International football competition
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League
The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.
The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round .
Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the round of 32 , where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage .
Seedings
The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2009.
Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients : Pot 1 held teams ranked 9–32, Pot 2 held teams ranked 35–74, Pot 3 held teams ranked 76–108, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 115–203 and unranked teams.
Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Thursday.
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32
Notes
Europa League title holders (automatic top seed of pot 1)
Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round (Champions Path )
Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round (Non-Champions Path )
Tie-breaking criteria
Based on Article 7.05 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:
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 away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
superior goal difference from all group matches played;
higher number of goals scored;
higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Groups
All times CET /CEST .
Group A
Source: Soccerway Notes:
On 29 October 2009, UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body ruled that Dinamo Zagreb would have to play their next two home matches in the UEFA Europa League behind closed doors due to the actions of their supporters in their match at Timișoara . They also deducted three points from the Croatian club's points tally in Group A. The club appealed, but the appeal was not heard until after the first closed-doors game against Ajax . After the appeal was heard, UEFA replaced the three-point deduction with a €75,000 fine, and a three-year suspended ban from European competition, while the two-match stadium ban remained unchanged.
17 September 200919:00 Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam Attendance: 25,391Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel )
17 September 200919:00 Maksimir Stadium , Zagreb Attendance: 13,844Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary )
1 October 200921:05 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , Brussels Attendance: 17,026Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland )
1 October 200921:05 Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu , Timișoara Attendance: 5,736Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark )
22 October 200921:05 Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu , Timișoara Attendance: 6,893Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland )
22 October 200921:05 Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam Attendance: 30,700Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria )
5 November 200919:00 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , Brussels Attendance: 15,991Referee: Tony Chapron (France )
5 November 200919:00 Maksimir Stadium , Zagreb Attendance: 0Referee: Mike Dean (England )
2 December 200921:05 Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu , Timișoara Attendance: 8,085Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy )
2 December 200921:05 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , Brussels Attendance: 15,622Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland )
17 December 200919:00 Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam Attendance: 36,156Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey )
17 December 200919:00 Maksimir Stadium , Zagreb Attendance: 0Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain )
Group B
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200919:00 Stadium Lille-Metropole , Villeneuve d'Ascq Attendance: 14,676Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania )
17 September 200919:00 Stadio Luigi Ferraris , Genoa Attendance: 17,356Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal )
1 October 200921:05 Synot Tip Arena , Prague Attendance: 9,158Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria )
1 October 200921:05 Mestalla , Valencia Attendance: 21,333Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey )
22 October 200921:05 Mestalla , Valencia Attendance: 20,632Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium )
22 October 200921:05 Stadium Lille-Metropole , Villeneuve d'Ascq Attendance: 16,518Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia )
5 November 200919:00 Synot Tip Arena , Prague Attendance: 10,624Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway )
5 November 200919:00 Stadio Luigi Ferraris , Genoa Attendance: 18,587Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands )
2 December 200921:05 Mestalla , Valencia Attendance: 26,193Referee: Mike Dean (England )
2 December 200921:05 Synot Tip Arena , Prague Attendance: 11,799Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany )
17 December 200919:00 Stadium Lille-Metropole , Villeneuve d'Ascq Attendance: 15,358Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia )
17 December 200919:00 Stadio Luigi Ferraris , Genoa Attendance: 23,480Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland )
Group C
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200919:00 Bloomfield Stadium , Tel Aviv Attendance: 9,830Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium )
17 September 200919:00 Ernst-Happel-Stadion , Vienna Attendance: 49,850Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia )
1 October 200921:05 HSH Nordbank Arena , Hamburg Attendance: 29,976Referee: István Vad (Hungary )
1 October 200921:05 Celtic Park , Glasgow Attendance: 42,013Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal )
22 October 200921:05 Celtic Park , Glasgow Attendance: 38,821Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy )
22 October 200921:05 Bloomfield Stadium , Tel Aviv Attendance: 11,305Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland )
5 November 200919:00 HSH Nordbank Arena , Hamburg Attendance: 45,037Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain )
5 November 200919:00 Ernst-Happel-Stadion , Vienna Attendance: 49,000Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway )
2 December 200921:05 Celtic Park , Glasgow Attendance: 35,010Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland )
2 December 200921:05 HSH Nordbank Arena , Hamburg Attendance: 45,737Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands )
17 December 200919:00 Bloomfield Stadium , Tel Aviv Attendance: 15,164Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia )
17 December 200919:00 Ernst-Happel-Stadion , Vienna Attendance: 48,300Referee: Robert Małek (Poland )
Group D
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200919:00 Olympic Stadium , Berlin Attendance: 13,454Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland )
17 September 200919:00 Abe Lenstra Stadion , Heerenveen Attendance: 13,000Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia )
1 October 200921:05 Estádio José Alvalade , Lisbon Attendance: 16,197Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium )
1 October 200921:05 Skonto Stadium , Riga Attendance: 3,500Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine )
22 October 200921:05 Skonto Stadium , Riga Attendance: 4,500Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland )
22 October 200921:05 Olympic Stadium , Berlin Attendance: 13,134Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus )
5 November 200919:00 Estádio José Alvalade , Lisbon Attendance: 18,103Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia )
5 November 200919:00 Abe Lenstra Stadion , Heerenveen Attendance: 18,000Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania )
3 December 200921:05 Skonto Stadium , Riga Attendance: 7,200Referee: István Vad (Hungary )
3 December 200921:05 Estádio José Alvalade , Lisbon Attendance: 12,204Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic )
16 December 200919:00 Olympic Stadium , Berlin Attendance: 14,417Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus )
16 December 200919:00 Abe Lenstra Stadion , Heerenveen Attendance: 16,000Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria )
Group E
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200919:00 Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 28,000Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia )
17 September 200919:00 St. Jakob-Park , Basel Attendance: 16,459Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain )
1 October 200921:05 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 16,027Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia )
1 October 200921:05 Craven Cottage , London Attendance: 16,100Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany )
22 October 200921:05 Craven Cottage , London Attendance: 23,561Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium )
22 October 200921:05 Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 17,664Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal )
5 November 200919:00 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 14,457Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands )
5 November 200919:00 St. Jakob-Park , Basel Attendance: 15,255Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine )
3 December 200921:05 Craven Cottage , London Attendance: 23,604Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania )
3 December 200921:05 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 17,332Referee: Tony Chapron (France )
16 December 200919:00 Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 9,700Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia )
16 December 200919:00 St. Jakob-Park , Basel Attendance: 20,063Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden )
Group F
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200919:00 Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 46,791Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy )
17 September 200919:00 UPC-Arena , Graz Attendance: 15,323Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland )
1 October 200921:05 Stadionul Dinamo , Bucharest Attendance: 100Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain )
1 October 200921:05 Ali Sami Yen Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 18,334Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands )
22 October 200921:05 Ali Sami Yen Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 18,902Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden )
22 October 200921:05 Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 31,127Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark )
5 November 200919:00 Stadionul Dinamo , Bucharest Attendance: 0Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany )
5 November 200919:00 UPC-Arena , Graz Attendance: 15,322Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic )
3 December 200921:05 Ali Sami Yen Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 18,566Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia )
3 December 200921:05 Stadionul Dinamo , Bucharest Attendance: 1,821Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal )
16 December 200919:00 Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 19,617Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands )
16 December 200919:00 UPC-Arena , Graz Attendance: 15,232Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia )
Group G
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200921:05 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 12,600Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France )
17 September 200921:05 El Madrigal , Villarreal Attendance: 5,244Referee: Mike Dean (England )
1 October 200919:00 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 16,500Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia )
1 October 200919:00 Red Bull Arena , Salzburg Attendance: 18,800Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus )
22 October 200919:00 Red Bull Arena , Salzburg Attendance: 17,800Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia )
22 October 200919:00 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 14,388Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia )
5 November 200921:05 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 5,000Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey )
5 November 200921:05 El Madrigal , Villarreal Attendance: 14,114Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany )
2 December 200919:00 Red Bull Arena , Salzburg Attendance: 26,270Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania )
2 December 200919:00 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 5,600Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium )
17 December 200921:05 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 8,051Referee: William Collum (Scotland )
17 December 200921:05 El Madrigal , Villarreal Attendance: 5,860Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia )
Group H
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200921:05 Stadionul Steaua , Bucharest Attendance: 0Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic )
17 September 200921:05 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 27,172Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland )
1 October 200919:00 De Grolsch Veste , Enschede Attendance: 19,200Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy )
1 October 200919:00 Sheriff Stadium , Tiraspol Attendance: 11,634Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Belarus )
22 October 200919:00 Sheriff Stadium , Tiraspol Attendance: 6,350Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland )
22 October 200919:00 Stadionul Steaua , Bucharest Attendance: 10,500Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland )
5 November 200921:05 De Grolsch Veste , Enschede Attendance: 20,200Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus )
5 November 200921:05 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 24,080Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria )
2 December 200919:00 Sheriff Stadium , Tiraspol Attendance: 10,000Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway )
2 December 200919:00 De Grolsch Veste , Enschede Attendance: 23,700Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain )
17 December 200921:05 Stadionul Steaua , Bucharest Attendance: 2,400Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal )
17 December 200921:05 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 15,498Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary )
Group I
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200921:05 Estádio da Luz , Lisbon Attendance: 34,953Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany )
17 September 200921:05 Goodison Park , Liverpool Attendance: 26,747Referee: Robert Małek (Poland )
1 October 200919:00 Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 12,420Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden )
1 October 200919:00 Dinamo Stadium , Minsk Attendance: 21,200Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania )
22 October 200919:00 Dinamo Stadium , Minsk Attendance: 9,200Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary )
22 October 200919:00 Estádio da Luz , Lisbon Attendance: 44,534Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia )
5 November 200921:05 Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 9,716Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel )
5 November 200921:05 Goodison Park , Liverpool Attendance: 30,790Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France )
2 December 200919:00 Dinamo Stadium , Minsk Attendance: 11,200Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria )
2 December 200919:00 Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 12,141Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland )
17 December 200921:05 Estádio da Luz , Lisbon Attendance: 20,155Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy )
17 December 200921:05 Goodison Park , Liverpool Attendance: 18,242Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey )
Group J
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200921:05 Jan Breydel Stadium , Bruges Attendance: 17,770Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden )
17 September 200921:05 Partizan Stadium , Belgrade Attendance: 13,845Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey )
1 October 200919:00 Stadium Municipal , Toulouse Attendance: 12,215Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland )
1 October 200919:00 Donbass Arena , Donetsk Attendance: 49,480Referee: William Collum (Scotland )
22 October 200919:00 Donbass Arena , Donetsk Attendance: 50,217Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal )
22 October 200919:00 Jan Breydel Stadium , Bruges Attendance: 18,903Referee: Mike Dean (England )
5 November 200921:05 Stadium Municipal , Toulouse Attendance: 12,046Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain )
5 November 200921:05 Partizan Stadium , Belgrade Attendance: 6,290Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria )
3 December 200919:00 Donbass Arena , Donetsk Attendance: 46,089Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary )
3 December 200919:00 Stadium Municipal , Toulouse Attendance: 11,123Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland )
16 December 200921:05 Jan Breydel Stadium , Bruges Attendance: 23,668Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway )
16 December 200921:05 Partizan Stadium , Belgrade Attendance: 2,000Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany )
Group K
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200921:05 Generali Arena , Prague Attendance: 16,703Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland )
17 September 200921:05 Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu , Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 8,414Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus )
1 October 200919:00 Parken Stadium , Copenhagen Attendance: 15,043Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia )
1 October 200919:00 Philips Stadion , Eindhoven Attendance: 13,500Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway )
22 October 200919:00 Philips Stadion , Eindhoven Attendance: 17,000Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland )
22 October 200919:00 Generali Arena , Prague Attendance: 10,133Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia )
5 November 200921:05 Parken Stadium , Copenhagen Attendance: 21,605Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia )
5 November 200921:05 Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu , Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 7,227Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey )
3 December 200919:00 Philips Stadion , Eindhoven Attendance: 26,400Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden )
3 December 200919:00 Parken Stadium , Copenhagen Attendance: 11,567Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia )
16 December 200921:05 Generali Arena , Prague Attendance: 17,151Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland )
16 December 200921:05 Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu , Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 3,000Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France )
Group L
Source: Soccerway
17 September 200921:05 San Mamés , Bilbao Attendance: 26,000Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands )
17 September 200921:05 Estádio da Madeira , Funchal Attendance: 3,082Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway )
1 October 200919:00 Weserstadion , Bremen Attendance: 24,305Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania )
1 October 200919:00 Franz Horr Stadium , Vienna Attendance: 11,000Referee: Tony Chapron (France )
22 October 200919:00 Franz Horr Stadium , Vienna Attendance: 11,000Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy )
22 October 200919:00 San Mamés , Bilbao Attendance: 24,569Referee: István Vad (Hungary )
5 November 200921:05 Weserstadion , Bremen Attendance: 25,121Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden )
5 November 200921:05 Estádio da Madeira , Funchal Attendance: 2,945Referee: William Collum (Scotland )
3 December 200919:00 Franz Horr Stadium , Vienna Attendance: 11,500Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway )
3 December 200919:00 Weserstadion , Bremen Attendance: 24,784Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel )
16 December 200921:05 San Mamés , Bilbao Attendance: 27,500Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium )
16 December 200921:05 Estádio da Madeira , Funchal Attendance: 1,368Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus )
Notes
^ On 29 October 2009, UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body ruled that Dinamo Zagreb would have to play their next two home matches in the UEFA Europa League behind closed doors due to the actions of their supporters in their match at Timișoara . They also deducted three points from the Croatian club's points tally in Group A. The club appealed, but the appeal was not heard until after the first closed-doors game against Ajax . After the appeal was heard, UEFA replaced the three-point deduction with a €75,000 fine, and a three-year suspended ban from European competition, while the two-match stadium ban remained unchanged.
^ Lille played their home group matches in Villeneuve d'Ascq at Stadium Lille-Metropole as Lille 's Stade Grimonprez Jooris was left in 2004. In 2012, Stadium Grimonprez Jooris was replaced definitely by Stade Borne de l'Espoir .
^ Rapid Wien played their home group matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion as it had a greater capacity than their Gerhard Hanappi Stadium .
^ Ventspils played their home group matches in Riga at Skonto Stadium as their Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions did not meet UEFA criteria.
^ CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
^ Panathinaikos played their group matches in Athens at Olympic Stadium as Panathinaikos ' Leoforos Alexandras Stadium had been replaced temporarily by that stadium. In 2010, Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was replaced definitely by Marfin Stadium .
^ Two home matches which Dinamo București had to play behind closed doors because one fan entered the playing field and other fans invaded the running track around the pitch in the play-off round against Slovan Liberec .
The second of two home matches which Steaua București had to play behind closed doors because their fans had flown offensive banners to Újpest in the second qualifying round.
^ BATE Borisov played their home group matches in Minsk at Dinamo Stadium as their Haradski Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
References
"UEFA club coefficients 2009" . UEFA. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
"Contenders await group stage fate" . UEFA. 28 August 2009.
"Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2009/10" (PDF). UEFA. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
"Points deduction for NK Dinamo Zagreb" . UEFA. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
"Dinamo fined, given suspended sentence" . UEFA. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
"Points deduction for NK Dinamo Zagreb" . UEFA. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
"Dinamo fined, given suspended sentence" . UEFA. 20 November 2009. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
EL: Rapid im Prater Archived 4 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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