Season 2026-27

Europa League

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10 rounds · 80 ties

The Europa League is UEFA's second club competition. 36 clubs contest the league phase — one shared table, eight matches each — 13 entering directly (Crystal Palace among them, as Conference League holders), twelve coming through a play-off round, and eleven dropping in from Champions League qualifying defeats. Its own qualifying is small and every tie is two-legged; a Europa League qualifying loser drops into the Conference League rather than out of Europe. After the league phase the top eight go straight to the round of 16, clubs placed 9th to 24th meet in a two-legged knockout play-off, and the bottom twelve are out. The final is in Frankfurt on 26 May 2027. UEFA publishes all dates as subject to change.

First qualifying round

Who plays · Twelve clubs open the main path — six ties. The losers drop into the Conference League's second qualifying round.

Draw · Drawn 16 June 2026.

When · First legs 9 July, second legs 16 July 2026.

How it works · Two legs, aggregate score, no away-goals rule; level after both legs means extra time and then penalties in the second leg.

12 ties · complete

Thursday 9 July

18:00 Qarabag 3–01st leg Vestri → Feeds disagree 19:00 Dynamo Kyiv 0–01st leg Universitatea Cluj → Feeds disagree 19:00 Sheriff Tiraspol 0–01st leg Aluminij → Feeds disagree 20:00 Vojvodina 1–21st leg Ferencvarosi TC → Feeds disagree 20:00 CSKA Sofia 3–21st leg Derry City → Feeds disagree 20:00 HNK Hajduk Split 2–01st leg Žilina → Feeds disagree

Thursday 16 July

19:30 Universitatea Cluj 0–0Agg 0–0Pens 2–4 Dynamo Kyiv → Feeds disagree 19:30 Derry City 1–2Agg 3–5 CSKA Sofia → Feeds disagree 20:00 Aluminij 0–1Agg 0–1 Sheriff Tiraspol → 20:15 Ferencvarosi TC 3–0Agg 5–1 Vojvodina → Feeds disagree 20:30 Žilina 2–1Agg 2–3 HNK Hajduk Split → Feeds disagree 22:00 Vestri 0–3Agg 0–6 Qarabag → Feeds disagree

Second qualifying round

Who plays · Twelve more clubs enter against the six winners — nine ties. The losers drop into the Conference League's third qualifying round.

Draw · Drawn 17 June 2026.

When · First legs 23 July, second legs 30 July 2026.

How it works · Two legs; the aggregate winner advances.

18 ties · complete

Thursday 23 July

18:00 Qarabag 0–01st leg CSKA Sofia → Feeds disagree 19:00 Hammarby FF 1–11st leg Anderlecht → Feeds disagree 19:00 Tromso 0–11st leg Hradec Králové → Feeds disagree 19:00 Dynamo Kyiv 2–31st leg PAOK → Feeds disagree 19:00 Sheriff Tiraspol 0–51st leg Maccabi Tel Aviv → Feeds disagree 20:00 Beşiktaş 1–01st leg FC Midtjylland → Feeds disagree 20:00 Twente 1–21st leg Ferencvarosi TC → Feeds disagree 20:00 FC ST. Gallen 2–11st leg Benfica → Feeds disagree 21:00 HNK Hajduk Split 2–01st leg Pafos → Feeds disagree

Thursday 30 July

18:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0Agg 6–0 Sheriff Tiraspol → Feeds disagree 19:00 Pafos 4–0Agg 4–2AET HNK Hajduk Split → Feeds disagree 19:00 FC Midtjylland 0–2Agg 0–3 Beşiktaş → Feeds disagree 19:00 Hradec Králové 3–1Agg 4–1 Tromso → Feeds disagree 19:45 PAOK 2–0Agg 5–2 Dynamo Kyiv → Feeds disagree 20:00 CSKA Sofia 0–0Agg 0–0Pens 5–4 Qarabag → Feeds disagree 20:30 Anderlecht 3–1Agg 4–2 Hammarby FF → Feeds disagree 20:30 Ferencvarosi TC 2–2Agg 4–3 Twente → Feeds disagree 21:00 Benfica 5–0Agg 6–2 FC ST. Gallen → Feeds disagree

Third qualifying round

Who plays · The champions path appears here, made entirely of the twelve champions-path losers from Champions League qualifying; on the main path three fresh entrants and two more Champions League drop-downs join the nine winners — 13 ties in all. Every loser drops into the Conference League's play-off round.

Draw · Drawn 20 July 2026.

When · First legs 6 August, second legs 13 August 2026.

How it works · Two legs; the aggregate winner advances.

26 ties · complete

Tuesday 4 August

21:00 Shamrock Rovers 3–11st leg Egnatia Rrogozhinë → Feeds disagree 21:00 Larne 0–01st leg Saburtalo → Feeds disagree

Wednesday 5 August

20:15 Ferencvarosi TC 1–01st leg Gornik Zabrze →

Thursday 6 August

17:00 KuPS 1–11st leg Universitatea Craiova → Feeds disagree 18:00 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–31st leg CSKA Sofia → 18:00 Jagiellonia 2–11st leg Rangers → Feeds disagree 19:00 Lincoln Red Imps FC 1–11st leg Omonia Nicosia → Feeds disagree 19:00 Hradec Králové 0–11st leg Beşiktaş → Feeds disagree 19:00 Red Bull Salzburg 1–01st leg Pafos → 19:00 Lech Poznan 1–01st leg KI Klaksvik → 19:45 PAOK 0–11st leg Anderlecht → Feeds disagree 20:00 FC Thun 3–01st leg Vikingur Reykjavik → Feeds disagree 21:00 Benfica 6–11st leg Heart Of Midlothian →

Tuesday 11 August

18:00 Saburtalo 2–1Agg 2–1AET Larne → Feeds disagree

Thursday 13 August

19:00 Universitatea Craiova 2–1Agg 3–2 KuPS → 19:00 Omonia Nicosia 1–0Agg 2–1 Lincoln Red Imps FC → 19:00 Gornik Zabrze 1–1Agg 1–2 Ferencvarosi TC → 19:00 Pafos 3–3Agg 3–4 Red Bull Salzburg → 19:00 Beşiktaş 1–0Agg 2–0 Hradec Králové → 19:30 Vikingur Reykjavik 3–2Agg 3–5 FC Thun → 20:00 CSKA Sofia 1–3Agg 4–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv → 20:30 Rangers 1–1Agg 2–3 Jagiellonia → 20:30 Anderlecht 3–2Agg 4–2 PAOK → Feeds disagree 20:45 Heart Of Midlothian 1–1Agg 2–7 Benfica → 21:00 Egnatia Rrogozhinë 5–1Agg 6–4 Shamrock Rovers →

Friday 14 August

20:00 KI Klaksvik 0–5Agg 0–6 Lech Poznan → Feeds disagree

Play-off round

Who plays · Twelve ties for twelve league-phase places: the third-round winners, five fresh entrants on the main path, and six champions-path losers from the Champions League's third qualifying round. Nobody here is out of Europe yet.

Draw · Monday 3 August 2026 in Nyon — made before the third qualifying round finishes, so a pairing can name the winner of a tie still to be decided.

When · First legs 20 August, second legs 27 August 2026.

How it works · Two legs; win and reach this league phase, lose and be placed in the Conference League's.

24 ties · complete

Thursday 20 August

Thursday 27 August

League phase

Who plays · 36 clubs: the 13 direct entrants — the Conference League holders, the cup winners of the top seven associations and the next-best league finishers of the top five — plus the twelve play-off winners and eleven Champions League drop-downs (the four league-path third-round losers and all seven play-off losers).

Draw · Friday 28 August 2026 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon — each club is assigned eight opponents, two from each of four seeding pots, four at home and four away.

When · Eight matchdays, 16-17 September 2026 to 28 January 2027.

How it works · One shared 36-club table. The top eight go straight to the round of 16; 9th to 24th drop to the knockout play-offs; 25th to 36th are out — there is no drop from any league phase into a lower competition.

Matchday 1

Up next — the current round

Wednesday 16 September

18:45 Ararat-Armenia v Sparta Praha → 18:45 Omonia Nicosia v Celta Vigo → 21:00 Sturm Graz v Rennes → 21:00 Anderlecht v Lyon → 21:00 Olympiakos Piraeus v Jagiellonia → 21:00 Hapoel Beer Sheva v Dinamo Zagreb → 21:00 AC Milan v Benfica → 21:00 Sunderland v AZ Alkmaar → 21:00 Bayer Leverkusen v Celje →

Thursday 17 September

18:45 OFI v 1899 Hoffenheim → 18:45 Levski Sofia v Red Bull Salzburg → 21:00 Crystal Palace v Lech Poznan → 21:00 Real Sociedad v Bournemouth → 21:00 Beşiktaş v Marseille → 21:00 Celtic v Ferencvarosi TC → 21:00 Lillestrom v Torreense → 21:00 Plzen v Union St. Gilloise → 21:00 Juventus v NEC Nijmegen →

Matchday 2

18 ties

Thursday 15 October

18:45 Celje v Omonia Nicosia → 18:45 Lech Poznan v Bayer Leverkusen → 18:45 Sparta Praha v Lillestrom → 18:45 Torreense v Sunderland → 18:45 Red Bull Salzburg v AC Milan → 18:45 Union St. Gilloise v Real Sociedad → 18:45 Lyon v Crystal Palace → 18:45 AZ Alkmaar v Hapoel Beer Sheva → 21:00 1899 Hoffenheim v Beşiktaş → 21:00 NEC Nijmegen v Levski Sofia → 21:00 Benfica v Celtic → 21:00 Jagiellonia v Ararat-Armenia → 21:00 Celta Vigo v Juventus → 21:00 Ferencvarosi TC v Plzen → 21:00 Rennes v OFI → 21:00 Bournemouth v Sturm Graz → 21:00 Marseille v Olympiakos Piraeus → 21:00 Dinamo Zagreb v Anderlecht →

Matchday 3

18 ties

Thursday 22 October

18:45 Sturm Graz v Marseille → 18:45 Ararat-Armenia v AZ Alkmaar → 18:45 Dinamo Zagreb v NEC Nijmegen → 18:45 Union St. Gilloise v Hapoel Beer Sheva → 18:45 Juventus v Rennes → 18:45 OFI v Bayer Leverkusen → 18:45 Lech Poznan v Sunderland → 18:45 Ferencvarosi TC v Torreense → 21:00 Beşiktaş v Crystal Palace → 21:00 Bournemouth v AC Milan → 21:00 Celtic v Celta Vigo → 21:00 Celje v Red Bull Salzburg → 21:00 1899 Hoffenheim v Lyon → 21:00 Olympiakos Piraeus v Sparta Praha → 21:00 Jagiellonia v Anderlecht → 21:00 Lillestrom v Real Sociedad → 21:00 Omonia Nicosia v Benfica → 21:00 Plzen v Levski Sofia →

Matchday 4

18 ties

Thursday 5 November

18:45 Rennes v Olympiakos Piraeus → 18:45 Sparta Praha v Bournemouth → 18:45 NEC Nijmegen v Omonia Nicosia → 18:45 Anderlecht v Red Bull Salzburg → 18:45 AC Milan v Ferencvarosi TC → 18:45 Lillestrom v Plzen → 18:45 Levski Sofia v Jagiellonia → 18:45 Crystal Palace v 1899 Hoffenheim → 18:45 Real Sociedad v Lyon → 21:00 Bayer Leverkusen v Marseille → 21:00 Sturm Graz v Celje → 21:00 Celtic v Beşiktaş → 21:00 Benfica v Lech Poznan → 21:00 Torreense v Ararat-Armenia → 21:00 AZ Alkmaar v Juventus → 21:00 Celta Vigo v Union St. Gilloise → 21:00 Hapoel Beer Sheva v OFI → 21:00 Sunderland v Dinamo Zagreb →

Matchday 5

18 ties

Thursday 26 November

18:45 Marseille v Levski Sofia → 18:45 Celta Vigo v Bournemouth → 18:45 Olympiakos Piraeus v AC Milan → 18:45 Beşiktaş v Hapoel Beer Sheva → 18:45 Red Bull Salzburg v Ararat-Armenia → 18:45 Union St. Gilloise v Lech Poznan → 18:45 Plzen v Benfica → 18:45 Dinamo Zagreb v Bayer Leverkusen → 21:00 Juventus v Omonia Nicosia → 21:00 NEC Nijmegen v Rennes → 21:00 Sparta Praha v AZ Alkmaar → 21:00 Ferencvarosi TC v Celje → 21:00 Lyon v Lillestrom → 21:00 Sunderland v Jagiellonia → 21:00 Crystal Palace v Real Sociedad → 21:00 Torreense v Celtic → 21:00 1899 Hoffenheim v Sturm Graz → 21:00 OFI v Anderlecht →

Matchday 6

18 ties

Thursday 10 December

18:45 Hapoel Beer Sheva v Juventus → 18:45 AZ Alkmaar v Sturm Graz → 18:45 Anderlecht v 1899 Hoffenheim → 18:45 Rennes v Dinamo Zagreb → 18:45 Jagiellonia v Crystal Palace → 18:45 Marseille v Celta Vigo → 18:45 Omonia Nicosia v Celtic → 18:45 Ararat-Armenia v NEC Nijmegen → 21:00 Bournemouth v Plzen → 21:00 Bayer Leverkusen v Beşiktaş → 21:00 Lech Poznan v Ferencvarosi TC → 21:00 Celje v Olympiakos Piraeus → 21:00 Levski Sofia v Lillestrom → 21:00 AC Milan v Sunderland → 21:00 Real Sociedad v Torreense → 21:00 Benfica v OFI → 21:00 Lyon v Union St. Gilloise → 21:00 Red Bull Salzburg v Sparta Praha →

Matchday 7

18 ties

Thursday 21 January

18:45 Ferencvarosi TC v Juventus → 18:45 Lillestrom v Bournemouth → 18:45 Sturm Graz v OFI → 18:45 Real Sociedad v Plzen → 18:45 NEC Nijmegen v Benfica → 18:45 Beşiktaş v Union St. Gilloise → 18:45 Ararat-Armenia v Celje → 18:45 Jagiellonia v Lyon → 18:45 Olympiakos Piraeus v 1899 Hoffenheim → 21:00 Bayer Leverkusen v Red Bull Salzburg → 21:00 Lech Poznan v Torreense → 21:00 AZ Alkmaar v Dinamo Zagreb → 21:00 Rennes v Omonia Nicosia → 21:00 Anderlecht v Sunderland → 21:00 Celtic v Marseille → 21:00 Crystal Palace v Sparta Praha → 21:00 Levski Sofia v AC Milan → 21:00 Hapoel Beer Sheva v Celta Vigo →

Matchday 8

18 ties

Thursday 28 January

21:00 Juventus v Real Sociedad → 21:00 Union St. Gilloise v Celtic → 21:00 Sunderland v Levski Sofia → 21:00 Plzen v Jagiellonia → 21:00 Omonia Nicosia v Beşiktaş → 21:00 Marseille v Anderlecht → 21:00 Dinamo Zagreb v Sturm Graz → 21:00 Torreense v Olympiakos Piraeus → 21:00 Sparta Praha v Rennes → 21:00 Lyon v Bayer Leverkusen → 21:00 Red Bull Salzburg v Crystal Palace → 21:00 Celje v NEC Nijmegen → 21:00 Bournemouth v Hapoel Beer Sheva → 21:00 Celta Vigo v Lillestrom → 21:00 Benfica v AZ Alkmaar → 21:00 OFI v Lech Poznan → 21:00 1899 Hoffenheim v Ferencvarosi TC → 21:00 AC Milan v Ararat-Armenia →

Knockout play-offs

Not yet drawn

Who plays · The clubs ranked 9th to 24th in the league phase: seeded 9-16 against unseeded 17-24 on a fixed cross, with the seeded club at home in the second leg.

Draw · Expected late January 2027 — UEFA lists the knockout-phase draw dates as still to be confirmed.

When · First legs 18 February, second legs 25 February 2027.

How it works · Two legs; winners advance to the round of 16, losers are out.

Round of 16

Not yet drawn

Who plays · The league phase's top eight enter, against the eight play-off winners.

Draw · Expected late February 2027, to be confirmed — the season's last draw: it only settles bracket slots, and from the quarter-finals the bracket is fixed.

When · First legs 11 March, second legs 18 March 2027.

How it works · Two legs; the aggregate winner goes through.

Quarter-finals

Not yet drawn

Who plays · The last eight, paired by the fixed bracket — there is no quarter-final draw.

When · First legs 8 April, second legs 15 April 2027.

How it works · Two legs; clubs ranked 1-4 in the league phase host the second leg.

Semi-finals

Not yet drawn

Who plays · The last four, on the bracket.

When · First legs 29 April, second legs 6 May 2027.

How it works · Two legs; clubs ranked 1-2 in the league phase host the second leg.

Final

Not yet drawn

Who plays · The final, at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt.

When · Wednesday 26 May 2027.

How it works · One match at a neutral venue; extra time and penalties if level.