Europa League final eight: past meetings, pedigree

Eight clubs from six countries will feature in Friday's draw for the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, streamed live on UEFA.com from 13.00CET.

Athletic Club (ESP)
Last QF: 2011/12 (won 6-4 v Schalke)
QF record: W2 L0
This season: W6 D3 L2 F20 A11 (entry: play-offs)
Top scorer: Aritz Aduriz (8)
European head-to-heads
v Braga N/A
v Dortmund N/A
v Liverpool W1 D1 L2 F3 A4
v Sevilla N/A
v Shakhtar W1 D1 L0 F1 A0
v Sparta Praha W0 D2 L2 F2 A6
v Villarreal N/A
Did you know?
Athletic's previous two quarter-finals were high-scoring affairs, a 4-3 victory against Barcelona in 1977 and a 6-4 triumph over Schalke four years ago.

Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Last QF: 2001/02 (won 4-0 v Slovan Liberec)
QF record: W2 L1
This season: W11 D1 L2 F35 A11 (entry: 3QR)
Top scorer: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (7)
European head-to-heads
v Athletic N/A
v Braga N/A
v Liverpool W1 D1 L1 F2 A3
v Sevilla W1 D1 L0 F3 A2
v Shakhtar W3 D1 L0 F10 A3
v Sparta Praha W2 D0 L0 F7 A1
v Villarreal N/A
Did you know? 
Stéphane Chapuisat and Karl-Heinz Riedle were on target as Dortmund beat Lazio 2-1 on aggregate in the last eight in 1994/95.

Braga (POR)
Last QF: 2010/11 (1-1, won on away goals v Dynamo Kyiv)
QF record: W1 L0
This season: W6 D2 L2 F15 A9 (entry: group stage)
Top scorer: Nikola Stoiljković, Ahmed Hassan, Rafa Silva (3)
European head-to-heads
v Athletic N/A
v Dortmund N/A
v Liverpool W1 D1 L0 F1 A0
v Sevilla W2 D0 L1 F5 A5
v Shakhtar W0 D0 L2 F0 A5
v Sparta Praha N/A
v Villarreal N/A
Did you know?
Braga have finished in Portugal's top four in five of the past six seasons, and have beaten Marseille, Sporting CP, Fenerbahçe and Porto at home this term.

Liverpool (ENG)
Last QF: 2009/10 (won 5-3 v Benfica)
QF record: W5 L2
This season: W5 D5 L0 F10 A5 (entry: group stage)
Top scorer: James Milner, Adam Lallana, Philippe Coutinho (2)
European head-to-heads
v Athletic W2 D1 L1 F4 A3
v Braga W0 D1 L1 F0 A1
v Dortmund W1 D1 L1 F3 A2
v Sevilla N/A
v Shakhtar N/A
v Sparta Praha W1 D1 L0 F1 A0
v Villarreal N/A
Did you know?
Liverpool lifted the UEFA Cup three times, most recently in 2001 when they beat Deportivo Alavés 5-4 in the final.

Sevilla (ESP, holders)
Last QF: 2014/15 (won 4-3 v Zenit)
QF record: W4 L0
This season: W2 D1 L1 F6 A1 (entry: round of 32)
Top scorer: Kevin Gameiro (3)
European head-to-heads
v Athletic N/A
v Braga W1 D0 L2 F5 A5
v Dortmund W0 D1 L1 F2 A3
v Liverpool N/A
v Shakhtar W1 D1 L0 F5 A4
v Sparta Praha N/A
v Villarreal W2 D0 L0 F5 A2
Did you know? 
Every time Sevilla have reached the last eight in this competition they have gone on to lift the trophy.

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Last QF: 2008/09 (won 4-1 v Marseille)
QF record: W1 L0
This season: W3 D1 L0 F7 A1 (entry: round of 32)
Top scorer: Eduardo (2)
European head-to-heads
v Athletic W0 D1 L1 F0 A1
v Braga W2 D0 L0 F5 A0
v Dortmund W0 D1 L3 F3 A10
v Liverpool N/A
v Sevilla W0 D1 L1 F4 A5
v Sparta Praha W1 D0 L1 F4 A4
v Villarreal N/A
Did you know? 
The only other time Shakhtar advanced beyond the last 16 they went on to lift the trophy.

Sparta Praha (CZE)
Last QF: 1983/84 (lost 2-1 v Hajduk Split)
QF record: W0 L1
This season: W7 D5 L0 F24 A10 (entry: play-offs)
Top scorer: David Lafata (5)
European head-to-heads
v Athletic W2 D2 L0 F6 A2
v Braga N/A
v Dortmund W0 D0 L2 F1 A7
v Liverpool W0 D1 L1 F0 A1
v Sevilla N/A
v Shakhtar W1 D0 L1 F4 A4
v Villarreal N/A
Did you know?
Sparta Praha have never reached a UEFA final but did reach the last four in the 1972/73 Cup Winners' Cup and 1991/92 European Cup.

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Villarreal (ESP)
Last QF: 2010/11 (won 8-2 v Twente)
QF record: W2 L1
This season: W6 D3 L1 F16 A7 (entry: group stage)
Top scorer: Cédric Bakambu (5)
European head-to-heads
v Athletic N/A
v Braga N/A
v Dortmund N/A
v Fenerbahçe N/A
v Liverpool N/A
v Man. United W0 D4 L0 F0 A0
v Sevilla W0 D0 L2 F2 A5
v Shakhtar N/A
v Sparta Praha N/A
Did you know?
The last time the Spanish side reached the last eight, the four ties produced 34 goals.