Europa League: Second Phase Begins As Round Of 16 Qualifiers Emerge

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Following the conclusion of Europa League group-phase games, here is a list of teams which made it to the knockout stage.

Manchester United’s 2-0 win at FCSB means they are the only club to come through the group matches with an unbeaten record and they go straight to the last 16.

An injury-hit Tottenham beat Elfsborg 3-0 and Rangers saw off Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 to also avoid extra games in the knockout play-offs.

Other teams through to
Last 16 are Lazio, Athletic Bilbao, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lyon, Olympiakos,

The following will go into play-offs: 

Bodo/Glimt, Anderlecht, FCSB, Ajax, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, Roma, Ferencvaros, Viktoria Plzen, Porto, Midtjylland, Union Saint-Gilloise, AZ Alkmaar, PAOK, Twente, Fenerbahce.

Eliminated: Braga, Elfsborg, Hoffenheim, Besiktas, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Slavia Prague, Malmo, Rigas FC, Ludogorets, Dynamo Kyiv, Nice, Qarabag.

The teams who finished between ninth and 24th play two-legged play-off ties on 13 and 20 February to decide who goes through to the last 16.

The draw will take place on Friday, 31 January at 12:00 GMT… but teams already know which sides they have a 50-50 chance of meeting because of their final positions in the league phase.

Fenerbahce or Twente will face either Bodo/Glimt or Anderlecht, with Ferencvaros or Porto set to meet Roma or Viktoria Plzen.

Union Saint-Gilloise or PAOK take on FCSB or Ajax and AZ Alkmaar or Midtjylland can be drawn against Real Sociedad or Galatasaray.

Who meets in the last 16?

Manchester United or Tottenham will take on either AZ Alkmaar, Midtjylland, Real Sociedad or Galatasaray in the last 16.

Rangers will face either Twente, Fenerbahce, Bodo/Glimt or Anderlecht.

Those ties will take place on 6 and 13 March.

Italian city rivals Lazio and Roma also have a chance of meeting in the last 16.

Clubs will not know which team exactly they will face until the last-16 draw takes place on 21 February.

Potential routes to the final will be known by then – with the draws for the quarters and semis also taking place that day.

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