UEFA Champions League Rejects in the UEFA Cup/Europa League


This file lists the seasonwise performances (since the 1999/00 season) of the clubs which finished third in the UEFA Champions League group stage, starting from the third round (1/16 Finals) of the UEFA Cup (c.q. Europa League).
Note that clubs eliminated in the final qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League, which enter the UEFA Cup (at a much earlier stage) since the 1996/97 season are not included.
The clubs which entered the tournament after finishing third in the UEFA Champions League group stage are listed in bold.

1999/00

Third Round
Udinese               - Bayer Leverkusen      0-1  2-1   
Arsenal               - Nantes                3-0  3-3        
Rangers               - Borussia Dortmund     2-0  0-2   1-3p
Parma                 - Sturm Graz            2-1  3-3        
Olympiakos            - Juventus              1-3  2-1
Spartak Moskva        - Leeds United          2-1  0-1
Bologna               - Galatasaray           1-1  1-2
 
Fourth Round
Borussia Dortmund     - Galatasaray           0-2  0-0
Arsenal               - Deportivo La Coruńa   5-1  1-2
 
Quarterfinals
Arsenal               - Werder Bremen         2-0  4-2
RCD Mallorca          - Galatasaray           1-4  1-2
 
Semifinals
Galatasaray           - Leeds United          2-0  2-2
Arsenal               - Lens                  1-0  2-1
 
Final
Galatasaray           - Arsenal               0-0        4-1p

2000/01

Third Round
Bayer Leverkusen      - AEK Athinai           4-4  0-2
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Celta Vigo            0-0  0-1
Olympiakos            - Liverpool             2-2  0-2
Rangers               - Kaiserslautern        1-0  0-3
Roma                  - Hamburger SV          1-0  3-0
CD Alavés             - Rosenborg             1-1  3-1
PSV (Eindhoven)       - PAOK Thessaloniki     3-0  1-0
Club Brugge           - Barcelona             0-2  1-1
 
Fourth Round
AEK Athinai           - Barcelona             0-1  0-5
PSV (Eindhoven)       - Parma                 2-1  2-3
 
Quarterfinals
Kaiserslautern        - PSV (Eindhoven)       1-0  1-0
Barcelona             - Celta Vigo            2-1  2-3
 
Semifinals
Barcelona             - Liverpool             0-0  0-1

2001/02

Third Round
Hapoel Tel-Aviv       - Lokomotiv Moskva      2-1  1-0
FC Křbenhavn          - Borussia Dortmund     0-1  0-1
Slovan Liberec        - RCD Mallorca          3-1  2-1
PAOK Thessaloniki     - PSV (Eindhoven)       3-2  1-4
Valencia              - Celtic                1-0  0-1   5-4p
Club Brugge           - Olympique Lyonnais    4-1  0-3
Fiorentina            - Lille OSC             0-1  0-2
Feyenoord             - Freiburg              1-0  2-2
 
Fourth Round
Lille OSC             - Borussia Dortmund     1-1  0-0
PSV (Eindhoven)       - Leeds United          0-0  1-0
Olympique Lyonnais    - Slovan Liberec        1-1  1-4
Rangers               - Feyenoord             1-1  2-3
 
Quarterfinals
PSV (Eindhoven)       - Feyenoord             1-1  1-1   4-5p
Slovan Liberec        - Borussia Dortmund     0-0  0-4

NB: Slovan Liberec eliminated 2 Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds before
    losing against their third such opponents in the quarterfinals.

Semifinals
Internazionale        - Feyenoord             0-1  2-2
Borussia Dortmund     - Milan                 4-0  1-3
 
Final
Feyenoord             - Borussia Dortmund     3-2

2002/03

Third Round
Real Betis            - AJ Auxerre            1-0  0-2
Vitesse Arnhem        - Liverpool             0-1  0-1
AEK Athinai           - Maccabi Haifa         4-0  4-1
Denizlispor           - Olympique Lyonnais    0-0  1-0
Besiktas              - Dynamo Kyiv           3-1  0-0
FC Porto              - RC Lens               3-0  0-1
Club Brugge           - VfB Stuttgart         1-2  0-1
 
Fourth Round
Málaga                - AEK Athinai           0-0  1-0
AJ Auxerre            - Liverpool             0-1  0-2
 
Quarterfinals
Celtic                - Liverpool             1-1  2-0

2003/04

Third Round
Celtic                - FK Teplice            3-0  0-1
FC Sochaux            - Internazionale        2-2  0-0
Perugia               - PSV (Eindhoven)       0-0  1-3
Galatasaray           - Villarreal            2-2  0-3
AJ Auxerre            - Panathinaikos         0-0  1-0
Olympique Marseille   - Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1-0  0-0
Valencia              - Besiktas              3-2  2-0
Club Brugge           - Debreceni VSC         1-0  0-0
 
Fourth Round
Celtic                - FC Barcelona          1-0  0-0
Benfica               - Internazionale        0-0  3-4
AJ Auxerre            - PSV (Eindhoven)       1-1  0-3
Liverpool             - Olympique Marseille   1-1  1-2
Bordeaux              - Club Brugge           3-1  1-0
 
Quarterfinals
Olympique Marseille   - Internazionale        1-0  1-0
Celtic                - Villarreal            1-1  0-2
PSV (Eindhoven)       - Newcastle United      1-1  1-2
 
Semifinals
Newcastle United      - Olympique Marseille   0-0  0-2
 
Final
Valencia              - Olympique Marseille   2-0

2004/05

Third Round
Olympiakos            - FC Sochaux            1-0  1-0
Dynamo Kyiv           - Villarreal            0-0  0-2
Ajax                  - AJ Auxerre            1-0  1-3
Fenerbahçe SK         - Real Zaragoza         0-1  1-2
Panathinaikos         - Sevilla               1-0  0-2
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Schalke 04            1-1  1-0
Valencia              - Steaua Bucuresti      2-0  0-2   3-4p
CSKA Moskva           - Benfica               2-0  1-1
 
Fourth Round
Olympiakos            - Newcastle United      1-3  0-4
Shakhtar Donetsk      - AZ Alkmaar            1-3  1-2
Partizan Beograd      - CSKA Moskva           1-1  0-2
 
Quarterfinals
CSKA Moskva           - AJ Auxerre            4-0  0-2
 
Semifinals
Parma                 - CSKA Moskva           0-0  0-3
 
Final
Sporting CP Lisboa    - CSKA Moskva           1-3

2005/06

Third Round
Club Brugge           - Roma                  1-2  1-2
FC Thun               - Hamburger SV          1-0  0-2
Udinese               - Lens                  3-0  0-1
Lille OSC             - Shakhtar Donetsk      3-2  0-0
Schalke 04            - RCD Espanyol          2-1  3-0
Rosenborg             - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 0-2  1-2
Real Betis            - AZ Alkmaar            2-0  1-2
Artmedia Bratislava   - Levski Sofia          0-1  0-2
 
Fourth Round
Udinese               - Levski Sofia          0-0  1-2
Lille OSC             - Sevilla               1-0  0-2
Palermo               - Schalke 04            1-0  0-3
Steaua Bucuresti      - Real Betis            0-0  3-0
 
Quarterfinals
Levski Sofia          - Schalke 04            1-3  1-1
 
NB: Levski Sofia eliminated 2 Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds before
    losing against their third such opponents in the quarterfinals.

Semifinals
Schalke 04            - Sevilla               0-0  0-1

2006/07

Third Round
Werder Bremen         - Ajax                  3-0  1-3
Spartak Moskva        - Celta Vigo            1-1  1-2
Bordeaux              - Osasuna Pamplona      0-0  0-1
Shakhtar Donetsk      - AS Nancy              1-1  1-0
Steaua Bucuresti      - Sevilla               0-2  0-1
Benfica               - Dinamo Bucuresti      1-0  2-1
CSKA Moskva           - Maccabi Haifa         0-0  0-1
AEK Athinai           - Paris Saint-Germain   0-2  0-2
 
Fourth Round
Celta Vigo            - Werder Bremen         0-1  0-2
Sevilla               - Shakhtar Donetsk      2-2  3-2
Paris Saint-Germain   - Benfica               2-1  1-3
 
Quarterfinals
AZ Alkmaar            - Werder Bremen         0-0  1-4
RCD Espanyol          - Benfica               3-2  0-0
 
Semifinals
RCD Espanyol          - Werder Bremen         3-0  2-1

2007/08

Third Round
Olympique Marseille   - Spartak Moskva        3-0  0-2
Rosenborg BK          - Fiorentina            0-1  1-2
Werder Bremen         - SC Braga              3-0  1-0
Benfica               - Nürnberg              1-0  2-2
Rangers               - Panathinaikos         0-0  1-1
Sporting CP Lisboa    - FC Basel              2-0  3-0
PSV (Eindhoven)       - Helsingborgs IF       2-0  2-1
Slavia Praha          - Tottenham Hotspur     1-2  1-1
 
Fourth Round
Olympique Marseille   - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 3-1  0-2
Rangers               - Werder Bremen         2-0  0-1
Benfica               - Getafe                1-2  0-1
Bolton Wanderers      - Sporting CP Lisboa    1-1  0-1
Tottenham Hotspur     - PSV (Eindhoven)       0-1  1-0   5-6p
 
Quarterfinals
Fiorentina            - PSV (Eindhoven)       1-1  2-0
Rangers               - Sporting CP Lisboa    0-0  2-0
 
Semifinals
Rangers               - Fiorentina            0-0  0-0   4-2p
 
Final
Rangers               - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 0-2

2008/09

Third Round
Bordeaux              - Galatasaray           0-0  3-4
Werder Bremen         - Milan                 1-1  2-2
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Tottenham Hotspur     2-0  1-1
Olympique Marseille   - FC Twente Enschede    0-1  1-0   7-6p
AaB Aalborg           - Deportivo La Coruńa   3-0  3-1
Fiorentina            - Ajax                  0-1  1-1
Dynamo Kyiv           - Valencia              1-1  2-2
Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - VfB Stuttgart         2-1  2-1
 
Fourth Round
Olympique Marseille   - Ajax                  2-1  2-2
Werder Bremen         - Saint-Etienne         1-0  2-2
CSKA Moskva           - Shakhtar Donetsk      1-0  0-2
Manchester City       - AaB Aalborg           2-0  0-2   4-3p
Dynamo Kyiv           - Metalist Kharkiv      1-0  2-3
Udinese               - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 2-0  0-1
 
Quarterfinals
Paris Saint-Germain   - Dynamo Kyiv           0-0  0-3
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Olympique Marseille   2-0  2-1
Werder Bremen         - Udinese               3-1  3-3
 
Semifinals
Dynamo Kyiv           - Shakhtar Donetsk      1-1  1-2
Werder Bremen         - Hamburger SV          0-1  3-2
 
Final
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Werder Bremen         2-1

NB: Shakhtar Donetsk eliminated 3 (other) Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds.

2009/10

Third Round
Ajax                  - Juventus              1-2  0-0
Villarreal            - Wolfsburg             2-2  1-4
FC Křbenhavn          - Olympique Marseille   1-3  1-3
Atlético Madrid       - Galatasaray           1-1  2-1
Liverpool             - Unirea Urziceni       1-0  3-1
Rubin Kazan           - Hapoel Tel-Aviv       3-0  0-0
Standard Ličge        - Red Bull Salzburg     3-2  0-0
 
Fourth Round
Juventus              - Fulham                3-1  1-4
Rubin Kazan           - Wolfsburg             1-1  1-2
Atlético Madrid       - Sporting CP Lisboa    0-0  2-2
Benfica               - Olympique Marseille   1-1  2-1
Lille                 - Liverpool             1-0  0-3
Panathinaikos         - Standard Ličge        1-3  0-1
 
Quarterfinals
Valencia              - Atlético Madrid       2-2  0-0
Fulham                - Wolfsburg             2-1  1-0
Benfica               - Liverpool             2-1  1-4
Hamburger SV          - Standard Ličge        2-1  3-1
 
Semifinals
Atlético Madrid       - Liverpool             1-0  1-2
 
Final
Atlético Madrid       - Fulham                2-1

NB: Fulham eliminated 2 Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds before
    losing against their third such opponents in the final.

2010/11

Third Round
Rubin Kazan           - Twente Enschede       0-2  2-2
Benfica               - VfB Stuttgart         2-1  2-0
Rangers               - Sporting CP Lisboa    1-1  2-2
FC Basel              - Spartak Moskva        2-3  1-1
RSC Anderlecht        - Ajax                  0-3  0-2
Lech Poznan           - SC Braga              1-0  0-2
 
Fourth Round
Twente Enschede       - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 3-0  0-2
Benfica               - Paris Saint-Germain   2-1  1-1
PSV (Eindhoven)       - Rangers               0-0  1-0
SC Braga              - Liverpool             1-0  0-0
Ajax                  - Spartak Moskva        0-1  0-3
 
Quarterfinals
Benfica               - PSV (Eindhoven)       4-1  2-2
Dynamo Kyiv           - SC Braga              1-1  0-0
FC Porto              - Spartak Moskva        5-1  5-2
Villarreal            - Twente Enschede       5-1  3-1
 
Semifinals
Benfica               - SC Braga              2-1  0-1
 
Final
FC Porto              - SC Braga              1-0

2011/12

Third Round
FC Porto              - Manchester City       1-2  0-4
Trabzonspor           - PSV (Eindhoven)       1-2  1-4
Ajax                  - Manchester United     0-2  2-1
Stoke City            - Valencia              0-1  0-1
Rubin Kazan           - Olympiakos            0-1  0-1
Viktoria Plzen        - Schalke 04            1-1  1-3
 
Fourth Round
Manchester United     - Athletic Bilbao       2-3  1-2
Sporting CP Lisboa    - Manchester City       1-0  2-3
Valencia              - PSV (Eindhoven)       4-2  1-1
Metalist Kharkiv      - Olympiakos            0-1  2-1
 
Quarterfinals
AZ Alkmaar            - Valencia              2-1  0-4
 
Semifinals
Atlético Madrid       - Valencia              4-2  1-0

2012/13

Third Round
Dynamo Kyiv           - Bordeaux              1-1  0-1
Levante               - Olympiakos            3-0  1-0
Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - Liverpool             2-0  1-3
Ajax                  - Steaua Bucuresti      2-0  0-2   2-4p
Sparta Praha          - Chelsea               0-1  1-1
BATE Barysau          - Fenerbahçe            0-0  0-1
Bayer Leverkusen      - Benfica               0-1  1-2
Internazionale        - CFR Cluj              2-0  3-0
 
Fourth Round
FC Basel              - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 2-0  0-1
Benfica               - Bordeaux              1-0  3-2
Steaua Bucuresti      - Chelsea               1-0  1-3
 
Quarterfinals
Benfica               - Newcastle United      3-1  1-1
Chelsea               - Rubin Kazan           3-1  2-3
 
Semifinals
FC Basel              - Chelsea               1-2  1-3
Fenerbahçe            - Benfica               1-0  1-3
 
Final
Chelsea               - Benfica               2-1

2013/14

Third Round
Ajax                  - Red Bull Salzburg     0-3  1-3
Maccabi Tel-Aviv      - FC Basel              0-0  0-3
PAOK (Thessaloniki)   - Benfica               0-1  0-3
Juventus              - Trabzonspor           2-0  2-0
Swansea City          - Napoli                0-0  1-3
FC Porto              - Eintracht Frankfurt   2-2  3-3
Viktoria Plzen        - Shakhtar Donetsk      1-1  2-1

Fourth Round
FC Basel              - Red Bull Salzburg     0-0  2-1
Tottenham Hotspur     - Benfica               1-3  2-2
Juventus              - Fiorentina            1-1  1-0
FC Porto              - Napoli                1-0  2-2
Olympique Lyon        - Viktoria Plzen        4-1  1-2

Quarterfinals
FC Basel              - Valencia              3-0  0-5
AZ (Alkmaar)          - Benfica               0-1  0-2
Olympique Lyon        - Juventus              0-1  1-2
FC Porto              - Sevilla               1-0  1-4

Semifinals
Benfica               - Juventus              2-1  0-0

Final
Sevilla               - Benfica               0-0        4-2p

2014/15

Third Round
Roma                  - Feyenoord             1-1  2-1  
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - Olympiakos            2-0  2-2
PSV (Eindhoven)       - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 0-1  0-3
Torino                - Athletic Bilbao       2-2  3-2
VfL Wolfsburg         - Sporting CP Lisboa    2-0  0-0
Ajax                  - Legia Warszawa        1-0  3-0
RSC Anderlecht        - Dinamo Moskva         0-0  1-3
Liverpool             - Besiktas              1-0  0-1   4-5p

Fourth Round
Fiorentina            - Roma                  1-1  3-0
Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - Torino                2-0  0-1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - Ajax                  1-0  1-2

Quarterfinals
Sevilla               - Zenit Sankt-Peterburg 2-1  2-2

2015/16

Third Round
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Schalke 04            0-0  3-0
FC Midtjylland        - Manchester United     2-1  1-5
Galatasaray           - Lazio (Roma)          1-1  1-3
Sevilla               - Molde FK              3-0  0-1
Sporting CP (Lisboa)  - Bayer Leverkusen      0-1  1-3
RSC Anderlecht        - Olympiakos            1-0  2-1   aet
Borussia Dortmund     - FC Porto              2-0  1-0
Valencia              - SK Rapid Wien         6-0  4-0

Fourth Round
Shakhtar Donetsk      - RSC Anderlecht        3-1  1-0
Liverpool             - Manchester United     2-0  1-1
FC Basel              - Sevilla               0-0  0-3
Villarreal CF         - Bayer Leverkusen      2-0  0-0
Athletic Bilbao       - Valencia              1-0  1-2

Quarterfinals
SC Braga              - Shakhtar Donetsk      1-2  0-4 
Athletic Bilbao       - Sevilla               1-2  2-1   4-5p

Semifinals
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Sevilla               2-2  1-3

Final
Liverpool             - Sevilla               1-3

2016/17

Third Round
AA Gent               - Tottenham Hotspur     1-0  2-2
AZ (Alkmaar)          - Olympique Lyon        1-4  1-7
Borussia M'gladbach   - Fiorentina            0-1  4-2
FK Rostov             - Sparta Praha          4-0  1-1
Ludogorets Razgrad    - FC Křbenhavn          1-2  0-0
Hapoel Beer-Sheva     - Besiktas              1-3  1-2
Legia Warszawa        - Ajax                  0-0  0-1

Fourth Round
FC Křbenhavn          - Ajax                  2-1  0-2
FK Rostov             - Manchester United     1-1  0-1
Olympiakos            - Besiktas              1-1  1-4
Olympique Lyon        - Roma                  4-2  1-2
Schalke 04            - Borussia M'gladbach   1-1  2-2

Quarterfinals
Olympique Lyon        - Besiktas              2-1  1-2   7-6p

Semifinals
Ajax                  - Olympique Lyon        4-1  1-3 

NB: Ajax eliminated 3 Champions League Rejects.

2017/18

Third Round
Crvena zvezda         - CSKA Moskva           0-0  0-1
FK Astana             - Sporting CP (Lisboa)  1-3  3-3
Celtic                - Zenit Sankt Peterburg 1-0  0-3
FC Křbenhavn          - Atlético Madrid       1-4  0-1 
Borussia Dortmund     - Atalanta (Bergamo)    3-2  1-1
Spartak Moskva        - Athletic Bilbao       1-3  2-1 
SSC Napoli            - RB Leipzig            1-3  2-0

Fourth Round
CSKA Moskva           - Olympique Lyonnais    0-1  3-2
Sporting CP (Lisboa)  - Viktoria Plzen        2-0  1-2   aet
Atlético Madrid       - Lokomotiv Moskva      3-0  5-1
Borussia Dortmund     - Red Bull Salzburg     1-2  0-0
RB Leipzig            - Zenit Sankt Peterburg 2-1  1-1

Quarterfinals
RB Leipzig            - Olympique Marseille   1-0  2-5
Arsenal               - CSKA Moskva           4-1  2-2
Atlético Madrid       - Sporting CP (Lisboa)  2-0  0-1
 
Semifinals
Arsenal               - Atlético Madrid       1-1  0-1

Final
Olympique Marseille   - Atlético Madrid       0-3

2018/19

Third Round
Galatasaray           - Benfica               1-2  0-0
Rapid Wien            - Internazionale        0-1  0-4
Celtic                - Valencia              0-2  0-1
Club Brugge           - RB Salzburg           2-1  0-4
FC Zürich             - Napoli                1-3  0-2
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Eintracht Frankfurt   2-2  1-4
Viktoria Plzen        - Dinamo Zagreb         2-1  0-3 

Fourth Round
Dinamo Zagreb         - Benfica               1-0  0-3   aet
Eintracht Frankfurt   - Internazionale        0-0  1-0
Napoli                - RB Salzburg           3-0  1-3
Valencia              - FK Krasnodar          2-1  1-1

Quarterfinals
Benfica               - Eintracht Frankfurt   4-2  0-2
Arsenal               - Napoli                2-0  1-0
Villarreal            - Valencia              1-3  0-2

Semifinals
Arsenal               - Valencia              3-1  4-2

NB: Eintracht Frankfurt eliminated 3 Champions League Rejects in consecutive rounds.

2019/20

Third Round
Club Brugge           - Manchester United     1-1  0-5
Getafe                - Ajax                  2-0  1-2
Ludogorets Razgrad    - Internazionale        0-2  1-2
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Benfica               2-1  3-3
Bayer Leverkusen      - FC Porto              2-1  3-1
Olympiakos            - Arsenal               0-1  2-1  aet
Eintracht Frankfurt   - RB Salzburg           4-1  2-2

Fourth Round
Olympiakos            - Wolv. Wanderers       1-1  0-1
Rangers               - Bayer Leverkusen      1-3  0-1
VfL Wolfsburg         - Shakhtar Donetsk      1-2  0-3
Internazionale        - Getafe                2-0

Quarterfinals
Internazionale        - Bayer Leverkusen      2-1
Shakhtar Donetsk      - FC Basel              4-1

Semifinals
Internazionale        - Shakhtar Donetsk      5-0

Final
Sevilla               - Internazionale        3-2

2020/21

Third Round
RB Salzburg           - Villarreal            0-2  1-2
Maccabi Tel-Aviv      - Shakhtar Donetsk      0-2  0-1
Olympiakos            - PSV Eindhoven         4-2  1-2
Lille OSC             - Ajax                  1-2  1-2
FK Krasnodar          - Dinamo Zagreb         2-3  0-1
Dinamo Kyiv           - Club Brugge           1-1  1-0
Real Sociedad         - Manchester United     0-4  0-0

Fourth Round
Roma                  - Shakhtar Donetsk      3-0  2-1
Olympiakos            - Arsenal               1-3  1-0
Ajax                  - Young Boys Bern       3-0  2-0
Dinamo Kyiv           - Villarreal            0-2  0-2
Manchester United     - Milan                 1-1  1-0 

Quarterfinals
Ajax                  - Roma                  1-2  1-1
Granada               - Manchester United     0-2  0-2

Semifinals
Manchester United     - Roma                  6-2  2-3 

Final
Villarreal            - Manchester United     1-1       11-10p

2021/22

Third Round
Sevilla               - Dinamo Zagreb         3-1  0-1
Atalanta              - Olympiakos            2-1  3-0
RB Leipzig            - Real Sociedad         2-2  3-1
Barcelona             - Napoli                1-1  4-2
Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - Real Betis Sevilla    2-3  0-0
Borussia Dortmund     - Rangers               2-4  2-2
Sheriff Tiraspol      - SC Braga              2-0  0-2   2-3p
FC Porto              - Lazio                 2-1  2-2  

Fourth Round
FC Porto              - Olympique Lyonnais    0-1  1-1
Atalanta              - Bayer Leverkusen      3-2  1-0
Sevilla               - West Ham United       1-0  0-2   aet
Barcelona             - Galatasaray           0-0  2-1
RB Leipzig            - Spartak Moskva        awd  awd

Quarterfinals
RB Leipzig            - Atalanta              1-1  2-0
Eintracht Frankfurt   - Barcelona             1-1  3-2

Semifinals
RB Leipzig            - Rangers               1-0  1-3

2022/23

Third Round
Ajax                  - Union Berlin          0-0  1-3
Barcelona             - Manchester United     2-2  1-2
Red Bull Salzburg     - Roma                  1-0  0-2
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Stade Rennais         2-1  1-2   5-4p
Bayer Leverkusen      - Monaco                2-3  3-2   5-3p 
Juventus              - Nantes                1-1  3-0 
Sevilla               - PSV (Eindhoven)       3-0  0-2 
Sporting CP Lisboa    - Midtjylland (Herning) 1-1  4-0

Fourth Round
Bayer Leverkusen      - Ferencváros           2-0  2-0
Sporting CP Lisboa    - Arsenal               2-2  1-1   5-3p
Juventus              - SC Freiburg           1-0  2-0
Sevilla               - Fenerbahçe (Istanbul) 2-0  0-1  
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Feyenoord             1-1  1-7

Quarterfinals
Bayer Leverkusen      - Union Saint-Gilloise  1-1  4-1 
Juventus              - Sporting CP Lisboa    1-0  1-1  
Manchester United     - Sevilla               2-2  0-3

Semifinals
Roma                  - Bayer Leverkusen      1-0  0-0  
Juventus              - Sevilla               1-1  1-2   aet

Final
Sevilla               - Roma                  1-1        4-1p

2023/24

Third Round
Feyenoord             - Roma                  1-1  1-1   2-4p
Milan                 - Stade Rennais         3-0  2-3
RC Lens               - SC Freiburg           0-0  2-3
Young Boys            - Sporting CP Lisboa    1-3  1-1
Benfica               - Toulouse              2-1  0-0
Sporting Braga        - Qarabag Agdam         2-4  3-2
Galatasaray           - Sparta Praha          3-2  1-4
Shakhtar Donetsk      - Olympique Marseille   2-2  1-3

Fourth Round
Milan                 - Slavia Praha          4-2  3-1
Benfica               - Rangers               2-2  1-0

Quarterfinals
Milan                 - Roma                  0-1  1-2
Benfica               - Olympique Marseille   2-1  0-1   2-4p

General Statistics

In each of the 25 seasons since 1999/00, 8 clubs eliminated from the Champions League entered the UEFA Cup (c.q. Europa League) in round 3 (round of 32), representing exactly one quarter (25 %) of the entrants. They have collected 9 wins (36 %), and 19 final appearances (38 %); four finals (those in 2000, 2002, 2009 and 2013) featured two clubs rejected from the Champions League.
NB: all statistics below up to and including the 2023/24 season.

Stages Reached By Season

                    Win Fin  SF  QF Rd4 Rd3

1999/00              1   2   2   2   3   8
2000/01                      1   2   2   8
2001/02              1   2   2   3   5   8
2002/03                          1   3   8
2003/04                  1   1   4   5   8
2004/05              1   1   1   1   3   8
2005/06                      1   1   4   8
2006/07                      1   2   3   8
2007/08                  1   1   3   6   8
2008/09              1   2   3   4   6   8
2009/10              1   1   2   4   7   8
2010/11                  1   2   4   6   8
2011/12                      1   1   4   8
2012/13              1   2   2   2   3   8
2013/14                  1   2   4   6   8
2014/15                          1   3   8
2015/16              1   1   2   2   5   8
2016/17                      1   2   5   8
2017/18              1   1   1   4   5   8
2018/19                      1   3   4   8
2019/20                  1   2   3   4   8
2020/21                  1   1   2   5   8
2021/22                      1   3   5   8
2022/23              1   1   3   4   5   8
2023/24                          2   2   8

Total                9  19  34  64 109 200

NB: at each stage (bar the final), more than half of the Champions League entrants progressed.


Stages Reached By Club (quarterfinals or better)

                    Win Fin  SF  QF

Benfica                  2   3   6

PSV (Eindhoven)                  4

Shakhtar Donetsk     1   1   3   3
Sporting (Lisboa)                3

Atlético Madrid      2   2   2   2
Sevilla              2   2   2   2
CSKA Moskva          1   1   1   2
Werder Bremen            1   2   2
Internazionale           1   1   2
Olympique Marseille      1   1   2
Juventus                     2   2
Valencia                     2   2
Barcelona                    1   2
Bayer Leverkusen             1   2
Liverpool                    1   2
RB Leipzig                   1   2

Chelsea              1   1   1   1
Feyenoord            1   1   1   1
Galatasaray          1   1   1   1
Arsenal                  1   1   1
Borussia Dortmund        1   1   1
Braga                    1   1   1
Manchester United        1   1   1
Rangers                  1   1   1
Dynamo Kyiv                  1   1
Olympique Lyon               1   1
Schalke 04                   1   1
Ajax                             1
Atalanta                         1
Basel                            1
Besiktas                         1
Celtic                           1
Milan                            1
Napoli                           1
Porto                            1
Spartak Moskva                   1
Standard Ličge                   1
FC Twente                        1
VfL Wolfsburg                    1
Zenit Sankt-Peterburg            1

Total                9  19  34  64

NB: PSV qualified on 4 occasions for the third round of the UEFA Cup in this way; in each of
    those seasons they reached the quarterfinals but they never progressed further.
    In contrast, Olympiakos qualified as third team in a Champions League group on 9 occasions
    but never reached the quarterfinals.
    Atlético Madrid twice entered the UEFA Cup (Europa League) after finishing third in their
    Champions League group and won the tournament on both occasions; Chelsea and Feyenoord
    also have a perfect record (one such entry converted into winning the tournament).
    See also the overview of most frequent entries.


Stages Reached By Country (quarterfinals or better)

                    Win Fin  SF  QF (clubs)

Portugal                 3   4  11   ( 4)

Germany                  2   6   9   ( 6)

Spain                4   4   7   8   ( 4)

Italy                    1   3   7   ( 5)
Netherlands          1   1   1   7   ( 4)

England              1   3   4   5   ( 4)

Ukraine              1   1   4   4   ( 2)
Russia               1   1   1   4   ( 3)

France                   1   2   3   ( 2)

Turkey               1   1   1   2   ( 2)
Scotland                 1   1   2   ( 2)

Belgium                          1   ( 1)
Switzerland                      1   ( 1)

Total                9  19  34  64   (40)



Most Frequent Entries By Club

Below we list all thirty-one clubs to have moved from the Champions League group stage to the
UEFA Cup on three or more occasions, together with the rounds reached (round 3 signifying
immediate elimination):

                       Win Fin  SF  QF Rd4 Rd3

11 Shakhtar Donetsk     1       2       4   4

 9 Ajax                             1   2   6
   Olympiakos                           4   5

 8 Benfica                  2   1   3   1   1

 6 Club Brugge                          1   5

 5 Galatasaray          1                   4
   Bayer Leverkusen             1   1   1   2
   Dynamo Kyiv                  1       1   3

 4 Olympique Marseille      1       1   2
   Borussia Dortmund        1           2   1
   Rangers                  1           1   2
   Valencia                     2       1   1
   PSV (Eindhoven)                  4
   Sporting (Lisboa)                3       1
   Zenit Sankt-Peterburg            1   2   1
   Porto                            1   1   2
   Spartak Moskva                   1       3

 3 Sevilla              2               1
   CSKA Moskva          1           1       1
   Werder Bremen            1   1       1
   Internazionale           1       1   1
   Manchester United        1           2
   Juventus                     2       1
   Barcelona                    1   1       1
   Liverpool                    1   1       1
   Olympique Lyon               1       1   1
   Napoli                           1   1   1
   Celtic                           1       2
   Viktoria Plzen                       1   2
   Rosenborg BK                             3
   RB Salzburg                              3

Most Frequent Entries By Country

Below we list all thirteen countries to have had representative clubs moved from the 
Champions League group stage to the UEFA Cup on five or more occasions, together with 
the rounds reached (round 3 signifying immediate elimination):

                       Win Fin  SF  QF Rd4 Rd3

18 Portugal                 3   1   7   2   5
18 Germany                  2   4   3   5   4

16 Ukraine              1       3       5   7
16 Netherlands          1           6   2   7
16 Russia               1           3   4   8

15 Spain                4       3   1   3   4

14 Italy                    1   2   4   5   2
14 France                   1   1   1   6   5

13 Greece                               5   8

10 England              1   2   1   1   3   2

 9 Turkey               1           1       7

 8 Belgium                          1   1   6

 7 Scotland                 1       1   1   4


About this document

Prepared and maintained by Roberto Di Maggio and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Roberto Di Maggio and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 14 May 2024

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