2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage

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The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage was played from 17 September to 10 December 2015. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 28 August 2015, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[2][3] The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients.[4][5][6] Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups play their matches at 19:00 CEST/CET, while the other six groups play their matches at 21:05 CEST/CET, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday. There are other restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g., Sporting CP and Belenenses, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş) in general do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g., Belarus, Russia) do not play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[7] Therefore, Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Pot 1) and Russian clubs Rubin Kazan (Pot 1), Lokomotiv Moscow and Krasnodar (both Pot 3) could not be drawn into the same group.

Teams[edit]

Below are the 48 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2015 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their seeding pot.[8][9] They included sixteen teams which entered in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the ten losers of the Champions League play-off round.

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32
Pot 1
Team Coeff
Germany Schalke 04 111.883
Germany Borussia Dortmund[†] 99.883
Switzerland Basel[CL-CR] 84.875
Italy Napoli 84.102
England Tottenham Hotspur 84.078
Netherlands Ajax[†] 66.195
Spain Villarreal 58.999
Russia Rubin Kazan[†] 57.099
Spain Athletic Bilbao[†] 56.999
Portugal Sporting CP[CL-LR] 56.276
France Marseille 55.483
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 52.033
Pot 2
Team Coeff
Portugal Braga 51.776
Italy Fiorentina 49.102
Italy Lazio[CL-LR] 49.102
Belgium Anderlecht 47.440
England Liverpool 47.078
Netherlands AZ[†] 46.695
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň[†] 41.825
Belgium Club Brugge[CL-LR] 41.440
Greece PAOK[†] 40.880
Scotland Celtic[CL-CR] 39.080
Turkey Beşiktaş 36.520
Cyprus APOEL[CL-CR] 35.460
Pot 3
Team Coeff
France Monaco[CL-LR] 31.483
Czech Republic Sparta Prague[†] 30.825
Turkey Fenerbahçe[†] 30.020
Poland Legia Warsaw[†] 24.800
France Bordeaux[†] 24.483
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 23.099
Poland Lech Poznań[†] 17.300
France Saint-Étienne[†] 16.983
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec[†] 16.325
Germany Augsburg 15.883
Austria Rapid Wien[CL-LR] 15.635
Russia Krasnodar[†] 15.099
Pot 4
Team Coeff
Serbia Partizan[CL-CR] 14.775
Greece Asteras Tripoli 13.380
Portugal Belenenses[†] 12.276
Norway Rosenborg[†] 11.875
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[†] 11.500
Norway Molde[†] 10.375
Belarus Dinamo Minsk[†] 9.650
Netherlands Groningen 8.695
Switzerland Sion 8.375
Denmark Midtjylland[†] 7.960
Albania Skënderbeu[CL-CR] 5.575
Azerbaijan Gabala[†] 2.750
Notes
  1. † Winners of the play-off round.
  2. CL-CR Losers of the Champions League play-off round (Champions Route).
  3. CL-LR Losers of the Champions League play-off round (League Route).

Format[edit]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.[1]

Tiebreakers[edit]

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 16.01):[1]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 12 applied;
  6. superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. higher number of wins in all group matches;
  10. higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  11. lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. higher club coefficient.

Groups[edit]

The matchdays were 17 September, 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 26 November, and 10 December 2015.[10] The match kickoff times were 19:00 and 21:05 CEST/CET, except for six matches (certain matches in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia and Turkey) which were 17:00 CEST/CET.[11][12] Times up to 24 October 2015 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Norway Molde 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7
4 Scotland Celtic 6 0 3 3 8 12 −4 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Fenerbahçe Turkey1–3Norway Molde
Nani 42' Report Høiland 36' (pen.)
Elyounoussi 53'
Linnes 65'
Attendance: 31,209[13]
Ajax Netherlands2–2Scotland Celtic
Fischer 25'
Schöne 84'		 Report Bitton 8'
Lustig 42'
Attendance: 47,455[14]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Celtic Scotland2–2Turkey Fenerbahçe
Griffiths 28'
Commons 32'		 Report Fernandão 43', 48'
Attendance: 41,330[15]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Molde Norway1–1Netherlands Ajax
E. Hestad 8' Report Fischer 19'
Attendance: 7,890[16]
Molde Norway3–1Scotland Celtic
Kamara 11'
Forren 18'
Elyounoussi 56'		 Report Commons 55'
Attendance: 9,166[17]
Fenerbahçe Turkey1–0Netherlands Ajax
Fernandão 89' Report
Attendance: 35,292[18]
Celtic Scotland1–2Norway Molde
Commons 26' Report Elyounoussi 21'
D. Hestad 37'
Attendance: 37,071[19]
Ajax Netherlands0–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 48,990[20]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
Molde Norway0–2Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report Fernandão 68'
Tufan 84'
Attendance: 8,235[21]
Celtic Scotland1–2Netherlands Ajax
McGregor 4' Report Milik 22'
Černý 88'
Attendance: 44,118[22]
Fenerbahçe Turkey1–1Scotland Celtic
Marković 39' Report Commons 75'
Attendance: 35,372[23]
Ajax Netherlands1–1Norway Molde
Van de Beek 14' Report Singh 29'
Attendance: 48,041[24]

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Liverpool 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase
2 Switzerland Sion 6 2 3 1 5 5 0 9
3 Russia Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 6 6 0 6
4 France Bordeaux 6 0 4 2 5 7 −2 4
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bordeaux France1–1England Liverpool
Jussiê 81' Report Lallana 65'
Attendance: 35,328[25]
Sion Switzerland2–1Russia Rubin Kazan
Konaté 11', 82' Report Kanunnikov 65'
Attendance: 7,000[26]
Rubin Kazan Russia0–0France Bordeaux
Report
Attendance: 17,642[27]
Liverpool England1–1Switzerland Sion
Lallana 4' Report Assifuah 18'
Attendance: 37,252[28]
Liverpool England1–1Russia Rubin Kazan
Can 37' Report Dević 15'
Attendance: 42,951[29]
Bordeaux France0–1Switzerland Sion
Report Lacroix 21'
Attendance: 18,318[30]
Rubin Kazan Russia0–1England Liverpool
Report Ibe 52'
Attendance: 41,585[31]
Sion Switzerland1–1France Bordeaux
Chantôme 90+4' (o.g.) Report Touré 67'
Attendance: 9,000[32]
Rubin Kazan Russia2–0Switzerland Sion
Georgiev 72'
Dević 90'		 Report
Attendance: 15,116[33]
Liverpool England2–1France Bordeaux
Milner 38' (pen.)
Benteke 45+1'		 Report Saivet 33'
Attendance: 42,525[34]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Bordeaux France2–2Russia Rubin Kazan
Laborde 58'
Rolán 63'		 Report Kanunnikov 31'
Ustinov 76'
Attendance: 13,640[35]
Sion Switzerland0–0England Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 10,000[36]

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia Krasnodar 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
3 Greece PAOK 6 1 4 1 3 3 0 7
4 Azerbaijan Gabala 6 0 2 4 2 12 −10 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Gabala Azerbaijan0–0Greece PAOK
Report
Attendance: 7,500[37]
Borussia Dortmund Germany2–1Russia Krasnodar
Ginter 45+1'
Park Joo-ho 90+3'		 Report Mamayev 12'
Attendance: 55,200[38]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
Krasnodar Russia2–1Azerbaijan Gabala
Wánderson 8'
Smolov 84'		 Report Dodô 51'
Attendance: 8,901[39]
PAOK Greece1–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
Mak 34' Report Castro 72'
Attendance: 25,663[40]
Gabala Azerbaijan1–3Germany Borussia Dortmund
Dodô 90+3' Report Aubameyang 31', 38', 72'
Attendance: 10,500[41]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
PAOK Greece0–0Russia Krasnodar
Report
Attendance: 9,325[42]
Krasnodar Russia2–1Greece PAOK
Ari 33'
Joãozinho 67' (pen.)		 Report Mak 90+1'
Attendance: 15,550[43]
Borussia Dortmund Germany4–0Azerbaijan Gabala
Reus 28'
Aubameyang 45'
Zenjov 67' (o.g.)
Mkhitaryan 70'		 Report
Attendance: 57,000[44]
Krasnodar Russia1–0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Mamayev 2' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 30,150[45]
PAOK Greece0–0Azerbaijan Gabala
Report
Attendance: 6,131[46]
Gabala Azerbaijan0–3Russia Krasnodar
Report Sigurðsson 26'
Pereyra 41'
Wánderson 76'
Attendance: 3,000[47]
Borussia Dortmund Germany0–1Greece PAOK
Report Mak 33'
Attendance: 55,200[48]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Gabala played their home matches at Bakcell Arena, Baku, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Qabala.

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Napoli 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19 18 Advance to knockout phase
2 Denmark Midtjylland 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5
4 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Midtjylland Denmark1–0Poland Legia Warsaw
Rasmussen 60' Report
Attendance: 6,798[49]
Napoli Italy5–0Belgium Club Brugge
Callejón 5', 77'
Mertens 19', 25'
Hamšík 53'		 Report
Attendance: 13,043[50]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Club Brugge Belgium1–3Denmark Midtjylland
Meunier 79' Report Sisto 51'
Onuachu 67'
Novák 74'
Attendance: 14,126[51]
Legia Warsaw Poland0–2Italy Napoli
Report Mertens 53'
Higuaín 84'
Attendance: 26,357[52]
Legia Warsaw Poland1–1Belgium Club Brugge
Kucharczyk 51' Report De fauw 39'
Attendance: 16,320[53]
Midtjylland Denmark1–4Italy Napoli
Pušić 43' Report Callejón 19'
Gabbiadini 31', 40'
Higuaín 90+4'
Attendance: 9,210[54]
Club Brugge Belgium1–0Poland Legia Warsaw
Meunier 38' Report
Attendance: 16,349[55]
Napoli Italy5–0Denmark Midtjylland
El Kaddouri 13'
Gabbiadini 23', 38'
Maggio 54'
Callejón 77'		 Report
Attendance: 18,475[56]
Legia Warsaw Poland1–0Denmark Midtjylland
Prijović 35' Report
Attendance: 9,468[57]
Club Brugge Belgium0–1Italy Napoli
Report Chiricheș 41'
Attendance: 180[58][B]
Midtjylland Denmark1–1Belgium Club Brugge
Sisto 27' Report Vossen 68'
Attendance: 8,624[59]
Napoli Italy5–2Poland Legia Warsaw
Chalobah 32'
Insigne 39'
Callejón 57'
Mertens 65', 90+1'		 Report Vranješ 62'
Prijović 90+2'
Attendance: 7,922[60]
Notes
  1. ^
    The Club Brugge v Napoli match was played behind closed doors due to the security situation in Belgium in the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks.[61]

Group E[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Austria Rapid Wien 6 5 0 1 10 6 +4 15 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Villarreal 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13
3 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 1 4 8 10 −2 4
4 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 6 1 0 5 3 11 −8 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rapid Wien Austria2–1Spain Villarreal
Schwab 50'
S. Hofmann 53' (pen.)		 Report Baptistão 45'
Attendance: 36,200[62]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic2–0Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Hořava 36'
Petržela 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,784[63]
Dinamo Minsk Belarus0–1Austria Rapid Wien
Report S. Hofmann 54'
Attendance: 4,553[64]
Villarreal Spain1–0Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Baptistão 54' Report
Attendance: 17,481[65]
Villarreal Spain4–0Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Bakambu 17', 32'
Soldado 61'
Bailly 71'		 Report
Attendance: 14,025[66]
Rapid Wien Austria3–2Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
S. Hofmann 34'
Schaub 52'
Petsos 68'		 Report Ďuriš 12'
Hrošovský 76'
Attendance: 39,400[67]
Dinamo Minsk Belarus1–2Spain Villarreal
Vitus 69' Report Soldado 72' (pen.)
Palitsevich 86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,959[68]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic1–2Austria Rapid Wien
Holenda 71' Report Schobesberger 13', 77'
Attendance: 11,691[69]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Dinamo Minsk Belarus1–0Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Adamović 90+3' Report
Attendance: 4,250[70]
Villarreal Spain1–0Austria Rapid Wien
Soriano 78' Report
Attendance: 14,760[71]
Rapid Wien Austria2–1Belarus Dinamo Minsk
M. Hofmann 29'
Jelić 59'		 Report El Monir 65'
Attendance: 34,800[72]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic3–3Spain Villarreal
Kolář 8' (pen.)
Kovařík 65'
Hořava 90'		 Report Bakambu 40'
Jonathan 62'
Soriano 90+4'
Attendance: 10,071[73]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Dinamo Minsk played their home matches at Borisov Arena, Barysaw, instead of their temporary stadium Traktor Stadium, Minsk.

Group F[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portugal Braga 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 France Marseille 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
3 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
4 Netherlands Groningen 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic0–1Portugal Braga
Report Rafa 60'
Attendance: 8,132[74]
Groningen Netherlands0–3France Marseille
Report Nkoudou 25'
Ocampos 40'
Alessandrini 61'
Attendance: 21,520[75]
Marseille France0–1Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Report Coufal 84'
Attendance: 10,040[76]
Braga Portugal1–0Netherlands Groningen
Hassan 5' Report
Attendance: 9,150[77]
Braga Portugal3–2France Marseille
Hassan 61'
Eduardo 77'
Alan 88'		 Report Alessandrini 84'
Batshuayi 87'
Attendance: 10,495[78]
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic1–1Netherlands Groningen
Luckassen 87' Report Hoesen 90+6'
Attendance: 8,793[79]
Marseille France1–0Portugal Braga
Nkoudou 39' Report
Attendance: 12,973[80]
Groningen Netherlands0–1Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Report Padt 81' (o.g.)
Attendance: 18,693[81]
Braga Portugal2–1Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Ferreira 42'
Crislan 90+2'		 Report Efremov 35'
Attendance: 8,144[82]
Marseille France2–1Netherlands Groningen
Nkoudou 28'
Batshuayi 88'		 Report Maduro 50'
Attendance: 9,107[83]
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic2–4France Marseille
Bakoš 75' (pen.)
Šural 76'		 Report Batshuayi 14'
Nkoudou 43'
Barrada 48'
Ocampos 90+4'
Attendance: 9,600[84]
Groningen Netherlands0–0Portugal Braga
Report
Attendance: 15,715[85]
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Group G[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Lazio 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 France Saint-Étienne 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9
3 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
4 Norway Rosenborg 6 0 2 4 4 12 −8 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine1–1Italy Lazio
Seleznyov 90+4' Report Milinković-Savić 34'
Attendance: 150[86][D]
Saint-Étienne France2–2Norway Rosenborg
Berić 4'
Roux 87' (pen.)		 Report Mikkelsen 16'
Svensson 78'
Attendance: 22,826[87]
Rosenborg Norway0–1Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Report Seleznyov 80'
Attendance: 13,939[88]
Lazio Italy3–2France Saint-Étienne
Onazi 22'
Hoedt 48'
Biglia 80'		 Report Sall 6'
Monnet-Paquet 84'
Attendance: 11,039[89]
Lazio Italy3–1Norway Rosenborg
Matri 28'
Felipe Anderson 54'
Candreva 79'		 Report Søderlund 69'
Attendance: 8,630[90]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine0–1France Saint-Étienne
Report Hamouma 44'
Attendance: 225[91][D]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Rosenborg Norway0–2Italy Lazio
Report Đorđević 9', 29'
Attendance: 16,038[92]
Saint-Étienne France3–0Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Monnet-Paquet 38'
Berić 52'
Hamouma 65'		 Report
Attendance: 24,582[93]
Lazio Italy3–1Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Candreva 4'
Parolo 68'
Đorđević 90+3'		 Report Gama 65'
Attendance: 3,058[94]
Rosenborg Norway1–1France Saint-Étienne
Søderlund 40' Report Roux 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,038[95]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine3–0Norway Rosenborg
Matheus 35', 60'
Shakhov 79'		 Report
Attendance: 4,541[96]
Saint-Étienne France1–1Italy Lazio
Eysseric 76' Report Matri 52'
Attendance: 28,954[97]
Notes
  1. ^ a b
    The Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Lazio and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Saint-Étienne matches were played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[98]

Group H[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10
3 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9
4 Albania Skënderbeu 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Sporting CP Portugal1–3Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Montero 50' Report Samedov 12', 56'
Niasse 65'
Attendance: 25,400[99]
Skënderbeu Albania0–1Turkey Beşiktaş
Report Sosa 28'
Attendance: 5,482[100]
Beşiktaş Turkey1–1Portugal Sporting CP
Töre 61' Report Ruiz 16'
Attendance: 25,827[101]
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia2–0Albania Skënderbeu
Niasse 35'
Samedov 73'		 Report
Attendance: 10,340[102]
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia1–1Turkey Beşiktaş
Maicon 54' Report Gómez 64'
Attendance: 19,124[103]
Sporting CP Portugal5–1Albania Skënderbeu
Aquilani 38' (pen.)
Montero 41' (pen.)
Matheus 64', 77'
Figueiredo 69'		 Report Jashanica 89'
Attendance: 20,567[104]
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
Beşiktaş Turkey1–1Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Quaresma 58' Report Niasse 76'
Attendance: 24,690[105]
Skënderbeu Albania3–0Portugal Sporting CP
Lilaj 15', 19' (pen.)
Nimaga 55'

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