2025–26 UEFA Europa League

A total of 77 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 UEFA 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. • 32 teams eliminated from the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round 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: • – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League • – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Conference League Distribution 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. As the Conference League title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the Champions League league phase via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list have been made: • Dinamo Zagreb, as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the qualifying phase or play-off round, will enter the league phase instead of the first qualifying round. • The cup winners of association 34 (Finland) will enter the first qualifying round, instead of the Conference League second 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). Notes ==Schedule==

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 was held where both Wednesday and Thursdays were matchdays, on 24 and 25 September. ==Qualifying rounds==

First qualifying round Second qualifying round Third qualifying round ==Play-off round==

{{Location map+ |Europe |width=650 |float=right|caption=Location of teams in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league phase The league phase draw for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League took place on 29 August 2025. The 36 teams were 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 was entirely computer generated with all 36 teams' opponents and home/away locations drawn at once, but revealed pot by pot. Each team faced two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and one away. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association. Aston Villa, Bologna, Brann, Go Ahead Eagles and Nottingham Forest made 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 made their debut appearances in a major UEFA competition group or league phase. A total of 23 national associations were represented in the league phase. Table The top eight ranked teams received a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th contested the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from European competition. Results ==Knockout phase==

In the knockout phase, teams will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The bracket structure for the knockout phase was partially fixed in advance using seeding, with teams' positions in the bracket determined by the final standings in the league phase. Bracket Knockout phase play-offs Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final ==Statistics==

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round. Table correct as of 7 May 2026. Top goalscorers ==See also==