This Thursday everyone who qualified for the next phases of the Europa League was announced. FC Porto and Sp. Braga guaranteed direct qualification for the round of 16 and already know the possible opponents.
Both dragons and arsenalistas can face Celtic, Ludogorets, Stuttgart or Ferencváros, this is because the two Portuguese teams finished the league phase in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
With this classification, the two Portuguese teams also knew that they could only meet in the final, something that would be a repeat of the 2011 decisive game.
The draw for the playoff games takes place this Friday, at 12pm, and will be followed up to the minute here on More football. However, FC Porto and Sp. Braga will only actually meet their opponents on February 27th, after the two playoff legs have been played, on February 18th or 19th and February 25th or 26th.
All Europa League round of 16 play-off games:
silver path
Celtic or Ludogorets – Stuttgart or Ferencváros
Fenerbahce or Panathinaikos – Nottingham Forest or Viktoria Plzen
Dinamo Zagreb or Brann – Genk or Bologna
Paok or Lille – Red Star or Celta de Vigo
Orange path
Stuttgart or Ferencváros – Celtic or Ludogorets
Nottingham Forest or Viktoria Plzen – Fenerbahçe or Panathinaikos
Genk or Bologna – Dinamo Zagreb or Brann
Red Star or Celta de Vigo – Paok or Lille
