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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.
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| The Waldstadion in Frankfurt will host the final |
| Qualifying:9 July – 27 August 2026Competition proper:16 September 2026 – 26 May 2027 |
| Competition proper: 25+11Total: 45+32 (from 41 associations) |
| ← 2025–26 2027–28 → |
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 at least 33 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League. The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- The title holders of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League will receive an entry into the Europa League (if they do not qualify for the Champions League or Europa League via league position).
- Associations 1–12 each have two teams.
- Associations 13–33 (except Russia) each have one team.
- Teams eliminated from the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round (except from the first qualifying round) will be transferred to the Europa League.
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.
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
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 domestic cup winners from associations 17–33 (except Russia) | |||
| 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 | ||
| 12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path) | |||
| 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15 | 8 winners from second qualifying round | 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) | |
| 5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12 | 13 winners from third qualifying round | 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path) | |
| UEFA Conference League title holders | |||
| 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7 | |||
| 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5 | 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) | |||
| 16 teams ranked 9–24 from the league phase | |||
| 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.
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
- PW: Play-off between 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).
Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League.
| Entry round | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CON | (CW) | (6th) | (5th) |
| (6th) | Real Sociedad (CW) | (6th) | (CW/6th) |
| (5th) | (CW) | (5th) | AZ (CW) |
| (CW) | (CL CH PO) | (CL CH PO) | (CL CH PO) |
| (CL CH PO) | (CL CH PO) | (CL LP PO) | (CL LP PO) |
| (CL LP Q3) | (CL LP Q3) | (CL LP Q3) | (CL LP Q3) |
| (CW) | (CW) | (CW) | Lillestrøm (CW) |
| OFI (CW) | (CL CH Q3) | (CL CH Q3) | (CL CH Q3) |
| (CL CH Q3) | (CL CH Q3) | (CL CH Q3) | |
| (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) |
| (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) |
| (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) | (CL CH Q2) |
| (3rd) | (CW) | Górnik Zabrze (CW) | (CL LP Q2) |
| (CL LP Q2) | (CL LP Q2) | ||
| (4th) | (3rd) | Sint-Truiden (3rd) | Viktoria Plzeň (3rd) |
| Trabzonspor (3rd) | Tromsø (3rd) | (3rd) | (CW) |
| (CW) | (CW) | (CW) | Hammarby IF (CW/2nd) |
| Hajduk Split (2nd) | (2nd) | (CW) | Ferencváros (CW) |
| Universitatea Craiova (CW) | Žilina (CW) | Aluminij (CW) | (CW) |
| (2nd) | Derry City (2nd) | (CW) | Vestri (CW) |
Notes
The schedule of the competition is as follows. 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.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 16 June 2026 | 9 July 2026 | 16 July 2026 |
| Second qualifying round | 17 June 2026 | 23 July 2026 | 30 July 2026 | |
| Third qualifying round | 20 July 2026 | 6 August 2026 | 13 August 2026 | |
| Play-offs | Play-off round | 3 August 2026 | 20 August 2026 | 27 August 2026 |
| League phase | Matchday 1 | 28 August 2026 | 16–17 September 2026 | |
| Matchday 2 | 15 October 2026 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 22 October 2026 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 5 November 2026 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 26 November 2026 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 10 December 2026 | |||
| Matchday 7 | 21 January 2027 | |||
| Matchday 8 | 28 January 2027 | |||
| Knockout phase | Knockout round play-offs | 29 January 2027 | 18 February 2027 | 25 February 2027 |
| Round of 16 | 26 February 2027 | 11 March 2027 | 18 March 2027 | |
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| Semi-finals | 29 April 2027 | 6 May 2027 | ||
| Final | 26 May 2027 at Waldstadion, Frankfurt |
16 teams will enter this round.
| Seeded | To be confirmed | Unseeded |
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| Hajduk Split | Hammarby | |
| Žilina | ||
| Winners of the 2025–26 Swiss Cup | ||
| Winners of the 2025–26 Israel State Cup | ||
| Winners of the 2025–26 Cypriot Cup | ||
| Runners-up of the 2025–26 Serbian SuperLiga | ||
| Winners of the 2025–26 Ukrainian Cup | ||
| Runners-up of the 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I | ||
| Winners of the 2025–26 Cupa României | ||
| Winners of the 2025–26 Bulgarian Cup | ||
| Runners-up of the 2025–26 Azerbaijan Premier League | ||
| Winners of the 2025–26 Moldovan Cup | Aluminij | |
| Derry City | ||
| Vestri |
16 teams will enter this round.
| Seeded | To be confirmed | Unseeded |
|---|---|---|
| Third place of the 2025–26 Primeira Liga | ||
| Viktoria Plzeň | ||
| Third place of the 2025–26 Super League Greece | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Danish Cup | Winner of the tie involving Hajduk Split | |
| Fourth place of the 2025–26 Eredivisie | ||
| Third place of the 2025–26 Belgian Pro League | ||
| Third place of the 2025–26 Süper Lig | ||
| 7 winners from the first qualifying round | Tromsø |
26 teams will enter this round: 12 in the Champions Path and 14 in the Main Path. Losers will move to the Conference League play-off round.
| To be confirmed |
|---|
| Loser of the tie involving AGF |
| Loser of the tie involving Thun |
| Loser of the tie involving Mjällby |
| 9 losers from the Champions League second qualifying round |
| Seeded | To be confirmed | Unseeded |
|---|---|---|
| Winner of the tie involving Third place of the 2025–26 Primeira Liga | Winner of the tie involving Viktoria Plzeň | |
| Winner of the tie involving Third place of the 2025–26 Super League Greece | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Winner of the 2025–26 Danish Cup | ||
| Third place of the 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Scottish Cup | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Polish Cup | ||
| Loser of the tie involving Runners up of the 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga | ||
| Loser of the tie involving Runners up of the 2025–26 Scottish Premiership | ||
| Loser of the tie involving Runners up of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa | ||
| 4 winners from the second qualifying round |
24 teams will enter this round. Losers will move to the Conference League league phase.
| Seeded | To be confirmed | Unseeded |
|---|---|---|
| OFI | ||
| Lillestrøm | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Belgian Cup | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Czech Cup | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Turkish Cup | ||
| 13 winners from the third qualifying round | ||
| 6 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round |
As of 10 May 2026, 2 out of 36 teams have qualified for the league phase:
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Real Sociedad
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AZ
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