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The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years.[1]
The Volksparkstadion in Hamburg hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 17 September 2009 – 12 May 2010 (competition proper) 2 July – 27 August 2009 (qualifying) |
| Teams | 48+8 (competition proper) 159+33 (total) (from 53 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Atlético Madrid (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Fulham |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 205 |
| Goals scored | 539 (2.63 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) Óscar Cardozo (Benfica) 9 goals each |
← 2008–09 (UEFA Cup) 2010–11 → | |
Spain's Atlético Madrid won the tournament for the first time, beating Fulham – who were playing in their first European final – at the Volksparkstadion, home ground of Hamburger SV, in Hamburg, Germany.[2]
Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual finalists Fulham in the round of 32.
A total of 192 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Associations were allocated places according to their 2008 UEFA country coefficient, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.[3]
Below iss the qualification scheme for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League:[4]
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Since the winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance, the title holder spot reserved for them in the group stage was vacated. As this was the first edition of the Europa League, it was initially unknown whether UEFA would simply disregard the vacant title holder spot and rearrange entries so that one more team would qualify from the play-off round, or replace the title holders' group stage place with that of the top-ranked association's cup winner and move teams from lower rounds appropriately, as the regulations were unclear on this matter.[4] The former set-up was confirmed by UEFA's official list of participants, published on 16 June 2009.[6] As a result, the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:[7]
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League | |
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| First qualifying round (46 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (80 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (70 teams) |
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| Play-off round (76 teams) |
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| Group stage (48 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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A Europa League place was vacated when a team qualified for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualified for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following rules:[4]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[6]
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[7]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 22 June 2009 | 2 July 2009 | 9 July 2009 |
| Second qualifying round | 16 July 2009 | 23 July 2009 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 17 July 2009 | 30 July 2009 | 6 August 2009 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 7 August 2009 | 20 August 2009 | 27 August 2009 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 28 August 2009 (Monaco) |
17 September 2009 | |
| Matchday 2 | 1 October 2009 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 22 October 2009 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 5 November 2009 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 2–3 December 2009 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 16–17 December 2009 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 18 December 2009 | 18 February 2010 | 25 February 2010 |
| Round of 16 | 11 March 2010 | 18 March 2010 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 19 March 2010 | 1 April 2010 | 8 April 2010 | |
| Semi-finals | 22 April 2010 | 29 April 2010 | ||
| Final | 12 May 2010 at Volksparkstadion, Hamburg | |||
In the qualifying phase and the play-off round, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 22 June 2009. The first legs were played on 2 July, and the second legs were played on 9 July 2009.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sutjeska Nikšić  |
2–3† |  MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Lahti  |
4–3 |  Dinamo Tirana |
4–1 | 0–2 |
Grevenmacher  |
0–6† |  Vėtra |
0–3 | 0–3 |
NSÍ Runavík  |
1–6† |  Rosenborg |
0–3 | 1–3 |
Haladás  |
2–2 (a) |  Irtysh |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Sligo Rovers  |
2–3 | Vllaznia |
1–2 | 1–1 |
Olimpi Rustavi  |
4–0 | B36 Tórshavn |
2–0 | 2–0 |
Anorthosis Famagusta  |
7–1 | Käerjéng 97 |
5–0 | 2–1 |
Slaven Belupo  |
1–0 |  Birkirkara |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Zimbru Chișinău  |
3–2 | Okzhetpes |
1–2 | 2–0 |
Lisburn Distillery  |
1–11 | Zestaponi |
1–5 | 0–6 |
Helsingborgs IF  |
4–2 |  Mika |
3–1 | 1–1 |
| Valletta |
5–2 |  Keflavík |
3–0 | 2–2 |
Dinaburg  |
2–1 |  Nõmme Kalju |
2–1 | 0–0 |
| Budućnost Podgorica |
1–2 |  Polonia Warsaw |
0–2 | 1–0 |
| Narva Trans |
1–6† |  Rudar Velenje |
0–3 | 1–3 |
Motherwell  |
3–1 |  Llanelli |
0–1 | 3–0 |
| Banants |
1–2† |  Široki Brijeg |
0–2 | 1–0 |
Spartak Trnava  |
5–2 |  Inter Baku |
2–1 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk |
3–2 |  Renova |
2–1 | 1–1 |
Randers  |
7–0 | Linfield |
4–0 | 3–0 |
| Simurq |
0–4 |  Bnei Yehuda |
0–1 | 0–3 |
| Fram |
4–2† | The New Saints |
2–1 | 2–1 |
† Order of legs reversed after original draw
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 22 June 2009, immediately after the first qualifying round draw. The first legs were played on 14 and 16 July, and the second legs were played on 23 July 2009.
Both the first and second legs between Bnei Yehuda and Dinaburg and between Rapid Wien and Vllaznia were under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.[8]
† Order of legs reversed after original draw
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2009. The first legs were played on 28 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 August 2009.
The first leg between Fenerbahçe and Budapest Honvéd and the second leg between Interblock Ljubljana and Metalurh Donetsk were under investigation by UEFA and German authorities for possible match-fixing.[8]
† Order of legs reversed after original draw
The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2009. The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 27 August 2009.
† Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Note 1: The match was abandoned at 0–2 in the 88th minute after one Dinamo București fan entered the playing field and other fans invaded the running track around the pitch. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body awarded a default 0–3 defeat against Dinamo during an emergency meeting on 25 August.[9] After advancing to the group stage, Dinamo were punished by having their first two home matches in the group stage played behind closed doors.
Red: Group A; 
Yellow: Group B; 
Green: Group C; 
Dark green: Group D;
Purple: Group E; 
Pink: Group F; 
Blue: Group G; 
Orange: Group H;
Brown: Group I; 
Deep pink: Group J; 
Cyan: Group K; 
Spring green: Group L.The draw for the group stage was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 28 August 2009. A total of 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four. Teams were divided into four pots,[10] based on their club coefficient. Clubs from the same pot or the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.
A total of 24 associations were represented in the group stage. This was the first time teams from Latvia or Moldova qualified for the group stage of any European competition.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The matchdays were 17 September, 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 2–3 December, and 16–17 December 2009. The top two in each group advanced to the knockout phase. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[4]
During this stage of the tournament, matches featured five on-field officials – with two additional officials monitoring play around the penalty area as part of a FIFA-sanctioned experiment.[11]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | PAN | DB | STM | |
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| 1 |  Galatasaray |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| 2 |  Panathinaikos |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 |  Dinamo București |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 6 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 |  Sturm Graz |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
The draw for the round of 32 took place on 18 December 2009.[14] The first legs were played on 16 and 18 February, and the second legs were played on 23 and 25 February 2010.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Rubin Kazan  |
3–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
3–0 | 0–0 |
| Athletic Bilbao |
1–5 |  Anderlecht |
1–1 | 0–4 |
| Copenhagen |
2–6 |  Marseille |
1–3 | 1–3 |
| Panathinaikos |
6–4 |  Roma |
3–2 | 3–2 |
| Atlético Madrid |
3–2 | Galatasaray |
1–1 | 2–1 |
Ajax  |
1–2 | Juventus |
1–2 | 0–0 |
| Club Brugge |
1–3 | Valencia |
1–0 | 0–3 (aet) |
| Fulham |
3–2 |  Shakhtar Donetsk |
2–1 | 1–1 |
| Liverpool |
4–1 | Unirea Urziceni |
1–0 | 3–1 |
Hamburger SV  |
3–3 (a) | PSV Eindhoven |
1–0 | 2–3 |
| Villarreal |
3–6 | VfL Wolfsburg |
2–2 | 1–4 |
| Standard Liège |
3–2 | Red Bull Salzburg |
3–2 | 0–0 |
| Twente |
2–4 | Werder Bremen |
1–0 | 1–4 |
| Lille |
3–2 | Fenerbahçe |
2–1 | 1–1 |
| Everton |
2–4 |  Sporting CP |
2–1 | 0–3 |
| Hertha BSC |
1–5 | Benfica |
1–1 | 0–4 |
The draw for the round of 16 took place on 18 December 2009, immidiately after the round of 32 draw. The first legs were played on 11 March, and the second legs were played on 18 March 2010.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Hamburger SV |
6–5 | Anderlecht |
3–1 | 3–4 |
| Rubin Kazan |
2–3 | VfL Wolfsburg |
1–1 | 1–2 (aet) |
| Atlético Madrid |
2–2 (a) | Sporting CP |
0–0 | 2–2 |
| Benfica |
3–2 | Marseille |
1–1 | 2–1 |
| Panathinaikos |
1–4 | Standard Liège |
1–3 | 0–1 |
| Lille |
1–3 | Liverpool |
1–0 | 0–3 |
| Juventus |
4–5 | Fulham |
3–1 | 1–4 |
| Valencia |
5–5 (a) | Werder Bremen |
1–1 | 4–4 |
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2010.[15] The first legs were played on 1 April, and the second legs were played on 8 April 2010.[16]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Fulham |
3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg |
2–1 | 1–0 |
| Hamburger SV |
5–2 | Standard Liège |
2–1 | 3–1 |
| Valencia |
2–2 (a) | Atlético Madrid |
2–2 | 0–0 |
| Benfica |
3–5 | Liverpool |
2–1 | 1–4 |
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2010, immediately after the quarter-final draw.[15] The first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs were played on 29 April 2010.[16]
The final took place on 12 May 2010 at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany. A draw was held on 19 March 2010, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[15]
Top scorers and assists (excluding qualifying rounds and play-off round):
Top goalscorers
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Top assists
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