2016–17 Europa League
Friends Arena in Solna hosted the final
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates |
Qualifying: 28 June – 25 August 2016 Competition proper: 15 September 2016 – 24 May 2017 |
| Teams |
Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 155+33 (from 54 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Manchester United (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Ajax
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 205 |
| Goals scored | 565 (2.76 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,494,039 (21,922 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Edin Džeko Giuliano (8 goals each) |
The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was the 46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played between Ajax and Manchester United at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden. Manchester United beat Ajax 2–0 to win their first title. With this victory, they joined Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea as the only clubs to have won all three major European trophies (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup).
Manchester United qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.
Sevilla had won the last three tournaments but were unable to defend their title, having qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and reached the knockout phase.
A total of 188 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations were expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League (the exception being Kosovo, whose participation was not accepted in their first attempt as UEFA members). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
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