2016–17 UEFA Europa League
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The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was a European club football competition organized by UEFA, featuring teams from across the continent competing for the secondary European trophy below the Champions League.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2016–17 UEFA Europa League canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9146673 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Context triple: [2015–16 Premier League season, continentalQualification, 2016–17 UEFA Europa League]
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UEFA Europa League Final 2017
The UEFA Europa League Final 2017 was the decisive match of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League season, in which Manchester United defeated Ajax to win the trophy.
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UEFA Champions League 2016–17
The UEFA Champions League 2016–17 was the 62nd season of Europe’s premier club football competition, culminating in Real Madrid becoming the first team of the Champions League era to successfully defend their title.
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C.
2017-2018 UEFA Champions League
The 2017–2018 UEFA Champions League was the European club football season in which Real Madrid, under manager Zinedine Zidane, secured a historic third consecutive continental title.
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2017 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was the decisive match of the 2016–17 European club football season, in which Real Madrid defeated Juventus 4–1 to become the first team to retain the Champions League title in its modern era.
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E.
UEFA Europa Conference League
The UEFA Europa Conference League is a European club football competition organized by UEFA, positioned below the Champions League and Europa League to give more clubs across the continent the chance to participate in international tournaments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Target entity description: The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was a European club football competition organized by UEFA, featuring teams from across the continent competing for the secondary European trophy below the Champions League.
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A.
UEFA Europa League Final 2017
The UEFA Europa League Final 2017 was the decisive match of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League season, in which Manchester United defeated Ajax to win the trophy.
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B.
UEFA Champions League 2016–17
The UEFA Champions League 2016–17 was the 62nd season of Europe’s premier club football competition, culminating in Real Madrid becoming the first team of the Champions League era to successfully defend their title.
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C.
2017-2018 UEFA Champions League
The 2017–2018 UEFA Champions League was the European club football season in which Real Madrid, under manager Zinedine Zidane, secured a historic third consecutive continental title.
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D.
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was the decisive match of the 2016–17 European club football season, in which Real Madrid defeated Juventus 4–1 to become the first team to retain the Champions League title in its modern era.
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E.
UEFA Europa Conference League
The UEFA Europa Conference League is a European club football competition organized by UEFA, positioned below the Champions League and Europa League to give more clubs across the continent the chance to participate in international tournaments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European football competition
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UEFA Europa League season ⓘ |
| ballSupplier | Adidas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestPlayer | Paul Pogba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | Manchester United F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confederation | UEFA ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfGoverningBody | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 2017-05-24 ⓘ |
| fairPlayAwardWinner | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalCity | Solna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalCountry | Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalDate | 2017-05-24 ⓘ |
| finalScore | Manchester United 2–0 Ajax ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Friends Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2017–18 UEFA Europa League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | 2015–16 UEFA Europa League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | group stage and knockout phase ⓘ |
| goalsScored | 565 ⓘ |
| groupStageDrawDate | 2016-08-26 ⓘ |
| groupStageEndDate | 2016-12-08 ⓘ |
| groupStageStartDate | 2016-09-15 ⓘ |
| hasGroup |
Group A
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Group B NERFINISHED ⓘ Group C ⓘ Group D ⓘ Group E NERFINISHED ⓘ Group F NERFINISHED ⓘ Group G NERFINISHED ⓘ Group H NERFINISHED ⓘ Group I NERFINISHED ⓘ Group J NERFINISHED ⓘ Group K NERFINISHED ⓘ Group L NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knockoutPhaseEndDate | 2017-05-24 ⓘ |
| knockoutPhaseStartDate | 2017-02-16 ⓘ |
| matchesPlayed | 205 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsInGroupStage | 48 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsInKnockoutPhase | 32 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsInQualifyingAndPlayOff | 157 ⓘ |
| organisedBy | UEFA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | AFC Ajax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 46 ⓘ |
| seasonNumberAsEuropaLeague | 8 ⓘ |
| sponsorName | UEFA Europa League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 2016-06-28 ⓘ |
| topScorer | Edin Džeko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorerGoals | 8 ⓘ |
| totalAttendance | 6679770 ⓘ |
| winnerQualifiedFor |
2017 UEFA Super Cup
NERFINISHED
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2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Description of subject: The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was a European club football competition organized by UEFA, featuring teams from across the continent competing for the secondary European trophy below the Champions League.
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