The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.

The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round.

Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the round of 32, where they were joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Teams The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2009.

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients: Pot 1 held teams ranked 9–32, Pot 2 held teams ranked 35–74, Pot 3 held teams ranked 76–108, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 115–203 and unranked teams.

Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Thursday.

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 32

+Pot 1TeamNotes Shakhtar Donetsk 74.370 Werder Bremen 91.339 Villarreal 80.853 Roma 78.582 PSV Eindhoven 75.826 Sporting CP 68.292 Hamburger SV 67.339 Benfica 64.292 Valencia 59.853 Panathinaikos 56.633 Ajax 54.826 Steaua București 53.781+Pot 2TeamNotes Fenerbahçe 52.445 Basel 51.050 Lille 47.033 Celtic 40.575 Everton 35.899 Club Brugge 34.065 Heerenveen 33.826 Galatasaray 33.445 Anderlecht 32.065 Austria Wien 31.565 Copenhagen 26.890 Lazio 26.582+Pot 3TeamNotes Hertha BSC 26.339 Sparta Prague 26.150 Dinamo București 25.781 AEK Athens 25.633 Slavia Prague 25.150 Levski Sofia 24.250 Athletic Bilbao 23.853 Partizan 23.050 Hapoel Tel Aviv 18.050 Twente 17.826 Dinamo Zagreb 16.466 Fulham 15.899+Pot 4TeamNotes CSKA Sofia 14.250 Toulouse 14.033 CFR Cluj 13.781 Genoa 12.582 Rapid Wien 8.565 Timișoara 7.781 BATE Borisov 7.733 Nacional 7.292 Red Bull Salzburg 6.565 Sturm Graz 3.565 Ventspils 2.832 Sheriff Tiraspol 1.333 Notes

Tie-breaking criteria Based on Article 7.05 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings: higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question; higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question; superior goal difference from all group matches played; higher number of goals scored; higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups All times CET/CEST.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Notes

References

External links 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, UEFA.com