The 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 15 September 2021 and ended on 9 December 2021.
[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.
The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021, 12:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST) (13:00 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.
[7] Below were the participating teams (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients),[5] grouped by their seeding pot.
If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 16 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Europa League):[2] Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals were no longer applied as a tiebreaker starting from this season.