UEFA Europa League: Who is still in it?

Arsenal and Manchester United are still in the reckoning for UEFA Europa League glory, while the likes of Ajax, Barcelona and Juventus have joined the hunt.

The eight group runners-up are now joined in the knockout round play-offs by the eight teams who finished third in the UEFA Champions League groups. The eight group winners, meanwhile, go straight through to the round of 16.

UEFA.com profiles all the contenders.

Knockout round play-offs

Barcelona vs Manchester United

Barcelona (ESP)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 7
Third in Champions League Group C
Last season: Quarter-finals (L 4-3agg vs Frankfurt)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Semi-finals (1975/76, 1977/78, 1995/96, 2000/01)

Manchester United (ENG)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 8
Group E: W5 D0 L1 F10 A3
Last season: Champions League round of 16 (L 2-1agg vs Atlético)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Winners (2016/17)

Juventus vs Nantes

Juventus (ITA)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 9
Third in Champions League Group H
Last season: Champions League round of 16 (L 1-4agg vs Villarreal)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Winners (1976/77, 1989/90, 1992/93)

Nantes (FRA)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 117
Group G: W3 D0 L3 F6 A11
Last season: N/A (first European campaign since 2001/02)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Quarter-finals (1985/86, 1994/95)

Sevilla vs PSV Eindhoven

Sevilla (ESP)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 19
Third in Champions League Group G
Last season: Round of 16 (L 2-1agg vs West Ham)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Winners (2005/06, 2006/07, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2019/20)

PSV Eindhoven (NED)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 38
Group A: W4 D1 L1 F15 A4
Last season: Europa Conference League quarter-finals (L 2-1agg vs Leicester)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Winners (1977/78)

Salzburg vs Roma

Salzburg (AUT)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 27
Third in Champions League Group E
Last season: Champions League round of 16 (L 2-8agg vs Bayern)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Runners-up (1993/94)

Roma (ITA)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 13
Group C: W3 D1 L2 F11 A7
Last season: Europa Conference League winners (W 1-0 vs Feyenoord)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Runners-up (1990/91)

Ajax vs Union Berlin

Ajax (NED)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 10
Third in Champions League Group A
Last season: Champions League round of 16 (L 2-3agg vs Benfica)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Winners (1991/92)

Union Berlin (GER)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 97
Group D: W4 D0 L2 F4 A2
Last season: Europa Conference League group stage (third place)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Knockout round play-offs (2022/23)

Sporting CP vs Midtjylland

Sporting CP (POR)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 33
Third in Champions League Group D
Last season: Champions League round of 16 (L 0-5agg vs Man City)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Runners-up (2004/05)

Midtjylland (DEN)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 63
Group F: W2 D2 L2 F12 A8
Last season: Group stage (third)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Round of 32 (2015/16)

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rennes

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 24
Third in Champions League Group F
Last season: Champions League group stage (fourth)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Winners (2008/09)

Rennes (FRA)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 36
Group B: W3 D3 L0 F11 A8
Last season: Europa Conference League round of 16 (L 3-2agg vs Leicester)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Round of 16 (2018/19)

Leverkusen vs Monaco

Leverkusen (GER)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 25
Third in Champions League Group B
Last season: Round of 16 (L 4-2agg vs Atalanta)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Winners (1987/88)

Monaco (FRA)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 58
Group H: W3 D1 L2 F9 A8
Last season: Round of 16 (L 3-1agg Braga)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Semi-finalists (1996/97)

Round of 16

Arsenal (ENG)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 23

Group A: W5 D0 L1 F8 A3
Last season: N/A (first European campaign since 2020/21)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Runners-up (1999/2000, 2018/19)

Betis (ESP)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 46
Group C winners: W5 D1 L0 F12 A4
Last season: Round of 16 (L 3-2agg vs Eintracht Frankfurt)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Round of 16 (1998/99, 2005/06, 2013/14, 2021/22, 2022/23)

Fenerbahçe (TUR)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 59
Group B: W4 D2 L0 F13 A7
Last season: Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs (L 6-4agg vs Slavia Praha)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Semi-finals (2012/13)

Ferencváros (HUN)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 62
Group H winners: W3 D1 L2 F8 A9
Last season: Group stage (fourth)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Semi-finals (1971/72)

Feyenoord (NED)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 34
Group F: W2 D2 L2 F13 A9
Last season: Europa Conference League runners-up (L 1-0 vs Roma)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Winners (1973/74, 2001/02)

Freiburg (GER)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 96
Group G winners: W4 D2 L0 F13 A3
Last season: N/A (first European campaign since 2017/18)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Round of 16 (2022/23)

Real Sociedad (ESP)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 53
Group E: W5 D0 L1 F10 A2
Last season: Knockout round play-offs (L 5-3agg vs Leipzig)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Quarter-finals (1988/89)

Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)

UEFA coefficient ranking: 105
Group D winners: W4 D1 L1 F11 A7
Last season: N/A (debut European campaign)
Best UEFA Cup/Europa League performance: Round of 16 (2022/23)

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