2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifying

The qualifying phase was split into two paths – the Champions Path and the Main Path. The Champions Path contained teams which were eliminated from the Champions League Champions Path, and the Main Path contained teams which qualified as the third-placed or the fourth-placed team from their domestic league or as domestic cup winners. The paths were merged in the play-off round. Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals were scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round may not have been known at the time of the draws, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to the subsequent round. In practice, this meant if the team with the lower coefficient advanced in the Europa League or the team with the higher coefficient was eliminated from the Champions League, it simply took the seeding of its opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA formed "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, purely for the convenience of the draw and not to resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA could not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie could be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts. ==Schedule==

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts. ==Teams==

In the qualifying stage, the teams were divided into two paths: • Champions Path (12 teams): • Third qualifying round: 12 losers of the Champions League Champions Path second qualifying round. • Main Path: • First qualifying round (16 teams): 16 teams which entered in this round. • Second qualifying round (16 teams): 8 teams which entered in this round, and 8 winners of the first qualifying round. • Third qualifying round (14 teams): 3 teams which entered in this round, 3 losers of the Champions League League Path second qualifying round, and 8 winners of the second qualifying round. The winners of the third qualifying round were combined into a single path for the play-off round: • Play-off round (24 teams): 5 teams which entered this round, 6 losers of the Champions League Champions Path third qualifying round, 6 winners of the Champions Path third qualifying round, and 7 winners of the Main Path third qualifying round. All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round entered the Conference League: • The 8 losers of the Main Path first qualifying round entered the Main Path second qualifying round. • The 8 losers of the Main Path second qualifying round entered the Main Path third qualifying round. • The 6 losers of the Champions Path third qualifying round entered the Champions Path play-off round. • The 7 losers of the Main Path third qualifying round entered the Main Path play-off round. • The 12 losers of the play-off round entered the league phase. Below were the participating teams (with their 2025 UEFA club coefficients, not used as seeding for the Champions Path, however), grouped by their starting rounds. ;Notes ==First qualifying round==

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025. Seeding A total of 16 teams played in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg. Summary 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. Matches Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–0 on aggregate. ---- Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–2 on aggregate. ---- BK Häcken won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Celje won 6–5 on aggregate. ---- Legia Warsaw won 2–0 on aggregate. ---- 1–1 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won 3–1 on penalties. ---- 2–2 on aggregate; AEK Larnaca won 6–5 on penalties. ---- CFR Cluj won 3–0 on aggregate. ==Second qualifying round==

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025. Seeding A total of 16 teams played in the second qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg. ;Notes Summary 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. Matches CFR Cluj won 1–0 on aggregate. ---- AEK Larnaca won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Braga won 1–0 on aggregate. ---- Legia Warsaw won 4–3 on aggregate. ---- 2–2 on aggregate; BK Häcken won 4–2 on penalties. ---- Utrecht won 7–2 on aggregate. ---- Midtjylland won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–2 on aggregate. ==Third qualifying round==

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 21 July 2025. Seeding A total of 26 teams played in the third qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients. Before the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg. ;Notes Summary 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 advanced to the play-off round. The losers were transferred to the Conference League play-off round. Champions Path matches 1–1 on aggregate; Lincoln Red Imps won 6–5 on penalties. ---- Rijeka won 4–3 on aggregate. ---- KuPS won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5–2 on aggregate. ---- Zrinjski Mostar won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- FCSB won 6–3 on aggregate. Main Path matches AEK Larnaca won 5–3 on aggregate. ---- Midtjylland won 5–1 on aggregate. ---- Braga won 4–1 on aggregate. ---- PAOK won 1–0 on aggregate. ---- Utrecht won 5–2 on aggregate. ---- Brann won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- 0–0 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won 4–3 on penalties. ==Play-off round==

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2025. Seeding A total of 24 teams played in the play-off round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients. Before the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg. ;Notes Summary The first legs were played on 21 August, and the second legs will be played on 27 and 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. Matches Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Ludogorets Razgrad won 5–3 on aggregate. ---- Young Boys won 4–2 on aggregate. ---- Malmö FF won 5–0 on aggregate. ---- Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- FCSB won 5–2 on aggregate. ---- Genk won 6–3 on aggregate. ---- Midtjylland won 6–0 on aggregate. ---- Braga won 9–1 on aggregate. ---- Utrecht won 2–0 on aggregate. ---- Brann won 6–1 on aggregate. ---- PAOK won 5–1 on aggregate. ==Notes==