The Europa League and Conference League knockout draws take place on Friday with 16 teams remaining in each competition, including three Premier League clubs.
How do the raffles work?
Both draws take place on Friday with the Europa League from 12pm and the Conference League from 1pm.
Follow live coverage of the draw on Friday on the Sky Sports website and app.
Each team’s potential opponents for the next round have already been narrowed down to two possibilities.
Teams can play against opponents from their own country and opponents they have already faced in the competition.
However, the sides who did not claim a play-off will be seeded, meaning they will play the second leg of their 16-match tie at home.
Which teams participate in the draw?
Europa League
The seed (finished top eight in the league phase)
- Lyon
- Aston Villa
- Central Jutland
- Real Betis
- Postage
- Braga
- Freiburg
- Rome
Unseeded (knockout play-off winners)
- Nottingham Forest
- Small
- Panathinaikos
- Ferencvaros
- Stuttgart
- Bologna
- Celta Vigo
- Genk
Conference League
The seed (finished top eight in the league phase)
- Strasbourg
- Rakow
- AEK Athens
- Sparta Prague
- Rayo Vallecano
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Mainz
- AEK Larnaca
Unseeded (knockout play-off winners)
Crystal Palace beat Zrinjski Mostar in their Conference League knockout play-off
- Crystal Palace
- Fiorentina
- NK Celje
- Rijeka
- Samsunspor
- AZ Alkmaar
- Sigma Olomouc
- Lech Poznan
Who the English sides could face next
Aston Villa: Celta Vigo or PAOK
Nottingham Forest: Real Betis or Midtjylland
Crystal Palace: Mainz or AEK Larnaca
When English sides could meet
When the midweek play-offs conclude, England teams know they will face one of two opponents but do not know their individual paths until the draw is made.
The earliest two English teams could meet each other is the quarter-finals of the Europa League between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.
Crystal Palace have no potential English opponents in the Conference League.
When are match dates announced?
The 16-part match schedule will be available on Friday night.
The match schedule for the quarter-finals will be confirmed on 19 March, while the schedule for the semi-finals will be communicated on 16 April.
What happened in the knockout playoffs?
Celta Vigo beat PAOK 3-1 on aggregate and won 1-0 in their Europa League play-off second leg, while Small bounced back from losing the first game to win 2-0 at Red Star Belgrade.
Robbie Keane’s Ferencvaros also overturned a one-goal deficit in the first leg to win 2-0 at home and knock out Ludogorets Razgrad. Despite losing 1-0 at home to Celtic, Stuttgart also went through 4-2 overall.
Panathinaikos beat Viktoria Plzen 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the second game made it 3-3 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest lost 2-1 at home to Fenerbahçe but came out 4-2 on aggregate, with Callum Hudson-Odoi’s second-half goal proving decisive.
Bologna beat 10 men Fire 1-0 on the night and 2-0 on aggregate. Genk survived a setback from Dinamo Zagreb who, after scoring three times to make it 3-1 on the night and 4-4 on aggregate, had Luka Stojkovic sent off in extra time either side of the home side scoring twice.
Tottenham are holders of the Europa League after their win in Bilbao
When are the knockout stages in 2025/26?
Europa League
Round of 16 draw: February 27
16th round: 12 and 19 March
Quarterfinals: 9 and 16 April
Semifinals: 30 April and 7 May
Final: May 20
Chelsea won the Conference League in the 2024/25 campaign
Conference League
Round of 16 draw: February 27
16th round: 12 and 19 March
Quarterfinals: 9 and 16 April
Semifinals: 30 April and 7 May
Final: 27 May
Where are the finals?
The Europa League final will be held at Besiktas Park in Istanbul on May 20.
The Conference League final takes place a week later at the Leipzig Stadium on May 27.