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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.
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.
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:
The title holders of the UEFA Conference League were given an entry in the Europa League (if they did not qualify for the Champions League or Europa League via league position).
Associations 1–12 each have two teams.
Associations 13–33 (except Russia[Note RUS]) each have one team.
32 teams eliminated from the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round will be transferred to the Europa League.
The final will be played on 20 May 2026 at Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.
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.
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:
The title holders of the UEFA Conference League were given an entry in the Europa League (if they did not qualify for the Champions League or Europa League via league position).
Associations 1–12 each have two teams.
Associations 13–33 (except Russia[Note RUS]) each have one team.
32 teams eliminated from the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round will be transferred to the Europa League.
