2022-2023 UEFA Europa League

Round of 24 First Leg Results
Ajax 0, Union Berlin 0
Barcelona 2, Manchester United 2
Red Bull Salzburg 1, Roma 0
Shaktar Donetsk 2, Rennes 1
Monaco 3, Bayer Leverkusen 2
Juventus 1, Nantes 1
Sevilla 3, PSV Eindhoven 0
Sporting Lisbon 1, Midtyland 1

(The Guardian) Europa League Round of 16 draw
FC Union Saint-Gilloise v Union Berlin
Sevilla v Fenerbahce
Juventus v SC Freiburg
Bayer Leverkusen v Ferencvaros
Sporting Clube De Portugal v Arsenal
Manchester United v Real Betis
Roma v Real Sociedad
Shakhatar Donetsk v Feyenoord

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Manchester United will play Real Betis, who currently sit fifth in La Liga, at home in the first leg of the Round of 16 on 9 March. The away leg at the Benito Villamarín Stadium will be played on 16 March.

Fourth in the Portuguese top flight, Sporting Clube De Portugal will host Arsenal at the José Alvalade Stadium in the first leg, with the return at the Emirates Stadium.

(The Guardian) Europa League draw in full
Just as it was for Champions League quarterfinal draw, the Europa League looks lopsided. Manchester United, Sevilla, Juventus and Sporting will all battle it out for just one place in the final. On the other side you’ve got the tournament debutants from Belgium as well as the fifth best team in Italy and the ninth best team in Germany. To be fair to Feyenoord, they are top of the Dutch league and will therefore fancy themselves. Still, good luck predicting this one.

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SF 1: Winner of QF 2 v Winner of QF 1
Juventus/Sporting CP v Manchester United/Sevilla.

That is a tough side of the draw!

SF 2: Winner of QF 4 v Winner of QF 3
Feyenoord/Roma v Bayer Leverkusen v Union Saint-Gilloise.

No easy games, of course, but you’d much rather be on this side.

Europa League Quarterfinal First Leg Results
Feyenoord 1, AS Roma 0
Bayer Leverkusen 1, Union St. Gilloise 1
Juventus 1, Sporting 0
Manchester United 2, Sevilla 2

Europa League Quarterfinal Second Leg Results
AS Roma 4, Feyenoord 1 (AS Roma advance 4-2 on aggregate)
Sevilla 3, Manchester United 0 (Sevilla advance 5-2 on aggregate)
Sporting Lisbon 1, Juventus 1 (Juventus advance 2-1 on aggregate)
Bayer Leverkusen 4, Union St. Gilloise 1 (Bayer Leverkusen advance 5-2 on aggregate)

(UEFA Europa League) Leverkusen made the early running in the opening exchanges of the first leg in Rome seven days earlier and the Serie A outfit were clearly keen for there to be no repeat this time around.

A searching ball from the Roma defence was nodded into the path of skipper Lorenzo Pellegrini by Tammy Abraham's cushioned header, but the Giallorossi captain's low effort flew wide.

Die Werkself did not take long to push forward in search of their aggregate equaliser. A crisp passing interchange inside the hosts' half picked out the run of Moussa Diaby down the right. He burst into the Roma box but his fierce, right-footed strike cannoned off the crossbar with Rui Patrício beaten. Kerem Demirbay was denied on three occasions by the Roma keeper in the first half alone, with the pick of the saves coming when his low shot skidded up off the turf and forced the Portuguese international to divert it out for a corner.

Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen, who fired 12 attempts to the visitors' solitary strike in the first 45 minutes, were initially unable to find the same intensity after the interval and it took until midway through the second period for the first real test for the Giallorossi keeper. Shortly after Sardar Azmoun headed straight at Rui Patrício, the keeper was able to get down low to push another low, awkward Demirbay shot away from danger.

Leverkusen went in search of the goal they craved, with attacking replacements Amine Adli, Adam Hložek and Nadiem Amiri all coming off the bench in the closing stages. Largely restricted to long-range efforts by some resolute Roma defending, Leverkusen finally broke into the box with nine minutes left, but Azmoun, quickest to react to a loose ball, clipped the ball wide, and the Giallorossi held on to make it back-to-back European showpieces and a first final appearance in this competition since 1991.

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Inseparable in Turin, the return contest between these sides featured a quickfire flurry of chances and excellent saves during an intense, end-to-end first half.

After home goalkeeper Yassine Bounou beat away Federico Gatti's close-range header, Wojciech Szczęsny rescued Juve by scooping Lucas Ocampos' header off the line and tipping over Marcos Acuña's thunderous effort from a considerable distance.

The goalkeeper's heroics were almost rewarded when Ángel Di María lofted a chance wide. Moise Kean then saw his low finish from an acute angle strike a post as the pendulum swung Juve's way.

With the teams still locked together, it was left to two substitutes to change the game in the second half. Dušan Vlahović chipped in a composed finish with one of his first touches after being introduced in the 63rd minute, but that was matched in quality by Suso's thunderous finish from distance seven minutes later to take the tie to extra time – although not before several more fine saves at either end.

Sevilla have never lost a semi-final match at home in this competition, and their remarkable record was extended by Erik Lamela's emphatic 95th-minute header from a Bryan Gil cross. With five minutes remaining Acuña was dismissed for a second bookable offence but his side held on, sealing a place in their seventh Europa League final.