The group stage of the Europa League 2023-24 is now history and we know the 16 teams that will advance to the next round. It should be remembered that these are joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the Champions League, making a total of 24.
These eight teams from the Champions League will meet in a play-off against the second-placed teams from each Europa League group. The winners will advance directly to the round of 16. The draw for these play-offs will take place next Monday 18th December at 13.00 CET. The teams are already eagerly awaiting the draw to find out their route to the final on 22nd May in Dublin
These are the qualified teams for the play-offs
- Galatasaray (from the Champions League)
- Lens (from the Champions League)
- Sporting de Braga (from the Champions League)
-Benfica (from the Champions League)
- Feyenoord (from the Champions League)
- Milan (from the Champions League)
- Young Boys (from the Champions League)
- Shakhtar Donetsk (from the Champions League)
- Sporting CP (2nd in their group)
- Toulouse (2nd in their group)
- Rennes (2nd in their group)
- Roma (2nd in their group)
- Qarabag (2nd in their group)
- Freiburg (2nd in their group)
- Olympique Marseille (2nd in their group)
- Sparta Praha (2nd in their group)
December 15, 2023
These are the qualified teams for the last 16
- Atalanta
- Liverpool
- Bayer Leverkusen
-Villarreal
- Slavia Praha
- West Ham
- Brighton
- Rangers