2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase was a knockout stage which began on 13 February and ended on 16 May 2018 with the last game at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, France, to decide the champions of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams compete in the knockout stage.

Round and draw dates
The schedule of the knockout phase was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

 Round Draw First leg Second leg Round of 32  11 December 2017  15 February 2018  22 February 2018 Round of 16  23 February 2018  8 March 2018  15 March 2018 Quarter-finals  16 March 2018  5 April 2018  12 April 2018 Semi-finals 13 April 2018  26 April 2018  3 May 2018 Final 16 May 2018 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Matches where also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the normal Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Qualified teams

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up
GroupWinners(seeded in round of 32 draw)Runners-up(unseeded in round of 32 draw)A Villarreal AstanaB Dynamo Kyiv PartizanC Braga Ludogorets RazgradD Milan AEK AthensE Atalanta LyonF Lokomotiv Moscow CopenhagenG Viktoria Plzeň FCSBH Arsenal Red Star BelgradeI Red Bull Salzburg MarseilleJ Athletic Bilbao ÖstersundK Lazio NiceL Zenit Saint Petersburg Real Sociedad

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 11 December 2017, 13:00 CET.

Summary

The first legs were played on 13 and 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2018.

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Matches

Borussia Dortmund won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Moscow won 4–2 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Dynamo Kyiv won on away goals.

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 3–1 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate. RB Leipzig won on away goals.

CSKA

CSKA Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.

Lyon won 4–1 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Viktoria Plzeň won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lazio won 5–2 on aggregate.

Milan won 4–0 on aggregate.

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.

Arsenal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2018, 13:00 CET.

Summary

The first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2018.

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Matches

Lazio won 4–2 on aggregate.

RB Leipzig won 3–2 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate. CSKA Moscow won on away goals.

Marseille won 5–2 on aggregate.

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 13:00 CET.

For the first time since the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, all the eight teams at this stage represented different national associations.

Summary

The first legs were played on 5 April, and the second legs were played on 12 April 2018.

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Matches

Marseille won 5–3 on aggregate.

Arsenal won 6–3 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg won 6–5 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 12:00 CEST.

Summary

The first legs were played on 26 April, and the second legs were played on 3 May 2018.

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Matches

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu on 16 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

Notes

References

Other websites
UEFA Europa League (official website)

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