UEFA Europa League Team Stats

We’ve seen many teams play in the Europa League competition for many years, and they’ve offered us exciting shows over the years.

Even though the Europa League is the 2nd-tier competition in Europe, it has been a competitive tournament that many teams want to win.

The fact that teams can win the tournament and get automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League has made it even more attractive for teams struggling in their respective leagues.

Therefore, the competition is home to the different exciting teams that all want a shot at the biggest trophy in European club football. 

Teams from different leagues, especially England and Spain, have been the dominant forces, and they keep making providing incredible stats. 

The 2024/25 season has a new format for this tournament, which is the same as Champions League and Europa Conference League too. It will be now a Swiss-system tournament, which eliminates the classic group stage and replace it with a league phase.

*Champions League qualifier: Winner goes to Champions League, loser goes to Europa League
**Europa League qualifier: Winner goes to Europa League, loser goes to Conference League

Understanding Europa League Team Stats

The Europa League teams’ stat has been tight because they are not too far apart whenever they face off. It has always been an exciting competition because of how the teams are set up.

Therefore, we see them put their all into games, and with the away goal rule out, teams can be more offensive. They score more goals, increasing the teams’ statistics. 

However, there are different phases to the competition, and like others, teams have to play home and away games until the final, where there are only two left. The final match is played at a neutral ground in one of the stadiums across Europe. 

League Phase

The competition starts with the league phase, where the teams are paired with two teams of each pot. Each team will play the other eight matches against eight different teams, four of them at home and the other ones away.

The top 8 teams qualify to the Round of 16 and the next 16 teams will have to face off in the Round of 32. 

Automatic Qualification Spots

With the format change, the 1st-placed teams do not participate in the round of 32.

Therefore, they get automatic qualification to the round of 16 to face the best eight teams from the first stage of the knockout phase.

As a result, teams will be fighting to get first place because there is more to gain there. 

Conference League Spots

Between 2021 and 2024, in the first three seasons with the UECL and when there was still a group stage, the team in the 3rd position of each group was eliminated of the Europa League, but they got a place to compete in the Conference League Round of 32. 

Now, with the new format, the teams that get eliminated at the League Phase will not be playing at the lower-tier tournament.

For those teams that win the UECL, it will guarantee them a place in the Europa League the following season. 

Knockout Phase

Once the league phase is done, and the standings from that round are decided, the best eight teams will qualify to the Round of 16 and the teams between the 9th and 24th places will play in the round of 32.

The best teams from this round of 32 will join the eight that gained automatic qualification to the round of 16.  Then, they play for a place in the quarterfinals.

After that, we move to the semifinal stage, where we have four teams fighting for the remaining two spots in the final. Then, the last two teams face off in a showdown to decide the UEL champion. 

UCL Qualification

The final two have the chance to win the competition and get automatic qualifications to the UCL. Therefore, there is more incentive to win the tournament, especially if one of the teams can’t qualify automatically in its respective league. Winning the UEL is a great opportunity for struggling teams.

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