Three Premier League teams will be in the hat after Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton all won their groups. As did Rangers, Atalanta, Villarreal, Slavia Prague and Bayer Leverkusen.
Those eight teams are the seeded teamsin Friday’s draw, joined by the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs.
The play-offs saw the eight teams that finished second in their Europa League groups take on the eight sides that finished third in their Champions League groups.
It may be expected that the Champions League teams would be favourites in those ties but six of the eight play-offs were won by the teams who had already played in the Europa League.
The teams that came through and will be unseeded in Friday’s draw are: Roma, AC Milan, SC Freiburg, Sporting, Benfica, Qarabag, Sparta Prague and Marseille.
Of the eight winners, just AC Milan and Benfica had dropped down from the Champions League.
Europa League knockout round play-off results
Aggregate scores
Feyenoord 2-2 (2-4 pens) Roma
AC Milan 5-3 Rennes
Lens 2-3 SC Freiburg
Young Boys 2-4 Sporting
Benfica 2-1 Toulouse
Braga 5-6 Qarabag
Galatasaray 4-6 Sparta Prague
Shakhtar Donetsk 3-5 Marseille
When is the Europa League last 16 draw?
The draw is held on Friday 23 February in Nyon, Switzerland at 11pm UK time.
The two-legged last 16 ties will be played on 7 and 14 March, with the quarter-final draw taking place on 15 March.
Europa League last 16 teams
Seeded
West Ham
Brighton
Rangers
Atalanta
Liverpool
Villarreal
Slavia Prague
Bayer Leverkusen
Unseeded
Roma
AC Milan
SC Freiburg
Sporting
Benfica
Qarabag
Sparta Prague
Marseille
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