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2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

The 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase began on 15 February with the knockout round play-offs and will end on 29 May 2024 with the final at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece, to decide the champions of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1] A total of 24 teams compete in the knockout phase.[2]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams edit

The knockout phase involves 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 edit

Group Winners
(advance to round of 16
and seeded in draw) 		Runners-up
(advance to KO play-offs
and seeded in draw)
A   Lille   Slovan Bratislava
B   Maccabi Tel Aviv   Gent
C   Viktoria Plzeň   Dinamo Zagreb
D   Club Brugge   Bodø/Glimt
E   Aston Villa   Legia Warsaw
F   Fiorentina   Ferencváros
G   PAOK   Eintracht Frankfurt
H   Fenerbahçe   Ludogorets Razgrad

Europa League group stage third-placed teams edit

Group Third-placed teams
(advance to KO play-offs
and unseeded in draw)
A   Olympiacos
B   Ajax
C   Real Betis
D   Sturm Graz
E   Union Saint-Gilloise
F   Maccabi Haifa
G   Servette
H   Molde

Format edit

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 is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time will be played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is 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 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 is played at a neutral venue).

Schedule edit

The schedule is 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 18 December 2023, 14:00 15 February 2024 22 February 2024
Round of 16 23 February 2024, 13:00 7 March 2024 14 March 2024
Quarter-finals 15 March 2024, 14:00 11 April 2024 18 April 2024
Semi-finals 2 May 2024 9 May 2024
Final 29 May 2024 at Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens

Bracket edit

Knockout round play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
  Ajax000
  Ajax (a.e.t.)224  Aston Villa044
  Aston Villa (p)213 (4)
  Bodø/Glimt213
  Lille123 (3)
  Sturm Graz011
  Sturm Graz415  Lille314
  Aston Villa202
  Slovan Bratislava101
  Olympiacos426
  Olympiacos (a.e.t.)167
  Olympiacos112  Maccabi Tel Aviv415
  Olympiacos (p)303 (3)
  Ferencváros000
  Fenerbahçe213 (2)
  Union Saint-Gilloise011
29 May – Athens
  Union Saint-Gilloise224  Fenerbahçe303
  Olympiacos
  Eintracht Frankfurt213
  Fiorentina
  Servette000 (1)
  Servette011  Viktoria Plzeň (p)000 (3)
  Viktoria Plzeň000
  Ludogorets Razgrad000
  Fiorentina (a.e.t.)022
  Maccabi Haifa314
  Maccabi Haifa112  Fiorentina415
  Fiorentina314
  Gent011
  Club Brugge213
  Molde202
  Molde336  Club Brugge134
  Club Brugge123
  Legia Warsaw202
  PAOK000
  Dinamo Zagreb213
  Real Betis011  PAOK055
  Dinamo Zagreb112

Knockout round play-offs edit

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023, 14:00 CET.[3]

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sturm Graz   5–1   Slovan Bratislava 4–1 1–0
Servette   1–0   Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 1–0
Union Saint-Gilloise   4–3   Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 2–1
Real Betis   1–2   Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 1–1
Olympiacos   2–0   Ferencváros 1–0 1–0
Ajax   4–3   Bodø/Glimt 2–2 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Molde   6–2   Legia Warsaw 3–2 3–0
Maccabi Haifa   2–1   Gent 1–0 1–1

Matches edit

Sturm Graz  4–1  Slovan Bratislava
 Report
Attendance: 12,817[4]
Slovan Bratislava  0–1  Sturm Graz
Report
Attendance: 19,870[5]

Sturm Graz won 5–1 on aggregate.

Servette  0–0  Ludogorets Razgrad
Report
Attendance: 13,847[6]
Ludogorets Razgrad  0–1  Servette
Report
Attendance: 6,487[7]

Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.

Union Saint-Gilloise  2–2  Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 9,015[8]
Eintracht Frankfurt  1–2  Union Saint-Gilloise
 Report
Attendance: 57,300[9]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Union Saint-Gilloise won 4–3 on aggregate.

Real Betis  0–1  Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 25,091[10]
Dinamo Zagreb  1–1  Real Betis
 Report
Attendance: 18,002[11]

Dinamo Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.

Olympiacos  1–0  Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 30,300[12]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Ferencváros  0–1  Olympiacos
Report
Attendance: 21,057[13]

Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.

Ajax  2–2  Bodø/Glimt
 Report
Attendance: 52,267[14]
Bodø/Glimt  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 7,885[15]

Ajax won 4–3 on aggregate.

Molde  3–2  Legia Warsaw
 Report
Attendance: 3,996[16]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Legia Warsaw  0–3  Molde
Report
Attendance: 27,459[17]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Molde won 6–2 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa  1–0  Gent
 Report
Attendance: 1,274[19]
Gent  1–1  Maccabi Haifa
 Report
Attendance: 60[20][note 4]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Maccabi Haifa won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16 edit

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 13:00 CET.[23]

Summary edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Servette   0–0 (1–3 p)   Viktoria Plzeň 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ajax   0–4   Aston Villa 0–0 0–4
Molde   2–4   Club Brugge 2–1 0–3
Union Saint-Gilloise   1–3   Fenerbahçe 0–3 1–0
Dinamo Zagreb   3–5   PAOK 2–0 1–5
Sturm Graz   1–4   Lille 0–3 1–1
Maccabi Haifa   4–5   Fiorentina 3–4 1–1
Olympiacos   7–5   Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–4 6–1 (a.e.t.)

Matches edit

Servette  0–0  Viktoria Plzeň
Report
Attendance: 15,354[24]
Viktoria Plzeň  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Servette
Report
Penalties
 3–1
Attendance: 11,225[25]

0–0 on aggregate. Viktoria Plzeň won 3–1 on penalties.

Ajax  0–0  Aston Villa
Report
Attendance: 52,197[26]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Aston Villa  4–0  Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 37,916[27]

Aston Villa won 4–0 on aggregate.

Molde  2–1  Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 9,267[28]
Club Brugge  3–0  Molde
 Report
Attendance: 11,858[29]

Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

Union Saint-Gilloise  0–3  Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 13,522[30]
Fenerbahçe  0–1  Union Saint-Gilloise
Report
Attendance: 35,605[31]

Fenerbahçe won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb  2–0  PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 18,562[32]
PAOK  5–1  Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 19,701[33]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

PAOK won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz  0–3  Lille
Report
Attendance: 13,825[34]
Lille  1–1  Sturm Graz
 Report
Attendance: 17,888[35]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Lille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa  3–4  Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 1,589[36]
Fiorentina  1–1  Maccabi Haifa
 Report
Attendance: 6,838[37]

Fiorentina won 5–4 on aggregate.

Olympiacos  1–4  Maccabi Tel Aviv
 Report
Attendance: 31,054[38]
Maccabi Tel Aviv  1–6 (a.e.t.)  Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 370[39]

Olympiacos won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET.[40]

Summary edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Brugge   3–0   PAOK 1–0 2–0
Olympiacos   3–3 (3–2 p)   Fenerbahçe 3–2 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Aston Villa   3–3 (4–3 p)   Lille 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Viktoria Plzeň   0–2   Fiorentina 0–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)

Matches edit

Club Brugge  1–0  PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 19,917[41]
PAOK  0–2  Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 24,738[42]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Club Brugge won 3–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos  3–2  Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 32,000[43]
Fenerbahçe  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Olympiacos
 Report
Penalties
 2–3
Attendance: 44,040[44]

3–3 on aggregate. Olympiacos won 3–2 on penalties.

Aston Villa  2–1  Lille
 Report
Attendance: 37,220[45]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Lille  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Aston Villa
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 47,093[46]

3–3 on aggregate. Aston Villa won 4–3 on penalties.

Viktoria Plzeň  0–0  Fiorentina
Report
Attendance: 11,470[47]
Fiorentina  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Viktoria Plzeň
 Report
Attendance: 19,418[48]

Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[40]

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aston Villa   2–6   Olympiacos 2–4 0–2
Fiorentina   4–3   Club Brugge 3–2 1–1

Matches edit

Aston Villa  2–4  Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 41,220[49]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Olympiacos  2–0  Aston Villa
 Report
Attendance: 33,000[50]

Olympiacos won 6–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina  3–2  Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 27,516[51]
Club Brugge  1–1  Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 26,936[53]

Fiorentina won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final edit

Main article: 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final

The final will be played on 29 May 2024 at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[40]

Olympiacos  v  Fiorentina
Report

Notes edit

  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. ^ a b Union Saint-Gilloise played their home matches at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, in Brussels, instead of their regular stadium, Joseph Marien Stadium, in Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  3. ^ a b Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Haifa played their home matches at a neutral venue.[18]
  4. ^ Due to anticipated crowd trouble in protest against the Israel–Hamas war, no spectators were allowed to the Gent v Maccabi Haifa match.[21][22]
  5. ^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Tel Aviv played their home match at a neutral venue.[18]
  6. ^ The Club Brugge v Fiorentina match was anticipated due to the Holy Blood Procession on 9 May 2024.[52]

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