2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 12 February and ended on 29 May 2019 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, to decide the champions of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.^[2]

For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the competition, where it was implemented in the final.^[3]

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the twelve groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

Europa League group stage winners and runners-up

Group	Winners (seeded in round of 32 draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A	Bayer Leverkusen	Zürich
B	Red Bull Salzburg	Celtic
C	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Slavia Prague
D	Dinamo Zagreb	Fenerbahçe
E	Arsenal	Sporting CP
F	Real Betis	Olympiacos
G	Villarreal	Rapid Wien
H	Eintracht Frankfurt	Lazio
I	Genk	Malmö FF
J	Sevilla	Krasnodar
K	Dynamo Kyiv	Rennes
L	Chelsea	BATE Borisov

Champions League group stage third-placed teams

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	C	Napoli	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9	Seeded in round of 32 draw
2	H	Valencia	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
3	B	Inter Milan	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8
4	E	Benfica	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7
5	G	Viktoria Plzeň	6	2	1	3	7	16	−9	7	Unseeded in round of 32 draw
6	A	Club Brugge	6	1	3	2	6	5	+1	6
7	F	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	3	2	8	16	−8	6
8	D	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Club coefficient (UCL Regulations Article 16.04).^[4]

Bracket

Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final (29 May – Baku)
Viktoria Plzeň	2	0	2
Dinamo Zagreb	1	3	4			Dinamo Zagreb	1	0	1
Galatasaray	1	0	1			Benfica (aet)	0	3	3
Benfica	2	0	2									Benfica	4	0	4
Shakhtar Donetsk	2	1	3									Eintracht Frankfurt (a)	2	2	4
Eintracht Frankfurt	2	4	6			Eintracht Frankfurt	0	1	1
Rapid Wien	0	0	0			Inter Milan	0	0	0
Inter Milan	1	4	5															Eintracht Frankfurt	1	1	2 (3)
Lazio	0	0	0															Chelsea (p)	1	1	2 (4)
Sevilla	1	2	3			Sevilla	2	3	5
Slavia Prague	0	4	4			Slavia Prague (aet)	2	4	6
Genk	0	1	1									Slavia Prague	0	3	3
Malmö FF	1	0	1									Chelsea	1	4	5
Chelsea	2	3	5			Chelsea	3	5	8
Olympiacos	2	0	2			Dynamo Kyiv	0	0	0
Dynamo Kyiv	2	1	3																					Chelsea	4
Rennes	3	3	6																					Arsenal	1
Real Betis	3	1	4			Rennes	3	0	3
BATE Borisov	1	0	1			Arsenal	1	3	4
Arsenal	0	3	3									Arsenal	2	1	3
Zürich	1	0	1									Napoli	0	0	0
Napoli	3	2	5			Napoli	3	1	4
Club Brugge	2	0	2			Red Bull Salzburg	0	3	3
Red Bull Salzburg	1	4	5															Arsenal	3	4	7
Fenerbahçe	1	1	2															Valencia	1	2	3
Zenit Saint Petersburg	0	3	3			Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	1	2
Sporting CP	0	1	1			Villarreal	3	2	5
Villarreal	1	1	2									Villarreal	1	0	1
Celtic	0	0	0									Valencia	3	2	5
Valencia	2	1	3			Valencia	2	1	3
Krasnodar (a)	0	1	1			Krasnodar	1	1	2
Bayer Leverkusen	0	1	1

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 17 December 2018, 13:00 CET.^[5]

Summary

The first legs were played on 12 and 14 February, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 February 2019.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Viktoria Plzeň	2–4	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	0–3
Club Brugge	2–5	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	0–4
Rapid Wien	0–5	Inter Milan	0–1	0–4
Slavia Prague	4–1	Genk	0–0	4–1
Krasnodar	1–1 (a)	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	1–1
Zürich	1–5	Napoli	1–3	0–2
Malmö FF	1–5	Chelsea	1–2	0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	1–4
Celtic	0–3	Valencia	0–2	0–1
Rennes	6–4	Real Betis	3–3	3–1
Olympiacos	2–3	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	0–1
Lazio	0–3	Sevilla	0–1	0–2
Fenerbahçe	2–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	1–3
Sporting CP	1–2	Villarreal	0–1	1–1
BATE Borisov	1–3	Arsenal	1–0	0–3
Galatasaray	1–2	Benfica	1–2	0–0

Matches

14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

21:00

Viktoria Plzeň	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Pernica  54', 83'	Report	Olmo  41'

Doosan Arena, Plzeň

Attendance: 9,731^[6]

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

18:55

Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Viktoria Plzeň
Oršić  15' Dilaver  34' Petković  73'	Report

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 25,860^[7]

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

21:00

Club Brugge	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg
Denswil  64' Wesley  81'	Report	Junuzović  17'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 16,457^[8]

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

18:55

Red Bull Salzburg	4–0	Club Brugge
Schlager  17' Daka  29', 43' Dabour  90+4'	Report

Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg

Attendance: 24,717^[9]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:55

Rapid Wien	0–1	Inter Milan
	Report	Martínez  39' (pen.)

Allianz Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 23,850^[10]

Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

21:00

Inter Milan	4–0	Rapid Wien
Vecino  11' Ranocchia  18' Perišić  80' Politano  87'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 32,158^[11]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Inter Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:55

Slavia Prague	0–0	Genk
	Report

Sinobo Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 18,125^[12]

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

21:00

Genk	1–4	Slavia Prague
Trossard  10'	Report	Coufal  23' Traoré  54' Škoda  64', 69'

Luminus Arena, Genk

Attendance: 13,688^[13]

Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:55 (20:55 MSK)

Krasnodar	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen
	Report

Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar

Attendance: 34,827^[14]

Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

21:00

Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Krasnodar
Aránguiz  87'	Report	Suleymanov  84'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 16,084^[15]

Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

1–1 on aggregate. Krasnodar won on away goals.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

21:00

Zürich	1–3	Napoli
Kololli  83' (pen.)	Report	Insigne  12' Callejón  21' Zieliński  77'

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 24,000^[16]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

18:55

Napoli	2–0	Zürich
Verdi  43' Ounas  75'	Report

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 17,579^[17]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Napoli won 5–1 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

21:00

Malmö FF	1–2	Chelsea
Christiansen  80'	Report	Barkley  30' Giroud  58'

Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 20,312^[18]

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

21:00 (20:00 GMT)

Chelsea	3–0	Malmö FF
Giroud  55' Barkley  74' Hudson-Odoi  84'	Report

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 39,813^[19]

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Chelsea won 5–1 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

21:00 (22:00 EET)

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
Marlos  10' (pen.) Taison  67'	Report	Hinteregger  7' Kostić  50'

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 13,059^[20]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

18:55

Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Jović  23' Haller  27' (pen.), 80' Rebić  88'	Report	Moraes  64'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 47,000^[21]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 6–3 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

21:00 (20:00 GMT)

Celtic	0–2	Valencia
	Report	Cheryshev  42' Sobrino  49'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 57,430^[22]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

18:55

Valencia	1–0	Celtic
Gameiro  70'	Report

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 36,619^[23]

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Valencia won 3–0 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:55

Rennes	3–3	Real Betis
Hunou  2' García  10' (o.g.) Ben Arfa  45+3' (pen.)	Report	Lo Celso  32' Sidnei  62' Lainez  90'

Roazhon Park, Rennes

Attendance: 28,656^[24]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

21:00

Real Betis	1–3	Rennes
Lo Celso  41'	Report	Bensebaini  22' Hunou  30' Niang  90+4'

Benito Villamarín, Seville

Attendance: 43,623^[25]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Rennes won 6–4 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:55 (19:55 EET)

Olympiacos	2–2	Dynamo Kyiv
Hassan  9' Dias  40'	Report	Buyalskyi  27' Verbič  89'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 31,020^[26]

Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

21:00 (22:00 EET)

Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Olympiacos
Sol  32'	Report

NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 48,902^[27]

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:55

Lazio	0–1	Sevilla
	Report	Ben Yedder  22'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 19,766^[28]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)^{[note 3]}

18:00

Sevilla	2–0	Lazio
Ben Yedder  20' Sarabia  78'	Report

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Attendance: 34,521^[29]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Sevilla won 3–0 on aggregate.

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12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)^{[note 4]}

18:55 (20:55 TRT)

Fenerbahçe	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Slimani  21'	Report

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 36,572^[30]

Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

18:55 (20:55 MSK)

Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Fenerbahçe
Ozdoyev  4' Azmoun  37', 76'	Report	Topal  43'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 50,448^[31]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

21:00 (20:00 WET)

Sporting CP	0–1	Villarreal
	Report	Pedraza  3'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 27,134^[32]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

18:55

Villarreal	1–1	Sporting CP
Fornals  80'	Report	Fernandes  45+1'

Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal

Attendance: 14,098^[33]

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Villarreal won 2–1 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:55 (20:55 FET)

BATE Borisov	1–0	Arsenal
Drahun  45'	Report

Borisov Arena, Barysaw

Attendance: 12,527^[34]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

18:55 (17:55 GMT)

Arsenal	3–0	BATE Borisov
Volkov  4' (o.g.) Mustafi  39' Papastathopoulos  60'	Report

Emirates Stadium, London

Attendance: 58,812^[35]

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Arsenal won 3–1 on aggregate.

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14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:55 (20:55 TRT)

Galatasaray	1–2	Benfica
Luyindama  54'	Report	Salvio  27' (pen.) Seferović  64'

Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 42,722^[36]

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

21:00 (20:00 WET)

Benfica	0–0	Galatasaray
	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 49,545^[37]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 22 February 2019, 13:00 CET.^[38]

Summary

The first legs were played on 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2019.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Chelsea	8–0	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	5–0
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Inter Milan	0–0	1–0
Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	Benfica	1–0	0–3 (aet)
Napoli	4–3	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	1–3
Valencia	3–2	Krasnodar	2–1	1–1
Sevilla	5–6	Slavia Prague	2–2	3–4 (aet)
Rennes	3–4[A]	Arsenal	3–1	0–3
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–5	Villarreal	1–3	1–2

Notes

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw, in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Chelsea v Dynamo Kyiv match in the same city.

Matches

7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)

21:00 (20:00 GMT)

Chelsea	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Pedro  17' Willian  65' Hudson-Odoi  90'	Report

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 37,280^[39]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)

18:55 (19:55 EET)

Dynamo Kyiv	0–5	Chelsea
	Report	Giroud  5', 33', 59' Alonso  45+1' Hudson-Odoi  78'

NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 64,830^[40]

Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Chelsea won 8–0 on aggregate.

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7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)

18:55

Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Inter Milan
	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 48,000^[41]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)

21:00

Inter Milan	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Report	Jović  6'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 49,866^[42]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.

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7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)

18:55

Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Benfica
Petković  38' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 29,704^[43]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)

21:00 (20:00 WET)

Benfica	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Dinamo Zagreb
Jonas  71' Ferro  94' Grimaldo  105'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,808^[44]

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

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7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)

21:00

Napoli	3–0	Red Bull Salzburg
Milik  10' Fabián  18' Onguéné  58' (o.g.)	Report

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 32,579^[45]

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)

18:55

Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	Napoli
Dabour  25' Gulbrandsen  65' Leitgeb  90+2'	Report	Milik  14'

Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg

Attendance: 29,520^[46]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Napoli won 4–3 on aggregate.

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7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)

21:00

Valencia	2–1	Krasnodar
Rodrigo  12', 24'	Report	Claesson  63'

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 36,274^[47]

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)

18:55 (20:55 MSK)

Krasnodar	1–1	Valencia
Suleymanov  85'	Report	Guedes  90+3'

Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar

Attendance: 35,074^[48]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Valencia won 3–2 on aggregate.

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7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)

18:55

Sevilla	2–2	Slavia Prague
Ben Yedder  1' Munir  28'	Report	Stoch  25' Král  39'

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Attendance: 30,698^[49]

Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)

21:00

Slavia Prague	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Sevilla
Ngadeu-Ngadjui  15' Souček  47' (pen.) Van Buren  102' Traoré  119'	Report	Ben Yedder  44' (pen.) Munir  54' Vázquez  98'

Sinobo Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 19,020^[50]

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Slavia Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

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7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)

18:55

Rennes	3–1	Arsenal
Bourigeaud  42' Monreal  65' (o.g.) Sarr  88'	Report	Iwobi  4'

Roazhon Park, Rennes

Attendance: 29,100^[51]

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)

21:00 (20:00 GMT)

Arsenal	3–0	Rennes
Aubameyang  5', 72' Maitland-Niles  15'	Report

Emirates Stadium, London

Attendance: 59,453^[52]

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate.

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7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)

18:55 (20:55 MSK)

Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–3	Villarreal
Azmoun  35'	Report	Iborra  33' Gerard  64' Morlanes  71'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 51,826^[53]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)

21:00

Villarreal	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Gerard  29' Bacca  47'	Report	Ivanović  90+1'

Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal

Attendance: 14,027^[54]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Villarreal won 5–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 13:00 CET.^[55]

Summary

The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2019.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Arsenal	3–0[A]	Napoli	2–0	1–0
Villarreal	1–5	Valencia	1–3	0–2
Benfica	4–4 (a)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	0–2
Slavia Prague	3–5	Chelsea	0–1	3–4

Notes

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw, in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Chelsea v Slavia Prague match in the same city.

Matches

11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)

21:00 (20:00 BST)

Arsenal	2–0	Napoli
Ramsey  15' Koulibaly  25' (o.g.)	Report

Emirates Stadium, London

Attendance: 59,738^[56]

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)

21:00

Napoli	0–1	Arsenal
	Report	Lacazette  36'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 39,438^[57]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Arsenal won 3–0 on aggregate.

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11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)

21:00

Villarreal	1–3	Valencia
Cazorla  36' (pen.)	Report	Guedes  6', 90+3' Wass  90+1'

Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal

Attendance: 17,605^[58]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)

21:00

Valencia	2–0	Villarreal
Lato  13' Parejo  54'	Report

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 26,403^[59]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Valencia won 5–1 on aggregate.

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11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)

21:00 (20:00 WEST)

Benfica	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
Félix  21' (pen.), 43', 54' Dias  50'	Report	Jović  40' Paciência  72'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 54,175^[60]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)

21:00

Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Benfica
Kostić  37' Rode  67'	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 48,000^[61]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

4–4 on aggregate. Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals.

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11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)

21:00

Slavia Prague	0–1	Chelsea
	Report	Alonso  86'

Sinobo Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 17,484^[62]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)

21:00 (20:00 BST)

Chelsea	4–3	Slavia Prague
Pedro  5', 27' Deli  10' (o.g.) Giroud  17'	Report	Souček  26' Ševčík  51', 55'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 38,326^[63]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Chelsea won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 13:00 CET (after the quarter-final draw).^[55]

Summary

The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 9 May 2019.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Arsenal	7–3	Valencia	3–1	4–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2 (3–4 p)	Chelsea	1–1	1–1 (aet)

Matches

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

21:00 (20:00 BST)

Arsenal	3–1	Valencia
Lacazette  18', 26' Aubameyang  90+1'	Report	Diakhaby  11'

Emirates Stadium, London

Attendance: 58,969^[64]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

21:00

Valencia	2–4	Arsenal
Gameiro  11', 58'	Report	Aubameyang  17', 69', 88' Lacazette  50'

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 44,481^[65]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Arsenal won 7–3 on aggregate.

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2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

21:00

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Chelsea
Jović  23'	Report	Pedro  45'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 48,000^[66]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

21:00 (20:00 BST)

Chelsea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt
Loftus-Cheek  28'	Report	Jović  49'
Penalties
Barkley Azpilicueta Jorginho David Luiz Hazard	4–3	Haller Jović De Guzmán Hinteregger Paciência

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 36,070^[67]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

2–2 on aggregate. Chelsea won 4–3 on penalties.

Final

Main article: 2019 UEFA Europa League Final

The final was played on 29 May 2019 at the Olympic Stadium in Baku. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.^[55]

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)

21:00

Chelsea	4–1	Arsenal
Giroud  49' Pedro  60' Hazard  65' (pen.), 72'	report	Iwobi  69'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 51,370^[68]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Notes

1. CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 30 March 2019 (round of 32 and round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
2. Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Donbas Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
3. The Sevilla v Lazio match was scheduled on 20 February in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Real Betis v Rennes match, in the same city.
4. The Fenerbahçe v Zenit Saint Petersburg match was scheduled on 12 February in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Galatasaray v Benfica match, in the same city.