UEFA Europa League knockout round play-off draw
Monday, December 18, 2023
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The 2023/24 UEFA Europa League knockout round play-off draw took place on Monday 18 December at 13:00 CET.
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The 2023/24 UEFA Europa League knockout round play-off draw was held at 13:00 CET on Monday 18 December at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
Conditions of the draw
The draw respected the following principles, in accordance with Paragraphs 13.08 and 17.02 of the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League Regulations:
• The UEFA Europa League group runners-up were seeded above the teams that finished third in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
• UEFA Europa League group runners-up were drawn against the teams that finished third in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
• Clubs from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• The runners-up in the UEFA Europa League group stage play the return legs at home.
Europa League group runners-up (seeded)
SC Freiburg (GER)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
Toulouse FC (FRA)
Stade Rennais FC (FRA)
AS Roma (ITA)
Qarabağ FK (AZE)
Champions League third-placed teams (unseeded)
Galatasaray A.Ş. (TUR)
RC Lens (FRA)
SC Braga (POR)
SL Benfica (POR)
Feyenoord (NED)
AC Milan (ITA)
BSC Young Boys (SUI)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Draw procedure
Eight balls containing the names of the teams coming from the UEFA Champions League were placed in a bowl.
A first ball was drawn from the bowl. The team drawn was placed as the home team for the first leg of match 1.
In accordance with the above draw conditions, the computer then showed which UEFA Europa League group stage runners-up were eligible to play the team drawn for match 1. These teams' names were placed in a bowl.
A ball was drawn from that bowl to complete the pairing for match 1. The team drawn was placed as the visiting team for the first leg.
The above procedure was repeated for the remaining matches.
If the computer indicated that only one UEFA Europa League group stage runner-up could be drawn for a particular match, that team was automatically assigned to the match and no ball was drawn.
Additional information
In accordance with Paragraph 24.01 of the competition regulations, the calendar and kick-off times from the group stage onwards are established by the UEFA administration.
The results of the draw and the full fixture list will be available after the draw ceremony, at 18:00 CET at the latest.
