A total of 77 teams from 41 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League. As the reigning champions, Tottenham Hotspur automatically qualified for the Champions League league phase, and were unable to defend their title as the new format did not allow clubs to transfer from the Champions League into the Europa League from the league phase onwards. The final was played on 20 May 2026 at Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, with Aston Villa being crowned champions for the first time after defeating SC Freiburg 3–0 in the final.

The following is a provisional allocation of the qualified teams into seeding pots, based on their UEFA club coefficients. For the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2025 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, both the exact match pairings and order of legs were predetermined based on the tournament bracket. 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. The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path third qualifying round. For the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24.

The first legs were played on 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2025. The losers were transferred to the Conference League play-off round. The first legs were played on 5, 6 and 7 August, and the second legs were played on 12 and 14 August 2025.

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If you still can't tap Translate, the language might not be available for translation. This tool translates web content into over 100 languages. In some languages, you can hear the translation spoken aloud. The first legs were played on 4, 5 and 6 August, and the second legs were played on 11, 13 and 14 August 2026. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 20 July 2026.

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The first legs were played on 23 July, and the second legs were played on 30 July 2026. The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 17 June 2026. The first legs were played on 9 July, and the second legs were played on 16 July 2026. The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 16 June 2026. 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. A total of 76 teams from at least 40 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League.

• The 2026–27 UEFA Europa League is the 56th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 18th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
• A total of 77 teams from 41 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League.
• If you still can't tap Translate, the language might not be available for translation.
• The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 16 June 2026.
• The winner of semi-final 1 was designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
• The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 March 2026.

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The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2026. 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). 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, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from European competition. 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.

The 2026–27 UEFA Europa League is the 56th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 18th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The winner of semi-final 1 was designated as the "home" team for administrative spin-bos.uk purposes. The final was played on 20 May 2026 at the Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul. The first legs were played on 30 April, and the second legs were played on 7 May 2026. The first legs were played on 8 and 9 April, and the second legs were played on 16 April 2026. The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 March 2026.

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The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path third qualifying round. The first legs were played on 24 July and the second legs were played on 31 July 2025. The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path second qualifying round. The first legs were played on 10 July, and the second legs were played on 17 July 2025. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays, apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts. Among them, 32 associations had teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 23 associations that did not have any teams directly qualifying, 9 of them had teams playing after being transferred from the Champions League.