2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage

2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage

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The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.

The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round.

Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the round of 32, where they will be joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Seedings[]

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2009.

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients:^[1] Pot 1 held teams ranked 9–32, Pot 2 held teams ranked 35–74, Pot 3 held teams ranked 76–108, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 115–203 and unranked teams.^[2]

Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Thursday.

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32

Pot 1 Team Coeff. Shakhtar Donetsk TH 74.370 Werder Bremen 91.339 Villarreal 80.853 Roma 78.582 PSV Eindhoven 75.826 Sporting CP CL-n 68.292 Hamburg 67.339 Benfica 64.292 Valencia 59.853 Panathinaikos CL-n 56.633 Ajax 54.826 Steaua București 53.781

Pot 2 Team Coeff. Fenerbahçe 52.445 Basel 51.050 Lille 47.033 Celtic CL-n 40.575 Everton 35.899 Club Brugge 34.065 Heerenveen 33.826 Galatasaray 33.445 Anderlecht CL-n 32.065 Austria Wien 31.565 Copenhagen CL-c 26.890 Lazio 26.582

Pot 3 Team Coeff. Hertha BSC 26.339 Sparta Prague 26.150 Dinamo București 25.781 AEK Athens 25.633 Slavia Prague 25.150 Levski Sofia CL-c 24.250 Athletic Bilbao 23.853 Partizan 23.050 Hapoel Tel Aviv 18.050 Twente 17.826 Dinamo Zagreb 16.466 Fulham 15.899

Pot 4 Team Coeff. CSKA Sofia 14.250 Toulouse 14.033 CFR Cluj 13.781 Genoa 12.582 Rapid Wien 8.565 Timișoara CL-n 7.781 BATE Borisov 7.733 Nacional 7.292 Red Bull Salzburg CL-c 6.565 Sturm Graz 3.565 Ventspils CL-c 2.832 Sheriff Tiraspol CL-c 1.333

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^CL-c Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)

^CL-n Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round (Non-Champions Path)

Tie-breaking criteria[]

Based on Article 7.05 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings:^[3]

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 away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
5. higher number of goals scored;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups[]

All times CET/CEST

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Anderlecht	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Ajax	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
3	Dinamo Zagreb[a]	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6
4	Timișoara	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	5

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Notes

• Note 1: On 29 October 2009, UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body ruled that Dinamo Zagreb would have to play their next two home matches in the UEFA Europa League behind closed doors due to the actions of their supporters in their match at Timișoara. They also deducted three points from the Croatian club's points tally in Group A.^[6] The club appealed, but the appeal was not heard until after the first closed-doors game against Ajax. After the appeal was heard, UEFA replaced the three-point deduction with a €75,000 fine, and a three-year suspended ban from European competition, while the two-match stadium ban remained unchanged.^[7]

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	3	3	0	12	8	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lille	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10
3	Genoa	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
4	Slavia Prague	6	0	3	3	5	13	−8	3

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Notes

• Note 2: Lille played their home group matches in Villeneuve d'Ascq at Stadium Lille-Metropole as Lille's Stade Grimonprez Jooris was left in 2004. In 2012, Stadium Grimonprez Jooris will be replaced definitely by Stade Borne de l'Espoir.

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	4	0	2	13	8	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Hamburg	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
3	Celtic	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6
4	Rapid Wien	6	1	2	3	8	14	−6	5

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Notes

• Note 3: Rapid Wien played their home group matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion as it has a greater capacity than their Gerhard Hanappi Stadium.^[8]

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting CP	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Hertha BSC	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
3	Heerenveen	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	8
4	Ventspils	6	0	3	3	3	10	−7	3

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Notes

• Note 4: Ventspils played their home group matches in Riga at Skonto Stadium as their Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions did not meet UEFA criteria.

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Fulham	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
3	Basel	6	3	0	3	10	7	+3	9
4	CSKA Sofia	6	0	1	5	2	12	−10	1

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Notes

• Note 5: CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Galatasaray	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Panathinaikos	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	12
3	Dinamo București	6	2	0	4	4	12	−8	6
4	Sturm Graz	6	1	1	4	3	6	−3	4

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Notes

• Note 6: Panathinaikos played their group matches in Athens at Olympic Stadium as Panathinaikos' Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium had been replaced temporarily by that stadium. In 2010, Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium will be replaced definitely by Marfin Stadium.
• Note 7: Two home matches which Dinamo București had to play behind closed doors because one fan entered the playing field and other fans invaded the running track around the pitch in the play-off round against Slovan Liberec.

Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	6	0	0	9	2	+7	18	Advance to knockout phase
2	Villarreal	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9
3	Lazio	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1	6
4	Levski Sofia	6	1	0	5	1	9	−8	3

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Group H[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fenerbahçe	6	5	0	1	8	3	+5	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Twente	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	1	2	3	4	5	−1	5
4	Steaua București	6	0	4	2	3	6	−3	4

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Notes

• Note 8: The second of two home matches which Steaua București had to play behind closed doors because their fans had flown offensive banners to Újpest in the second qualifying round.

Group I[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	6	5	0	1	13	3	+10	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Everton	6	3	0	3	7	9	−2	9
3	BATE Borisov	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
4	AEK Athens	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4

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Notes

• Note 9: BATE Borisov played their home group matches in Minsk at Dinamo Stadium as their Haradski Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Group J[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Club Brugge	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11
3	Toulouse	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7
4	Partizan	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3

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Group K[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSV Eindhoven	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Copenhagen	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
4	CFR Cluj	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3

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Group L[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Werder Bremen	6	5	1	0	17	6	+11	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
3	Nacional	6	1	2	3	11	12	−1	5
4	Austria Wien	6	0	2	4	4	16	−12	2

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References[]

External links[]

• 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, UEFA.com