2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 12 February and ended on 29 May 2019 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, to decide the champions of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.[2]
For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the competition, where it was implemented in the final.[3]
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Qualified teams
changeThe knockout phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualify 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.
Europa League group stage winners and runners-up
changeGroup | Winners (seeded in round of 32 draw) |
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A | Bayer Leverkusen | Zürich |
B | Red Bull Salzburg | Celtic |
C | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Slavia Prague |
D | Dinamo Zagreb | Fenerbahçe |
E | Arsenal | Sporting CP |
F | Real Betis | Olympiacos |
G | Villarreal | Rapid Wien |
H | Eintracht Frankfurt | Lazio |
I | Genk | Malmö FF |
J | Sevilla | Krasnodar |
K | Dynamo Kyiv | Rennes |
L | Chelsea | BATE Borisov |
Champions League group stage third-placed teams
changeSeed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Seeding |
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1 | C | Napoli | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Seeded in round of 32 draw |
2 | H | Valencia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |
3 | B | Inter Milan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | |
4 | E | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 7 | |
5 | G | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 7 | Unseeded in round of 32 draw |
6 | A | Club Brugge | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
7 | F | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 6 | |
8 | D | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
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 (UCL Regulations Article 16.04).[4]
Bracket
changeRound of 32
changeThe draw for the round of 32 was held on 17 December 2018, 13:00 CET.[5]
Summary
changeThe first legs were played on 12 and 14 February, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 February 2019.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Viktoria Plzeň | 2–4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | 0–3 |
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Club Brugge | 2–5 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2–1 | 0–4 | |||||
Rapid Wien | 0–5 | Inter Milan | 0–1 | 0–4 | |||||
Slavia Prague | 4–1 | Genk | 0–0 | 4–1 | |||||
Krasnodar | 1–1 (a) | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0 | 1–1 | |||||
Zürich | 1–5 | Napoli | 1–3 | 0–2 | |||||
Malmö FF | 1–5 | Chelsea | 1–2 | 0–3 | |||||
Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | 1–4 | |||||
Celtic | 0–3 | Valencia | 0–2 | 0–1 | |||||
Rennes | 6–4 | Real Betis | 3–3 | 3–1 | |||||
Olympiacos | 2–3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–2 | 0–1 | |||||
Lazio | 0–3 | Sevilla | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||||
Fenerbahçe | 2–3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | 1–3 | |||||
Sporting CP | 1–2 | Villarreal | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||||
BATE Borisov | 1–3 | Arsenal | 1–0 | 0–3 | |||||
Galatasaray | 1–2 | Benfica | 1–2 | 0–0 |
Matches
changeViktoria Plzeň | 2–1 | Dinamo Zagreb |
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Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.
Club Brugge | 2–1 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague | 0–0 | Genk |
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Genk | 1–4 | Slavia Prague |
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Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Krasnodar |
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1–1 on aggregate. Krasnodar won on away goals.
Napoli won 5–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF | 1–2 | Chelsea |
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Chelsea won 5–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
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Eintracht Frankfurt won 6–3 on aggregate.
Valencia won 3–0 on aggregate.
Rennes | 3–3 | Real Betis |
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Real Betis | 1–3 | Rennes |
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Rennes won 6–4 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | Olympiacos |
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Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Lazio | 0–1 | Sevilla |
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Sevilla | 2–0 | Lazio |
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Sevilla won 3–0 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–1 | Fenerbahçe |
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Zenit Saint Petersburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sporting CP | 0–1 | Villarreal |
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Villarreal | 1–1 | Sporting CP |
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Villarreal won 2–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov | 1–0 | Arsenal |
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Arsenal | 3–0 | BATE Borisov |
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Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Galatasaray | 1–2 | Benfica |
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Benfica | 0–0 | Galatasaray |
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Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
changeThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 22 February 2019, 13:00 CET.[38]
Summary
changeThe first legs were played on 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2019.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Chelsea | 8–0 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3–0 | 5–0 |
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Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | Inter Milan | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||||
Dinamo Zagreb | 1–3 | Benfica | 1–0 | 0–3 (aet) | |||||
Napoli | 4–3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 3–0 | 1–3 | |||||
Valencia | 3–2 | Krasnodar | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||||
Sevilla | 5–6 | Slavia Prague | 2–2 | 3–4 (aet) | |||||
Rennes | 3–4[A] | Arsenal | 3–1 | 0–3 | |||||
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–5 | Villarreal | 1–3 | 1–2 |
Notes
- ↑ Order of legs reversed after original draw, in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Chelsea v Dynamo Kyiv match in the same city.
Matches
changeChelsea | 3–0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Dynamo Kyiv | 0–5 | Chelsea |
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Chelsea won 8–0 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.
Benfica | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Dinamo Zagreb |
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Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg | 3–1 | Napoli |
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Napoli won 4–3 on aggregate.
Krasnodar | 1–1 | Valencia |
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Valencia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sevilla | 2–2 | Slavia Prague |
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Slavia Prague | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Sevilla |
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Slavia Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.
Arsenal | 3–0 | Rennes |
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Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–3 | Villarreal |
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Villarreal | 2–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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Villarreal won 5–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
changeThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 13:00 CET.[55]
Summary
changeThe first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2019.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Arsenal | 3–0[A] | Napoli | 2–0 | 1–0 |
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Villarreal | 1–5 | Valencia | 1–3 | 0–2 | |||||
Benfica | 4–4 (a) | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–2 | 0–2 | |||||
Slavia Prague | 3–5 | Chelsea | 0–1 | 3–4 |
Notes
- ↑ Order of legs reversed after original draw, in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Chelsea v Slavia Prague match in the same city.
Matches
changeArsenal won 3–0 on aggregate.
Villarreal | 1–3 | Valencia |
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Valencia | 2–0 | Villarreal |
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Valencia won 5–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate. Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals.
Slavia Prague | 0–1 | Chelsea |
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Chelsea won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
changeThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 13:00 CET (after the quarter-final draw).[55]
Summary
changeThe first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 9 May 2019.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Arsenal | 7–3 | Valencia | 3–1 | 4–2 |
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Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Chelsea | 1–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
Matches
changeArsenal won 7–3 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | Chelsea |
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Chelsea | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Eintracht Frankfurt |
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2–2 on aggregate. Chelsea won 4–3 on penalties.
Final
changeThe final was played on 29 May 2019 at the Olympic Stadium in Baku. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.[55]
Notes
change- ↑ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 30 March 2019 (round of 32 and round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
- ↑ Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Donbas Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
- ↑ The Sevilla v Lazio match was scheduled on 20 February in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Real Betis v Rennes match, in the same city.
- ↑ The Fenerbahçe v Zenit Saint Petersburg match was scheduled on 12 February in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Galatasaray v Benfica match, in the same city.
References
change- ↑ "2018/19 Europa League match and draw calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA.com. 25 February 2018.
- ↑ "VAR to be used in UEFA Champions League knockout phase". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ↑ "2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ↑ "UEFA Europa League round of 32 draw". UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Viktoria Plzeň vs. Dinamo Zagreb". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Club Brugge vs. Salzburg". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ↑ "Salzburg vs. Club Brugge". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ "Rapid Wien vs. Internazionale". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Slavia Praha vs. Genk". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen vs. Krasnodar". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Shakhtar Donetsk". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Real Betis vs. Rennes". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ↑ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Dynamo Kyiv". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv vs. Olympiakos Piraeus". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ "Lazio vs. Sevilla". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Fenerbahçe vs. Zenit". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ↑ "Zenit vs. Fenerbahçe". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ "Sporting CP vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Arsenal vs. BATE". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ "Galatasaray vs. Benfica". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ↑ "Benfica vs. Galatasaray". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Internazionale vs. Eintracht Frankfurt". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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- ↑ "Benfica vs. Dinamo Zagreb". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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- ↑ "Valencia vs. Krasnodar". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ↑ "Krasnodar vs. Valencia". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ "Sevilla vs. Slavia Praha". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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- ↑ "Arsenal vs. Rennes". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ "Zenit vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ↑ "Villarreal vs. Zenit". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 "UEFA Europa League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws". UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Arsenal vs. Napoli". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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- ↑ "Villarreal vs. Valencia". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ "Valencia vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ "Benfica vs. Eintracht Frankfurt". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Benfica". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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- ↑ "Chelsea vs. Slavia Praha". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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- ↑ "Valencia vs. Arsenal". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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