2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

The 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase began on 16 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 7 June 2023 with the final at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, to decide the champions of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.^[1] A total of 24 teams competed 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 involved 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	İstanbul Başakşehir	Fiorentina
B	West Ham United	Anderlecht
C	Villarreal	Lech Poznań
D	Nice	Partizan
E	AZ	Dnipro-1
F	Djurgårdens IF	Gent
G	Sivasspor	CFR Cluj
H	Slovan Bratislava	Basel

Europa League group stage third-placed teams

Group	Third-placed teams (advance to KO play-offs and unseeded in draw)
A	Bodø/Glimt
B	AEK Larnaca
C	Ludogorets Razgrad
D	Braga
E	Sheriff Tiraspol
F	Lazio
G	Qarabağ
H	Trabzonspor

Format

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, then 30 minutes of extra time were played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time would be played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.^[2] 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 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.
• 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 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 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 (Roma and Lazio, Fenerbahçe and İstanbul Başakşehir, and Anderlecht and Union SG, who share the same stadium), the first team listed played in the Europa League were not scheduled to play at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflicts, UEFA had to make adjustments. For the knockout round playoffs and a round of 16, since both teams were in the same pot and must play at home in a given leg, the home match of the team that was not the domestic cup or Europa Conference League winner, or lower domestic ranking (if neither is the domestic cup or Europa Conference League winner; i.e. Lazio and Anderlecht for this season), was moved from Thursday to Wednesday.^[3] 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 was reversed from the original draw.^[4][5]

Schedule

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

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Knockout round play-offs	7 November 2022, 14:00	16 February 2023	23 February 2023
Round of 16	24 February 2023, 13:00	9 March 2023	16 March 2023
Quarter-finals	17 March 2023, 14:00	13 April 2023	20 April 2023
Semi-finals		11 May 2023	18 May 2023
Final		7 June 2023 at Fortuna Arena, Prague

Bracket

	Knockout round play-offs							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Bodø/Glimt		0	0	0
	Lech Poznań		0	1	1			Lech Poznań		2	3	5
								Djurgårdens IF		0	0	0
															Lech Poznań		1	3	4
	Braga		0	2	2
															Fiorentina		4	2	6
	Fiorentina		4	3	7			Fiorentina		1	4	5
								Sivasspor		0	1	1
																						Fiorentina (a.e.t.)		1	3	4
	Trabzonspor		1	0	1
																						Basel		2	1	3
	Basel		0	2	2			Basel (p)		2	2	4 (4)
								Slovan Bratislava		2	2	4 (1)
															Basel (a.e.t.)		2	2	4
	Sheriff Tiraspol		0	3	3
															Nice		2	1	3
	Partizan		1	1	2			Sheriff Tiraspol		0	1	1
																													7 June – Prague
								Nice		1	3	4
																													Fiorentina		1
	Qarabağ		1	0	1 (3)
																													West Ham United		2
	Gent (p)		0	1	1 (5)			Gent		1	4	5
								İstanbul Başakşehir		1	1	2
															Gent		1	1	2
	AEK Larnaca		1	0	1
															West Ham United		1	4	5
	Dnipro-1		0	0	0			AEK Larnaca		0	0	0
								West Ham United		2	4	6
																						West Ham United		2	1	3
	Ludogorets Razgrad		1	1	2 (0)
																						AZ		1	0	1
	Anderlecht (p)		0	2	2 (3)			Anderlecht		1	1	2
								Villarreal		1	0	1
															Anderlecht		2	0	2 (1)
	Lazio		1	0	1
															AZ (p)		0	2	2 (4)
	CFR Cluj		0	0	0			Lazio		1	1	2
								AZ		2	2	4

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022, 14:00 CET.^[6]

Summary

The first legs were played on 16 February, and the second legs were played on 23 February 2023.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Qarabağ	1–1 (3–5 p)	Gent	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Trabzonspor	1–2	Basel	1–0	0–2
Lazio	1–0	CFR Cluj	1–0	0–0
Bodø/Glimt	0–1	Lech Poznań	0–0	0–1
Braga	2–7	Fiorentina	0–4	2–3
AEK Larnaca	1–0	Dnipro-1	1–0	0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol	3–2	Partizan	0–1	3–1
Ludogorets Razgrad	2–2 (0–3 p)	Anderlecht	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Matches

Qarabağ	1–0	Gent
Andrade 78'	Report

16 February 2023 (2023-2-16)

18:45 (21:45 UTC+4)

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 25,452^[7]

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Gent	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Qarabağ
Orban 74'	Report
Penalties
De Sart Cuypers Orban Marreh Van Daele	5–3	Richard Diakhaby Bayramov Benzia

23 February 2023 (2023-2-23)

21:00

Ghelamco Arena, Ghent

Attendance: 11,724^[8]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

1–1 on aggregate; Gent won 5–3 on penalties.

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Trabzonspor	1–0	Basel
Stryger Larsen 65'	Report

16 February 2023 (2023-2-16)

18:45 (20:45 UTC+3)

Şenol Güneş Sports Complex, Trabzon

Attendance: 26,184^[9]

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Basel	2–0	Trabzonspor
Amdouni 13' Zeqiri 76'	Report

23 February 2023 (2023-2-23)

21:00

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 24,428^[10]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Lazio	1–0	CFR Cluj
Immobile 45+4'	Report

16 February 2023 (2023-2-16)

21:00

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 11,690^[11]

Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

CFR Cluj	0–0	Lazio
	Report

23 February 2023 (2023-2-23)

18:45 (19:45 UTC+2)

Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 15,955^[12]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Lazio won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Bodø/Glimt	0–0	Lech Poznań
	Report

16 February 2023 (2023-2-16)

18:45

Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø

Attendance: 6,925^[13]

Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Lech Poznań	1–0	Bodø/Glimt
Ishak 63'	Report

23 February 2023 (2023-2-23)

21:00

Stadion Poznań, Poznań

Attendance: 34,017^[14]

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Lech Poznań won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Braga	0–4	Fiorentina
	Report	Jović 45+1', 60' Cabral 79', 90'

16 February 2023 (2023-2-16)

18:45 (17:45 UTC+0)

Estádio Municipal, Braga

Attendance: 13,041^[15]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Fiorentina	3–2	Braga
Mandragora 37' Saponara 58' Cabral 83'	Report	Castro 16' Djaló 34'

23 February 2023 (2023-2-23)

21:00

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 13,603^[16]

Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Fiorentina won 7–2 on aggregate.

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AEK Larnaca	1–0	Dnipro-1
García 84'	Report

16 February 2023 (2023-2-16)

21:00 (22:00 UTC+2)

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

Attendance: 4,077^[17]

Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Dnipro-1	0–0	AEK Larnaca
	Report

23 February 2023 (2023-2-23)

18:45

Košická futbalová aréna, Košice, Slovakia^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 3,527^[19]

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

AEK Larnaca won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Sheriff Tiraspol	0–1	Partizan
	Report	Gomes 45'

16 February 2023 (2023-2-16)

21:00 (22:00 UTC+2)

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 0^{[20][note 4]}

Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Partizan	1–3	Sheriff Tiraspol
Menig 13'	Report	Badolo 22' (pen.) Diop 45+1', 47'

23 February 2023 (2023-2-23)

18:45

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 8,575^[22]

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Anderlecht
Thiago 9'	Report

16 February 2023 (2023-2-16)

21:00 (22:00 UTC+2)

Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad

Attendance: 4,417^[23]

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Anderlecht	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ludogorets Razgrad
Russo 13' (o.g.) Verschaeren 68'	Report	Thiago 71'
Penalties
Refaelov Vertonghen Verschaeren	3–0	Pipa Yankov Naressi

23 February 2023 (2023-2-23)

18:45

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 15,822^[24]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

2–2 on aggregate; Anderlecht won 3–0 on penalties.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023, 13:00 CET.^[25]

Summary

The first legs were played on 7 and 9 March, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 March 2023.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Larnaca	0–6	West Ham United	0–2	0–4
Fiorentina	5–1	Sivasspor	1–0	4–1
Lazio	2–4	AZ	1–2	1–2
Lech Poznań	5–0	Djurgårdens IF	2–0	3–0
Basel	4–4 (4–1 p)	Slovan Bratislava	2–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–4	Nice	0–1	1–3
Anderlecht	2–1	Villarreal	1–1	1–0
Gent	5–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1	4–1

Matches

AEK Larnaca	0–2	West Ham United
	Report	Antonio 36', 45+2'

9 March 2023 (2023-3-9)

18:45 (19:45 UTC+2)

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

Attendance: 6,654^[26]

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

West Ham United	4–0	AEK Larnaca
Scamacca 21' Bowen 46', 49' Mubama 65'	Report

16 March 2023 (2023-3-16)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)

London Stadium, London

Attendance: 40,482^[27]

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

West Ham United won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Fiorentina	1–0	Sivasspor
Barák 69'	Report

9 March 2023 (2023-3-9)

21:00

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 16,255^[28]

Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Sivasspor	1–4	Fiorentina
Yeşilyurt 35'	Report	Cabral 44' Milenković 62' Goutas 78' (o.g.) Castrovilli 89'

16 March 2023 (2023-3-16)

18:45 (20:45 UTC+3)

New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas

Attendance: 17,864^[29]

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Fiorentina won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Lazio	1–2	AZ
Pedro 18'	Report	Pavlidis 45' Kerkez 62'

7 March 2023 (2023-3-7)

18:45

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 19,584^[30]

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

AZ	2–1	Lazio
Karlsson 28' Pavlidis 62'	Report	Felipe Anderson 21'

16 March 2023 (2023-3-16)

21:00

AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

Attendance: 18,500^[31]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

AZ won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Lech Poznań	2–0	Djurgårdens IF
Milić 39' Marchwiński 82'	Report

9 March 2023 (2023-3-9)

21:00

Stadion Poznań, Poznań

Attendance: 40,222^[32]

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Djurgårdens IF	0–3	Lech Poznań
	Report	Marchwiński 77' Kvekveskiri 90+1' Skóraś 90+2'

16 March 2023 (2023-3-16)

18:45

Tele2 Arena, Stockholm

Attendance: 25,115^[33]

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Lech Poznań won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Basel	2–2	Slovan Bratislava
Amdouni 6' Zeqiri 40'	Report	Medveděv 17' Abubakari 70'

9 March 2023 (2023-3-9)

21:00

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 13,202^[34]

Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

Slovan Bratislava	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Basel
Abubakari 10' Kucka 17'	Report	Calafiori 53' Amdouni 90+3'
Penalties
Kucka Barseghyan Lovat	1–4	Diouf Amdouni Calafiori Males

16 March 2023 (2023-3-16)

18:45

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 21,675^[35]

Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

4–4 on aggregate; Basel won 4–1 on penalties.

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Sheriff Tiraspol	0–1	Nice
	Report	Amraoui 45+3'

9 March 2023 (2023-3-9)

18:45 (19:45 UTC+2)

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 5,326^[36]

Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Nice	3–1	Sheriff Tiraspol
Laborde 30' Moffi 53' Brahimi 79'	Report	Tapsoba 54'

16 March 2023 (2023-3-16)

21:00

Allianz Riviera, Nice

Attendance: 23,070^[37]

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Nice won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht	1–1	Villarreal
Dreyer 57'	Report	Trigueros 28'

9 March 2023 (2023-3-9)

18:45

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 15,265^[38]

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Villarreal	0–1	Anderlecht
	Report	Slimani 73'

16 March 2023 (2023-3-16)

21:00

Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal

Attendance: 16,212^[39]

Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Gent	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir
Orban 35'	Report	Okaka 16'

9 March 2023 (2023-3-9)

21:00

Ghelamco Arena, Ghent

Attendance: 11,334^[40]

Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

İstanbul Başakşehir	1–4	Gent
Januzaj 88'	Report	Orban 31', 32', 34' Cuypers 37'

15 March 2023 (2023-3-15)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 8,216^[41]

Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Gent won 5–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 14:00 CET.^[42]

Summary

The first legs were played on 13 April, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2023.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lech Poznań	4–6	Fiorentina	1–4	3–2
Gent	2–5	West Ham United	1–1	1–4
Anderlecht	2–2 (1–4 p)[a]	AZ	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Basel	4–3	Nice	2–2	2–1 (a.e.t.)

Notes:

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Lech Poznań	1–4	Fiorentina
Velde 20'	Report	Cabral 4' González 41' Bonaventura 58' Ikoné 63'

13 April 2023 (2023-4-13)

21:00

Stadion Poznań, Poznań

Attendance: 41,609^[43]

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Fiorentina	2–3	Lech Poznań
Sottil 78' Castrovilli 90+2'	Report	Sousa 9' Velde 65' (pen.) Sobiech 69'

20 April 2023 (2023-4-20)

18:45

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 23,110^[44]

Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

Fiorentina won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Gent	1–1	West Ham United
Cuypers 57'	Report	Ings 45+3'

13 April 2023 (2023-4-13)

18:45

Ghelamco Arena, Ghent

Attendance: 19,037^[45]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

West Ham United	4–1	Gent
Antonio 37', 63' Paquetá 56' (pen.) Rice 58'	Report	Cuypers 26'

20 April 2023 (2023-4-20)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

London Stadium, London

Attendance: 53,475^[46]

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

West Ham United won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht	2–0	AZ
Murillo 22' Ashimeru 70'	Report

13 April 2023 (2023-4-13)

21:00

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 18,157^[47]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

AZ	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Anderlecht
Pavlidis 5' (pen.), 13'	Report
Penalties
Clasie Sugawara Reijnders Meerdink	4–1	Vertonghen Kana Sardella

20 April 2023 (2023-4-20)

18:45

AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

Attendance: 19,500^[48]

Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate; AZ won 4–1 on penalties.

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Basel	2–2	Nice
Amdouni 26' (pen.), 71'	Report	Moffi 38', 45+1'

13 April 2023 (2023-4-13)

21:00

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 21,277^[49]

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Nice	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Basel
Laborde 9'	Report	Augustin 86' Nuhu 98'

20 April 2023 (2023-4-20)

21:00

Allianz Riviera, Nice

Attendance: 29,716^[50]

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Basel won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 14:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.^[42]

Summary

The first legs were played on 11 May, and the second legs were played on 18 May 2023.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fiorentina	4–3	Basel	1–2	3–1 (a.e.t.)
West Ham United	3–1	AZ	2–1	1–0

Matches

Fiorentina	1–2	Basel
Cabral 25'	Report	Diouf 71' Amdouni 90+3'

11 May 2023 (2023-5-11)

21:00

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 34,276^[51]

Referee: François Letexier (France)

Basel	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Fiorentina
Amdouni 55'	Report	González 35', 72' Barák 120+10'

18 May 2023 (2023-5-18)

21:00

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 36,000^[52]

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Fiorentina won 4–3 on aggregate.

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West Ham United	2–1	AZ
Benrahma 67' (pen.) Antonio 76'	Report	Reijnders 41'

11 May 2023 (2023-5-11)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

London Stadium, London

Attendance: 59,412^[53]

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

AZ	0–1	West Ham United
	Report	Fornals 90+4'

18 May 2023 (2023-5-18)

21:00

AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

Attendance: 19,000^[54]

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

West Ham United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final

The final was played on 7 June 2023 at the Fortuna Arena in Prague. A draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.^[42]

Fiorentina	1–2	West Ham United
Bonaventura 67'	Report	Benrahma 62' (pen.) Bowen 90'

7 June 2023 (2023-6-7)

21:00

Fortuna Arena, Prague

Attendance: 17,363^[55]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Notes

1. CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 25 March 2023 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
2. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[18] Therefore, Dnipro-1 played at Košická futbalová aréna, Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro.
3. Sheriff Tiraspol played their home match at Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium, Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol, due to Transnistria's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
4. The match was played behind closed doors due to the possibility of Russia attempting a coup plot in Moldova.^[21]