Europa League Round of 16 results as Man United, Juventus march on and Arsenal crash out

Dom Farrell

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The 2022/23 Europa League Round of 16 has reached its conclusion with now just eight clubs continuing to chase European silverware.

Manchester United were the big winners across the two-legged ties as they beat Real Betis 5-1 on aggregate to reach the quarterfinals. Although Feyenoord topped that score with an impressive 8-2 aggregate win over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Premier League leaders Arsenal, meanwhile, were dumped out on a penalty shoot-out to overcome Sporting CP. 

Elsewhere, Italian heavyweights Roma and Juventus also progressed.

The Sporting News brings you a full recap of the Round of 16 matches and which teams reached the quarterfinals.

MORE: Complete schedule for UEFA Champions League Round of 16 fixtures

Teams in 2023 Europa League Round of 16

First-place finishers in the Europa League group stage earned a bye directly to the Round of 16, while second-place teams had to take part in a playoff round against sides that came third in their Champions League groups.

The group winners got to host the second match of every series, taking advantage that any subsequent extra time or penalty shootouts would happen on their home field. 

Group Winners
(seeded)
  Playoff winners
(unseeded)
Arsenal (ENG) vs. Sporting CP (POR)
Fenerbahce (TUR) vs. Sevilla (SPA)
Real Betis (SPA) vs. Manchester United (ENG)
Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) vs. Union Berlin (GER)
Real Sociedad (SPA) vs. AS Roma (ITA)
Feyenoord (NED) vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
SC Freiburg (GER) vs. Juventus (ITA)
Ferencvaros (HUN) vs. Bayer Leverkusen (GER)

UEFA Europa League Round of 16 results

The first legs took place on Thursday, March 9, with the return games a week later on Thursday, March 16.

Europa League Round of 16 (1st Leg)

Match result Date Time (GMT / ET)
Union Berlin 3-3 Union Saint-Gilloise Thu, Mar 9 17:45 / 12:45
Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Ferencvaros Thu, Mar 9 17:45 / 12:45
Sporting CP 2-2 Arsenal Thu, Mar 9 17:45 / 12:45
AS Roma 2-0 Real Sociedad Thu, Mar 9 17:45 / 12:45
Manchester United 4-1 Real Betis Thu, Mar 9 20:00 / 15:00
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Feyenoord Thu, Mar 9 20:00 / 15:00
Sevilla 2-0 Fenerbahce Thu, Mar 9 20:00 / 15:00
Juventus 1-0 SC Freiburg Thu, Mar 9 20:00 / 15:00

Europa League Round of 16 (2nd Leg)

The team in bold below progressed to quarterfinals.

Match result (final agg score) Date Time (GMT / ET)
Fenerbahce 1-0 Sevilla (1-2) Thu, Mar 16 17:45 / 13:45
SC Freiburg 0-2 Juventus (0-3) Thu, Mar 16 17:45 / 13:45
Feyenoord 7-1 Shakhtar Donetsk (8-2) Thu, Mar 16 17:45 / 13:45
Real Betis 0-1 Manchester United (1-5) Thu, Mar 16 17:45 / 13:45
Union Saint-Gilloise 3-0 Union Berlin (6-3) Thu, Mar 16 20:00 / 16:00
Ferencvaros 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen (0-3) Thu, Mar 16 20:00 / 16:00
Arsenal 1-1 Sporting CP (3-3 / 3-5 on pens) Thu, Mar 16 20:00 / 16:00
Real Sociedad 0-0 AS Roma (0-2) Thu, Mar 16 20:00 / 16:00

UEFA Europa League live stream, TV in 2022/23

Country TV channel Streaming
UK BT Sport 1/BT Sport Ultimate BT Sport app, BT Sport YouTube
USA CBS, CBSSN, Univision/TUDN fuboTV, Paramount+, ViX, ViX+
Australia  — Stan Sport
Canada  — DAZN

Europa League schedule 2022/23

Remaining knockout stage schedule

The draw for the remaining 2022/23 Europa League knockout rounds will take place on March 17.

The 2023 Europa League final will be staged in Budapest, Hungary on May 31.

Round 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Round of 16 Mar. 9, 2023 Mar. 16, 2023
Quarterfinals Apr. 13, 2023 Apr. 20, 2023
Semifinals May 11, 2023 May 18, 2023
Final May 31, 2023

Dom Farrell

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Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.