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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 28 June – 25 August 2016 Competition proper: 15 September 2016 – 24 May 2017 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 155+33 (from 54 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Manchester United (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Ajax |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 205 |
| Goals scored | 565 (2.76 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,494,039 (21,922 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Edin Džeko (Roma) Giuliano (Zenit Saint Petersburg) 8 goals each |
| Best player | Paul Pogba (Manchester United)[1] |
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The2016–17 UEFA Europa League was the 46th season of Europe's secondary clubfootball tournament organised byUEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to theUEFA Europa League.
Thefinal was played betweenAjax andManchester United at theFriends Arena inSolna, Sweden.[2][3] Manchester United beat Ajax 2–0 to win their first title.[4] With this victory, they became the fifth club – afterJuventus,Ajax,Bayern Munich andChelsea – to havewon all three major European trophies at the time (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the now-defunctCup Winners' Cup).[5]
Manchester United qualified for the2017–18 UEFA Champions League, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the2016–17 UEFA Champions League,Real Madrid, in the2017 UEFA Super Cup.
As the title holders,Sevilla qualified for the2016–17 UEFA Champions League. Having won the last three Europa League tournaments, Sevilla were unable to defend their titles as they reached theChampions League knockout stage, where they were eliminated byLeicester City in theround of 16.
A total of 188 teams from 54 of the 55UEFA member associations were expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League (the exception beingKosovo, whose participation was not accepted in their first attempt as UEFA members). The association ranking based on theUEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[6]
The UEFA Executive Committee approved in December 2014 changes to the rewards given according to theRespect Fair Play ranking, and starting from the 2016–17 season, the three Fair Play berths were no longer allocated to the Europa League.[8]
For the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2015UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.[9][10]
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,Sevilla enter the third qualifying round (as the seventh-placed team of the2015–16 La Liga).[6][11] However, since they qualified for the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League third qualifying round is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:[12][13]
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A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):[6]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[14][15][16]
Notably two teams took part in the competition that were not playing in their national top division,Zürich (2nd tier) andHibernian (2nd tier).
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters inNyon,Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[41][6][42]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| 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 atFriends Arena,Solna | |||
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 were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2016UEFA club coefficients,[43][44][45] and then drawn intotwo-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
The draws for the first and second qualifying round were held on 20 June 2016.[46][47] The first legs were played on 28 and 30 June, and the second legs were played on 5, 6 and 7 July 2016.
The first legs were played on 14 July, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 July 2016.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016.[49][50] The first legs were played on 28 July, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 August 2016.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016.[51][52] The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2016.
The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 25 August 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Astana  | 4–2 |  BATE Borisov | 2–0 | 2–2 |
Arouca  | 1–3 |  Olympiacos | 0–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Midtjylland  | 0–3 |  Osmanlıspor | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Trenčín  | 2–4 |  Rapid Wien | 0–4 | 2–0 |
Lokomotiva Zagreb  | 2–4 |  Genk | 2–2 | 0–2 |
AEK Larnaca  | 0–4 |  Slovan Liberec | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Dinamo Tbilisi  | 0–5 | PAOK | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Austria Wien | 4–2 |  Rosenborg | 2–1 | 2–1 |
Beitar Jerusalem  | 1–2 |  Saint-Étienne | 1–2 | 0–0 |
Vojvodina  | 0–3 | AZ | 0–3 | 0–0 |
Gabala  | 3–2[a] |  Maribor | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Slavia Prague | 0–6 | Anderlecht | 0–3 | 0–3 |
Astra Giurgiu  | 2–1 | West Ham United | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 5–0 |  Grasshopper | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Panathinaikos | 4–1[a] | Brøndby | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Krasnodar  | 4–0 |  Partizani | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Gent | 6–1 |  Shkëndija | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | 1–4 |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| SønderjyskE | 2–3 | Sparta Prague | 0–0 | 2–3 |
Sassuolo  | 4–1 | Red Star Belgrade | 3–0 | 1–1 |
IFK Göteborg  | 1–3 | Qarabağ | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–3 (4–3p) | Hajduk Split | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
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 26 August 2016, at theGrimaldi Forum inMonaco.[53] The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2016UEFA club coefficients.[43][44][45]
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in around-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to theround of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams of the2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage. The matchdays are 15 September, 29 September, 20 October, 3 November, 24 November, and 8 December 2016.
A total of 21 national associations are represented in the group stage.Astana,Celta Vigo,Dundalk,Hapoel Be'er Sheva,Konyaspor,Mainz 05,Manchester United,Nice,Olympiacos,Osmanlıspor,Sassuolo,Southampton andZorya Luhansk made their debut appearances in the UEFA Europa League group stage (although Celta Vigo and Olympiacos had appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage and Manchester United and Olympiacos had already competed in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase after a third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage). Furthermore, Dundalk, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Mainz, Konyaspor, Nice, Osmanlispor, Sassuolo, Southampton and Zorya Luhansk made their debuts in any major European group stage. Also, Sassuolo made their debut appearances in European football.[54]
Red: Group A; Green: Group C; Dark Green: Group D; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H.| Tiebreakers |
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The teams are ranked according topoints (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 16.01):[6]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | MU | FEY | ZOR | |
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| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APO | OLY | YB | AST | |
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| 1 | APOEL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Young Boys | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Astana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SET | AND | MNZ | QAB | |
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| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11 | 2–3 | — | 6–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 |  Mainz 05 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Gabala | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | AZ | MTA | DUN | |
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| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 15 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | AZ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 8 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | 3–4 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 |  Dundalk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROM | AG | PLZ | AW | |
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| 1 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | |
| 2 | Astra Giurgiu | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | ||
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | ||
| 4 | Austria Wien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 5 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNK | ATH | RW | SAS | |
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| 1 | Genk | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 |  Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | 5–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Sassuolo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AJX | CLT | STL | PAN | |
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| 1 | Ajax | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Celta Vigo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHK | GNT | BRA | KON | |
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| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 18 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Gent | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 8 | 3–5 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Braga | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | 2–4 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Konyaspor | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCH | KRA | SAL | NCE | |
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| 1 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 15 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | ||
| 3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | ||
| 4 | Nice | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FIO | PAOK | QRB | LIB | |
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| 1 | Fiorentina | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 13 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | PAOK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Qarabağ | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 7 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Slovan Liberec | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPP | HBS | SOU | INT | |
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| 1 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Southampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Internazionale | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OSM | VIL | ZUR | STE | |
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| 1 | Osmanlıspor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Zürich | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
In theknockout phase, teams play against each other overtwo legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ludogorets Razgrad | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copenhagen | 2 | 0 | 2 | Copenhagen | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Legia Warsaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ajax | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ajax | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ajax(a.e.t.) | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PAOK | 0 | 1 | 1 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schalke 04 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Schalke 04(a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | 4 | 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiorentina | 1 | 2 | 3 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AZ | 1 | 1 | 2 | Lyon | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lyon | 4 | 7 | 11 | Lyon | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villarreal | 0 | 1 | 1 | Roma | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roma | 4 | 0 | 4 | Lyon(p) | 2 | 1 | 3 (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympiacos | 0 | 3 | 3 | Beşiktaş | 1 | 2 | 3 (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Osmanlıspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | Olympiacos | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 1 | 2 | Beşiktaş | 1 | 4 | 5 | 24 May –Solna | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beşiktaş | 3 | 2 | 5 | Ajax | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Celta Vigo(a.e.t.) | 0 | 2 | 2 | Manchester United | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | Celta Vigo | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Krasnodar | 1 | 1 | 2 | Krasnodar | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fenerbahçe | 0 | 1 | 1 | Celta Vigo | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gent | 1 | 2 | 3 | Genk | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 2 | 2 | Gent | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Astra Giurgiu | 2 | 0 | 2 | Genk | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genk | 2 | 1 | 3 | Celta Vigo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Athletic Bilbao | 3 | 0 | 3 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| APOEL | 2 | 2 | 4 | APOEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anderlecht(a) | 2 | 1 | 3 | Anderlecht | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0 | 3 | 3 | Anderlecht | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rostov | 4 | 1 | 5 | Manchester United(a.e.t.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sparta Prague | 0 | 1 | 1 | Rostov | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 4 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint-Étienne | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 12 December 2016.[55] The first legs were played on 16 February, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 February 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Athletic Bilbao | 3–4 | APOEL | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Legia Warsaw | 0–1 | Ajax | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Anderlecht | 3–3 (a) | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2–3 | Genk | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Manchester United | 4–0 | Saint-Étienne | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Villarreal | 1–4 | Roma | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–2 | Copenhagen | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Celta Vigo | 2–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–1 | 2–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | Osmanlıspor | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Gent | 3–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Rostov | 5–1 | Sparta Prague | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Krasnodar | 2–1 | Fenerbahçe | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–3 | Fiorentina | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| AZ | 2–11 | Lyon | 1–4 | 1–7 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2–5 | Beşiktaş | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| PAOK | 1–4 | Schalke 04 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2017.[56] The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 16 March 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Celta Vigo | 4–1 | Krasnodar | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| APOEL | 0–2 | Anderlecht | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 3–3 (a) | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Lyon | 5–4 | Roma | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Rostov | 1–2 | Manchester United | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Olympiacos | 2–5 | Beşiktaş | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Gent | 3–6 | Genk | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Copenhagen | 2–3 | Ajax | 2–1 | 0–2 |
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2017.[57] The first legs were played on 13 April, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Anderlecht | 2–3 | Manchester United | 1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Celta Vigo | 4–3 | Genk | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Ajax | 4–3 | Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Lyon | 3–3 (7–6p) | Beşiktaş | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 April 2017.[58] The first legs were played on 3 and 4 May, and the second legs were played on 11 May 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ajax | 5–4 | Lyon | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Celta Vigo | 1–2 | Manchester United | 0–1 | 1–1 |
The final was played on 24 May 2017 atFriends Arena inSolna, Sweden.[59] The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.
| Ajax | 0–2 | Manchester United |
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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.
| Rank[61] | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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| 1 |  Edin Džeko | Roma | 8 | 524 |
 Giuliano | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 710 | ||
| 3 | Aritz Aduriz | Athletic Bilbao | 7 | 484 |
| 4 |  Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | 6 | 537 |
 Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Manchester United | 817 | ||
| Kasper Dolberg | Ajax | 933 | ||
| 7 | Guillaume Hoarau | Young Boys | 5 | 342 |
| Nikola Kalinić | Fiorentina | 496 | ||
| Łukasz Teodorczyk | Anderlecht | 673 | ||
| Iago Aspas | Celta Vigo | 865 | ||
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | Manchester United | 897 |
| Rank[62] | Player | Team | Assists | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bořek Dočkal | Sparta Prague | 6 | 537 |
| 2 | Francesco Totti | Roma | 5 | 384 |
| Giuliano | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 710 | ||
| 4 | Nikola Kalinić | Fiorentina | 4 | 496 |
| Talisca | Beşiktaş | 496 | ||
| Nabil Fekir | Lyon | 518 | ||
| Marlos | Shakhtar Donetsk | 612 | ||
 Sofiane Hanni | Anderlecht | 674 | ||
| Marcus Rashford | Manchester United | 767 | ||
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | Manchester United | 897 | ||
| Alejandro Pozuelo | Genk | 928 | ||
 Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | 998 | ||
 Bertrand Traoré | Ajax | 1106 |
The UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament.[63]
A new UEFA Europa League Player of the Season award was introduced for the 2016–17 season.[64] Votes were cast by coaches of the 48 teams in the group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by theEuropean 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 were announced on 4 August 2017.[65] The award winner was announced and presented to during the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Monaco on 25 August 2017.[66]
| Rank | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shortlist of top three | |||
| 1 | Paul Pogba[1] | Manchester United | 140 |
| 2 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Manchester United | 129 |
| 3 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Manchester United | 109 |
| Players ranked 4–10 | |||
| 4 | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | 70 |
| 5 | Kasper Dolberg | Ajax | 40 |
| 6 | Marcus Rashford | Manchester United | 37 |
| 7 | Ander Herrera | Manchester United | 33 |
| Davy Klaassen | Ajax | ||
| 9 | Bertrand Traoré | Ajax | 28 |
| 10 | Edin Džeko | Roma | 23 |
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