UEFA Champions League, Europa League round of 16 knockout draw highlights: Barcelona drawn against Napoli, Inter and Atletico to face-off

The winners of the play-offs round will then face the group winners of the Europa League group stage in the round of 16. 

Feyenoord vs Roma 

AC Milan vs Rennes

Lens vs Freiburg

Young Boys vs Sporting CP

Benfica vs Toulouse 

SC Braga vs Qarabag FK

Galatasaray vs Sparta Praha 

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Marseille

The play-off round of the Europa League is set to be played on February 15 and February 22. 

Marsielle to go head-to-head vs Shakhtar Donetsk 

Galatasaray to play Sparta Praha 

SC Braga to play against Qarabag. 

Portuguese FC faces Toulouse in its first time in the UEL play-offs. 

Young boys to play vs Sporting CP. 

French side Lens play against Freiburg again!

Milan to play Stade Rennes in the UEL playoffs. 

Two time winners, Feyenoord will face Roma in the play-offs. 

Every runner up team from the UEL group stage will play one of the third placed teams of the UCL. This will be the draw of the play-offs round. 

Julien Eskude takes the stage to draw the teams. 

The Europa League knockout draw is about to begin shortly!!!

• Napoli facing Barcelona could arguably be the biggest match of the round of 16 draw.
• PSG, which was an unseeded team in the draw could have been drawn with a European heavyweight but will be happy to face Real Sociedad.
• Inter Milan. last year’s finalist will be facing Ateltico, which is also a fixture featuring big names from both sides.
• Defending champions Man City will be facing underdog FC Copenhagen, which has qualified to the round of 16 only for the second time in club history.
• Lastly, European giants, Real Madrid will be facing RB Leipzig.

FC Porto vs Arsenal 

Napoli vs Barcelona 

PSG vs Real Sociedad

Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid 

PSV Eindhoven vs Borussia Dortmund 

Lazio vs Bayern Munich

FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City 

RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid

The first leg will be played on February 13-14 and February 20-21.

The second leg match is scheduled to be played on March 5-6 and March 12-13.

Madrid will face Leipzig in the round of 16. 

Champions Man City to play Copenhagen. 

Bayern Munich to play against Lazio in the round of 16. 

Dortmund is set to face PSV in the round of 16. 

Last year’s finalist, Inter to face Atletico Madrid. 

PSG will be facing Real Sociedad which was its group winner.

Barcelona will play against Napoli in the round of 16. 

FC Porto is set to face Arsenal. 

Chelsea legend, John Terry has been welcomed to draw the teams. 

UEFA Deputy General secretary, Georgio Marchetti will be overseeing the draw proceedings. 

The draw begins as we are taken through all the teams qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League!!

The knockout stage in Europa League will begin with a play-off round, where the UEL group runners-up will go head-to-head with the third-placed teams in the UCL, for a spot in the UEL Round of 16. Benfica, AC Milan and Galatasaray are among the eight teams dropping down from the UCL. 

In the Champions League, the eight group winners will be in the seeded category while the runners up will be unseeded. The seeded eight will be paired only with an unseeded team in the Round of 16. 

UEL Group Winners - Atalanta, Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool, Villarreal, Slavia Prague, West Ham, Brighton, Rangers

UEL Group Runners-up - Sporting CP, Toulouse, Roma, Qarabag, Rennes, Freiburg, Marseille, Sparta Prague

UCL Group Third-placed teams - Feyenoord, Young Boys, Galatasaray, RC Lens, Braga, Benfica, AC Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk

Group Winners (seeded teams) - Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad

Group Runners-up (unseeded teams) - Copenhagen, Inter ,Milan, Lazio, RB Leipzig, Napoli, Paris Saint Germain, Porto and PSV Eindhoven

Both draws will be will be broadcast live on Sony Network in India. The event can also be live-streamed on SonyLiv or UEFA’s official website.

Both draws will happen on December 18, Monday. The UCL draw is scheduled at 4:30 PM IST, while the UEL draw will happen at 5:30 PM IST. 

After a thrilling group stage in both the Champions League and Europa League, the qualified teams will now see thier fate in the knockout rounds where the top teams of Europe will go head-to-head in search of continental glory.

The draw is taking place in UEFA’s main headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.