West Ham to face Sevilla in Europa League last 16
West Ham United will play Sevilla in the last 16 of the Europa League following Friday’s draw which also saw Barcelona paired with Turkish giants Galatasaray and Rangers with former European Cup winners Red Star Belgrade.
The round of 16 is set ✅
🤔 Best-looking tie? #UELdraw | #UEL pic.twitter.com/aTxFLyNdpt
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) February 25, 2022
The one remaining English Premier League representative in the competition, West Ham will go to Seville for the first leg on Thursday, March 10 before hosting the return a week later.
Our #UEL round of 16 opponents: @SevillaFC pic.twitter.com/EXszH3C1Kx
— West Ham United (@WestHam) February 25, 2022
West Ham, currently sixth in the Premier League, qualified for the last 16 after topping their group ahead of Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Vienna and Genk.
Sevilla dropped out of the Champions League in the group stage before beating Croatian champions Dinamo 3-2 on aggregate in the knockout round play-offs despite a 1-0 defeat in Zagreb on Thursday.
The Spanish side have won the Europa League or its predecessor, the UEFA Cup, a record six times including most recently in 2020.
They will also host the final at their Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium on May 18.
Barcelona also dropped out of the Champions League and find themselves in the second-tier European competition for the first time since 2003/04.
KICKOFF TIMES CONFIRMED!!
🏆 @EuropaLeague Last 16⚽ #BarçaGalatasaray (1st leg)
🏟 Camp Nou
🗓 Thursday, March 10
⏰ 9pm CET⚽ #GalatasarayBarça (return leg)
🏟 Nef Stadyumu
🗓 Thursday, March 17
⏰ 6:45pm CET pic.twitter.com/uU4pJoEskM— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 25, 2022
They will be at home in the first leg to Galatasaray, the 2000 UEFA Cup winners currently struggling in the bottom half of the Turkish league.
FROM THE VAULT 🔐
September 2002@GalatasaraySK 0-2 Barça pic.twitter.com/fELFRvJ58M— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 25, 2022
The Istanbul side’s Spanish coach, Domenec Torrent, used to work under Pep Guardiola at Barcelona.
Rangers will be at home in the first leg to 1991 European Cup winners Red Star after stunning Borussia Dortmund 6-4 on aggregate in the play-offs.
Rangers vs Crvena zvezda #UELdraw | #UEL pic.twitter.com/yxalqhw4pD
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) February 25, 2022
Spartak Moscow, the one remaining Russian side in Europe this season, were drawn to play RB Leipzig with the first leg in Germany.
ℹ️ The first leg of our Europa League round of 16 tie will take place on 10th March at the RB Arena.
UEFA's executive committee announced that all Russian and Ukrainian clubs will play their home games in UEFA competitions at neutral venues until further notice.
More info ⬇️
— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) February 25, 2022
The second leg must be played at a neutral venue after UEFA announced on Friday that Russian and Ukrainian clubs and national teams cannot host home matches “until further notice”.