2017-18 UEFA Europa League

2017–18 UEFA Europa League

The Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu will host the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 29 June – 24 August 2017 Competition proper: 14 September 2017 – 16 May 2018
Teams	Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 157+33 (from 55 associations)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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 Décines-Charpieu, 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.

Manchester United are the title holders, but have qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, so will only be able to defend their title if they finish third in the Champions League group stage.

A total of 190 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 passes 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.