Europa League draw: Bundesliga team draws Russians of all things

Created: 02/26/2022, 08:39

By: Marius Epp

The round of 16 of the Europa League is drawn.

© Laurent Gillieron/dpa

Round of 16 opponents found!

Eintracht Frankfurt, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen are expecting exciting duels in the Europa League.

The draw in the ticker.

• Europa League*: Round of 16 draw in Nyon |

  Friday, 12 p.m

• RB Leipzig has to play against the Russian club Spartak Moscow of all places.

  Bayer Leverkusen is dealing with Robin Gosens' ex-club Atalanta Bergamo.

  Eintracht Frankfurt expects an exciting duel with Betis Sevilla.

• The draw in the ticker to read.

+++ UPDATE +++

Europa League draw: The round of 16 matches at a glance

• Glasgow Rangers - Red Star Belgrade

• Sporting Braga - Monaco

• FC Porto - Olympique Lyon

• Atalanta Bergamo - Bayer Leverkusen

• Sevilla FC - West Ham United

• FC Barcelona - Galatasaray Istanbul

• RB Leipzig - Spartak Moscow

• Betis Seville - Eintracht Frankfurt

12:27 p.m .:

The last pairing no longer has to be drawn – Betis Sevilla and Eintracht Frankfurt are left!

Difficult but attractive task for the Hessians.

12.25 p.m .:

RB Leipzig pulls Spartak Moscow!

Ironically, the Russia lot for the Saxons.

For coach Domenico Tedesco there is an explosive reunion with his former club.

Certainly not the desired lot in the midst of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

12:23 p.m .:

The match between Sevilla FC and West Ham United promises an exciting game.

FC Barcelona is drawn to Galatasaray Istanbul and is of course the clear favourite.

Europa League: Draw in the live ticker – Leverkusen against Atalanta

12:19 p.m .:

The first German opponent is certain!

Bayer Leverkusen is dealing with Atalanta Bergamo.

Not an easy lot, but it could have been worse.

12:18 p.m .:

Jerome Boateng travels to Portugal with Olympique Lyon to FC Porto.

12:17:

Sporting Braga meets AS Monaco with Kevin Volland.

12:14 p.m .:

The Glasgow Rangers opponent is drawn first.

Who meets the BVB conqueror?

It will be Red Star Belgrade.

More of a duel between two underdogs.

12:11 p.m .:

It’s getting serious.

Palop grabs the balls and the rules are briefly explained.

12.08 p.m .:

The former goalkeeper of FC Sevilla and Bayer Leverkusen is allowed to play Losfee today: Andres Palop.

He won the UEFA Cup, the predecessor of the Europa League, three times with FC Sevilla.

Europa League: draw in the live ticker – next UEFA mishap?

12.05 p.m .:

Master of Ceremonies Giorgio Marchetti begins his speech with a clear statement: “Football only wants one thing: peace.” He expresses solidarity with Ukraine.

12:02 p.m .: The draw begins as usual with cuts from the 16 teams.

Europa League draw: The pots

Update, 11.42 a.m .:

UEFA will be particularly keen on a smooth process today.

The round of 16 draw in the Champions League recently went haywire – the procedure had to be repeated after a mistake.

We are curious to see whether another breakdown will creep in today.

February 25 update, 11:30 a.m.:

The draw ceremony begins in half an hour.

The draw will be drawn in the following format: The group winners each meet a winner of the intermediate round.

Clubs from the same country cannot meet, and duels against teams from the same preliminary round group are also excluded.

For example, Bayer Leverkusen cannot meet Betis Sevilla.

Home rights have already been clarified in advance: the group winners (including Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt) are allowed to play the second leg at home.

Europa League: draw in the live ticker – three German teams are still there

First report from February 25th:

Nyon – Borussia Dortmund did not make it.

A 2-2 draw in the second leg was not enough to qualify for the next round of the Europa League after the first-leg defeat by Glasgow Rangers.

But the Bundesliga still has three horses in the stable: Eintracht Frankfurt*, RB Leipzig* and Bayer Leverkusen* are in the round of 16.

Only the opponents are still missing.

The Europa League is the little brother of the Champions League - and yet there are traditionally some well-known clubs in the knockout stages.

Two of the favorites for the title are FC Barcelona and record champions FC Sevilla.

The two La Liga teams were relegated from the Champions League and won their duel in the second round.

Europa League draw: The 16 teams in the round of 16

• Sevilla FC (Spain)

• Atalanta Bergamo (Italy)

• RB Leipzig (Germany)

• FC Barcelona (Spain)

• Betis Seville (Spain)

• Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)

• Sporting Braga (Portugal)

• FC Porto (Portugal)

• Olympique Lyon (France)

• AS Monaco (France)

• Spartak Moscow (Russia)

• Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)

• Galatasaray Istanbul (Turkey)

• Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

• Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)

• West Ham United (England)

Just like RB Leipzig: The Saxons did better than BVB and prevailed against Real Sociedad.

Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen were in the competition from the start and each finished first in their group.

In the round of 16, the three German clubs could now face tough challenges.

The hardest lots on paper are next to Barcelona and Sevilla FC Porto, West Ham United, Betis Sevilla and Atalanta Bergamo.

However, teams like Jerome Boateng's Olympique Lyon or Kevin Volland's AS Monaco should not be underestimated.