06 Sep 2017 13:44:18
A question for ed002 or ed001, if a player has played for a team in the europa league and then he subsequently joins a team in the champions league would he be eligible to play in the champions league in the same season for his new team?
Thank you.

{Ed001's Note - it is not that simple, if I remember correctly. As I remember the rules on this, they can do so with one player, but only one.}

1.) 07 Sep 2017
07 Sep 2017 02:30:37
A player can play in the group stage for his new club if he had played for his previous club in qualifying stages (1st, 2nd or 3rd) .
Which means Coutinho could have played against Hoffenheim and still be eligible to play in the UCL had he got his move.
Also, what Ed001 was referring to, is the fact that a club can register 3 new players for the knockout stages and 1 of these players may be a player who had played in the group stages for a different team, but not in the same competition.
What this means is that the player could have played in the Europa League group stage, transferred in the Jan. window and then played for his new team in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

The same is true in reverse, i. e. Champions League group stage for previous team and knockout stage of the Europa League for new team, EXCEPT in the case where his previous team came 3rd in the group, which of course means that they are now in the Europa League. This makes him ineligible for either competition for the remainder of the season.