2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 19 February and concluded on 27 May 2015 with the final at National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland to decide the champions of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.[1]

Times up to 28 March 2015 (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]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
Round of 32 15 December 2014, 13:00[3] 19 February 2015 26 February 2015
Round of 16 27 February 2015, 13:00[4] 12 March 2015 19 March 2015
Quarter-finals 20 March 2015, 13:00[5] 16 April 2015 23 April 2015
Semi-finals 24 April 2015, 12:00[6] 7 May 2015 14 May 2015
Final 27 May 2015 at National Stadium, Warsaw

Matches may also be 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 was 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 was played. The away goals rule was 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 advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was 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 was 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.[7] Therefore, a Ukrainian club (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk or Dynamo Kyiv) and a Russian club (Dynamo Moscow or Zenit Saint Petersburg) would not be drawn into the same tie in any round except the final.

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 Borussia Mönchengladbach Villarreal
B Club Brugge Torino
C Beşiktaş Tottenham Hotspur
D Red Bull Salzburg Celtic
E Dynamo Moscow PSV Eindhoven
F Internazionale Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
G Feyenoord Sevilla
H Everton VfL Wolfsburg
I Napoli Young Boys
J Dynamo Kyiv AaB
K Fiorentina Guingamp
L Legia Warsaw Trabzonspor

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 A Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 10 13 −3 9 Seeded in round of 32 draw
2 G Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7
3 H Athletic Bilbao 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
4 C Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7
5 D Anderlecht 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 Unseeded in round of 32 draw
6 F Ajax 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5
7 B Liverpool 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5
8 E Roma 6 1 2 3 8 14 −6 5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Club coefficient.[8]

Bracket

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
VfL Wolfsburg202
Sporting CP000 VfL Wolfsburg325
Celtic303 Internazionale112
Internazionale314 VfL Wolfsburg123
Trabzonspor000 Napoli426
Napoli415 Napoli303
Anderlecht011 Dynamo Moscow101
Dynamo Moscow033 Napoli101
AaB101 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk112
Club Brugge336 Club Brugge235
Liverpool101 (4) Beşiktaş112
Beşiktaş (p)011 (5) Club Brugge000
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk224 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk011
Olympiacos022 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (a.e.t.; a)112
Ajax134 Ajax022 27 May – Warsaw
Legia Warsaw000 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2
Villarreal235 Sevilla3
Red Bull Salzburg112 Villarreal112
Sevilla134 Sevilla325
Borussia Mönchengladbach022 Sevilla224
PSV Eindhoven000 Zenit Saint Petersburg123
Zenit Saint Petersburg134 Zenit Saint Petersburg202
Torino235 Torino011
Athletic Bilbao224 Sevilla325
Young Boys112 Fiorentina000
Everton437 Everton224
Guingamp213 Dynamo Kyiv156
Dynamo Kyiv134 Dynamo Kyiv101
Tottenham Hotspur101 Fiorentina123
Fiorentina123 Fiorentina134
Roma123 Roma101
Feyenoord112

Round of 32

The draw was held on 15 December 2014.[9][10]

Summary

The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2015.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Young Boys 2–7 Everton1–41–3
Torino 5–4 Athletic Bilbao2–23–2
Sevilla 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach1–03–2
VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Sporting CP2–00–0
Ajax 4–0 Legia Warsaw1–03–0
AaB 1–6 Club Brugge1–30–3
Anderlecht 1–3 Dynamo Moscow0–01–3
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–2 Olympiacos2–02–2
Trabzonspor 0–5 Napoli0–40–1
Guingamp 3–4 Dynamo Kyiv2–11–3
Villarreal 5–2 Red Bull Salzburg2–13–1
Roma 3–2 Feyenoord1–12–1
PSV Eindhoven 0–4 Zenit Saint Petersburg0–10–3
Liverpool 1–1 (4–5 p) Beşiktaş1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Fiorentina1–10–2
Celtic 3–4 Internazionale3–30–1

Matches

Young Boys 1–4 Everton
  • Hoarau 10'
 Report
Attendance: 20,835[11]
Everton 3–1 Young Boys
 Report
Attendance: 25,058[12]

Everton won 7–2 on aggregate.

Torino 2–2 Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Attendance: 25,725[13]
Athletic Bilbao 2–3 Torino
 Report
Attendance: 44,180[14]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Torino won 5–4 on aggregate.

Sevilla 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
 Report
Attendance: 26,850[15]
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–3 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 45,337[16]

Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.

VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 19,207[17]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Sporting CP 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Report
Attendance: 23,097[18]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

VfL Wolfsburg won 2–0 on aggregate.

Ajax 1–0 Legia Warsaw
 Report
Attendance: 46,761[19]
Legia Warsaw 0–3 Ajax
Report
Attendance: 20[20][note 1]

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.

AaB 1–3 Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 8,102[22]
Club Brugge 3–0 AaB
 Report
Attendance: 11,804[23]

Club Brugge won 6–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 0–0 Dynamo Moscow
Report
Attendance: 17,317[24]
Dynamo Moscow 3–1 Anderlecht
 Report
Attendance: 12,316[25]

Dynamo Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–0 Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 5,837[26]
Olympiacos 2–2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 Report
Attendance: 24,854[27]

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 4–2 on aggregate.

Trabzonspor 0–4 Napoli
Report
Attendance: 21,096[28]
Napoli 1–0 Trabzonspor
 Report
Attendance: 14,410[29]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.

Guingamp 2–1 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 16,191[30]
Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 Guingamp
 Report
Attendance: 54,308[31]

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

Villarreal 2–1 Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 12,532[32]
Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 Villarreal
 Report
Attendance: 26,020[33]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Villarreal won 5–2 on aggregate.

Roma 1–1 Feyenoord
 Report
Attendance: 29,292[34]
Feyenoord 1–2 Roma
 Report
Attendance: 45,000[35]

Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 0–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report
Attendance: 21,000[36]
Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–0 PSV Eindhoven
 Report
Attendance: 17,194[37]

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Liverpool 1–0 Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 43,353[38]

1–1 on aggregate; Beşiktaş won 5–4 on penalties.

Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 34,235[40]
Fiorentina 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
 Report
Attendance: 29,886[41]

Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.

Celtic 3–3 Internazionale
 Report
Attendance: 58,500[42]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Internazionale 1–0 Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 37,133[43]

Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

The draw was held on 27 February 2015.[44][45]

Summary

The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 19 March 2015.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Everton 4–6 Dynamo Kyiv2–12–5
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–2 (a) Ajax1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–1 Torino2–00–1
VfL Wolfsburg 5–2 Internazionale3–12–1
Villarreal 2–5 Sevilla1–31–2
Napoli 3–1 Dynamo Moscow3–10–0
Club Brugge 5–2 Beşiktaş2–13–1
Fiorentina 4–1 Roma1–13–0

Matches

Everton 2–1 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 26,150[46]
Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 Everton
 Report
Attendance: 67,553[47]

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–4 on aggregate.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0 Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 10,581[48]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Ajax 2–1 (a.e.t.) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 Report
Attendance: 51,756[49]

2–2 on aggregate; Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won on away goals.

Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 Torino
 Report
Attendance: 17,271[50]
Torino 1–0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 24,736[51]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 2–1 on aggregate.

VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Internazionale
 Report
Attendance: 25,374[52]
Internazionale 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg
 Report
Attendance: 38,800[53]

VfL Wolfsburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Villarreal 1–3 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 19,930[54]
Sevilla 2–1 Villarreal
 Report
Attendance: 28,784[55]

Sevilla won 5–2 on aggregate.

Napoli 3–1 Dynamo Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 17,727[56]
Dynamo Moscow 0–0 Napoli
Report
Attendance: 17,356[57]

Napoli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Club Brugge 2–1 Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 12,977[58]
Beşiktaş 1–3 Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 65,110[59]

Club Brugge won 5–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 1–1 Roma
 Report
Attendance: 23,357[60]
Roma 0–3 Fiorentina
Report
Attendance: 30,591[61]

Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 20 March 2015.[62][63]

Summary

The first legs were played on 16 April, and the second legs were played on 23 April 2015.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sevilla 4–3 Zenit Saint Petersburg2–12–2
Club Brugge 0–1[a] Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk0–00–1
Dynamo Kyiv 1–3 Fiorentina1–10–2
VfL Wolfsburg 3–6 Napoli1–42–2
Notes:
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Sevilla 2–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg
 Report
Attendance: 28,450[64]
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–2 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 18,121[65]

Sevilla won 4–3 on aggregate.

Club Brugge 0–0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Report
Attendance: 29,000[66]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0 Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 16,234[67]

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 1–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 65,535[68]
Fiorentina 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 28,058[69]

Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.

VfL Wolfsburg 1–4 Napoli
 Report
Attendance: 25,112[70]
Napoli 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
 Report
Attendance: 27,262[71]

Napoli won 6–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 24 April 2015.[72][73]

Summary

The first legs were played on 7 May, and the second legs were played on 14 May 2015.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Napoli 1–2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1–10–1
Sevilla 5–0 Fiorentina3–02–0

Matches

Napoli 1–1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 Report
Attendance: 41,095[74]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0 Napoli
 Report
Attendance: 62,344[75]

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sevilla 3–0 Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 35,840[76]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Fiorentina 0–2 Sevilla
Report
Attendance: 32,466[77]

Sevilla won 5–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2015 UEFA Europa League final

The final was played on 27 May 2015 at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland. A draw was held on 24 April 2015, after the semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[72]

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–3 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 45,000[78]

Notes

  1. ^ The Legia Warsaw v Ajax match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[21]
  2. ^ a b c d Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk played their home matches at Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, instead of their regular stadium, Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

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