2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase began on 17 February with the knockout round play-offs and will end on 25 May 2022 with the final at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 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

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
Group Winners
(advance to round of 16
and seeded in draw)		 Runners-up
(advance to KO play-offs
and seeded in draw)
A LASK Maccabi Tel Aviv
B Gent Partizan
C Roma Bodø/Glimt
D AZ Randers
E Feyenoord Slavia Prague
F Copenhagen PAOK
G Rennes Vitesse
H Basel Qarabağ

Europa League group stage third-placed teams
Group Third-placed teams
(advance to KO play-offs
and unseeded in draw)
A Sparta Prague
B PSV Eindhoven
C Leicester City
D Fenerbahçe
E Marseille
F Midtjylland
G Celtic
H Rapid Wien

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, then 30 minutes of extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score is still level at the end of extra time, the winners are 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 is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is still level.[2] The mechanism of the draws for each round is 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. Since the identity of the Group G runners-up was not known at the time of the draw (due to the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Rennes not being played as scheduled), and could be either Tottenham Hotspur or Vitesse, they could not be drawn against Leicester City or PSV Eindhoven.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association cannot 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 was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

Schedule

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

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Knockout round play-offs 13 December 2021, 14:00 17 February 2022 24 February 2022
Round of 16 25 February 2022, 13:00 10 March 2022 17 March 2022
Quarter-finals 18 March 2022, 15:00 7 April 2022 14 April 2022
Semi-finals 28 April 2022 5 May 2022
Final 25 May 2022 at Arena Kombëtare, Tirana

Bracket
Knockout round play-offsRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                            
Leicester City437
Randers112
Leicester City213
 Rennes022
Leicester City022
PSV Eindhoven011
PSV Eindhoven112
Maccabi Tel Aviv011
PSV Eindhoven448
Copenhagen404
Leicester City1  
Roma1  
Celtic101
Bodø/Glimt325
Bodø/Glimt (a.e.t.)224
 AZ123
Bodø/Glimt202
Roma145
Rapid Wien202
Vitesse123
Vitesse011
Roma112
25 May – Tirana
Winners of semi-final 1 
Winners of semi-final 2 
Sparta Prague011
Partizan123
Partizan213
 Feyenoord538
Feyenoord336
Slavia Prague314
Fenerbahçe224
Slavia Prague336
Slavia Prague437
LASK145
Feyenoord3  
Marseille2  
Marseille336
Qarabağ101
Marseille224
 Basel112
Marseille213
PAOK101
Midtjylland112 (3)
PAOK (p)022 (5)
PAOK123
Gent011

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021, 14:00 CET.[3]

Summary

The first legs were played on 17 February, and the second legs were played on 24 February 2022.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille 6–1 Qarabağ 3–1 3–0
PSV Eindhoven 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 1–1
Fenerbahçe 4–6 Slavia Prague 2–3 2–3
Midtjylland 2–2 (3–5 p) PAOK 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Leicester City 7–2 Randers 4–1 3–1
Celtic 1–5 Bodø/Glimt 1–3 0–2
Sparta Prague 1–3 Partizan 0–1 1–2
Rapid Wien 2–3 Vitesse 2–1 0–2

Matches
Marseille 3–1 Qarabağ
  • Milik 41', 44'
  • Payet 90+2'
 Report
Attendance: 25,713[4]
Qarabağ 0–3 Marseille
Report
Attendance: 27,783[5]

Marseille won 6–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 1–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 Report
Attendance: 14,280[6]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 PSV Eindhoven
 Report
Attendance: 28,058[7]

PSV Eindhoven won 2–1 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe 2–3 Slavia Prague
 Report
Attendance: 30,094[8]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Slavia Prague 3–2 Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 10,120[9]

Slavia Prague won 6–4 on aggregate.

Midtjylland 1–0 PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 7,088[10]
PAOK 2–1 (a.e.t.) Midtjylland
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 7,468[11]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

2–2 on aggregate. PAOK won 5–3 on penalties.

Leicester City 4–1 Randers
 Report
Attendance: 25,242[12]
Randers 1–3 Leicester City
 Report
Attendance: 8,948[13]

Leicester City won 7–2 on aggregate.

Celtic 1–3 Bodø/Glimt
 Report
Attendance: 54,926[14]
Bodø/Glimt 2–0 Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 5,801[15]

Bodø/Glimt won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 0–1 Partizan
Report
Attendance: 1,000[16]
Partizan 2–1 Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 13,864[17]

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien 2–1 Vitesse
 Report
Attendance: 10,700[18]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Vitesse 2–0 Rapid Wien
 Report
Attendance: 13,517[19]

Vitesse won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022, 13:00 CET.[20]

Summary

The first legs were played on 10 March, and the second legs were played on 17 March 2022.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille 4–2 Basel 2–1 2–1
Leicester City 3–2 Rennes 2–0 1–2
PAOK 3–1 Gent 1–0 2–1
Vitesse 1–2 Roma 0–1 1–1
PSV Eindhoven 8–4 Copenhagen 4–4 4–0
Slavia Prague 7–5 LASK 4–1 3–4
Bodø/Glimt 4–3 AZ 2–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Partizan 3–8 Feyenoord 2–5 1–3

Matches
Marseille 2–1 Basel
 Report
Attendance: 22,992[21]
Basel 1–2 Marseille
 Report
Attendance: 22,081[22]

Marseille won 4–2 on aggregate.

Leicester City 2–0 Rennes
 Report
Attendance: 25,848[23]
Rennes 2–1 Leicester City
 Report
Attendance: 27,000[24]

Leicester City won 3–2 on aggregate.

PAOK 1–0 Gent
 Report
Attendance: 9,098[25]
Gent 1–2 PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 12,388[26]

PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.

Vitesse 0–1 Roma
Report
Attendance: 24,022[27]
Roma 1–1 Vitesse
 Report
Attendance: 40,435[28]

Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 4–4 Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 26,003[29]
Copenhagen 0–4 PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 30,337[30]

PSV Eindhoven won 8–4 on aggregate.

Slavia Prague 4–1 LASK
 Report
Attendance: 16,754[31]
LASK 4–3 Slavia Prague
 Report
Attendance: 5,403[32]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Slavia Prague won 7–5 on aggregate.

Bodø/Glimt 2–1 AZ
 Report
Attendance: 5,724[33]
AZ 2–2 (a.e.t.) Bodø/Glimt
 Report
Attendance: 15,024[34]

Bodø/Glimt won 4–3 on aggregate.

Partizan 2–5 Feyenoord
 Report
Attendance: 13,564[35]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Feyenoord 3–1 Partizan
 Report
Attendance: 40,850[36]

Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 15:00 CET.[37]

Summary

The first legs were played on 7 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2022.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bodø/Glimt 2–5 Roma 2–1 0–4
Feyenoord 6–4 Slavia Prague 3–3 3–1
Marseille 3–1 PAOK 2–1 1–0
Leicester City 2–1 PSV Eindhoven 0–0 2–1

Matches
Bodø/Glimt 2–1 Roma
 Report
Attendance: 7,739[38]
Roma 4–0 Bodø/Glimt
 Report
Attendance: 61,942[39]

Roma won 5–2 on aggregate.

Feyenoord 3–3 Slavia Prague
 Report
Attendance: 42,163[40]
Slavia Prague 1–3 Feyenoord
 Report
Attendance: 19,370[41]

Feyenoord won 6–4 on aggregate.

Marseille 2–1 PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 45,182[42]
PAOK 0–1 Marseille
Report
Attendance: 27,648[43]

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Leicester City 0–0 PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 31,327[44]
PSV Eindhoven 1–2 Leicester City
 Report
Attendance: 35,000[45]

Leicester City won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, 15:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[37]

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 April, and the second legs will be played on 5 May 2022.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Leicester City 1 Roma 1–1 5 May
Feyenoord 2 Marseille 3–2 5 May

Matches
Leicester City 1–1 Roma
 Report
Attendance: 31,659[46]
Roma v Leicester City
Report
Feyenoord 3–2 Marseille
 Report
Attendance: 24,500[47]
Marseille v Feyenoord
Report

Final

Main article: 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final

The final will be played on 25 May 2022 at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana. A draw was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[37]

Winners of semi-final 1 v Winners of semi-final 2
Report

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 26 March 2021 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  3. LASK played their home match at NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, instead of their regular stadium Linzer Stadion, Linz, due to renovation.

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