2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The knockout phase of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League will begin on 19 February 2015 and conclude on 27 May 2015 with the final at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. A total of 32 teams compete in the knockout phase.

Times up to 28 March 2015 (round of 16) are CET (UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times are CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates
All draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Format
The knockout phase involves 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the twelve groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
 * In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
 * In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries. Therefore, a Ukrainian club (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk or Dynamo Kyiv) and a Russian club (Dynamo Moscow or Zenit Saint Petersburg) could not be drawn into the same tie in any round except the final.

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

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Round of 32
The draw was held on 15 December 2014. The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2015.


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First leg

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Second leg
Dynamo Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

Villareal won 5–2 on aggregate.

''1–1 on aggregate. Beşiktaş won 5–4 on penalties.''

Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.

Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.

Everton won 7–2 on aggregate.

Torino won 5–4 on aggregate.

Wolfsburg won 2–0 on aggregate.

Club Brugge won 6–1 on aggregate.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 4–2 on aggregate.

Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.

Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16
The draw was held on 27 February 2015. The first legs will be played on 12 March, and the second legs will be played on 19 March 2015.


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First leg

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Quarter-finals
The draw will be held on 20 March 2015. The first legs will be played on 16 April, and the second legs will be played on 23 April 2015.

Semi-finals
The draw will be held on 24 April 2015. The first legs will be played on 7 May, and the second legs will be played on 14 May 2015.

Final
The final will be played on 27 May 2015 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.