2022–23 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Phase of the 52nd UEFA Europa League

The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 16 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 31 May 2023 with the final at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the champions of the 2022–23 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).

Qualified teams

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.

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up

Group Winners
(advance to round of 16
and seeded in draw) 		Runners-up
(advance to KO play-offs
and seeded in draw)
A England Arsenal Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
B Turkey Fenerbahçe France Rennes
C Spain Real Betis Italy Roma
D Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise Germany Union Berlin
E Spain Real Sociedad England Manchester United
F Netherlands Feyenoord Denmark Midtjylland
G Germany SC Freiburg France Nantes
H Hungary Ferencváros France Monaco

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Group Third-placed teams
(advance to KO play-offs
and unseeded in draw)
A Netherlands Ajax
B Germany Bayer Leverkusen
C Spain Barcelona
D Portugal Sporting CP
E Austria Red Bull Salzburg
F Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
G Spain Sevilla
H Italy Juventus

Format

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 draw for the knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Champions League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

In the knockout phase, teams from the same or nearby cities (Roma and Lazio, Fenerbahçe and İstanbul Başakşehir, and Anderlecht and Union SG, who share the same stadium), the second team listed played in the Europa Conference League 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 playoffs 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 the domestic cup or Europa Conference League winner, or lower domestic ranking (if neither are the domestic cup or Europa Conference League winner; i.e. Lazio and Anderlecht 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 was reversed from the original draw.[4]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Knockout round play-offs 7 November 2022, 13:00 16 February 2023 23 February 2023
Round of 16 24 February 2023, 12:00 9 March 2023 16 March 2023
Quarter-finals 17 March 2023, 13:00 13 April 2023 20 April 2023
Semi-finals 11 May 2023 18 May 2023
Final 31 May 2023 at Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Bracket

Knockout round play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Italy Juventus123
Italy Juventus134Germany SC Freiburg000
Italy Juventus112
France Nantes101
Portugal Sporting CP011
Portugal Sporting CP (p)213 (5)
Portugal Sporting CP145England Arsenal213 (3)
Italy Juventus112
Denmark Midtjylland101
Spain Sevilla (a.e.t.)123
England Manchester United415
Spain Barcelona213Spain Real Betis101
England Manchester United202
England Manchester United224
Spain Sevilla235
Spain Sevilla202
31 May – Budapest
Spain Sevilla303Turkey Fenerbahçe011
Spain Sevilla (p)1 (4)
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven022
Italy Roma1 (1)
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk112
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (p)213 (5)Netherlands Feyenoord178
Netherlands Feyenoord112
France Rennes123 (4)
Italy Roma (a.e.t.)044
Italy Roma202
Austria Red Bull Salzburg101Spain Real Sociedad000
Italy Roma101
Italy Roma022
Germany Bayer Leverkusen000
Germany Bayer Leverkusen224
Germany Bayer Leverkusen (p)235 (5)Hungary Ferencváros000
Germany Bayer Leverkusen145
France Monaco325 (3)
Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise112
Germany Union Berlin303
Netherlands Ajax011Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise336
Germany Union Berlin033

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022, 13:00 CET.[5]

Summary

The first legs were played on 16 February, and the second legs were played on 23 February 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barcelona Spain 3–4 England Manchester United 2–2 1–2
Juventus Italy 4–1 France Nantes 1–1 3–0
Sporting CP Portugal 5–1 Denmark Midtjylland 1–1 4–0
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 3–3 (5–4 p) France Rennes 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Ajax Netherlands 1–3 Germany Union Berlin 0–0 1–3
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 5–5 (5–3 p) France Monaco 2–3 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Sevilla Spain 3–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3–0 0–2
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1–2 Italy Roma 1–0 0–2

Matches

Barcelona Spain2–2England Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 90,225[6]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Manchester United England2–1Spain Barcelona
  • Fred 47'
  • Antony 73'
 Report
Attendance: 73,021[7]

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy1–1France Nantes
Report
Attendance: 41,019[8]
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Nantes France0–3Italy Juventus
Report

Juventus won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sporting CP Portugal1–1Denmark Midtjylland
 Report
Midtjylland Denmark0–4Portugal Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 9,576[11]

Sporting CP won 5–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–1France Rennes
 Report
Rennes France2–1 (a.e.t.)Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 27,781[15]

3–3 on aggregate. Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–4 on penalties.

Ajax Netherlands0–0Germany Union Berlin
Report
Union Berlin Germany3–1Netherlands Ajax
 Report

Union Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bayer Leverkusen Germany2–3France Monaco
 Report
Attendance: 27,864[18]
Monaco France2–3 (a.e.t.)Germany Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Penalties
3–5

5–5 on aggregate. Bayer Leverkusen won 5–3 on penalties.

Sevilla Spain3–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
 Report
Attendance: 29,593[20]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands2–0Spain Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 34,000[21]

Sevilla won 3–2 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg Austria1–0Italy Roma
 Report
Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
Attendance: 29,520[22]
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Roma Italy2–0Austria Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 62,593[23]

Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023, 12:00 CET.[24]

Summary

The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 16 March 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Union Berlin Germany 3–6 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 3–3 0–3
Sevilla Spain 2–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–0 0–1
Juventus Italy 3–0 Germany SC Freiburg 1–0 2–0
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 4–0 Hungary Ferencváros 2–0 2–0
Sporting CP Portugal 3–3 (5–3 p) England Arsenal 2–2 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Manchester United England 5–1 Spain Real Betis 4–1 1–0
Roma Italy 2–0 Spain Real Sociedad 2–0 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–8 Netherlands Feyenoord 1–1 1–7

Matches

Union Berlin Germany3–3Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise
 Report
Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium3–0Germany Union Berlin
 Report

Union Saint-Gilloise won 6–3 on aggregate.

Sevilla Spain2–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
 Report
Fenerbahçe Turkey1–0Spain Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 44,775[28]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Sevilla won 2–1 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy1–0Germany SC Freiburg
Report
SC Freiburg Germany0–2Italy Juventus
Report

Juventus won 3–0 on aggregate.

Bayer Leverkusen Germany2–0Hungary Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 25,001[31]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Ferencváros Hungary0–2Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report

Bayer Leverkusen won 4–0 on aggregate.

Sporting CP Portugal2–2England Arsenal
 Report
Arsenal England1–1 (a.e.t.)Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Penalties
3–5

3–3 on aggregate. Sporting CP won 5–3 on penalties.

Manchester United England4–1Spain Real Betis
 Report
Attendance: 72,998[35]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Real Betis Spain0–1England Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 54,643[36]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

Roma Italy2–0Spain Real Sociedad
Report
Real Sociedad Spain0–0Italy Roma
Report
Attendance: 35,054[38]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Roma won 2–0 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Report
Feyenoord Netherlands7–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 37,500[40]

Feyenoord won 8–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 13:00 CET.[41]

Summary

The first legs were played on 13 April, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United England 2–5 Spain Sevilla 2–2 0–3
Juventus Italy 2–1 Portugal Sporting CP 1–0 1–1
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 5–2 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 1–1 4–1
Feyenoord Netherlands 2–4 Italy Roma 1–0 1–4 (a.e.t.)

Matches

Manchester United England2–2Spain Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 72,825[42]
Sevilla Spain3–0England Manchester United
 Report

Sevilla won 5–2 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy1–0Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 38,490[44]
Sporting CP Portugal1–1Italy Juventus
 Report

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

Bayer Leverkusen Germany1–1Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise
 Report
Attendance: 30,210[46]
Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium1–4Germany Bayer Leverkusen
 Report

Bayer Leverkusen won 5–2 on aggregate.

Feyenoord Netherlands1–0Italy Roma
 Report
Roma Italy4–1 (a.e.t.)Netherlands Feyenoord
Report
Attendance: 66,742[49]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 13:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[41]

Summary

The first legs were played on 11 May, and the second legs were played on 18 May 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus Italy 2–3 Spain Sevilla 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Roma Italy 1–0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 0–0

Matches

Juventus Italy1–1Spain Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 34,816[50]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Sevilla Spain2–1 (a.e.t.)Italy Juventus
 Report

Sevilla won 3–2 on aggregate.

Roma Italy1–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Attendance: 63,123[52]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Bayer Leverkusen Germany0–0Italy Roma
Report
Attendance: 30,210[53]

Roma won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played on 31 May 2023 at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest. A draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[41]

Sevilla Spain1–1 (a.e.t.)Italy Roma
 Report
Penalties
4–1
Attendance: 61,476[54]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 25 March 2023 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. ^ a b Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[12] Therefore, Shakhtar Donetsk played at Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk.[13]
  3. ^ a b Union Saint-Gilloise played their home matches at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, instead of their regular stadium, Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  4. ^ Ferencváros played their home matches at Puskás Aréna, Budapest, instead of their regular stadium, Ferencváros Stadion, Budapest.

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