The knockout phase of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League began on 18 February, and concluded with the final at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany on 12 May 2010. ^[1] The knockout phase involved the 24 teams that finished in the top two in each group in the group stage and the eight teams that finished in third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage. ^[1]

All times are CET/ CEST.

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If goals were scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, there would be a penalty shootout after extra time.

In the final, the tie was played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time would be played, followed by penalties if scores remained tied.

Key to colours
Seeded in round of 32 draw
Unseeded in round of 32 draw

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Anderlecht	Ajax
B	Valencia	Lille
C	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hamburger SV
D	Sporting CP	Hertha BSC
E	Roma	Fulham
F	Galatasaray	Panathinaikos
G	Red Bull Salzburg	Villarreal
H	Fenerbahçe	Twente
I	Benfica	Everton
J	Shakhtar Donetsk	Club Brugge
K	PSV Eindhoven	Copenhagen
L	Werder Bremen	Athletic Bilbao

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
G	Unirea Urziceni	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
A	Juventus	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8
B	VfL Wolfsburg	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
C	Marseille	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7
E	Liverpool	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
F	Rubin Kazan	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6
H	Standard Liège	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
D	Atlético Madrid	6	0	3	3	3	12	−9	3

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Club Brugge	1	0	1
	Valencia ( a.e.t.)	0	3	3
							Valencia ( a)	1	4	5
							Werder Bremen	1	4	5
	Twente	1	1	2
	Werder Bremen	0	4	4
													Valencia	2	0	2
													Atlético Madrid ( a)	2	0	2
	Atlético Madrid	1	2	3
	Galatasaray	1	1	2
							Atlético Madrid ( a)	0	2	2
							Sporting CP	0	2	2
	Everton	2	0	2
	Sporting CP	1	3	4
																			Atlético Madrid ( a.e.t.; a)	1	1	2
																			Liverpool	0	2	2
	Hertha BSC	1	0	1
	Benfica	1	4	5
							Benfica	1	2	3
							Marseille	1	1	2
	Copenhagen	1	1	2
	Marseille	3	3	6
													Benfica	2	1	3
													Liverpool	1	4	5
	Lille	2	1	3
	Fenerbahçe	1	1	2
							Lille	1	0	1
							Liverpool	0	3	3
	Liverpool	1	3	4
	Unirea Urziceni	0	1	1
																									Atlético Madrid ( a.e.t.)	2
																									Fulham	1
	Hamburger SV ( a)	1	2	3
	PSV Eindhoven	0	3	3
							Hamburger SV	3	3	6
							Anderlecht	1	4	5
	Athletic Bilbao	1	0	1
	Anderlecht	1	4	5
													Hamburger SV	2	3	5
													Standard Liège	1	1	2
	Panathinaikos	3	3	6
	Roma	2	2	4
							Panathinaikos	1	0	1
							Standard Liège	3	1	4
	Standard Liège	3	0	3
	Red Bull Salzburg	2	0	2
																			Hamburger SV	0	1	1
																			Fulham	0	2	2
	Ajax	1	0	1
	Juventus	2	0	2
							Juventus	3	1	4
							Fulham	1	4	5
	Fulham	2	1	3
	Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	2
													Fulham	2	1	3
													VfL Wolfsburg	1	0	1
	Rubin Kazan	3	0	3
	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0	0	0
							Rubin Kazan	1	1	2
							VfL Wolfsburg ( a.e.t.)	1	2	3
	Villarreal	2	1	3
	VfL Wolfsburg	2	4	6

The draw for the round of 32 took place on 18 December 2009, and featured the top two teams from each group in the group stage and the eight third-place finishers from the UEFA Champions League group stage.

The first legs of the first knockout round were played on 18 February 2010, while the second legs were played on 25 February.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rubin Kazan	3–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	0–0
Athletic Bilbao	1–5	Anderlecht	1–1	0–4
Copenhagen	2–6	Marseille	1–3	1–3
Panathinaikos	6–4	Roma	3–2	3–2
Atlético Madrid	3–2	Galatasaray	1–1	2–1
Ajax	1–2	Juventus	1–2	0–0
Club Brugge	1–3	Valencia	1–0	0–3 ( a.e.t.)
Fulham	3–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	1–1
Liverpool	4–1	Unirea Urziceni	1–0	3–1
Hamburger SV	3–3 ( a)	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	2–3
Villarreal	3–6	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	1–4
Standard Liège	3–2	Red Bull Salzburg	3–2	0–0
Twente	2–4	Werder Bremen	1–0	1–4
Lille	3–2	Fenerbahçe	2–1	1–1
Everton	2–4	Sporting CP	2–1	0–3
Hertha BSC	1–5	Benfica	1–1	0–4

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Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Marseille won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Fulham won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate; Hamburger SV won on away goals.

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VfL Wolfsburg won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Lille won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Rubin Kazan won 3–0 on aggregate.

Notes

• Note 1: Unirea Urziceni played their only knockout phase match at Stadionul Steaua in Bucharest as their Stadionul Tineretului did not meet UEFA criteria. ^[2]

The draw for the round of 16 took place on 18 December 2009, after the round of 32 draw.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hamburger SV	6–5	Anderlecht	3–1	3–4
Rubin Kazan	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1–2 ( a.e.t.)
Atlético Madrid	2–2 ( a)	Sporting CP	0–0	2–2
Benfica	3–2	Marseille	1–1	2–1
Panathinaikos	1–4	Standard Liège	1–3	0–1
Lille	1–3	Liverpool	1–0	0–3
Juventus	4–5	Fulham	3–1	1–4
Valencia	5–5 ( a)	Werder Bremen	1–1	4–4

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Fulham won 5–4 on aggregate.

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5–5 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.

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Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate; Atlético Madrid won on away goals.

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Hamburger SV won 6–5 on aggregate.

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VfL Wolfsburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

The eight winners from the first knockout round were drawn into four pairs of home-and-away matches. The first legs were played on 1 April 2010, and the second legs were played on 8 April 2010. ^[3] The draw was made regardless of association or previous group status.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fulham	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	1–0
Hamburger SV	5–2	Standard Liège	2–1	3–1
Valencia	2–2 ( a)	Atlético Madrid	2–2	0–0
Benfica	3–5	Liverpool	2–1	1–4

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Fulham won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Hamburger SV won 5–2 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate; Atlético Madrid won on away goals.

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Liverpool won 5–3 on aggregate.

The four quarter-final winners were drawn into two pairs of home-and-away matches. The first legs were played on 22 April 2010, with the second legs on 29 April 2010. ^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hamburger SV	1–2	Fulham	0–0	1–2
Atlético Madrid	2–2 ( a)	Liverpool	1–0	1–2 ( a.e.t.)

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Fulham won 2–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate; Atlético Madrid won on away goals.

The final took place on 12 May 2010 at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany.

• 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, UEFA.com