UEFA Europa League

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

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.

Fatih Terim and Gheorghe Popescu reflect on Galatasaray AŞ’s historic UEFA Cup triumph in 2000, a first for Turkish football that Popescu hails as the country’s “most important European success”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.