2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

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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 France Lille Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
B Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Belgium Gent
C Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
D Belgium Club Brugge Norway Bodø/Glimt
E England Aston Villa Poland Legia Warsaw
F Italy Fiorentina Hungary Ferencváros
G Greece PAOK Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
H Turkey Fenerbahçe Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad

Europa League group stage third-placed teams[edit]

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

Format[edit]

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, will be 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 will be played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score is still level at the end of extra time, the winners will be 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
Netherlands Ajax000
Netherlands Ajax (a.e.t.)224England Aston Villa044
England Aston Villa (p)213 (4)
Norway Bodø/Glimt213
France Lille123 (3)
Austria Sturm Graz011
Austria Sturm Graz415France Lille314
England Aston Villa   
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava101
Greece Olympiacos   
Greece Olympiacos (a.e.t.)167
Greece Olympiacos112Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv415
Greece Olympiacos (p)303 (3)
Hungary Ferencváros000
Turkey Fenerbahçe213 (2)
Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise011
29 May – Athens
Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise224Turkey Fenerbahçe303
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt213
Switzerland Servette000 (1)
Switzerland Servette011Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (p)000 (3)
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň000
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad000
Italy Fiorentina (a.e.t.)022
Israel Maccabi Haifa314
Israel Maccabi Haifa112Italy Fiorentina415
Italy Fiorentina   
Belgium Gent011
Belgium Club Brugge   
Norway Molde202
Norway Molde336Belgium Club Brugge134
Belgium Club Brugge123
Poland Legia Warsaw202
Greece PAOK000
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb213
Spain Real Betis011Greece PAOK055
Croatia 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 Austria 5–1 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 4–1 1–0
Servette Switzerland 1–0 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 1–0
Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium 4–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 2–1
Real Betis Spain 1–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 1–1
Olympiacos Greece 2–0 Hungary Ferencváros 1–0 1–0
Ajax Netherlands 4–3 Norway Bodø/Glimt 2–2 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Molde Norway 6–2 Poland Legia Warsaw 3–2 3–0
Maccabi Haifa Israel 2–1 Belgium Gent 1–0 1–1

Matches[edit]

Sturm Graz Austria4–1Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
 Report
Attendance: 12,817[4]
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia0–1Austria Sturm Graz
Report
Attendance: 19,870[5]

Sturm Graz won 5–1 on aggregate.

Servette Switzerland0–0Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Report
Attendance: 13,847[6]
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria0–1Switzerland Servette
Report
Attendance: 6,487[7]

Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.

Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium2–2Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report
Attendance: 9,015[8]
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany1–2Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise
 Report
Attendance: 57,300[9]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Union Saint-Gilloise won 4–3 on aggregate.

Real Betis Spain0–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 25,091[10]
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia1–1Spain Real Betis
 Report
Attendance: 18,002[11]

Dinamo Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.

Olympiacos Greece1–0Hungary Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 30,300[12]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Ferencváros Hungary0–1Greece Olympiacos
Report
Attendance: 21,057[13]

Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands2–2Norway Bodø/Glimt
 Report
Attendance: 52,267[14]
Bodø/Glimt Norway1–2 (a.e.t.)Netherlands Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 7,885[15]

Ajax won 4–3 on aggregate.

Molde Norway3–2Poland Legia Warsaw
 Report
Attendance: 3,996[16]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Legia Warsaw Poland0–3Norway Molde
Report
Attendance: 27,459[17]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Molde won 6–2 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa Israel1–0Belgium Gent
 Report
Attendance: 1,274[19]
Gent Belgium1–1Israel 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 Switzerland 0–0 (1–3 p) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ajax Netherlands 0–4 England Aston Villa 0–0 0–4
Molde Norway 2–4 Belgium Club Brugge 2–1 0–3
Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium 1–3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–3 1–0
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 3–5 Greece PAOK 2–0 1–5
Sturm Graz Austria 1–4 France Lille 0–3 1–1
Maccabi Haifa Israel 4–5 Italy Fiorentina 3–4 1–1
Olympiacos Greece 7–5 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–4 6–1 (a.e.t.)

Matches[edit]

Servette Switzerland0–0Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Report
Attendance: 15,354[24]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic0–0 (a.e.t.)Switzerland Servette
Report
Penalties
 3–1
Attendance: 11,225[25]

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

Ajax Netherlands0–0England Aston Villa
Report
Attendance: 52,197[26]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Aston Villa England4–0Netherlands Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 37,916[27]

Aston Villa won 4–0 on aggregate.

Molde Norway2–1Belgium Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 9,267[28]
Club Brugge Belgium3–0Norway Molde
 Report
Attendance: 11,858[29]

Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium0–3Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 13,522[30]
Fenerbahçe Turkey0–1Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise
Report
Attendance: 35,605[31]

Fenerbahçe won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb Croatia2–0Greece PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 18,562[32]
PAOK Greece5–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 19,701[33]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

PAOK won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz Austria0–3France Lille
Report
Attendance: 13,825[34]
Lille France1–1Austria Sturm Graz
 Report
Attendance: 17,888[35]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Lille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa Israel3–4Italy Fiorentina
 Report
Attendance: 1,589[36]
Fiorentina Italy1–1Israel Maccabi Haifa
 Report
Attendance: 6,838[37]

Fiorentina won 5–4 on aggregate.

Olympiacos Greece1–4Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
 Report
Attendance: 31,054[38]
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel1–6 (a.e.t.)Greece 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 Belgium 3–0 Greece PAOK 1–0 2–0
Olympiacos Greece 3–3 (3–2 p) Turkey Fenerbahçe 3–2 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Aston Villa England 3–3 (4–3 p) France Lille 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 0–2 Italy Fiorentina 0–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)

Matches[edit]

Club Brugge Belgium1–0Greece PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 19,917[41]
PAOK Greece0–2Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 24,738[42]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Club Brugge won 3–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos Greece3–2Turkey Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 32,000[43]
Fenerbahçe Turkey1–0 (a.e.t.)Greece Olympiacos
 Report
Penalties
 2–3
Attendance: 44,040[44]

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

Aston Villa England2–1France Lille
 Report
Attendance: 37,220[45]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Lille France2–1 (a.e.t.)England Aston Villa
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 47,093[46]

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

Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic0–0Italy Fiorentina
Report
Attendance: 11,470[47]
Fiorentina Italy2–0 (a.e.t.)Czech Republic 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 will be played on 2 May, and the second legs will be played on 8 and 9 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aston Villa England 1 Greece Olympiacos 2 May 9 May
Fiorentina Italy 2 Belgium Club Brugge 2 May 8 May

Matches[edit]

Aston Villa EnglandvGreece Olympiacos
Report
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Olympiacos GreecevEngland Aston Villa
Report
Fiorentina ItalyvBelgium Club Brugge
Report
Club Brugge BelgiumvItaly Fiorentina
Report

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]

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

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]

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