Key facts

  • 2018/19 was record eighth #UEL group appearance, and fifth group win, for Salzburg
  • Salzburg are group stage's all-time highest goal and point scorers
  • Sevilla's 6-0 matchday three win equalled record margin of victory
  • 9 debutants took total to grace Europa League group stage to 207
  • Dudelange were first team from Luxembourg to reach UEFA men's club group stage
  • Other major group stage debutants: Akhisar Belediyespor, Jablonec, Spartak Trnava, Sarpsborg 08 
  • RB Leipzig 17th different German side in Europa League group stage

ALL STATISTICS ARE FOR GROUP GAMES ONLY. UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE IS 2009/10 ONWARD, UEFA CUP IS 2004/05 ONWARD

Clubs Most group appearances by club (UEFA Europa League only)8: Salzburg*7: FCSB, Lazio*, PAOK*, Rapid Wien*, Villarreal*6: Anderlecht*, Athletic Club, Club Brugge, Dynamo Kyiv*, København*, PSV Eindhoven, Sparta Praha, Sporting CP Most group appearances by club (including UEFA Cup)9: AZ Alkmaar, Club Brugge, FCSB, Villarreal*8: Beşiktaş*, Dinamo Zagreb*, København*, Partizan, Sparta Praha, Lazio*, PAOK*, Salzburg*, Sevilla*, Tottenham Hotspur7: Anderlecht*, Athletic Club, Austria Wien, Basel, Lazio*, Rapid Wien*, Sparta Praha, Sporting CP*, Standard Liège*, Zenit* Most points (UEFA Europa League only)101: Salzburg*75: Lazio*, Villarreal* Most points (including UEFA Cup)101: Salzburg*93: Villarreal*88: Tottenham Hotspur Most group stage goals (UEFA Europa League only)87: Salzburg*74: Villarreal*67: Lazio* Most group stage goals (including UEFA Cup)89: Villarreal*87: Salzburg*78: Zenit*

UEFA Europa League group masters Salzburg

UEFA Europa League group masters Salzburg©Getty Images

Most qualifications from group stage (UEFA Europa League only)7: Villarreal*6: Lazio*, Salzburg*5: Anderlecht, Athletic Club Most group stage first places (UEFA Europa League only)5: Salzburg* Record margin of victoryStandard Liège 1-7 Athletic Club (16/12/2004)Bayern München 6-0 Aris (19/12/2007)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)

Single season (UEFA Europa League only)

Most points18: Salzburg (2009/10, 2013/14, 2018/19), Zenit (2010/11), Anderlecht (2011/12), Tottenham Hotspur (2013/14), Dinamo Moskva (2014/15), Napoli (2015/16), Shakhtar Donetsk (2016/17), Eintracht Frankfurt (2018/19) Biggest group-winning margin11: Zenit (2010/11), Napoli (2015/16) Fewest points to qualify7: Anderlecht (2010/11), Napoli (2010/11), Maribor (2013/14), Dnipro (2014/15), Midtjylland (2015/16), Krasnodar (2016/17) Most points without going through10: Birmingham City (2011/12), Paris Saint-Germain (2011/12), Tottenham Hotspur (2011/12), Young Boys (2012/13), Lokeren (2014/15), Sparta Praha (2014/15), AC Milan (2018/19), Standard Liège (2018/19) Most goals scored in a group22: Napoli (2015/16) Fewest goals conceded in a group1: Standard Liège (2011/12), Salzburg (2017/18)

Fulham went to the 2011/12 group stage from the first qualifying round

Fulham went to the 2011/12 group stage from the first qualifying round©Getty Images

Teams progressing to group stage from UEFA Europa League first qualifying roundFulham (2011/12), Rosenborg (2012/13, 2015/16), Twente (2012/13), Tromsø (2013/14), Gabala (2015/16, 2016/17), Crvena zvezda (2017/18), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (2016/17, 2017/18), Skënderbeu (2017/18), Apollon Limassol (2018/19), København (2018/19), Rangers (2018/19), Sarpsborg (2018/19)

Players

Most group stage appearances (UEFA Europa League only)36: Andreas Ulmer*35: Jeremain Lens*, Mario Sonnleitner* Most group stage appearances (including UEFA Cup)38: Dimitris Salpingidis 36: Jeremain Lens*, Andreas Ulmer*35: Atiba Hutchinson, Mario Sonnleitner* Most group stage goals (UEFA Europa League only)18: Aritz Aduriz14: Guillaume Hoarau, Raul Rusescu Most group stage goals (including UEFA Cup)18: Aritz Aduriz15: Jermain Defoe Most goals in single game5: Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club 5-3 Genk, 03/11/2016)

Nations Most campaigns by nations' clubs (UEFA Europa League only)31: Italy* 28: Spain*27: Germany* 24: England* 23: France*, Netherlands Most campaigns by nations' clubs (including UEFA Cup)45: Spain* 44: Germany*43: Italy*41: France* 39: Netherlands* Most different national representatives (UEFA Europa League only)17: Germany* 14: England*, Italy12: Portugal 11: France Most different national representatives (including UEFA Cup)20: Germany* 19: England*16: France , Italy15: Spain Nations never represented (UEFA Europa League only)Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, San Marino, Wales** Nations never represented (including UEFA Cup)Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, San Marino, Wales**
*Includes 2018/19**Welsh-based Swansea City represented England in 2013/14Source: uefa.com