2016-17 Europa League
Friends Arena in Solna will host the final
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 28 June – 25 August 2016 (qualifying) 15 September 2016 – 24 May 2017 (competition proper) |
| Teams | 48+8 (competition proper) 155+33 (total) (from 54 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 176 |
| Goals scored | 480 (2.73 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,897,853 (16,465 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Edin Džeko Giuliano (8 goals each) |
The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League is 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 2017 UEFA Europa League Final will be played at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden.
The winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League will qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.
Sevilla won the three most recent tournaments but cannot defend their title because they reached the knockout stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.
A total of 188 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations are 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 is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
The UEFA Executive Committee approved in December 2014 changes to the rewards given according to the Respect Fair Play ranking, and starting from the 2016–17 season, the three Fair Play berths were no longer allocated to the Europa League.
For the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.
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