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 edit

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 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 edit

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 edit

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

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

The first legs were played on 14 and 16 February 2012, 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 (a.e.t.)
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 edit

Rubin Kazan  0–1  Olympiacos
Report Fuster   72'

Braga  0–2  Beşiktaş
Report Sivok   37'
Simão   58'

Lokomotiv Moscow  2–1  Athletic Bilbao
Glushakov   61' (pen.)
Caicedo   71'
Report Muniain   35'
Attendance: 13,160[7]

Ajax  0–2  Manchester United
Report Young   59'
Hernández   85'
Attendance: 48,966[8]

Red Bull Salzburg  0–4  Metalist Kharkiv
Report Taison   1'
Cristaldo   38', 41'
Devych   90+2'

AZ  1–0  Anderlecht
Maher   35' Report
Attendance: 13,744[10]

Lazio  1–3  Atlético Madrid
Klose   19' Report Adrián   25'
Falcao   37', 63'

Viktoria Plzeň  1–1  Schalke 04
Darida   22' Report Huntelaar   75'

Legia Warsaw  2–2  Sporting CP
Wawrzyniak   37'
Gol   79'
Report Carriço   60'
Santos   88'

Porto  1–2  Manchester City
Varela   27' Report Pereira   55' (o.g.)
Agüero   84'

Stoke City  0–1  Valencia
Report Topal   36'

Steaua București  0–1  Twente
Report John   53'


Udinese  0–0  PAOK
Report

Trabzonspor  1–2  PSV Eindhoven
Adın   33' Report Matavž   6'
Toivonen   12'

Hannover 96  2–1  Club Brugge
Sobiech   73'
Schlaudraff   81' (pen.)
Report Lestienne   51'
Notes

Second leg edit

Manchester City  4–0  Porto
Agüero   1'
Džeko   76'
Silva   84'
Pizarro   86'
Report

Manchester City won 6–1 on aggregate.


Athletic Bilbao  1–0  Lokomotiv Moscow
Muniain   62' Report
Attendance: 29,532[23]
Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

2–2 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.


Valencia  1–0  Stoke City
Jonas   24' Report

Valencia won 2–0 on aggregate.


Twente  1–0  Steaua București
Chadli   29' Report

Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.


Standard Liège  0–0  Wisła Kraków
Report

1–1 on aggregate; Standard Liège won on away goals.


PAOK  0–3  Udinese
Report Danilo   6'
Floro Flores   15'
Domizzi   51' (pen.)

Udinese won 3–0 on aggregate.


PSV Eindhoven  4–1  Trabzonspor
Mertens   15' (pen.)
Matavž   31', 53'
Strootman   38'
Report Yılmaz   43'
Attendance: 18,300[24]
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

PSV Eindhoven won 6–2 on aggregate.


Club Brugge  0–1  Hannover 96
Report Diouf   21'

Hannover 96 won 3–1 on aggregate.


Manchester United  1–2  Ajax
Hernández   6' Report Özbiliz   37'
Alderweireld   87'
Attendance: 67,328[25]

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.


Metalist Kharkiv  4–1  Red Bull Salzburg
Hinteregger   28' (o.g.)
Cristaldo   62'
Blanco   63'
Marlos   87'
Report Jantscher   56'
Attendance: 30,826[26]

Metalist Kharkiv won 8–1 on aggregate.


Olympiacos  1–0  Rubin Kazan
Djebbour   14' Report

Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht  0–1  AZ
Report Martens   54'

AZ won 2–0 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid  1–0  Lazio
Godín   48' Report

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.


Schalke 04  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Viktoria Plzeň
Huntelaar   8', 106', 120+1' Report Rajtoral   88'

Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.


Beşiktaş  0–1  Braga
Report Lima   25'

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.


Sporting CP  1–0  Legia Warsaw
Fernández   84' Report

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16 edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Metalist Kharkiv   2–2 (a)   Olympiacos 0–1 2–1
Sporting CP   3–3 (a)   Manchester City 1–0 2–3
Twente   2–4   Schalke 04 1–0 1–4
Standard Liège   2–6   Hannover 96 2–2 0–4
Valencia   5–3   PSV Eindhoven 4–2 1–1
AZ   3–2   Udinese 2–0 1–2
Atlético Madrid   6–1   Beşiktaş 3–1 3–0
Manchester United   3–5   Athletic Bilbao 2–3 1–2

First leg edit

Metalist Kharkiv  0–1  Olympiacos
Report Fuster   50'
Attendance: 35,136[28]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)


Twente  1–0  Schalke 04
De Jong   61' (pen.) Report

Atlético Madrid  3–1  Beşiktaş
Salvio   24', 27'
Adrián   37'
Report Simão   53'

Standard Liège  2–2  Hannover 96
Buyens   27'
Tchité   30'
Report Stindl   22' (pen.)
Diouf   56'

Valencia  4–2  PSV Eindhoven
Ruiz   11'
Soldado   13', 43' (pen.)
Piatti   56'
Report Toivonen   83' (pen.)
Wijnaldum   90'
Attendance: 25,495[32]

AZ  2–0  Udinese
Martens   63'
Falkenburg   84'
Report

Manchester United  2–3  Athletic Bilbao
Rooney   22', 90+2' (pen.) Report Llorente   44'
De Marcos   72'
Muniain   90'
Attendance: 59,265[34]

Second leg edit

Hannover 96  4–0  Standard Liège
Abdellaoue   4'
Kanu   21' (o.g.), 73' (o.g.)
Pinto   90+3'
Report

Hannover 96 won 6–2 on aggregate.


PSV Eindhoven  1–1  Valencia
Toivonen   64' Report Rami   47'

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.


Udinese  2–1  AZ
Di Natale   3' (pen.), 15' Report Falkenburg   31'
Attendance: 13,300[37]

AZ won 3–2 on aggregate.


Athletic Bilbao  2–1  Manchester United
Llorente   23'
De Marcos   66'
Report Rooney   80'

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.


Olympiacos  1–2  Metalist Kharkiv
Marcano   15' Report Villagra   81'
Devych   86'

2–2 on aggregate; Metalist Kharkiv won on away goals.


Manchester City  3–2  Sporting CP
Agüero   60', 83'
Balotelli   75' (pen.)
Report Fernández   33'
Van Wolfswinkel   40'

3–3 on aggregate; Sporting CP won on away goals.


Schalke 04  4–1  Twente
Huntelaar   29', 57' (pen.), 81'
Jones   71'
Report Janssen   14'

Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.


Beşiktaş  0–3  Atlético Madrid
Report Adrián   26'
Falcao   83'
Salvio   90+4'

Atlético Madrid won 6–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AZ   2–5   Valencia 2–1 0–4
Schalke 04   4–6   Athletic Bilbao 2–4 2–2
Sporting CP   3–2   Metalist Kharkiv 2–1 1–1
Atlético Madrid   4–2   Hannover 96 2–1 2–1

First leg edit

AZ  2–1  Valencia
Holman   45+1'
Martens   79'
Report Topal   52'
Attendance: 16,100[43]

Schalke 04  2–4  Athletic Bilbao
Raúl   22', 60' Report Llorente   20', 73'
De Marcos   81'
Muniain   90+3'

Sporting CP  2–1  Metalist Kharkiv
Izmailov   51'
Insúa   64'
Report Xavier   90+1' (pen.)

Atlético Madrid  2–1  Hannover 96
Falcao   9'
Salvio   89'
Report Diouf   38'

Second leg edit

Valencia  4–0  AZ
Rami   15', 17'
Alba   56'
Hernández   80'
Report

Valencia won 5–2 on aggregate.


Athletic Bilbao  2–2  Schalke 04
Ibai   41'
Susaeta   55'
Report Huntelaar   29'
Raúl   52'
Attendance: 37,048[23]

Athletic Bilbao won 6–4 on aggregate.


Metalist Kharkiv  1–1  Sporting CP
Cristaldo   57' Report Van Wolfswinkel   44'

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.


Hannover 96  1–2  Atlético Madrid
Diouf   81' Report Adrián   63'
Falcao   87'

Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Madrid   5–2   Valencia 4–2 1–0
Sporting CP   3–4   Athletic Bilbao 2–1 1–3

First leg edit

Atlético Madrid  4–2  Valencia
Falcao   18', 78'
Miranda   49'
Adrián   54'
Report Jonas   45+3'
R. Costa   90+4'

Sporting CP  2–1  Athletic Bilbao
Insúa   76'
Capel   80'
Report Aurtenetxe   54'

Second leg edit

Valencia  0–1  Atlético Madrid
Report Adrián   60'

Atlético Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.


Athletic Bilbao  3–1  Sporting CP
Susaeta   17'
Ibai   45+1'
Llorente   88'
Report Van Wolfswinkel   44'

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final edit

Atlético Madrid  3–0  Athletic Bilbao
Falcao   7', 34'
Diego   85'
Report

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External links edit