2022–23 UEFA Europa League

2022–23 UEFA Europa League
	The Puskás Aréna in Budapest hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 4–25 August 2022; Competition proper:; 8 September 2022 – 31 May 2023
Teams	Competition proper: 32+8; Total: 21+36 (from 33 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Sevilla (7th title)
Runners-up	Roma
Tournament statistics
Matches played	141
Goals scored	381 (2.7 per match)
Attendance	4,067,872 (28,850 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Victor Boniface (Union Saint-Gilloise); Marcus Rashford (Manchester United); 6 goals each
Best player(s)	Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League was the 52nd season of Europe's second-tier club football competition organized by UEFA. It's the 14th season since it was changed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. In the final match, Sevilla beat Roma at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. They won 4–1 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 1–1 even after extra time. This victory marked their seventh win in this competition, which is more than any other team.^[2] Originally, Budapest was supposed to host the final for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, but plans changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused delays and relocations.^[3]

Because they won the tournament, Sevilla automatically got a spot in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage. They also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, Manchester City, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.

As the previous champions, Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, but they couldn't keep their title because they were eliminated in the knockout stage.

When matches will take place

The plan for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League games.^[4]^[5]
Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Third qualifying round	18 July 2022	4 August 2022	11 August 2022
Play-offs	Play-off round	2 August 2022	18 August 2022	25 August 2022
Group stage	Matchday 1	26 August 2022	8 September 2022
	Matchday 2		15 September 2022
	Matchday 3		6 October 2022
	Matchday 4		13 October 2022
	Matchday 5		27 October 2022
	Matchday 6		3 November 2022
Knockout phase	Knockout round play-offs	7 November 2022	16 February 2023	23 February 2023
	Round of 16	24 February 2023	9 March 2023	16 March 2023
	Quarter-finals	17 March 2023	13 April 2023	20 April 2023
	Semi-finals		11 May 2023	18 May 2023
	Final		31 May 2023 at Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	PSV	BOD	ZUR
1	Arsenal	6	5	0	1	8	3	+5	15	Advance to round of 16	—	1–0	3–0	1–0
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–0	—	1–1	5–0
3	Bodø/Glimt	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–1	1–2	—	2–1
4	Zürich	6	1	0	5	5	16	−11	3		1–2	1–5	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEN	REN	AEK	DKV
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to round of 16	—	3–3	2–0	2–1
2	Rennes	6	3	3	0	11	8	+3	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–2	—	1–1	2–1
3	AEK Larnaca	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–2	1–2	—	3–3
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1		0–2	0–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BET	ROM	LUD	HJK
1	Real Betis	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16	Advance to round of 16	—	1–1	3–2	3–0
2	Roma	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–2	—	3–1	3–0
3	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–1	2–1	—	2–0
4	HJK	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1		0–2	1–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	USG	UBE	BRA	MAL
1	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	4	1	1	11	7	+4	13	Advance to round of 16	—	0–1	3–3	3–2
2	Union Berlin	6	4	0	2	4	2	+2	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Braga	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–2	1–0	—	2–1
4	Malmö FF	6	0	0	6	3	11	−8	0		0–2	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RSO	MUN	SHE	OMO
1	Real Sociedad	6	5	1	10	2	+8	15^[a]	Advance to round of 16	—	0–1	3–0	2–1
2	Manchester United	6	5	1	10	3	+7	15^[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	3–0	1–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	2	4	4	10	−6	6	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–2	0–2	—	1–0
4	Omonia	6	0	6	3	12	−9	0		0–2	2–3	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEY	MID	LAZ	STU
1	Feyenoord	6	2	2	2	13	9	+4	8^[a]	Advance to round of 16	—	2–2	1–0	6–0
2	Midtjylland	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	8^[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–2	—	5–1	2–0
3	Lazio	6	2	2	2	9	11	−2	8^[a]	Transfer to Europa Conference League	4–2	2–1	—	2–2
4	Sturm Graz	6	2	2	2	4	10	−6	8^[a]		1–0	1–0	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker. Between Feyenoord and Midtjylland, overall goals scored is used as the tiebreaker.

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FRE	NAN	QRB	OLY
1	SC Freiburg	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	14	Advance to round of 16	—	2–0	2–1	1–1
2	Nantes	6	3	0	3	6	11	−5	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–4	—	2–1	2–1
3	Qarabağ	6	2	2	2	9	5	+4	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–1	3–0	—	0–0
4	Olympiacos	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2		0–3	0–2	0–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FER	MON	TRA	ZVE
1	Ferencváros	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10^[a]	Advance to round of 16	—	1–1	3–2	2–1
2	Monaco	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10^[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	3–1	4–1
3	Trabzonspor	6	3	0	3	11	9	+2	9	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–0	4–0	—	2–1
4	Red Star Belgrade	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6		4–1	0–1	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head to head points: Ferencváros 4, Monaco 1.

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying round and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank^[6]	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United	6	560
1	Victor Boniface	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	777
3	Santiago Giménez	Feyenoord	5	432
3	Paulo Dybala	Roma	5	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

Top assists

Rank^[7]	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

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.^[8]

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

Player of the Season

Jesús Navas ( Sevilla)^[1]

Young Player of the Season

Florian Wirtz ( Bayer Leverkusen)^[9]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Jesús Navas named 2022/23 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
↑ Sutcliffe, Steve (31 May 2023). "Sevilla 1–1 Roma (4–1 on pens): Gonzalo Montiel scores winning penalty as La Liga side lift seventh Europa League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
↑ "Budapest to host 2022 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
↑ "International match calendar and access list for 2022/23". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 51/2021. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
↑ "2022/23 UEFA Europa League: Matches, draws, final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
↑ "UEFA Europa League – Top Scorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
↑ "UEFA Europa League – Top Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
↑ "2022/23 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
↑ "Florian Wirtz named 2022/23 UEFA Europa League Young Player of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2023.