As kenez and rahul already have mentioned, here is the draw for the 1/16 and 1/8 finals of the Europa League. Our road begins against the German champions Wolfsburg, then would continue against the winner of Russian champions Rubin Kazan and Israeli runners-up Hapoel Tel Aviv. We play at home in the first leg of the 1/16 finals, but would have the home return-leg edge in the 1/8 finals. A very tough draw, as Valverde has noted, but Wolfsburg has not matched its form of last year. If we can hold a clean sheet at home in the first leg, we can progress.
1/16 finals: (18/25 February) -- from Wikipedia
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Rubin Kazan | 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Athletic Bilbao | 2 | Anderlecht | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Copenhagen | 3 | Marseille | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Panathinaikos | 4 | Roma | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Atlético Madrid | 5 | Galatasaray | 18 Feb | 23 Feb |
Ajax | 6 | Juventus | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Club Brugge | 7 | Valencia | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Fulham | 8 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Liverpool | 9 | Unirea Urziceni | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Hamburg | 10 | PSV Eindhoven | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Villarreal | 11 | Wolfsburg | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Standard Liège | 12 | Red Bull Salzburg | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Twente | 13 | Werder Bremen | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Lille | 14 | Fenerbahçe | 18 Feb | 25 Feb |
Everton | 15 | Sporting CP | 16 Feb | 25 Feb |
Hertha BSC | 16 | Benfica | 18 Feb | 23 Feb |
1/8 finals: (11/18 March)
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Winners of match 10 | v | Winners of match 2 | 11 Mar | 18 Mar |
Winners of match 1 | v | Winners of match 11 | 11 Mar | 18 Mar |
Winners of match 5 | v | Winners of match 15 | 11 Mar | 18 Mar |
Winners of match 16 | v | Winners of match 3 | 11 Mar | 18 Mar |
Winners of match 4 | v | Winners of match 12 | 11 Mar | 18 Mar |
Winners of match 14 | v | Winners of match 9 | 11 Mar | 18 Mar |
Winners of match 6 | v | Winners of match 8 | 11 Mar | 18 Mar |
Winners of match 7 | v | Winners of match 13 | 11 Mar | 18 Mar |