The 2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 15 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 22 May 2024 with the

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, Republic of Ireland, to decide the champions of the

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. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase. Times are

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/ CEST, 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

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, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Format

Each tie in the

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, 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

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was played (the

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was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a

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. 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.

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. 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 would be 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 ( Benfica and

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

) 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 play-offs and a round of 16, if the two teams are in the same seeding pot and must play at home for the same 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. Sporting CP for this season), was moved from Thursday to Wednesday. 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 would be reversed from the original draw.

Bracket

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023, 13:00

Summary

The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 22 February 2024.

Matches

''2–2 on aggregate; Roma won 4–2 on penalties.'' ---- ''Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''SC Freiburg won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Qarabağ won 6–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sparta Prague won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Marseille won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 12:00

Summary

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2024.

Matches

''Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Marseille won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Roma won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''West Ham United won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Atalanta won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayer Leverkusen won 5–4 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 13:00

Summary

The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2024.

Matches

''Roma won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Atalanta won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Marseille won 4–2 on penalties.''

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 13:00

, after the quarter-final draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 9 May 2024.

Matches

''Atalanta won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayer Leverkusen won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Final

The final was played on 22 May 2024 at the

. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Notes

References

External links

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