2022–23 UEFA Europa League facts for kids

{{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = UEFA Europa League | year = 2022–23 | image = Puskás Aréna 05.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = The Puskás Aréna in Budapest hosted the final | dates = Qualifying:
4–25 August 2022
Competition proper:
8 September 2022 – 31 May 2023 | num_teams = Competition proper: 32+8
Total: 21+36 | associations = 33 | champion_other = Sevilla | count = 7 | second_other = Roma | matches = 141 | goals = 381 | attendance = 4067872 The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League was a big football tournament in Europe. It was the 52nd time this competition was held. It's the second most important club football tournament in Europe, after the UEFA Champions League.

The final match was played in Budapest, Hungary, at the Puskás Aréna. Sevilla from Spain played against Roma from Italy. The game ended 1–1 after extra time. Sevilla then won 4–1 in a penalty shootout. This was Sevilla's seventh time winning the trophy, which is a record!

Because Sevilla won, they automatically got a spot in the next season's 2023–24 UEFA Champions League. They also earned the chance to play in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup. In the Super Cup, they would play against the winner of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.

The team that won the Europa League the year before, Eintracht Frankfurt, played in the Champions League this season. They could not defend their Europa League title because they moved up to the Champions League.

How Teams Qualify for the Europa League

A total of 57 teams from 33 different countries in Europe took part in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League. These teams came from countries that are part of UEFA, which is the main football organization in Europe.

• Some teams got a direct spot in the Europa League.
• Other teams joined the Europa League after being knocked out of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League. This means they started in the Champions League but then moved to the Europa League.
• The team that won the UEFA Europa Conference League (another European tournament) also got a spot in the Europa League if they didn't already qualify for the Champions League.
• The number of teams from each country depends on how well their clubs have performed in European competitions over the past few years.

Key Player Statistics

These statistics do not include the early qualifying rounds. They only count goals and assists from the main part of the tournament.

Top Goal Scorers

Here are the players who scored the most goals in the tournament.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United	6	560
	Victor Boniface	Union Saint-Gilloise		777
3	Santiago Giménez	Feyenoord	5	432
	Paulo Dybala	Roma		668
5	Vitinha	Braga	4	406
	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco		528
	Ángel Di María	Juventus		554
	Youssef En-Nesyri	Sevilla		720
	Robin Knoche	Union Berlin		892
	Lorenzo Pellegrini	Roma		1167

Players with Most Assists

These players helped their teammates score by passing the ball to them.

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Evander	Midtjylland	5	514
2	Tasos Bakasetas	Trabzonspor	4	463
	Loïc Lapoussin	Union Saint-Gilloise		740
	Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United		866
	Tammy Abraham	Roma		868
	Lorenzo Pellegrini	Roma		1167
7	Diego Rossi	Fenerbahçe	3	278
	Cody Gakpo	PSV Eindhoven		370
	Oussama Idrissi	Feyenoord		404
	Simon Adingra	Union Saint-Gilloise		410
	Amine Gouiri	Rennes		453
	Juan Miranda	Real Betis		540
	Ludovic Blas	Nantes		675
	Sebastian Szymański	Feyenoord		680
	Jesús Navas	Sevilla		690
	Teddy Teuma	Union Saint-Gilloise		776

Team of the Season

Experts from UEFA picked the best players to form the "Team of the Tournament."

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla
DF	Marcos Acuña	Sevilla
	Chris Smalling	Roma
	Jonathan Tah	Bayer Leverkusen
	Jesús Navas	Sevilla
MF	Lorenzo Pellegrini	Roma
	Nemanja Matić	Roma
	Ivan Rakitić	Sevilla
FW	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United
	Victor Boniface	Union Saint-Gilloise
	Paulo Dybala	Roma

Best Players of the Season

• Player of the Season: Jesús Navas from Sevilla
• Young Player of the Season: Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen

Related Football Events

• 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
• 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
• 2023 UEFA Super Cup
• 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2022–23 UEFA Youth League