The final draw of the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League has been conducted and we now know who each of the final 16 participants will face in the next knockout round as well as the resulting bracket.The top eight sides from the league phase automatically reached the last 16 and were seeded as below - their opponents in the next round are listed with their original seedings.
The higher seed will play the second leg at home in the Round of 16.
2. Athletic Club vs AS Roma
3. Manchester United vs Real Sociedad
4. Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar
7. Olympiacos vs Bodo/Glimt
8. Rangers vs Fenerbahce
For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, a draw was conducted to randomly allocate which sides will play the first leg at home. The same was done to allocate the home side in the final.
There has been a big overhaul of UEFA’s second-tier competition this season. Gone are the days of the 32-team group phase, replaced by a 36-team league. Each team plays eight games with the top eight automatically qualifying for the round of 16, whilst the bottom 12 are eliminated.Meanwhile, the teams that finished between ninth and 24th go into a play-off round to decide which eight teams will go on into the knockout part of the tournament. The round of 16, as part of the old format, continues with seeded teams playing unseeded teams, leading to quarter-finals, semi-finals and eventually the final itself.
Round of 16: March 6th and March 13th
Quarter-finals: April 10th and April 17th
Semi-finals: May 1st and May 8th
The Final: May 21st in Bilbao
This year’s Europa League final will take place on Wednesday, May 21st at 21:00 CET in Bilbao. The home of Athletic Club, San Mames has hosted the Women’s Champions League final in 2024.