After the first leg of their round of 16 tie ended 1-1, both Juventus and ACF Fiorentina refused to look ahead any further than next week, Juventus’ Arturo Vidal stating that it is “50-50” while Fiorentina’s Josip Iličić admitted that his side will “have to be careful from the first minute”.

SL Benfica’s Ljubomir Fejsa said that he felt his team played a “strong game” as they gained a first leg advantage in London against Tottenham Hotspur FC, although cautiously said that the team must not get ahead of themselves and “concentrate” on the next game.

Both FC Basel 1893 and FC Salzburg go into the second leg of their UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie believing that they can make it into the quarter-finals after the sides’ 0-0 draw in Switzerland, with Basel’s Fabian Frei believing his side could have gained an advantage and Salzburg’s Stefan Ilsanker confidently predicting goals in Austria.

After an unbeaten start to this season's UEFA Europa League, FC Salzburg are starting to grab people's attention with coach Roger Schmidt stating they are "very dangerous outsiders" for glory.

A winner of the UEFA Cup with Juventus as a player and a coach, legendary goalkeeper Dino Zoff recalls his 1990 success with the Bianconeri against ACF Fiorentina.

After overcoming FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Tottenham Hotspur FC's Mousa Dembélé feels that the English side "don't have to be scared" of last-16 opponents SL Benfica.

Valencia CF's Seydou Keita said that "the result was the most important thing" as a goalless draw proved enough for them to overcome FC Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 on aggregate to make it into the round of 16, while Miguel Veloso admitted that first leg defeat had proved decisive.

After being eliminated at the hands of Olympique Lyonnais, FC Chornomorets Odesa’s Franck Dja Djedje told UEFA.com that the club needed to take “the positives” out of their UEFA Europa League experience so that they can come back stronger next time.

Rade Prica told UEFA.com Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC can be pleased with their efforts in this season’s UEFA Europa League despite being knocked out in the round of 32 by FC Basel 1893.

Lorenzo Insigne told UEFA.com that SSC Napoli will do everything to “get as far as possible” in this season’s UEFA Europa League after they beat Swansea City AFC 3-1 on aggregate to make the last 16. Despite the defeat, Ben Davies was “proud” of his side’s performance.

Eliaquim Mangala told UEFA.com of his joy after FC Porto scored a late winner to defeat Eintracht Frankfurt on away goals after a thrilling 3-3 draw in Germany. Pirmin Schwegler was understandable disappointed after his side’s elimination.

Sevilla FC captain Ivan Rakitić was quick to look ahead to a city derby against Real Betis Balompié in the round of 16 after his side defeated NK Maribor in the last 32, who have “grown up” thanks to their adventure in this season’s competition according to Jean Philippe Mendy.

Former Eintracht Frankfurt star Jay-Jay Okocha believes tonight’s match between his old side and FC Porto in the UEFA Europa League first knockout round will be a “cracking game”.

Oleh Blokhin tells UEFA.com of his target of "trying to tune the team to bring a trophy to Dynamo Kyiv" as the Ukrainian side look to end a 28-year wait for a European trophy.

FC Rubin Kazan’s Gökdeniz Karadeniz becomes the latest player to take the 90-second challenge as he attempts to answer as many questions about his club 's UEFA Europa League history as possible.

Leon Britton told UEFA.com that Swansea City AFC were “proud” of their performance as they held SSC Napoli to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie, a result that left the Italian side’s Marek Hamšík acknowledging that his team need to improve to progress.

FC Porto's Jackson Martinez and Eintracht Frankfurt's Joselu both feel that their sides have a good chance of making it into the round of 16 of this season's UEFA Europa League after the German side came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 in Portugal.

Jonatan Soriano said that his spectacular second goal in FC Salzburg's 3-0 first-leg victory against AFC Ajax was "the best I have ever scored", while Ajax's Niklas Moisander admitted it was a "really bad day" for the Dutch side.

Pablo Osvaldo told UEFA.com of his delight after scoring his first goal for Juventus as the Bianconeri defeated Trabzonspor AŞ 2-0 to take control of their first knockout round tie. Didier Zokora also gave his thoughts to UEFA.com.

Emil Lyng and Niels Frederiksen give their thoughts to UEFA.com as ACF Fiorentina took a significant step towards the UEFA Europa League round of 16 with a 3-1 victory against Esbjerg fB in Denmark.

UEFA.com gives FC Dynamo Kyiv star Yevhen Khacheridi 90 seconds to answer as many questions as he can on his club's history in the UEFA Europa League.

From fighting to exist to reaching the knockout stage of a UEFA competition in 11 years, Swansea City AFC have enjoyed a rapid ascent. Chairman Huw Jenkins tells UEFA.com about it.

Jürgen Klinsmann reflects on FC Bayern München’s 1996 UEFA Cup triumph against FC Girondins de Bordeaux, a victory that enabled the German giants to join an exclusive club of teams to have won all three of UEFA’s major club competitions

AZ Alkmaar trio Nick Viergever, Aron Jóhannsson and Johann Gudmundsson spoke to UEFA.com about their UEFA Europa League prospects and coach Dick Advocaat.

Thirty-four years after winning the UEFA Cup, Sebastian Jung believes that Eintracht Frankfurt's support can give the club a chance of UEFA Europa League success.

A survivor of FC Shakhtar Donetsk's UEFA Cup triumph in 2009, Luiz Adriano is hoping the club can repeat their exploits of that year in this season’s UEFA Europa League.

UEFA.com finds out how a Brazilian influence has helped PFC Ludogorets Razgrad into the UEFA Europa League knock-out stages for the first time.

The draws for the UEFA Europa League rounds of 32 and 16 created some fascinating fixtures with Juande Ramos returning to his old club as FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk were drawn against Tottenham Hotspur FC, three-times winners Juventus face Trabzonspor AŞ, and two former champions meet as FC Porto were drawn against Eintracht Frankfurt.

UEFA.com hears from Eintracht Frankfurt, AZ Alkmaar, Esbjerg fB and PFC Ludogorets Razgrad as they all look back on successful UEFA Europa League campaigns so far and ahead to their expectations of what is to come.

FC Dynamo Kyiv captain Olexandr Shovkovskiy told UEFA.com that victory and qualification was "the most important thing" as they came from behind to deny SK Rapid Wien, whose Thomas Schrammel remained "proud" of his team's performance.