The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 19 February and concluded on 27 May 2015 with the final at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland to decide the champions of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.[1]
Times up to 28 March 2015 (round of 16) were CET (UTC+1), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times were CEST (UTC+2).
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]
Round | Draw date and time | First leg | Second leg |
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Round of 32 | 15 December 2014, 13:00[3] | 19 February 2015 | 26 February 2015 |
Round of 16 | 27 February 2015, 13:00[4] | 12 March 2015 | 19 March 2015 |
Quarter-finals | 20 March 2015, 13:00[5] | 16 April 2015 | 23 April 2015 |
Semi-finals | 24 April 2015, 12:00[6] | 7 May 2015 | 14 May 2015 |
Final | 27 May 2015 at Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw |
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
The knockout phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the twelve groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.[1]
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, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[7] Therefore, a Ukrainian club (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk or Dynamo Kyiv) and a Russian club (Dynamo Moscow or Zenit Saint Petersburg) would not be drawn into the same tie in any round except the final.
Group | Winners (Seeded in round of 32 draw) |
Runners-up (Unseeded in round of 32 draw) |
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A | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Villarreal |
B | Club Brugge | Torino |
C | Beşiktaş | Tottenham Hotspur |
D | Red Bull Salzburg | Celtic |
E | Dynamo Moscow | PSV Eindhoven |
F | Internazionale | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
G | Feyenoord | Sevilla |
H | Everton | VfL Wolfsburg |
I | Napoli | Young Boys |
J | Dynamo Kyiv | AaB |
K | Fiorentina | Guingamp |
L | Legia Warsaw | Trabzonspor |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Seeding |
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1 | A | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | Seeded in round of 32 draw |
2 | G | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | |
3 | H | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | |
4 | C | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | |
5 | D | Anderlecht | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | Unseeded in round of 32 draw |
6 | F | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | |
7 | B | Liverpool | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | |
8 | E | Roma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 |
The draw was held on 15 December 2014.[9][10]
The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2015.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Young Boys | 2–7 | Everton | 1–4 | 1–3 |
Torino | 5–4 | Athletic Bilbao | 2–2 | 3–2 |
Sevilla | 4–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | 3–2 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Sporting CP | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Ajax | 4–0 | Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | 3–0 |
AaB | 1–6 | Club Brugge | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Anderlecht | 1–3 | Dynamo Moscow | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 4–2 | Olympiacos | 2–0 | 2–2 |
Trabzonspor | 0–5 | Napoli | 0–4 | 0–1 |
Guingamp | 3–4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | 1–3 |
Villarreal | 5–2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2–1 | 3–1 |
Roma | 3–2 | Feyenoord | 1–1 | 2–1 |
PSV Eindhoven | 0–4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Liverpool | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Beşiktaş | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Tottenham Hotspur | 1–3 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Celtic | 3–4 | Internazionale | 3–3 | 0–1 |
Everton won 7–2 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao | 2–3 | Torino |
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Iraola 44' De Marcos 61' |
Report | Quagliarella 16' (pen.) López 45+2' Darmian 68' |
Torino won 5–4 on aggregate.
Sevilla | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Iborra 70' | Report |
Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.
VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Sporting CP |
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Dost 46', 63' | Report |
VfL Wolfsburg won 2–0 on aggregate.
Ajax | 1–0 | Legia Warsaw |
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Milik 35' | Report |
Legia Warsaw | 0–3 | Ajax |
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Report | Milik 11', 43' Viergever 13' |
Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge | 3–0 | AaB |
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Vázquez 11' Oularé 64' Bolingoli-Mbombo 74' |
Report |
Club Brugge won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Moscow | 3–1 | Anderlecht |
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Kozlov 47' Yusupov 64' Kurányi 90+5' |
Report | Mitrović 29' |
Dynamo Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2–0 | Olympiacos |
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Kankava 50' Rotan 54' |
Report |
Olympiacos | 2–2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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Mitroglou 14' Domínguez 90' (pen.) |
Report | Fedetskyi 22' Kalinić 90+2' |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 4–2 on aggregate.
Trabzonspor | 0–4 | Napoli |
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Report | Henrique 6' Higuaín 20' Gabbiadini 27' Zapata 90+2' |
Napoli | 1–0 | Trabzonspor |
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De Guzmán 19' | Report |
Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 | Guingamp |
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Teodorczyk 31' Buyalskyi 46' Husyev 75' (pen.) |
Report | Mandanne 66' |
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.
Villarreal | 2–1 | Red Bull Salzburg |
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Uche 32' Cheryshev 54' |
Report | Soriano 48' (pen.) |
Red Bull Salzburg | 1–3 | Villarreal |
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Djuricin 18' | Report | Vietto 33', 76' G. dos Santos 79' |
Villarreal won 5–2 on aggregate.
Roma | 1–1 | Feyenoord |
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Gervinho 22' | Report | Kazim-Richards 55' |
Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–0 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Rondón 28', 67' Hulk 48' |
Report |
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Liverpool |
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Arslan 72' | Report | |
Penalties | ||
Ba Töre Kavlak Hutchinson Arslan |
5–4 | Lambert Lallana Can Allen Lovren |
1–1 on aggregate. Beşiktaş won 5–4 on penalties.
Tottenham Hotspur | 1–1 | Fiorentina |
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Soldado 6' | Report | Basanta 36' |
Fiorentina | 2–0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Gómez 54' Salah 71' |
Report |
Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic | 3–3 | Internazionale |
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Armstrong 24' Campagnaro 26' (o.g.) Guidetti 90+3' |
Report | Shaqiri 4' Palacio 13', 45' |
Internazionale | 1–0 | Celtic |
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Guarín 88' | Report |
Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.
The draw was held on 27 February 2015.[44][45]
The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 19 March 2015.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Everton | 4–6 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | 2–5 |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2–2 (a) | Ajax | 1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–1 | Torino | 2–0 | 0–1 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 5–2 | Internazionale | 3–1 | 2–1 |
Villarreal | 2–5 | Sevilla | 1–3 | 1–2 |
Napoli | 3–1 | Dynamo Moscow | 3–1 | 0–0 |
Club Brugge | 5–2 | Beşiktaş | 2–1 | 3–1 |
Fiorentina | 4–1 | Roma | 1–1 | 3–0 |
Dynamo Kyiv | 5–2 | Everton |
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Yarmolenko 21' Teodorczyk 35' Veloso 37' Husyev 56' Antunes 76' |
Report | Lukaku 29' Jagielka 82' |
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–4 on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–0 | Ajax |
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Zozulya 30' | Report |
Ajax | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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Bazoer 60' Van der Hoorn 117' |
Report | Konoplyanka 97' |
2–2 on aggregate. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won on away goals.
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–0 | Torino |
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Witsel 38' Criscito 53' |
Report |
Torino | 1–0 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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Glik 90' | Report |
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Internazionale |
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Naldo 28' De Bruyne 63', 76' |
Report | Palacio 6' |
Internazionale | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg |
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Palacio 71' | Report | Caligiuri 24' Bendtner 89' |
VfL Wolfsburg won 5–2 on aggregate.
Sevilla | 2–1 | Villarreal |
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Iborra 69' Suárez 83' |
Report | G. dos Santos 73' |
Sevilla won 5–2 on aggregate.
Napoli won 3–1 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş | 1–3 | Club Brugge |
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Ramon 48' | Report | De Sutter 61' Bolingoli-Mbombo 80', 90' |
Club Brugge won 5–2 on aggregate.
Fiorentina | 1–1 | Roma |
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Iličić 17' | Report | Keita 77' |
Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.
The draw was held on 20 March 2015.[62][63]
The first legs were played on 16 April, and the second legs were played on 23 April 2015.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sevilla | 4–3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–1 | 2–2 |
Club Brugge | 0–1[F] | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Dynamo Kyiv | 1–3 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | 0–2 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 3–6 | Napoli | 1–4 | 2–2 |
Sevilla | 2–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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Bacca 73' Suárez 88' |
Report | Ryazantsev 29' |
Sevilla won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 1–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1 | Fiorentina |
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Lens 36' | Report | Babacar 90+2' |
Fiorentina | 2–0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Gómez 43' Vargas 90+4' |
Report |
Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.
VfL Wolfsburg | 1–4 | Napoli |
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Bendtner 80' | Report | Higuaín 15' Hamšík 23', 64' Gabbiadini 77' |
Napoli won 6–3 on aggregate.
The draw was held on 24 April 2015.[72][73]
The first legs were played on 7 May, and the second legs were played on 14 May 2015.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Napoli | 1–2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Sevilla | 5–0 | Fiorentina | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Napoli | 1–1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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López 50' | Report | Seleznyov 81' |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–0 | Napoli |
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Seleznyov 58' | Report |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla | 3–0 | Fiorentina |
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Vidal 17', 52' Gameiro 75' |
Report |
Fiorentina | 0–2 | Sevilla |
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Report | Bacca 22' Carriço 27' |
Sevilla won 5–0 on aggregate.
The final was played on 27 May 2015 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. A draw was held on 24 April 2015, after the semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[72]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2–3 | Sevilla |
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Kalinić 7' Rotan 44' |
Report | Krychowiak 28' Bacca 31', 73' |