2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The knockout phase of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League began on 14 February 2012 with the round of 32, and concluded on 9 May 2012 with the final at National Arena in Bucharest, Romania.

Times up to 24 March 2012 (round of 32 and round of 16) are CET (UTC+01:00), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times are CEST (UTC+02:00).

1 Round and draw dates
2 Format
3 Qualified teams
4 Bracket
5 Round of 32
- 5.1 First leg
- 5.2 Second leg
6 Round of 16
- 6.1 First leg
- 6.2 Second leg
7 Quarter-finals
- 7.1 First leg
- 7.2 Second leg
8 Semi-finals
- 8.1 First leg
- 8.2 Second leg
9 Final
10 References
11 External links

Round and draw dates [edit]

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[1]

Round	Draw date and time	First leg	Second leg
Round of 32	16 December 2011 13:00^[2]	16 February 2012	23 February 2012
Round of 16	16 December 2011 13:00^[2]	8 March 2012	15 March 2012
Quarter-finals	16 March 2012 13:00^[3]	29 March 2012	5 April 2012
Semi-finals		19 April 2012	26 April 2012
Final		9 May 2012 at Arena Națională, Bucharest

Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Format [edit]

The knockout phase involves 32 teams: 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.^[4]

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shootout. In the final, the tie is played as a single match. If scores are level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time is played, followed by penalties if scores remain tied.

In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four better third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage (based on their match record in the group stage) are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other. In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn against each other.

Qualified teams [edit]

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

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	PAOK	Rubin Kazan
B	Standard Liège	Hannover 96
C	PSV Eindhoven	Legia Warsaw
D	Sporting CP	Lazio
E	Beşiktaş	Stoke City
F	Athletic Bilbao	Red Bull Salzburg
G	Metalist Kharkiv	AZ
H	Club Brugge	Braga
I	Atlético Madrid	Udinese
J	Schalke 04	Steaua București
K	Twente	Wisła Kraków
L	Anderlecht	Lokomotiv Moscow

2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage third-placed teams
Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Manchester City	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
C	Manchester United	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
F	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9
E	Valencia	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	8
G	Porto	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
D	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
B	Trabzonspor	6	1	4	1	3	5	−2	7
H	Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5

Bracket [edit]

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Lazio	1	0	1
Atletico Madrid	3	1	4	Atlético Madrid	3	3	6
Braga	0	1	1	Beşiktaş	1	0	1
Beşiktaş	2	0	2					Atlético Madrid	2	2	4
Wisła Kraków	1	0	1					Hannover 96	1	1	2
Standard Liège (a)	1	0	1	Standard Liège	2	0	2
Hannover 96	2	1	3	Hannover 96	2	4	6
Club Brugge	1	0	1									Atlético Madrid	4	1	5
AZ	1	1	2									Valencia	2	0	2
Anderlecht	0	0	0	AZ	2	1	3
Udinese	0	3	3	Udinese	0	2	2
PAOK	0	0	0					AZ	2	0	2
Stoke City	0	0	0					Valencia	1	4	5
Valencia	1	1	2	Valencia	4	1	5
Trabzonspor	1	1	2	PSV Eindhoven	2	1	3
PSV Eindhoven	2	4	6													Atlético Madrid	3
Legia Warsaw	2	0	2													Athletic Bilbao	0
Sporting CP	2	1	3	Sporting CP (a)	1	2	3
Porto	1	0	1	Manchester City	0	3	3
Manchester City	2	4	6					Sporting CP	2	1	3
Red Bull Salzburg	0	1	1					Metalist Kharkiv	1	1	2
Metalist Kharkiv	4	4	8	Metalist Kharkiv (a)	0	2	2
Rubin Kazan	0	0	0	Olympiacos	1	1	2
Olympiacos	1	1	2									Sporting CP	2	1	3
Steaua București	0	0	0									Athletic Bilbao	1	3	4
Twente	1	1	2	Twente	1	1	2
Viktoria Plzeň	1	1	2	Schalke 04	0	4	4
Schalke 04 (aet)	1	3	4					Schalke 04	2	2	4
Ajax	0	2	2					Athletic Bilbao	4	2	6
Manchester United	2	1	3	Manchester United	2	1	3
Lokomotiv Moscow	2	0	2	Athletic Bilbao	3	2	5
Athletic Bilbao (a)	1	1	2

Round of 32 [edit]

The first legs were played on 14 and 16 February, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 February 2012.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	1–6	Manchester City	1–2	0–4
Ajax	2–3	Manchester United	0–2	2–1
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2 (a)	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–1
Red Bull Salzburg	1–8	Metalist Kharkiv	0–4	1–4
Stoke City	0–2	Valencia	0–1	0–1
Rubin Kazan	0–2	Olympiacos	0–1	0–1
AZ	2–0	Anderlecht	1–0	1–0
Lazio	1–4	Atlético Madrid	1–3	0–1
Steaua București	0–2	Twente	0–1	0–1
Viktoria Plzeň	2–4	Schalke 04	1–1	1–3 (aet)
Wisła Kraków	1–1 (a)	Standard Liège	1–1	0–0
Braga	1–2	Beşiktaş	0–2	1–0
Udinese	3–0	PAOK	0–0	3–0
Trabzonspor	2–6	PSV Eindhoven	1–2	1–4
Hannover 96	3–1	Club Brugge	2–1	1–0
Legia Warsaw	2–3	Sporting CP	2–2	0–1

First leg [edit]

14 February 2012 12:00	Rubin Kazan	0–1	Olympiacos	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow¹ Attendance: 1,741^[5] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
		Report	Fuster 72'

14 February 2012 18:30	Braga	0–2	Beşiktaş	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Attendance: 9,088^[6] Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
		Report	Sivok 37' Simão 58'

16 February 2012 18:00	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow² Attendance: 13,160^[7] Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)
	Glushakov 61' (pen.) Caicedo 71'	Report	Muniain 35'

16 February 2012 19:00	Ajax	0–2	Manchester United	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 48,966^[8] Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
		Report	Young 59' Hernández 85'

16 February 2012 19:00	Red Bull Salzburg	0–4	Metalist Kharkiv	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 8,100^[9] Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
		Report	Taison 1' Cristaldo 38', 41' Devych 90+2'

16 February 2012 19:00	AZ	1–0	Anderlecht	AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar Attendance: 13,744^[10] Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
	Maher 35'	Report

16 February 2012 19:00	Lazio	1–3	Atlético Madrid	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 30,604^[11] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Klose 19'	Report	Adrián 25' Falcao 37', 63'

16 February 2012 19:00	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	Schalke 04	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň Attendance: 11,435^[12] Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
	Darida 22'	Report	Huntelaar 75'

16 February 2012 19:00	Legia Warsaw	2–2	Sporting CP	Pepsi Arena, Warsaw Attendance: 27,234^[13] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
	Wawrzyniak 37' Gol 79'	Report	Carriço 60' André Santos 88'

16 February 2012 21:05	Porto	1–2	Manchester City	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 47,417^[14] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Varela 27'	Report	Pereira 55' (o.g.) Agüero 84'

16 February 2012 21:05	Stoke City	0–1	Valencia	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent Attendance: 24,185^[15] Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)
		Report	Topal 36'

16 February 2012 21:05	Steaua București	0–1	Twente	Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 49,588^[16] Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
		Report	John 53'

16 February 2012 21:05	Wisła Kraków	1–1	Standard Liège	Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków Attendance: 19,000^[17] Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
	Genkov 88'	Report	Cyriac 27' (pen.)

16 February 2012 21:05	Udinese	0–0	PAOK	Stadio Friuli, Udine Attendance: 11,641^[18] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
		Report

16 February 2012 21:05	Trabzonspor	1–2	PSV Eindhoven	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon Attendance: 18,866^[19] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Adın 33'	Report	Matavž 6' Toivonen 12'

16 February 2012 21:05	Hannover 96	2–1	Club Brugge	AWD-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 42,000^[20] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
	Sobiech 73' Schlaudraff 81' (pen.)	Report	Lestienne 51'

Notes

Note 1: Rubin Kazan played their home match at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow as the grass pitch at their own Central Stadium might not be in good enough condition because of the cold.^[21]

Note 2: Lokomotiv Moscow played their home match at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow as the grass pitch at their own Lokomotiv Stadium might not be in good enough condition because of the cold.^[22]

Second leg [edit]

22 February 2012 18:00	Manchester City	4–0	Porto	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 39,548^[23] Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Agüero 1' Džeko 76' Silva 84' Pizarro 86'	Report

Manchester City won 6–1 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 19:00	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao Attendance: 29,532^[23] Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)
	Muniain 62'	Report

2–2 on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

23 February 2012 19:00	Valencia	1–0	Stoke City	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia Attendance: 36,535^[23] Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
	Jonas 24'	Report

Valencia won 2–0 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 19:00	Twente	1–0	Steaua București	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede Attendance: 27,000^[23] Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
	Chadli 29'	Report

Twente won 2–0 aggregate.

23 February 2012 19:00	Standard Liège	0–0	Wisła Kraków	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 20,289^[23] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
		Report

1–1 on aggregate. Standard Liège won on away goals.

23 February 2012 19:00	PAOK	0–3	Udinese	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 22,400^[23] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
		Report	Danilo 6' Floro Flores 15' Domizzi 51' (pen.)

Udinese won 3–0 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 19:00	PSV Eindhoven	4–1	Trabzonspor	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 18,300^[24] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
	Mertens 15' (pen.) Matavž 31', 53' Strootman 38'	Report	Yılmaz 43'

PSV Eindhoven won 6–2 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 19:00	Club Brugge	0–1	Hannover 96	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 21,690^[23] Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
		Report	Diouf 21'

Hannover 96 won 3–1 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 21:05	Manchester United	1–2	Ajax	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 67,328^[25] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Hernández 6'	Report	Özbiliz 37' Alderweireld 87'

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 21:05	Metalist Kharkiv	4–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 30,826^[26] Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
	Hinteregger 28' (o.g.) Cristaldo 62' Blanco 63' Marlos 87'	Report	Jantscher 56'

Metalist Kharkiv won 8–1 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 21:05	Olympiacos	1–0	Rubin Kazan	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 28,874^[23] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
	Djebbour 14'	Report

Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 21:05	Anderlecht	0–1	AZ	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 20,409^[23] Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
		Report	Martens 54'

AZ won 2–0 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 21:05	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Lazio	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 26,700^[23] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
	Godín 48'	Report

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 21:05	Schalke 04	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Viktoria Plzeň	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 54,142^[23] Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
	Huntelaar 8', 106', 120+1'	Report	Rajtoral 88'

Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 21:05	Beşiktaş	0–1	Braga	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 27,075^[23] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
		Report	Lima 25'

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.

23 February 2012 21:05	Sporting CP	1–0	Legia Warsaw	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 20,144^[27] Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
	Fernández 84'	Report

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16 [edit]

The first legs were played on 8 March, and the second legs were played on 15 March 2012.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Metalist Kharkiv	2–2 (a)	Olympiacos	0–1	2–1
Sporting CP	3–3 (a)	Manchester City	1–0	2–3
Twente	2–4	Schalke 04	1–0	1–4
Standard Liège	2–6	Hannover 96	2–2	0–4
Valencia	5–3	PSV Eindhoven	4–2	1–1
AZ	3–2	Udinese	2–0	1–2
Atlético Madrid	6–1	Beşiktaş	3–1	3–0
Manchester United	3–5	Athletic Bilbao	2–3	1–2

First leg [edit]

8 March 2012 19:00	Metalist Kharkiv	0–1	Olympiacos	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 35,136^[28] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
		Report	Fuster 50'

8 March 2012 19:00	Sporting CP	1–0	Manchester City	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 34,371^[29] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
	Xandão 51'	Report

8 March 2012 19:00	Twente	1–0	Schalke 04	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede Attendance: 30,000^[30] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
	De Jong 61' (pen.)	Report

8 March 2012 19:00	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Beşiktaş	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 27,431^[31] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
	Salvio 24', 27' Adrián 37'	Report	Simão 53'

8 March 2012 21:05	Standard Liège	2–2	Hannover 96	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 17,498^[28] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
	Buyens 27' Tchité 30'	Report	Stindl 22' (pen.) Diouf 56'

8 March 2012 21:05	Valencia	4–2	PSV Eindhoven	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia Attendance: 25,495^[32] Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)
	Ruiz 11' Soldado 13', 43' (pen.) Piatti 56'	Report	Toivonen 83' (pen.) Wijnaldum 90'

8 March 2012 21:05	AZ	2–0	Udinese	AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar Attendance: 12,579^[33] Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
	Martens 63' Falkenburg 84'	Report

8 March 2012 21:05	Manchester United	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 59,265^[34] Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
	Rooney 22', 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Llorente 44' de Marcos 72' Muniain 90'

Second leg [edit]

15 March 2012 19:00	Hannover 96	4–0	Standard Liège	AWD-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 43,000^[35] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Abdellaoue 4' Kanu 21' (o.g.), 73' (o.g.) Pinto 90+3'	Report

Hannover 96 won 6–2 on aggregate.

15 March 2012 19:00	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Valencia	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 29,500^[36] Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
	Toivonen 64'	Report	Rami 47'

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

15 March 2012 19:00	Udinese	2–1	AZ	Stadio Friuli, Udine Attendance: 13,300^[37] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Di Natale 3' (pen.), 15'	Report	Falkenburg 31'

AZ won 3–2 on aggregate.

15 March 2012 19:00	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Manchester United	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao Attendance: 36,958^[38] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Llorente 23' de Marcos 66'	Report	Rooney 80'

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

15 March 2012 21:05	Olympiacos	1–2	Metalist Kharkiv	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 30,077^[39] Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)
	Marcano 15'	Report	Villagra 81' Devych 86'

2–2 on aggregate. Metalist Kharkiv won on away goals.

15 March 2012 21:05	Manchester City	3–2	Sporting CP	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 38,021^[40] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
	Agüero 60', 83' Balotelli 75' (pen.)	Report	Fernández 33' Van Wolfswinkel 40'

3–3 on aggregate. Sporting CP won on away goals.

15 March 2012 21:05	Schalke 04	4–1	Twente	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 54,142^[41] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Huntelaar 29', 57' (pen.), 81' Jones 71'	Report	Janssen 14'

Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.

15 March 2012 21:05	Beşiktaş	0–3	Atlético Madrid	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 24,824^[42] Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
		Report	Adrián 26' Falcao 83' Salvio 90+4'

Atlético Madrid won 6–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals [edit]

The first legs were played on 29 March, and the second legs were played on 5 April 2012.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ	2–5	Valencia	2–1	0–4
Schalke 04	4–6	Athletic Bilbao	2–4	2–2
Sporting CP	3–2	Metalist Kharkiv	2–1	1–1
Atlético Madrid	4–2	Hannover 96	2–1	2–1

First leg [edit]

29 March 2012 21:05	AZ	2–1	Valencia	AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar Attendance: 16,100^[43] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
	Holman 45+1' Martens 79'	Report	Topal 52'

29 March 2012 21:05	Schalke 04	2–4	Athletic Bilbao	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 53,883^[44] Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
	Raúl 22', 60'	Report	Llorente 20', 73' de Marcos 81' Muniain 90+3'

29 March 2012 21:05	Sporting CP	2–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 40,512^[45] Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Izmailov 51' Insúa 64'	Report	Xavier 90+1' (pen.)

29 March 2012 21:05	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Hannover 96	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 29,223^[46] Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
	Falcao 9' Salvio 89'	Report	Diouf 38'

Second leg [edit]

5 April 2012 21:05	Valencia	4–0	AZ	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia Attendance: 27,738^[23] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Rami 15', 17' Alba 56' Pablo 80'	Report

Valencia won 5–2 on aggregate.

5 April 2012 21:05	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	Schalke 04	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao Attendance: 37,048^[23] Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Gómez 41' Susaeta 55'	Report	Huntelaar 29' Raúl 52'

Athletic Bilbao won 6–4 on aggregate.

5 April 2012 21:05	Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	Sporting CP	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 38,633^[23] Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
	Cristaldo 57'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 44'

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

5 April 2012 21:05	Hannover 96	1–2	Atlético Madrid	AWD-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 44,000^[47] Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
	Diouf 81'	Report	Adrián 63' Falcao 87'

Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals [edit]

The first legs were played on 19 April, and the second legs were played on 26 April 2012.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	5–2	Valencia	4–2	1–0
Sporting CP	3–4	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	1–3

First leg [edit]

19 April 2012 21:05	Atlético Madrid	4–2	Valencia	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 40,899^[23] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
	Falcao 18', 78' Miranda 49' Adrián 54'	Report	Jonas 45+3' R. Costa 90+4'

19 April 2012 21:05	Sporting CP	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 37,286^[23] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
	Insúa 76' Capel 80'	Report	Aurtenetxe 54'

Second leg [edit]

26 April 2012 21:05	Valencia	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia Attendance: 43,711^[23] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
		Report	Adrián 60'

Atlético Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.

26 April 2012 21:05	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Sporting CP	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao Attendance: 37,598^[23] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
	Susaeta 17' Gómez 45+1' Llorente 88'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 44'

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final [edit]

Main article: 2012 UEFA Europa League Final

9 May 2012 20:45	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 52,347^[48] Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Falcao 7', 34' Diego 85'	Report

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