The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
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| Dates | Qualifying: 29 June – 24 August 2017 Competition proper: 14 September 2017 – 16 May 2018 |
| Teams | Competition proper:48+8 Total: 157+33 (from 55 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Atlético Madrid (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Marseille |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 205 |
| Goals scored | 556 (2.71 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,545,716 (22,174 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao) Ciro Immobile (Lazio) 8 goals each |
| Best player(s) | Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)[1] |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
The final was played at the Groupama StadiuminDécines-Charpieu, France.[2] Atlético Madrid defeated Marseille to win their third Europa League title.
As winners, Atlético Madrid earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. Moreover, they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage,[3] but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2017–18 Ligue 1, the fifth-ranked association according to next season's access list.[4]
Manchester United qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League as the title holders of Europa League.[5] They were unable to defend their title as they qualified for the Champions League knockout phase, and were eliminated by Sevilla in the round of 16.
A total of 190 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[6] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[7]
Starting from this season, Gibraltar were granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League.[9] Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, made their debut in the UEFA Europa League.[8][10]
For the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16.[11][12]
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:
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In the default access list, Manchester United entered the group stage (as the sixth-placed team of the 2016–17 Premier League).[10] However, since they qualified for the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League group stage was vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:[13][14][15][16]
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| First qualifying round (100 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (66 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (58 teams) |
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| Play-off round (44 teams) |
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| Group stage (48 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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A Europa League place was vacated when a team qualified for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualified for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place was vacated, it was redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):[7]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[17][18]
Notably two teams took part in the competition that were not playing in their national top division, Tirana (2nd tier) and Vaduz (representing Liechtenstein, playing in Swiss second tier).
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[10][27][28]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 19 June 2017 | 29 June 2017 | 6 July 2017 |
| Second qualifying round | 13 July 2017 | 20 July 2017 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 14 July 2017 | 27 July 2017 | 3 August 2017 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 4 August 2017 | 17 August 2017 | 24 August 2017 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 August 2017 (Monaco) |
14 September 2017 | |
| Matchday 2 | 28 September 2017 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 19 October 2017 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 2 November 2017 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 23 November 2017 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 7 December 2017 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 11 December 2017 | 15 February 2018 | 22 February 2018 |
| Round of 16 | 23 February 2018 | 8 March 2018 | 15 March 2018 | |
| Quarter-finals | 16 March 2018 | 5 April 2018 | 12 April 2018 | |
| Semi-finals | 13 April 2018 | 26 April 2018 | 3 May 2018 | |
| Final | 16 May 2018 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu | |||
Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds could also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients,[29][30][31] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 13:00 CEST.[32] The first legs were played on 29 June, and the second legs were played on 4 and 6 July 2017.
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2017, 14:30 CEST (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw).[32] The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 20 July 2017.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017, 13:00 CEST.[33] The first legs were played on 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2017.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017, 13:00 CEST.[34] The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 24 August 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Milan 
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7–0[D] |  Shkëndija
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6–0 | 1–0 |
Osijek 
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2–2 (a) |  Austria Wien
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1–2 | 1–0 |
Krasnodar 
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4–4 (a)[D] |  Red Star Belgrade
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3–2 | 1–2 |
Club Brugge 
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0–3 |  AEK Athens
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0–0 | 0–3 |
Marítimo 
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1–3 |  Dynamo Kyiv
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0–0 | 1–3 |
| Panathinaikos
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2–4 | Athletic Bilbao
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2–3 | 0–1 |
Apollon Limassol 
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4–3 |  Midtjylland
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3–2 | 1–1 |
FH 
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3–5 | Braga
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1–2 | 2–3 |
Everton 
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3–1 | Hajduk Split
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2–0 | 1–1 |
Viitorul Constanța 
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1–7 | Red Bull Salzburg
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1–3 | 0–4 |
| Vardar
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4–1 |  Fenerbahçe
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2–0 | 2–1 |
Ajax 
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2–4 |  Rosenborg
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0–1 | 2–3 |
| Rheindorf Altach
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2–3 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
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0–1 | 2–2 |
BATE Borisov 
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3–2 | Oleksandriya
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1–1 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb
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1–1 (a) |  Skënderbeu
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1–1 | 0–0 |
Ludogorets Razgrad 
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2–0 |  Sūduva Marijampolė
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2–0 | 0–0 |
Domžale 
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1–4 |  Marseille
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1–1 | 0–3 |
| Partizan
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4–0 |  Videoton
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0–0 | 4–0 |
| Utrecht
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1–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg
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1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
Legia Warsaw 
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1–1 (a) |  Sheriff Tiraspol
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1–1 | 0–0 |
Viktoria Plzeň 
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3–1 | AEK Larnaca
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3–1 | 0–0 |
| PAOK
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3–3 (a) |  Östersund
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3–1 | 0–2 |
Astana
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Braga District
Belgrade
Belgrade teams
Partizan
Red Star Belgrade
Braga District teams
Braga
Vitória de Guimarães
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; 
Dark Green: Group D;
Purple: Group E; 
Pink: Group F; 
Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H; Brown: Group I; 
Deep pink: Group J; 
Cyan: Group K; 
Spring green: Group L.
The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2017, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[35] The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.[29][30][31]
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 of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays were 14 September, 28 September, 19 October, 2 November, 23 November, and 7 December 2017.
A total of 29 national associations were represented in the group stage. Arsenal, Atalanta, Fastav Zlín, 1899 Hoffenheim, İstanbul Başakşehir, 1. FC Köln, Lugano, Milan, Östersund, Real Sociedad, Red Star Belgrade, Vardar and Vitesse made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (although Milan and Red Star Belgrade had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage). Vardar were the first team from Macedonia to play in either the Champions League or Europa League group stage.[36]
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Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01):[7]
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIL | AST | SLP | MTA | |
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| 1 | Villarreal
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| 2 |  Astana
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Slavia Prague
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DKV | PAR | YB | SKE | |
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| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Partizan
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 |  Young Boys
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Skënderbeu
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRA | LUD | IBS | HOF | |
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| 1 | Braga
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Ludogorets Razgrad
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | İstanbul Başakşehir
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 |  1899 Hoffenheim
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | AEK | RJK | AW | |
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| 1 | Milan
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | AEK Athens
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Rijeka
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 7 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 | ||
| 4 | Austria Wien
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATA | LYO | EVE | APL | |
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| 1 | Atalanta
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Lyon
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Everton
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 | 1–5 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Apollon Limassol
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LOM | KOB | SHE | ZLI | |
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| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Copenhagen
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9[a] | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9[a] | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Fastav Zlín
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PLZ | FCSB | LUG | HBS | |
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| 1 | Viktoria Plzeň
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | FCSB
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Lugano
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | ZVE | KLN | BATE | |
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| 1 | Arsenal
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | 1. FC Köln
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 5–2 | ||
| 4 | BATE Borisov
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 5 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAL | MAR | KON | VSC | |
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| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Marseille
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Konyaspor
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATH | OST | ZOR | HRT | |
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| 1 | Athletic Bilbao
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11[a] | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | Östersund
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11[a] | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 6 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Hertha BSC
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LAZ | NCE | ZUL | VIT | |
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| 1 | Lazio
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Nice
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Zulte Waregem
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 | 3–2 | 1–5 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Vitesse
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | RS | ROS | VRD | |
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| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Real Sociedad
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 12 | 1–3 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Rosenborg
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Vardar
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 1 | 0–5 | 0–6 | 1–1 | — |
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 11 December 2017, 13:00 CET.[37] The first legs were played on 13 and 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Borussia Dortmund
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4–3 | Atalanta
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3–2 | 1–1 |
| Nice
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2–4 | Lokomotiv Moscow
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2–3 | 0–1 |
| Copenhagen
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1–5 | Atlético Madrid
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1–4 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Moscow
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3–4 | Athletic Bilbao
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1–3 | 2–1 |
| AEK Athens
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1–1 (a) | Dynamo Kyiv
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1–1 | 0–0 |
Celtic 
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1–3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg
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1–0 | 0–3 |
| Napoli
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3–3 (a) | RB Leipzig
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1–3 | 2–0 |
| Red Star Belgrade
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0–1 | CSKA Moscow
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0–0 | 0–1 |
| Lyon
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4–1 | Villarreal
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3–1 | 1–0 |
| Real Sociedad
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3–4 | Red Bull Salzburg
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2–2 | 1–2 |
| Partizan
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1–3 | Viktoria Plzeň
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1–1 | 0–2 |
| FCSB
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2–5 | Lazio
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1–0 | 1–5 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad
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0–4 | Milan
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0–3 | 0–1 |
| Astana
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4–6 | Sporting CP
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1–3 | 3–3 |
| Östersund
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2–4 | Arsenal
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0–3 | 2–1 |
| Marseille
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3–1 | Braga
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3–0 | 0–1 |
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2018, 13:00 CET.[38] The first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Lazio
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4–2 | Dynamo Kyiv
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2–2 | 2–0 |
| RB Leipzig
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3–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg
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2–1 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Madrid
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8–1 | Lokomotiv Moscow
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3–0 | 5–1 |
| CSKA Moscow
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3–3 (a) | Lyon
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0–1 | 3–2 |
| Marseille
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5–2 | Athletic Bilbao
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3–1 | 2–1 |
| Sporting CP
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3–2 | Viktoria Plzeň
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2–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Borussia Dortmund
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1–2 | Red Bull Salzburg
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1–2 | 0–0 |
| Milan
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1–5 | Arsenal
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0–2 | 1–3 |
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 13:00 CET.[39] The first legs were played on 5 April, and the second legs were played on 12 April 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| RB Leipzig
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3–5 | Marseille
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1–0 | 2–5 |
| Arsenal
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6–3 | CSKA Moscow
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4–1 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Madrid
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2–1 | Sporting CP
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2–0 | 0–1 |
| Lazio
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5–6 | Red Bull Salzburg
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4–2 | 1–4 |
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 12:00 CEST.[40] The first legs were played on 26 April, and the second legs were played on 3 May 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Marseille
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3–2 | Red Bull Salzburg
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2–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Arsenal
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1–2 | Atlético Madrid
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1–1 | 0–1 |
The final was played at the Parc Olympique LyonnaisinDécines-Charpieu on 16 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.[40]
| Marseille | 0–3 | Atlético Madrid |
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| Report |
 89' |
Attendance: 55,768[41]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
| Rank[42] | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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| 1 | Ciro Immobile
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Lazio
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8 | 582 |
| Aritz Aduriz
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Athletic Bilbao
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801 | ||
| 3 |  Júnior Moraes
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Dynamo Kyiv
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7 | 742 |
| 4 | Mario Balotelli
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Nice
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6 | 528 |
| Antoine Griezmann
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Atlético Madrid
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631 | ||
| Aleksandr Kokorin
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Zenit Saint Petersburg
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698 | ||
| André Silva
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Milan
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722 | ||
 Emiliano Rigoni
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Zenit Saint Petersburg
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775 | ||
| Manuel Fernandes
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Lokomotiv Moscow
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900 | ||
| 10 | Harlem Gnohéré
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FCSB
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5 | 344 |
| Willian José
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Real Sociedad
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384 | ||
 Patrick Twumasi
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Astana
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717 | ||
 Valon Berisha
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Red Bull Salzburg
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1138 | ||
| Mu'nas Dabbur
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Red Bull Salzburg
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1286 |
| Rank[42] | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
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| 1 | Dimitri Payet
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Marseille
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7 | 811 |
| 2 | Sergio Canales
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Real Sociedad
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6 | 557 |
| 3 | Luis Alberto
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Lazio
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5 | 644 |
| Stefan Lainer
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Red Bull Salzburg
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1290 | ||
| 5 | Theo Walcott
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Arsenal
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4 | 424 |
| Xabi Prieto
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Real Sociedad
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483 | ||
| Raphael Holzhauser
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Austria Wien
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536 | ||
| Bruno Fernandes
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Sporting CP
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567 | ||
| Mesut Özil
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Arsenal
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609 | ||
| Hakan Çalhanoğlu
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Milan
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613 | ||
| Aleksei Miranchuk
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Lokomotiv Moscow
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784 |
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.[43]
Votes were cast by coaches of the 48 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Jury members selected their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The shortlist of the top three players was announced on 9 August 2018.[44] The award winner was announced during the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Monaco on 31 August 2018.
| Rank | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shortlist of top three | |||
| 1 | Antoine Griezmann[1]
|
Atlético Madrid
|
388 |
| 2 | Dimitri Payet
|
Marseille
|
103 |
| 3 |  Diego Godín
|
Atlético Madrid
|
84 |
| Players ranked 4–10 | |||
| 4 | Jan Oblak
|
Atlético Madrid
|
43 |
| 5 | Ciro Immobile
|
Lazio
|
26 |
| 6 | Aritz Aduriz
|
Athletic Bilbao
|
16 |
| Koke
|
Atlético Madrid
| ||
| 8 | Luiz Gustavo
|
Marseille
|
10 |
| Florian Thauvin
|
Marseille
| ||
| 10 | Sergej Milinković-Savić
|
Lazio
|
8 |
