Europa League Draw: What You Need to Know
The Europa League draw took place on Friday, February 24th, 2023, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw determined the matchups for the Round of 16, which will be played on March 9th and 16th.
The 16 teams that qualified for the Round of 16 are:
- Arsenal (England)
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
- Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
- Ferencváros (Hungary)
- Feyenoord (Netherlands)
- Freiburg (Germany)
- Juventus (Italy)
- Manchester United (England)
- Real Betis (Spain)
- Real Sociedad (Spain)
- Roma (Italy)
- Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
- Sporting CP (Portugal)
- Union Berlin (Germany)
The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis and former Arsenal and England player Alex Scott. The teams were drawn from two pots, with the pot 1 teams being seeded and the pot 2 teams being unseeded.
The seeded teams were: Arsenal, Barcelona, Juventus, Manchester United, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Roma, and Union Berlin. The unseeded teams were: Bayer Leverkusen, Fenerbahçe, Ferencváros, Feyenoord, Freiburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sporting CP, and Trabzonspor.
The draw resulted in the following matchups:
- Manchester United vs. Real Betis
- Juventus vs. Freiburg
- Union Berlin vs. Union Saint-Gilloise
- Arsenal vs. Sporting CP
- Real Sociedad vs. Roma
- Bayer Leverkusen vs. Ferencváros
- Barcelona vs. Fenerbahçe
- Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Feyenoord
The first legs of the Round of 16 will be played on March 9th, with the second legs being played on March 16th. The winners of the Round of 16 will advance to the quarter-finals, which will be played on April 13th and 20th. The semi-finals will be played on May 11th and 18th, and the final will be played on May 31st at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.
The Europa League is the second-tier European club competition, behind the Champions League. It was founded in 1971 as the UEFA Cup and was renamed the Europa League in 2009. The competition is open to clubs that finish in the lower positions of their domestic leagues, as well as clubs that win their domestic cups.
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