⚽️ ♛ ⚽️ UEFA Europa League 2016-17 ⚽️ ♛ ⚽️ MANCHESTER UNITED CHAMPIONS ♛
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2016-17
The 201617 UEFA Europa League will be the 46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised byUEFA, and the 8th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The 2017 UEFA Europa League Final will be played at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden.[1][2]
The winners of the 201617 UEFA Europa League will qualify for the 201718 UEFA Champions League, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 201617 UEFA Champions League in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.
Sevilla won the three most recent tournaments. They qualified for the 201617 UEFA Champions League group stage as the Europa League title holders, and will not participate in the 201617 UEFA Europa League unless they finish third in their Champions League group.
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Qualifying First qualifying round 20 June 2016 30 June 2016 7 July 2016 Second qualifying round 14 July 2016 21 July 2016 Third qualifying round 15 July 2016 28 July 2016 4 August 2016 Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2016 18 August 2016 25 August 2016 Group stage Matchday 1 26 August 2016
(Monaco)15 September 2016 Matchday 2 29 September 2016 Matchday 3 20 October 2016 Matchday 4 3 November 2016 Matchday 5 24 November 2016 Matchday 6 8 December 2016 Knockout phase Round of 32 12 December 2016 16 February 2017 23 February 2017 Round of 16 24 February 2017 9 March 2017 16 March 2017 Quarter-finals 17 March 2017 13 April 2017 20 April 2017 Semi-finals 21 April 2017 4 May 2017 11 May 2017 Final 24 May 2017 at Friends Arena, Solna
Venue for the finals > Friends Arena, Solna
Final date: 24 May 2017
Capacity: 50,000
