2025–26 UEFA Europa League

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.

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   Nottingham Forest   Bologna   Roma   Real Betis   Celta Vigo   VfB Stuttgart   SC Freiburg   Lille   Lyon      Porto   Dinamo Zagreb   Celtic   Basel   Sturm Graz   Red Star Belgrade   Ferencváros   Fenerbahçe   Rangers   Nice   Feyenoord   Viktoria Plzeň   Red Bull Salzburg Play-off round  Genk         Aberdeen   Young Boys   Dynamo Kyiv   Lech Poznań   Malmö FF   Ludogorets Razgrad   Slovan Bratislava     Third qualifying round   Maccabi Tel Aviv   Rijeka   FCSB         Shelbourne                  Lincoln Red Imps    Wolfsberger AC      PAOK   Servette      Panathinaikos  Second qualifying round  Utrecht   Braga   Anderlecht   Beşiktaş      Hibernian   Lugano     First qualifying round  Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Shakhtar Donetsk   Partizan   Legia Warsaw         BK Häcken   CFR Cluj   Levski Sofia            Sheriff Tiraspol          

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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League phase

Knockout phase
Knockout phase play-offs

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Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

References

Category:2025–26 in European football