The round of 16 of the Europa League will be drawn on Friday (February 24th, 2023, 12 noon CET) – SC Freiburg is one of the seeded teams. Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin have yet to win their games.
The eight games will be drawn from two pots. In pot 1 are the group winners from the group stage of the Europa League. These teams generally have home rights in the second leg. SC Freiburg is the only club from the Bundesliga to be in pot 1.
- Arsenal (England)
- Betis Seville (Spain)
- Fenerbahce Istanbul (Turkey)
- Ferencvaros Budapest (Hungary)
- Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- SC Freiburg (Germany)
- Real Sociedad (Spain)
- Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
The unseeded teams in pot 2 are the winners of the games from the intermediate round, which involved the runners-up in the Europa League and the third-placed in the Champions League. Whether Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin are there is still open – both will still play on Thursday:
- Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) – 1. FC Union Berlin (Germany)
- FC Barcelona (Spain) – Manchester United (England)
- Juventus (Italy) – Nantes FC (France)
- Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) – AS Monaco (France)
- FC (Red Bull) Salzburg (Austria) – AS Roma (Italy)
- Sevilla FC (Spain) – PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
- Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) – Stade Rennes (France)
- Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) – FC Midtjylland (Denmark)
Duels between two teams from the same country only from the quarter-finals
Duels politically excluded by UEFA are not possible, which is why only one restriction will apply: teams from the same association are not allowed to meet in the round of 16. This is only possible from the quarter-finals.
The winner of the tournament will receive a starting right in the group stage of the Champions League of the 2023/24 season.
The other appointments
- Round of 16: March 9th and 16th
- Quarterfinals: April 13th and 20th
- Semifinals: May 11th and 18th
- Final: May 31 at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest
Final Stadium 2023: the Puskas Arena in Budapest
Europa Conference League will also be drawn
The round of 16 will also be drawn on Thursday (1 p.m.) for the Europa Conference League. After 1. FC Köln were eliminated, there are no longer any teams from the Bundesliga.
Draw pot 1 (group winner):
- AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
- Djurgarden (Sweden)
- Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey)
- OGC Nice (France)
- Sivasspor (Turkey)
- Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
- Villarreal FC (Spain)
- West Ham Utd (England)
Pot 2 (winner intermediate round):
- Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) – RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)
- Trabzonspor (Turkey) – FC Basel (Switzerland)
- Lazio Rome (ITA) – CFR Cluj (Romania)
- AEK Larnaca (Cyprus) – Dnipro-1 (Ukraine)
- Braga FC (Portugal) – Fiorentina (Italy)
- Qarabağ (Azerbaijan) – KAA Gent (Belgium)
- Bodø/Glimt (Norway) – Lech Poznan (Poland)
- Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) – Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
The rest of the dates are the same as in the Europa League apart from the final, which is scheduled to take place on June 7 at the Eden Arena in Prague. The tournament winner receives a starting right in the group stage of the Euro League of the season 2023/24.
In 2022, AS Roma won the first edition of the Europa Conference League.