The 2023β24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 15 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 22 May 2024 with the final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, to decide the champions of the 2023β24 UEFA Europa League. [1] A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase. [2]
Times are CET/ CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
The knockout phase involved 24 teams: the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.
Group | Winners (advance to round of 16 and seeded in draw) |
Runners-up (advance to KO play-offs and seeded in draw) |
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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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E |
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G |
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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, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level. [2]
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
In the knockout phase, teams from the same or nearby cities ( Benfica and Sporting CP) were not scheduled to play at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflicts, adjustments had to be made by UEFA. For the knockout round play-offs and a round of 16, since both teams were drawn to play at home in a given leg, the home match of the team that was not domestic cup champions in the qualifying season, or the team with the lower domestic ranking (if neither team were the domestic cup champions, i.e. Sporting CP for this season), was moved from Thursday to Wednesday. [3] For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lowest priority would be reversed from the original draw.
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The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023, 13:00 CET. [4]
The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 22 February 2024.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Feyenoord
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2β2 (2β4 p) |
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1β1 | 1β1 ( a.e.t.) |
Milan
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5β3 |
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3β0 | 2β3 |
Lens
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2β3 |
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0β0 | 2β3 ( a.e.t.) |
Young Boys
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2β4 |
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1β3 | 1β1 |
Benfica
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2β1 |
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2β1 | 0β0 |
Braga
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5β6 |
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2β4 | 3β2 ( a.e.t.) |
Galatasaray
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4β6 |
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3β2 | 1β4 |
Shakhtar Donetsk
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3β5 |
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2β2 | 1β3 |
Roma
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4β2 |
2β2 on aggregate. Roma won 4β2 on penalties.
Milan
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Rennes
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Milan won 5β3 on aggregate.
Lens
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SC Freiburg
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Freiburg won 3β2 on aggregate.
Young Boys
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Sporting CP won 4β2 on aggregate.
Toulouse
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Benfica won 2β1 on aggregate.
QarabaΔ
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QarabaΔ won 6β5 on aggregate.
Galatasaray
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Sparta Prague won 6β4 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk
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Marseille
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Marseille won 5β3 on aggregate.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 12:00 CET. [3]
The first legs were played on 6 and 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2024.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sparta Prague
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2β11 |
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1β5 | 1β6 |
Marseille
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5β3 |
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4β0 | 1β3 |
Roma
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4β1 |
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4β0 | 0β1 |
Benfica
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3β2 |
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2β2 | 1β0 |
SC Freiburg
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1β5 |
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1β0 | 0β5 |
Sporting CP
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2β3 |
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1β1 | 1β2 |
Milan
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7β3 |
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4β2 | 3β1 |
QarabaΔ
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4β5 |
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2β2 | 2β3 |
Sparta Prague
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Liverpool
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Liverpool won 11β2 on aggregate.
Marseille
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Marseille won 5β3 on aggregate.
Roma
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Roma won 4β1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3β2 on aggregate.
SC Freiburg
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West Ham United
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West Ham United won 5β1 on aggregate.
Sporting CP
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Atalanta
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Atalanta won 3β2 on aggregate.
Milan
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Slavia Prague
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Milan won 7β3 on aggregate.
QarabaΔ
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Bayer Leverkusen
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Bayer Leverkusen won 5β4 on aggregate.
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 13:00 CET. [39]
The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2024.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Milan
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1β3 |
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0β1 | 1β2 |
Liverpool
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1β3 |
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0β3 | 1β0 |
Bayer Leverkusen
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3β1 |
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2β0 | 1β1 |
Benfica
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2β2 (2β4 p) |
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2β1 | 0β1 ( a.e.t.) |
Roma won 3β1 on aggregate.
Atalanta
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Atalanta won 3β1 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 3β1 on aggregate.
Benfica
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2β2 on aggregate. Marseille won 4β2 on penalties.
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 13:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw. [39]
The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 9 May 2024.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Marseille
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1β4 |
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1β1 | 0β3 |
Roma
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2β4 |
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0β2 | 2β2 |
Atalanta
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Atalanta won 4β1 on aggregate.
Roma
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Bayer Leverkusen
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Bayer Leverkusen won 4β2 on aggregate.
The final was played on 22 May 2024 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes. [39]
Atalanta
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