2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The knockout phase of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League began on 14 February 2012 with the round of 32, and concluded on 9 May 2012 with the final at National Arena in Bucharest, Romania.

Times up to 24 March 2012 (round of 32 and round of 16) are CET (UTC+01:00), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times are CEST (UTC+02:00).

Round and draw dates

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All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
Round of 32 16 December 2011[2] 16 February 2012 23 February 2012
Round of 16 8 March 2012 15 March 2012
Quarter-finals 16 March 2012[3] 29 March 2012 5 April 2012
Semi-finals 19 April 2012 26 April 2012
Final 9 May 2012 at Arena Națională, Bucharest

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 involves 32 teams: the 24 teams that finished in the top two in each group in the group stage and the eight teams that finished in third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage.[4]

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 has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time are played, divided into two 15-minute halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shootout. In the final, the tie is played as a single match. If scores are level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time is played, followed by penalties if scores remain tied.

In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four best third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage (based on their match record in the group stage) are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other. In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn against each other.

Qualified teams

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Key to colours
Seeded in round of 32 draw
Unseeded in round of 32 draw

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up

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Group Winners Runners-up
A Greece PAOK Russia Rubin Kazan
B Belgium Standard Liège Germany Hannover 96
C Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Poland Legia Warsaw
D Portugal Sporting CP Italy Lazio
E Turkey Beşiktaş England Stoke City
F Spain Athletic Bilbao Austria Red Bull Salzburg
G Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv Netherlands AZ
H Belgium Club Brugge Portugal Braga
I Spain Atlético Madrid Italy Udinese
J Germany Schalke 04 Romania Steaua București
K Netherlands Twente Poland Wisła Kraków
L Belgium Anderlecht Russia Lokomotiv Moscow

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

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Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 A England Manchester City 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Seeded in round of 32 draw
2 C England Manchester United 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9
3 F Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 8 6 +2 9
4 E Spain Valencia 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8
5 G Portugal Porto 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Unseeded in round of 32 draw
6 D Netherlands Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
7 B Turkey Trabzonspor 6 1 4 1 3 5 −2 7
8 H Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Club coefficient.

Bracket

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Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Italy Lazio101
Spain Atlético Madrid314 Spain Atlético Madrid336
Portugal Braga011Turkey Beşiktaş101
Turkey Beşiktaş202 Spain Atlético Madrid224
Poland Wisła Kraków101Germany Hannover 96112
Belgium Standard Liège (a)101 Belgium Standard Liège202
Germany Hannover 96213Germany Hannover 96246
Belgium Club Brugge101 Spain Atlético Madrid415
Netherlands AZ112Spain Valencia202
Belgium Anderlecht000 Netherlands AZ213
Italy Udinese033Italy Udinese022
Greece PAOK000 Netherlands AZ202
England Stoke City000Spain Valencia145
Spain Valencia112 Spain Valencia415
Turkey Trabzonspor112Netherlands PSV Eindhoven213 9 May – Bucharest
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven246 Spain Atlético Madrid3
Poland Legia Warsaw202Spain Athletic Bilbao0
Portugal Sporting CP213 Portugal Sporting CP (a)123
Portugal Porto101England Manchester City033
England Manchester City246 Portugal Sporting CP213
Austria Red Bull Salzburg011Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv112
Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv448 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv (a)022
Russia Rubin Kazan000Greece Olympiacos112
Greece Olympiacos112 Portugal Sporting CP213
Romania Steaua București000Spain Athletic Bilbao134
Netherlands Twente112 Netherlands Twente112
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň112Germany Schalke 04044
Germany Schalke 04 (a.e.t.)134 Germany Schalke 04224
Netherlands Ajax022Spain Athletic Bilbao426
England Manchester United213 England Manchester United213
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow202Spain Athletic Bilbao325
Spain Athletic Bilbao (a)112

Round of 32

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The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2011.[5]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 14 and 16 February, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 February 2012.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Porto Portugal1–6England Manchester City1–20–4
Ajax Netherlands2–3England Manchester United0–22–1
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia2–2 (a)Spain Athletic Bilbao2–10–1
Red Bull Salzburg Austria1–8Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv0–41–4
Stoke City England0–2Spain Valencia0–10–1
Rubin Kazan Russia0–2Greece Olympiacos0–10–1
AZ Netherlands2–0Belgium Anderlecht1–01–0
Lazio Italy1–4Spain Atlético Madrid1–30–1
Steaua București Romania0–2Netherlands Twente0–10–1
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic2–4Germany Schalke 041–11–3 (a.e.t.)
Wisła Kraków Poland1–1 (a)Belgium Standard Liège1–10–0
Braga Portugal1–2Turkey Beşiktaş0–21–0
Udinese Italy3–0Greece PAOK0–03–0
Trabzonspor Turkey2–6Netherlands PSV Eindhoven1–21–4
Hannover 96 Germany3–1Belgium Club Brugge2–11–0
Legia Warsaw Poland2–3Portugal Sporting CP2–20–1

Matches

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Rubin Kazan Russia0–1Greece Olympiacos
Report
  • Fuster 72'
Attendance: 1,741[7]
Olympiacos Greece1–0Russia Rubin Kazan
 Report
Attendance: 28,874[8]

Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.

Braga Portugal0–2Turkey Beşiktaş
Report
Attendance: 9,088[9]
Beşiktaş Turkey0–1Portugal Braga
Report
Attendance: 27,075[8]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Moscow Russia2–1Spain Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Attendance: 13,160[11]
Athletic Bilbao Spain1–0Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 29,532[8]
Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

2–2 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

Ajax Netherlands0–2England Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 48,966[12]
Manchester United England1–2Netherlands Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 67,328[13]

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg Austria0–4Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
Report
Attendance: 8,100[14]
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine4–1Austria Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 30,826[15]

Metalist Kharkiv won 8–1 on aggregate.

AZ Netherlands1–0Belgium Anderlecht
 Report
Attendance: 13,744[16]
Anderlecht Belgium0–1Netherlands AZ
Report
Attendance: 20,409[8]

AZ won 2–0 on aggregate.

Lazio Italy1–3Spain Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 30,604[17]
Atlético Madrid Spain1–0Italy Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 26,700[8]

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic1–1Germany Schalke 04
 Report
Attendance: 11,435[18]
Schalke 04 Germany3–1 (a.e.t.)Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
 Report
Attendance: 54,142[8]

Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw Poland2–2Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 27,234[19]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Sporting CP Portugal1–0Poland Legia Warsaw
 Report
Attendance: 20,144[20]

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

Porto Portugal1–2England Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 47,417[21]
Manchester City England4–0Portugal Porto
 Report
Attendance: 39,548[8]

Manchester City won 6–1 on aggregate.

Stoke City England0–1Spain Valencia
Report
Attendance: 24,185[22]
Valencia Spain1–0England Stoke City
 Report
Attendance: 36,535[8]

Valencia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Steaua București Romania0–1Netherlands Twente
Report
Attendance: 49,588[23]
Twente Netherlands1–0Romania Steaua București
 Report
Attendance: 27,000[8]

Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków Poland1–1Belgium Standard Liège
 Report
Attendance: 19,000[24]
Standard Liège Belgium0–0Poland Wisła Kraków
Report
Attendance: 20,289[8]

1–1 on aggregate; Standard Liège won on away goals.

Udinese Italy0–0Greece PAOK
Report
Attendance: 11,641[25]
PAOK Greece0–3Italy Udinese
Report
Attendance: 22,400[8]

Udinese won 3–0 on aggregate.

Trabzonspor Turkey1–2Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
 Report
Attendance: 18,866[26]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands4–1Turkey Trabzonspor
 Report
Attendance: 18,300[27]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

PSV Eindhoven won 6–2 on aggregate.

Hannover 96 Germany2–1Belgium Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 42,000[28]
Club Brugge Belgium0–1Germany Hannover 96
Report
Attendance: 21,690[8]

Hannover 96 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2011, immediately after the round of 32 draw.[5]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2012.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine2–2 (a)Greece Olympiacos0–12–1
Sporting CP Portugal3–3 (a)England Manchester City1–02–3
Twente Netherlands2–4Germany Schalke 041–01–4
Standard Liège Belgium2–6Germany Hannover 962–20–4
Valencia Spain5–3Netherlands PSV Eindhoven4–21–1
AZ Netherlands3–2Italy Udinese2–01–2
Atlético Madrid Spain6–1Turkey Beşiktaş3–13–0
Manchester United England3–5Spain Athletic Bilbao2–31–2

Matches

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Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine0–1Greece Olympiacos
Report
Attendance: 35,136[29]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Olympiacos Greece1–2Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
 Report
Attendance: 30,077[30]

2–2 on aggregate; Metalist Kharkiv won on away goals.

Sporting CP Portugal1–0England Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 34,371[31]
Manchester City England3–2Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 38,021[32]

3–3 on aggregate; Sporting CP won on away goals.

Twente Netherlands1–0Germany Schalke 04
 Report
Attendance: 30,000[33]
Schalke 04 Germany4–1Netherlands Twente
 Report
Attendance: 54,142[34]

Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid Spain3–1Turkey Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 27,431[35]
Beşiktaş Turkey0–3Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 24,824[36]

Atlético Madrid won 6–1 on aggregate.

Standard Liège Belgium2–2Germany Hannover 96
 Report
Attendance: 17,498[29]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Hannover 96 Germany4–0Belgium Standard Liège
 Report
Attendance: 43,000[37]

Hannover 96 won 6–2 on aggregate.

Valencia Spain4–2Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
 Report
Attendance: 25,495[38]
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–1Spain Valencia
 Report
Attendance: 29,500[39]

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

AZ Netherlands2–0Italy Udinese
 Report
Attendance: 12,579[40]
Udinese Italy2–1Netherlands AZ
 Report
Attendance: 13,300[41]

AZ won 3–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United England2–3Spain Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Attendance: 59,265[42]
Athletic Bilbao Spain2–1England Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 36,958[43]

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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The draws for the quarter-finals were held on 16 March 2012.[44]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 29 March, and the second legs on 5 April 2012.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AZ Netherlands2–5Spain Valencia2–10–4
Schalke 04 Germany4–6Spain Athletic Bilbao2–42–2
Sporting CP Portugal3–2Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv2–11–1
Atlético Madrid Spain4–2Germany Hannover 962–12–1

Matches

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AZ Netherlands2–1Spain Valencia
 Report
Attendance: 16,100[45]
Valencia Spain4–0Netherlands AZ
 Report
Attendance: 27,738[8]

Valencia won 5–2 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 Germany2–4Spain Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Attendance: 53,883[46]
Athletic Bilbao Spain2–2Germany Schalke 04
 Report
Attendance: 37,048[8]

Athletic Bilbao won 6–4 on aggregate.

Sporting CP Portugal2–1Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
 Report
Attendance: 40,512[47]
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine1–1Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 38,633[8]

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid Spain2–1Germany Hannover 96
 Report
Attendance: 29,223[48]
Hannover 96 Germany1–2Spain Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 44,000[49]

Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The draws for the semi-finals were held on 16 March 2012, immediately after the quarter-final draw.[44]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 19 April, and the second legs were played on 26 April 2012.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético Madrid Spain5–2Spain Valencia4–21–0
Sporting CP Portugal3–4Spain Athletic Bilbao2–11–3

Matches

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Atlético Madrid Spain4–2Spain Valencia
 Report
Attendance: 40,899[8]
Valencia Spain0–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 43,711[8]

Atlético Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.

Sporting CP Portugal2–1Spain Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Attendance: 37,286[8]
Athletic Bilbao Spain3–1Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 37,598[8]

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 2012 UEFA Europa League final

The final was played on 9 May 2012 at the Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania. A draw was held on 16 March 2012, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[44]

Atlético Madrid Spain3–0Spain Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Attendance: 52,347[50]

Notes

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  1. ^ Rubin Kazan played their home match at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow as the grass pitch at their own Central Stadium might not be in good enough condition because of the cold.[6]
  2. ^ Lokomotiv Moscow played their home match at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow as the grass pitch at their own Lokomotiv Stadium might not be in good enough condition because of the cold.[10]

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