Europa League Draw: Dragons Draw Spartak Moscow; Portuguese Clubs Host Three Quarterfinal Round Openers

The draw for the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Europa League took place at Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.


Quarterfinal round:


The opening contests of the respective two-match series are set to take place on April 7 with the return matches to take place on April 14.  


Here are the matchups with the game-one hosts listed first:


FC Porto vs. Spartak Moscow


SL Benfica vs. PSV Eindhoven


Villarreal vs. FC Twente


Sporting Braga vs. Dynamo Kiev


Semifinal round:


The opening matches are scheduled to take place on April 28 with the return contests set for May 5.


Here are the matchups with the game-one hosts listed first:


SC Braga-Dynamo Kiev winner vs. Benfica-PSV winner


Porto-Spartak Moscow winner vs. Villarreal-FC Twente winner


The final is set for Dublin, Ireland on May 18.