2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

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The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 19 February and concluded on 27 May 2015 with the final at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland to decide the champions of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.[1]

Times up to 28 March 2015 (round of 16) were CET (UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times were CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]

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Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
Round of 32 15 December 2014, 13:00[3] 19 February 2015 26 February 2015
Round of 16 27 February 2015, 13:00[4] 12 March 2015 19 March 2015
Quarter-finals 20 March 2015, 13:00[5] 16 April 2015 23 April 2015
Semi-finals 24 April 2015, 12:00[6] 7 May 2015 14 May 2015
Final 27 May 2015 at Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw
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Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Format

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The knockout phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified 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.[1]

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 scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played. 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 advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records were seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams 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 against each other.

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[7] Therefore, a Ukrainian club (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk or Dynamo Kyiv) and a Russian club (Dynamo Moscow or Zenit Saint Petersburg) would not be drawn into the same tie in any round except the final.

Qualified teams

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up

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Champions League group stage third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 A Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 10 13 3 9 Seeded in round of 32 draw
2 G Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7
3 H Spain Athletic Bilbao 6 2 1 3 5 6 1 7
4 C Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 1 3 4 6 2 7
5 D Belgium Anderlecht 6 1 3 2 8 10 2 6 Unseeded in round of 32 draw
6 F Netherlands Ajax 6 1 2 3 8 10 2 5
7 B England Liverpool 6 1 2 3 5 9 4 5
8 E Italy Roma 6 1 2 3 8 14 6 5
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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Club coefficient.[8]

Bracket

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Germany VfL Wolfsburg202
Portugal Sporting CP000 Germany VfL Wolfsburg325
Scotland Celtic303Italy Internazionale112
Italy Internazionale314 Germany VfL Wolfsburg123
Turkey Trabzonspor000Italy Napoli426
Italy Napoli415 Italy Napoli303
Belgium Anderlecht011Russia Dynamo Moscow101
Russia Dynamo Moscow033 Italy Napoli101
Denmark AaB101Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk112
Belgium Club Brugge336 Belgium Club Brugge235
England Liverpool101 (4)Turkey Beşiktaş112
Turkey Beşiktaş (p)011 (5) Belgium Club Brugge000
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk224Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk011
Greece Olympiacos022 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (a.e.t.; a)112
Netherlands Ajax134Netherlands Ajax022 27 May – Warsaw
Poland Legia Warsaw000 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2
Spain Villarreal235Spain Sevilla3
Austria Red Bull Salzburg112 Spain Villarreal112
Spain Sevilla134Spain Sevilla325
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach022 Spain Sevilla224
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven000Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg123
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg134 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg202
Italy Torino235Italy Torino011
Spain Athletic Bilbao224 Spain Sevilla325
Switzerland Young Boys112Italy Fiorentina000
England Everton437 England Everton224
France Guingamp213Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv156
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv134 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv101
England Tottenham Hotspur101Italy Fiorentina123
Italy Fiorentina123 Italy Fiorentina134
Italy Roma123Italy Roma101
Netherlands Feyenoord112

Round of 32

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The draw was held on 15 December 2014.[9][10]

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The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2015.

Matches

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Young Boys Switzerland1–4England Everton
Hoarau 10' Report Lukaku 24', 39', 58'
Coleman 28'
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Attendance: 20,835[11]
More information Everton, 3–1 ...
Everton England3–1Switzerland Young Boys
Lukaku 25' (pen.), 30'
Mirallas 42'
Report Sanogo 13'
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Everton won 7–2 on aggregate.


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More information Athletic Bilbao, 2–3 ...
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Attendance: 44,180[14]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Torino won 5–4 on aggregate.


More information Sevilla, 1–0 ...
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More information Borussia Mönchengladbach, 2–3 ...
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Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information VfL Wolfsburg, 2–0 ...
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Attendance: 19,207[17]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
More information Sporting CP, 0–0 ...
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VfL Wolfsburg won 2–0 on aggregate.


More information Ajax, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 46,761[19]
More information Legia Warsaw, 0–3 ...
Legia Warsaw Poland0–3Netherlands Ajax
Report Milik 11', 43'
Viergever 13'
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Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.


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More information Club Brugge, 3–0 ...
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Club Brugge won 6–1 on aggregate.


More information Anderlecht, 0–0 ...
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More information Dynamo Moscow, 3–1 ...
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Attendance: 12,316[25]

Dynamo Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.


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More information Olympiacos, 2–2 ...
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Trabzonspor, 0–4 ...
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More information Napoli, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 14,410[29]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.


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More information Dynamo Kyiv, 3–1 ...
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Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.


More information Villarreal, 2–1 ...
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Attendance: 12,532[32]
More information Red Bull Salzburg, 1–3 ...
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Villarreal won 5–2 on aggregate.


More information Roma, 1–1 ...
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Attendance: 29,292[34]
More information Feyenoord, 1–2 ...
Feyenoord Netherlands1–2Italy Roma
Manu 57' Report Ljajić 45+2'
Gervinho 60'
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Attendance: 45,000[35]

Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information PSV Eindhoven, 0–1 ...
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More information Zenit Saint Petersburg, 3–0 ...
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Zenit Saint Petersburg won 4–0 on aggregate.


More information Liverpool, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 43,353[38]
More information Beşiktaş, 1–0 (a.e.t.) ...
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1–1 on aggregate; Beşiktaş won 5–4 on penalties.


More information Tottenham Hotspur, 1–1 ...
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More information Fiorentina, 2–0 ...
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Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information Celtic, 3–3 ...
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Attendance: 58,500[42]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
More information Internazionale, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 37,133[43]

Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

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The draw was held on 27 February 2015.[44][45]

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The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 19 March 2015.

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More information Everton, 2–1 ...
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Attendance: 67,553[47]

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–4 on aggregate.


More information Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 10,581[48]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
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2–2 on aggregate; Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won on away goals.


More information Zenit Saint Petersburg, 2–0 ...
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Attendance: 24,736[51]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information VfL Wolfsburg, 3–1 ...
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More information Internazionale, 1–2 ...
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Attendance: 38,800[53]

VfL Wolfsburg won 5–2 on aggregate.


More information Villarreal, 1–3 ...
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Attendance: 19,930[54]
More information Sevilla, 2–1 ...
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Sevilla won 5–2 on aggregate.


More information Napoli, 3–1 ...
Napoli Italy3–1Russia Dynamo Moscow
Higuaín 25', 31' (pen.), 55' Report Kurányi 2'
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More information Dynamo Moscow, 0–0 ...
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Attendance: 17,356[57]

Napoli won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information Club Brugge, 2–1 ...
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More information Beşiktaş, 1–3 ...
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Club Brugge won 5–2 on aggregate.


More information Fiorentina, 1–1 ...
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More information Roma, 0–3 ...
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Attendance: 30,591[61]

Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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The draw was held on 20 March 2015.[62][63]

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The first legs were played on 16 April, and the second legs were played on 23 April 2015.

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    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

More information Sevilla, 2–1 ...
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Sevilla won 4–3 on aggregate.


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More information Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 1–0 ...
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 1–0 on aggregate.


More information Dynamo Kyiv, 1–1 ...
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Attendance: 65,535[68]
More information Fiorentina, 2–0 ...
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Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information VfL Wolfsburg, 1–4 ...
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More information Napoli, 2–2 ...
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Attendance: 27,262[71]

Napoli won 6–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The draw was held on 24 April 2015.[72][73]

Summary

The first legs were played on 7 May, and the second legs were played on 14 May 2015.

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Napoli Italy 1–2 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–1 0–1
Sevilla Spain 5–0 Italy Fiorentina 3–0 2–0
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Matches

More information Napoli, 1–1 ...
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Sevilla, 3–0 ...
Sevilla Spain3–0Italy Fiorentina
Vidal 17', 52'
Gameiro 75'
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Sevilla won 5–0 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played on 27 May 2015 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. A draw was held on 24 April 2015, after the semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[72]

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Attendance: 45,000[78]

Notes

  1. The Legia Warsaw v Ajax match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[21]
  2. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk played their home matches at Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, instead of their regular stadium, Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

References

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