Europa League Permutations: Who could Utd, Spurs and Rangers play in Knockout stages? | Football News

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The Europa League Group phases are over – and we have an idea of ​​who will play who in knockouts. What does the path look like for Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Rangers?

Rangers avoided a late scare against Union sg And reserved their place in the 16th round against the odds by finishing the eighth. They will meet one of Anderlecht. Bodø/Glimt. Fenerbahçeor Twente.

Manchester United Finished in third place in the Europa League Group phase after Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo’s introductions inspired a 2-0 win at Steaua Bucharest.

United go directly to the last 16 and face one of Real Sociedad. Galatasaray. AZ Alkmaar or Central Jutland on 6 and 13 March.

Tottenham Will play one of Central Jutland. AZ Alkmaar. Real Sociedad or Olympiakos In the last 16 after they beat Elfsborg 3-0.

Due to the structure of the draw, Spurs and Manchester United cannot meet before the final.

When is the Europa League -U -decided?

A draw for the Europa League-Play-Offs will be held on Friday, January 31 at 1 p.m. 12 UK and Irish time.

You can follow it on the Sky Sports Digital and Sky Sports app from 7 p.m. 10.30pm.

Draw Format

Teams ending between the ninth and 16. In the league will be grafted for the play-off round.

They are facing an unrequited team that ended between the 17th and 24th of the table – with the seeded team that also has the advantage of playing the other leg at home.

Pages will also be paired together in the draw, which means that the two sides ending ninth and 10th will be drawn towards either the 23rd or 24th placed pages.

Teams that ended 11 and 12th, will be drawn toward either the 21st or 22nd placed pages, and so on.

The eight winners from the Play-offs meet the teams, which finished in the top eight from the initial leaguease in the last 16, where the well-known theme of the knockout rounds runs all the way to the final.

When are the knockout stages?

  • The Europa League-play-offs will take place over two legs on weekdays on February 13 and February 20.
  • Last 16 games will be played on March 6, with the second legs that occur on March 13.
  • The quarterfinals are April 10 with the return legs on April 17.
  • The semi -finals will take place on May 1 with the second part on May 8th.
  • 2024/25 Europa League final is played on Estadio de San Mames in BilbaoSpain, May 21, 2025.

Who will British teams play in the next round – and who could they meet in the last 16?

Manchester United (Ranked No. 3)

Round of 16: vs. Central Jutland. AZ Alkmaar. Real Sociedad or Olympiakos.

Tottenham (Ranked No. 4)

Round of 16: vs. Central Jutland. AZ Alkmaar. Real Sociedad or Olympiakos.

Rangers (Ranked No. 8)

Round of 16: vs. Anderlecht. Bodø/Glimt. Fenerbahce or Twente.

Who are all the teams for the next round?

Confirmed in round 16

Lazio, Bilbao, Man Utd, Tottenham, Frankfurt, Lyon, Olympiakos, Rangers.

Confirmed in knockout-phase-play-offs

Bodø/Glimt, Anderlecht, Steaua, Ajax, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, Roma, Plzen, Ferencváros, Porto, Central Jutland, AZ Alkmaar, Union Saint-Gilloise, Paok, Twente, Fenerbache.

Eliminated

Braga, if Elfsborg, Hoffenheim, Besiktas, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Nice, Qarabag, Ludogorets, Malmo, Slavia Prague, RFS.