EUROPA LEAGUE SEEDING & PREDICTIONS

Seeding in the Europa League 2017/2018

UEFA European Cup Football
by Bert Kassies

                      

This page shows the preliminary seeding lists in the Europa League 2017/18. It is assumed that all qualified clubs will get a license for European football, unless they lose their final appeal with the national Appeals Body. If you have any information about data at this page being incorrect, incomplete, or out-of-date, please send a message to bert.kassies@xs4all.nl.

This page shows the list of seeded and unseeded teams for draws in the qualifying rounds and the group stage of the Europa League 2017/2018. The UEFA Team Ranking of 2017 determines the seeding of the teams in the tables below. See Qualification 2017/2018 for a list of qualified teams, and Access List 2017/2018 for an overview of berths per country. More detailed information may also be found in the EL Regulations 2017/18.

From 2016 on Fair Play teams no longer qualify for the Europa League.

Although the regulations no longer require the use of regional groups (as used before 2009), UEFA still uses some kind of regionalization in the first qualifying rounds. At first the clubs are divided into seeded and unseeded teams, and then the seeded and unseeded teams are split into regional groups. The general approach seems to use the North/Central/South scheme, but no specific rules are known.

Since the Champions League title holder (Real Madrid) already qualified for the group stage of the Champions League, the Europa League title holder (Manchester United) gains access to the group stage of the Champions League, and leave an open spot in the Europa League group stage. This open spot will be taken by the cup winner of the 13th country on the ranking list (Czech Republic). The cup winner of the 18th country on the ranking list (Poland) has direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the cup winners of the 25th and 26th countries on the ranking list (Scotland and Azerbaijan) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League.

1st Qualifying Round (100 teams)

Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Maccabi Tel-Aviv Isr 23.375 Siroki Brijeg Bos 3.550 FC Midtjylland Den 16.300 CS Fola Esch Lux 3.475 Dinamo Minsk Bls 10.975 Differdange 03 Lux 3.475 Lech Poznan Pol 10.950 Shkendija Tetovo Mac 3.375 HJK Helsinki Fin 10.530 Nova Gorica Slo 3.375 AIK Stockholm Swe 9.945 Sutjeska Niksic Mon 3.300 Vojvodina Novi Sad Srb 9.075 Pyunik Yerevan Arm 3.275 Videoton Fehérvár Hun 8.650 Dunav Ruse Bul 3.175 AEL Limassol Cyp 8.210 Partizani Tirana Alb 3.075 Shakhtior Saligorsk Bls 7.475 Mladost Lucani Srb 3.075 Slovan Bratislava Svk 7.350 Shamrock Rovers Irl 3.065 Red Star Belgrade Srb 7.325 Flora Tallinn Est 3.050 AS Trencín Svk 6.850 Chikhura Sachkhere Geo 3.025 Skënderbeu Korçë Alb 6.825 Lincoln Red Imps Gib 3.000 SCR Altach Aut 6.570 FK Jelgava Lat 2.975 St. Johnstone Sco 6.535 SJK Seinäjoki Fin 2.780 AEK Larnaca Cyp 6.210 Cork City Irl 2.565 Inter Baku Azb 6.050 Zeta Golubovci Mon 2.550 Beitar Jerusalem Isr 5.875 B36 Torshavn Far 2.450 FK Ventspils Lat 5.725 MFK Ruzomberok Svk 2.350 Odd Grenland Nor 5.665 Derry City Irl 2.315 Kairat Almaty Kaz 5.550 FK Liepaja Lat 2.225 NK Osijek Cro 5.550 Zaria Balti Mol 2.150 FK Sarajevo Bos 5.300 VPS Vaasa Fin 2.030 KR Reykjavik Isl 5.175 Valur Reykjavik Isl 1.925 IFK Norrköping Swe 4.945 Vasas Budapest Hun 1.900 Milsami Orhei Mol 4.900 Atlantas Klaipeda Lit 1.825 Lyngby BK Den 4.800 Suduva Marijampole Lit 1.825 Kalju Nomme Est 4.800 SK Tirana Alb 1.825 Zeljeznicar Sarajevo Bos 4.800 Gandzasar Kapan Arm 1.775 Botev Plovdiv Bul 4.675 Torpedo Kutaisi Geo 1.775 Olimpija Ljubljana Slo 4.625 FK Trakai Lit 1.575 Valletta FC Mlt 4.550 Tre Penne Sma 1.566 FC Vaduz Lie 4.450 Bala Town Wal 1.525 Jagiellonia Bialystok Pol 4.450 Dinamo Batumi Geo 1.525 Levski Sofia Bul 4.425 NSI Runavik Far 1.450 Stjarnan FC Isl 4.175 Balzan FC Mlt 1.300 FK Haugesund Nor 4.165 Connah's Quay Wal 1.275 NK Domzale Slo 4.125 Bangor City Wal 1.275 Ordabasy Shymkent Kaz 4.050 UE Santa Coloma And 1.233 Levadia Tallinn Est 4.050 Progrès Niederkorn Lux 1.225 Ferencváros Hun 3.900 Pelister Bitola Mac 1.125 Crusaders Belfast Nir 3.900 Folgore Sma 1.066 Rabotnicki Skopje Mac 3.875 Floriana Mlt 1.050 Glasgow Rangers Sco 3.785 Coleraine Nir 0.900 Shirak Gyumri Arm 3.775 Ballymena United Nir 0.900 Dacia Chisinau Mol 3.650 Sant Julià And 0.733 Mladost Podgorica Mon 3.550 KI Klaksvik Far 0.700 Zira FK Azb 3.550 St Joseph's FC Gib 0.500 Irtysh Pavlodar Kaz 3.550 FC Prishtina Kos 0.000

In the qualifying rounds the teams are divided into groups with the same number of seeded and unseeded teams. A few hours before the draw a computer system is used to prepare the groups such that teams of the same association are not in the same group and and that all groups are about equal strength (in terms of ranking). Then all clubs in each group are ordered randomly and identified by a number. For these draws there are only two bowls with numbered balls, one with the seeded numbers and one with the unseeded numbers. The draw determines the pairs in the groups: e.g. (7 vs 4) which means that the 7th team of each group plays against the 4th club of each group.

For the draw of the 1st round the 100 teams are divided into 10 groups of 10 teams. The pairs (2 vs 9), (8 vs 3), (5 vs 7), (4 vs 6), and (1 vs 10) were drawn. The draw groups were as follows:
Group 1
seeded: AS Trencín, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Inter Baku, Dacia Chisinau, Shirak Gyumri
unseeded: Shkendija Tetovo, Nova Gorica, Mladost Lucani, SK Tirana, Torpedo Kutaisi
Group 2
seeded: Lech Poznan, Kairat Almaty, SCR Altach, Levski Sofia, Zira FK
unseeded: Sutjeska Niksic, Differdange 03, Chikhura Sachkhere, Atlantas Klaipeda, Pelister Bitola
Group 3
seeded: Mladost Podgorica, Beitar Jerusalem, Milsami Orhei, Irtysh Pavlodar, Vojvodina Novi Sad
unseeded: Dunav Ruse, MFK Ruzomberok, CS Fola Esch, Vasas Budapest, Gandzasar Kapan
Group 4
seeded: Videoton Fehérvár, Ordabasy Shymkent, Botev Plovdiv, Jagiellonia Bialystok, Slovan Bratislava
unseeded: Dinamo Batumi, Pyunik Yerevan, Partizani Tirana, Siroki Brijeg, Balzan FC
Group 5
seeded: AEL Limassol, Red Star Belgrade, NK Osijek, Zeljeznicar Sarajevo, Rabotnicki Skopje
unseeded: Zeta Golubovci, Tre Penne, UE Santa Coloma, Floriana, St Joseph's FC
Group 6
seeded: Skënderbeu Korçë, Valletta FC, FK Sarajevo, AEK Larnaca, Glasgow Rangers
unseeded: Lincoln Red Imps, Progrès Niederkorn, Zaria Balti, Folgore, Sant Julià
Group 7
seeded: FK Haugesund, FK Ventspils, FC Vaduz, FC Midtjylland, NK Domzale
unseeded: Derry City, Flora Tallinn, Bala Town, Valur Reykjavik, Coleraine
Group 8
seeded: Stjarnan FC, St. Johnstone, Olimpija Ljubljana, Dinamo Minsk, Crusaders Belfast
unseeded: NSI Runavik, FK Liepaja, VPS Vaasa, FK Trakai, Shamrock Rovers
Group 9
seeded: IFK Norrköping, Odd Grenland, HJK Helsinki, Ferencváros, Kalju Nomme
unseeded: FK Jelgava, B36 Torshavn, Connah's Quay, Ballymena United, FC Prishtina
Group 10
seeded: AIK Stockholm, Shakhtior Saligorsk, KR Reykjavik, Lyngby BK, Levadia Tallinn
unseeded: Bangor City, Cork City, SJK Seinäjoki, Suduva Marijampole KI Klaksvik

Unseeded teams in the 1st qualifying round that qualify for the next round take effectively the coefficient of their opponent in the next round: MFK Ruzomberok replaced the seeded team Vojvodina Novi Sad (9.075), Suduva Marijampole replaced the seeded team Shakhtior Saligorsk (7.475), FK Trakai replaced the seeded team St. Johnstone (6.535), Valur Reykjavik replaced the seeded team FK Ventspils (5.725), Zaria Balti replaced the seeded team FK Sarajevo (5.300), CS Fola Esch replaced the seeded team Milsami Orhei (4.900), VPS Vaasa replaced the seeded team Olimpija Ljubljana (4.625), Shamrock Rovers replaced the seeded team Stjarnan FC (4.175), Siroki Brijeg replaced the seeded team Ordabasy Shymkent (4.050), Cork City replaced the seeded team Levadia Tallinn (4.050), FK Liepaja replaced the seeded team Crusaders Belfast (3.900), Progrès Niederkorn replaced the seeded team Glasgow Rangers (3.785), Nova Gorica replaced the seeded team Shirak Gyumri (3.775), and Shkendija Tetovo replaced the seeded team Dacia Chisinau (3.650). The reason for this is that the draw for the 2nd qualifying round is made before the results of the 1st qualifying round are known.

2nd Qualifying Round (66 teams)

Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Galatasaray Tur 58.840 Kairat Almaty * Kaz 5.550 Maccabi Tel-Aviv * Isr 23.375 NK Osijek * Cro 5.550 Astra Giurgiu Rom 17.870 Zaria Balti * Mol (5.300) FC Midtjylland * Den 16.300 KR Reykjavik * Isl 5.175 Hajduk Split Cro 11.550 IFK Norrköping * Swe 4.945 Dinamo Minsk * Bls 10.975 CS Fola Esch * Lux (4.900) Lech Poznan * Pol 10.950 Bnei Yehuda Isr 4.875 Apollon Limassol Cyp 10.710 Lyngby BK * Den 4.800 HJK Helsinki * Fin 10.530 Kalju Nomme * Est 4.800 Mladá Boleslav Cze 10.135 Zeljeznicar Sarajevo * Bos 4.800 AIK Stockholm * Swe 9.945 Botev Plovdiv * Bul 4.675 FC Luzern Sui 9.415 VPS Vaasa * Fin (4.625) MFK Ruzomberok * Svk (9.075) Valletta FC * Mlt 4.550 Brøndby IF Den 8.800 FC Vaduz * Lie 4.450 Videoton Fehérvár * Hun 8.650 Jagiellonia Bialystok * Pol 4.450 AEL Limassol * Cyp 8.210 Levski Sofia * Bul 4.425 Gabala FK Azb 7.800 Shamrock Rovers * Irl (4.175) Suduva Marijampole * Lit (7.475) FK Haugesund * Nor 4.165 Slovan Bratislava * Svk 7.350 NK Domzale * Slo 4.125 Red Star Belgrade * Srb 7.325 Siroki Brijeg * Bos (4.050) AS Trencín * Svk 6.850 Cork City * Irl (4.050) Skënderbeu Korçë * Alb 6.825 Dynamo Brest Bls 3.975 Aberdeen Sco 6.785 Östersunds FK Swe 3.945 FC Utrecht Ned 6.712 Ferencváros * Hun 3.900 SCR Altach * Aut 6.570 FK Liepaja * Lat (3.900) Sturm Graz Aut 6.570 Rabotnicki Skopje * Mac 3.875 FK Trakai * Lit (6.535) Progrès Niederkorn * Lux (3.785) AEK Larnaca * Cyp 6.210 Nova Gorica * Slo (3.775) Inter Baku * Azb 6.050 SK Brann Bergen Nor 3.665 Beitar Jerusalem * Isr 5.875 Shkendija Tetovo * Mac (3.650) Valur Reykjavik * Isl (5.725) Mladost Podgorica * Mon 3.550 Odd Grenland * Nor 5.665 Zira FK * Azb 3.550 Panionios Gre 5.580 Irtysh Pavlodar * Kaz 3.550

For the draw of the 2nd round the 66 teams are divided into 3 groups of 10 teams and 3 groups of 12 teams. For the groups with 10 teams the pairs (9 vs 2), (3 vs 10), (6 vs 1), (4 vs 7), and (8 vs 5) were drawn, and for the group with 12 teams the pairs (1 vs 8), (12 vs 6), (2 vs 11), (9 vs 5), (3 vs 7), and (10 vs 4) were drawn. The draw groups were as follows:
Group 1
seeded: (Dinamo Minsk), (Beitar Jerusalem), Apollon Limassol, (Slovan Bratislava), Mladá Boleslav
unseeded: (Rabotnicki Skopje), (Lyngby BK), (Stjarnan FC), (Botev Plovdiv), (FK Sarajevo)
Group 2
seeded: (Skënderbeu Korçë), (AIK Stockholm), (AEK Larnaca), Panionios, Astra Giurgiu
unseeded: (Kairat Almaty), (Shirak Gyumri), (Zira FK), (Zeljeznicar Sarajevo), (Levadia Tallinn)
Group 3
seeded: (St. Johnstone), (Lech Poznan), Brøndby IF, Hajduk Split, (Videoton Fehérvár)
unseeded: (IFK Norrköping), (Levski Sofia), (Kalju Nomme), (FK Haugesund), (Olimpija Ljubljana)
Group 4
seeded: (Maccabi Tel-Aviv), (Vojvodina Novi Sad), Gabala FK, (AEL Limassol), (Shakhtior Saligorsk), FC Utrecht
unseeded: (Jagiellonia Bialystok), (KR Reykjavik), (Crusaders Belfast), (Glasgow Rangers), SK Brann Bergen, (Valletta FC)
Group 5
seeded: (SCR Altach), (Inter Baku), (FK Ventspils), (Red Star Belgrade), (Odd Grenland), Galatasaray
unseeded: (NK Domzale), Dynamo Brest, (FC Vaduz), (Irtysh Pavlodar), (Milsami Orhei), Östersunds FK
Group 6
seeded: Aberdeen, Sturm Graz, (AS Trencín), FC Luzern, (HJK Helsinki), (FC Midtjylland)
unseeded: Bnei Yehuda, (Ordabasy Shymkent), (Dacia Chisinau), (NK Osijek), (Mladost Podgorica), (Ferencváros)

Unseeded teams in the 2nd qualifying round that qualify for the next round take effectively the coefficient of their opponent in the next round. The reason for this is that the draw for the 3rd qualifying round is made before the results of the 2nd qualifying round are known.

Below it is assumed that seeded teams of the 2nd qualifying round qualify for the 3rd qualifying round.

3rd Qualifying Round (58 teams)

Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ---------------- ------------------------ --- ---------------- Zenit St. Petersburg Rus 87.106 AIK Stockholm * Swe 9.945 Athletic Bilbao Esp 60.999 FC Oleksandriya Ukr 9.526 Galatasaray ** Tur 58.840 FC Luzern ** Sui 9.415 Fenerbahçe Tur 51.840 Brøndby IF ** Den 8.800 Sparta Praha Cze 48.135 Videoton Fehérvár * Hun 8.650 AC Milan Ita 47.666 Olimpik Donetsk Ukr 8.526 PSV Eindhoven Ned 46.212 KV Oostende Bel 8.480 Sporting Braga Por 37.366 AEL Limassol * Cyp 8.210 AA Gent Bel 35.480 Gabala FK ** Azb 7.800 PAOK Thessaloniki Gre 35.080 Slovan Bratislava * Svk 7.350 FK Krasnodar Rus 32.106 Red Star Belgrade * Srb 7.325 Girondins Bordeaux Fra 29.333 AS Trencín * Svk 6.850 Everton Eng 29.192 Skënderbeu Korçë * Alb 6.825 Olympique Marseille Fra 28.333 Aberdeen ** Sco 6.785 Dinamo Zagreb Cro 26.050 FC Utrecht ** Ned 6.712 Maccabi Tel-Aviv * Isr 23.375 SCR Altach * Aut 6.570 SC Freiburg Ger 20.899 Sturm Graz ** Aut 6.570 Astra Giurgiu ** Rom 17.870 Dinamo Bucuresti Rom 6.370 Austria Wien Aut 17.070 AEK Larnaca * Cyp 6.210 FC Midtjylland * Den 16.300 Inter Baku * Azb 6.050 Panathinaikos Gre 15.080 Beitar Jerusalem * Isr 5.875 Maritimo Funchal Por 14.866 Odd Grenland * Nor 5.665 FC Sion Sui 14.415 Panionios ** Gre 5.580 Hajduk Split ** Cro 11.550 IFK Norrköping * Swe 4.945 Dinamo Minsk * Bls 10.975 Universitatea Craiova Rom 4.870 Lech Poznan * Pol 10.950 NK Domzale * Slo 4.125 Apollon Limassol ** Cyp 10.710 Arka Gdynia Pol 3.950 HJK Helsinki * Fin 10.530 SK Brann Bergen ** Nor 3.665 Mladá Boleslav ** Cze 10.135 FK Liepaja * Lat 2.225

For the draw of the 3rd round the 58 teams are divided into 1 group of 10 teams and 4 groups of 12 teams.

Below it is assumed that the seeded teams of the 3rd qualifying round qualify for the 4th qualifying round, and unseeded teams of the 3rd qualifying round od the Champions League qualify for the 4th qualifying round. If other teams qualify some teams may shift to the seeded or unseeded pot. 

PREDICTIONS FOR 13/07/2017

Booking Number:55FQ8ZN13/07/2017 08:25:39 

Bonus

131,639.86 ₦

Pot. Winnings

507,753.75 ₦

Code

Date

Event

Live/Prematch

Selection

9929

13/07/2017 19:00

Beitar Jerusalem - Botev Plovdiv

Normale

1

9928

13/07/2017 17:30

SCR Altach - FC Brest

Normale

1

9925

13/07/2017 17:00

Shkendija 79 Tetovo - HJK Helsinki

Normale

1

2944

13/07/2017 19:00

IFK Norrkoping - Trakai FK

Normale

1

2946

13/07/2017 19:30

HNK Hajduk Split - Levski Sofia

Normale

1

2951

13/07/2017 19:45

Aberdeen - NK Siroki Brijeg

Normale

1

2947

13/07/2017 19:30

SK Sturm Graz - FK Mladost Podgorica

Normale

1

2941

13/07/2017 18:00

FK Gabala - Jagiellonia Bialystok

Normale

1

2948

13/07/2017 19:30

AS Trencin - Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

Normale

1

2952

13/07/2017 19:45

NK Osijek - FC Luzern

Normale

1

2955

13/07/2017 20:00

Panionios - ND Gorica

Normale

1

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