2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage facts for kids

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The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 14 September and ended on 7 December 2017. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Teams
Format
- Tiebreakers
Groups
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
- Group D
- Group E
- Group F
- Group G
- Group H
- Group I
- Group J
- Group K
- Group L

Teams

Below are the teams that were participating in the tournament (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They included 16 teams which entered in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32

Pot 1
Team	Coeff.
Arsenal	105.192
Zenit Saint Petersburg	87.106
Lyon	68.833
Dynamo Kyiv	67.526
Villarreal	64.999
Athletic Bilbao	60.999
Lazio	56.666
Milan	47.666
Viktoria Plzeň	40.635
Red Bull Salzburg	40.570
Copenhagen	37.800
Braga	37.366

Pot 2
Team	Coeff.
FCSB	35.370
Ludogorets Razgrad	34.175
BATE Borisov	29.475
Everton	29.192
Young Boys	28.915
Marseille	28.333
Real Sociedad	27.499
Maccabi Tel Aviv	23.375
Lokomotiv Moscow	20.606
Austria Wien	17.070
Hertha BSC	16.899
Nice	16.833

Pot 3
Team	Coeff.
Astana	16.800
Partizan	16.075
1899 Hoffenheim	15.899
1. FC Köln	15.899
Rijeka	15.550
Vitória de Guimarães	14.866
Atalanta	14.666
Zulte Waregem	14.480
Zorya Luhansk	13.526
Rosenborg	12.665
FC Sheriff Tiraspol	11.150
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	10.875

Pot 4
Team	Coeff.
Apollon Limassol	10.710
İstanbul Başakşehir	10.340
Konyaspor	9.840
Vitesse	9.212
Slavia Prague	8.135
Red Star Belgrade	7.325
Skënderbeu Korçë	6.825
Fastav Zlín	6.635
AEK Athens	6.580
Lugano	6.415
Vardar	5.125
Östersund	3.945

Notes

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Format

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 of the Champions League group stage.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01):

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Away goals scored in all group matches;
Wins in all group matches;
Away wins in all group matches;
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA club coefficient.

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Villarreal	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Astana	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	Slavia Prague	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	1	8	−7	4

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Villarreal	3–1	Astana	Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Attendance: 14,670 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
	Sansone 16' Bakambu 75' Cheryshev 77'	Report	Logvinenko 68'

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Slavia Prague	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Eden Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,035 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
	Necid 12'	Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 17:00	Astana	1–1	Slavia Prague	Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 17,215 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
	Tomasov 42'	Report	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 18'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Villarreal	Netanya Stadium, Netanya Attendance: 11,865 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
		Report

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 17:00	Astana	4–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 10,350 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
	Twumasi 33' (pen.), 42' Kabananga 47', 52'	Report

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Villarreal	2–2	Slavia Prague	Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Attendance: 15,634 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
	Trigueros 41' Bacca 44'	Report	Necid 18' Danny 30'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	Astana	Netanya Stadium, Netanya Attendance: 7,934 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
		Report	Twumasi 57'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Slavia Prague	0–2	Villarreal	Eden Arena, Prague Attendance: 18,403 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
		Report	Bacca 15' Deli 89' (o.g.)

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 17:00	Astana	2–3	Villarreal	Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
	Kabananga 22' Twumasi 88'	Report	Raba 39' Bakambu 65', 83'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	Slavia Prague	Netanya Stadium, Netanya Attendance: 6,874 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
		Report	Hušbauer 45+1', 54'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Villarreal	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Attendance: 12,613 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
		Report	Blackman 60'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Slavia Prague	0–1	Astana	Eden Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,198 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
		Report	Aničić 38'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dynamo Kyiv	6	4	1	1	15	9	+6	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Partizan	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Young Boys	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6
4	Skënderbeu Korçë	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Dynamo Kyiv	3–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 24,893 Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
	Sydorchuk 47' Júnior Moraes 49' Mbokani 65' (pen.)	Report	Muzaka 39'

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Young Boys	1–1	Partizan	Stade de Suisse, Bern Attendance: 13,004 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	Fassnacht 14'	Report	Janković 11'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Partizan	2–3	Dynamo Kyiv	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 0 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
	Ožegović 34' Tawamba 42'	Report	Júnior Moraes 54' (pen.), 84' Buyalskyi 68'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–1	Young Boys	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
	Sowe 65'	Report	Assalé 72'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Skënderbeu Korçë	0–0	Partizan	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
		Report

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	Young Boys	NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 21,789 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
	Mbokani 34' Morozyuk 49'	Report	Assalé 17', 40'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Partizan	2–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 12,659 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
	Tošić 39' Tawamba 66'	Report

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Young Boys	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Stade de Suisse, Bern Attendance: 10,077 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
		Report	Buyalskyi 70'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Skënderbeu Korçë	3–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Attendance: 100 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
	Lilaj 18' Adeniyi 52' Sowe 56'	Report	Tsyhankov 16' Rusyn 90+1'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Partizan	2–1	Young Boys	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 20,568 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
	Tawamba 12' Ožegović 53'	Report	Ngamaleu 25'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Dynamo Kyiv	4–1	Partizan	NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 14,678 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
	Morozyuk 6' Júnior Moraes 28', 31', 77' (pen.)	Report	Jevtović 45+4' (pen.)

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Young Boys	2–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Stade de Suisse, Bern Attendance: 8,209 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
	Hoarau 55' Assalé 90+5'	Report	Gavazaj 51'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Braga	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase
2	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
4	1899 Hoffenheim	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Braga	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Attendance: 15,714 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
	Wagner 24'	Report	Teixeira 45+1' Dyego Sousa 50'

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 6,804 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
		Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 6,155 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
	Dyakov 46' Lukoki 72'	Report	Kadeřábek 2'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Braga	2–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Estádio Municipal, Braga Attendance: 10,376 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
	Hassan 26' Fransérgio 89'	Report	Belözoğlu 28'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Braga	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Estádio Municipal, Braga Attendance: 8,623 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
		Report	Moți 25' Raul Silva 56' (o.g.)

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Attendance: 21,167 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)
	Hübner 52' Amiri 59' Schulz 75'	Report	Napoleoni 90+3'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	Braga	Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 7,544 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
	Marcelinho 68'	Report	Fransérgio 83'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 5,214 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
	Višća 90+3'	Really	Grillitsch 47'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Braga	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Estádio Municipal, Braga Attendance: 10,054 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)
	Marcelo Goiano 1' Fransérgio 81', 90+3'	Report	Uth 74'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 7,520 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
	Marcelinho 65'	Report	Višća 20' Frei 27'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim Attendance: 7,814 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
	Ochs 25'	Report	Wanderson 62'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Braga	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 5,241 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
	Višća 10' Belözoğlu 77' (pen.)	Report	Raul Silva 55'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Milan	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	AEK Athens	6	1	5	0	6	5	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Rijeka	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	7
4	Austria Wien	6	1	2	3	9	16	−7	5

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Austria Wien	1–5	Milan	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 31,409 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Borković 47'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 7' Silva 10', 20', 56' Suso 63'

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Rijeka	1–2	AEK Athens	Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka Attendance: 5,932 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
	Elez 29'	Report	Mantalos 16' Christodoulopoulos 62'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	AEK Athens	2–2	Austria Wien	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 16,954 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
	Livaja 28', 90'	Report	Monschein 43' Tajouri 49'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Milan	3–2	Rijeka	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 23,917 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
	Silva 14' Musacchio 53' Cutrone 90+4'	Report	Acosty 84' Elez 90' (pen.)

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Milan	0–0	AEK Athens	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 20,812 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
		Report

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Austria Wien	1–3	Rijeka	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 20,690 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
	Friesenbichler 90'	Report	Gavranović 21', 31' Kvržić 90+2'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	AEK Athens	0–0	Milan	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 40,538 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
		Report

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Rijeka	1–4	Austria Wien	Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka Attendance: 7,912 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
	Pavičić 61'	Report	Prokop 41', 62' Serbest 73' Monschein 83'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Milan	5–1	Austria Wien	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 17,932 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
	Rodríguez 27' Silva 36', 70' Cutrone 42', 90+3'	Report	Monschein 21'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	AEK Athens	2–2	Rijeka	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
	Araujo 45+2' Christodoulopoulos 55'	Report	Gorgon 8', 26'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Austria Wien	0–0	AEK Athens	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 23,133 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
		Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Rijeka	2–0	Milan	Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka Attendance: 8,021 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
	Puljić 7' Gavranović 47'	Report

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atalanta	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lyon	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Everton	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	4
4	Apollon Limassol	6	0	3	3	5	14	−9	3

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Atalanta	3–0	Everton	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia Attendance: 14,490 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
	Masiello 27' Gómez 41' Cristante 44'	Report

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Apollon Limassol	1–1	Lyon	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,134 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
	Sardinero 90+3'	Report	Depay 53' (pen.)

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Lyon	1–1	Atalanta	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu Attendance: 27,715 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
	Traoré 45'	Report	Gómez 57'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Everton	2–2	Apollon Limassol	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 27,034 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
	Rooney 21' Vlašić 66'	Report	Sardinero 12' Yuste 88'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Everton	1–2	Lyon	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 27,159 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
	Williams 69'	Report	Fekir 6' (pen.) Traoré 75'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Atalanta	3–1	Apollon Limassol	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia Attendance: 13,803 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
	Iličić 12' Petagna 64' Freuler 66'	Report	Schembri 59'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Lyon	3–0	Everton	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu Attendance: 48,103 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
	Traoré 68' Aouar 76' Depay 88'	Report

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Apollon Limassol	1–1	Atalanta	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,658 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
	Zelaya 90+4'	Report	Iličić 35' (pen.)

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Everton	1–5	Atalanta	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 17,431 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
	Sandro 71'	Report	Cristante 12', 64' Gosens 86' Cornelius 88', 90+4'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Lyon	4–0	Apollon Limassol	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu Attendance: 26,972 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
	Diakhaby 29' Fekir 32' Mariano 67' Maolida 90'	Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Atalanta	1–0	Lyon	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia Attendance: 13,925 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)
	Petagna 10'	Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Apollon Limassol	0–3	Everton	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 4,237 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
		Report	Lookman 21', 27' Vlašić 87'

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Copenhagen	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	2	3	1	4	4	0	9
4	Fastav Zlín	6	0	2	4	1	10	−9	2

Source: UEFA
Notes:

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Fastav Zlín	0–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Andrův stadion, Olomouc Attendance: 4,499 Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)
		Report

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 19:00	Copenhagen	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 17,285 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
		Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Fastav Zlín	RZD Arena, Moscow Attendance: 10,065 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
	Fernandes 2' (pen.), 6', 17'	Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 21:05	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	Copenhagen	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol Attendance: 5,070 Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
		Report

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol Attendance: 10,500 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
	Badibanga 31'	Report	Anton Miranchuk 17'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 21:05	Fastav Zlín	1–1	Copenhagen	Andrův stadion, Olomouc Attendance: 6,245 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
	Diop 11'	Report	Ankersen 19'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	RZD Arena, Moscow Attendance: 10,118 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
	Farfán 26'	Report	Badibanga 41' Brezovec 58'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 19:00	Copenhagen	3–0	Fastav Zlín	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 16,189 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
	Lüftner 40' Verbič 49', 90+2'	Report

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Copenhagen	RZD Arena, Moscow Attendance: 10,696 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
	Farfán 17', 51'	Report	Verbič 31'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 21:05	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	Fastav Zlín	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol Attendance: 5,485 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)
	Jairo 11'	Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Fastav Zlín	0–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Andrův stadion, Olomouc Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)
		Report	Aleksei Miranchuk 70' Farfán 75'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 19:00	Copenhagen	2–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 14,246 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Sotiriou 56' Lüftner 59'	Report

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viktoria Plzeň	6	4	0	2	13	8	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	FCSB	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	Lugano	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Lugano	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Attendance: 14,752 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
	Einbinder 2' Tzedek 60' (pen.)	Report	Tzedek 67' (o.g.)

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	FCSB	3–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 20,714 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
	Budescu 21' (pen.), 44' Alibec 72'	Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Viktoria Plzeň	3–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Doosan Arena, Plzeň Attendance: 10,314 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
	Petržela 29' Kopic 76' Bakoš 89'	Report	Nwakaeme 69'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Lugano	1–2	FCSB	Swissporarena, Lucerne Attendance: 2,680 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
	Bottani 14'	Report	Budescu 58' Júnior Morais 64'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Lugano	3–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Swissporarena, Lucerne Attendance: 2,530 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
	Bottani 63' Carlinhos 69' Gerndt 88'	Report	Krmenčík 76' Bakoš 90'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–2	FCSB	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Attendance: 15,117 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
	Cuenca 87'	Report	Gnohéré 70', 75'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Viktoria Plzeň	4–1	Lugano	Doosan Arena, Plzeň Attendance: 9,483 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
	Krmenčík 4', 19' Hořava 45' Čermák 56'	Report	Mariani 15'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	FCSB	1–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 27,134 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
	Coman 31'	Report	Sahar 37'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Lugano	1–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Swissporarena, Lucerne Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
	Carlinhos 50'	Report

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	FCSB	Doosan Arena, Plzeň Attendance: 10,197 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
	Petržela 49' Kopic 76'	Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Attendance: 10,542 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
		Report	Hejda 28' Hořava 83'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	FCSB	1–2	Lugano	Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 13,231 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
	Gnohéré 60'	Report	Daprelà 3' Vécsei 32'

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Red Star Belgrade	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	1. FC Köln	6	2	0	4	7	8	−1	6
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	6	16	−10	5

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	BATE Borisov	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 40,284 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
	Radonjić 54'	Report	Signevich 72'

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 22:05	Arsenal	3–1	1. FC Köln	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 59,359 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
	Kolašinac 49' Sánchez 67' Bellerín 82'	Report	Córdoba 9'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	1. FC Köln	0–1	Red Star Belgrade	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Attendance: 45,300 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
		Report	Boakye 30'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	BATE Borisov	2–4	Arsenal	Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 13,100 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
	Ivanić 28' Gordeichuk 67'	Report	Walcott 9', 22' Holding 25' Giroud 49' (pen.)

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	BATE Borisov	1–0	1. FC Köln	Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 11,783 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
	Rios 55'	Report

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	Arsenal	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 50,327 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
		Report	Giroud 85'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	1. FC Köln	5–2	BATE Borisov	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Attendance: 45,200 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
	Zoller 16' Osako 54', 82' Guirassy 63' Jojić 90'	Report	Milunović 31' Signevich 33'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Arsenal	0–0	Red Star Belgrade	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 58,285 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
		Report

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	BATE Borisov	0–0	Red Star Belgrade	Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
		Report

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	1. FC Köln	1–0	Arsenal	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Attendance: 45,300 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
	Guirassy 62' (pen.)	Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	1. FC Köln	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 51,364 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
	Srnić 22'	Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Arsenal	6–0	BATE Borisov	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 25,909 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
	Debuchy 11' Walcott 37' Wilshere 43' Palyakow 51' (o.g.) Giroud 64' (pen.) Elneny 74'	Report

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	3	0	7	1	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Marseille	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Konyaspor	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	6
4	Vitória de Guimarães	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Marseille	1–0	Konyaspor	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 8,649 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
	Rami 48'	Report

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Attendance: 13,972 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
	Pedro Henrique 25'	Report	V. Berisha 45'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Marseille	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 11,832 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
	Dabour 73'	Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Konyaspor	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya Attendance: 21,116 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
	Araz 24' Milošević 48'	Report	Hurtado 74'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Konyaspor	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya Attendance: 23,354 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
		Report	Gulbrandsen 5' Dabour 80'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Marseille	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 13,359 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
	Ocampos 28' Lopez 76'	Report	Martins 17'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	Konyaspor	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 8,773 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)
		Report

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Marseille	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Attendance: 14,181 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
	Hurtado 80'	Report

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Konyaspor	1–1	Marseille	Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Skubic 82' (pen.)	Report	Moke 90+3' (o.g.)

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 6,474 Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)
	Dabour 26' Ulmer 45+1' Hwang Hee-chan 67'	Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Marseille	0–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 23,865 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
		Report

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Konyaspor	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Attendance: 9,040 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
	Turan 77' (o.g.)	Report	Bourabia 15'

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Östersund	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	6
4	Hertha BSC	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5

Source: UEFA
Notes:

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Östersund	Arena Lviv, Lviv Attendance: 5,097 Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
		Report	Ghoddos 50' Gero 90+4'

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Hertha BSC	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 28,832 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
		Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Zorya Luhansk	San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 32,462 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
		Report	Kharatin 26'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Östersund	1–0	Hertha BSC	Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund Attendance: 8,009 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
	Nouri 22' (pen.)	Report

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Östersund	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund Attendance: 7,870 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	Gero 52' Edwards 64'	Report	Aduriz 14' Williams 89'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Hertha BSC	Arena Lviv, Lviv Attendance: 9,521 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
	Silas 42' Svatok 79'	Report	Selke 56'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Östersund	San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 32,354 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
	Aduriz 70'	Report

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Hertha BSC	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 20,358 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
	Selke 16', 73'	Report

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Östersund	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund Attendance: 7,754 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
	Hrechyshkin 40' (o.g.) Ghoddos 77'	Report

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Hertha BSC	San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 38,928 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
	Aduriz 35' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Williams 82'	Report	Leckie 26' Selke 36'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Arena Lviv, Lviv Attendance: 8,428 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
		Report	Aduriz 70' García 86'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Hertha BSC	1–1	Östersund	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 15,686 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
	Pekarík 61'	Report	Papagiannopoulos 58'

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lazio	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Nice	6	3	0	3	12	7	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Zulte Waregem	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	7
4	Vitesse	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Zulte Waregem	1–5	Nice	Regenboogstadion, Waregem Attendance: 9,072 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
	Leya Iseka 46'	Report	Pléa 16', 20' Dante 28' Saint-Maximin 69' Balotelli 74'

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Vitesse	2–3	Lazio	GelreDome, Arnhem Attendance: 19,867 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
	Matavž 33' Linssen 57'	Report	Parolo 51' Immobile 67' Murgia 75'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Lazio	2–0	Zulte Waregem	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 300 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
	Caicedo 18' Immobile 90'	Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Nice	3–0	Vitesse	Allianz Riviera, Nice Attendance: 15,006 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)
	Pléa 16', 82' Saint-Maximin 45'	Report

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Nice	1–3	Lazio	Allianz Riviera, Nice Attendance: 21,386 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
	Balotelli 4'	Report	Caicedo 5' Milinković-Savić 65', 89'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Zulte Waregem	1–1	Vitesse	Regenboogstadion, Waregem Attendance: 9,488 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
	Kashia 23' (o.g.)	Report	Bruns 27'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Lazio	1–0	Nice	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 21,327 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
	Le Marchand 90+2' (o.g.)	Report

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Vitesse	0–2	Zulte Waregem	GelreDome, Arnhem Attendance: 17,906 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
		Report	Dabo 3' (o.g.) Kaya 70'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Nice	3–1	Zulte Waregem	Allianz Riviera, Nice Attendance: 20,274 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
	Balotelli 5' (pen.), 31' Tameze 86'	Report	Hämäläinen 81'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Lazio	1–1	Vitesse	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 8,226 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
	Luis Alberto 42'	Report	Linssen 13'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Zulte Waregem	3–2	Lazio	Regenboogstadion, Waregem Attendance: 8,845 Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
	De Pauw 6' Heylen 60' Leya Iseka 83'	Report	Caicedo 67' Lucas 76'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Vitesse	1–0	Nice	GelreDome, Arnhem Attendance: 17,564 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
	Castaignos 84'	Report

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Sociedad	6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	Rosenborg	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
4	Vardar	6	0	1	5	3	20	−17	1

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Vardar	0–5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 11,118 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
		Report	Kokorin 6', 21' Dzyuba 39' Ivanović 66' Rigoni 89'

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 21:05	Real Sociedad	4–0	Rosenborg	Anoeta, San Sebastián Attendance: 21,479 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)
	Llorente 9', 77' Zurutuza 10' Skjelvik 41' (o.g.)	Report

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Rosenborg	3–1	Vardar	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Attendance: 16,038 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
	Bendtner 25' (pen.) A. Konradsen 56' Hedenstad 68'	Report	Juan Felipe 90+1'

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 19:00	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Real Sociedad	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 50,487 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)
	Rigoni 5' Kokorin 24', 60'	Report	Llorente 41'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Rosenborg	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 46,211 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
	Rigoni 1', 68', 75'	Report	Helland 88'

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 19:00	Vardar	0–6	Real Sociedad	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 20,368 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
		Report	Oyarzabal 12' Willian José 34', 42', 55', 59' De la Bella 90'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Rosenborg	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Attendance: 18,597 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Bendtner 55' (pen.)	Report	Kokorin 90+3'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 21:05	Real Sociedad	3–0	Vardar	Anoeta, San Sebastián Attendance: 17,242 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
	Juanmi 31' De la Bella 69' Bautista 81'	Report

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Vardar	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 38,196 Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
	Poloz 16' Rigoni 43'	Report	Blazhevski 90+3'

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 19:00	Rosenborg	0–1	Real Sociedad	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Attendance: 18,307 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
		Report	Oyarzabal 90'

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Vardar	1–1	Rosenborg	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 7,839 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
	Ytalo 9'	Report	Bendtner 45+2' (pen.)

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 21:05	Real Sociedad	1–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Anoeta, San Sebastián Attendance: 20,609 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
	Willian José 58'	Report	Yerokhin 35' Ivanović 64' Paredes 85'

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Contents

Teams

Format

Tiebreakers

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L