2017–18 UEFA Europa League
The Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon will host the final
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| Dates | 29 June – 24 August 2017 (qualifying) 14 September 2017 – 16 May 2018 (competition proper) |
| Teams | 48+8 (competition proper) 158+33 (expected) (total) (from 55 associations) |
The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League will be the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The 2018 UEFA Europa League Final will be played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France.
The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League will automatically qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup.
A total of 191 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
Starting from this season, Gibraltar are granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League.Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, will make their debut in the UEFA Europa League, as long as their club pass the licensing requirements.
For the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:
The table below shows the default access list.
The access list above is provisional, as changes will need to be made in the following cases:
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