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The knockout phase of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League began on 15 February and concluded on 18 May 2011 with the final at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The knockout phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams that finished in the top two in each group in the group stage and the eight teams that finished in third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage.[1]
Times up to end of March are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).
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 had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time were played, divided into two halves of 15 minutes each. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie waa decided via a penalty shoot-out. In the final, the tie was played as a single match. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time was played, followed by penalties if scores remained tied.
In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four better third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage (based on their match record in the group stage) were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage were unseeded. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn with each other.
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]
| Phase | Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 17 December 2010 13:00 CET |
17 February 2011 | 24 February 2011 |
| Round of 16 | 10 March 2011 | 17 March 2011 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 18 March 2011 13:00 CET |
7 April 2011 | 14 April 2011 | |
| Semi-finals | 28 April 2011 | 5 May 2011 | ||
| Final | 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin | |||
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
| Key to colours |
|---|
| Seeded in round of 32 draw |
| Unseeded in round of 32 draw |
Teams advancing from group stage
Teams relegated from Champions League group stage
The first legs were played on 15 and 17 February, and the second legs were played on 22, 23 and 24 February 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Napoli  |
1–2 |  Villarreal |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Rangers  |
3–3 (a) |  Sporting CP |
1–1 | 2–2 |
Sparta Prague  |
0–1 |  Liverpool |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Anderlecht  |
0–5 |  Ajax |
0–3 | 0–2 |
Lech Poznań  |
1–2 | Braga |
1–0 | 0–2 |
Beşiktaş  |
1–8 |  Dynamo Kyiv |
1–4 | 0–4 |
Basel  |
3–4 |  Spartak Moscow |
2–3 | 1–1 |
| Young Boys |
3–4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
2–1 | 1–3 |
Aris  |
0–3 | Manchester City |
0–0 | 0–3 |
| PAOK |
1–2 | CSKA Moscow |
0–1 | 1–1 |
| Sevilla |
2–2 (a) | Porto |
1–2 | 1–0 |
| Rubin Kazan |
2–4 | Twente |
0–2 | 2–2 |
Lille  |
3–5 | PSV Eindhoven |
2–2 | 1–3 |
| Benfica |
4–1 |  VfB Stuttgart |
2–1 | 2–0 |
BATE Borisov  |
2–2 (a) | Paris Saint-Germain |
2–2 | 0–0 |
| Metalist Kharkiv |
0–6 | Bayer Leverkusen |
0–4 | 0–2 |
First leg
Attendance: 18,812
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
| Rubin Kazan | 0–2 | Twente |
|---|---|---|
| Report | De Jong  77'Wisgerhof 88' |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 0–4 | Bayer Leverkusen |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Derdiyok 23' Castro 72'Sam 90', 90+2' |
| Napoli | 0–0 | Villarreal |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Anderlecht | 0–3 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Alderweireld 32' Eriksen 59'El Hamdaoui 67' |
| Lech Poznań | 1–0 | Braga |
|---|---|---|
| Rudņevs 72' |
Report |
| Beşiktaş | 1–4 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| Quaresma 37' |
Report | Vukojević 26' Shevchenko 50'Yussuf 56'Husyev 90' (pen.) |
| BATE Borisov | 2–2 | Paris Saint-Germain |
|---|---|---|
| Bressan 16' Gordeichuk 80' |
Report | Erdinç 29' Luyindula 89' |
| Rangers | 1–1 | Sporting CP |
|---|---|---|
| Whittaker 66' |
Report | Fernández 89' |
| Basel | 2–3 | Spartak Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Frei 36' Streller 41' |
Report | D. Kombarov 61' Dzyuba 70'Ananidze 90+2' |
| Young Boys | 2–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
|---|---|---|
| Lulić 46' Mayuka 90+3' |
Report | Lombaerts 20' |
| PAOK | 0–1 | CSKA Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Necid 29' |
Attendance: 16,951
Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)
- Notes
- Note 1: Played in Moscow at Luzhniki Stadium as there was severe cold in Kazan and Rubin Kazan's Central Stadium had a probable frozen pitch. Kickoff also moved to 13:00 CET (15:00 local time) due to cold weather.[3]
- Note 2: Kickoff moved to 17:00 CET (18:00 local time) due to cold weather.[4]
- Note 3: UEFA has limited capacity at Stadion Miejski in UEFA Europa League matches for security reasons.[5]
- Note 4: BATE Borisov played their knockout phase matches in Minsk at Dinamo Stadium as BATE Borisov's Haradski Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
Second leg
| CSKA Moscow | 1–1 | PAOK |
|---|---|---|
| Ignashevich 80' |
Report | Muslimović 67' |
CSKA Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Porto | 0–1 | Sevilla |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Luís Fabiano 71' |
2–2 on aggregate; Porto won on away goals.
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–1 | Young Boys |
|---|---|---|
| Lazović 41' Semak 52'Shirokov 76' |
Report | Jemal 21' |
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 4–3 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Rangers won on away goals.
| Liverpool | 1–0 | Sparta Prague |
|---|---|---|
| Kuyt 86' |
Report |
Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Spartak Moscow | 1–1 | Basel |
|---|---|---|
| McGeady 90+1' |
Report | Chipperfield 15' |
Spartak Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | Metalist Kharkiv |
|---|---|---|
| Rolfes 47' Ballack 70' |
Report |
Bayer Leverkusen won 6–0 on aggregate.
Villarreal won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Ajax | 2–0 | Anderlecht |
|---|---|---|
| Sulejmani 11', 17' |
Report |
Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Braga | 2–0 | Lech Poznań |
|---|---|---|
| Alan 8' Lima 36' |
Report |
Braga won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Kyiv | 4–0 | Beşiktaş |
|---|---|---|
| Vukojević 3' Yarmolenko 55'Husyev 64'Shevchenko 74' |
Report |
Dynamo Kyiv won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Manchester City | 3–0 | Aris |
|---|---|---|
| Džeko 7', 12' Y. Touré 75' |
Report |
Manchester City won 3–0 on aggregate.
Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | Benfica |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Salvio 31' Cardozo 78' |
Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Paris Saint-Germain won on away goals.
The first legs were played on 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benfica |
3–2 | Paris Saint-Germain |
2–1 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv |
2–1 | Manchester City |
2–0 | 0–1 |
| Twente |
3–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
3–0 | 0–2 |
| CSKA Moscow |
1–3 | Porto |
0–1 | 1–2 |
| PSV Eindhoven |
1–0 | Rangers |
0–0 | 1–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen |
3–5 | Villarreal |
2–3 | 1–2 |
| Ajax |
0–4 | Spartak Moscow |
0–1 | 0–3 |
| Braga |
1–08 | Liverpool |
1–0 | 0–0 |
- Note 8: Order of legs reversed after original draw due to proximity between the cities of Porto and Braga.
First leg
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Guarín 70' |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–3 | Villarreal |
|---|---|---|
| Kadlec 33' Castro 72' |
Report | Rossi 42' Nilmar 70', 90+4' |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–0 | Manchester City |
|---|---|---|
| Shevchenko 25' Husyev 77' |
Report |
| Twente | 3–0 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
|---|---|---|
| De Jong 25', 90+2' Landzaat 56' |
Report |
| Ajax | 0–1 | Spartak Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Alex 57' |
Second leg
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1–1 | Benfica |
|---|---|---|
| Bodmer 35' |
Report | Gaitán 27' |
Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Manchester City | 1–0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| Kolarov 39' |
Report |
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–0 | Twente |
|---|---|---|
| Shirokov 16' Kerzhakov 38' |
Report |
Twente won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| D. Kombarov 21' Welliton 30'Alex 54' |
Report |
Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.
Porto won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Rangers | 0–1 | PSV Eindhoven |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lens 14' |
PSV Eindhoven won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Villarreal | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen |
|---|---|---|
| Cazorla 33' Rossi 61' |
Report | Derdiyok 82' |
Villarreal won 5–3 on aggregate.
Braga won 1–0 on aggregate.
The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2011.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porto |
10–3 | Spartak Moscow |
5–1 | 5–2 |
| Benfica |
6–3 | PSV Eindhoven |
4–1 | 2–2 |
| Villarreal |
8–2 | Twente |
5–1 | 3–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv |
1–1 (a)9 | Braga |
1–1 | 0–0 |
- Note 9: Order of legs reversed after original draw due to proximity between the cities of Porto and Braga.
First leg
| Porto | 5–1 | Spartak Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Falcao 37', 84', 90+2' Varela 65'D. Kombarov 70' (o.g.) |
Report | K. Kombarov 71' |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1 | Braga |
|---|---|---|
| Yarmolenko 6' |
Report | Husyev 13' (o.g.) |
Second leg
| Spartak Moscow | 2–5 | Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Dzyuba 52' Ari 72' |
Report | Hulk 28' C. Rodríguez 45+2'Guarín 47'Falcao 54'Micael 89' |
Porto won 10–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6–3 on aggregate.
Villarreal won 8–2 on aggregate.
| Braga | 0–0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
1–1 on aggregate; Braga won on away goals.
The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs were played on 5 May 2011.
- Note 10: Order of legs reversed after original draw due to proximity between the cities of Porto and Braga.
First leg
Second leg
2–2 on aggregate; Braga won on away goals.
Porto won 7–4 on aggregate.
The 2011 UEFA Europa League final was played on 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Due to UEFA rules against corporate sponsorship outside the federation, for the final the stadium was referred to as the "Dublin Arena".
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