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2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase

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The 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase began on 16 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 7 June 2023 with the final at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, to decide the champions of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1] A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase.[2]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

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The knockout phase involved 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

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Group Winners
(advance to round of 16
and seeded in draw)
Runners-up
(advance to KO play-offs
and seeded in draw)
A Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir Italy Fiorentina
B England West Ham United Belgium Anderlecht
C Spain Villarreal Poland Lech Poznań
D France Nice Serbia Partizan
E Netherlands AZ Ukraine Dnipro-1
F Sweden Djurgårdens IF Belgium Gent
G Turkey Sivasspor Romania CFR Cluj
H Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Switzerland Basel

Europa League group stage third-placed teams

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Group Third-placed teams
(advance to KO play-offs
and unseeded in draw)
A Norway Bodø/Glimt
B Cyprus AEK Larnaca
C Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
D Portugal Braga
E Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
F Italy Lazio
G Azerbaijan Qarabağ
H Turkey Trabzonspor

Format

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Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time were played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time would be played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was 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 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 would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

In the knockout phase, teams from the same or nearby cities (Roma and Lazio, Fenerbahçe and İstanbul Başakşehir, and Anderlecht and Union SG, who share the same stadium), the first team listed played in the Europa League were not scheduled to play at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflicts, adjustments had to be made by UEFA. For the knockout round playoffs and a round of 16, since both teams were drawn to play at home in a given leg, the home match of the team that was not the domestic cup or Europa Conference League winner, or lower domestic ranking (if neither are the domestic cup or Europa Conference League winner; i.e. Lazio and Anderlecht for this season), was moved from Thursday to Wednesday.[3] For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lowest priority was reversed from the original draw.[4]

Schedule

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The schedule was 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 7 November 2022, 14:00 16 February 2023 23 February 2023
Round of 16 24 February 2023, 13:00 9 March 2023 16 March 2023
Quarter-finals 17 March 2023, 14:00 13 April 2023 20 April 2023
Semi-finals 11 May 2023 18 May 2023
Final 7 June 2023 at Fortuna Arena, Prague

Bracket

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Knockout round play-offs

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The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022, 14:00 CET.[5]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 16 February, and the second legs were played on 23 February 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–1 (3–5 p) Belgium Gent 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Trabzonspor Turkey 1–2 Switzerland Basel 1–0 0–2
Lazio Italy 1–0 Romania CFR Cluj 1–0 0–0
Bodø/Glimt Norway 0–1 Poland Lech Poznań 0–0 0–1
Braga Portugal 2–7 Italy Fiorentina 0–4 2–3
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 1–0 Ukraine Dnipro-1 1–0 0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 3–2 Serbia Partizan 0–1 3–1
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 2–2 (0–3 p) Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)

Matches

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Qarabağ Azerbaijan1–0Belgium Gent
  • Andrade 78'
Report
Gent Belgium1–0 (a.e.t.)Azerbaijan Qarabağ
Report
Penalties
5–3
Attendance: 11,724[7]

1–1 on aggregate. Gent won 5–3 on penalties.


Trabzonspor Turkey1–0Switzerland Basel
Report
Basel Switzerland2–0Turkey Trabzonspor
Report
Attendance: 24,428[9]

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.


Lazio Italy1–0Romania CFR Cluj
Report
Attendance: 11,690[10]
CFR Cluj Romania0–0Italy Lazio
Report

Lazio won 1–0 on aggregate.


Bodø/Glimt Norway0–0Poland Lech Poznań
Report
Attendance: 6,925[12]
Lech Poznań Poland1–0Norway Bodø/Glimt
Report

Lech Poznań won 1–0 on aggregate.


Braga Portugal0–4Italy Fiorentina
Report
Fiorentina Italy3–2Portugal Braga
Report

Fiorentina won 7–2 on aggregate.


AEK Larnaca Cyprus1–0Ukraine Dnipro-1
Report
Dnipro-1 Ukraine0–0Cyprus AEK Larnaca
Report

AEK Larnaca won 1–0 on aggregate.


Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–1Serbia Partizan
Report
Partizan Serbia1–3Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Report

Sheriff Tiraspol won 3–2 on aggregate.


Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria1–0Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Attendance: 4,417[22]
Anderlecht Belgium2–1 (a.e.t.)Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Report
Penalties
3–0

2–2 on aggregate. Anderlecht won 3–0 on penalties.

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023, 13:00 CET.[24]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 7 and 9 March, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 March 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 0–6 England West Ham United 0–2 0–4
Fiorentina Italy 5–1 Turkey Sivasspor 1–0 4–1
Lazio Italy 2–4 Netherlands AZ 1–2 1–2
Lech Poznań Poland 5–0 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 2–0 3–0
Basel Switzerland 4–4 (4–1 p) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1–4 France Nice 0–1 1–3
Anderlecht Belgium 2–1 Spain Villarreal 1–1 1–0
Gent Belgium 5–2 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 1–1 4–1

Matches

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AEK Larnaca Cyprus0–2England West Ham United
Report
West Ham United England4–0Cyprus AEK Larnaca
Report
Attendance: 40,482[26]

West Ham United won 6–0 on aggregate.


Fiorentina Italy1–0Turkey Sivasspor
Report
Sivasspor Turkey1–4Italy Fiorentina
Report

Fiorentina won 5–1 on aggregate.


Lazio Italy1–2Netherlands AZ
Report
Attendance: 19,584[29]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
AZ Netherlands2–1Italy Lazio
Report
Attendance: 18,500[30]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

AZ won 4–2 on aggregate.


Lech Poznań Poland2–0Sweden Djurgårdens IF
Report
Djurgårdens IF Sweden0–3Poland Lech Poznań
Report
Attendance: 25,115[32]

Lech Poznań won 5–0 on aggregate.


Basel Switzerland2–2Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Report
Attendance: 13,202[33]
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia2–2 (a.e.t.)Switzerland Basel
Report
Penalties
1–4
Attendance: 21,675[34]

4–4 on aggregate. Basel won 4–1 on penalties.


Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–1France Nice
Report
Nice France3–1Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Report
Attendance: 23,070[36]

Nice won 4–1 on aggregate.


Anderlecht Belgium1–1Spain Villarreal
Report
Villarreal Spain0–1Belgium Anderlecht
Report

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.


Gent Belgium1–1Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
Report
Attendance: 11,334[39]
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey1–4Belgium Gent
Report

Gent won 5–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 14:00 CET.[41]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 13 April, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lech Poznań Poland 4–6 Italy Fiorentina 1–4 3–2
Gent Belgium 2–5 England West Ham United 1–1 1–4
Anderlecht Belgium 2–2 (1–4 p)[A] Netherlands AZ 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Basel Switzerland 4–3 France Nice 2–2 2–1 (a.e.t.)

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Lech Poznań Poland1–4Italy Fiorentina
Report
Fiorentina Italy2–3Poland Lech Poznań
Report

Fiorentina won 6–4 on aggregate.


Gent Belgium1–1England West Ham United
Report
West Ham United England4–1Belgium Gent
Report
Attendance: 53,475[45]

West Ham United won 5–2 on aggregate.


Anderlecht Belgium2–0Netherlands AZ
Report
AZ Netherlands2–0 (a.e.t.)Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Penalties
4–1
Attendance: 19,500[47]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate. AZ won 4–1 on penalties.


Basel Switzerland2–2France Nice
Report
Attendance: 21,277[48]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Nice France1–2 (a.e.t.)Switzerland Basel
Report

Basel won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 14:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[41]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 11 May, and the second legs were played on 18 May 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fiorentina Italy 4–3 Switzerland Basel 1–2 3–1 (a.e.t.)
West Ham United England 3–1 Netherlands AZ 2–1 1–0

Matches

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Fiorentina Italy1–2Switzerland Basel
Report
Basel Switzerland1–3 (a.e.t.)Italy Fiorentina
Report

Fiorentina won 4–3 on aggregate.


West Ham United England2–1Netherlands AZ
Report
Attendance: 59,412[52]
AZ Netherlands0–1England West Ham United
Report
Attendance: 19,000[53]

West Ham United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

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The final was played on 7 June 2023 at the Fortuna Arena in Prague. A draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[41]

Fiorentina Italy1–2England West Ham United
Report

Notes

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  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. ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[17] Therefore, Dnipro-1 played at Košická futbalová aréna, Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro.
  3. ^ a b Sheriff Tiraspol played their home match at Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium, Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol, due to Transnistria's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  4. ^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the possibility of Russia attempting a coup plot in Moldova.[20]

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