheriff Tiraspol (2nd)FRO EB/Streymur (CW)DEN Midtjylland (4th)POL Śląsk Wrocław (2nd)SVN Domžale (CW)NIR Crusaders (2nd)SCO Dundee United (4th)CRO RNK Split (3rd)HUN Kecskemét (CW)LUX Differdange 03 (CW)BUL Lokomotiv Sofia (4th)BLR 1995 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd)GEO Gagra (CW)AND Sant Julià (CW)CZE Jablonec (3rd)IRL Bohemians (2nd)AZE Khazar Lankaran (CW)MLT Floriana (CW)AUT Red Bull Salzburg (2nd)FIN TPS (CW)ISL FH (CW)SMR 1862 Juvenes/Dogana (CW)AUT Austria Wien (3rd)FIN KuPS (2nd)MKD Metalurg Skopje (CW)First qualifying roundNOR Tromsø (3rd)SVN Koper (3rd)KAZ Shakhter Karagandy (CR)Note KAZNIR Glentoran (3rd)SVK Spartak Trnava (4th)SVN Olimpija Ljubljana (4th)EST Narva Trans (3rd)NIR Cliftonville (4th)SWE IF Elfsborg (4th)HUN Paks (2nd)EST Nõmme Kalju (4th)LUX Fola Esch (2nd)SRB Rad (4th)HUN Ferencváros (3rd)ALB Flamurtari (2nd)LUX Käerjéng 97 (3rd)POL Jagiellonia Białystok (4th)GEO Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)ALB Vllaznia (3rd)AND Lusitanos (3rd)CRO Varaždin (CR)GEO Metalurgi Rustavi (3rd)ARM Banants (2nd)AND UE Santa Coloma (4th)BLR 1995 Minsk (3rd)AZE Qarabağ (3rd)ARM Ulisses (3rd)MLT Birkirkara (3rd)IRL St Patrick's Athletic (5th)Note IRLAZE AZAL Baku (4th)WAL The New Saints (2nd)SMR 1862 Tre Penne (2nd)FIN Honka (4th)ISL ÍBV (3rd)WAL Neath (P-W)NOR Aalesund (FP)http://www.fotball.no/nff/NFF-nyheter/2011/AaFK-far-plass-i-Europa-League/ AaFK får plass i Europa League fotball.no 13 May 2011BIH Široki Brijeg (4th)ISL KR (4th)MNE Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)ENG Fulham (FP)Fulham handed Europa League place http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2367265,00.html official website Premier League 26 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110830172023/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0%2C%2C12306~2367265%2C00.html 30 August 2011 LTU Banga (CR)MKD Renova (3rd)MNE Zeta (4th)SWE BK Häcken (FP)https://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/cuper/2011/05/bk-hacken-till-europa-league/ BK Häcken till Europa League svenskfotboll.se 13 May 2011LVA Daugava Daugavpils (4th)MKD Rabotnicki (4th)FRO NSÍ (3rd)MDA Milsami Orhei (3rd)KAZ Irtysh (3rd)FRO ÍF (4th) disc Note IRL Republic of Ireland (IRL): Because Sporting Fingal, the fourth-placed team of the 2010 League of Ireland Premier Division, returned its domestic licence prior to the start of the 2011 season, St Patricks Athletic, the fifth-placed team of the league, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/league-in-new-crisis-as-fingal-go-to-wall-26685453.html League in new crisis as Fingal go to wall independent.ie 14 February 2011 11 February 2011 Note KAZ Kazakhstan (KAZ): Because Lokomotiv Astana, the winners of the 2010 Kazakhstan Cup, did not exist for at least three years and could not obtain a UEFA licence, the second-placed team of the league, Aktobe, moved up to enter the second qualifying round, and the cup runners-up, Shakhter Karagandy, claimed the vacant Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.http://www.caravan.kz/article/27947 Невыездной "Локомотив" caravan.kz 21 April 2011 22 May 2011 23 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200515/http://www.caravan.kz/article/27947 dead Note LTU Lithuania (LTU): Because Žalgiris, the third-placed team of the 2010 A Lyga, did not obtain a UEFA licence for the 2011–12 European competitions, Tauras Tauragė, the fourth-placed team of the league, claimed the Europa League spot in the second qualifying round.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/uefa_nesuteike_zalgiriui_isimties_del_zaidimo_europos_lygoje EFA nesuteikė "Žalgiriui" išimties dėl žaidimo Europos lygoje lff.lt 31 March 2011 15 May 2011 1 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110601095231/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/uefa_nesuteike_zalgiriui_isimties_del_zaidimo_europos_lygoje dead Note ROU Romania (ROU): Because Politehnica Timișoara, the 2010–11 Liga I runners-up, were denied a domestic licence for the 2011–12 season, Vaslui, the third-placed team of the league, claimed the Champions League spot in the third qualifying round for non-champions, instead of entering the Europa League play-off round. Subsequently, Rapid București and Dinamo București, the fourth- and sixth-placed teams of the league, moved up to enter the play-off round and the third qualifying round respectively, and Gaz Metan Mediaș, the seventh-placed team of the league, claimed the vacant Europa League spot in the second qualifying round.Timișoara si Bistrita nu au primit licenta si sunt retrogradate http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/poli-timisoara/75710/timisoara-si-bistrita-nu-au-primit-licenta-si-sunt-retrogradate.htm Onlinesport.ro 31 May 2011 Romanian https://archive.today/20120529190506/http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/poli-timisoara/75710/timisoara-si-bistrita-nu-au-primit-licenta-si-sunt-retrogradate.htm 29 May 2012 dead Note TUR Turkey (TUR): Fenerbahçe, the 2010–11 Süper Lig champions, was banned by the Turkish Football Federation on 24 August 2011 from participating in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League due to the ongoing investigation into match-fixing.Fenerbahce withdrawn from Europe because of match-fix probe https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14656932 BBC 24 August 2011 25 August 2011http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=471&ftxtID=13258 Fenerbahçe is out from UEFA Champions League for this season Turkish Football Federation 24 August 2011 UEFA decided to replace them in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League with Trabzonspor, the league runners-up, who had lost in the Champions League third qualifying round and were participating in the Europa League play-off round at that time. They finished third in their group and thus advanced to the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase. Round and draw dates All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise. PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round20 June 201130 June 20117 July 2011Second qualifying round14 July 201121 July 2011Third qualifying round15 July 201128 July 20114 August 2011Play-offPlay-off round5 August 201118 August 201125 August 2011Group stageMatchday 126 August 2011(Monaco)15 September 2011Matchday 229 September 2011Matchday 320 October 2011Matchday 43 November 2011Matchday 530 November – 1 December 2011Matchday 614–15 December 2011Knockout phaseRound of 3216 December 201116 February 201223 February 2012Round of 168 March 201215 March 2012Quarter-finals16 March 201229 March 20125 April 2012Semi-finals19 April 201226 April 2012Final9 May 2012 at Arena Națională, Bucharest 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. Qualifying rounds 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying 2011–12 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 2011 UEFA club coefficients,https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2011.html UEFA Team Ranking 2011 Bert Kassieshttps://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/seedel2011.html Seeding in the Europa League 2011/2012 Bert Kassies and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. First qualifying round Q1 Second qualifying round Q2 Third qualifying round Q3 Play-off round 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying#Play-off round 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round PO Group stage 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage Europe 650 right Location of teams of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage.8px Red: Group A; 8px Yellow: Group B; 8px Green: Group C; 8px Dark green: Group D;8px Purple: Group E; 8px Pink: Group F; 8px Blue: Group G; 8px Orange: Group H;8px Brown: Group I; 8px Deep pink: Group J; 8px Cyan: Group K; 8px Spring green: Group L. Europe 47.816264 12.998228 75 Salzburg Pink pog.svg left Europe 47.046111 15.454444 75 Sturm SpringGreen pog.svg left Europe 48.162306 16.386714 75 Austria Blue pog.svg left Europe 51.193272 3.180583 75 Brugge Orange pog.svg top Europe 50.834194 4.298361 75 Anderlecht SpringGreen pog.svg bottom Europe 50.609908 5.543344 75 Standard Yellow pog.svg right Europe 34.925556 33.599722 75 AEK Larnaca DeepPink pog.svg right Europe 55.397771 10.350055 75 Odense Cyan pog.svg left Europe 55.702469 12.572203 75 Copenhagen Yellow pog.svg top Europe 52.475556 -1.867778 75 Birmingham Orange pog.svg left Europe 52.988333 -2.175556 75 Stoke Purple pog.svg right Europe 40.401719 -3.720606 75 Atlético Brown pog.svg right Europe 43.264284 -2.950366 75 Athletic Pink pog.svg right Europe 48.107458 -1.712839 75 Rennes Brown pog.svg left Europe 48.841389 2.253056 75 PSG Pink pog.svg right Europe 51.554503 7.067589 75 Schalke DeepPink pog.svg right Europe 52.360067 9.731197 75 Hannover Yellow pog.svg right Europe 38.036092 23.787633 75 AEK Athens SpringGreen pog.svg right Europe 40.613839 22.972422 75 PAOK Red pog.svg right Europe 53.283517 -6.373744 75 Shamrock Rovers Red pog.svg top Europe 32.783356 34.966765 75 M. Haifa DeepPink pog.svg right Europe 41.933886 12.454786 75 Lazio Dark Green 004040 pog.svg right Europe 46.081603 13.200136 75 Udinese Brown pog.svg left Europe 51.441781 5.467442 75 PSV Green pog.svg left Europe 52.612778 4.742222 75 AZ Blue pog.svg top Europe 52.236667 6.8375 75 Twente Cyan pog.svg top Europe 50.063611 19.911944 75 Wisła Cyan pog.svg right Europe 52.220461 21.040628 75 Legia Green pog.svg right Europe 38.761194 -9.160783 75 Sporting Dark Green 004040 pog.svg right Europe 41.5624 -8.4308 75 Braga Orange pog.svg right Europe 46.6335 27.733319 75 Vaslui Dark Green 004040 pog.svg right Europe 55.803611 37.741111 75 Lokomotiv SpringGreen pog.svg right Europe 55.818837 49.158497 75 Rubin Red pog.svg right Europe 55.849711 -4.205589 75 Celtic Brown pog.svg right Europe 47.382794 8.504364 75 Zürich Dark Green 004040 pog.svg left Europe 48.166178 17.142502 75 Slovan Pink pog.svg right Europe 46.562401 15.640497 75 Maribor Orange pog.svg right Europe 55.583611 12.987778 75 Malmö Blue pog.svg right Europe 41.039206 28.994742 75 Beşiktaş Purple pog.svg right Europe 50.433439 30.522114 75 Dynamo Purple pog.svg left Europe 49.594833 34.549444 75 Vorskla Yellow pog.svg right Europe 49.980858 36.261703 75 Metalist Blue pog.svg right Europe 44.4325 26.103889 75 Bucharest Black pog.svg top Europe 51.50722 -0.1275 75 London Black pog.svg left Europe 32.06667 34.78333 75 Tel Aviv Black pog.svg left Europe TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 65 55 80 Bucharest teams 8px Steaua București 8px Rapid București Tel Aviv teams 8px Hapoel Tel Aviv 8px Maccabi Tel Aviv London teams 8px Tottenham Hotspur 8px Fulham right The group stage features 48 teams, which were allocated into pots based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into twelve groups of four. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. The draw was held on 26 August 2011 in Monaco. https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01f4-0e796286be81-dfe40a88c465-1000--spurs-draw-shamrock-atletico-handed-tough-test/ Spurs draw Shamrock, Atlético handed tough test UEFA 26 August 2011 In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 15 September, 29 September, 20 October, 3 November, 30 November – 1 December, and 14–15 December 2011. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order): 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 teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams; 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. A total of 24 national associations are represented in this group stage (including Scotland after Celtic were reinstated into the Europa League over Sion), with England having the most teams, with four. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1667671.html Europa League draw to be made UEFA 26 August 2011 March 2025 medicmedic This was also the first time an Irish side were represented in the group stage. Group A Group A yes no_hide_class_rules Group B Group B yes no_hide_class_rules Group C Group C yes no_hide_class_rules Group D Group D yes no_hide_class_rules Group E Group E yes no_hide_class_rules Group F Group F yes no_hide_class_rules Group G Group G yes no_hide_class_rules Group H Group H yes no_hide_class_rules Group I Group I yes no_hide_class_rules Group J Group J yes no_hide_class_rules Group K Group K yes no_hide_class_rules Group L Group L yes no_hide_class_rules Knockout phase 2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four better third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage (based on their match record in the group stage) are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other. In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other. Bracket Bracket Round of 32 R32 Round of 16 R16 Quarter-finals QF Semi-finals SF Final F Statistics Excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round. Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1COL Radamel FalcaoESP Atlético Madrid121215'2NED Klaas-Jan HuntelaarGER Schalke 0410923'3ESP AdriánESP Atlético Madrid81034'4ARG Matías SuárezBEL Anderlecht7612'ESP Fernando LlorenteESP Athletic Bilbao71121'6RUS Dmitri SychevRUS Lokomotiv Moscow6408'NED Ricky van WolfswinkelPOR Sporting CP61045'8ENG Andrew JohnsonENG Fulham5411'UKR Marko DevićUKR Metalist Kharkiv5484'ARG Jonathan CristaldoUKR Metalist Kharkiv5579'BEL Guillaume GilletBEL Anderlecht5698'SWE Ola ToivonenNED PSV Eindhoven5760'SVN Tim MatavžNED PSV Eindhoven5787'ESP Markel SusaetaESP Athletic Bilbao51216'ESP Iker MuniainESP Athletic Bilbao51227' Source: UEFAhttp://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000272/players/type=topscorers/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111022175319/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000272/players/type=topscorers/index.html dead 22 October 2011 Statistics – Tournament phase – Goals scored UEFA 10 May 2012 Top assists RankPlayerTeamAssistsMinutes played1BRA DiegoESP Atlético Madrid7949'2POR Manuel FernandesTUR Beşiktaş5720'ARG José SosaUKR Metalist Kharkiv5886'4GRE Georgios GeorgiadisGRE PAOK4484'NED Ola JohnNED Twente4658'BEL Dries MertensNED PSV Eindhoven4754'ESP Diego CapelPOR Sporting CP4862'TUR Arda TuranESP Atlético Madrid4875'BRA Cleiton XavierUKR Metalist Kharkiv4884'10CIV Yaya TouréENG Manchester City3270'ENG Andros TownsendENG Tottenham Hotspur3314'UKR Marko DevićUKR Metalist Kharkiv3484'CIV Didier Ya KonanGER Hannover 963498'ARG Pablo BrandánROU Steaua București3607'MAR Zakaria LabyadNED PSV Eindhoven3637'GER Lars StindlGER Hannover 963907'BRA TaisonUKR Metalist Kharkiv3920'ESP Fernando LlorenteESP Athletic Bilbao31121'NED Stijn SchaarsPOR Sporting CP31173'ESP Markel SusaetaESP Athletic Bilbao31216' Source: UEFAhttp://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000272/players/type=assists/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110923152435/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2012/statistics/round=2000272/players/type=assists/index.html dead 23 September 2011 Statistics – Tournament phase – Assists UEFA 10 May 2012 See also 2011–12 UEFA Champions League 2012 UEFA Super Cup References External links UEFA Europa League (official website) 2011–12 2