UEFA Europa League playoff draw: Full list of fixtures, schedule, dates for knockout-round matches in 2023/24

Sixteen clubs from the UEFA Champions League and Europa League will have the chance to continue their European campaigns by winning a knockout tie in February.

The UEFA Europa League playoff round is a winner-takes-all two-legged decider to reach the Europa League Round of 16 between clubs who did not qualify automatically from their groups.

Several huge teams are involved, including the likes of former European champions AC Milan and Jose Mourinho's Roma.

Here's what you need to know about the draw, as well as the results once the ceremony is completed.

The Sporting News will update this table as the draw is completed.

Europa League group runners-up are drawn against the teams that finish third in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other, and the Europa League runners-up play the return legs at home.

The first legs take place on February 15, 2023. The second are a week later, on February 22, 2023.

For the group stages, 32 qualified teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each, with the top two sides in each group in a position to qualify for the knockout stages.

Group winners automatically qualify for the Round of 16 knockout round and runners-up compete in playoffs against teams dropping down from the Champions League.

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The eight group winners will be the seeded teams for the Europa League Round of 16. They will be drawn against the winners of the eight playoff ties, which begin on March 7, 2024.

At this point, the Europa League becomes a straightforward knockout competition. The team that wins via aggregate score in the two-legged Round of 16 ties progress to the quarterfinals —