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

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	16 December 2011^[2]	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

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

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

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up

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

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Manchester City	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
C	Manchester United	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
F	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9
E	Valencia	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	8
G	Porto	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
D	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
B	Trabzonspor	6	1	4	1	3	5	−2	7
H	Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5

Bracket

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Lazio	1	0	1

Atlético Madrid	3	1	4
				Atlético Madrid	3	3	6

				Beşiktaş	1	0	1
Braga	0	1	1

Beşiktaş	2	0	2
								Atlético Madrid	2	2	4

								Hannover 96	1	1	2
Wisła Kraków	1	0	1

Standard Liège (a)	1	0	1
				Standard Liège	2	0	2

				Hannover 96	2	4	6
Hannover 96	2	1	3

Club Brugge	1	0	1
												Atlético Madrid	4	1	5

												Valencia	2	0	2
AZ	1	1	2

Anderlecht	0	0	0
				AZ	2	1	3

				Udinese	0	2	2
Udinese	0	3	3

PAOK	0	0	0
								AZ	2	0	2

								Valencia	1	4	5
Stoke City	0	0	0

Valencia	1	1	2
				Valencia	4	1	5

				PSV Eindhoven	2	1	3
Trabzonspor	1	1	2

PSV Eindhoven	2	4	6
																Atlético Madrid	3

																Athletic Bilbao	0
Legia Warsaw	2	0	2

Sporting CP	2	1	3
				Sporting CP (a)	1	2	3

				Manchester City	0	3	3
Porto	1	0	1

Manchester City	2	4	6
								Sporting CP	2	1	3

								Metalist Kharkiv	1	1	2
Red Bull Salzburg	0	1	1

Metalist Kharkiv	4	4	8
				Metalist Kharkiv (a)	0	2	2

				Olympiacos	1	1	2
Rubin Kazan	0	0	0

Olympiacos	1	1	2
												Sporting CP	2	1	3

												Athletic Bilbao	1	3	4
Steaua București	0	0	0

Twente	1	1	2
				Twente	1	1	2

				Schalke 04	0	4	4
Viktoria Plzeň	1	1	2

Schalke 04 (a.e.t.)	1	3	4
								Schalke 04	2	2	4

								Athletic Bilbao	4	2	6
Ajax	0	2	2

Manchester United	2	1	3
				Manchester United	2	1	3

				Athletic Bilbao	3	2	5
Lokomotiv Moscow	2	0	2

Athletic Bilbao (a)	1	1	2

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 16 December 2011.^[5] The first legs were played on 14 and 16 February, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 February 2012.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	1–6	Manchester City	1–2	0–4
Ajax	2–3	Manchester United	0–2	2–1
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2 (a)	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–1
Red Bull Salzburg	1–8	Metalist Kharkiv	0–4	1–4
Stoke City	0–2	Valencia	0–1	0–1
Rubin Kazan	0–2	Olympiacos	0–1	0–1
AZ	2–0	Anderlecht	1–0	1–0
Lazio	1–4	Atlético Madrid	1–3	0–1
Steaua București	0–2	Twente	0–1	0–1
Viktoria Plzeň	2–4	Schalke 04	1–1	1–3 (aet)
Wisła Kraków	1–1 (a)	Standard Liège	1–1	0–0
Braga	1–2	Beşiktaş	0–2	1–0
Udinese	3–0	PAOK	0–0	3–0
Trabzonspor	2–6	PSV Eindhoven	1–2	1–4
Hannover 96	3–1	Club Brugge	2–1	1–0
Legia Warsaw	2–3	Sporting CP	2–2	0–1

First leg

14 February 2012

12:00

Rubin Kazan	0–1	Olympiacos
	Report	Fuster 72'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow¹

Attendance: 1,741^[6]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

14 February 2012