2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The knockout phase of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League began on 18 February, and concluded with the final at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany on 12 May 2010.^[1] The knockout phase involved the 24 teams that finished in the top two in each group in the group stage and the eight teams that finished in third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage.^[1]

All times are CET/CEST.

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 had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If goals were scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, there would be a penalty shootout after extra time.

In the final, the tie was played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time would be played, followed by penalties if scores remained 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 were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or 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 was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Qualified teams

Key to colours
Seeded in round of 32 draw
Unseeded in round of 32 draw

Teams advancing from group stage

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Anderlecht	Ajax
B	Valencia	Lille
C	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hamburger SV
D	Sporting CP	Hertha BSC
E	Roma	Fulham
F	Galatasaray	Panathinaikos
G	Red Bull Salzburg	Villarreal
H	Fenerbahçe	Twente
I	Benfica	Everton
J	Shakhtar Donetsk	Club Brugge
K	PSV Eindhoven	Copenhagen
L	Werder Bremen	Athletic Bilbao

Teams relegated from Champions League group stage

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
G	Unirea Urziceni	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
A	Juventus	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8
B	VfL Wolfsburg	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
C	Marseille	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7
E	Liverpool	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
F	Rubin Kazan	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6
H	Standard Liège	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
D	Atlético Madrid	6	0	3	3	3	12	−9	3

Bracket

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

Club Brugge	1	0	1

Valencia (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
				Valencia (a)	1	4	5

				Werder Bremen	1	4	5
Twente	1	1	2

Werder Bremen	0	4	4
								Valencia	2	0	2

								Atlético Madrid (a)	2	0	2
Atlético Madrid	1	2	3

Galatasaray	1	1	2
				Atlético Madrid (a)	0	2	2

				Sporting CP	0	2	2
Everton	2	0	2

Sporting CP	1	3	4
												Atlético Madrid (a.e.t.; a)	1	1	2

												Liverpool	0	2	2
Hertha BSC	1	0	1

Benfica	1	4	5
				Benfica	1	2	3

				Marseille	1	1	2
Copenhagen	1	1	2

Marseille	3	3	6
								Benfica	2	1	3

								Liverpool	1	4	5
Lille	2	1	3

Fenerbahçe	1	1	2
				Lille	1	0	1

				Liverpool	0	3	3
Liverpool	1	3	4

Unirea Urziceni	0	1	1
																Atlético Madrid (a.e.t.)	2

																Fulham	1
Hamburger SV (a)	1	2	3

PSV Eindhoven	0	3	3
				Hamburger SV	3	3	6

				Anderlecht	1	4	5
Athletic Bilbao	1	0	1

Anderlecht	1	4	5
								Hamburger SV	2	3	5

								Standard Liège	1	1	2
Panathinaikos	3	3	6

Roma	2	2	4
				Panathinaikos	1	0	1

				Standard Liège	3	1	4
Standard Liège	3	0	3

Red Bull Salzburg	2	0	2
												Hamburger SV	0	1	1

												Fulham	0	2	2
Ajax	1	0	1

Juventus	2	0	2
				Juventus	3	1	4

				Fulham	1	4	5
Fulham	2	1	3

Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	2
								Fulham	2	1	3

								VfL Wolfsburg	1	0	1
Rubin Kazan	3	0	3

Hapoel Tel Aviv	0	0	0
				Rubin Kazan	1	1	2

				VfL Wolfsburg (a.e.t.)	1	2	3
Villarreal	2	1	3

VfL Wolfsburg	2	4	6

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 took place on 18 December 2009.^[2] The first legs were played on 16 and 18 February, and the second legs were played on 23 and 25 February 2010.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rubin Kazan	3–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	0–0
Athletic Bilbao	1–5	Anderlecht	1–1	0–4
Copenhagen	2–6	Marseille	1–3	1–3
Panathinaikos	6–4	Roma	3–2	3–2
Atlético Madrid	3–2	Galatasaray	1–1	2–1
Ajax	1–2	Juventus	1–2	0–0
Club Brugge	1–3	Valencia	1–0	0–3 (aet)
Fulham	3–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	1–1
Liverpool	4–1	Unirea Urziceni	1–0	3–1
Hamburger SV	3–3 (a)	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	2–3
Villarreal	3–6	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	1–4
Standard Liège	3–2	Red Bull Salzburg	3–2	0–0
Twente	2–4	Werder Bremen	1–0	1–4
Lille	3–2	Fenerbahçe	2–1	1–1
Everton	2–4	Sporting CP	2–1	0–3
Hertha BSC	1–5	Benfica	1–1	0–4

First leg

16 February 2010

18:45

Everton	2–1	Sporting CP
Pienaar 35' Distin 49'	Report	Veloso 87' (pen.)

Goodison Park, Liverpool

Attendance: 28,131

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

18 February 2010