Europa League '16/'17

Sjinne_4_ever_NL

Can't have a Champions League topic and not have a Europa League topic We finally have a different winner, Sevilla seems to go trough the group stage of the CL

All groups and standings can be found here: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/standings/index.html

My favourites:
Zenit, Shakhtar Dontetsk, Villareal, Athletic Club & AS Roma

Outsiders:
United, Fenerbahce, Ajax, Schalke & Fiorentina

Besides the clubs who got kicked out of CL and join the EL.

King Noel

I think AS Roma will win. They have the best squad anyway.

Then there is Man United, with the most expensive squad but still can't beat Feyenoord or Fenerbahçe.

SIRclitjeslikker_NL

@Sjinne_4_ever_NL I suppose we (ons aller ajax) can get far this year, If Bosz has the guts to play with Nouri-Dolberg-Cerny. Lets await the CL dropouts before predicting a winner.

SIRclitjeslikker_NL

@King-Noel 90% of the posts in the Dutch PL topic are making fun of United xD let's see which ridiciously overpriced players they are going to buy this winter in order to finish top 4.

Sjinne_4_ever_NL

@SIRclitjeslikker_NL Well, I just hope they don't buy anymore. I mean they bought one of Dortmund stars and he's just spending most of his time on the bench Better try and get this squad back on track, different line-up & tactics... they have some incredible players.

And about Ajax... well we just lack luck every year so I hope this year we will have some luck and get far in the tournament. We kind of need it as a nation

King Noel

@SIRclitjeslikker_NL LOL, well they deserve it.

san pascal_NL

@Sjinne_4_ever_NL said in Europa League '16/'17:

@SIRclitjeslikker_NL Well, I just hope they don't buy anymore. I mean they bought one of Dortmund stars and he's just spending most of his time on the bench Better try and get this squad back on track, different line-up & tactics... they have some incredible players.

And about Ajax... well we just lack luck every year so I hope this year we will have some luck and get far in the tournament. We kind of need it as a nation

If you get eliminated five years in a row...is that a lack of luck or a lack of quality? I blame Frankie! Remember Boekarest away about four years ago. We beat them with 2-0 at home and de Boer chose the wrong tactic in the away game. A 3-0 loss if I remember correctly. Now with Peter Bosz and talents like Dolberg, Ziyech and Sanchez I am more confident that we can get far this year. At least we qualified ourselves for the knock-out already, that's a start!

SIRclitjeslikker_NL

@san-pascal_NL

It was a 2-0 loss and then a loss in the penalty shoot-out

Most ridiculous lack of mentality I have ever seen though. We overclassed them at home, and then everyone was talking in front of the cam like '' ah well, if we just score a goal there they have to make 4, no worries.''

Sjinne_4_ever_NL

Well, I was also referring to the CL in recent years (Zagreb, Madrid & Milan for instance). But in the EL they played some terrible games against opponents that could have been defeaten, true But mostly bad luck in my opinion as I remember that 40m shot goal from that defender of Steau...

Sjinne_4_ever_NL

Matchday 5 - 24 november
All matches: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/

Who can go through on Europa League matchday five?

Zenit, Shakhtar, Schalke and Ajax are through and 21 more teams have hopes of joining them in the round of 32 with a game to spare on 24 November. We explain how: »Full article « !

Group A: Fenerbahçe (7 points) v Zorya Luhansk (2), Manchester United (6) v Feyenoord (7)

•If Feyenoord win, they are through.
•If Fenerbahçe win and United lose, Fenerbahçe are through.
•Zorya will stay in contention with a win.

Group B: Astana (2) v APOEL (9), Olympiacos (7) v Young Boys (4)

•APOEL are through if they win, and will qualify with a draw if Young Boys do not win.
•Olympiacos qualify with a draw.
•Young Boys must win to stay in contention.
•Astana must win and hope Olympiacos lose.

Group Gabala (0, out) v Anderlecht (8), St-Étienne (8) v Mainz (5)

•St-Étienne qualify with a win or a 0-0 draw (as they drew 1-1 at Mainz).
•Anderlecht qualify with a win. A draw will be enough if Mainz fail to win.
•Mainz are out if they lose, or if they draw 0-0 and Anderlecht win.

Group D; Zenit (12, through) v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (4), Dundalk (4) v AZ Alkmaar (2)

•Zenit have won the group.
•Maccabi and Dundalk meet on matchday six so neither can go through or out before that.
•AZ are eliminated if they lose, or if they draw and Maccabi avoid defeat.

Group E: Austria Wien (5) v Astra Giurgiu (4), Roma (8) v Viktoria Plzeň (3)

•Roma are through if they avoid defeat, or if the other game does not end in a draw.
•Austria are through with a victory if Plzeň do not win.
•Astra are out with a defeat.
•Plzeň are out if they do not win and the other game is not drawn.

Group F: Athletic Club (6) v Sassuolo (5), Genk (6) v Rapid Wien (5)

•Genk progress with a win if the other game is not drawn.
•Athletic are through with a win if Genk also win.
•Rapid are eliminated if they lose and Athletic win.
•Sassuolo are out if they lose and the other match is not drawn.

19:00CET kick-offs

Group G: Ajax (10, through) v Panathinaikos (1), Celta Vigo (5) v Standard Liège (5)

•Ajax clinch first place with a victory, or a draw is enough if Standard do not win.
•Celta and Standard drew on matchday one so a win for either side would take them through.
•Panathinaikos must win and hope the other game is drawn.

Group H: Shakhtar Donetsk (12, through) v Konyaspior (1), Gent (4) v Braga (5)

•Shakhtar have won the group.
•Braga are through with a victory.
•Konyaspor must win and hope Braga do not.

Group I: Schalke (12, through) v Nice (3), Krasnodar (6) v Salzburg (3)

•Schalke have won the group as they beat Krasnodar twice.
•Krasnodar qualify if they pick up more points than Nice on the night.
•Salzburg require a victory to stay in contention.
•Nice must win, or draw provided Krasnodar do not win.

Group J: Fiorentina (10) v PAOK (4), Slovan Liberec (1) v Qarabağ (7)

•Fiorentina are through with a draw.
•Qarabağ advance with a win or with a draw if PAOK do not win.
•PAOK must win, or draw and hope Qarabağ lose.
•Liberec need three points to stay in contention.

Group K: Hapoel Beer-Sheva (4) v Internazionale Milano (3), Sparta Praha (9) v Southampton (7)

•Sparta are through with a win or draw.
•Southampton are through with a win if Hapoel do not beat Inter.
•Hapoel must win, or draw provided Southampton do not win.
•Inter must win.

Group L: Steaua București (3) v Osmanlıspor (7), Zürich (5) v Villarreal (5)

•Osmanlıspor are through with a win.
•Villarreal are through with a win provided Steaua do not win.
•Zürich qualify if they win and Steaua do not.
•Steaua must hope the other game is drawn if they draw or lose.

*Standings are provisional until all matches have been played.

Lots of matches, lots of decisions will be made for next round

Sosyokrat

Match Result | Fenerbahçe 2-0 Zorya Luhansk. Congratulations Fenerbahçe! #FBSKvsFCZL #UEL

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Levi Rios

End of match

:flag_gb: Manchester United 4 - 0 Feyenoord :flag_nl:

Rooney 35*
Juan Mata 69*
Jones 75* og
Lingard 90*+2

SIRclitjeslikker_NL

@Levi-Rios Even if they would have won with 10-0, I couldn't stop laughing about the fact that wiht all their money, they have lost to the cockroaches before XD

Sosyokrat

RESULTS

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FINAL TABLES

#UEL TEAM OF THE WEEK

Waterman; Kryvtsov, Curuksu, Eric Bailly; Taison, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Rienstra, Soderlund; Eder, Moussa Sow, Duris.

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spectraaaaa_NL

Time for Davinson Sanchez, Ziyech and Dolberg to show Europe now what they're capable of

Sam 08_NL

Time for Leon Bailey to show Europe now what he's capable of

Sosyokrat

                                                            Round of 32 Draw

Draw results

03042004

@King-Noel said in Europa League '16/'17:

I think AS Roma will win. They have the best squad anyway.

Then there is Man United, with the most expensive squad but still can't beat Feyenoord or Fenerbahçe.

SIRclitjeslikker_NL

We are Ajax we are the best :first_place:

MenagerBL

My favourite is Shakhtar Donetsk...I hope they can win it. I like them and Donetsk not only becasue footbal, but also because politics, history and other stuff but that's not important right now...

Yes Man Utd played bad in first matches but it's obviously Mourinho realised it will be almost impossible to qualify for the CL next year via the PL so he will try to win the EL.
In 1st match away vs strong Feyenoord Man Utd played with a crap squad, and in the last match vs Zorya Ibrahimovic and other are playing 90 min. wtf?

I also like Zenit.