UEFA Europa League 2009-2010
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The UEFA Europa League will have its very first official edition for season 2009-2010 after taking over the UEFA Cup from its previous incarnation. There will be close to 200 clubs from all of Europe’s football leagues that will be invited and qualified for the UEFA Europa League, all of which will culminate in the first ever final in Hamburg, Germany in the stadium of HSH Nordbank Arena.
In terms of qualifying rounds, the UEFA Europa League will have a new format that starts with a total of 3 qualifying rounds. After that, the teams that survived all three rounds will proceed to the Playoff round which will also see the introduction of the first group of teams eliminated from the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. These teams will then play against each other to get a place in the Group Stage where there will be 12 groups of 4 teams each. The winners and runners-up from each of the 12 groups will then advance to the Final Phase where they are joined by another 8 teams that failed to go further in the UEFA Champions League.
The dates on which the various rounds and stages will be held are as follows (subject to change where necessary):
Qualifying Round 1 – 2 and 9 July 2009
Qualifying Round 2 – 16 and 23 July 2009
Qualifying Round 3 – 30 July 2009 and 6 August 2009
Playoff Round – 20 and 27 August 2009
Group Stage – 17 September 2009 to 17 December 2009
Knockout Round – 18 February 2010 – 18 March 2010
Final Phase – 1 April 2010 – 29 April 2010
UEFA Europa League Final – 12 May 2010
Qualifying Round 1 Matches (2 and 9 July 2009)
Sutjeska Nikši? vs MTZ-RIPO
Lahti vs Dinamo Tirana
Grevenmacher vs V?tra
NSÍ Runavík vs Rosenborg Live
Szombathelyi Haladás vs Irtysh
Sligo Rovers vs Vllaznia
Olimpi Rustavi vs B36 Tórshavn
Anorthosis vs Käerjéng
Slaven Belupo vs Birkirkara
Zimbru Chi?in?u vs Okzhetpes
Lisburn Distillery vs Zestaponi
Helsingborg vs MIKA
Valletta vs Keflavík
Dinaburg vs Nõmme Kalju
Budu?nost vs Polonia Warsaw
Narva Trans vs Rudar Velenje
Motherwell vs Llanelli
Banants vs Široki Brijeg
Spartak Trnava vs Inter Baku
Dinamo Minsk vs Renova
Randers vs Linfield
Simurq Zaqatala vs Bnei Yehuda
Fram vs The New Saints
Qualifying Round 2 Matches (14-16 July and 21-23 July 2009)
Sliema vs M. Netanya
Crusaders vs Rabotnicki
Zestafoni vs Helsingborg
Milano vs Slaven Koprivnica
Naftan vs AA Gent
Flamurtari vs Motherwell
Žilina vs Dacia Chi?in?u
Dinamo Minsk vs Tromsø
FC Zimbru Chi?in?u vs Paços de Ferreira
Liep?jas Metalurgs vs Dinamo Tbilisi
Sevojno vs Kaunas
Honka vs Bangor
Bnei Yehuda vs Dinaburg
Donetsk vs MTZ-RIPO
Skonto vs Derry
Sigma vs Fram
S?duva vs Randers
Elfsborg vs Haladás
Rosenborg vs Qaraba?
Anorthosis vs FK Petrovac
V?tra vs HJK
Cherno More vs Iskra-Stali
Rapid Wien vs Vllaznia
Sturm vs Široki Brijeg
AaB vs Slavija
Basel vs FC Santa Coloma
Steaua vs Újpest
Omonia vs HB
Tobol vs Galatasaray
Legia vs Olimpi
Gorica vs Lahti
Rudar Velenje vs Crvena Zvezda
Differdange vs Rijeka
Brøndby vs Flora
Sarajevo vs Spartak Trnava
Juvenes/Dogana vs Polonia Warszawa
Falkirk vs Vaduz
St Patrick’s vs Valletta
NAC vs Gandzasar
KR vs Larissa
Qualifying Round 3 Matches (28-30 July and 4-6 August 2009)
Bnei Yehuda vs Paços de Ferreira
Vaslui vs Omonia
Dinamo Tbilisi vs Crvena Zvezda
FK Petrovac vs Sturm
Honka vs Qaraba?
Rabotnicki vs OB Odense
M. Netanya vs Galatasaray
Fredrikstad vs Lech Poznan
Göteborg vs Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Tromsø vs Slaven Koprivnica
Vojvodina vs Austria Wien
CSKA Sofia vs Derry
Brøndby vs Legia Warsaw
Donetsk vs IB Ljubljana
Vålerenga vs PAOK
V?tra vs Fulham
Rapid Wien vs APOP
Vaduz vs Liberec
Žilina vs Hajduk
Steaua vs Motherwell
Polonia Warszawa vs NAC Breda
Slavija vs Košice
Club Brugge vs Lahti
Randers vs Hamburger SV
Aberdeen vs Sigma
St Patrick’s vs Krylya Sovetov
PSV vs Cherno More
Sevojno vs Lille
Fenerbahçe vs Honvéd
Helsingborg vs Sarajevo
Roma vs AA Gent
Rijeka vs Metalist
KR vs Basel
Athletic vs Young Boys
Braga vs Elfsborg
Play-Offs (20-27 August 2009)
Sivasspor vs FC Shakhtar Donetsk
MFK Košice vs AS Roma
FK Bak? vs FC Basel 1893
FK Teplice vs Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
FC BATE Borisov vs PFC Litex Lovech
Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC vs PSV Eindhoven
EA Guingamp vs Hamburger SV
Trabzonspor vs Toulouse FC
PFC CSKA Sofia vs FC Dinamo Moskva
PAOK FC vs SC Heerenveen
NAC Breda vs Villarreal CF
FC Metallurh Donetsk vs FK Austria Wien
SK Sturm Graz vs FC Metalist Kharkiv
SK Rapid Wien vs Aston Villa FC
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucure?ti vs FC Slovan Liberec
FC Steaua Bucure?ti vs Saint Patrick’s Athletic FC
FC Twente vs FK Karabakh
SC Vaslui vs AEK Athens FC
SK Slavia Praha vs FK Crvena Zvezda
FK Sarajevo vs CFR 1907 Cluj
FK Partizan vs MŠK Žilina
Brøndby IF vs Hertha BSC Berlin
FC Sion vs Fenerbahçe SK
KKS Lech Pozna? vs Club Brugge KV
AFC Ajax vs ŠK Slovan Bratislava
KRC Genk vs LOSC Lille Métropole
S.S. Lazio vs IF Elfsborg
NK Maribor vs AC Sparta Praha
Galatasaray A? vs FC Levadia Tallinn
Genoa CFC vs Odense BK
SL Benfica vs FC Vorskla Poltava
Werder Bremen vs FK Aktobe
Everton FC vs SK Sigma Olomouc
Fulham FC vs FC Amkar Perm
NK Dinamo Zagreb vs Heart of Midlothian FC
Stabæk IF vs Valencia CF
CD Nacional vs FC Zenit St. Petersburg
Athletic Club Bilbao vs Tromsø IL
Group Stages (17 September – 17 December 2009)
9/17/2009
Ajax Amsterdam vs FC Timisoara
Dinamo Zagreb vs Anderlecht
Genoa vs Slavia Prague
Lille vs Valencia
Hapoel Tel-Aviv vs Celtic
Rapid Vienna vs Hamburg SV
Heerenveen vs Sporting Lisbon
Hertha Berlin vs FK Ventspils
CSKA Sofia vs Fulham
FC Basel vs AS Roma
Panathinaikos vs Galatasaray
SK Sturm Graz vs Dinamo Bucuresti
Lazio vs SV Salzburg
Villarreal vs Levski Sofia
Fenerbahce vs Twente Enschede
Steaua Bucuresti vs Sheriff Tiraspol
Benfica vs BATE Borisov
Everton vs AEK Athens
Club Brugge vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Partizan Belgrade vs Toulouse
CFR Cluj-Napoca vs FC Copenhagen
Sparta Prague vs PSV Eindhoven
Athletic Bilbao vs Austria Vienna
CD Nacional de Madeira vs Werder Bremen
10/1/2009
Red Bull Salzburg vs Villarreal
Levski Sofia vs Lazio
AEK Athens vs Benfica
BATE Borisov vs Everton
Toulouse vs Club Brugge
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Partizan Belgrade
FC Copenhagen vs Sparta Prague
PSV Eindhoven vs CFR Cluj Napoca
Werder Bremen vs Athletic Bilbao
Austria Wien vs CD Nacional de Madeira
Anderlecht vs Ajax Amsterdam
FC Timisoara vs Dinamo Zagreb
Slavia Prague vs Lille
Valencia vs Genoa
Celtic vs Rapid Wien
Hamburg SV vs Hapoel Tel Aviv
Sporting Lisbon vs Hertha Berlin
FK Ventspils vs SC Heerenveen
Fulham vs FC Basel
AS Roma vs CSKA Sofia
Dinamo Bucharest vs Panathinaikos
Galatasaray vs Sturm Graz
Twente Enschede vs Steaua Bucharest
Sheriff Tiraspol vs Fenerbahce
Matches for other qualifying rounds to be decided and updated based on results of first round qualifiers.
admin @ July 1, 2009
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