Europa League group stage 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

Biggest Europa League group stage 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)

Most goals in a Europa League group stage 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 game (player)

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

Most Europa League group stage games

60 Lazio
60 PSV Eindhoven
54 Rapid Wien
48 Celtic
48 PAOK
48 Salzburg
48 Sparta Praha

Most Europa League group stage first places

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

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100% Europa League group stage records

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

Biggest Europa League group stage winning margin

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

Fewest points to finish in top two in Europa League group stage

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

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

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

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

Most goals on a single Europa League group stage 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

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