So, 71 days after playing our sixth and final Group A match, West Ham United’s UEFA Europa League challenge resumes with the knockout stages. . .
The Hammers crowned our European organisation for the third year in a row, with five wins in six games, allowing us to overtake German SC Freiburg and take the top spot.
We beat Freiburg and Serbian FK TSC Bačka Topola home and away, as well as Greek Olympiacos at the London Stadium, and our defeat came in the opposite encounter in Piraeus.
All this meant that our 15 ties were enough to finish with a three-point lead over Freiburg, while third-placed Olympiacos were transferred to the UEFA Europa Conference League and FK TSC dropped out of the continental festival.
After dominating our group, David Moyes’ team had to play in the knockout stages, in which the 8 groups that finished second in their Europa League groups faced the 8 groups that finished third in their UEFA Champions League groups. , and went straight to the circular of the 16th.
The second legs of the round of 16 came to an end on Thursday evening, with the eight winners paired with the eight winners of the Europa League organisation in Friday’s round of 16 draw.
So how’s it going now?
It’s simple, to be honest!
The eight seeded organisations at the top of their UEFA Europa League organisation will be paired with the eight play-off winners and then face each other in two matches on consecutive Thursdays, March 7 and 14, barring clashes between cities that could result in moving matches.
Draws after 180 minutes will be prolonged regardless of the number of goals scored by each team at home and away. If the teams are still unable to separate after the additional 30 minutes, the draw will be decided on penalties.
The 16 groups will now be whittled down to two, who will play the final at the Republic of Ireland’s Dublin Arena on 22 May 2024.
The pitch is home to the Republic of Ireland’s national football and rugby teams and has already hosted the Europa League final once: in 2011, when Porto beat fellow Portuguese side Braga 1-0.
When will the draw for the 16-year-olds take place?
The draw for the UEFA Europa League round of 16 will take place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday 23 February 2024. The draw is scheduled to start at 11:00 GMT (12:00 CET).
Sporting director Mark Noble and club secretary Andrew Pincher will constitute the club in the draw, while manager David Moyes and his team will prepare the squad for Monday’s Premier League match against Brentford at the Rush Green educational ground.
How can I do the giveaway?
We will have the giveaway as soon as it is published on whufc. com, our official app and on our social networks.
You can also watch a live stream from UEFA’s website here.
We will then also provide exclusive reactions on our channels, adding the policy of David Moyes’ press conference in whufc. com from 1. 30pm.
How will the giveaway work?
West Ham United and the seven winners of the UEFA Europa League are seeded and will be drawn against the winners of the knockout stages.
The Hammers and our fellow Europa League winners will play the second leg at home, which means we will play away on Thursday 7 March, before the second leg at the London Stadium on Thursday 14 March, barring clashes between cities which may be subject to change. .
It is proven that if we draw against Sporting Lisbon, the first leg will be played on Tuesday, March 5 due to the beginnings of the clash in the city, as Benfica will also play at home in the first leg.
Most likely, confirmation of start dates and times will stick to the draw on Friday afternoon.
Clubs in the same agreement cannot play against others at this level of the competition.
So who can we play against?
West Ham United are qualified, as we have just established, so we can face one of the 8 non-qualified teams.
However, among the non-qualifiers there are two who qualified for the UEFA Europa League and triumphed in the round of 16 after finishing third in their UEFA Champions League group.
In terms of UEFA coefficients, the highest-ranked team in the festival is Italy’s Roma (92,000), followed by Spain’s Villarreal (80,000).
Our own coefficient of 65,000, accumulated over the last two and a half seasons of the five-year period, puts us in sixth place among the remaining clubs.
Anyway, here are the 16 that will be in Friday’s pot:
When will our 16th take place?
We will travel to the first leg on Thursday 7 March (unless Sporting Lisbon draws), in which case it will be played on Tuesday 5 March, and we will host our sides at the London Stadium a week later on Thursday 14 March.
Tickets for the first leg are now on sale for season ticket holders and can be purchased by clicking here or in the box below!
The start dates and times of the matches will be displayed after the draw.
Without getting ahead of ourselves, when will the last rounds be played?
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