UEFA Europa League 2019-20 Champions, matches and facts

UEFA Europa League 2019-20 was the 49th season of Europe’s secondary club football tournament organized by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
Sevilla FC claimed their sixth UEFA Europa League title by defeating Inter Milan 3-2 in a thrilling final held at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. This victory not only added to Sevilla’s illustrious history in the competition but also secured their place in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, where they were set to face Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League.
As a result of Sevilla’s triumph in the Europa League, they had already qualified for the group stage of the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League through their strong performance in La Liga. Consequently, the UEFA Europa League berth that is typically awarded to the title holders was passed down to the third-placed team in the 2019-20 Ligue 1 season, which was Rennes. This adjustment was made in accordance with the access list for the next season, reflecting the competitive landscape of European football.

Champions: Sevilla (6th title)
Runners-Up: Inter Milan
Player of the Season: Romelu Lukaku

UEFA Europa League 2019-20 Group stage
Group A

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Sevilla	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15
2. Qualified	APOEL	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
3	Qarabağ	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5
4	F91 Dudelange	6	1	1	4	8	18	−10	4

Group B

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Malmö FF	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
2. Qualified	Copenhagen	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7
4	Lugano	6	0	3	3	2	5	−3	3

Group C

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Basel	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
2. Qualified	Getafe	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	12
3	Krasnodar	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9
4	Trabzonspor	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1

Group D

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	LASK	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13
2. Qualified	Sporting CP	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8
4	Rosenborg	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1

Group E

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Celtic	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
2. Qualified	CFR Cluj	6	4	0	2	6	4	+2	12
3	Lazio	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6
4	Rennes	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4

Group F

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Arsenal	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	11
2. Qualified	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9
3	Standard Liège	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
4	Vitória de Guimarães	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Group G

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Porto	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10
2. Qualified	Rangers	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9
3	Young Boys	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
4	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5

Group H

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Espanyol	6	3	2	1	12	4	+8	11
2. Qualified	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
3	Ferencváros	6	1	4	1	5	7	−2	7
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5

Group I

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Gent	6	3	3	0	11	7	+4	12
2. Qualified	VfL Wolfsburg	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
3	Saint-Étienne	6	0	4	2	6	8	−2	4
4	Oleksandriya	6	0	3	3	6	10	−4	3

Group J

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10
2. Qualified	AS Roma	6	2	3	1	12	6	+6	9
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8
4	Wolfsberger AC	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5

Group K

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Braga	6	4	2	0	15	9	+6	14
2. Qualified	Wolves	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
3	Slovan Bratislava	6	1	1	4	10	13	−3	4
4	Beşiktaş	6	1	0	5	6	15	−9	3

Group L

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	2	+8	13
2. Qualified	AZ	6	2	3	1	15	8	+7	9
3	Partizan	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
4	Astana	6	1	0	5	4	19	−15	3

UEFA Europa League 2019-20 Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2019, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 20 February, and the second legs were played on 26, 27 and 28 February 2020.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st Leg	2nd Leg
Wolves	6–3	Espanyol	4–0	2–3
Sporting CP	4–5	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	1–4 (a.e.t.)
Getafe	3–2	Ajax	2–0	1–2
Bayer Leverkusen	5–2	Porto	2–1	3–1
Copenhagen	4–2	Celtic	1–1	3–1
APOEL	0–4	Basel	0–3	0–1
CFR Cluj	1–1 (away goal)	Sevilla	1–1	0–0
Olympiacos	2–2 (away goal)	Arsenal	0–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
AZ	1–3	LASK	1–1	0–2
Club Brugge	1–6	Manchester United	1–1	0–5
Ludogorets Razgrad	1–4	Inter Milan	0–2	1–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	6–3	Red Bull Salzburg	4–1	2–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	5–4	Benfica	2–1	3–3
VfL Wolfsburg	5–1	Malmö FF	2–1	3–0
AS Roma	2–1	Gent	1–0	1–1
Rangers	4–2	Braga	3–2	1–0

UEFA Europa League 2019-20 Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16 in the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League took place on 28 February 2020 at 13:00 CET. Initially, six of the eight first-leg matches were held on 12 March 2020. However, due to the escalating concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic across Europe, UEFA decided to postpone the remaining two first legs and all the second-leg fixtures.
On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the postponed second-leg matches would be played on 5-6 August 2020. In July, UEFA confirmed that these second-leg matches would proceed as originally planned at the home team’s stadium. For the two ties where the first legs had not been played, the matches were scheduled to be played as single-leg ties at neutral venues in Germany. This adjustment was part of the broader measures taken to ensure the competition could be completed safely amidst the ongoing pandemic.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st Leg	2nd Leg
İstanbul Başakşehir	1–3	Copenhagen	1–0	0–3
Olympiacos	1–2	Wolves	1–1	0–1
Rangers	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	0–1
VfL Wolfsburg	1–5	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	0–3
Inter Milan	2–0	Getafe
Sevilla	2–0	AS Roma
Eintracht Frankfurt	0–4	Basel	0–3	0–1
LASK	1–7	Manchester United	0–5	1–2

Europa League 2019-20 Quarter-finals

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
10 August 2020	Manchester United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Copenhagen
10 August 2020	Inter Milan	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen
11 August 2020	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	Basel
11 August 2020	Wolves	0–1	Sevilla

Europa League 2019-20 Semi finals

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
16 August 2020	Sevilla	2–1	Manchester United
17 August 2020	Inter Milan	5–0	Shakhtar Donetsk

UEFA Europa League 2019-20 Final match
21 August 2020 21:00 CEST, RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Sevilla	3–2	Inter Milan
De Jong 12′, 33′ Lukaku 74′ (o.g.)		Lukaku 5′ (pen.) Godín 36′

Europa League 2019-20 Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP Manchester United	8
2	Romelu Lukaku	Inter Milan	7
3	Diogo Jota	Wolves	6
4	Andraž Šporar	Slovan Bratislava Sporting CP	6
5	Daichi Kamada	Eintracht Frankfurt	6
6	Alfredo Morelos	Rangers	6
7	Edin Višća	İstanbul Başakşehir	6
8	Munir	Sevilla	5

Europa League 2019-20 most assist providers

Rank	Player	Club	Assist
1	Galeno	Braga	6
2	Juan Mata	Manchester United	5
3	Uroš Matić	APOEL	4
4	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP Manchester United	4

UEFA Europa League 2019-20 squad of the season
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 23 players as the squad of the tournament.

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Samir Handanović	Inter Milan
Goalkeeper	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla
Goalkeeper	Karl-Johan Johnsson	Copenhagen
Defender	Sergio Reguilón	Sevilla
Defender	Jesús Navas	Sevilla
Defender	Stefan de Vrij	Inter Milan
Defender	Conor Coady	Wolves
Defender	Jules Koundé	Sevilla
Defender	Jonathan Tah	Bayer Leverkusen
Midfielder	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP Manchester United
Midfielder	Éver Banega	Sevilla
Midfielder	Kai Havertz	Bayer Leverkusen
Midfielder	Fred	Manchester United
Midfielder	Taison	Shakhtar Donetsk
Midfielder	Nicolò Barella	Inter Milan
Midfielder	Marcelo Brozović	Inter Milan
Midfielder	Fabian Frei	Basel
Forward	Romelu Lukaku	Inter Milan
Forward	Lautaro Martínez	Inter Milan
Forward	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United
Forward	Lucas Ocampos	Sevilla
Forward	Munir	Sevilla
Forward	Luuk de Jong	Sevilla

UEFA Europa League 2019-20 summary
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League was suspended in mid-March 2020. The tournament resumed in August, with the quarter-finals onward being played as single-match knockout ties at neutral venues in Germany, including the RheinEnergieStadion, MSV-Arena, Merkur Spiel-Arena, and Arena AufSchalke. These matches were held behind closed doors between 10 and 21 August 2020. The video assistant referee (VAR) system was also implemented from the knockout stage onwards.
Chelsea, the title holders from the previous Europa League season, had already qualified for the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League through their Premier League performance. As a result, they could not defend their Europa League title, as they advanced to the Champions League knockout stage instead. Chelsea’s campaign in the Champions League ended in the round of 16, where they were eliminated by Bayern Munich, who eventually went on to win the competition.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
The 2019-20 UEFA Europa League faced significant disruptions due to the varying rates of COVID-19 transmission across Europe. During the Round of 16 first leg ties, matches were affected differently based on local conditions:
– Postponed Matches: The severity of the pandemic in Italy led to the postponement of games involving Inter Milan and A.S. Roma.
– Behind Closed Doors: Matches hosted in Greece, Germany, and Austria were played without spectators.
– Normal Conditions: Games in Turkey and Scotland proceeded as usual, with fans in attendance.
On 15 March 2020, UEFA announced that all Round of 16 second leg ties were indefinitely postponed, and a task force was set up to reschedule the remaining matches. Initially, the final was supposed to take place on 27 May 2020 at the Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Poland. However, on 23 March, UEFA announced that the final would be moved to 2021, with Gdańsk still as the host city.
The Europa League was scheduled to resume on 5 August 2020, with the competition concluding on 21 August. The remaining matches were organized as a last-eight tournament held in Germany across four venues. These matches, including the remaining Round of 16 fixtures (where the first leg had already been played), were played as single-leg ties in a mini-tournament format. All matches took place behind closed doors due to the ongoing pandemic in Europe.