The group stage was expanded to 12 teams, with 4 teams in each team. Each team played home and away games with the other three teams in the same group, and the top two in the 12 group advanced to the knockout round of the top 32. The defending champions and ten teams eliminated from the Champions League final qualifying match automatically entered the European League group stage.
There are four qualifying rounds before the Europa League group stage.
The champion of the Football Association's domestic cup ranked 52nd and 53rd in the UEFA standings, the runner-up of the Football Association's domestic league ranked 35th with 565,438+0 (except Liechtenstein), the runner-up of the Football Association's domestic league ranked 22nd with 565,438+0 (except Liechtenstein) and the three winners of the UEFA Fair Play Award entered the first round of qualifying, and the first round of qualifying was two rounds of elimination.
Leverkusen lost 3-0 to Porto in the same group. Judging from the current points, it is very difficult for Atletico Madrid to qualify. Tottenham beat Frankfurt 3-2, Kane scored, Sun Xing scored twice and Tottenham scored the key three points. Marseille in the same group beat Portuguese Sports 2-0 away, and now all four teams have the hope of qualifying.