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Beşiktaş
2014-15 season
President	Fikret Orman
Head coach	Slaven Bilić
Stadium	Atatürk Olympic Stadium ; Osmanlı Stadium ; Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium ; Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium ; Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium
Süper Lig	3rd
Turkish Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Demba Ba (18); All: ; Demba Ba (27)
Highest home attendance	60,344 (vs. Arsenal
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season will be the 111th year of Beşiktaş J.K. and their 57th consecutive year in the Süper Lig.

Stadium

Atatürk Olympic Stadium is the homeground for Beşiktaş J.K. right now, but the club's new stadium might be their new homeground this season. Its capacity is 41.903 and it seems like it will be finished in the second half.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Cenk Gönen
2	DF	TUR	Serdar Kurtuluş
3	DF	TUR	İsmail Köybaşı
4	DF	SWE	Alexander Milosevic
5	MF	ARG	José Sosa
6	DF	CZE	Tomáš Sivok
7	MF	TUR	Gökhan Töre
8	MF	AUT	Veli Kavlak
9	FW	SEN	Demba Ba
10	MF	TUR	Olcay Şahan
11	FW	TUR	Mustafa Pektemek
13	DF	CAN	Atiba Hutchinson
15	MF	TUR	Oğuzhan Özyakup
17	MF	TUR	Muhammed Durmuş
18	MF	GER	Tolgay Arslan
19	DF	COL	Pedro Franco
20	MF	TUR	Necip Uysal


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	TUR	Kerim Frei
22	DF	TUR	Ersan Gülüm
23	FW	TUR	Cenk Tosun
25	MF	TUR	Uğur Boral
27	GK	TUR	Günay Güvenç
31	DF	BRA	Ramon
33	DF	TUR	Atınç Nukan
41	GK	TUR	Enes Fidayeo
44	FW	GHA	Daniel Opare (on loan from Real Madrid)

Competitions

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	24	5	5	60	35	+25	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Fenerbahçe	34	22	8	4	60	29	+31	74	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Beşiktaş	34	21	6	7	55	32	+23	69	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	15	14	5	49	30	+19	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Trabzonspor	34	15	12	7	58	48	+10	57^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored (It is also decided that only criteria 1, 4 and 5 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition)^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Trabzonspor finished ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head record: Trabzonspor–Bursaspor 1–0, Bursaspor–Trabzonspor 3–3.

Matches

30 August 2014 1	Mersin İdman Yurdu	0–1	Beşiktaş	Mersin
21:45	Sığırcı 52' Şahin 90+3'		Köybaşı 18' Tosun 43' Uysal 57'	Stadium: Mersin Stadium Attendance: 9,596 Referee: Tolga Özkalfa

15 September 2014 2	Beşiktaş	1–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
20:00	Frei 77' Şahan 81' Kavlak 88'		Kweuke 13' Karakaş 23' Ovacıklı 28' Korkmaz 48' Söylemezgiller 90' Kırıntılı 90+1' Duruer 90+4'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,640 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

22 September 2014 3	Bursaspor	0–1	Beşiktaş	Bursa
19:30	Tufan 55' Civelli 89' Fernandão 90'		Kavlak 21' Köybaşı 49' Kurtuluş 74' Şahan 86' Zengin 90' Ba 90+8'	Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 19,675 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

27 September 2014 4	Beşiktaş	1–1	Eskişehirspor	Istanbul
18:00	Şahan 21' Ba 66'		Dabanlı 50', 71' Funes Mori 60' 86' Gücer 80' Čaušić 88' Boffin 90+3'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Çağatay Şahan

5 October 2014 5	Balıkesirspor	0–1	Beşiktaş	Balıkesir
17:00	Jabbie 34'		Pektemek 57' Gülüm 60' Töre 65' Özyakup 76'	Stadium: Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 14,279 Referee: Deniz Çoban

19 October 2014 6	Beşiktaş	3–2	Sivasspor	Ankara
17:00	Ba 58', 65' Şahan 79'		Da Costa 40' Arslan 74'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadium Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

27 October 2014 7	Kayseri Erciyesspor	3–2	Beşiktaş	Kayseri
19:00	Parlak 41' Boye 54' Ibričić 76' Edinho 89' Alkılıç 90+1'		Kavlak 39' Töre 67' Zengin 68' Frei 70', 85' Özyakup 72'	Stadium: Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: İlker Meral

2 November 2014 8	Beşiktaş	0–2	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
18:00	Şahan 32' 43' Kavlak 45' Özyakup 66' Ba 80' Sivok 90+5'		Emenike 3', 65' Erkin 26' Belözoğlu 45' İrtegün 57' Kuyt 79' Sow 86'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,750 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

9 November 2014 9	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–2	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
18:00	Epureanu 42' Rotman 58' Şentürk 75' Şahin 89' Öztorun 90'		Franco 9' 77' Köybaşı 40' 90+2' Ba 63' Frei 75' Gülüm 87'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

23 November 2014 10	Beşiktaş	2–0	Kasımpaşa	Istanbul
18:00	Ramon 8' Ba 28' (pen.), 45+1'		Şeras 9' Eker 26' Kula 26' Torun 32'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Özgür Yankaya

1 December 2014 11	Kardemir Karabükspor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Karabük
17:00	İncedemir 22' Traoré 35' Güngör 74' Çağıran 83', 90+2'		Frei 39' Ba 53', 55' Kavlak 85' Kurtuluş 88' Pektemek 90+5'	Stadium: Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Mustafa Kamil Abitoğlu

7 December 2014 12	Beşiktaş	3–0	Trabzonspor	Konya
18:00	Kavlak 5', 45' Ba 21' Töre 42' Tosun 84'		Hurmacı 23' Ekici 36' Nizam 45' Belkalem 45' Erdoğan 90+3'	Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium Attendance: 32,613 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

14 December 2014 13	Gaziantepspor	0–1	Beşiktaş	Gaziantep
18:00	Süme 38' Chibuike 63' Şen 78'		Kurtuluş 40' Özyakup 64' Nukan 80' Sosa 84' Uysal 88' Zengin 90+5'	Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Çağatay Şahan

21 December 2014 14	Beşiktaş	3–1	Akhisar Belediyespor	Istanbul
18:00	Tosun 24' Sosa 68' Töre 90+4'		Yüce 52' Zokora 56' Kısa 67', 75'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Süleyman Abay

28 December 2014 15	Konyaspor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Konya
18:00	Kabze 85' (pen.)		Töre 19' Hutchinson 39' 83' Köybaşı 50' Sosa 58'	Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium Attendance: 39,672 Referee: Halis Özkahya

4 January 2015 16	Beşiktaş	0–2	Galatasaray	Istanbul
18:00	Gülüm 20' Kavlak 62'		Melo 50' Altıntop 69' Çolak 90' Yılmaz 90+5'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 28,260 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

26 January 2015 17	Gençlerbirliği	0–2	Beşiktaş	Ankara
19:00	Pehlivan 27' Gosso 28' Kaya 71' Çalık 75' Petrović 87'		Ba 69' Şahan 77' Uysal 83' Franco 90'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Mustafa Kamil Abitoğlu

1 February 2015 18	Beşiktaş	2–1	Mersin İdman Yurdu	Ankara
13:00	Şahan 30' Ba 65'		Taş 24' Kaloğlu 61'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

8 February 2015 19	Çaykur Rizespor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Rize
18:00	Oboabona 55' Karakaş 61' Kaya 62' Altınay 65' Obraniak 83'		Şahan 45' Sosa 59' Gülüm 68' Ba 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Yeni Rize Şehir Stadium Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

15 February 2015 20	Beşiktaş	3–2	Bursaspor	Istanbul
15:00	Ba 23', 90+3' (pen.) Ramon 45' Kavlak 49' Nukan 83' Töre 87', 90+4'		Bakambu 12' Aziz 40' Fernandão 62' Tufan 90', 90+4' Özbayraklı 90+3'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Mustafa Kamil Abitoğlu

22 February 2015 21	Eskişehirspor	1–0	Beşiktaş	Eskişehir
18:00	Kanak 18' Diego Ângelo 20'		Frei 25' Ramon 27' Uysal 56' Özyakup 70' Arslan 78'	Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ali Palabıyık

1 March 2015 22	Beşiktaş	2–2	Balıkesirspor	Ankara
18:00	Ba 35' (pen.) Opare 53' Franco 90+2'		Zec 50' Vargas 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Halis Özkahya

8 March 2015 23	Sivasspor	0–1	Beşiktaş	Sivas
13:00	Bekmezci 37'		Opare 33' Hutchinson 44' Gülüm 56' Gönen 83'	Stadium: Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

15 March 2015 24	Beşiktaş	5–1	Kayseri Erciyesspor	Ankara
13:00	Töre 25' Ba 35' (pen.) Gülüm 40' Şahan 45', 55' Pektemek 77' Ramon 79'		Diakhaté 30' Osmanpaşa 34' Drenthe 48' Mandjeck 53'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

22 March 2015 25	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
19:00	Sow 90+1' Diego 90+4'		Kavlak 59' Ramon 88'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Fırat Aydınus

6 April 2015 26	Beşiktaş	0–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00	Töre 80'		Erdem 89'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

18 April 2015 27	Kasımpaşa	1–5	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
18:00	Eker 38' Torun 41' Başdaş 53' Büyük 77'		Pektemek 3' Ba 38' Ramon 50' Şahan 75' Sosa 86'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mustafa Kamil Abitoğlu

27 April 2015 28	Beşiktaş	2–1	Kardemir Karabükspor	Ankara
19:00	Hutchinson 25' Uysal 58' Kurtuluş 67' Tosun 90+5'		Candan 20' Özcal 40' Waterman 42' Özgenç 60' Akça 70' Çağıran 79'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

3 May 2015 29	Trabzonspor	0–2	Beşiktaş	Trabzon
18:00	Demirok 47' Erdoğan 78'		Ba 58' Ramon 81' Güvenç 87' Pektemek 90+4'	Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Attendance: 16,997 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

10 May 2015 30	Beşiktaş	1–1	Gaziantepspor	Ankara
18:00	Sosa 7' Kurtuluş 22' Sivok 37' Tosun 83' Töre 90+5'		Chibuike 41', 56' 82' Vranješ 51' Durak 60' Arokoyo 71' Türk 73' Camara 77' Birniçan 90+2'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadium Referee: Tolga Özkalfa

14 May 2015 31	Akhisar Belediyespor	1–1	Beşiktaş	Manisa
18:45	Akyüz 14' Keleş 32' LuaLua 38' Scapolan 44' Kısa 66' Vural 87'		Gülüm 3' Sosa 44' Ba 54' Arslan 60' Ramon 80'	Stadium: Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

18 May 2015 32	Beşiktaş	0–1	Konyaspor	Ankara
19:00	Opare 60'		Torje 71', 80'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Mustafa Kamil Abitoğlu

24 May 2015 33	Galatasaray	2–0	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
19:00	Öztekin 11', 78' Adın 50' Melo 59' Sneijder 80'		Ba 33' Sosa 78'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Attendance: 47,310 Referee: Hüseyin Göcek

29 May 2015 34	Beşiktaş	2–1	Gençlerbirliği	Ankara
19:00	Tosun 42' Nukan 71' Özyakup 83'		Bülbül 38', 90' El Kabir 88'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Yunus Yıldırım

Turkish Cup

After finishing in the top four of the previous season's Süper Lig, Beşiktaş qualified for the group stages. Beşiktaş was placed in Group F, along with Adana Demirspor, Çaykur Rizespor and Sarıyer. Beşiktaş finished second.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Çaykur Rizespor	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14
2	Beşiktaş	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10
3	Adana Demirspor	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7
4	Sarıyer	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 December 2014	Sarıyer	0–4	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
12:45				Stadium: Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium Attendance: 4,500

18 December 2014	Beşiktaş	0–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
19:30				Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,000

24 December 2014	Beşiktaş	1–2	Adana Demirspor	Istanbul
13:00				Stadium: Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium Attendance: 4,500

21 January 2015	Adana Demirspor	1–4	Beşiktaş	Adana
19:30				Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadium Attendance: 12,500

29 January 2015	Beşiktaş	3–1	Sarıyer	Istanbul
19:30				Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,000

5 February 2015	Çaykur Rizespor	0–0	Beşiktaş	Rize
19:30				Stadium: Yeni Rize Şehir Stadium Attendance: 4,000

Round of 16

11 February 2015	Kayserispor	1–0	Beşiktaş	Kayseri
17:00				Stadium: Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium Attendance: 15,500

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

30 July 2014 First leg	Feyenoord	1–2	Beşiktaş	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Te Vrede 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Pektemek 13' Frei 71'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

6 August 2014 Second leg	Beşiktaş	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	Feyenoord	Istanbul, Turkey
	Ba 28', 80', 86'	Report	Manu 74'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Play-off round

19 August 2014 First leg	Beşiktaş	0–0	Arsenal	Istanbul, Turkey
19:45 BST	Motta 53' Özyakup 77'	Report	Ramsey 54' 80' Flamini 56' Monreal 66'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,976 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

27 August 2014 Second leg	Arsenal	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Beşiktaş	London, England
19:45 BST	Sánchez 45+1' Debuchy 14' 75' Chambers 77' Szczęsny 86'	Report	Kavlak 23' Özyakup 32' Franco 59' Hutchinson 79' Uysal 85' Töre 90'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,946 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BES	TOT	AT	PAR
1	Beşiktaş	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–1	2–1
2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	5–1	1–0
3	Asteras Tripolis	6	1	3	2	7	10	−3	6		2–2	1–2	—	2–0
4	Partizan	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2		0–4	0–0	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 September 2014 1	Beşiktaş	1–1	Asteras Tripoli	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00	Töre 33'	Report	Parra 88'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,760^[1] Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

2 October 2014 2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Beşiktaş	London, England
21:05	Kane 27'	Report	Ba 89' (pen.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 24,300^[2] Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

23 October 2014 3	Partizan	0–4	Beşiktaş	Belgrade, Serbia
21:05		Report	Kavlak 18' Ba 45' Özyakup 52' Töre 54'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 17,500^[2] Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

6 November 2014 4	Beşiktaş	2–1	Partizan	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00	Ba 57' (pen.), 62'	Report	Marković 78'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,000^[2] Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

27 November 2014 5	Asteras Tripoli	2–2	Beşiktaş	Tripoli, Greece
21:05	Barrales 72' Parra 83'	Report	Ba 15' Töre 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 2,858^[3] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

11 December 2014 6	Beşiktaş	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00	Tosun 59'	Report		Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,511^[4] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

19 February 2015 First leg	Liverpool	1–0	Beşiktaş	Liverpool, England
21:05	Lovren 68' Balotelli 85' (pen.)	Report	Gülüm 45' Kurtuluş 77' Motta 84' Franco 90+3'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,353 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

26 February 2015 Second leg	Beşiktaş	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (5–4 p)	Liverpool	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00	Arslan 72'	Report	Balotelli 11' Can 103'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,324 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Penalties
	Ba Töre Kavlak Hutchinson Arslan		Lambert Lallana Can Allen Lovren

Round of 16

12 March 2015 First leg	Club Brugge	2–1	Beşiktaş	Bruges, Belgium
19:00	De Sutter 16', 62' Refaelov 79' (pen.) Oulare 85'	Report	Arslan 39' Uysal 42' Töre 46' Gönen 69'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 12,977^[5] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

19 March 2015 Second leg	Beşiktaş	1–3 (2–5 agg.)	Club Brugge	Istanbul, Turkey
21:05	Opare 36' Motta 48' Kavlak 83' Şahan 90+2'	Report	Izquierdo 32' De Sutter 61' Meunier 63' Bolingoli-Mbombo 80', 90'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 65,110^[6] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

References

^ "Beşiktaş Asteras Tripolis'i Yenemedi!". Aktifhaber (in Turkish). 18 September 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Resultados". 20minutos (in Spanish). 18 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ "ASTERAS TRIPOLIS VS. BEŞIKTAŞ 2 - 2". soccerway.com. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ "Beşiktaş Istanbul 1–0 Tottenham". Ekstrabladet (in Danish). 11 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^ "Club Brugge vs. Beşiktaş". Soccerway. 12 March 2014.
^ "Beşiktaş vs. Club Brugge". Soccerway. 19 March 2014.

[table_hth_TRA0.75186927418777-1] Trabzonspor finished ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head record: Trabzonspor–Bursaspor 1–0, Bursaspor–Trabzonspor 3–3.

[2] "Beşiktaş Asteras Tripolis'i Yenemedi!". Aktifhaber (in Turkish). 18 September 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[attendance-3] "Resultados". 20minutos (in Spanish). 18 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[4] "ASTERAS TRIPOLIS VS. BEŞIKTAŞ 2 - 2". soccerway.com. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[5] "Beşiktaş Istanbul 1–0 Tottenham". Ekstrabladet (in Danish). 11 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

[6] "Club Brugge vs. Beşiktaş". Soccerway. 12 March 2014.

[7] "Beşiktaş vs. Club Brugge". Soccerway. 19 March 2014.

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2014–15 Beşiktaş J.K. season

Stadium

Squad

Competitions

Süper Lig

League table

Matches

Turkish Cup

Group stage

Round of 16

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

References