Europa League group stage/league phase records and statistics

• All statistics are for the Europa League era only (2009/10 onwards)
• Group stage had 48 teams from 2009/10 to 2020/21; 32 since 2021/22
• League phase began in 2024/25 and has 36 teams

Biggest Europa League group stage/league phase wins

FCSB 6-0 Aalborg (18/09/2014)
Vardar 0-6 Real Sociedad (19/10/2017)
Arsenal 6-0 BATE (07/12/2017)
Sevilla 6-0 Akhisar Belediyespor (25/10/2018)
AZ 6-0 Astana (24/10/2019)
Espanyol 6-0 Ludogorets (07/11/2019)
Feyenoord 6-0 Sturm Graz (15/09/2022)
Slavia Praha 6-0 Sheriff Tiraspol (05/10/2023)

Most goals in a Europa League group stage/league phase game (club)

Anderlecht 5-3 Lokomotiv Moskva (14/12/2011)
Young Boys 3-5 Liverpool (20/09/2012)
Athletic Club 5-3 Genk (03/11/2016)
Gent 3-5 Shakhtar Donetsk (03/11/2016)
Villarreal 5-3 Sivasspor (22/10/2020)
Leverkusen 6-2 Nice (22/10/2020)

Most goals in single Europa League group stage/league phase game (player)

5 Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club 5-3 Genk, 03/11/2016)

Most Europa League group stage/league phase games

61 Lazio
60 PSV Eindhoven
54 Rapid Wien
54 Sparta Praha
54 Villarreal
49 Braga
49 Dynamo Kyiv
49 PAOK
49 Qarabağ
48 Celtic
48 Salzburg
48 Sporting CP

Most Europa League group stage/league phase first places

5 Arsenal
5 Leverkusen
5 Salzburg
5 Villarreal
4 Dynamo Kyiv
4 Fenerbahçe
4 Genk
4 PSV Eindhoven
4 Zenit

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100% Europa League group stage/league phase records

Anderlecht (2011/12)
Arsenal (2020/21)
Dinamo Moskva (2014/15)
Frankfurt (2018/19)
Leverkusen (2023/24)
Napoli (2015/16)
Salzburg (2009/10, 2013/14, 2018/19)
Shakhtar (2016/17)
Tottenham (2013/14)
Zenit (2010/11)

Biggest Europa League group stage/league phase winning margin

11 Napoli (2015/16)
11 Zenit (2010/11)

Fewest points to finish in top two in Europa League group stage/league phase

7 Anderlecht (2010/11)
7 Dnipro (2014/15)
7 Krasnodar (2016/17)
7 Maribor (2013/14)
7 Midtjylland (2015/16)
7 Napoli (2010/11)

Most points without going through in Europa League group stage/league phase

10 AC Milan (2018/19)
10 Birmingham City (2011/12)
10 Braga (2022/23)
10 LASK (2020/21)
10 Lokeren (2014/15)
10 Paris Saint-Germain (2011/12)
10 Sparta Praha (2014/15)
10 Standard Liège (2018/19)
10 Tottenham Hotspur (2011/12)
10 Young Boys (2012/13)

Most goals in a Europa League group/league phase

22 Napoli (2015/16)
21 Salzburg (2014/15)
21 Leverkusen (2020/21)
21 Shakhtar (2016/17)
20 Arsenal (2020/21)

Fewest goals conceded in a Europa League group/league phase

1 Dinamo Zagreb (2020/21)
1 Salzburg (2017/18)
1 Standard Liège (2011/12)

Most goals on a single Europa League group stage/league phase matchday

93 Matchday 3, 2020/21
81 Matchday 5, 2010/11
80 Matchday 6, 2011/12
79 Matchday 4, 2011/12
79 Matchday 2, 2018/19

Most goals in a group on a single matchday

13 2013/14 Matchday 6, Group D
12 2011/12 Matchday 6, Group L
12 2021/13 Matchday 2, Group C
12 2016/17 Matchday 4, Group F
12 2016/17 Matchday 4, Group H
12 2020/21 Matchday 1, Group C
12 2020/21 Matchday 3, Group B
12 2022/23 Matchday 2, Group F
12 2022/23 Matchday 5, Group B

Nations never represented in the Europa League group stage/league phase

Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, San Marino, Wales**

**Welsh-based Swansea City represented England in 2013/14