2013–14 UEFA Europa League
The Juventus Stadium hosted the final.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 2 July – 29 August 2013 (qualifying) 19 September 2013 – 14 May 2014 (competition proper) |
| Teams | 48+8 (competition proper) 161+33 (total) (from 53 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Sevilla (3rd title)
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| Runners-up |
 Benfica
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 205 |
| Goals scored | 475 (2.32 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,411,208 (16,640 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Jonathan Soriano (8 goals) |
The 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season under its current title.
The 2014 UEFA Europa League Final was played between Sevilla and Benfica at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, which was won by Sevilla on penalties, giving them a record-equalling third UEFA Cup/Europa League title.Chelsea were the title holders, but did not defend their title because they qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League and reached the knockout stage.
A total of 194 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League (the exception being Gibraltar, which should start participating in the 2014–15 season after being admitted as a UEFA member in May 2013). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
The winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League are given an additional entry as title holders if they do not qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their domestic performance. However this additional entry is not necessary for this season, because the title holders qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.
For the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2012 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2007–08 to 2011–12.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:
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