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2025–26 UEFA Europa League

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2025–26 UEFA Europa League
The Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul will host the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
10 July – 28 August 2025
Competition proper:
24 September 2025 – 20 May 2026
TeamsCompetition proper: 25+11
Total: 45+32 (from 41 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played108
Goals scored290 (2.69 per match)
Attendance2,668,935 (24,712 per match)
Top scorer(s)Petar Stanić (Ludogorets Razgrad)
6 goals
All statistics correct as of 11 December 2025.

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.

Association team allocation

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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]

Association ranking

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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

Distribution

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Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(16 teams)
  • 16 domestic cup winners from associations 17–34 (except Russia[Note RUS] and Croatia)
Second qualifying round
(16 teams)
  • 1 domestic cup winner from association 16
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6
  • 8 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(26 teams)
Champions Path
(12 teams)
  • 12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(14 teams)
  • 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15
  • 8 winners from second qualifying round
  • 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)
Play-off round
(24 teams)
  • 5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12
  • 13 winners from third qualifying round
  • 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
League phase
(36 teams)
  • 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7
  • 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5
  • 1 cup winner from association 20 as the team with the highest club coefficient, originally from the first qualifying round
  • 12 winners from play-off round
  • 5 losers from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 4 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)
  • 2 losers from Champions League play-off round (League Path)
Knockout phase play-offs
(16 teams)
  • 16 teams ranked 9–24 from the league phase
Round of 16
(16 teams)
  • 8 teams ranked 1–8 from the league phase
  • 8 winners from the knockout phase play-offs

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

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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 England Aston Villa (6th) England Nottingham Forest (7th)[Note ENG] Italy Bologna (CW) Italy Roma (5th)
Spain Real Betis (6th) Spain Celta Vigo (7th) Germany VfB Stuttgart (CW) Germany SC Freiburg (5th)
France Lille (5th) France Lyon (6th) Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles (CW) Portugal Porto (3rd)
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (2nd) Scotland Celtic (CL CH PO) Switzerland Basel (CL CH PO) Austria Sturm Graz (CL CH PO)
Serbia Red Star Belgrade (CL CH PO) Hungary Ferencváros (CL CH PO) Turkey Fenerbahçe (CL LP PO) Scotland Rangers (CL LP PO)
France Nice (CL LP Q3) Netherlands Feyenoord (CL LP Q3) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (CL LP Q3) Austria Red Bull Salzburg (CL LP Q3)
Play-off round Belgium Genk (3rd) Turkey Samsunspor (3rd) Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc (CW) Scotland Aberdeen (CW)
Switzerland Young Boys (3rd) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (CL CH Q3) Poland Lech Poznań (CL CH Q3) Sweden Malmö FF (CL CH Q3)
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (CL CH Q3) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (CL CH Q3) North Macedonia Shkëndija (CL CH Q3)
Third qualifying round CH Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (CL CH Q2) Croatia Rijeka (CL CH Q2) Romania FCSB (CL CH Q2) Kosovo Drita (CL CH Q2)
Finland KuPS (CL CH Q2) Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (CL CH Q2) Armenia Noah (CL CH Q2) Latvia RFS (CL CH Q2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (CL CH Q2) Iceland Breiðablik (CL CH Q2) Malta Hamrun Spartans (CL CH Q2) Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (CL CH Q2)
MP Austria Wolfsberger AC (CW) Norway Fredrikstad (CW) Greece PAOK (3rd) Switzerland Servette (CL LP Q2)
Norway Brann (CL LP Q2) Greece Panathinaikos (CL LP Q2)
Second qualifying round Netherlands Utrecht (4th) Portugal Braga (4th) Belgium Anderlecht (4th) Turkey Beşiktaş (4th)
Czech Republic Baník Ostrava (3rd) Scotland Hibernian (3rd) Switzerland Lugano (4th) Denmark Midtjylland (2nd)
First qualifying round Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (CW) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (CW) Serbia Partizan (2nd) Poland Legia Warsaw (CW)
Cyprus AEK Larnaca (CW) Hungary Paks (CW) Sweden BK Häcken (CW) Romania CFR Cluj (CW)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia (2nd) Azerbaijan Sabah (CW) Slovakia Spartak Trnava (CW) Slovenia Celje (CW)
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (CW) Kosovo Prishtina (CW) Kazakhstan Aktobe (CW) Finland Ilves (2nd)

Notes

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    England (ENG): Initially, Crystal Palace qualified for the Europa League as the winners of the 2024–25 FA Cup. However, UEFA ruled[4] that Crystal Palace and Lyon were both part of a group owned by the same company prior to 1 March, and as such could not compete in the same competition under UEFA rules so their place in the Europa League was awarded to Nottingham Forest under a swap of European rights. Palace's appeal was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 11 August, resulting in Forest's Europa League place being confirmed.[5] Forest had previously gained entry to the Conference League based on their 2024–25 Premier League position, in lieu of 2024–25 EFL Cup winners Newcastle United who qualified for the Champions League via league position.[6]
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    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[8]

Schedule

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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 will be held where both Wednesday and Thursdays are matchdays, on 24 and 25 September.[10]

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Europa League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 17 June 2025 10 July 2025 17 July 2025
Second qualifying round 18 June 2025 24 July 2025 31 July 2025
Third qualifying round 21 July 2025 7 August 2025 14 August 2025
Play-offs Play-off round 4 August 2025 21 August 2025 28 August 2025
League phase Matchday 1 29 August 2025 24–25 September 2025
Matchday 2 2 October 2025
Matchday 3 23 October 2025
Matchday 4 6 November 2025
Matchday 5 27 November 2025
Matchday 6 11 December 2025
Matchday 7 22 January 2026
Matchday 8 29 January 2026
Knockout phase Knockout round play-offs 30 January 2026 19 February 2026 26 February 2026
Round of 16 27 February 2026 12 March 2026 19 March 2026
Quarter-finals 9 April 2026 16 April 2026
Semi-finals 30 April 2026 7 May 2026
Final 20 May 2026 at Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul

Qualifying rounds

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First qualifying round

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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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine6–0Finland Ilves6–00–0
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova5–2Kosovo Prishtina4–01–2
Spartak Trnava Slovakia2–3Sweden BK Häcken0–12–2
Sabah Azerbaijan5–6Slovenia Celje2–33–3 (a.e.t.)
Legia Warsaw Poland2–0Kazakhstan Aktobe1–01–0
Levski Sofia Bulgaria1–1 (3–1 p)Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva0–01–1 (a.e.t.)
AEK Larnaca Cyprus2–2 (6–5 p)Serbia Partizan1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Paks Hungary0–3Romania CFR Cluj0–00–3

Second qualifying round

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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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Lugano Switzerland0–1Romania CFR Cluj0–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Celje Slovenia2–3Cyprus AEK Larnaca1–11–2
Levski Sofia Bulgaria0–1Portugal Braga0–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Baník Ostrava Czech Republic3–4Poland Legia Warsaw2–21–2
Anderlecht Belgium2–2 (2–4 p)Sweden BK Häcken1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova2–7Netherlands Utrecht1–31–4
Midtjylland Denmark3–2Scotland Hibernian1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Beşiktaş Turkey2–6Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk2–40–2

Third qualifying round

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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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar1–1 (6–5 p)Armenia Noah1–10–0 (a.e.t.)
Rijeka Croatia4–3Republic of Ireland Shelbourne1–23–1
RFS Latvia1–3Finland KuPS1–20–1
Hamrun Spartans Malta2–5Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv1–21–3
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina3–2Iceland Breiðablik1–12–1
FCSB Romania6–3Kosovo Drita3–23–1
Main Path
AEK Larnaca Cyprus5–3Poland Legia Warsaw4–11–2
Fredrikstad Norway1–5Denmark Midtjylland1–30–2
CFR Cluj Romania1–4Portugal Braga1–20–2
PAOK Greece1–0Austria Wolfsberger AC0–01–0 (a.e.t.)
Servette Switzerland2–5Netherlands Utrecht1–31–2
BK Häcken Sweden1–2Norway Brann0–21–0
Panathinaikos Greece0–0 (4–3 p)Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk0–00–0 (a.e.t.)

Play-off round

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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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel3–2Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv3–10–1
Shkëndija North Macedonia3–5Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad2–11–4 (a.e.t.)
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia2–4Switzerland Young Boys0–12–3
Malmö FF Sweden5–0Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc3–02–0
Panathinaikos Greece2–1Turkey Samsunspor2–10–0
Aberdeen Scotland2–5Romania FCSB2–20–3
Lech Poznań Poland3–6Belgium Genk1–52–1
Midtjylland Denmark6–0Finland KuPS4–02–0
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar1–9Portugal Braga0–41–5
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina0–2Netherlands Utrecht0–20–0
Brann Norway6–1Cyprus AEK Larnaca2–14–0
Rijeka Croatia1–5Greece PAOK1–00–5

League phase

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Location of Benelux 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 will face two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and one away. Teams cannot 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 was represented in the league phase.

Table

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The top eight ranked teams will receive a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th will contest the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th will be eliminated from European competition.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France Lyon (X) 6 5 0 1 13 3 +10 15 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2 Denmark Midtjylland (X) 6 5 0 1 13 5 +8 15
3 England Aston Villa (X) 6 5 0 1 10 4 +6 15
4 Spain Real Betis (X) 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14
5 Germany SC Freiburg (X) 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 14
6 Hungary Ferencváros (X) 6 4 2 0 11 6 +5 14
7 Portugal Braga 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
8 Portugal Porto 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13
9 Germany VfB Stuttgart 6 4 0 2 12 5 +7 12 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10 Italy Roma 6 4 0 2 10 5 +5 12
11 England Nottingham Forest 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11
12 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11[a]
13 Italy Bologna 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11[a]
14 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 6 2 4 0 6 2 +4 10
15 Greece Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10
16 Belgium Genk 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
17 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18 Greece PAOK 6 2 3 1 13 10 +3 9
19 Spain Celta Vigo 6 3 0 3 12 9 +3 9
20 France Lille 6 3 0 3 10 7 +3 9
21 Switzerland Young Boys 6 3 0 3 8 12 −4 9
22 Norway Brann 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
23 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 2 1 3 11 14 −3 7
24 Scotland Celtic 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7
25 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5 7
26 Switzerland Basel (Y) 6 2 0 4 8 9 −1 6
27 Romania FCSB (Y) 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6
28 Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles (Y) 6 2 0 4 5 11 −6 6
29 Austria Sturm Graz (Y) 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4
30 Austria Red Bull Salzburg (Z) 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 3
31 Netherlands Feyenoord (Z) 6 1 0 5 7 13 −6 3
32 Netherlands Utrecht (Z) 6 0 1 5 3 9 −6 1
33 Scotland Rangers (Z) 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1
34 Sweden Malmö FF (Z) 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1
35 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (Z) 6 0 1 5 2 18 −16 1
36 France Nice (E) 6 0 0 6 4 13 −9 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2025. Source: UEFA[14]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Assured of at least the play-offs (unseeded), but may still advance directly to the round of 16; (Y) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (seeded); (Z) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (unseeded)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Away goals scored: Fenerbahçe 5, Bologna 4.

Results

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Knockout phase

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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 was no country protection, with teams from the same association able to face each other in any round. Teams could 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, the exact match pairings were predetermined based on the tournament bracket. A draw was conducted only to determine which team played the first leg at home. The winner of semi-final 1 was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Knockout phase play-offs

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The draw for the knockout phase play-offs will be held on 30 January 2026, 13:00 CET. The first legs will be played on 19 February, and the second legs on 26 February 2026.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Match 119 Feb26 Feb
Match 219 Feb26 Feb
Match 319 Feb26 Feb
Match 419 Feb26 Feb
Match 519 Feb26 Feb
Match 619 Feb26 Feb
Match 719 Feb26 Feb
Match 819 Feb26 Feb

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 27 February 2026, 13:00 CET. The first legs will be played on 12 March, and the second legs on 19 March 2026.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Match 112 Mar19 Mar
Match 212 Mar19 Mar
Match 312 Mar19 Mar
Match 412 Mar19 Mar
Match 512 Mar19 Mar
Match 612 Mar19 Mar
Match 712 Mar19 Mar
Match 812 Mar19 Mar

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the order of the quarter-final legs will be held on 27 February 2026, 13:00 CET, after the round of 16 draw. The first legs will be played on 9 April, and the second legs on 16 April 2026.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Match 19 Apr16 Apr
Match 29 Apr16 Apr
Match 39 Apr16 Apr
Match 49 Apr16 Apr

Semi-finals

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The draw for the order of the semi-final legs will be held on 27 February 2026, 13:00 CET, after the round of 16 and quarter-final draws. The first legs will be played on 30 April, and the second legs on 7 May 2026.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Match 130 Apr7 May
Match 230 Apr7 May

Final

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

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

Statistics

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Table correct as of 11 December 2025.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[15] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Serbia Petar Stanić Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 513
2 Brazil Igor Jesus England Nottingham Forest 4 258
France Corentin Tolisso France Lyon 313
Brazil Talisca Turkey Fenerbahçe 321
Morocco Hamza Igamane France Lille 322
Poland Karol Świderski Greece Panathinaikos 354
Turkey Kerem Aktürkoğlu Turkey Fenerbahçe 384
Hungary Barnabás Varga Hungary Ferencváros 448
9 Fourteen players 3

See also

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References

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