The 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase began on 15 February with the knockout round play-offs and ended on 29 May 2024 with the final at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece, to decide the champions of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase.
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Qualified teams The knockout phase involved 24 teams: the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Europa League group stage.
Europa Conference League group stage winners and runners-up
GroupWinners(advance to round of 16and seeded in draw)Runners-up(advance to play-offsand seeded in draw)A Lille Slovan BratislavaB Maccabi Tel Aviv GentC Viktoria Plzeň Dinamo ZagrebD Club Brugge Bodø/GlimtE Aston Villa Legia WarsawF Fiorentina FerencvárosG PAOK Eintracht FrankfurtH Fenerbahçe Ludogorets Razgrad
Europa League group stage third-placed teams
GroupThird-placed teams(advance to play-offsand unseeded in draw)A OlympiacosB AjaxC Real BetisD Sturm GrazE Union Saint-GilloiseF Maccabi HaifaG ServetteH Molde
Format 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, then 30 minutes of extra time were played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: In the draw for the knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Europa League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).
Schedule The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legKnockout round play-offs18 December 2023, 14:0015 February 202422 February 2024Round of 1623 February 2024, 13:007 March 202414 March 2024Quarter-finals15 March 2024, 14:0011 April 202418 April 2024Semi-finals2 May 20249 May 2024Final29 May 2024 at Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens
Bracket
Knockout round play-offs
The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023, 14:00 CET.
Summary
The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2024.
Matches
Sturm Graz won 5–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.
Union Saint-Gilloise won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–3 on aggregate.
Molde won 6–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Haifa won 2–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 13:00 CET.
Summary
The first legs were played on 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2024.
Matches
0–0 on aggregate; Viktoria Plzeň won 3–1 on penalties.
Aston Villa won 4–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 3–1 on aggregate.
PAOK won 5–3 on aggregate.
Lille won 4–1 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 5–4 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 7–5 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET.
Summary
The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2024.
Matches
Club Brugge won 3–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Olympiacos won 3–2 on penalties.
3–3 on aggregate; Aston Villa won 4–3 on penalties.
Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.
Summary
The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 May 2024.
Matches
Olympiacos won 6–2 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 4–3 on aggregate.
Final
The final was played on 29 May 2024 at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.
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