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.[1] A total of 32 teams compete in the knockout stage.[2]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the knockout phase was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

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

Group Winners
(seeded in round of 32 draw)
Runners-up
(unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A   Villarreal   Astana
B   Dynamo Kyiv   Partizan
C   Braga   Ludogorets Razgrad
D   Milan   AEK Athens
E   Atalanta   Lyon
F   Lokomotiv Moscow   Copenhagen
G   Viktoria Plzeň   FCSB
H   Arsenal   Red Star Belgrade
I   Red Bull Salzburg   Marseille
J   Athletic Bilbao   Östersund
K   Lazio   Nice
L   Zenit Saint Petersburg   Real Sociedad

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

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Round of 32

<section begin=R32 /> The draw for the round of 32 was held on 11 December 2017, 13:00 CET.[3]<section end=R32 />

Summary

<section begin=SF /> The first legs were played on 26 April, and the second legs were played on 3 May 2018.

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Marseille   3–2   Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 1–2 (aet)
Arsenal   1–2   Atlético Madrid 1–1 0–1

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Matches

26 April 2018 (2018-04-26)
21:05
Marseille   2–0   Red Bull Salzburg Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 62,312[4]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Report
3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)
21:05
Red Bull Salzburg   2–1
(a.e.t.)
  Marseille Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
Attendance: 29,520[5]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Report

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.


26 April 2018 (2018-04-26)
21:05
Arsenal   1–1   Atlético Madrid Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 59,066[6]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Report
3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)
21:05
Atlético Madrid   1–0   Arsenal Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid
Attendance: 64,196[7]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Report

Atlético Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

CSKA


13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)[note 1]
18:00
Red Star Belgrade   0–0   CSKA Moscow Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 35,642[9]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Report
21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)[note 2]
18:00
CSKA Moscow   1–0   Red Star Belgrade VEB Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 18,753[10]
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Report

CSKA Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.


15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
21:05
Lyon   3–1   Villarreal Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 46,846[11]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Report
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
19:00
Villarreal   0–1   Lyon Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Attendance: 17,028[12]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Report

Lyon won 4–1 on aggregate.


15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
19:00
Real Sociedad   2–2   Red Bull Salzburg Anoeta, San Sebastián
Attendance: 19,790[13]
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
Report
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
21:05
Red Bull Salzburg   2–1   Real Sociedad Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
Attendance: 13,912[14]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Report

Red Bull Salzburg won 4–3 on aggregate.


15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
21:05
Partizan   1–1   Viktoria Plzeň Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,165[15]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Report
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
19:00
Viktoria Plzeň   2–0   Partizan Doosan Arena, Plzeň
Attendance: 10,185[16]
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Report

Viktoria Plzeň won 3–1 on aggregate.


15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
21:05
FCSB   1–0   Lazio Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 33,455[17]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
Report
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
19:00
Lazio   5–1   FCSB Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 27,597[18]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Report

Lazio won 5–2 on aggregate.


15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
19:00
Ludogorets Razgrad   0–3   Milan Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad
Attendance: 7,887[19]
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Report
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
21:05
Milan   1–0   Ludogorets Razgrad San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 17,453[20]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Report

Milan won 4–0 on aggregate.


15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
17:00
Astana   1–3   Sporting CP Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 29,737[21]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Report
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
19:00
Sporting CP   3–3   Astana Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 30,456[22]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Report

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.


15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
19:00
Östersund   0–3   Arsenal Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 7,665[23]
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Report
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
21:05
Arsenal   1–2   Östersund Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 58,405[24]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Report

Arsenal won 4–2 on aggregate.


15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
19:00
Marseille   3–0   Braga Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 21,731[25]
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
Report
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
21:05
Braga   1–0   Marseille Estádio Municipal, Braga
Attendance: 9,016[26]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Report

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

<section begin=R16 /> The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2018, 13:00 CET.[27]<section end=R16 />

Quarter-finals

<section begin=QF /> The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 13:00 CET.[28]<section end=QF />

For the first time since the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, all the eight teams at this stage represented different national associations.[29]

Semi-finals

<section begin=SF /> The draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 12:00 CEST.[30]<section end=SF />

Final

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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.[30]

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)
20:45
Marseille   0–3   Atlético Madrid Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 55,768[31]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Report

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Notes

  1. The Red Star Belgrade v CSKA Moscow match was scheduled on 13 February in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Partizan v Viktoria Plzeň match, in the same city.[8]
  2. The CSKA Moscow v Red Star Belgrade match was scheduled on 21 February in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Lokomotiv Moscow v Nice match, in the same city.[8]

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