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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 UEFA Europa League Top 200 Player Appearances (17 or more appearances – qualifying matches included)

Player Played Goals Nationality 32 8 Sweden 31 0 Australia 31 0 Sweden 30 2 Vadis ODJIDJA 29 2 Belgium 28 1 28 4 Republic of Ireland Bobby ZAMORA 28 10 England 28 0 JOÃO MOUTINHO 27 1 Portugal 27 1 Northern Ireland 26 3 Austria 26 2 Nigeria 26 7 Sweden Orlando ENGELAAR 26 3 Netherlands Guillaume GILLET 26 5 Belgium Silvio PROTO 26 0 Belgium Matías SUÁREZ 26 10 Argentina Ryan DONK 25 4 Netherlands Balázs DZSUDZSÁK 25 9 Hungary Peter HLINKA 25 1 Slovakia Stanislav MANOLEV 25 1 Bulgaria Roland JUHÁSZ 25 4 Hungary Veli KAVLAK 24 1 Austria Ola Toivonen

Nabil DIRAR 24 3 Morocco Player Played Goals Nationality Ibrahim SEKAGYA 24 1 Uganda Zlatko JUNUZOVIĆ 23 1 Austria Dušan ŠVENTO 24 5 Slovakia 23 0 Austria MURPHY 24 5 England 23 0 Northern Ireland 24 7 Greece DANIEL CARRIÇO 23 1 Portugal LEANDRO SALINO 24 0 Brazil RUI PATRÍCIO 23 0 Portugal DIEGO LÓPEZ 24 0 Spain CANI 23 5 Spain 23 10 Nigeria Giuseppe ROSSI 23 16 23 1 Netherlands FALCAO 22 21 Colombia

121 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

Player Played Goals Nationality Player Played Goals Nationality Luis PEREA 22 0 Colombia Danko LAZOVIĆ 20 4 Serbia Goran POPOV 22 0 FYR Macedonia 20 5 USA Alberto ZAPATER 22 1 Spain Walid BADIR 20 0 Romeo SURDU 22 1 LUCAS 20 2 Brazil Tomáš JUN 22 6 Czech Republic Franck BÉRIA 20 0 France Atiba HUTCHINSON 22 0 Canada Ludovic OBRANIAK 20 3 MARCELO 22 1 Brazil 20 3 France Mario SONNLEITNER 22 2 Austria Todor YANCHEV 20 2 Bulgaria LEONARDO 21 3 Brazil JOVANOVIĆ 20 5 Serbia Fabian ERNST 21 2 Germany 20 0 Sweden ARDA Turan 21 5 20 8 Germany Eduardo SALVIO 21 4 Argentina Manuel WEBER 20 1 Austria Simon CZIOMMER 21 1 Germany EMERSON 20 0 Brazil 21 0 Austria LUISÃO 20 2 Brazil 21 1 Netherlands Carlos MARCHENA 20 2 Spain Manuel ORTLECHNER 21 1 Austria Václav KADLEC 19 2 Czech Republic Édel APOULA 21 0 Armenia Manuel PAMIĆ 19 1 Mahran LALA 21 4 Israel Kamil VACEK 19 0 Czech Republic 21 4 Belgium Juan Carlos TOJA 19 1 Colombia Rio MAVUBA 21 0 France Bănel NICOLIŢĂ 19 3 Romania ETTO 21 0 Croatia 19 1 Netherlands 21 7 Portugal 21 4 Netherlands FÁBIO COENTRÃO 21 1 Portugal Cheikhou KOUYATÉ 21 0 Senegal 21 1 Austria Joan CAPDEVILA 21 2 Spain JAVI GARCÍA 21 1 Spain Óscar CARDOZO 21 14 Paraguay EVALDO 21 3 Brazil Jonathan PITROIPA 21 3 Burkina Faso BRUNO SORIANO 21 0 Spain 21 8 Brazil SIMÃO 20 2 Portugal Jonathan BLONDEL 20 3 Belgium Carl HOEFKENS 20 4 Belgium Andriy YARMOLENKO 20 3 Papa GUEYE 20 3 Senegal Bebras NATCHO 20 5 Israel 20 1 Netherlands Óscar Cardozo

122 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

Player Played Goals Nationality 19 6 Sweden Álvaro DOMÍNGUEZ 19 1 Spain José Antonio REYES 19 4 Spain EDMAR 19 4 Brazil Petri PASANEN 19 0 Finland Christian SCHWEGLER 19 0 Switzerland GERALDO ALVES 19 0 Portugal DOUGLAS 19 2 Brazil Yasin PEHLIVAN 19 0 Austria Pepe REINA 19 0 Spain Aurélien CHEDJOU 19 3 Cameroon David ROZEHNAL 19 0 Czech Republic Elran ATAR 19 12 Israel Hans Henrik ANDREASEN 19 6 Denmark Espen RUUD 19 0 Norway Chris SØRENSEN 19 3 Denmark 19 9 Nigeria Bruno CIRILLO 19 0 Italy PABLO GARCÍA 19 1 Uruguay Dries MERTENS 19 5 Belgium Maksim MEDVEDEV 19 0 Elran ATAR

Rashad A. SADYGOV 19 3 Azerbaijan Player Played Goals Nationality 19 2 Argentina Franz SCHIEMER 18 2 Austria Markus HEIKKINEN 19 0 Finland Alexandru BOURCEANU 18 0 Romania Matías FERNÁNDEZ 19 4 Chile Cristian TĂNASE 18 5 Romania 18 0 Greece 18 3 Norway MARQUINHOS 18 4 Bulgaria Daniel MOBAECK 18 0 Sweden GERVINHO 18 5 Ivory Coast Sergei KRIVETS 18 0 Belarus GORKA IRAIZOZ 18 0 Spain Jamie CARRAGHER 18 0 England 18 5 Belgium Florent BALMONT 18 1 France Vitali RODIONOV 18 5 Belarus SANTI CAZORLA 18 3 Spain Maksim SKAVYSH 18 2 Belarus 18 2 Spain Aleksandr YUREVICH 18 1 Belarus Karel GERAERTS 18 1 Belgium Jérôme BOATENG 18 2 Germany Giorgos FOTAKIS 18 3 Greece Alexandre KOSHKADZE 18 2 Georgia LINO 18 2 Brazil Giorgi LORIA 18 0 Georgia Pavel VIDANOV 18 1 Bulgaria Artem MILEVSKIY 18 6 Ukraine Yordan MILIEV 18 0 Bulgaria Ognjen VUKOJEVIĆ 18 4 Croatia Kosta YANEV 18 0 Bulgaria JOÃOZINHO 18 2 Brazil Vüqar NADIROV 18 4 Azerbaijan Senijad IBRIČIĆ 18 3 Bosnia- Rashad F. SADYGOV 18 3 Azerbaijan Herzegovina

123 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

Player Played Goals Nationality Player Played Goals Nationality Admir TELI 18 1 17 0 Spain Nikica JELAVIĆ 18 13 Croatia JAVI MARTÍNEZ 17 2 Spain HÉLDER POSTIGA 18 4 Portugal 17 10 Spain MOSSORÓ 18 0 Brazil Jóhann GUDMUNDSSON 17 3 Iceland Christopher DRAZAN 18 1 Austria David NGOG 17 6 France Jürgen PATOCKA 18 0 Austria RAÚL GARCÍA 17 0 Spain Christopher TRIMMEL 18 4 Austria PAULO ASSUNÇÃO 17 0 Brazil Pablo AIMAR 18 2 Argentina 17 2 Netherlands Pierre-Alain FRAU 18 7 France Maksim BORDACHEV 17 0 Belarus Anderson POLGA 18 2 Brazil Gulverd TOMASHVILI 17 0 Georgia 18 1 France Diego FORLÁN 17 7 Uruguay Zoltán GERA 18 6 Hungary Marko DEVIĆ 17 5 Ukraine Jaromír BLAŽEK 17 0 Czech Republic Oleh SHELAYEV 17 0 Ukraine Tomáš ŘEPKA 17 0 Czech Republic Dan ALEXA 17 1 Romania Pantelis KAFES 17 1 Greece Eddie GUSTAFSSON 17 0 Sweden Sunny KINGSLEY 17 1 Nigeria Eric BICFALVI 17 0 Romania Enda STEVENS 17 0 Republic of Ciprian TĂTĂRUŞANU 17 0 Romania Ireland Andrew JOHNSON 17 11 England Fernando AMOREBIETA 17 0 Spain 17 0 Switzerland Stephen KELLY 17 0 Republic of Ireland Bogdan STANCU 17 9 Romania Avihay YADIN 17 2 Israel MUSTAFA Sarp 17 2 Turkey 17 1 Netherlands Rúrik GÍSLASON 17 1 Iceland Anders MØLLER CHRISTENSEN 17 0 Denmark Vladimir IVIĆ 17 2 Serbia Mohamed SISSOKO 17 0 Mali Spas DELEV 17 3 Bulgaria Veselin MINEV 17 0 Bulgaria Wilfred BOUMA 17 2 Netherlands Rauf ALIYEV 17 3 Azerbaijan 17 0 Portugal Andreas DOBER 17 0 Austria 17 7 Argentina ANDRÉ SANTOS 17 1 Portugal JOÃO PEREIRA 17 0 Portugal Ricky VAN WOLFSWINKEL 17 11 Netherlands GONZALO RODRÍGUEZ 17 1 Argentina Nikica Jelavić

124 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 UEFA Europa League Top 200 Goalscorers (4 or more goals – qualifying matches included)

Player Goals Played Nationality Player Goals Played Nationality FALCAO 21 22 Colombia Diego FORLÁN 7 17 Uruguay Giuseppe ROSSI 16 23 Italy Javier SAVIOLA 7 17 Argentina Óscar CARDOZO 14 21 Paraguay 7 16 Brazil Nikica JELAVIĆ 13 18 Croatia 7 15 Portugal Elran ATAR 12 19 Israel 7 15 Netherlands 12 10 Peru Dalibor VOLAŠ 7 15 Slovenia Andrew JOHNSON 11 17 England Dame N'DOYE 7 14 Senegal Ricky VAN WOLFSWINKEL 11 17 Netherlands Jonathan LEGEAR 7 14 Belgium Nacer BARAZITE 11 12 Netherlands 11 8 Italy Bobby ZAMORA 10 28 England Matías SUÁREZ 10 26 Argentina Joseph AKPALA 10 23 Nigeria Fernando LLORENTE 10 17 Spain RÚBEN MICAEL 10 16 Portugal Mladen PETRIĆ 10 15 Croatia Balázs DZSUDZSÁK 9 25 Hungary Peter UTAKA 9 19 Nigeria Bogdan STANCU 9 17 Romania 9 14 Ivory Coast 9 12 Switzerland Jaba DVALI 9 12 Georgia Ola TOIVONEN 8 32 Sweden NILMAR 8 21 Brazil Steffen HOFMANN 8 20 Germany Djibril CISSÉ 8 15 France 8 13 Austria Nikoloz GELASHVILI 8 12 Georgia Garra DEMBÉLÉ 8 12 France 8 9 Ivory Coast Marcus BERG 7 26 Sweden Dimitris SALPINGIDIS 7 24 Greece VIEIRINHA 7 21 Portugal Pierre-Alain FRAU 7 18 France Falcao

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Player Goals Played Nationality CAFÚ 6 12 Portugal 6 12 Switzerland Harry KEWELL 6 12 Australia Tomáš NECID 6 11 Czech Republic 6 10 Switzerland WESLEY 6 10 Brazil Toto TAMUZ 6 10 Israel 6 10 England Djiby FALL 6 10 Senegal ALAN 6 9 Brazil LUIZ ADRIANO 6 9 Brazil Luis SUÁREZ 6 9 Uruguay Frédéric KANOUTÉ 6 9 Mali Edwin DE GRAAF 6 8 Netherlands Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR 6 7 Netherlands Vladimir YURCHENKO 6 7 Belarus Ladislav TOMAČEK 6 7 Slovakia Dušan Švento Guillaume GILLET 5 26 Belgium

Player Goals Played Nationality Dušan ŠVENTO 5 24 Slovakia Miroslav RADOVIĆ 7 12 Serbia Danny MURPHY 5 24 England Jamie MURPHY 7 12 Scotland CANI 5 23 Spain DAVID VILLA 7 11 Spain ARDA Turan 5 21 Turkey Dmitri SYCHEV 7 10 Russia Bebras NATCHO 5 20 Israel Kjartan Henry Clint DEMPSEY 5 20 USA FINNBOGASON 7 10 Iceland Milan JOVANOVIĆ 5 20 Serbia 7 10 Uruguay Dries MERTENS 5 19 Belgium Milan BAROŠ 7 8 Czech Republic GERVINHO 5 18 Ivory Coast 7 8 Dem. Rep. of Romelu LUKAKU 5 18 Belgium Congo Vitali RODIONOV 5 18 Belarus Tomáš JUN 6 22 Czech Republic Cristian TĂNASE 5 18 Romania Pontus WERNBLOOM 6 19 Sweden Marko DEVIĆ 5 17 Ukraine Hans Henrik ANDREASEN 6 19 Denmark 5 16 Austria Artem MILEVSKIY 6 18 Ukraine SAMMIR 5 16 Brazil Zoltán GERA 6 18 Hungary Haris MEDUNJANIN 5 15 Bosnia- David NGOG 6 17 France Herzegovina NENÊ 6 16 Brazil Jérémy MENEZ 5 15 France LIEDSON 6 15 Portugal Afran ISMAYILOV 5 15 Azerbaijan Ismael BLANCO 6 15 Argentina Christian GENTNER 5 15 Germany Oleh GUSEV 6 15 Ukraine Juan MATA 5 14 Spain 6 15 Israel Fredy GUARÍN 5 14 Colombia 6 14 Portugal James KEENE 5 14 England

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Player Goals Played Nationality Player Goals Played Nationality Manuel ARBOLEDA 5 14 Colombia Ousman JALLOW 5 10 Gambia Daniel MLADENOV 5 14 Bulgaria ADRIÁN LÓPEZ 5 10 Spain Giuseppe SCULLI 5 14 Italy Aleksandr BUKHAROV 5 10 Russia MARCO RUBEN 5 14 Argentina TÚLIO DE MELO 5 10 Brazil TAISON 5 13 Brazil Federico ALMERARES 5 10 Italy Dorge KOUEMAHA 5 12 Cameroon 5 10 Austria SÍLVIO 5 12 Brazil Marius NICULAE 5 9 Romania Leony KWEUKE 5 12 Cameroon WANDEIR 5 9 FYR Macedonia ANDRÉ SANTOS 5 12 Brazil Artjoms RUDŅEVS 5 9 René MAKONDELE 5 12 Congo AMAURI 5 8 Italy Pedro GALVÁN 5 12 Argentina Michael BARRANTES 5 7 Costa Rica LEONARDO 5 12 Brazil FÁBIO SILVA 5 7 Brazil Sergio AGÜERO 5 12 Argentina Tosaint RICKETTS 5 6 Canada Tommaso ROCCHI 5 12 Italy 5 6 Russia Ilari ÄIJÄLÄ 5 11 Finland Vlado ZADRO 5 6 Bosnia- Filip PETKOVSKI 5 11 FYR Macedonia Herzegovina Kader KEÏTA 5 11 Ivory Coast Maksim VOTINOV 5 6 Russia 5 11 France Dare VRŠIČ 5 6 Slovenia NALDO 5 11 Brazil Aljoša VOJNOVIĆ 5 6 Croatia GONZALO GARCÍA 5 10 Spain Yura MOVSISYAN 5 5 Armenia Ján NOVÁK 5 4 Slovakia Damien DUFF 4 28 Republic of Ireland Ryan DONK 4 25 Netherlands Roland JUHÁSZ 4 25 Hungary Eduardo SALVIO 4 21 Argentina Mahran LALA 4 21 Israel Eden HAZARD 4 21 Belgium Jeremain LENS 4 21 Netherlands Carl HOEFKENS 4 20 Belgium Danko LAZOVIĆ 4 20 Serbia José Antonio REYES 4 19 Spain EDMAR 4 19 Brazil Matías FERNÁNDEZ 4 19 Chile MARQUINHOS 4 18 Bulgaria Ognjen VUKOJEVIĆ 4 18 Croatia Vüqar NADIROV 4 18 Azerbaijan HÉLDER POSTIGA 4 18 Portugal Christopher TRIMMEL 4 18 Austria Brett HOLMAN 4 16 Australia Ivan PERIŠIĆ 4 16 Croatia Damien Duff

127 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

Player Goals Played Nationality RODRIGO LIMA 4 16 Brazil Jozy ALTIDORE 4 15 USA CLEITON XAVIER 4 15 Brazil 4 15 Romania MARCOS TAVARES 4 15 Brazil Mathieu BODMER 4 15 France Filip HOLOŠKO 4 14 Slovakia Alexander FARNERUD 4 14 Sweden Artem FEDETSKIY 4 14 Ukraine Ante RUKAVINA 4 14 Croatia 4 14 Greece Ángel DI MARÍA 4 14 Argentina Nacho SCOCCO 4 13 Italy Aleksandr PAVLOV 4 13 Belarus JOAQUÍN 4 13 Spain HÉLDER BARBOSA 4 13 Portugal BOBÔ 4 12 Brazil Rodrigo Lima

Ahmed JANUZI 4 12 Albania Player Goals Played Nationality Zoran TOŠIĆ 4 12 Serbia Steven PIENAAR 4 9 South Africa Morten MOLDSKRED 4 12 Norway NIHAT Kahveci 4 8 Turkey SCHUMACHER 4 11 Brazil 4 8 Ante VUKUŠIĆ 4 11 Croatia Victor MONTAÑO 4 8 Colombia Mathias RANÉGIE 4 11 Sweden Steve EVANS 4 8 Wales Ross FORBES 4 11 Scotland 4 7 Paraguay Péguy LUYINDULA 4 11 France Mauro ZÁRATE 4 7 Argentina Kasper LORENTZEN 4 11 Denmark Timo GEBHART 4 7 Germany Daniel BEICHLER 4 11 Austria Patrick HELMES 4 7 Germany Torsten FRINGS 4 11 Germany 4 6 Italy RENAN BRESSAN 4 10 Brazil FERNANDO TORRES 4 6 Spain Andrei CHUKHLEI 4 10 Belarus Henrik MKHITARYAN 4 6 Armenia Levan KHMALADZE 4 10 Georgia Ismail ISA 4 6 Bulgaria ROBERTINHO 4 10 Brazil Emmanuel ADEBAYOR 4 6 Togo KADU 4 10 Brazil Sigurd RUSHFELDT 4 6 Norway Omer DAMARI 4 10 Israel Declan O'BRIEN 4 6 Republic of Josip ILIČIĆ 4 10 Slovenia Ireland Jonathan REIS 4 10 Brazil Davor VUGRINEC 4 5 Croatia Emmanuel MAYUKA 4 9 Zambia Igor KRIVOBOK 4 4 Ukraine Mike TEMWANJERA 4 9 Zimbabwe Nemanja KOJIĆ 4 4 Serbia ZÉ CARLOS 4 9 Brazil Abel HERNÁNDEZ 4 4 Uruguay Kenwyne JONES 4 9 Trinidad and Jelle VOSSEN 4 3 Belgium Tobago

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UEFA Europa League 2010/11 Knockout Phase Results

ROUND OF 32

15/02/11, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Salonika 17/02/11, Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv Aris FC 0-0 Manchester City FC FC Metalist Kharkiv 0-4 Attendance: 18 812 Attendance: 35 150 24/02/11, City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester 24/02/11, BayArena, Leverkusen Manchester City FC 3-0 Aris Thessaloniki FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 FC Metalist Kharkiv Attendance: 36 748 Attendance: 16 212 Aggregate: 3-0; Manchester City FC qualify. Aggregate: 6-0; Bayer 04 Leverkusen qualify.

17/02/11, Luzhniki Stadion, 17/02/11, Stadio San Paolo, FC Rubin Kazan 0-2 FC Twente SSC Napoli 0-0 Villarreal CF Attendance: 657 Attendance: 47 529 24/02/11, FC Twente Stadion, Enschede 24/02/11, Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal FC Twente 2-2 FC Rubin Kazan Villarreal CF 2-1 SSC Napoli Attendance: 23 000 Attendance: 21 061 Aggregate: 4-2; FC Twente qualify. Aggregate: 2-1; Villarreal CF qualify.

17/02/11, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon 17/02/11, Stade Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels SL Benfica 2-1 VfB Stuttgart RSC Anderlecht 0-3 AFC Ajax Attendance: 44 852 Attendance: 21 195 24/02/11, VfB Arena, Stuttgart 24/02/11, ArenA, Amsterdam VfB Stuttgart 0-2 SL Benfica AFC Ajax 2-0 RSC Anderlecht Attendance: 25 800 Attendance: 42 591 Aggregate: 1-4; SL Benfica qualify. Aggregate: 5-0; AFC Ajax qualify.

Manchester City’s shoots for goal against Aris

129 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

17/02/11, Miejski, Poznan 17/02/11, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow KKS Lech Poznań 1-0 SC Braga Rangers FC 1-1 Sporting Clube de Portugal Attendance: 29 133 Attendance: 34 095 24/02/11, Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga 24/02/11, José Alvalade, Lisbon SC Braga 2-0 KKS Lech Poznań Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-2 Rangers FC Attendance: 10 007 Attendance: 15 375 Aggregate: 2-1; SC Braga qualify. Aggregate: 3-3; Rangers FC qualify on away goals.

17/02/11, BJK İnönü Stadyumu, 17/02/11, Stadion Letná, Prague Beşiktaş JK 1-4 FC Dynamo Kyiv AC Sparta Praha 0-0 Liverpool FC Attendance: 21 809 Attendance: 17 569 24/02/11, Valeriy Lobanovskiy Stadium, Kyiv 24/02/11, , Liverpool FC Dynamo Kyiv 4-0 Beşiktaş JK Liverpool FC 1-0 AC Sparta Praha Attendance: 15 300 Attendance: 42 949 Aggregate: 8-1; FC Dynamo Kyiv qualify. Aggregate: 1-0; Liverpool FC qualify.

17/02/11, Dinamo Stadion, Minsk 17/02/11, St. Jakob-Park, FC BATE Borisov 2-2 Paris Saint-Germain FC FC Basel 1893 2-3 FC Spartak Moskva Attendance: 6 080 Attendance: 13 073 24/02/11, , Paris 24/02/11, Luzhniki Stadion, Moscow Paris Saint-Germain FC 0-0 FC BATE Borisov FC Spartak Moskva 1-1 FC Basel 1893 Attendance: 17 717 Attendance: 14 977 Aggregate: 2-2; Paris Saint-Germain FC qualify on Aggregate: 4-3; FC Spartak Moskva qualify. away goals.

Steven Whittaker of Rangers scores with a header against Sporting

130 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

17/02/11, Toumbas Stadium, Salonika PAOK FC 0-1 PFC CSKA Moskva Attendance: 22 245 22/02/11, Luzhniki Stadion, Moscow PFC CSKA Moskva 1-1 PAOK FC Attendance: 10 500 Aggregate: 2-1; PFC CSKA Moskva qualify.

ROUND OF 16

10/03/11, Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga SC Braga 1-0 Liverpool FC Attendance: 12 991 17/03/11, Anfield, Liverpool Liverpool FC 0-0 SC Braga Attendance: 37 494 Aggregate: 0-1; SC Braga qualify.

10/03/11, PSV Stadion, PSV Eindhoven 0-0 Rangers FC Attendance: 26 000 17/03/11, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Rangers FC 0-1 PSV Eindhoven Attendance: 35 373 Andriy Shevchenko of Dynamo Kiev Aggregate: 0-1; PSV Eindhoven qualify.

17/02/11, Stade de Suisse, Berne BSC Young Boys 2-1 FC Zenit St Petersburg Attendance: 15 026 24/02/11, Petrovski Stadion, St Petersburg FC Zenit St Petersburg 3-1 BSC Young Boys Attendance: 15 000 Aggregate: 4-3; FC Zenit St Petersburg qualify.

17/02/11, Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Sevilla FC 1-2 FC Porto Attendance: 21 555 23/02/11, Estádio do Dragão, Porto FC Porto 0-1 Sevilla FC Attendance: 35 609 Aggregate: 2-2; FC Porto qualify on away goals.

17/02/11, Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq LOSC Lille Métropole 2-2 PSV Eindhoven Attendance: 16 951 24/02/11, PSV Stadion, Eindhoven PSV Eindhoven 3-1 LOSC Lille Métropole Attendance: 28 000 Aggregate: 5-3; PSV Eindhoven qualify.

Liverpool’s pursues Alberto Rodríguez of Braga

131 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

10/03/11, BayArena, Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 Villarreal CF Attendance: 20 126 17/03/11, Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Villarreal CF 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Attendance: 19 779 Aggregate: 5-3; Villarreal CF qualify.

10/03/11, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon SL Benfica 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain FC Attendance: 33 928 17/03/11, Parc des Princes, Paris Paris Saint-Germain FC 1-1 SL Benfica Attendance: 40 193 Aggregate: 2-3; SL Benfica qualify.

10/03/11, Luzhniki Stadion, Moscow PFC CSKA Moskva 0-1 FC Porto Attendance: 20 000 17/03/11, Estádio do Dragão, Porto FC Porto 2-1 PFC CSKA Moskva Attendance: 32 712 Aggregate: 3-1; FC Porto qualify.

10/03/11, FC Twente Stadion, Enschede Jardel of Benfica FC Twente 3-0 FC Zenit St Petersburg Attendance: 20 750 17/03/11, Petrovski Stadion, St Petersburg 10/03/11, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam FC Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 FC Twente AFC Ajax 0-1 FC Spartak Moskva Attendance: 18 000 Attendance: 32 841 Aggregate: 2-3; FC Twente qualify. 17/03/11, Luzhniki Stadion, Moscow FC Spartak Moskva 3-0 AFC Ajax Attendance: 33 631 Aggregate: 4-0; FC Spartak Moskva qualify.

10/03/11, Valeriy Lobanovskiy Stadium, Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 Manchester City FC Attendance: 16 315 17/03/11, City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Manchester City FC 1-0 FC Dynamo Kyiv Attendance: 27 816 Aggregate: 1-2; FC Dynamo Kyiv qualify.

QUARTER-FINALS

07/04/11, Estádio do Dragão, Porto FC Porto 5-1 FC Spartak Moskva Attendance: 38 209 14/04/11, Luzhniki Stadion, Moscow FC Spartak Moskva 2-5 FC Porto Attendance: 17 088 Aggregate: 3-10; FC Porto qualify.

CSKA Moskva’s heads clear from Nicolás Otamendi of Porto

132 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

07/04/11, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon SEMI-FINALS SL Benfica 4-1 PSV Eindhoven Attendance: 60 026 28/04/11, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon 14/04/11, PSV Stadion, Eindhoven SL Benfica 2-1 SC Braga PSV Eindhoven 2-2 SL Benfica Attendance: 57 778 Attendance: 29 500 05/05/11, Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Aggregate: 3-6; SL Benfica qualify. SC Braga 1-0 SL Benfica Attendance: 25 384 07/04/11, Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Aggregate: 2-2; SC Braga qualify on away goal. Villarreal CF 5-1 FC Twente Attendance: 19 094 28/04/11, Estádio do Dragão, Porto 14/04/11, FC Twente Stadion, Enschede FC Porto 5-1 Villarreal CF FC Twente 1-3 Villarreal CF Attendance: 44 719 Attendance: 23 500 05/05/11, Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Aggregate: 2-8; Villarreal CF qualify. Villarreal CF 3-2 FC Porto Attendance: 18 523 07/04/11, Valeriy Lobanovskiy Stadium, Kyiv Aggregate: 4-7; FC Porto qualify. FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 SC Braga Attendance: 16 115 14/04/11, Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga FINAL SC Braga 0-0 FC Dynamo Kyiv Attendance: 14 839 18/05/11, Dublin Arena, Dublin Aggregate: 1-1; SC Braga qualify on away goal. FC Porto 1-0 SC Braga Attendance: 45 391 Goal: 1-0 Falcao 44 Referee: Velasco Carballo (ESP)

Porto players celebrate their UEFA Europa League triumph in Dublin

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National Arena,

The new, 55,200-capacity National Arena has been built on the site of the former National Stadium. Based on a similar design to the stadium in Frankfurt, it features a retractable roof that can be opened or closed in 15 minutes.

The arena's predecessor closed its doors in November 2007 with a 6-1 victory for Romania against Albania in a UEFA EURO 2008 qualification match. The stadium hosted national team games and domestic cup finals, as well as being home to FC Steaua Bucureşti and FC Dinamo Bucureşti.

Construction on the new stadium began in February 2008, with the opening game a UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier between Romania and France on 6 September 2011, followed by the start of Romanian champions FC Oţelul Galaţi’s UEFA Champions League campaign.

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