2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

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The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase began on 17 February with the knockout round play-offs and will end on 25 May 2022 with the final at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1] A total of 24 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 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 Europa League group stage.

Europa Conference 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 Austria LASK Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
B Belgium Gent Serbia Partizan
C Italy Roma Norway Bodø/Glimt
D Netherlands AZ Denmark Randers
E Netherlands Feyenoord Czech Republic Slavia Prague
F Denmark Copenhagen Greece PAOK
G France Rennes Netherlands Vitesse
H Switzerland Basel Azerbaijan Qarabağ

Europa League group stage third-placed teams[]

Group Third-placed teams
(advance to KO play-offs
and unseeded in draw)
A Czech Republic Sparta Prague
B Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
C England Leicester City
D Turkey Fenerbahçe
E France Marseille
F Denmark Midtjylland
G Scotland Celtic
H Austria Rapid Wien

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, then 30 minutes of extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score is still level at the end of 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 knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Europa 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. Since the identity of the Group G runners-up was not known at the time of the draw (due to the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Rennes not being played as scheduled), and could be either Tottenham Hotspur or Vitesse, they could not be drawn against Leicester City or PSV Eindhoven.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, 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 is played at a neutral venue).

Schedule[]

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

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Knockout round play-offs 13 December 2021, 14:00 17 February 2022 24 February 2022
Round of 16 25 February 2022, 13:00 10 March 2022 17 March 2022
Quarter-finals 18 March 2022, 15:00 7 April 2022 14 April 2022
Semi-finals 28 April 2022 5 May 2022
Final 25 May 2022 at Arena Kombëtare, Tirana

Bracket[]

Knockout round play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                            
England Leicester City437
Denmark Randers112
England Leicester City213
France Rennes022
England Leicester City   
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven   
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven112
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv011
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven448
Denmark Copenhagen404
Winners of quarter-final 4   
Winners of quarter-final 1   
Scotland Celtic101
Norway Bodø/Glimt325
Norway Bodø/Glimt (a.e.t.)224
Netherlands AZ123
Norway Bodø/Glimt   
Italy Roma   
Austria Rapid Wien202
Netherlands Vitesse123
Netherlands Vitesse011
Italy Roma112
25 May – Tirana
Winners of semi-final 1 
Winners of semi-final 2 
Czech Republic Sparta Prague011
Serbia Partizan123
Serbia Partizan213
Netherlands Feyenoord538
Netherlands Feyenoord   
Czech Republic Slavia Prague   
Turkey Fenerbahçe224
Czech Republic Slavia Prague336
Czech Republic Slavia Prague437
Austria LASK145
Winners of quarter-final 2   
Winners of quarter-final 3   
France Marseille336
Azerbaijan Qarabağ101
France Marseille224
Switzerland Basel112
France Marseille   
Greece PAOK   
Denmark Midtjylland112 (3)
Greece PAOK (p)022 (5)
Greece PAOK123
Belgium Gent011

Knockout round play-offs[]

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021, 14:00 CET.[3]

Summary[]

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 6–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 3–1 3–0
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 2–1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 1–1
Fenerbahçe Turkey 4–6 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–3 2–3
Midtjylland Denmark 2–2 (3–5 p) Greece PAOK 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Leicester City England 7–2 Denmark Randers 4–1 3–1
Celtic Scotland 1–5 Norway Bodø/Glimt 1–3 0–2
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–3 Serbia Partizan 0–1 1–2
Rapid Wien Austria 2–3 Netherlands Vitesse 2–1 0–2

Matches[]

Marseille France3–1Azerbaijan Qarabağ
  • Milik 41', 44'
  • Payet 90+2'
 Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 25,713[4]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan0–3France Marseille
Report
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku[note 2]
Attendance: 27,783[5]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Marseille won 6–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–0Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
 Report
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 14,280[6]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel1–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
 Report
Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 28,058[7]
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

PSV Eindhoven won 2–1 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe Turkey2–3Czech Republic Slavia Prague
 Report
Attendance: 30,094[8]
Referee: (Italy)
Slavia Prague Czech Republic3–2Turkey Fenerbahçe
  • Schranz 19'
  • Sor 27', 63'
 Report
Attendance: 10,120[9]
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

Slavia Prague won 6–4 on aggregate.

Midtjylland Denmark1–0Greece PAOK
  • Andersson 20'
 Report
MCH Arena, Herning
Attendance: 7,088[10]
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
PAOK Greece2–1 (a.e.t.)Denmark Midtjylland
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 7,468[11]
Referee: (Belgium)

2–2 on aggregate. PAOK won 5–3 on penalties.

Leicester City England4–1Denmark Randers
 Report
King Power Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 25,242[12]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Randers Denmark1–3England Leicester City
  • Odey 84'
 Report
  • Barnes 2'
  • Maddison 70', 74'
Attendance: 8,948[13]
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Leicester City won 7–2 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland1–3Norway Bodø/Glimt
  • Maeda 79'
 Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 54,926[14]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Bodø/Glimt Norway2–0Scotland Celtic
 Report
Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø
Attendance: 5,801[15]

Bodø/Glimt won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague Czech Republic0–1Serbia Partizan
Report
Attendance: 1,000[16]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Partizan Serbia2–1Czech Republic Sparta Prague
 Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,864[17]

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria2–1Netherlands Vitesse
 Report
Allianz Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 10,700[18]
Referee: (Lithuania)
Vitesse Netherlands2–0Austria Rapid Wien
 Report
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 13,517[19]
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Vitesse won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16[]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022, 13:00 CET.[20]

Summary[]

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 4–2 Switzerland Basel 2–1 2–1
Leicester City England 3–2 France Rennes 2–0 1–2
PAOK Greece 3–1 Belgium Gent 1–0 2–1
Vitesse Netherlands 1–2 Italy Roma 0–1 1–1
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 8–4 Denmark Copenhagen 4–4 4–0
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 7–5 Austria LASK 4–1 3–4
Bodø/Glimt Norway 4–3 Netherlands AZ 2–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Partizan Serbia 3–8 Netherlands Feyenoord 2–5 1–3

Matches[]

Marseille France2–1Switzerland Basel
  • Milik 19' (pen.), 68'
 Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 22,992[21]
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Basel Switzerland1–2France Marseille
  • Ndoye 62'
 Report
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 22,081[22]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Marseille won 4–2 on aggregate.

Leicester City England2–0France Rennes
 Report
King Power Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 25,848[23]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Rennes France2–1England Leicester City
 Report
  • Fofana 51'
Roazhon Park, Rennes
Attendance: 27,000[24]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Leicester City won 3–2 on aggregate.

PAOK Greece1–0Belgium Gent
 Report
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 9,098[25]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Gent Belgium1–2Greece PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 12,388[26]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.

Vitesse Netherlands0–1Italy Roma
Report
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 24,022[27]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Roma Italy1–1Netherlands Vitesse
  • Abraham 90+1'
 Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 40,435[28]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven Netherlands4–4Denmark Copenhagen
 Report
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 26,003[29]
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
Copenhagen Denmark0–4Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 30,337[30]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

PSV Eindhoven won 8–4 on aggregate.

Slavia Prague Czech Republic4–1Austria LASK
 Report
Attendance: 16,754[31]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
LASK Austria4–3Czech Republic Slavia Prague
 Report
  • Olayinka 24'
  • Bah 37'
  • Sor 62'
Attendance: 5,403[32]
Referee: (Belgium)

Slavia Prague won 7–5 on aggregate.

Bodø/Glimt Norway2–1Netherlands AZ
 Report
Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø
Attendance: 5,724[33]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
AZ Netherlands2–2 (a.e.t.)Norway Bodø/Glimt
 Report
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Attendance: 15,024[34]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Bodø/Glimt won 4–3 on aggregate.

Partizan Serbia2–5Netherlands Feyenoord
 Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,564[35]
Referee: (Italy)
Feyenoord Netherlands3–1Serbia Partizan
 Report
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 40,850[36]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 15:00 CET.[37]

Summary[]

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bodø/Glimt Norway 1 Italy Roma 7 Apr 14 Apr
Feyenoord Netherlands 2 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 7 Apr 14 Apr
Marseille France 3 Greece PAOK 7 Apr 14 Apr
Leicester City England 4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 7 Apr 14 Apr

Matches[]

Bodø/Glimt NorwayvItaly Roma
Report
Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø
Roma ItalyvNorway Bodø/Glimt
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Feyenoord NetherlandsvCzech Republic Slavia Prague
Report
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Slavia Prague Czech RepublicvNetherlands Feyenoord
Report
Marseille FrancevGreece PAOK
Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
PAOK GreecevFrance Marseille
Report
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Leicester City EnglandvNetherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report
King Power Stadium, Leicester
PSV Eindhoven NetherlandsvEngland Leicester City
Report
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Semi-finals[]

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 15:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[37]

Summary[]

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winners of quarter-final 4 1 Winners of quarter-final 1 28 Apr 5 May
Winners of quarter-final 2 2 Winners of quarter-final 3 28 Apr 5 May

Matches[]

Winners of quarter-final 4 v Winners of quarter-final 1
Winners of quarter-final 1 v Winners of quarter-final 4
Winners of quarter-final 2 v Winners of quarter-final 3
Winners of quarter-final 3 v Winners of quarter-final 2

Final[]

Main article: 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final

The final will be played on 25 May 2022 at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana. A draw was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[37]

Winners of semi-final 1 v Winners of semi-final 2

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. ^ Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  3. ^ LASK played their home match at NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, instead of their regular stadium Linzer Stadion, Linz, due to renovation.

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