UEFA Europa League 2022–23 was the 52nd season of Europe’s secondary club football tournament organized by UEFA, and the 14th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. Sevilla defeated Roma in the final played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. 4–1 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time, winning the competition for a record-extending seventh time.
As winners of the tournament, Sevilla automatically qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage and also earned the right to play against the winners of the UEFA Champions League 2022–23, Manchester City, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.
Champions: 
Sevilla (7th title)
Runners-Up: 
Roma
Player of the Season: Jesús Navas ( Sevilla)
Young Player of the Season: 
Florian Wirtz ( Bayer Leverkusen)
Top Goal Scorer: 
Marcus Rashford ( Manchester United) and 
Victor Boniface (
Union Saint-Gilloise)
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Group Standings
Group A
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1. Arsenal6 5 0 1 8 3 +5 15 Advance to round of 16
2. 
PSV6 4 1 1 15 4 +11 13 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3. 
Bodø/Glimt6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 Transfer to Europa Conference League
4. 
Zürich6 1 0 5 5 16 −11 3
Group B
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1. 
Fenerbahçe6 4 2 0 13 7 +6 14 Advance to round of 16
2. 
Rennes6 3 3 0 11 8 +3 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3. 
AEK Larnaca6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League
4. 
Dynamo Kyiv6 0 1 5 5 11 −6 1
Group C
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1. Real Betis6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16 Advance to round of 16
2. Roma6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3. 
Ludogorets Razgrad6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League
4. 
HJK6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1
Group D
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1. Union Saint-Gilloise6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13 Advance to round of 16
2. Union Berlin6 4 0 2 4 2 +2 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3. 
Braga6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Transfer to Europa Conference League
4. 
Malmö FF6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0
Group E
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1. Real Sociedad6 5 0 1 10 2 +8 15 Advance to round of 16
2. Manchester United6 5 0 1 10 3 +7 15 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3. 
Sheriff Tiraspol6 2 0 4 4 10 −6 6 Transfer to Europa Conference League
4. Omonia6 0 0 6 3 12 −9 0
Group F
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1. Feyenoord6 2 2 2 13 9 +4 8 Advance to round of 16
2. 
Midtjylland6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3. Lazio6 2 2 2 9 11 −2 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League
4. 
Sturm Graz6 2 2 2 4 10 −6 8
Group G
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1. SC Freiburg6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 14 Advance to round of 16
2. Nantes6 3 0 3 6 11 −5 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3. 
Qarabağ6 2 2 2 9 5 +4 8 Transfer to Europa Conference League
4. 
Olympiacos6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2
Group H
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1. 
Ferencváros6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10 Advance to round of 16
2. Monaco6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3. Trabzonspor6 3 0 3 11 9 +2 9 Transfer to Europa Conference League
4. 
Red Star Belgrade6 2 0 4 9 11 −2 6
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Knockout round play-offs matches
The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 16 February and the second legs were played on 23 February 2023.
Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Barcelona3–4 Manchester United2–2 1–2
Juventus4–1 Nantes1–1 3–0
Sporting CP5–1 Midtjylland1–1 4–0
Shakhtar Donetsk3–3
5–4 (penalties) Rennes2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Ajax1–3 Union Berlin0–0 1–3
Bayer Leverkusen5–5
5–3 (penalties) Monaco2–3 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Sevilla3–2 PSV3–0 0–2
Red Bull Salzburg1–2 Roma1–0 0–2
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Round of 16 matches
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023, 12:00 CET. The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 16 March 2023.
Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Union Berlin3–6 Union Saint-Gilloise3–3 0–3
Sevilla2–1 Fenerbahçe2–0 0–1
Juventus3–0 SC Freiburg1–0 2–0
Bayer Leverkusen4–0 Ferencváros2–0 2–0
Sporting CP3–3 (5–3 penalty) Arsenal2–2 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Manchester United5–1 Real Betis4–1 1–0
Roma2–0 Real Sociedad2–0 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk2–8 Feyenoord1–1 1–7
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 13 April, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2023.
Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Manchester United2–5 Sevilla2–2 0–3
Juventus2–1 Sporting CP1–0 1–1
Bayer Leverkusen5–2 Union Saint-Gilloise1–1 4–1
Feyenoord2–4 Roma1–0 1–4 (a.e.t.)
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 13:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw. The first legs were played on 11 May, and the second legs were played on 18 May 2023.
Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Juventus2–3 Sevilla1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Roma1–0 Bayer Leverkusen1–0 0–0
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Final match
31 May 2023 21:00 CEST, Puskás Aréna, Budapest
| Sevilla |
1–1 | Roma |
G. Mancini  55′ (o.g.) |
P. Dybala 35′ |
|
Ocampos  Lamela Rakitić Montiel |
Penalties 4 – 1 |
Cristante Mancini Ibañez |
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Top Goal Scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1. Marcus Rashford Manchester United6
2. Victor Boniface Union Saint-Gilloise6
3. 
Santiago Giménez Feyenoord5
4. 
Paulo Dybala Roma5
5. Vitinha Braga4
6. Wissam Ben Yedder Monaco4
7. Ángel Di María Juventus4
8. 
Youssef En-Nesyri Sevilla4
9. Robin Knoche Union Berlin4
10. Lorenzo Pellegrini Roma4
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Top Assist Provider List
Rank Player Club Assist
1. 
Evander Midtjylland5
2. Tasos Bakasetas Trabzonspor4
3. 
Loïc Lapoussin Union Saint-Gilloise4
4. Bruno Fernandes Manchester United4
5. Tammy Abraham Roma4
6. Lorenzo Pellegrini Roma4
UEFA Europa League 2022-23 Team of the Season
Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou Sevilla
Defender Marcos Acuña Sevilla
Defender Chris Smalling Roma
Defender Jonathan Tah Bayer Leverkusen
Defender Jesús Navas Sevilla
Midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini Roma
Midfielder Nemanja Matić Roma
Midfielder 
Ivan Rakitić Sevilla
Forward
Marcus Rashford
Manchester United
Forward Victor Boniface Union Saint-Gilloise
Forward Paulo Dybala Roma
Venues and Ticketing: The final held at Puskás Aréna in Budapest had a capacity of 63,000, with significant ticket allocations for fans and various stakeholders.
Sevilla’s victory solidified their reputation as the most successful club in the history of the UEFA Europa League, continuing their dominance in Europe’s secondary club competition.
Historical Formats
The competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the 1997–98 season, the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged.
Before the 2004–05 season, the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The sixteen non-qualifiers from the final qualifying round of the Champions League entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by third-place finishers from the (first) group phase of the Champions League.
From the 2004–05 season, the competition started with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower entered the first qualifying round with those from associations ranked 9–18 joining them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round were reserved for the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners (until 2015–16), and eleven places in the second qualifying round for the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners.
Winners of the qualifying rounds then joined teams from the associations ranked 1–13 in the first round proper. In addition, non-qualifiers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also joined the competition at this point along with the current title-holders (unless they had qualified for the Champions League via their national league), for a total of 80 teams in the first round.
After the first knockout round, the 40 survivors entered a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase was played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group phase. From then on a series of two-legged knockout ties were played before a single-legged final, traditionally held on a Wednesday in May, exactly one week before the Champions League final.
