Europa League draw LIVE: West Ham, Rangers and Barcelona learn quarter-final fate
Follow as West Ham draw Lyon, Rangers take on Braga and Barcelona will play Frankfurt
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Your support makes all the difference.West Ham have made it to the quarter-final stage of the Europa League after knocking out six-time champions Sevilla in a pulsating second leg clash at the London Stadium on Thursday night.
The reward for the Hammers is a last-eight clash against French side Lyon, while Rangers face Braga, Barcelona drew Frankfurt and RB Leipzig will square off against Atalanta in the other fixtures.
Rangers reached the quarter-final stage of a European competition for the first time in 14 years despite a narrow 2-1 defeat at Red Star on Thursday night - Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men doing the damage in the first leg with a 3-0 victory at Ibrox to win 4-2 on aggregate.
After being held to a goalless draw at Camp Nou, Barcelona came from behind to defeat Turkish side Galatasaray. The decisive goal came early in the second half as Frenkie de Jong headed across goal to leave Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with an easy finish to secure the win for the Spanish giants.
RB Leipzig progressed automatically after their opponents, Russian club Spartak Moscow, were suspended from the competition due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The draw in Nyon, Switzerland, takes place at 12:30pm GMT, you can follow live build-up and the latest updates from both the quarter-final and semi-final draw below, following the conclusion of the Champions League draw:
Europa Leage draw
One final reminder of the Europa League quarter-finals:
RB Leipzig vs Atalanta
Frankfurt vs Barcelona
West Ham vs Lyon
Braga vs Rangers
The fixtures take place over two-legs on 7th and 14th April.
West Ham to face in Europa League quarter-finals
West Ham have been drawn against Lyon in the Europa League quarter-finals.
It is the first time the Hammers have been drawn against a French side in a major European competition, although they did beat Metz in an Intertoto Cup final in 1999.
The London Stadium is just getting used to European football, imagine what it would be like if David Moyes’ side set up a potential semi-final against Barcelona?
West Ham draw Lyon in Europa League quarter-finals, Rangers to face Braga
West Ham will face Lyon in the Europa League quarter-finals, while Rangers were drawn against Braga.
The Hammers will host the French side in the first leg at the London Stadium before facing a trip to France the following week. If the Premier League side advance, they could play Barcelona in the semi-finals after they were selected in the same half of the draw.
Barcelona, the favourites for the competition, were drawn with Frankfurt while RB Leipzig will play Atalanta.
West Ham draw Lyon in Europa League quarter-finals, Rangers to face Braga
The winner of the Europa League quarter-final will face either Barcelona or Frankfurt in the semi-finals
Europa League draw
West Ham face Lyon in the quarter-finals of the Europa League in what will be a difficult game. If they manage to progress through that they could face Barcelona in the semi-finals.
Rangers menwhile have a decent tie when they come up against Portuguese side Braga. At this stage of the competition no game is easy but Rangers will be over the moon with that draw.
The two British sides have been drawn on opposite sides of the competition meaning that the only way they can meet is if both reach the final.
Europa League draw
Finally, the home side for the Europa League final is going to be the winner of semi-final 2.
Europa League draw
The second semi-final looks like this:
Quarter-final 4 (West Ham vs Lyon) vs Quarter-final 2 (Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona)
Europa League draw
Now for the semi-final draw. Each quarter-final has been numbered 1-4 and the numbers are drawn out to complete the semi-final fixtures.
Quarter-final 1 (RB Leipzig vs Atalanta) play Quarter-final 4 (Braga vs Rangers)
Europa League draw
Here is the Europa League quarter-final draw in full:
RB Leipzig vs Atalanta
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona
West Ham vs Lyon
Braga vs Rangers
Europa League draw
Finally, Braga are drawn at home in quarter-final four against Rangers.
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