2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Format

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.

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

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Bracket

|RD5-legs=1 |agg-width=40 |score-width=20 || Lazio|1|0|1|** Atlético Madrid**|3|1|4 | Braga|0|1|1|** Beşiktaş**|2|0|2 | Wisła Kraków|1|0|1|** Standard Liège** (a)|1|0|1 |** Hannover 96**|2|1|3| Club Brugge|1|0|1 |** AZ**|1|1|2| Anderlecht|0|0|0 |** Udinese**|0|3|3| PAOK|0|0|0 | Stoke City|0|0|0|** Valencia**|1|1|2 | Trabzonspor|1|1|2|** PSV Eindhoven**|2|4|6 | Legia Warsaw|2|0|2|** Sporting CP**|2|1|3 | Porto|1|0|1|** Manchester City**|2|4|6 | Red Bull Salzburg|0|1|1|** Metalist Kharkiv**|4|4|8 | Rubin Kazan|0|0|0|** Olympiacos**|1|1|2 | Steaua București|0|0|0|** Twente**|1|1|2 | Viktoria Plzeň|1|1|2|** Schalke 04** |1|3|4 | Ajax|0|2|2|** Manchester United**|2|1|3 | Lokomotiv Moscow|2|0|2|** Athletic Bilbao** (a)|1|1|2 ||** Atlético Madrid**|3|3|6| Beşiktaş|1|0|1 || Standard Liège|2|0|2|** Hannover 96**|2|4|6 ||** AZ**|2|1|3| Udinese|0|2|2 ||** Valencia**|4|1|5| PSV Eindhoven|2|1|3 ||** Sporting CP** (a)|1|2|3| Manchester City|0|3|3 ||** Metalist Kharkiv** (a)|0|2|2| Olympiacos|1|1|2 || Twente|1|1|2|** Schalke 04**|0|4|4 || Manchester United|2|1|3|** Athletic Bilbao**|3|2|5 || Atlético Madrid|2|2|4| Hannover 96|1|1|2 || AZ|2|0|2| Valencia|1|4|5 || Sporting CP|2|1|3| Metalist Kharkiv|1|1|2 || Schalke 04|2|2|4| Athletic Bilbao|4|2|6 || Atlético Madrid|4|1|5| Valencia|2|0|2 || Sporting CP|2|1|3| Athletic Bilbao|1|3|4 |9 May – Bucharest| Atlético Madrid|3| Athletic Bilbao|0

Round of 32

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

Summary

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

|Porto|POR|1–6|Manchester City|ENG|1–2|0–4 |Ajax|NED|2–3|Manchester United|ENG|0–2|2–1 |Lokomotiv Moscow|RUS|2–2 (a)|Athletic Bilbao|ESP|2–1|0–1 |Red Bull Salzburg|AUT|1–8|Metalist Kharkiv|UKR|0–4|1–4 |Stoke City|ENG|0–2|Valencia|ESP|0–1|0–1 |Rubin Kazan|RUS|0–2|Olympiacos|GRE|0–1|0–1 |AZ|NED|2–0|Anderlecht|BEL|1–0|1–0 |Lazio|ITA|1–4|Atlético Madrid|ESP|1–3|0–1 |Steaua București|ROU|0–2|Twente|NED|0–1|0–1 |Viktoria Plzeň|CZE|2–4|Schalke 04|GER|1–1|1–3 (aet) |Wisła Kraków|POL|1–1 (a)|Standard Liège|BEL|1–1|0–0 |Braga|POR|1–2|Beşiktaş|TUR|0–2|1–0 |Udinese|ITA|3–0|PAOK|GRE|0–0|3–0 |Trabzonspor|TUR|2–6|PSV Eindhoven|NED|1–2|1–4 |Hannover 96|GER|3–1|Club Brugge|BEL|2–1|1–0 |Legia Warsaw|POL|2–3|Sporting CP|POR|2–2|0–1

Matches

• Varela
• Pereira
• Agüero
• Agüero
• Džeko
• Silva
• Pizarro Manchester City won 6–1 on aggregate.

• Young
• Hernández
• Hernández
• Özbiliz
• Alderweireld Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Glushakov
• Caicedo
• Muniain
• Muniain 2–2 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

• Taison
• Cristaldo
• Devych
• Hinteregger
• Cristaldo
• Blanco
• Marlos
• Jantscher Metalist Kharkiv won 8–1 on aggregate.

• Topal
• Jonas Valencia won 2–0 on aggregate.

• Fuster
• Djebbour Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.

• Maher
• Martens AZ won 2–0 on aggregate.

• Klose
• Adrián
• Falcao
• Godín Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

• John
• Chadli Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.

• Darida
• Huntelaar
• Huntelaar
• Rajtoral Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.

• Genkov
• Cyriac 1–1 on aggregate; Standard Liège won on away goals.

• Sivok
• Simão
• Lima Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.

• Danilo
• Floro Flores
• Domizzi Udinese won 3–0 on aggregate.

• Adın
• Matavž
• Toivonen
• Mertens
• Matavž
• Strootman
• Yılmaz PSV Eindhoven won 6–2 on aggregate.

• Sobiech
• Schlaudraff
• Lestienne
• Diouf Hannover 96 won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Wawrzyniak
• Gol
• Carriço
• Santos
• Fernández Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

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

Summary

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

|Metalist Kharkiv|UKR|2–2 (a)|Olympiacos|GRE|0–1|2–1 |Sporting CP|POR|3–3 (a)|Manchester City|ENG|1–0|2–3 |Twente|NED|2–4|Schalke 04|GER|1–0|1–4 |Standard Liège|BEL|2–6|Hannover 96|GER|2–2|0–4 |Valencia|ESP|5–3|PSV Eindhoven|NED|4–2|1–1 |AZ|NED|3–2|Udinese|ITA|2–0|1–2 |Atlético Madrid|ESP|6–1|Beşiktaş|TUR|3–1|3–0 |Manchester United|ENG|3–5|Athletic Bilbao|ESP|2–3|1–2

Matches

• Fuster
• Marcano
• Villagra
• Devych 2–2 on aggregate; Metalist Kharkiv won on away goals.

• Xandão
• Agüero
• Balotelli
• Fernández
• Van Wolfswinkel 3–3 on aggregate; Sporting CP won on away goals.

• De Jong
• Huntelaar
• Jones
• Janssen Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.

• Buyens
• Tchité
• Stindl
• Diouf
• Abdellaoue
• Kanu
• Pinto Hannover 96 won 6–2 on aggregate.

• Ruiz
• Soldado
• Piatti
• Toivonen
• Wijnaldum
• Toivonen
• Rami Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

• Martens
• Falkenburg
• Di Natale
• Falkenburg AZ won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Salvio
• Adrián
• Simão
• Adrián
• Falcao
• Salvio Atlético Madrid won 6–1 on aggregate.

• Rooney
• Llorente
• De Marcos
• Muniain
• Llorente
• De Marcos
• Rooney Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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

Summary

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

|AZ|NED|2–5|Valencia|ESP|2–1|0–4 |Schalke 04|GER|4–6|Athletic Bilbao|ESP|2–4|2–2 |Sporting CP|POR|3–2|Metalist Kharkiv|UKR|2–1|1–1 |Atlético Madrid|ESP|4–2|Hannover 96|GER|2–1|2–1

Matches

• Holman
• Martens
• Topal
• Rami
• Alba
• Hernández Valencia won 5–2 on aggregate.

• Raúl
• Llorente
• De Marcos
• Muniain
• Ibai
• Susaeta
• Huntelaar
• Raúl Athletic Bilbao won 6–4 on aggregate.

• Izmailov
• Insúa
• Xavier
• Cristaldo
• Van Wolfswinkel Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

• Falcao
• Salvio
• Diouf
• Diouf
• Adrián
• Falcao Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

Summary

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

|Atlético Madrid|ESP|5–2|Valencia|ESP|4–2|1–0 |Sporting CP|POR|3–4|Athletic Bilbao|ESP|2–1|1–3

Matches

• Falcao
• Miranda
• Adrián
• Jonas
• R. Costa
• Adrián Atlético Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.

• Insúa
• Capel
• Aurtenetxe
• Susaeta
• Ibai
• Llorente
• Van Wolfswinkel Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

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.

Notes

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