Aston Villa to face Lille in Conference League quarters, Olympiacos draw Fenerbahce

Premier League side Aston Villa will face Lille, currently fourth in Ligue 1, in the quarter-finals. The winner of that tie will meet the victor of Olympiacos and Fenerbahce in the semi-final.

Last year's finalists Fiorentina will take on Czech side Viktoria Plzen while Club Brugge play PAOK of Greece in the other quarter-final.

Conference League quarter-finals:

QF1: Club Brugge vs PAOK

QF2: Olympiacos Piraeus vs Fenerbahce

QF3: Aston Villa vs LOSC Lille

QF4: Viktoria Plzen vs Fiorentina

Semi-finals:

SF1: Winners of QF3 vs winners of QF2 (winners to be nominal home side in final)

SF2: Winners of QF4 vs winners of QF1

Dates:

Quarter-finals

First legs: April 11th

Second legs: April 18th

Semi-finals

First legs: May 2nd

Second legs: May 9th

The Final

Wednesday, May 29th, AEK Arena Athens

Draw procedure:

At this stage of the competition, no teams were seeded and there were no country restrictions - anyone could draw anyone.

The balls containing the names of the quarter-finalists were placed in a bowl and shuffled. The first and second balls drawn determined the first quarter-final pairing, with the first ball drawn representing the home team for the first leg. That procedure was repeated with the remaining balls to complete the quarter-final pairings.

For the semi-final draw, four balls containing slips of paper marked 'winners of quarter-final one' to 'winners of quarter-final four' were placed in a large central bowl and shuffled. The first and second balls drawn determined the first semi-final pairing, with the first ball drawn representing the home team for the first leg. That procedure was repeated with the remaining balls in the bowl to complete the semi-final pairings.

The same procedure was done for the final with the first ball designating the nominal home side.