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 Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 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

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

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

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

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

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 Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Bracket

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

Knockout round play-offs

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

Summary

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

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sevilla 3–2 Dinamo Zagreb3–10–1
Atalanta 5–1 Olympiacos2–13–0
RB Leipzig 5–3 Real Sociedad2–23–1
Barcelona 5–3 Napoli1–14–2
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–3 Real Betis2–30–0
Borussia Dortmund 4–6 Rangers2–42–2
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–2 (2–3 p) Braga2–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Porto 4–3 Lazio2–12–2

Matches

Sevilla 3–1 Dinamo Zagreb
  • Rakitić 13' (pen.)
  • Ocampos 44'
  • Martial 45+1'
Report
Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 Sevilla
Report

Sevilla won 3–2 on aggregate.


Atalanta 2–1 Olympiacos
Report
Olympiacos 0–3 Atalanta
Report

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

Barcelona won 5–3 on aggregate.


Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–3 Real Betis
Report
Real Betis 0–0 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report

Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.


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

Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.


Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 Braga
Report
Braga 2–0 (a.e.t.) Sheriff Tiraspol
Report
Penalties
3–2

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


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

Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

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

Summary

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

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Rangers 4–2 Red Star Belgrade3–01–2
Braga 3–1 Monaco2–01–1
Porto 1–2 Lyon0–11–1
Atalanta 4–2 Bayer Leverkusen3–21–0
Sevilla 1–2 West Ham United1–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Barcelona 2–1 Galatasaray0–02–1
RB Leipzig w/o[a] Spartak MoscowCanc.[a]Canc.[a]
Real Betis 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt1–21–1 (a.e.t.)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c RB Leipzig won on walkover as UEFA suspended Spartak Moscow due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[24][25][26]

Matches

Rangers 3–0 Red Star Belgrade
Report
Red Star Belgrade 2–1 Rangers
Report

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
Lyon 1–1 Porto
Report

Lyon won 2–1 on aggregate.


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

Atalanta won 4–2 on aggregate.


Sevilla 1–0 West Ham United
Report
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[note 2] Spartak Moscow
Report
Spartak Moscow Cancelled[note 2] RB Leipzig
Report

RB Leipzig won on walkover after Spartak Moscow were disqualified.[note 2]


Real Betis 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 (a.e.t.) Real Betis
Report
Attendance: 25,000[40]

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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

Summary

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

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
RB Leipzig 3–1 Atalanta1–12–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 4–3 Barcelona1–13–2
West Ham United 4–1 Lyon1–13–0
Braga 2–3 Rangers1–01–3 (a.e.t.)

Matches

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

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

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

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

Summary

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

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
RB Leipzig 2–3 Rangers1–01–3
West Ham United 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt1–20–1

Matches

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

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.


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

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played on 18 May 2022 at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 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]

Notes

  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).
  2. ^ a b c Both legs were cancelled and RB Leipzig won on walkover as UEFA suspended Russian club Spartak Moscow due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[24][25][26]

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