2025–26 UEFA Europa League

2025–26 UEFA Europa League
The Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul will host the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
10 July – 28 August 2025
Competition proper:
24 September 2025 – 20 May 2026
TeamsCompetition proper: 25+11
Total: 45+32 (from 41 associations)

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 the Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.[1]

Schedule

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

Teams

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 (CW)

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

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

Team 1 Agg. 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 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.

Team 1 Agg. 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 winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round. The losers were transferred to the Conference League play-off round.

Team 1 Agg. 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
League 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

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

Team 1 Agg. 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2 Basel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Brann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Celta Vigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dinamo Zagreb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10 Fenerbahçe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ferencváros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ludogorets Razgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Lyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Malmö FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Midtjylland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Nottingham Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Panathinaikos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 PAOK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Red Bull Salzburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Red Star Belgrade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Sturm Graz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Viktoria Plzeň 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Young Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 24 September 2025. Source: UEFA

References

  1. ↑ "Budapest to host UEFA Champions League Final 2026". UEFA. 22 May 2024.
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