2023-24 Europa League: Shakhtar-Marseille & AC Milan-Stade Rennais in the knockout round play-offs

Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) will face Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian Premier League) in the play-offs for the Round of 16 of the 2023-24 Europa League, on Thursday 15 and 22/02/2024 (first leg at the Stade Orange Vélodrome, Marseille, FRA), following the draw carried out at UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland), on 18/12/2023.

The other play-off fixtures (first leg on the pitch of the first club mentioned each time):
• AC Milan (Serie A TIM) - Stade Rennais FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats)
• SL Benfica (Liga Portugal Betclic) - Toulouse FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats)
• Feyenoord Rotterdam (Eredivisie) - AS Roma (Serie A TIM)
• RC Lens (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) - SC Freiburg (Bundesliga)
• Galatasaray SK (Süper Lig) - Sparta Prague (Czech D1)
• BSC Young Boys (Credit Suisse Super League) - Sporting Clube de Portugal (Liga Portugal Betclic)
• SC Braga (Liga Portugal Betclic) - Qarabağ FK (Azerbaijani D1)

The third-placed teams in the Champions League group stage (the first eight teams listed for each of the matches above) face the second-placed teams in the Europa League group stage in a…