The 2015β16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 16 February and concluded on 18 May 2016 with the final at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2015β16 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase. [1]
Times up to 26 March 2016 (round of 32 and round of 16) were CET ( UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times were CEST ( UTC+2).
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [2] [3] [4]
Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
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Round of 32 | 14 December 2015, 13:00 [5] | 18 February 2016 | 25 February 2016 |
Round of 16 | 26 February 2016, 13:00 [6] | 10 March 2016 | 17 March 2016 |
Quarter-finals | 18 March 2016, 13:00 [7] | 7 April 2016 | 14 April 2016 |
Semi-finals | 15 April 2016, 12:30 [8] | 28 April 2016 | 5 May 2016 |
Final | 18 May 2016 at St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Matches may have also been played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
The knockout phase involved 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. [1]
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played. The away goals rule would be again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time would be played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
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. [9]
Group | Winners (Seeded in round of 32 draw) |
Runners-up (Unseeded in round of 32 draw) |
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A |
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B |
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C |
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D |
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E |
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F |
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G |
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H |
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I |
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J |
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K |
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L |
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Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Seeding |
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1 | G |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 | Seeded in round of 32 draw |
2 | F |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 10 | |
3 | B |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
4 | E |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 5 | |
5 | D |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 6 | Unseeded in round of 32 draw |
6 | H |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | |
7 | C |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | |
8 | A |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 |
The draw was held on 14 December 2015. The first legs were played on 16 and 18 February, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 February 2016. [11]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Valencia
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10β0 |
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6β0 | 4β0 |
Fiorentina
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1β4 |
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1β1 | 0β3 |
Borussia Dortmund
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3β0 |
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2β0 | 1β0 |
Fenerbahçe
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3β1 |
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2β0 | 1β1 |
Anderlecht
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3β1 |
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1β0 | 2β1 ( a.e.t.) |
Midtjylland
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3β6 |
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2β1 | 1β5 |
Augsburg
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0β1 |
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0β0 | 0β1 |
Sparta Prague
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4β0 |
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1β0 | 3β0 |
Galatasaray
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2β4 |
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1β1 | 1β3 |
Sion
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3β4 |
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1β2 | 2β2 |
Shakhtar Donetsk
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3β0 |
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0β0 | 3β0 |
Marseille
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1β2 |
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0β1 | 1β1 |
Sevilla
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3β1 |
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3β0 | 0β1 |
Sporting CP
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1β4 |
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0β1 | 1β3 |
Villarreal
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2β1 |
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1β0 | 1β1 |
Saint-Γtienne
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4β4 ( a) |
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3β2 | 1β2 |
Valencia won 10β0 on aggregate.
Fiorentina
![]() | 1β1 |
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Bernardeschi ![]() |
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Chadli ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur won 4β1 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund
![]() | 2β0 |
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Piszczek ![]() Reus ![]() |
Report |
Borussia Dortmund won 3β0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe
![]() | 2β0 |
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Souza ![]() |
Report |
FenerbahΓ§e won 3β1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht
![]() | 1β0 |
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Mbodji ![]() |
Report |
Olympiacos
![]() | 1β2 ( a.e.t.) |
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Fortounis ![]() |
Report |
Acheampong ![]() |
Anderlecht won 3β1 on aggregate.
Midtjylland
![]() | 2β1 |
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Sisto ![]() Onuachu ![]() |
Report |
Depay ![]() |
Manchester United
![]() | 5β1 |
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Bodurov ![]() Rashford ![]() Herrera ![]() Depay ![]() |
Report |
Sisto ![]() |
Manchester United won 6β3 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 1β0 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague
![]() | 1β0 |
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JuliΕ‘ ![]() |
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Sparta Prague won 4β0 on aggregate.
Galatasaray
![]() | 1β1 |
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SarΔ±oΔlu ![]() |
Report |
MilinkoviΔ-SaviΔ ![]() |
Lazio
![]() | 3β1 |
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Parolo ![]() Felipe Anderson ![]() Klose ![]() |
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Γztekin ![]() |
Lazio won 4β2 on aggregate.
Braga
![]() | 2β2 |
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JosuΓ© ![]() StojiljkoviΔ ![]() |
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Gekas ![]() |
Braga won 4β3 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk
![]() | 0β0 |
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Shakhtar Donetsk won 3β0 on aggregate.
Marseille
![]() | 0β1 |
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Aduriz ![]() |
Athletic Bilbao won 2β1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3β1 on aggregate.
Sporting CP
![]() | 0β1 |
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Report |
Bellarabi ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen
![]() | 3β1 |
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Bellarabi ![]() ΓalhanoΔlu ![]() |
Report |
JoΓ£o MΓ‘rio ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen won 4β1 on aggregate.
Villarreal
![]() | 1β0 |
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SuΓ‘rez ![]() |
Report |
Villarreal won 2β1 on aggregate.
Saint-Γtienne
![]() | 3β2 |
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Sall ![]() Monnet-Paquet ![]() Bahebeck ![]() |
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Samuel ![]() Janko ![]() |
4β4 on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.
The draw was held on 26 February 2016. The first legs were played on 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2016.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Shakhtar Donetsk
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4β1 |
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3β1 | 1β0 |
Basel
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0β3 |
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0β0 | 0β3 |
Villarreal
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2β0 |
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2β0 | 0β0 |
Athletic Bilbao
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2β2 ( a) |
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1β0 | 1β2 |
Liverpool
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3β1 |
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2β0 | 1β1 |
Sparta Prague
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4β1 |
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1β1 | 3β0 |
Borussia Dortmund
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5β1 |
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3β0 | 2β1 |
Fenerbahçe
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2β4 |
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1β0 | 1β4 |
Shakhtar Donetsk
![]() | 3β1 |
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Taison ![]() Kucher ![]() Eduardo ![]() |
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Acheampong ![]() |
Anderlecht
![]() | 0β1 |
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Report |
Eduardo ![]() |
Shakhtar Donetsk won 4β1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3β0 on aggregate.
Villarreal
![]() | 2β0 |
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Bakambu ![]() |
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Bayer Leverkusen
![]() | 0β0 |
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Villarreal won 2β0 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao
![]() | 1β0 |
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R. GarcΓa ![]() |
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2β2 on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.
Liverpool won 3β1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague
![]() | 1β1 |
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FrΓ½dek ![]() |
Report |
Parolo ![]() |
Sparta Prague won 4β1 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund
![]() | 3β0 |
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Aubameyang ![]() Reus ![]() |
Report |
Tottenham Hotspur
![]() | 1β2 |
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Son Heung-min ![]() |
Report |
Aubameyang ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund won 5β1 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe
![]() | 1β0 |
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Topal ![]() |
Report |
Braga won 4β2 on aggregate.
The draw was held on 18 March 2016. The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2016.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Braga
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1β6 |
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1β2 | 0β4 |
Villarreal
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6β3 |
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2β1 | 4β2 |
Athletic Bilbao
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3β3 (4β5 p) |
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1β2 | 2β1 ( a.e.t.) |
Borussia Dortmund
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4β5 |
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1β1 | 3β4 |
Shakhtar Donetsk
![]() | 4β0 |
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Srna ![]() Ferreira ![]() Kovalenko ![]() |
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Shakhtar Donetsk won 6β1 on aggregate.
Villarreal
![]() | 2β1 |
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Bakambu ![]() |
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Brabec ![]() |
Sparta Prague
![]() | 2β4 |
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DoΔkal ![]() KrejΔΓ ![]() |
Report |
Bakambu ![]() Castillejo ![]() Lafata ![]() |
Villarreal won 6β3 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao
![]() | 1β2 |
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Aduriz ![]() |
Report |
Kolodziejczak ![]() Iborra ![]() |
Sevilla
![]() | 1β2 ( a.e.t.) |
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Gameiro ![]() |
Report |
Aduriz ![]() R. GarcΓa ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Coke ![]() Krychowiak ![]() Konoplyanka ![]() Nzonzi ![]() Gameiro ![]() |
5β4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3β3 on aggregate. Sevilla won 5β4 on penalties.
Borussia Dortmund
![]() | 1β1 |
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Hummels ![]() |
Report |
Origi ![]() |
Liverpool
![]() | 4β3 |
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Origi ![]() Coutinho ![]() Sakho ![]() Lovren ![]() |
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Mkhitaryan ![]() Aubameyang ![]() Reus ![]() |
Liverpool won 5β4 on aggregate.
The draw was held on 15 April 2016. The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs were played on 5 May 2016.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Shakhtar Donetsk
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3β5 |
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2β2 | 1β3 |
Villarreal
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1β3 |
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1β0 | 0β3 |
Shakhtar Donetsk
![]() | 2β2 |
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Marlos ![]() Stepanenko ![]() |
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Vitolo ![]() Gameiro ![]() |
Sevilla won 5β3 on aggregate.
Villarreal
![]() | 1β0 |
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LΓ³pez ![]() |
Report |
Liverpool won 3β1 on aggregate.
The final was played on 18 May 2016 at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland.