2025–26 UEFA Europa League

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2025–26 UEFA Europa League

The Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul will host the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 10 July – 28 August 2025 Competition proper: 24 September 2025 – 20 May 2026
Teams	Competition proper: 25+11 Total: 45+31
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 UEFA Europa League is the 55th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 17th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.

The final will be played on 20 May 2026 at Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

This will be the second season played under a new format, which replaced the 32-team group stage with a 36-team league phase.

Association team allocation

A total of 78 teams from between 33 and 40 of the 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League. Among them, 33 associations have teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 12 associations that do not have any teams directly qualifying may have teams playing after being transferred from the Champions League. The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• The title holders of the Europa Conference League were given an entry in the Europa League (if they did not qualify for the Champions League or Europa League via league position).
• Associations 1–12 each have two teams.
• Associations 13–33 (except Russia) each have one team.
• 31 teams eliminated from the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League will be transferred to the Europa League.

Association ranking

For the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24.

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:

• (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
• (CON) – Additional berth for UEFA Conference League title holders

Association ranking for 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1 England 104.303 2 2 Italy 90.284 3 Spain 89.489 4 Germany 86.624 5 France 66.831 6 Netherlands 61.300 7 Portugal 56.316 8 Belgium 48.800 9 Turkey 38.600 10 Czech Republic 36.050 11 Scotland 36.050 12 Switzerland 32.975 13 Austria 32.600 1 14 Norway 31.625 15 Greece 31.525 16 Denmark 31.450 17 Israel 31.125 18 Ukraine 28.000 19 Serbia 27.775

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20 Croatia 25.525 1 21 Poland 25.375 22 Russia 22.965 0 23 Cyprus 22.100 1 24 Hungary 21.875 25 Sweden 21.500 26 Romania 21.375 27 Bulgaria 20.375 28 Azerbaijan 20.125 29 Slovakia 19.625 30 Slovenia 13.250 31 Moldova 13.125 32 Kosovo 11.541 33 Kazakhstan 11.500 34 Finland 11.125 0 35 Republic of Ireland 10.875 36 Armenia 10.625 37 Latvia 10.625 38 Faroe Islands 10.375

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.000 0 40 Liechtenstein 10.000 41 Iceland 9.583 42 Northern Ireland 9.208 43 Luxembourg 8.625 44 Lithuania 8.500 45 Malta 8.250 46 Georgia 7.625 47 Albania 7.375 48 Estonia 7.207 49 Belarus 6.625 50 North Macedonia 6.000 51 Andorra 5.998 52 Wales 5.791 53 Montenegro 5.708 54 Gibraltar 4.957 55 San Marino 1.832

Distribution

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round	Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round (16 teams)		16 domestic cup winners from associations 17–33 (except Russia)
Second qualifying round (16 teams)		1 domestic cup winner from association 16 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6	8 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (26 teams)	Champions path (12 teams)			12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions path)
	League path (14 teams)	3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15	8 winners from second qualifying round	3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (League path)
Play-off round (24 teams)		5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12	13 winners from third qualifying round	6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions path)
League phase (36 teams)		Conference League title holders 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5	12 winners from play-off round	5 losers from Champions League play-off round (Champions path) 4 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (League path) 2 losers from Champions League play-off round (League path)
Knockout phase play-offs (16 teams)			16 teams ranked 9–24 from the league phase
Round of 16 (16 teams)			8 teams ranked 1–8 from the league phase 8 winners from the knockout phase play-offs

The information here reflects the ongoing suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list have been made:

• The cup winners of association 16 (Denmark) will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• CON: Conference League title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
• RL: Winners of the regular league phase
• CL: Transferred from the Champions League
  • CH/LP PO: Losers from the play-off round (Champions/League Path)
  • CH/LP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
  • CH/LP Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round (Champions/League Path)

The third qualifying round is divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

Qualified teams for 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Entry round		Teams
League phase		Aston Villa (6th)	Nottingham Forest (7th)	Bologna (CW)	Roma (5th)
		Real Betis (6th)	Celta Vigo (7th)	VfB Stuttgart (CW)	SC Freiburg (5th)
		Lille (5th)	Lyon (6th)	Go Ahead Eagles (CW)	Porto (3rd)
		Dinamo Zagreb (2nd)	Celtic (CL CH PO)	Basel (CL CH PO)	Sturm Graz (CL CH PO)
		Red Star Belgrade (CL CH PO)	Ferencváros (CL CH PO)	Fenerbahçe (CL LP PO)	Rangers (CL LP PO)
		Nice (CL LP Q3)	Feyenoord (CL LP Q3)	Viktoria Plzeň (CL LP Q3)	Red Bull Salzburg (CL LP Q3)
Play-off round		Genk (3rd)	Samsunspor (3rd)	Sigma Olomouc (CW)	Aberdeen (CW)
		Young Boys (3rd)	Dynamo Kyiv (CL CH Q3)	Lech Poznań (CL CH Q3)	Malmö FF (CL CH Q3)
		Ludogorets Razgrad (CL CH Q3)	Slovan Bratislava (CL CH Q3)	Shkëndija (CL CH Q3)
Third qualifying round	CH	Maccabi Tel Aviv (CL CH Q2)	Rijeka (CL CH Q2)	FCSB (CL CH Q2)	Drita (CL CH Q2)
		KuPS (CL CH Q2)	Shelbourne (CL CH Q2)	Noah (CL CH Q2)	RFS (CL CH Q2)
		Zrinjski Mostar (CL CH Q2)	Breiðablik (CL CH Q2)	Hamrun Spartans (CL CH Q2)	Lincoln Red Imps (CL CH Q2)
	MP	Wolfsberger AC (CW)	Fredrikstad (CW)	PAOK (3rd)	Servette (CL LP Q2)
		Brann (CL LP Q2)	Panathinaikos (CL LP Q2)
Second qualifying round		Utrecht (4th)	Braga (4th)	Anderlecht (4th)	Beşiktaş (4th)
		Baník Ostrava (3rd)	Hibernian (3rd)	Lugano (4th)	Midtjylland (2nd)
First qualifying round		Hapoel Be'er Sheva (CW)	Shakhtar Donetsk (CW)	Partizan (2nd)	Legia Warsaw (CW)
		AEK Larnaca (CW)	Paks (CW)	BK Häcken (CW)	CFR Cluj (CW)
		Levski Sofia (2nd)	Sabah (CW)	Spartak Trnava (CW)	Celje (CW)
		Sheriff Tiraspol (CW)	Prishtina (CW)	Aktobe (CW)	Ilves (2nd)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows. Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts. One exclusive week will be held where both Wednesday and Thursdays are matchdays, on 24 and 25 September.

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	17 June 2025	10 July 2025	17 July 2025
	Second qualifying round	18 June 2025	24 July 2025	31 July 2025
	Third qualifying round	21 July 2025	7 August 2025	14 August 2025
Play-offs	Play-off round	4 August 2025	21 August 2025	28 August 2025
League phase	Matchday 1	29 August 2025	24–25 September 2025
	Matchday 2		2 October 2025
	Matchday 3		23 October 2025
	Matchday 4		6 November 2025
	Matchday 5		27 November 2025
	Matchday 6		11 December 2025
	Matchday 7		22 January 2026
	Matchday 8		29 January 2026
Knockout phase	Knockout round play-offs	30 January 2026	19 February 2026	26 February 2026
	Round of 16	27 February 2026	12 March 2026	19 March 2026
	Quarter-finals		9 April 2026	16 April 2026
	Semi-finals		30 April 2026	7 May 2026
	Final		20 May 2026 at Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025. The first legs were played on 10 July, and the second legs were played on 17 July 2025.

The winners of the ties advanced to the second qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path second qualifying round.

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk	6–0	Ilves	6–0	0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol	5-2	Prishtina	4–0	1-2
Spartak Trnava	2–3	BK Häcken	0–1	2–2
Sabah	5–6	Celje	2–3	3–3 (aet)
Legia Warsaw	2–0	Aktobe	1–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	1-1 (3–1 p)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	1-1 (aet)
AEK Larnaca	2-2 (6-5 p)	Partizan	1–0	1-2 (aet)
Paks	0–3	CFR Cluj	0–0	0–3

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025. The first legs were played on 24 July and the second legs were played on 31 July 2025.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path third qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path third qualifying round.

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lugano	0-1	CFR Cluj	0–0	0-1 (aet)
Celje	2–3	AEK Larnaca	1–1	1–2
Levski Sofia	0–1	Braga	0-0	0–1 (aet)
Baník Ostrava	3–4	Legia Warsaw	2–2	1–2
Anderlecht	2–2 (2–4 p)	BK Häcken	1–0	1–2 (aet)
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–7	Utrecht	1–3	1–4
Midtjylland	3–2	Hibernian	1-1	2–1 (aet)
Beşiktaş	2–6	Shakhtar Donetsk	2-4	0–2

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round will be held on 21 July 2025. The first legs were played on 5, 6 and 7 August, and the second legs were played on 12 and 14 August 2025.

The winners of the ties will advance to the play-off round. The losers will be transferred to the Conference League play-off round.

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Lincoln Red Imps	1–1 (6–5 P)	Noah	1–1	0–0 (aet)
Rijeka	4–3	Shelbourne	1–2	3–1
RFS	1–3	KuPS	1–2	0–1
Hamrun Spartans	2–5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	1–3
Zrinjski Mostar	3–2	Breiðablik	1–1	2–1
FCSB	6–3	Drita	3–2	3–1
Main Path
AEK Larnaca	5–3	Legia Warsaw	4–1	1–2
Fredrikstad	1–5	Midtjylland	1–3	0–2
CFR Cluj	1–4	Braga	1–2	0–2
PAOK	1–0	Wolfsberger AC	0–0	1–0 (aet)
Servette	2–5	Utrecht	1–3	1–2
BK Häcken	1–2	Brann	0–2	1–0
Panathinaikos	0–0 (4–3 p)	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	0–0 (aet)

Play-off round

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifying#Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2025. The first legs will be played on 21 August, and the second legs will be played on 28 August 2025.

The winners of the ties will advance to the league phase. The losers will be transferred to the Conference League league phase.

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	Dynamo Kyiv	3–1	0–1
Shkëndija	3–5	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	1–4 (a.e.t)
Slovan Bratislava	2–4	Young Boys	0—1	2–3
Malmö FF	5–0	Sigma Olomouc	3–0	2–0
Panathinaikos	2–1	Samsunspor	2–1	0–0
Aberdeen	2–5	FCSB	2–2	0–3
Lech Poznań	3–6	Genk	1—5	2–1
Midtjylland	6–0	KuPS	4–0	2–0
Lincoln Red Imps	1–9	Braga	0—4	1–5
Zrinjski Mostar	0–2	Utrecht	0—2	0–0
Brann	6–1	AEK Larnaca	2–1	4–0
Rijeka	1–5	PAOK	1–0	0–5

League phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league phase

The league phase draw for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League takes place on 29 August 2025. The 36 teams will be divided into four pots of nine teams each based on their UEFA club coefficient.

The draw ceremony was held along with the league phase draw for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League, as a change from the previous season. When the 36 teams were manually drawn one at a time, the draw will be entirely computer generated with all 36 teams' opponents and home/away locations drawn at once, but revealed pot by pot. Each team will face two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and one away. Teams cannot face opponents from their own association, and can only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association.

Aston Villa, Bologna, Brann, Go Ahead Eagles and Nottingham Forest will make their debut appearances since the introduction of the group stage (although Aston Villa and Brann had previously appeared in the UEFA Cup group stage). Go Ahead Eagles and Nottingham Forest will make their debut appearances in a major UEFA competition group or league phase.

A total of 23 national associations will be represented in the league phase.

Pot 1 (9) Roma CC: 104.500 (18) Porto CC: 79.750 (25) Rangers CC: 71.250 (26) Feyenoord CC: 71.000 (31) Lille CC: 66.000 (38) Dinamo Zagreb CC: 56.000 (40) Real Betis CC: 52.250 (44) Red Bull Salzburg CC: 48.000 (46) Aston Villa CC: 47.250

Pot 2 (47) Fenerbahçe CC: 47.250 (48) Braga CC: 46.000 (50) Red Star Belgrade CC: 44.000 (51) Lyon CC: 43.750 (52) PAOK CC: 42.250 (56) Viktoria Plzeň CC: 39.250 (57) Ferencváros CC: 39.000 (59) Celtic CC: 38.000 (60) Maccabi Tel Aviv CC: 37.500

Pot 3 (62) Young Boys CC: 34.500 (66) Basel CC: 33.000 (67) Midtjylland CC: 32.750 (74) SC Freiburg CC: 28.000 (76) Ludogorets Razgrad CC: 24.000 (new) Nottingham Forest CC: 23.039 (81) Sturm Graz CC: 23.000 (84) FCSB CC: 22.500 (87) Nice CC: 20.000

Pot 4 (89) Bologna CC: 19.446 (new) Celta Vigo CC: 18.890 (102) VfB Stuttgart CC: 17.266 (111) Panathinaikos CC: 16.000 (118) Malmö FF CC: 14.500 (123) Go Ahead Eagles CC: 13.430 (new) Utrecht CC: 13.430 (141) Genk CC: 11.370 (189) Brann CC: 7.937

Draw results

League phase opponents by club

Club	Pot 1 opponents		Pot 2 opponents		Pot 3 opponents		Pot 4 opponents		Avg coeff.
	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Roma	Lille	Rangers	Viktoria Plzeň	Celtic	Midtjylland	Nice	VfB Stuttgart	Panathinaikos	37.6
Porto	Rangers	Red Bull Salzburg	Red Star Belgrade	Viktoria Plzeň	Nice	Nottingham Forest	Malmö FF	Utrecht	34.2
Rangers	Roma	Porto	Braga	Ferencváros	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sturm Graz	Genk	Brann	41.9
Feyenoord	Aston Villa	Real Betis	Celtic	Braga	Sturm Graz	FCSB	Panathinaikos	VfB Stuttgart	32.8
Lille	Dinamo Zagreb	Roma	PAOK	Red Star Belgrade	SC Freiburg	Young Boys	Brann	Celta Vigo	42.0
Dinamo Zagreb	Real Betis	Lille	Fenerbahçe	Maccabi Tel Aviv	FCSB	Midtjylland	Celta Vigo	Malmö FF	36.5
Real Betis	Feyenoord	Dinamo Zagreb	Lyon	PAOK	Nottingham Forest	Ludogorets Razgrad	Utrecht	Genk	35.6
Red Bull Salzburg	Porto	Aston Villa	Ferencváros	Lyon	Basel	SC Freiburg	Go Ahead Eagles	Bologna	38.0
Aston Villa	Red Bull Salzburg	Feyenoord	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Fenerbahçe	Young Boys	Basel	Bologna	Go Ahead Eagles	38.0
Fenerbahçe	Aston Villa	Dinamo Zagreb	Ferencváros	Viktoria Plzeň	Nice	FCSB	VfB Stuttgart	Brann	31.2
Braga	Feyenoord	Rangers	Red Star Belgrade	Celtic	Nottingham Forest	Nice	Genk	Go Ahead Eagles	36.5
Red Star Belgrade	Lille	Porto	Celtic	Braga	FCSB	Sturm Graz	Celta Vigo	Malmö FF	38.6
Lyon	Red Bull Salzburg	Real Betis	PAOK	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Basel	Young Boys	Go Ahead Eagles	Utrecht	34.3
PAOK	Real Betis	Lille	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Lyon	Young Boys	Ludogorets Razgrad	Brann	Celta Vigo	35.6
Viktoria Plzeň	Porto	Roma	Fenerbahçe	Ferencváros	SC Freiburg	Basel	Malmö FF	Panathinaikos	45.3
Ferencváros	Rangers	Red Bull Salzburg	Viktoria Plzeň	Fenerbahçe	Ludogorets Razgrad	Nottingham Forest	Panathinaikos	Genk	35.0
Celtic	Roma	Feyenoord	Braga	Red Star Belgrade	Sturm Graz	Midtjylland	Utrecht	Bologna	44.3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Dinamo Zagreb	Aston Villa	Lyon	PAOK	Midtjylland	SC Freiburg	Bologna	VfB Stuttgart	35.8
Young Boys	Lille	Aston Villa	Lyon	PAOK	Ludogorets Razgrad	FCSB	Panathinaikos	VfB Stuttgart	34.9
Basel	Aston Villa	Red Bull Salzburg	Viktoria Plzeň	Lyon	FCSB	SC Freiburg	VfB Stuttgart	Genk	32.2
Midtjylland	Dinamo Zagreb	Roma	Celtic	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sturm Graz	Nottingham Forest	Genk	Brann	37.7
SC Freiburg	Red Bull Salzburg	Lille	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Viktoria Plzeň	Basel	Nice	Utrecht	Bologna	34.6
Ludogorets Razgrad	Real Betis	Rangers	PAOK	Ferencváros	Nice	Young Boys	Celta Vigo	Malmö FF	36.6
Nottingham Forest	Porto	Real Betis	Ferencváros	Braga	Midtjylland	Sturm Graz	Malmö FF	Utrecht	37.6
Sturm Graz	Rangers	Feyenoord	Red Star Belgrade	Celtic	Nottingham Forest	Midtjylland	Brann	Panathinaikos	38.0
FCSB	Feyenoord	Dinamo Zagreb	Fenerbahçe	Red Star Belgrade	Young Boys	Basel	Bologna	Go Ahead Eagles	39.8
Nice	Roma	Porto	Braga	Fenerbahçe	SC Freiburg	Ludogorets Razgrad	Go Ahead Eagles	Celta Vigo	45.2
Bologna	Red Bull Salzburg	Aston Villa	Celtic	Maccabi Tel Aviv	SC Freiburg	FCSB	Brann	Celta Vigo	31.0
Celta Vigo	Lille	Dinamo Zagreb	PAOK	Red Star Belgrade	Nice	Ludogorets Razgrad	Bologna	VfB Stuttgart	36.1
VfB Stuttgart	Feyenoord	Roma	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Fenerbahçe	Young Boys	Basel	Celta Vigo	Go Ahead Eagles	45.0
Panathinaikos	Roma	Feyenoord	Viktoria Plzeň	Ferencváros	Sturm Graz	Young Boys	Go Ahead Eagles	Malmö FF	42.4
Malmö FF	Dinamo Zagreb	Porto	Red Star Belgrade	Viktoria Plzeň	Ludogorets Razgrad	Nottingham Forest	Panathinaikos	Genk	36.7
Go Ahead Eagles	Aston Villa	Red Bull Salzburg	Braga	Lyon	FCSB	Nice	VfB Stuttgart	Panathinaikos	32.6
Utrecht	Porto	Real Betis	Lyon	Celtic	Nottingham Forest	SC Freiburg	Genk	Brann	35.5
Genk	Real Betis	Rangers	Ferencváros	Braga	Basel	Midtjylland	Malmö FF	Utrecht	37.8
Brann	Rangers	Lille	Fenerbahçe	PAOK	Midtjylland	Sturm Graz	Utrecht	Bologna	39.4

See also

• 2025–26 UEFA Champions League
• 2025–26 UEFA Conference League
• 2026 UEFA Super Cup
• 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup

External links

• Official website