Kick-off on 07.11.22 14:00.

Dynamo Kyiv have failed in the group stage, having finished last. However, the UEL will not be left without Ukraine - Shakhtar Donetsk, who finished third in the Champions League group, will represent the country in the first round of the playoffs. The event will take place on Monday, November 7, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.

Watch the draw of the Europa League playoff round online; the event will take place at 14:00 Kyiv time. In the 1/16 finals, the eight teams that completed the group stage of the tournament in the second line and the eight clubs that have been eliminated from the Champions League will meet. The rules forbid pairings that play in the same national championship. Other restrictions will be known closer to the event.

Remind that following six rounds of the Champions League, Ajax, Juventus, Salzburg, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer, Sevilla, Shakhtar and Barcelona have all left the competition. The winners of the UEL quartets automatically qualified for the 1/8 finals, a bonus introduced after the creation of the Conference League. Betis, Freiburg, Royal Union and Ferencváros miss the first round of the playoffs. The matches will be played on February 16 and 23, after which the draw for the next round will take place. Watch the draw of the Europa League playoffs round online.

This will be Shakhtar's eighth appearance in the Europa League 1/16 after the reorganization of the competition. In the 2009/10 season, the Pitmen were eliminated by Fulham (1-2, 1-1) and in the 2013/14 campaign by Czech Viktoria (1-1, 1-2). In the 2015/16 campaign, the Orange and Blacks knocked out Schalke (0-0, 3-0), and a year later they were unable to overcome that milestone. This time, the Donetsk club were stopped by Celta (1-0, 0-2, overtime).

It was also unsuccessful in the first round of the playoffs of the 2018/19 tournament when they met Eintracht (2-2, 1-4). In the 2019/20 UEL, SD passed Benfica (2-1, 3-3). In the 2020/21 season, the Ukrainian team beat Maccabi of Tel Aviv twice (2-0, 1-0). Watch Europa League playoff round draw online.