2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 20 February with the round of 32 and will end on 21 August 2020 with the final at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, to decide the champions of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.[1] A total of 32 teams compete 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 involves 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the 12 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
(seeded in round of 32 draw)		 Runners-up
(unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A Sevilla APOEL
B Malmö FF Copenhagen
C Basel Getafe
D LASK Sporting CP
E Celtic CFR Cluj
F Arsenal Eintracht Frankfurt
G Porto Rangers
H Espanyol Ludogorets Razgrad
I Gent VfL Wolfsburg
J İstanbul Başakşehir Roma
K Braga Wolverhampton Wanderers
L Manchester United AZ

Champions League group stage third-placed teams
Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 H Ajax 6 3 1 2 12 6 +6 10 Seeded in round of 32 draw
2 E Red Bull Salzburg 6 2 1 3 16 13 +3 7
3 F Inter Milan 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7
4 G Benfica 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7
5 D Bayer Leverkusen 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6 Unseeded in round of 32 draw
6 C Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 8 13 −5 6
7 B Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 8 14 −6 4
8 A Club Brugge 6 0 3 3 4 12 −8 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Club coefficient (UCL Regulations Article 16.04).[3]

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is still level.[2] The mechanism of the draws for each round is 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 are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final stages of the competition would feature a format change. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final would be played in a single-leg format from 10 to 21 August 2020 in the German cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen. The matches will tentatively be played behind closed doors, though spectators could be allowed subject to a review of the situation and the decisions of the national and local government.

Following the competition restart in August 2020, a maximum of five substitutions will be allowed, with a sixth allowed in extra time. However, each team will only be given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time. This follows a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.[4]

In the knockout phase, teams from the same or nearby cities (e.g., Porto and Braga) are not scheduled to play at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, an adjustment has to be made by UEFA. For the round of 32, if the two teams are drawn to play at home for the same leg, the home match of the team which are not domestic cup champions in the qualifying season, or the team with the lower domestic ranking (if neither team are the domestic cup champions, e.g. Braga for this season), will be moved from Thursday to a different day. For the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams are drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team which are not domestic cup champions in the qualifying season, or the team with the lower domestic ranking, is reversed from the original draw.[5]

Schedule

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

Following the round of 16 first legs, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[6][7] The final, originally scheduled to take place on 27 May 2020, was officially postponed on 23 March 2020.[8] A working group was set up by UEFA to decide the calendar of the remainder of the season.[9]

Knockout phase schedule
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Round of 32 16 December 2019, 13:00 20 February 2020 27 February 2020
Round of 16[lower-alpha 1] 28 February 2020, 13:00 12 March 2020 5–6 August 2020[lower-alpha 2]
Quarter-finals 10 July 2020[lower-alpha 3] 10–11 August 2020[lower-alpha 4]
Semi-finals 16–17 August 2020[lower-alpha 5]
Final 21 August 2020 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne[lower-alpha 6]
  1. The two round of 16 ties which did not play their first leg will be played on 5–6 August 2020.
  2. Round of 16 second legs originally scheduled for 19 March 2020
  3. Quarter-final, semi-final and final draws originally scheduled for 20 March 2020
  4. Quarter-final first legs originally scheduled for 9 April, and second legs 16 April 2020
  5. Semi-final first legs originally scheduled for 30 April, and second legs 7 May 2020
  6. Final originally scheduled for 27 May 2020

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

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2019, 13:00 CET.[5]

Summary

The first legs were played on 20 February, and the second legs were played on 26, 27 and 28 February 2020.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–3 Espanyol 4–0 2–3
Sporting CP 4–5 İstanbul Başakşehir 3–1 1–4 (a.e.t.)
Getafe 3–2 Ajax 2–0 1–2
Bayer Leverkusen 5–2 Porto 2–1 3–1
Copenhagen 4–2 Celtic 1–1 3–1
APOEL 0–4 Basel 0–3 0–1
CFR Cluj 1–1 (a) Sevilla 1–1 0–0
Olympiacos 2–2 (a) Arsenal 0–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
AZ 1–3 LASK 1–1 0–2
Club Brugge 1–6 Manchester United 1–1 0–5
Ludogorets Razgrad 1–4 Inter Milan 0–2 1–2
Eintracht Frankfurt 6–3 Red Bull Salzburg 4–1 2–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 5–4 Benfica 2–1 3–3
VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 Malmö FF 2–1 3–0
Roma 2–1 Gent 1–0 1–1
Rangers 4–2 Braga 3–2 1–0

Matches
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 Espanyol
 Report
Attendance: 30,435[10]
Espanyol 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
 Report
Attendance: 14,525[11]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 6–3 on aggregate.

Sporting CP 3–1 İstanbul Başakşehir
 Report
Attendance: 27,392[12]
İstanbul Başakşehir 4–1 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 5,892[13]

İstanbul Başakşehir won 5–4 on aggregate.

Getafe 2–0 Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 14,039[14]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Ajax 2–1 Getafe
 Report
Attendance: 51,487[15]

Getafe won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Porto
 Report
Attendance: 26,839[16]
Porto 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Attendance: 30,292[17]

Bayer Leverkusen won 5–2 on aggregate.

Copenhagen 1–1 Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 34,346[18]
Celtic 1–3 Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 56,172[19]

Copenhagen won 4–2 on aggregate.

APOEL 0–3 Basel
Report
Attendance: 8,191[20]
Basel 1–0 APOEL
 Report
Attendance: 14,428[21]

Basel won 4–0 on aggregate.

CFR Cluj 1–1 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 14,820[22]
Sevilla 0–0 CFR Cluj
Report
Attendance: 31,338[23]

1–1 on aggregate. Sevilla won on away goals.

Olympiacos 0–1 Arsenal
Report
Attendance: 31,456[24]
Arsenal 1–2 (a.e.t.) Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 60,242[25]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate. Olympiacos won on away goals.

AZ 1–1 LASK
 Report
Attendance: 12,526[26]
LASK 2–0 AZ
 Report
Attendance: 12,855[27]

LASK won 3–1 on aggregate.

Club Brugge 1–1 Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 27,006[28]
Manchester United 5–0 Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 70,397[29]

Manchester United won 6–1 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad 0–2 Inter Milan
Report
Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 10,024[30]
Inter Milan 2–1 Ludogorets Razgrad
 Report
Attendance: 0[31][note 3]

Inter Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 47,000[33]
Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 29,000[35]

Eintracht Frankfurt won 6–3 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 24,429[36]
Benfica 3–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 48,302[37]

Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–4 on aggregate.

VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Malmö FF
 Report
Attendance: 13,801[38]
Malmö FF 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg
Report
Attendance: 20,500[39]

VfL Wolfsburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

Roma 1–0 Gent
 Report
Attendance: 28,248[40]
Gent 1–1 Roma
 Report
Attendance: 17,557[41]

Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rangers 3–2 Braga
 Report
Attendance: 49,378[42]
Braga 0–1 Rangers
Report
Attendance: 18,113[43]

Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 28 February 2020, 13:00 CET.[44]

Summary

Six of the eight first leg matches were played on 12 March, while the remaining first legs and all second leg fixtures were postponed by UEFA due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[6] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the second legs would be played on 5–6 August 2020, with the venue to be decided between the home team's stadium and a neutral stadium in Germany. For the two ties which did not play the first leg, the matches will instead be played in a single-leg format, to be played in Germany at a venue to be determined.[45]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
İstanbul Başakşehir 1 Copenhagen 1–0 5–6 Aug
Olympiacos 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 5–6 Aug
Rangers 3 Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 5–6 Aug
VfL Wolfsburg 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 5–6 Aug
Inter Milan 5 (5–6 Aug) Getafe

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Sevilla 6 (5–6 Aug) Roma
Eintracht Frankfurt 7 Basel 0–3 5–6 Aug
LASK 8 Manchester United 0–5 5–6 Aug

Matches
İstanbul Başakşehir 1–0 Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 12,205[46]
Olympiacos 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
 Report
Attendance: 0[47][note 8]
Rangers 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Attendance: 47,494[49]
VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 0[50][note 9]
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–3 Basel
Report
Attendance: 0[52][note 12]
LASK 0–5 Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 0[53][note 13]

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals will take place on 10 July 2020.[6][54]

Summary

The matches will be played on 10 and 11 August 2020.

Matches

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals will take place on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final draw).

Summary

The matches will be played on 16 and 17 August 2020.

Matches

Final

Main article: 2020 UEFA Europa League Final

The final is scheduled to be played at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.[54]

TBD v TBD
Report

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 28 March 2020 (round of 32 and round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. LASK play their home matches at Linzer Stadion, Linz, instead of their regular home stadium Waldstadion, Pasching.
  3. The match between Inter Milan and Ludogorets Razgrad in Milan was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Italy.[32]
  4. The Red Bull Salzburg v Eintracht Frankfurt match, originally scheduled to be played on 27 February 2020, 21:00 CET in Wals-Siezenheim, was postponed to 28 February 2020, 18:00 CET, due to a storm warning.[34]
  5. Shakhtar Donetsk play their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular home stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  6. The Braga v Rangers match was rescheduled to 26 February 2020 in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Porto v Bayer Leverkusen match.
  7. All of the round of 16 second leg matches, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, were indefinitely postponed following the suspension of UEFA competitions due to a COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[6]
  8. The match between Olympiacos and Wolverhampton Wanderers in Piraeus was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Greece.[48]
  9. The match between VfL Wolfsburg and Shakhtar Donetsk in Wolfsburg was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[48]
  10. The first leg of the Inter Milan v Getafe tie, originally scheduled to be played on 12 March 2020, 21:00 CET at San Siro, Milan, was postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Italy and subsequent travel restrictions.[51] The second leg, originally scheduled for 19 March 2020, 18:55 CET at Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe, was subsequently postponed. UEFA later decided to stage the tie as a single-leg match, to be played at a neutral venue in Germany.
  11. The first leg of the Sevilla v Roma tie, originally scheduled to be played on 12 March 2020, 18:55 CET at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, was postponed date due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Spain and subsequent travel restrictions.[51] The second leg, originally scheduled for 19 March 2020, 21:00 CET at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, was subsequently postponed. UEFA later decided to stage the tie as a single-leg match, to be played at a neutral venue in Germany.
  12. The match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Basel in Frankfurt was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[48]
  13. The match between LASK and Manchester United in Linz was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Austria.[48]

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