UEFA Europa League 2019-20 ----------------------------------- BATTLE TO JOIN EUROPE’S ELITE The UEFA Europa League – Europe’s secondary club football competition – restarts at the Last 16 stage, before a straight “Final Eight” knock-out tournament to decide the 2020 champions in Germany. The winners will also automatically qualify for the 2020-21 Champions League group stage ----------------------------------- National Rivalry Teams from Spain have dominated Europa League in recent seasons, winning six of last ten titles Winners by nationality (including UEFA Cup) Spain Last title: 2018 11 England 2019 9 Italy 1999 9 Germany 1997 6 ----------------------------------- Season Review Sep: Austria team Wolfsberger and Ukraine outfit Oleksandriya make European debuts – both finishing in fourth place in respective groups Dec: Five-time winners Sevilla finish group stage with best record – winning five games, losing one Feb 20: Wolves striker Diogo Jota hits second hat-trick of tournament, against Espanyol Feb 27: 2019 finalists Arsenal eliminated in Last 32 by Olympiacos ----------------------------------- Eight teams entered knock-out phase of tournament after being eliminated from Champions League, Europe’s premier club competition CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DROP-OUTS Club Brugge Salzburg Olympiacos Internazionale Shakhtar Benfica Leverkusen Ajax ----------------------------------- ROUND OF 32: Results Aggregate score 1 Wolves bt Espanyol 6-3 2 Basaksehir Sporting Clube 5-4 3 Getafe Ajax 3-2 4 Leverkusen Porto 5-2 5 Copenhagen Celtic 4-2 6 Basel APOEL 4-0 7 Sevilla Cluj (Away goals) 1-1 8 Olympiacos Arsenal (Away goals) 2-2 9 LASK bt AZ Alkmaar 3-1 10 Man Utd Club Brugge 6-1 11 Internazionale Ludogorets 4-1 12 Frankfurt Salzburg 6-3 13 Shakhtar Benfica 5-4 14 Wolfsburg Malmo 5-1 15 Roma Gent 2-1 16 Rangers Braga 4-2 ----------------------------------- Last 16 stage Ties staged at home grounds, unless stated Aug First leg: 1-1 6 Wolves Olympiacos Single-leg tie† 6 Sevilla Roma First leg: 5-0 5 Man Utd LASK First leg: 0-1 5 Copenhagen Basaksehir ----------------------------------- Final Eight Tournament All ties single-leg fixtures. Matches go into extra-time if scores are level after 90 minutes. Matches remaining level decided on penalties Quarter-finals Aug 11 Duisburg Aug 10 Cologne Quarter-finals Aug 10 Dusseldorf Aug 11 Gelsenkirchen Semi-finals Aug 16 Cologne Aug 17 Dusseldorf FINAL Aug 21 Cologne ----------------------------------- Last 16 stage Aug Single-leg tie† 5 Inter Getafe First leg: 3-1 6 Leverkusen Rangers First leg: 2-1 5 Shakhtar Wolfsburg First leg: 3-0 6 Basel Frankfurt ----------------------------------- Bruno Fernandes (left) in superb attacking form for Manchester United since €55m transfer from Sporting Clube in January – scoring ten goals and providing eight assists EYE FOR GOAL Six players restart campaign as tournament top scorers, with six goals Diogo Jota Wolves Bruno Fernandes Man Utd Daichi Kamada Frankfurt Alfredo Morelos Rangers Andraz Sporar Sporting Edin Visca Basaksehir Team eliminated from tournament ----------------------------------- Teams Man Utd England 3 Rangers Domestic league position 2019/20 Scotland 2 Wolves England 7 FC Copenhagen Denmark 2 Wolfsburg Germany 7 Frankfurt Germany 9 Leverkusen Germany 5 Basel Switzerland 3* Internazionale Italy 2* Getafe Spain 8 Sevilla Spain 4 LASK Austria 4 Roma Italy 5* Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1 (Currently based in Kyiv) Istanbul Basaksehir Turkey 1 Olympiacos Greece 1 *League position Jul 31 ----------------------------------- Source: UEFA †Matches staged at neutral venue in Germany Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS