2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 16 February and concluded on 18 May 2016 with the final at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.[1]

Times up to 26 March 2016 (round of 32 and round of 16) were CET (UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times were CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2][3][4]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
Round of 32 14 December 2015, 13:00[5] 18 February 2016 25 February 2016
Round of 16 26 February 2016, 13:00[6] 10 March 2016 17 March 2016
Quarter-finals 18 March 2016, 13:00[7] 7 April 2016 14 April 2016
Semi-finals 15 April 2016, 12:30[8] 28 April 2016 5 May 2016
Final 18 May 2016 at St. Jakob-Park, Basel

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

Format

The knockout phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the twelve groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.[1]

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, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played. The away goals rule would be again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team would advance by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time would be played, followed by penalty shoot-out 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 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[9]

Qualified teams

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 Molde Fenerbahçe
B Liverpool Sion
C Krasnodar Borussia Dortmund
D Napoli Midtjylland
E Rapid Wien Villarreal
F Braga Marseille
G Lazio Saint-Étienne
H Lokomotiv Moscow Sporting CP
I Basel Fiorentina
J Tottenham Hotspur Anderlecht
K Schalke 04 Sparta Prague
L Athletic Bilbao FC Augsburg

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 G Porto 6 4 0 2 16 6 +10 12 Seeded in round of 32 draw
2 F Olympiacos 6 3 1 2 8 13 −5 10
3 B Manchester United 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
4 E Bayer Leverkusen 5 1 2 2 9 12 −3 5
5 D Sevilla 6 2 0 4 4 11 −7 6 Unseeded in round of 32 draw
6 H Valencia 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6
7 C Galatasaray 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5
8 A Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 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.[10]

Bracket

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Villarreal112
Napoli011 Villarreal202
Sporting CP011 Bayer Leverkusen000
Bayer Leverkusen134 Villarreal246
Sparta Prague134 Sparta Prague123
Krasnodar000 Sparta Prague134
Galatasaray112 Lazio101
Lazio134 Villarreal101
Borussia Dortmund213 Liverpool033
Porto000 Borussia Dortmund325
Fiorentina101 Tottenham Hotspur011
Tottenham Hotspur134 Borussia Dortmund134
FC Augsburg000 Liverpool145
Liverpool011 Liverpool213
Midtjylland213 Manchester United011 18 May – Basel
Manchester United156 Liverpool1
Fenerbahçe213 Sevilla3
Lokomotiv Moscow011 Fenerbahçe112
Sion123 Braga044
Braga224 Braga101
Shakhtar Donetsk033 Shakhtar Donetsk246
Schalke 04000 Shakhtar Donetsk314
Anderlecht (a.e.t.)123 Anderlecht101
Olympiacos011 Shakhtar Donetsk213
Marseille011 Sevilla235
Athletic Bilbao112 Athletic Bilbao (a)112
Valencia6410 Valencia022
Rapid Wien000 Athletic Bilbao123 (4)
Saint-Étienne314 Sevilla (p)213 (5)
Basel (a)224 Basel000
Sevilla303 Sevilla033
Molde011

Round of 32

The draw was held on 14 December 2015. The first legs were played on 16 and 18 February, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 February 2016.[11]

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Valencia 10–0 Rapid Wien6–04–0
Fiorentina 1–4 Tottenham Hotspur1–10–3
Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Porto2–01–0
Fenerbahçe 3–1 Lokomotiv Moscow2–01–1
Anderlecht 3–1 Olympiacos1–02–1 (a.e.t.)
Midtjylland 3–6 Manchester United2–11–5
FC Augsburg 0–1 Liverpool0–00–1
Sparta Prague 4–0 Krasnodar1–03–0
Galatasaray 2–4 Lazio1–11–3
Sion 3–4 Braga1–22–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 Schalke 040–03–0
Marseille 1–2 Athletic Bilbao0–11–1
Sevilla 3–1 Molde3–00–1
Sporting CP 1–4 Bayer Leverkusen0–11–3
Villarreal 2–1 Napoli1–01–1
Saint-Étienne 4–4 (a) Basel3–21–2

Matches

Valencia 6–0 Rapid Wien
  • Mina 4', 25'
  • Parejo 10'
  • Negredo 29'
  • Gomes 35'
  • Rodrigo 89'
 Report
Attendance: 28,831[12]
Rapid Wien 0–4 Valencia
Report
Attendance: 39,800[13]

Valencia won 10–0 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur
 Report
Attendance: 15,200[14]
Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 34,880[15]

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.

Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Porto
 Report
Attendance: 65,851[16]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Porto 0–1 Borussia Dortmund
Report
Attendance: 32,707[17]

Borussia Dortmund won 3–0 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe 2–0 Lokomotiv Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 36,195[18]
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 15,695[19]

Fenerbahçe won 3–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 1–0 Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 15,397[20]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Olympiacos 1–2 (a.e.t.) Anderlecht
 Report
Attendance: 31,005[21]

Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.

Midtjylland 2–1 Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 9,182[22]
Manchester United 5–1 Midtjylland
 Report
Attendance: 58,609[23]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Manchester United won 6–3 on aggregate.

FC Augsburg 0–0 Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 25,000[24]
Liverpool 1–0 FC Augsburg
 Report
Attendance: 43,081[25]

Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 1–0 Krasnodar
 Report
Attendance: 14,120[26]
Krasnodar 0–3 Sparta Prague
Report
Attendance: 14,850[27]

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Galatasaray 1–1 Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 33,353[28]
Lazio 3–1 Galatasaray
 Report
Attendance: 14,019[29]

Lazio won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sion 1–2 Braga
 Report
Attendance: 9,000[30]
Braga 2–2 Sion
 Report
Attendance: 6,759[31]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Braga won 4–3 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 Schalke 04
Report
Attendance: 23,615[32]
Schalke 04 0–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Attendance: 45,308[33]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–0 on aggregate.

Marseille 0–1 Athletic Bilbao
Report
Attendance: 29,727[34]
Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Marseille
 Report
Attendance: 38,259[35]

Athletic Bilbao won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sevilla 3–0 Molde
 Report
Attendance: 28,920[36]
Molde 1–0 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 7,284[37]

Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sporting CP 0–1 Bayer Leverkusen
Report
Attendance: 26,201[38]
Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 26,585[39]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Bayer Leverkusen won 4–1 on aggregate.

Villarreal 1–0 Napoli
 Report
Attendance: 17,686[40]
Napoli 1–1 Villarreal
 Report
Attendance: 23,928[41]

Villarreal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Saint-Étienne 3–2 Basel
 Report
Attendance: 27,013[42]
Basel 2–1 Saint-Étienne
 Report
Attendance: 20,976[43]

4–4 on aggregate; Basel won on away goals.

Round of 16

The draw was held on 26 February 2016. The first legs were played on 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2016.

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 Anderlecht3–11–0
Basel 0–3 Sevilla0–00–3
Villarreal 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen2–00–0
Athletic Bilbao 2–2 (a) Valencia1–01–2
Liverpool 3–1 Manchester United2–01–1
Sparta Prague 4–1 Lazio1–13–0
Borussia Dortmund 5–1 Tottenham Hotspur3–02–1
Fenerbahçe 2–4 Braga1–01–4

Matches

Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 Anderlecht
 Report
Attendance: 23,621[44]
Anderlecht 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Attendance: 13,785[45]

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

Basel 0–0 Sevilla
Report
Attendance: 22,403[46]
Sevilla 3–0 Basel
 Report
Attendance: 35,546[47]

Sevilla won 3–0 on aggregate.

Villarreal 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen
 Report
Attendance: 16,211[48]
Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 Villarreal
Report
Attendance: 23,409[49]

Villarreal won 2–0 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Valencia
 Report
Attendance: 35,765[50]
Valencia 2–1 Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Attendance: 31,681[51]

2–2 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

Liverpool 2–0 Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 43,228[52]
Manchester United 1–1 Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 75,180[54]

Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 1–1 Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 17,482[55]
Lazio 0–3 Sparta Prague
Report
Attendance: 18,827[56]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Sparta Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.

Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur
 Report
Attendance: 65,848[57]
Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 34,593[58]

Borussia Dortmund won 5–1 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe 1–0 Braga
 Report
Attendance: 40,197[59]
Braga 4–1 Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 16,431[60]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Braga won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 18 March 2016. The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2016.

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Braga 1–6 Shakhtar Donetsk1–20–4
Villarreal 6–3 Sparta Prague2–14–2
Athletic Bilbao 3–3 (4–5 p) Sevilla1–22–1 (a.e.t.)
Borussia Dortmund 4–5 Liverpool1–13–4

Matches

Braga 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 21,645[61]
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–0 Braga
 Report
Attendance: 33,617[62]

Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–1 on aggregate.

Villarreal 2–1 Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 15,803[63]
Sparta Prague 2–4 Villarreal
 Report
Attendance: 18,201[64]

Villarreal won 6–3 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao 1–2 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 40,856[65]
Sevilla 1–2 (a.e.t.) Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 38,567[66]

3–3 on aggregate; Sevilla won 5–4 on penalties.

Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 65,848[67]
Liverpool 4–3 Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 42,984[68]

Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 15 April 2016. The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs were played on 5 May 2016.

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–5 Sevilla2–21–3
Villarreal 1–3 Liverpool1–00–3

Matches

Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 34,267[69]
Sevilla 3–1 Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 41,286[70]

Sevilla won 5–3 on aggregate.

Villarreal 1–0 Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 21,606[71]
Liverpool 3–0 Villarreal
 Report
Attendance: 43,074[72]

Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2016 UEFA Europa League final

The final was played on 18 May 2016 at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland.[73] The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.[8]

Liverpool 1–3 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 34,429[74]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv, instead of their regular stadium Donbas Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  2. ^ The Manchester United v Liverpool match was originally to kick off at 19:00 (18:00 UTC+0), but was put back to 21:05 (20:05 UTC+0) after a request from the Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.[53]

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