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UEFA Europa League

2026/27 · League phase

UEFA Europa League — Fixtures, Results & Standings

There are no UEFA Europa League matches today. The next fixture kicks off Thu 15 Oct, 19:45.

Juventus currently leads the standings with 3 points.

At a glance

36
Clubs
8
League-phase matches
4 / 4
Home / away
1–8
Top 8 → R16

UEFA Europa League 2026/27 upcoming fixtures

UEFA Europa League 2026/27 standings

League-phase table — position decides advancement.

  • 1–8Round of 16 (direct)
  • 9–24Knockout play-offs
  • 25–36Eliminated

UEFA Europa League

Season 2026

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League — UEFA Europa League standings
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1
Juventus
110050+53W
2
Crystal Palace
110040+43W
3
Sparta Praha
110041+33W
4
Beşiktaş
110041+33W
5
Union St. Gilloise
110030+33W
6
Ferencvarosi TC
110031+23W
7
Benfica
110020+23W
8
Bayer Leverkusen
110020+23W
9
OFI
110020+23W
10
Bournemouth
110021+13W
11
Lyon
110021+13W
12
Torreense
110021+13W
13
Olympiakos Piraeus
110021+13W
14
Red Bull Salzburg
110010+13W
15
Sunderland
110010+13W
16
Omonia Nicosia
110010+13W
17
Sturm Graz
10100001D
18
Rennes
10100001D
19
Dinamo Zagreb
10100001D
20
Hapoel Beer Sheva
10100001D
21
Jagiellonia
100112-10L
22
Real Sociedad
100112-10L
23
Anderlecht
100112-10L
24
Lillestrom
100112-10L
25
Celta Vigo
100101-10L
26
AZ Alkmaar
100101-10L
27
Levski Sofia
100101-10L
28
Celtic
100113-20L
29
1899 Hoffenheim
100102-20L
30
AC Milan
100102-20L
31
Celje
100102-20L
32
Marseille
100114-30L
33
Ararat-Armenia
100114-30L
34
Plzen
100103-30L
35
Lech Poznan
100104-40L
36
NEC Nijmegen
100105-50L

UEFA Europa League 2026/27 recent results

How the Europa League works

Like the Champions League, all 36 clubs are ranked in one league table rather than separate groups. Each club plays 8 league-phase matches — 4 at home and 4 away — against 8 different opponents drawn from four seeding pots.

The league-phase ranking alone decides who advances: a top-8 finish means a direct route to the round of 16, 9th to 24th means an extra knockout play-off round, and finishing 25th or below ends the campaign.

How teams progress

  1. 1–8

    Round of 16 (direct)

  2. 9–24

    Knockout play-offs

  3. 25–36

    Eliminated

Knockout path

Top-8 league-phase finishers go straight to the round of 16 — clubs placed 9th–24th must first win a two-legged play-off tie to reach it.

1–8Round of 16 (direct)
9–24Play-offsRound of 16
  1. Round of 16
  2. Quarter-finals
  3. Semi-finals
  4. Final

25–36: eliminated — no further route through this competition this season.

How the standings work

Like a domestic league, a win is worth 3 points and a draw 1 point. Every club's league-phase ranking is decided purely by points (then UEFA's published tiebreak criteria for clubs level on points) — there are no separate groups to win, just one table that determines who advances straight through, who plays an extra knockout play-off round, and who is out of the UEFA Europa League for the season.

League phase vs the old group stage

 Previous systemCurrent system
Clubs32 clubs36 clubs
Structure8 groups of 4One league table
Matches6 group games8 league-phase games
Opponents3 opponents (home & away)8 different opponents
AdvancingGroup winner → R16; runner-up → knockout play-offTop 8 direct, 9th–24th via play-off

Official sources

Competition format and governance context is checked against the primary sources below. Live fixtures, results and standings come from BetLogic’s football data.

What makes the UEFA Europa League different

  • The Europa League sits directly below the Champions League in UEFA's club competition structure, mostly featuring clubs that finished just outside Champions League qualification in their domestic league, or cup winners without a Champions League place.
  • Its league-phase format (36 clubs, 8 matches, four pots) mirrors the Champions League structure, but with a separate entry list and a separate route into the competition.
  • The Europa League winner earns a place in the following season's Champions League league phase.

Common questions

How many Europa League league-phase matches does each club play?
8 — four at home and four away, against eight different opponents.
What happens if a club finishes 20th in the league phase?
It enters the two-legged knockout play-off round (positions 9th–24th) for a round-of-16 place.
Does winning the Europa League qualify a club for the Champions League?
Yes — the Europa League winner earns a place in the following season's Champions League league phase.

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