The UEFA Europa League, or previously known as the UEFA Cup, is the second most important multi-national European football competition after the UEFA Champions League.
The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League is the first season of the UEFA Europa League and starts on July 2, 2009, and ends with the final held at the HSH Nordbank Arena, in Hamburg, Germany, on May 12, 2010.
Most of the competitions of the UEFA Europa League can be seen live online.
Group Stage, September 17, 2009 (All times are CET)
Rapid Wien 19:00 Hamburg
Sturm 19:00 Dinamo Bucureşti
CSKA Sofia 19:00 Fulham
H. Tel-Aviv 19:00 Celtic
Panathinaikos 19:00 Galatasaray
Benfica 21:05 BATE
Everton 21:05 AEK
Nacional 21:05 Werder
Athletic 21:05 Austria Wien
Brugge 21:05 Shakhtar
Lazio 21:05 Salzburg
Partizan 21:05 Toulouse
Sparta Praha 21:05 PSV
Villarreal 21:05 Levski
CFR Cluj 21:05 København
Fenerbahçe 21:05 Twente
Steaua 21:05 Sheriff
Groups:
Group A Anderlecht Timisoara Ajax Dinamo Zagreb | Group B Genoa Valencia Lille Slavia Prague | Group C Rapid Wien Hapoel Tel Aviv Celtic Hamburg | Group D Sporting CP Ventspils Hertha BSC Heerenveen |
Group E Basel Fulham CSKA Sofia Roma | Group F Galatasaray Dinamo Bucuresti Sturm Graz Panathinaikos | Group G Villarreal Lazio Levski Sofia Red Bull Salzburg | Group H Steaua Bucuresti Fenerbahçe Twente Sheriff Tiraspol |
Group I Benfica Everton AEK Athens BATE | Group J Shakhtar Donetsk Club Brugge Partizan Toulouse | Group K PSV Eindhoven Copenhagen Sparta Prague CFR Cluj | Group L Werder Bremen Austria Wien Athletic Bilbao Nacional |