2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage

The group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was played from 19 September to 12 December 2013. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage.[1]

2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage

Draw

The draw was held on 30 August 2013, 13:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.[2] The 48 teams were allocated into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into twelve groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots, with the restriction that teams from the same national association could not be drawn against each other. Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage.

The fixtures were decided after the draw. On each matchday, six groups played their matches at 19:00 CEST/CET, while the other six groups played their matches at 21:05 CEST/CET, with the two sets of groups (A–F, G–L) alternating between each matchday. There were other restrictions, e.g., teams from the same city (e.g., Sevilla and Real Betis) in general did not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tried to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day), and Russian and Kazakh teams did not play at home on the last matchday due to cold weather.

Teams

Below were the 48 teams which qualified for the group stage (with their 2013 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their seeding pot.[4][5] They included 7 teams which entered in this stage, the 29 winners of the play-off round, the 9 losers of the Champions League play-off round, and 3 teams which qualified due to disqualification of other teams:

  • Maccabi Tel Aviv: On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[6] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.[7] Thus, Maccabi Tel Aviv, the opponent of PAOK in the Europa League play-off round, qualified directly for the Europa League group stage.
  • Tromsø: On 25 June 2013, Beşiktaş were banned by UEFA from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[8][9] They appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 18 July 2013 it was ruled that the ban should be temporarily lifted and they should be included in the qualifying round draws of the Europa League, until the final decision to be made before the end of August 2013.[10] Beşiktaş competed in the Europa League play-off round and won. On 30 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban, meaning Beşiktaş were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.[11] UEFA decided to replace Beşiktaş in the Europa League group stage with Tromsø, who were eliminated by Beşiktaş in the play-off round.[12]
  • APOEL: On 25 June 2013, Fenerbahçe were banned by UEFA from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[8][9] They appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 18 July 2013 it was ruled that the ban should be temporarily lifted and they should be included in the qualifying round draws of the Champions League, until the final decision to be made before the end of August 2013.[10][13][14] Fenerbahçe competed in the Champions League qualifying rounds and lost in the play-off round. On 28 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban, meaning Fenerbahçe were banned from the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.[15][16] A draw was held on 30 August 2013, 09:00, in Monaco, to select a team to replace Fenerbahçe in the Europa League group stage among the teams eliminated in the play-off round,[17] and was won by APOEL.[18]
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32
Notes
  1. CL-CR Losers of the Champions League play-off round (Champions Route)
  2. CL-LR Losers of the Champions League play-off round (League Route)
  3. Q Qualified through play-off round
  4. LL Qualified as "lucky loser" due to disqualification of Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş respectively

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 from the Champions League group stage.[1]

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[1]

  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 in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 8 apply;
  6. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  7. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
  8. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

The matchdays were 19 September, 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November and 12 December 2013.[19] The match kickoff times were 19:00 and 21:05 CEST/CET, except for matches in Russia, which were 18:00 CEST/CET; and in Kazakhstan, where the first two were 18:00 CEST/CET and the last one was 16:00 CEST/CET.[20] Times up to 26 October 2013 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Valencia 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Swansea City 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8
3 Kuban Krasnodar 6 1 3 2 7 7 0 6
4 St. Gallen 6 2 0 4 6 13 −7 6
Source:
Tiebreakers
  • Kuban Krasnodar are ranked ahead of St. Gallen on head-to-head goal difference.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuban Krasnodar 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
St. Gallen 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
Source:
Valencia 0–3 Swansea City
Report Bony  14'
Michu  58'
De Guzmán  62'
Attendance: 32,305[21]
St. Gallen 2–0 Kuban Krasnodar
Karanović  56'
Mathys  76'		 Report
Attendance: 12,551[22]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Kuban Krasnodar 0–2 Valencia
Report Alcácer  73'
Feghouli  81'
Attendance: 29,300[23]
Swansea City 1–0 St. Gallen
Routledge  52' Report
Attendance: 15,397[24]
Swansea City 1–1 Kuban Krasnodar
Michu  68' Report Cissé  90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,964[25]
Valencia 5–1 St. Gallen
Alcácer  12'
Cartabia  21', 30'
Costa  33'
Canales  71'		 Report Nater  74'
Attendance: 26,645[26]
Kuban Krasnodar 1–1 Swansea City
Baldé  90+2' Report Bony  9'
Attendance: 27,843[27]
St. Gallen 2–3 Valencia
Besle  37'
Karanović  66'		 Report Piatti  30', 76'
Canales  86'
Attendance: 16,951[28]
Kuban Krasnodar 4–0 St. Gallen
Melgarejo  3', 71'
Ignatyev  54'
Kaboré  90'		 Report
Attendance: 19,032[29]
Swansea City 0–1 Valencia
Report Parejo  20'
Attendance: 17,896[30]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Valencia 1–1 Kuban Krasnodar
Alcácer  67' Report Melgarejo  84'
Attendance: 14,581[31]
St. Gallen 1–0 Swansea City
Mathys  80' Report
Attendance: 15,298[32]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16 Advance to knockout phase
2 Chornomorets Odesa 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10
3 PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7
4 Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1
Source:
Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 Chornomorets Odesa
Fernándes  43' Report Antonov  62'
Dja Djédjé  65'
Attendance: 12,522[33]
PSV Eindhoven 0–2 Ludogorets Razgrad
Report Bezjak  60'
Misidjan  74'
Attendance: 11,000[34]
Chornomorets Odesa 0–2 PSV Eindhoven
Report Depay  13'
Jozefzoon  88'
Attendance: 33,839[36]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
Chornomorets Odesa 0–1 Ludogorets Razgrad
Report Zlatinski  45'
Attendance: 20,082[37]
Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 75[B][38]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
PSV Eindhoven 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Maher  29'
Toivonen  57'		 Report
Attendance: 10,500[40]
Chornomorets Odesa 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Antonov  78'
Didenko  90+1'		 Report Bećiraj  20'
Attendance: 14,182[41]
Ludogorets Razgrad 2–0 PSV Eindhoven
Bezjak  38', 79' Report
Attendance: 3,012[42]
Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 Ludogorets Razgrad
Čop  45+1' Report Abalo  28'
Bezjak  72'
Attendance: 3,120[43]
PSV Eindhoven 0–1 Chornomorets Odesa
Report Dja Djédjé  59'
Attendance: 13,500[44]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Ludogorets Razgrad played their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad, as it did not meet UEFA requirements.[45]
  2. ^
    The Dinamo Zagreb v PSV Eindhoven match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[46]

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 6 6 0 0 15 3 +12 18 Advance to knockout phase
2 Esbjerg 6 4 0 2 8 8 0 12
3 Elfsborg 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
4 Standard Liège 6 0 1 5 6 13 −7 1
Source:
Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Elfsborg
Alan  36'
Soriano  44' (pen.), 69', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 7,879[47]
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Standard Liège 1–2 Esbjerg
Mujangi Bia  74' Report Van Buren  63'
Bakenga  90+5'
Attendance: 11,871[48]
Esbjerg 1–2 Red Bull Salzburg
Diouf  89' Report Alan  6', 38'
Attendance: 11,298[49]
Elfsborg 1–1 Standard Liège
Claesson  23' Report Mujangi Bia  62'
Attendance: 3,778[50]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Elfsborg 1–2 Esbjerg
Jönsson  69' Report Andreasen  7', 67'
Attendance: 3,142[51]
Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Standard Liège
Soriano  53'
Ramalho  85'		 Report Mujangi Bia  88' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,856[52]
Esbjerg 1–0 Elfsborg
Rohdén  71' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 10,049[53]
Standard Liège 1–3 Red Bull Salzburg
M'Poku  55' Report Švento  42'
Kampl  45+1'
Alan  59'
Attendance: 20,000[54]
Elfsborg 0–1 Red Bull Salzburg
Report Meilinger  39'
Attendance: 2,456[55]
Esbjerg 2–1 Standard Liège
Van Buren  18', 79' Report De Camargo  53'
Attendance: 9,184[56]
Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 Esbjerg
Mané  19', 63'
Kampl  58'		 Report
Attendance: 6,890[57]
Standard Liège 1–3 Elfsborg
Mbombo  31' Report Nilsson  41', 46'
Beckmann  52'
Attendance: 6,466[58]

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rubin Kazan 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Maribor 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7
3 Zulte Waregem 6 2 1 3 4 10 −6 7
4 Wigan Athletic 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5
Source:
Tiebreakers
  • Maribor are ranked ahead of Zulte Waregem on head-to-head goal difference.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Maribor 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
Zulte Waregem 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
Source:
Zulte Waregem 0–0 Wigan Athletic
Report
Attendance: 7,041[59]
Maribor 2–5 Rubin Kazan
Milec  35'
Fajić  73'		 Report Karadeniz  23'
Marcano  27'
Eremenko  69'
Rondón  90'
Ryazantsev  90+4'
Attendance: 7,500[60]
Rubin Kazan 4–0 Zulte Waregem
Duplus  60' (o.g.)
Eremenko  73'
Ryazantsev  81'
Natkho  89'		 Report
Attendance: 4,057[61]
Wigan Athletic 3–1 Maribor
Powell  22', 90+1'
Watson  34'		 Report Tavares  60'
Attendance: 12,753[62]
Wigan Athletic 1–1 Rubin Kazan
Powell  40' Report Prudnikov  15'
Attendance: 14,723[63]
Zulte Waregem 1–3 Maribor
De Fauw  12' Report Črnic  21'
Mertelj  34'
Mezga  49'
Attendance: 5,023[64]
Rubin Kazan 1–0 Wigan Athletic
Kuzmin  22' Report
Attendance: 5,579[65]
Maribor 0–1 Zulte Waregem
Report Hazard  29' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,500[66]
Rubin Kazan 1–1 Maribor
Natkho  43' Report Mezga  86'
Attendance: 2,754[67]
Wigan Athletic 1–2 Zulte Waregem
Barnett  7' Report Hazard  37'
Malanda  88'
Attendance: 15,503[68]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Zulte Waregem 0–2 Rubin Kazan
Report Natkho  79' (pen.)
Rondón  85'
Attendance: 6,083[69]
Maribor 2–1 Wigan Athletic
Mezga  43'
Filipović  59'		 Report Gómez  41' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,035[70]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Zulte Waregem played their home matches at Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges instead of their regular stadium, Regenboogstadion, Waregem.

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fiorentina 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 Advance to knockout phase
2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12
3 Paços de Ferreira 6 0 3 3 1 8 −7 3
4 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2
Source:
Fiorentina 3–0 Paços de Ferreira
Gonzalo  30'
Matos  67'
Rossi  76'		 Report
Attendance: 13,729[71]
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Report Rotan  38'
Attendance: 7,577[72]
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–2 Fiorentina
Seleznyov  57' (pen.) Report Gonzalo  53' (pen.)
Ambrosini  73'
Attendance: 25,837[73]
Paços de Ferreira 0–2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Report Rotan  83'
Konoplyanka  86'
Attendance: 1,137[75]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Fiorentina 3–0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Joaquín  26'
Matos  34'
Cuadrado  69'		 Report
Attendance: 14,834[76]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–0 Paços de Ferreira
Matheus  44'
Konoplyanka  66'		 Report
Attendance: 14,039[77]
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–2 Fiorentina
Eric  32' Report Matos  86'
Valero  90+2'
Attendance: 11,750[78]
Paços de Ferreira 0–0 Fiorentina
Report
Attendance: 1,347[79]
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–1 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Kalinić  12'
Zozulya  56'
Shakhov  86'
Kravchenko  89'		 Report Eric  70' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,157[80]
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Fiorentina 2–1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Joaquín  42'
Cuadrado  77'		 Report Konoplyanka  13'
Attendance: 12,486[81]
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–0 Paços de Ferreira
Report
Attendance: 1,213[82]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu played their home matches at Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca instead of their regular stadium, Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu, Târgu Jiu, as it did not meet UEFA requirements.[83]
  2. ^ a b c
    Paços de Ferreira played their home matches at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães instead of their regular stadium, Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira, due to renovation.

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 5 0 1 13 4 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11
3 APOEL 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 5
4 Bordeaux 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 3
Source:
Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Bordeaux
Kadlec  4'
Russ  16'
Djakpa  52'		 Report
Attendance: 44,000[84]
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 APOEL
Report
Attendance: 11,772[85]
APOEL 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Report Alexandrou  27' (o.g.)
Lakić  59'
Jung  66'
Attendance: 13,729[86]
Bordeaux 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Jussiê  48' Report Yitzhaki  71'
Micha  80'
Attendance: 7,329[87]
Bordeaux 2–1 APOEL
Sané  24'
Henrique  90'		 Report Gonçalves  45'
Attendance: 10,404[88]
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Kadlec  13'
Meier  53'		 Report
Attendance: 40,800[89]
APOEL 2–1 Bordeaux
Alexandrou  14'
Morais  55'		 Report Sané  45+2'
Attendance: 11,853[90]
Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (Belgium)
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Zahavi  14', 90+4' (pen.)
Yitzhaki  30', 35'		 Report Lakić  63'
Meier  67' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,232[91]
Bordeaux 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Report Lanig  83'
Attendance: 19,013[92]
APOEL 0–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Report
Attendance: 13,052[93]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 APOEL
Schröck  68'
Djakpa  77'		 Report
Attendance: 32,400[94]
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Bordeaux
Zahavi  74' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 11,732[95]

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Genk 6 4 2 0 10 5 +5 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10
3 Rapid Wien 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6
4 Thun 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7 3
Source:
Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 Genk
Report Gorius  62'
Attendance: 30,345[96]
Thun 1–0 Rapid Wien
C. Schneuwly  35' Report
Attendance: 7,022[97]
Rapid Wien 2–2 Dynamo Kyiv
Burgstaller  53'
Trimmel  90+4'		 Report Yarmolenko  30'
Dibon  34' (o.g.)
Attendance: 34,800[98]
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
Genk 2–1 Thun
Gorius  55'
Vossen  63'		 Report Martínez  90+3'
Attendance: 11,559[99]
Genk 1–1 Rapid Wien
Gorius  21' Report Sabitzer  82'
Attendance: 14,142[100]
Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 Thun
Yarmolenko  35'
Mbokani  60'
Husyev  78'		 Report
Attendance: 26,042[101]
Rapid Wien 2–2 Genk
Boyd  40', 45+2' Report Mbodj  28' (pen.)
Buffel  60'
Attendance: 34,300[102]
Thun 0–2 Dynamo Kyiv
Report Schenkel  29' (o.g.)
Yarmolenko  69'
Attendance: 6,523[103]
Genk 3–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Vossen  17' (pen.)
Kumordzi  37'
De Ceulaer  40'		 Report Yarmolenko  9'
Attendance: 13,337[104]
Rapid Wien 2–1 Thun
Boyd  17'
Bošković  64'		 Report Sadik  62'
Attendance: 34,300[105]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 Rapid Wien
Lens  22'
Husyev  28'
Veloso  70'		 Report Boyd  6'
Attendance: 18,752[106]
Thun 0–1 Genk
Report Vossen  31'
Attendance: 5,185[107]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Rapid Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna instead of their regular stadium, Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna.

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sevilla 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Slovan Liberec 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
3 Freiburg 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6
4 Estoril 6 0 3 3 5 8 −3 3
Source:
Freiburg 2–2 Slovan Liberec
Schuster  23' (pen.)
Mehmedi  35'		 Report Kalytvyntsev  67'
Rabušic  74'
Attendance: 14,100[108]
Estoril 1–2 Sevilla
Bruno Miguel  61' Report Vitolo  59'
Gameiro  77'
Attendance: 4,154[109]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Sevilla 2–0 Freiburg
Perotti  63' (pen.)
Bacca  90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 17,041[110]
Slovan Liberec 2–1 Estoril
Šural  15'
Kováč  62'		 Report Leal  45'
Attendance: 7,500[111]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Slovan Liberec 1–1 Sevilla
Rabušic  20' Report Vitolo  88'
Attendance: 7,700[112]
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
Freiburg 1–1 Estoril
Darida  11' Report Sebá  53'
Attendance: 14,500[113]
Sevilla 1–1 Slovan Liberec
Perotti  29' Report Pavelka  71'
Attendance: 15,178[114]
Estoril 0–0 Freiburg
Report
Attendance: 2,014[115]
Slovan Liberec 1–2 Freiburg
Rybalka  81' Report Ginter  23'
Coquelin  73'
Attendance: 8,800[116]
Sevilla 1–1 Estoril
Gameiro  7' Report Fernandes  90'
Attendance: 12,557[117]
Freiburg 0–2 Sevilla
Report Iborra  40'
Rusescu  90+4'
Attendance: 15,700[118]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Estoril 1–2 Slovan Liberec
Sebá  82' Report Šural  18'
Rabušic  70'
Attendance: 1,274[119]

Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lyon 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Real Betis 6 2 3 1 3 2 +1 9
3 Vitória de Guimarães 6 1 2 3 6 5 +1 5
4 Rijeka 6 0 4 2 2 7 −5 4
Source:
Real Betis 0–0 Lyon
Report
Attendance: 22,404[120]
Vitória de Guimarães 4–0 Rijeka
Ba  36'
Plange  48'
Maâzou  68' (pen.)
André  81'		 Report
Attendance: 9,794[121]
Rijeka 1–1 Real Betis
Benko  10' Report Cedrick  14'
Attendance: 7,313[122]
Lyon 1–1 Vitória de Guimarães
Gonalons  53' Report Maâzou  39'
Attendance: 30,061[123]
Lyon 1–0 Rijeka
Grenier  65' Report
Attendance: 30,461[124]
Real Betis 1–0 Vitória de Guimarães
Vadillo  50' Report
Attendance: 17,100[125]
Rijeka 1–1 Lyon
Kramarić  21' Report Pléa  14'
Attendance: 7,300[126]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Vitória de Guimarães 0–1 Real Betis
Report Chuli  90+4'
Attendance: 22,602[127]
Lyon 1–0 Real Betis
Gomis  66' Report
Attendance: 24,112[128]
Rijeka 0–0 Vitória de Guimarães
Report
Attendance: 7,138[129]
Real Betis 0–0 Rijeka
Report
Attendance: 14,556[130]
Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 Lyon
Tómané  11' Report Gomis  62' (pen.)
Ferri  65'
Attendance: 5,845[131]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Group J
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Trabzonspor 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Lazio 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12
3 Apollon Limassol 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
4 Legia Warsaw 6 1 0 5 2 8 −6 3
Source:
Apollon Limassol 1–2 Trabzonspor
Sangoy  18' (pen.) Report Malouda  19'
Erdoğan  86'
Attendance: 10,204[132]
Lazio 1–0 Legia Warsaw
Hernanes  53' Report
Attendance: 11,769[133]
Legia Warsaw 0–1 Apollon Limassol
Report Sangoy  56'
Attendance: 100[H][134]
Trabzonspor 3–3 Lazio
Erdoğan  12'
Mierzejewski  22'
Paulo Henrique  35'		 Report Onazi  29'
Floccari  84', 85'
Attendance: 13,002[135]
Trabzonspor 2–0 Legia Warsaw
Janko  7'
Adın  83'		 Report
Attendance: 12,871[136]
Apollon Limassol 0–0 Lazio
Report
Attendance: 8,943[137]
Legia Warsaw 0–2 Trabzonspor
Report Júnior  71' (o.g.)
Adın  79'
Attendance: 14,088[138]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Lazio 2–1 Apollon Limassol
Floccari  14', 37' Report Papoulis  39'
Attendance: 6,498[139]
Trabzonspor 4–2 Apollon Limassol
Adın  23', 61', 83'
Aydoğdu  25'		 Report Abraham  68'
Sangoy  80' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,151[140]
Legia Warsaw 0–2 Lazio
Report Perea  24'
Felipe Anderson  57'
Attendance: 12,000[141]
Apollon Limassol 0–2 Legia Warsaw
Report Jodłowiec  8'
Brzyski  63'
Attendance: 1,681[142]
Lazio 0–0 Trabzonspor
Report
Attendance: 7,732[143]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Apollon Limassol played their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia instead of their regular stadium, Tsirion Stadium, Limassol.
  2. ^
    The Legia Warsaw v Apollon Limassol match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[144]

Group K
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tottenham Hotspur 6 6 0 0 15 2 +13 18 Advance to knockout phase
2 Anzhi Makhachkala 6 2 2 2 4 7 −3 8
3 Sheriff Tiraspol 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6
4 Tromsø 6 0 1 5 1 10 −9 1
Source:
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 Anzhi Makhachkala
Report
Attendance: 8,882[145]
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)
Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Tromsø
Defoe  21', 29'
Eriksen  86'		 Report
Attendance: 26,581[146]
Anzhi Makhachkala 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur
Report Defoe  34'
Chadli  39'
Attendance: 5,662[147]
Tromsø 1–1 Sheriff Tiraspol
Ondrášek  65' Report Ricardinho  87'
Attendance: 3,710[148]
Anzhi Makhachkala 1–0 Tromsø
Burmistrov  19' Report
Attendance: 2,797[149]
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur
Report Vertonghen  12'
Defoe  75'
Attendance: 11,725[150]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
Tromsø 0–1 Anzhi Makhachkala
Report Mkrtchyan  90+4'
Attendance: 3,673[151]
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Sheriff Tiraspol
Lamela  60'
Defoe  67' (pen.)		 Report Isa  72'
Attendance: 32,225[152]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Anzhi Makhachkala 1–1 Sheriff Tiraspol
Epureanu  58' Report Isa  53'
Attendance: 2,760[153]
Tromsø 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur
Report Čaušević  63' (o.g.)
Dembélé  76'
Attendance: 5,868[154]
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 Tromsø
Cadú  4'
Isa  36'		 Report
Attendance: 1,211[155]
Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (Belgium)
Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Anzhi Makhachkala
Soldado  7', 16', 70' (pen.)
Holtby  54'		 Report Ewerton  44'
Attendance: 23,101[156]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Anzhi Makhachkala played their home matches at Saturn Stadium, Ramenskoye instead of their regular stadium, Anzhi-Arena, Makhachkala.

Group L
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AZ 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 PAOK 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12
3 Maccabi Haifa 6 1 2 3 6 9 −3 5
4 Shakhter Karagandy 6 0 2 4 5 10 −5 2
Source:
Tiebreakers
  • AZ are ranked ahead of PAOK on head-to-head away goals.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AG
AZ 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 2
PAOK 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 1
Source:
PAOK 2–1 Shakhter Karagandy
Athanasiadis  75'
Vukić  90+2'		 Report Cañas  50' (pen.)
Attendance: 255[J][157]
Maccabi Haifa 0–1 AZ
Report Guðmundsson  70'
Attendance: 10,000[158]
Shakhter Karagandy 2–2 Maccabi Haifa
Finonchenko  40'
Tarasov  45'		 Report Ezra  54'
Turgeman  79'
Attendance: 19,100[159]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
AZ 1–1 PAOK
Gouweleeuw  82' Report Salpingidis  90+3'
Attendance: 10,761[160]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Shakhter Karagandy 1–1 AZ
Finonchenko  11' Report Guðmundsson  26'
Attendance: 10,500[161]
PAOK 3–2 Maccabi Haifa
Vítor  35'
Ninis  39'
Salpingidis  67'		 Report Ndlovu  13'
Golasa  21'
Attendance: 14,211[162]
AZ 1–0 Shakhter Karagandy
Ortiz  55' Report
Attendance: 9,778[163]
Maccabi Haifa 0–0 PAOK
Report
Attendance: 10,000[164]
Shakhter Karagandy 0–2 PAOK
Report Đidić  54' (o.g.)
Kitsiou  90+2'
Attendance: 7,556[165]
AZ 2–0 Maccabi Haifa
Gudelj  37'
Guðmundsson  90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 11,211[166]
PAOK 2–2 AZ
Lucas  37' (pen.)
Pozoglou  90+4'		 Report Lam  31'
Gorter  71' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,211[167]
Maccabi Haifa 2–1 Shakhter Karagandy
Gozlan  72'
Abuhatzira  80'		 Report Cañas  44' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,100[168]
Notes
  1. ^
    The PAOK v Shakhter Karagandy match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[169]
  2. ^ a b c
    Shakhter Karagandy played their home matches at Astana Arena, Astana instead of their regular stadium, Shakhtyor Stadium, Karaganda.

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