Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are on the hunt for long-sought silverware as the Europa League is down to its final 24 teams.

Bologna have been drawn against SK Brann in the Europa League knockout play-off.The Europa League knockout play-off draw took place in Nyon today.See how it unfolded in the liveblog.Bologna against

Michael: Could it be written in the stars for O'Neill? Stuttgart, Porto, and then maybe Nottingham Forest in the quarter-finals? A few decent signings, players returning from injury and a good dose of luck could atone for the heartbreak of 2003? Dreams can come true.

The two-legged play-off — to be played on February 19 and 26 — will mark Forest's first-ever matches against the Turkish Super Lig side.

The final day of the UEFA Europa League league phase has arrived.

The league phase of the Europa League has been a wild ride that's been hard to stop, but it has now come to an end and has left us with an incredible set of qualifiers.

Will Celtic do enough against Utrecht to reach the Europa League play-offs? And we reflect on what we’ve learned about Rangers in Europe this season plus the latest Scottish transfer moves. With Charlotte Cohen, Robbie Neilson and Stephen McGowan.

Aston Villa completed the Europa League group stage with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Red Bull Salzburg to preserve a perfect home record in the competition.Unai Emery’s side showed resilience and