UEFA Europa League knockout phase 2017-18

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The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase will begin on 13 February and end on 26 May 2018 with the final at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, France, to decide the champions of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams compete in the knockout phase.

Times up to 24 March 2018 (round of 32 and round of 16) are CET (UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times are CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the knockout phase is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

Round	Draw	First leg	Second leg
Round of 32	11 December 2017	15 February 2018	22 February 2018
Round of 16	23 February 2018	8 March 2018	15 March 2018
Quarter-finals	16 March 2018	5 April 2018	12 April 2018
Semi-finals	13 April 2018	26 April 2018	3 May 2018
Final		16 May 2018 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

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 qualify 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 advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored 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 is 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.

Qualified teams

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up

Group	Winners (Seeded in round of 32 draw)	Runners-up (Unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A	Villarreal	Astana
B	Dynamo Kyiv	Partizan
C	Braga	Ludogorets Razgrad
D	Milan	AEK Athens
E	Atalanta	Lyon
F	Lokomotiv Moscow	Copenhagen
G	Viktoria Plzeň	Steaua București
H	Arsenal	Red Star Belgrade
I	Red Bull Salzburg	Marseille
J	Athletic Bilbao	Östersund
K	Lazio	Nice
L	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Real Sociedad

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
CSKA Moscow	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9	Seeded in round of 32 draw
Atletico Madrid	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7
RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7
Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7
Spartak Moscow	6	1	3	2	9	13	−4	6	Unseeded in round of 32 draw
Napoli	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	6
Celtic	6	1	0	5	5	18	−13	3
Borussia Dortmund	6	0	2	4	7	13	−6	2

Bracket

The full bracket will be known after the semi-final draw.

Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 will be held on 11 December 2017, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The first legs were played on 13 and 15 February, and the second legs will be played on 21 and 22 February 2018.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund		Atalanta	3–2	22 Feb
Nice		Lokomotiv Moscow	2–3	22 Feb
Copenhagen		Atlético Madrid	1–4	22 Feb
Spartak Moscow		Athletic Bilbao	1–3	22 Feb
AEK Athens		Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	22 Feb
Celtic		Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	22 Feb
Napoli		RB Leipzig	1–3	22 Feb
Red Star Belgrade		CSKA Moscow	0–0	21 Feb
Lyon		Villarreal	3–1	22 Feb
Real Sociedad		Red Bull Salzburg	2–2	22 Feb
Partizan		Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	22 Feb
FCSB		Lazio	1–0	22 Feb
Ludogorets Razgrad		Milan	0–3	22 Feb
Astana		Sporting CP	1–3	22 Feb
Östersund		Arsenal	0–3	22 Feb
Marseille		Braga	3–0	22 Feb

Matches

15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 19:00	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	Atalanta	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
	Schürrle  30' Batshuayi  65', 90+1'	Report	Iličić  51', 56'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 21:05	Atalanta	v	Borussia Dortmund	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 19:00	Nice	2–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Allianz Riviera, Nice Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	Balotelli  4', 28' (pen.)	Report	Fernandes  45' (pen.), 69', 77'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 17:00	Lokomotiv Moscow	v	Nice	RZD Arena, Moscow
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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 21:05	Copenhagen	1–4	Atlético Madrid	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
	Fischer  15'	Report	Saúl  21' Gameiro  37' Griezmann  71' Vitolo  77'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 19:00	Atlético Madrid	v	Copenhagen	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 19:00	Spartak Moscow	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
	Luiz Adriano  60'	Report	Aduriz  22', 39' Kutepov  45+1' (o.g.)

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 21:05	Athletic Bilbao	v	Spartak Moscow	San Mamés, Bilbao
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 21:05	AEK Athens	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Olympic Stadium, Athens Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
	Ajdarević  80'	Report	Tsyhankov  19'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 19:00	Dynamo Kyiv	v	AEK Athens	NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 21:05	Celtic	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Celtic Park, Glasgow Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	McGregor  78'	Report

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 19:00	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v	Celtic	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 21:05	Napoli	1–3	RB Leipzig	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
	Ounas  52'	Report	Werner  61', 90+3' Bruma  74'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 19:00	RB Leipzig	v	Napoli	Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
		Report

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13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) 18:00	Red Star Belgrade	0–0	CSKA Moscow	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
		Report

21 February 2018 (2018-02-21) 18:00	CSKA Moscow	v	Red Star Belgrade	VEB Arena, Moscow
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 21:05	Lyon	3–1	Villarreal	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Ndombele  46' Fekir  49' Depay  82'	Report	Fornals  63'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 19:00	Villarreal	v	Lyon	Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 19:00	Real Sociedad	2–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Anoeta, San Sebastián Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
	Odriozola  57' Januzaj  80'	Report	Oyarzabal  27' (o.g.) Minamino  90+4'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 21:05	Red Bull Salzburg	v	Real Sociedad	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 21:05	Partizan	1–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
	Tawamba  58'	Report	Řezník  81'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 19:00	Viktoria Plzeň	v	Partizan	Doosan Arena, Plzeň
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 21:05	FCSB	1–0	Lazio	Arena Națională, Bucharest Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
	Gnohéré  29'	Report

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 19:00	Lazio	v	FCSB	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 19:00	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–3	Milan	Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
		Report	Cutrone  45' Rodríguez  64' (pen.) Borini  90+2'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 21:05	Milan	v	Ludogorets Razgrad	San Siro, Milan
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 17:00	Astana	1–3	Sporting CP	Astana Arena, Astana Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
	Tomasov  7'	Report	Fernandes  48' (pen.) Gelson  50' Doumbia  56'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 19:00	Sporting CP	v	Astana	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 19:00	Östersund	0–3	Arsenal	Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
		Report	Monreal  13' Papagiannopoulos  24' (o.g.) Özil  58'

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 21:05	Arsenal	v	Östersund	Emirates Stadium, London
		Report

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15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 19:00	Marseille	3–0	Braga	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Germain  4', 69' Thauvin  74'	Report

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) 21:05	Braga	v	Marseille	Estádio Municipal, Braga
		Report

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 23 February 2018, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The first legs will be played on 8 March, and the second legs will be played on 15 March 2018.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
	1		8 Mar	15 Mar
	2		8 Mar	15 Mar
	3		8 Mar	15 Mar
	4		8 Mar	15 Mar
	5		8 Mar	15 Mar
	6		8 Mar	15 Mar
	7		8 Mar	15 Mar
	8		8 Mar	15 Mar

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Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 16 March 2018, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The first legs will be played on 5 April, and the second legs will be played on 12 April 2018.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
	1		5 Apr	12 Apr
	2		5 Apr	12 Apr
	3		5 Apr	12 Apr
	4		5 Apr	12 Apr

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Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 13 April 2018, 13:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The first legs will be played on 26 April, and the second legs will be played on 3 May 2018.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
	1		26 Apr	3 May
	2		26 Apr	3 May

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Final

Main article: 2018 UEFA Europa League Final

The 2018 UEFA Europa League Final will be played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu on 16 May 2018. The "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16) 20:45 CEST		v		Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

External links

• UEFA Europa League (official website)