2025/26 UEFA Europa League

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Draw dates,
First qualifying round: Tuesday June 17th 2025
Second qualifying round: Wednesday June 18th 2025
Third qualifying round: Monday July 21st 2025
Playoff round: Monday August 4th 2025
League phase: Friday August 29th 2025
Knockout round playoffs: Friday January 30th 2026
Round of 16, quarter finals, semi finals: Friday February 27th 2026

 

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Match schedule,
First qualifying round 1st leg: Thursday July 10th 2025
First qualifying round 2nd leg: Thursday July 17th 2025
Second qualifying round 1st leg: Thursday July 24th 2025
Second qualifying round 2nd leg: Thursday July 31st 2025
Third qualifying round 1st leg: Thursday August 7th 2025
Third qualifying round 2nd leg: Thursday August 14th 2025
Playoff round 1st leg: Thursday August 21st 2025
Playoff round 2nd leg: Thursday August 28th 2025
League phase Matchday 1: Wednesday September 24th 2025 & Thursday September 25th 2025
League phase Matchday 2: Thursday October 2nd 2025
League phase Matchday 3: Thursday October 23rd 2025
League phase Matchday 4: Thursday November 6th 2025
League phase Matchday 5: Thursday November 27th 2025
League phase Matchday 6: Thursday December 11th 2025
League phase Matchday 7: Thursday January 22nd 2026
League phase Matchday 8: Thursday January 29th 2026
Knockout round playoffs 1st leg: Thursday February 19th 2026
Knockout round playoffs 2nd leg: Thursday February 26th 2026
Round of 16 1st leg: Thursday March 12th 2026
Round of 16 2nd leg: Thursday March 19th 2026
Quarter Finals 1st leg: Thursday April 9th 2026
Quarter Finals 2nd leg: Thursday April 16th 2026
Semi Finals 1st leg: Thursday April 30th 2026
Semi Finals 2nd leg: Thursday May 7th 2026
Final: Wednesday May 20th 2026 (held at Besiktas Stadium in Istanbul)

 

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First qualifying round line up (league path),

Seeded :
FC Shakhtar Donetsk – Ukraine
SK Legia Warsaw – Poland
FK Partizan Belgrade – Serbia
FC Sheriff Tiraspol – Moldova
CFR Cluj – Romania
Hapoel Beer Sheva – Israel
NK Celje – Slovenia
FC Spartak Trnava – Slovakia

Unseeded:
AEK Larnaca – Cyprus
BK Hacken – Sweden
SE Paks – Hungary
FC Levski Sofia – Bulgaria
FC Sabah – Azerbaijan
FC Ilves – Finland
FC Aktobe – Kazakhstan
FC Prishtina – Kosovo

Draw: Tuesday June 17th.

 

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Second qualifying round line up (league path),

Seeded:
Winner of the tie involving FC Shakhtar Donetsk – Ukraine
Sporting Braga – Portugal
FC Midtjylland – Denmark
Winner of the tie involving SK Legia Warsaw – Poland
Anderlecht – Belgium
Winner of the tie involving FK Partizan Belgrade – Serbia
Winner of the tie involving FC Sheriff Tiraspol – Moldova
FC Lugano – Switzerland

Unseeded:
Winner of the tie involving CFR Cluj – Romania
Winner of the tie involving Hapoel Beer Sheva – Israel
Besiktas – Turkey
Winner of the tie involving NK Celje – Slovenia
FC Utrecht – Netherlands
FC Banik Ostrava – Czech Republic
Winner of the tie involving FC Spartak Trnava – Slovakia
Hibernian – Scotland

Draw: Wednesday June 18th.