The possible opponents of Feyenoord and AZ in Europe are known. On Thursday evening, the returns in the knockout phase of the Conference League and the Europa League were completed, so that all eighth finals are known. From 12 noon on Friday, it will be announced who will meet Feyenoord in the Europa League and who will be the opponent of AZ in the Conference League. The matches in the eighth finals will be played on March 9 and March 16.
Feyenoord is already certain that it will meet a team that has completed a duel in the knockout phase. That means that Manchester United, Juventus and Sevilla are among the possible opponents. Arsenal and Real Betis, among others, also became group winners and will only be drawn in the quarterfinals.
Feyenoord’s possible opponents:
Juventus, AS Roma (Ita), Bayer Leverkusen, Union Berlin (Ger), Sevilla (Spa), Sporting Portugal (Por) Manchester United (Eng), Shakhtar Donetsk (Uk) / Stade Rennes (Fra)?.
Opponents that Feyenoord avoids in the eighth final:
Arsenal (Eng), Real Betis, Real Sociedad (Esp), Fenerbahçe (Tur) Ferencváros (Hon), SC Freiburg (Ger), Union Saint-Gilloise (Bel)?.
Just like the team from Rotterdam, AZ also managed to crown itself group winner. The Alkmaarders thus managed to qualify directly for the eighth final of the Conference League, in which Fiorentina and Lazio, among others, are possible opponents. Heavyweights Villarreal, West Ham United and OGC Nice also won their respective groups, meaning that those teams cannot come out ahead of the quarter-finals.
The possible opponents of AZ:
FC Basel (Zwi), Lech Poznan (Pol), Lazio, Fiorentina (Ita), AEK Larnaca (Gri), Sheriff Tiraspol (Mol), Anderlecht (Bel), KAA Gent (Bel) / Qarabag (Aze).
Opponents that AZ avoids in the eighth final:
Djurgarden (Swe) Istanbul Basaksehir (Tur), OGC Nice (Fra), Sivasspor (Tur), Slovan Bratislava (Slo), Villarreal (Esp), West Ham United (Eng)
PSV and Ajax came into action on Thursday evening in the knockout round of the Europa League, in which Sevilla and 1. FC Union Berlin respectively proved to be too strong over two matches. The team from Eindhoven could not brush away the 3-0 from the first leg in the Philips Stadium (2-0 win); the team of trainer John Heitinga lost 3-1 in the return after the 1-1 draw in Amsterdam. Feyenoord and AZ are therefore the only two Dutch teams that are still active in Europe.