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2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 17 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 18 May 2022 with the final at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 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

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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

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Group Winners
(advance to round of 16
and seeded in draw) 		Runners-up
(advance to KO play-offs
and seeded in draw)
A   Lyon   Rangers
B   Monaco   Real Sociedad
C   Spartak Moscow   Napoli
D   Eintracht Frankfurt   Olympiacos
E   Galatasaray   Lazio
F   Red Star Belgrade   Braga
G   Bayer Leverkusen   Real Betis
H   West Ham United   Dinamo Zagreb

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

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Group Third-placed teams
(advance to KO play-offs
and unseeded in draw)
A   RB Leipzig
B   Porto
C   Borussia Dortmund
D   Sheriff Tiraspol
E   Barcelona
F   Atalanta
G   Sevilla
H   Zenit Saint Petersburg

Format

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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 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. Once again, 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 was 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 (Porto and Braga, as well as Sevilla and Real Betis) 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 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. Porto and Real Betis for this season), was moved from Thursday to Wednesday.[3][4][5] 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.

Schedule

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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 13 December 2021, 13:00 17 February 2022 24 February 2022
Round of 16 25 February 2022, 12:00 10 March 2022 17 March 2022
Quarter-finals 18 March 2022, 13:30 7 April 2022 14 April 2022
Semi-finals 28 April 2022 5 May 2022
Final 18 May 2022 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville

Bracket

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Knockout round play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
  Sevilla101
  Sevilla303  West Ham United (a.e.t.)022
  West Ham United134
  Dinamo Zagreb112
  Lyon101
  Porto011
  Porto224  Lyon112
  West Ham United101
  Lazio123
  Eintracht Frankfurt213
  Real Betis112
  Zenit Saint Petersburg202  Eintracht Frankfurt (a.e.t.)213
  Eintracht Frankfurt134
  Real Betis303
  Barcelona123
  Barcelona022
18 May – Seville
  Barcelona145  Galatasaray011
  Eintracht Frankfurt (p)1 (5)
  Napoli123
  Rangers1 (4)
  RB Leipzig[A]33w/o
  RB Leipzig235  Spartak Moscow00
  RB Leipzig123
  Real Sociedad213
  Atalanta101
  Atalanta314
  Atalanta235  Bayer Leverkusen202
  RB Leipzig112
  Olympiacos101
  Rangers033
  Braga213
  Sheriff Tiraspol202 (2)  Monaco011
  Braga112
  Braga (p)022 (3)
  Rangers (a.e.t.)033
  Rangers314
  Borussia Dortmund224  Red Star Belgrade022
  Rangers426

Knockout round play-offs

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The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021, 13:00 CET.[6]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 17 February, and the second legs were played on 24 February 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sevilla   3–2   Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 0–1
Atalanta   5–1   Olympiacos 2–1 3–0
RB Leipzig   5–3   Real Sociedad 2–2 3–1
Barcelona   5–3   Napoli 1–1 4–2
Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–3   Real Betis 2–3 0–0
Borussia Dortmund   4–6   Rangers 2–4 2–2
Sheriff Tiraspol   2–2 (2–3 p)   Braga 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Porto   4–3   Lazio 2–1 2–2

Matches

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Sevilla  3–1  Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 28,372[7]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Dinamo Zagreb  1–0  Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 9,788[8]

Sevilla won 3–2 on aggregate.

Atalanta  2–1  Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 9,448[9]
Olympiacos  0–3  Atalanta
Report
Attendance: 15,835[10]

Atalanta won 5–1 on aggregate.

RB Leipzig  2–2  Real Sociedad
 Report
Attendance: 21,113[11]
Real Sociedad  1–3  RB Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 30,113[12]

RB Leipzig won 5–3 on aggregate.

Barcelona  1–1  Napoli
 Report
Attendance: 73,525[13]
Napoli  2–4  Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 37,858[14]

Barcelona won 5–3 on aggregate.

Zenit Saint Petersburg  2–3  Real Betis
 Report
Attendance: 28,936[15]
Real Betis  0–0  Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report
Attendance: 44,236[16]

Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.

Borussia Dortmund  2–4  Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 10,000[17]
Rangers  2–2  Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 47,709[18]

Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol  2–0  Braga
 Report
Attendance: 3,062[19]
Braga  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 9,423[20]

2–2 on aggregate. Braga won 3–2 on penalties.

Porto  2–1  Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 32,929[21]
Lazio  2–2  Porto
 Report
Attendance: 24,948[22]

Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022, 12:00 CET.[23]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 9 and 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers   4–2   Red Star Belgrade 3–0 1–2
Braga   3–1   Monaco 2–0 1–1
Porto   1–2   Lyon 0–1 1–1
Atalanta   4–2   Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 1–0
Sevilla   1–2   West Ham United 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Barcelona   2–1   Galatasaray 0–0 2–1
RB Leipzig   w/o[A]   Spartak Moscow Canc. Canc.
Real Betis   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 1–1 (a.e.t.)

Notes

  1. ^ a b RB Leipzig won on walkover as UEFA suspended Spartak Moscow due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[24][25][26]

Matches

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Rangers  3–0  Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 48,589[27]
Red Star Belgrade  2–1  Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 47,024[28]

Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.

Braga  2–0  Monaco
 Report
Attendance: 10,228[29]
Monaco  1–1  Braga
 Report
Attendance: 3,892[30]

Braga won 3–1 on aggregate.

Porto  0–1  Lyon
Report
Attendance: 26,309[31]
Lyon  1–1  Porto
 Report
Attendance: 54,551[32]

Lyon won 2–1 on aggregate.

Atalanta  3–2  Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Attendance: 13,134[33]
Bayer Leverkusen  0–1  Atalanta
Report
Attendance: 19,871[34]

Atalanta won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sevilla  1–0  West Ham United
 Report
Attendance: 34,728[35]
West Ham United  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 59,981[36]

West Ham United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona  0–0  Galatasaray
Report
Attendance: 61,740[37]
Galatasaray  1–2  Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 50,110[38]

Barcelona won 2–1 on aggregate.

RB Leipzig  Cancelled  Spartak Moscow
Report
Spartak Moscow  Cancelled  RB Leipzig
Report

RB Leipzig won on walkover.

Real Betis  1–2  Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 36,574[39]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Eintracht Frankfurt  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Real Betis
 Report
Attendance: 25,000[40]

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 13:30 CET.[41]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RB Leipzig   3–1   Atalanta 1–1 2–0
Eintracht Frankfurt   4–3   Barcelona 1–1 3–2
West Ham United   4–1   Lyon 1–1 3–0
Braga   2–3   Rangers 1–0 1–3 (a.e.t.)

Matches

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RB Leipzig  1–1  Atalanta
 Report
Attendance: 36,029[42]
Atalanta  0–2  RB Leipzig
Report
Attendance: 17,905[43]

RB Leipzig won 3–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Frankfurt  1–1  Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 48,000[44]
Barcelona  2–3  Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 79,468[45]

Eintracht Frankfurt won 4–3 on aggregate.

West Ham United  1–1  Lyon
 Report
Attendance: 59,978[46]
Lyon  0–3  West Ham United
Report
Attendance: 50,065[47]

West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Braga  1–0  Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 20,331[48]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Rangers  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Braga
 Report
Attendance: 48,894[49]

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 13:30 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[41]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs were played on 5 May 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RB Leipzig   2–3   Rangers 1–0 1–3
West Ham United   1–3   Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 0–1

Matches

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RB Leipzig  1–0  Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 40,303[50]
Rangers  3–1  RB Leipzig
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Attendance: 49,397[51]

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

West Ham United  1–2  Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 58,108[52]
Eintracht Frankfurt  1–0  West Ham United
 Report
Attendance: 48,000[53]

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 2022 UEFA Europa League final

The final was played on 18 May 2022 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville. A draw was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[41]

Eintracht Frankfurt  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Rangers
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 38,842[54]

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 26 March 2021 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).

References

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