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+32 (from 41 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	176
Goals scored	471 (2.68 per match)
Attendance	4,492,167 (25,524 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) Petar Stanić (Ludogorets Razgrad) 7 goals each
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 19 March 2026.

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.^[1]

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

Tottenham Hotspur are the reigning champions, but will not be able to defend their title as the winner of the Europa League automatically qualifies for the Champions League league phase, and the new format does not allow clubs to transfer from the Champions League into the Europa League from the league phase onwards.

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:^[2]

• 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^{[Note RUS]}) 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.

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.^[3]

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 teams transferred from the UEFA Conference League

Association ranking for 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

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

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

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 38  Faroe Islands 10.375 0 39  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.000 +1 (UCL) 40  Liechtenstein 10.000 41  Iceland 9.583 +1 (UCL) 42  Northern Ireland 9.208 43  Luxembourg 8.625 44  Lithuania 8.500 45  Malta 8.250 +1 (UCL) 46  Georgia 7.625 47  Albania 7.375 48  Estonia 7.207 49  Belarus 6.625 50  North Macedonia 6.000 +1 (UCL) 51  Andorra 5.998 52  Wales 5.791 53  Montenegro 5.708 54  Gibraltar 4.957 +1 (UCL) 55  San Marino 1.832

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.

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)[Note ENG]	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)

Notes

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[9] 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.^[10]

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 (a.e.t.)
Legia Warsaw	2–0	Aktobe	1–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	1–1 (3–1 p)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)
AEK Larnaca	2–2 (6–5 p)	Partizan	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Paks	0–3	CFR Cluj	0–0	0–3

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 (a.e.t.)
Celje	2–3	AEK Larnaca	1–1	1–2
Levski Sofia	0–1	Braga	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Baník Ostrava	3–4	Legia Warsaw	2–2	1–2
Anderlecht	2–2 (2–4 p)	BK Häcken	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–7	Utrecht	1–3	1–4
Midtjylland	3–2	Hibernian	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Beşiktaş	2–6	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–4	0–2

The draw for the third qualifying round was 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 advanced to the play-off round. The losers were 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 (a.e.t.)
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 (a.e.t.)
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 (a.e.t.)

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2025. 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.

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

Genk

Go Ahead Eagles

Feyenoord

Utrecht

Location of Benelux teams in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league phase

    Salzburg

Sturm

Ludogorets

Plzeň

Dinamo

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

Midtjylland

Lille

Lyon

Nice

Freiburg

Stuttgart

Panathinaikos

PAOK

Ferencváros

M. Tel Aviv

Bologna

Roma

Brann

Braga

Porto

FCSB

Red Star

Glasgow

Betis

Celta

Malmö

Basel

Young Boys

Fenerbahçe

Glasgow teams
Celtic
Rangers

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.^[11] 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.^[12][13]

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.

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.

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

Matchday 1

Home team	Score	Away team
Midtjylland	2–0	Sturm Graz
PAOK	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Celtic
Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Fenerbahçe
Malmö FF	1–2	Ludogorets Razgrad
Nice	1–2	Roma
Real Betis	2–2	Nottingham Forest
Braga	1–0	Feyenoord
SC Freiburg	2–1	Basel
Go Ahead Eagles	0–1	FCSB
Lille	2–1	Brann
Aston Villa	1–0	Bologna
Young Boys	1–4	Panathinaikos
Red Bull Salzburg	0–1	Porto
Utrecht	0–1	Lyon
Ferencváros	1–1	Viktoria Plzeň
Rangers	0–1	Genk
VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Celta Vigo

Matchday 2

Home team	Score	Away team
Roma	0–1	Lille
Bologna	1–1	SC Freiburg
Celtic	0–2	Braga
Viktoria Plzeň	3–0	Malmö FF
Fenerbahçe	2–1	Nice
FCSB	0–2	Young Boys
Panathinaikos	1–2	Go Ahead Eagles
Ludogorets Razgrad	0–2	Real Betis
Brann	1–0	Utrecht
Basel	2–0	VfB Stuttgart
Porto	2–1	Red Star Belgrade
Feyenoord	0–2	Aston Villa
Genk	0–1	Ferencváros
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–3	Dinamo Zagreb
Nottingham Forest	2–3	Midtjylland
Lyon	2–0	Red Bull Salzburg
Celta Vigo	3–1	PAOK
Sturm Graz	2–1	Rangers

Matchday 3

Home team	Score	Away team
Red Bull Salzburg	2–3	Ferencváros
Fenerbahçe	1–0	VfB Stuttgart
FCSB	1–2	Bologna
Go Ahead Eagles	2–1	Aston Villa
Genk	0–0	Real Betis
Lyon	2–0	Basel
Braga	2–0	Red Star Belgrade
Brann	3–0	Rangers
Feyenoord	3–1	Panathinaikos
Roma	1–2	Viktoria Plzeň
Young Boys	3–2	Ludogorets Razgrad
Celtic	2–1	Sturm Graz
Lille	3–4	PAOK
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3	Midtjylland
Malmö FF	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Nottingham Forest	2–0	Porto
Celta Vigo	2–1	Nice
SC Freiburg	2–0	Utrecht

Matchday 4

Home team	Score	Away team
Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	Go Ahead Eagles
Basel	3–1	FCSB
Midtjylland	3–1	Celtic
Utrecht	1–1	Porto
Red Star Belgrade	1–0	Lille
Dinamo Zagreb	0–3	Celta Vigo
Malmö FF	0–1	Panathinaikos
Nice	1–3	SC Freiburg
Sturm Graz	0–0	Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa	2–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bologna	0–0	Brann
Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	Fenerbahçe
Ferencváros	3–1	Ludogorets Razgrad
PAOK	4–0	Young Boys
Rangers	0–2	Roma
Real Betis	2–0	Lyon
Braga	3–4	Genk
VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Feyenoord

Matchday 5

Home team	Score	Away team
Roma	2–1	Midtjylland
Aston Villa	2–1	Young Boys
Porto	3–0	Nice
Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	SC Freiburg
Fenerbahçe	1–1	Ferencváros
Feyenoord	1–3	Celtic
Lille	4–0	Dinamo Zagreb
PAOK	1–1	Brann
Ludogorets Razgrad	3–2	Celta Vigo
Bologna	4–1	Red Bull Salzburg
Red Star Belgrade	1–0	FCSB
Go Ahead Eagles	0–4	VfB Stuttgart
Genk	2–1	Basel
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–6	Lyon
Nottingham Forest	3–0	Malmö FF
Panathinaikos	2–1	Sturm Graz
Rangers	1–1	Braga
Real Betis	2–1	Utrecht

Matchday 6

Home team	Score	Away team
Young Boys	1–0	Lille
Midtjylland	1–0	Genk
Utrecht	1–2	Nottingham Forest
Ferencváros	2–1	Rangers
Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	Real Betis
Nice	0–1	Braga
Ludogorets Razgrad	3–3	PAOK
Sturm Graz	0–1	Red Star Belgrade
VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Celtic	0–3	Roma
Porto	2–1	Malmö FF
Basel	1–2	Aston Villa
FCSB	4–3	Feyenoord
Lyon	2–1	Go Ahead Eagles
Panathinaikos	0–0	Viktoria Plzeň
Celta Vigo	1–2	Bologna
SC Freiburg	1–0	Red Bull Salzburg
Brann	0–4	Fenerbahçe

Matchday 7

Home team	Score	Away team
Bologna	2–2	Celtic
Young Boys	0–1	Lyon
Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	Porto
Fenerbahçe	0–1	Aston Villa
Feyenoord	3–0	Sturm Graz
Malmö FF	0–1	Red Star Belgrade
PAOK	2–0	Real Betis
SC Freiburg	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Brann	3–3	Midtjylland
Roma	2–0	VfB Stuttgart
Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	Basel
Ferencváros	1–1	Panathinaikos
Dinamo Zagreb	4–1	FCSB
Nice	3–1	Go Ahead Eagles
Rangers	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad
Celta Vigo	2–1	Lille
Braga	1–0	Nottingham Forest
Utrecht	0–2	Genk

Matchday 8

Home team	Score	Away team
Aston Villa	3–2	Red Bull Salzburg
Celtic	4–2	Utrecht
Porto	3–1	Rangers
Basel	0–1	Viktoria Plzeň
Midtjylland	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Celta Vigo
FCSB	1–1	Fenerbahçe
Go Ahead Eagles	0–0	Braga
Genk	2–1	Malmö FF
Lille	1–0	SC Freiburg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3	Bologna
Nottingham Forest	4–0	Ferencváros
Lyon	4–2	PAOK
Panathinaikos	1–1	Roma
Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Nice
Real Betis	2–1	Feyenoord
Sturm Graz	1–0	Brann
VfB Stuttgart	3–2	Young Boys

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. In the knockout phase, there is no country protection, with teams from the same association able to face each other in any round. Teams can also face opponents they played during the league phase.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:^[2]

• In the draw for the knockout phase play-offs, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 9–16 were seeded, and the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 17–24 were unseeded. The draw was split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams hosted the second leg.
• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 1–8 were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout phase play-offs were unseeded. Again, the draw was split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams hosted the second leg.

In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, both the exact match pairings and order of legs were predetermined based on the tournament bracket. The higher-seeded teams, assuming they advance, will play the second leg of each round at home. Should a seeded team be beaten, the team that eliminates them will assume their seeding position. The winner of semi-final 1 will be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

	Knockout phase play-offs							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	22	Ludogorets Razgrad	2	0	2
	12	Ferencváros	1	2	3			12	Ferencváros	2	0	2
								6	Braga	0	4	4
															6	Braga
	20	Panathinaikos (p)	2	1	3 (4)
															4	Real Betis
	14	Viktoria Plzeň	2	1	3 (3)			20	Panathinaikos	1	0	1
								4	Real Betis	0	4	4
																							Winner QF1
	23	Dinamo Zagreb	1	3	4
																							Winner QF2
	9	Genk (a.e.t.)	3	3	6			9	Genk	1	1	2
								7	SC Freiburg	0	5	5
															7	SC Freiburg
	17	PAOK	1	0	1
															16	Celta Vigo
	16	Celta Vigo	2	1	3			16	Celta Vigo	1	2	3
																													20 May – Istanbul
								1	Lyon	1	0	1
																														Winner SF1
	21	Celtic	1	1	2
																														Winner SF2
	11	VfB Stuttgart	4	0	4			11	VfB Stuttgart	1	0	1
								5	Porto	2	2	4
															5	Porto
	19	Fenerbahçe	0	2	2
															13	Nottingham Forest
	13	Nottingham Forest	3	1	4			13	Nottingham Forest (p)	0	2	2 (3)
								3	Midtjylland	1	1	2 (0)
																							Winner QF3
	24	Brann	0	0	0
																							Winner QF4
	10	Bologna	1	1	2			10	Bologna (a.e.t.)	1	4	5
								8	Roma	1	3	4
															10	Bologna
	18	Lille (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
															2	Aston Villa
	15	Red Star Belgrade	1	0	1			18	Lille	0	0	0
								2	Aston Villa	1	2	3

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 30 January 2026, 13:00 CET.^[15] The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2026.^[16]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ludogorets Razgrad	2–3	Ferencváros	2–1	0–2
Panathinaikos	3–3 (4–3 p)	Viktoria Plzeň	2–2	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Dinamo Zagreb	4–6	Genk	1–3	3–3 (a.e.t.)
PAOK	1–3	Celta Vigo	1–2	0–1
Celtic	2–4	VfB Stuttgart	1–4	1–0
Fenerbahçe	2–4	Nottingham Forest	0–3	2–1
Brann	0–2	Bologna	0–1	0–1
Lille	2–1	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	2–0 (a.e.t.)

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 February 2026, 13:00 CET.^[17] The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 March 2026.^[18]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferencváros	2–4	Braga	2–0	0–4
Panathinaikos	1–4	Real Betis	1–0	0–4
Genk	2–5	SC Freiburg	1–0	1–5
Celta Vigo	3–1	Lyon	1–1	2–0
VfB Stuttgart	1–4	Porto	1–2	0–2
Nottingham Forest	2–2 (3–0 p)	Midtjylland	0–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Bologna	5–4	Roma	1–1	4–3 (a.e.t.)
Lille	0–3	Aston Villa	0–1	0–2

The first legs will be played on 8 and 9 April, and the second legs will be played on 16 April 2026.^[19]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Braga	1	Real Betis	8 Apr	16 Apr
SC Freiburg	2	Celta Vigo	9 Apr	16 Apr
Porto	3	Nottingham Forest	9 Apr	16 Apr
Bologna	4	Aston Villa	9 Apr	16 Apr

The first legs will be played on 30 April, and the second legs will be played on 7 May 2026.

The final will be played on 20 May 2026 at the Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul. The winner of semi-final 1 was designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

20 May 2026 (2026-05-20)

22:00 UTC+3

Winner SF1	v	Winner SF2

Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Table correct as of 19 March 2026.

Rank[20]	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Igor Jesus	Nottingham Forest	7	499
	Petar Stanić	Ludogorets Razgrad		858
3	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	Fenerbahçe	6	699
4	Dion Drena Beljo	Dinamo Zagreb	5	492
	Federico Bernardeschi	Bologna		637
	Bilal El Khannouss	VfB Stuttgart		644
	Antony	Real Betis		660
8	Fourteen players		4	— N/a

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