2026–27 UEFA Europa League

2026–27 UEFA Europa League
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All statistics correct as of 7 October 2025.

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.

Association team allocation

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:[1]

  • 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) [Note RUS] 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.

Association ranking

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.[2]

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 2026–27 UEFA Europa League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  England 115.196 2
2  Italy 97.231
3  Spain 94.453
4  Germany 86.331
5  France 73.093
6  Netherlands 67.150
7  Portugal 62.266
8  Belgium 56.850
9  Czech Republic 44.100
10  Turkey 43.900
11  Norway 39.687
12  Greece 39.312
13  Austria 36.450 1
14  Scotland 35.550
15  Poland 35.000
16  Denmark 33.981
17  Switzerland 33.625
18  Israel 31.625
19  Cyprus 27.537
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20  Sweden 27.125 1
21  Croatia 27.025
22  Serbia 25.500
23  Ukraine 24.400
24  Hungary 24.000
25  Romania 23.250
26  Russia 22.632 0 [Note RUS]
27  Slovakia 21.250 1
28  Slovenia 20.343
29  Bulgaria 19.875
30  Azerbaijan 19.625
31  Republic of Ireland 14.968
32  Moldova 14.500
33  Iceland 13.520
34  Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.031 0
35  Armenia 12.250
36  Latvia 12.250
37  Kosovo 12.041
38  Finland 11.750
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
39  Kazakhstan 11.125 0
40  Faroe Islands 10.750
41  Malta 8.500
42  Northern Ireland 8.333
43  Lithuania 8.250
44  Liechtenstein 8.000
45  Estonia 7.957
46  Albania 7.875
47  Montenegro 7.208
48  Luxembourg 6.875
49  Wales 6.791
50  Georgia 6.625
51  North Macedonia 6.166
52  Belarus 6.000
53  Andorra 5.498
54  Gibraltar 5.457
55  San Marino 2.498

Distribution

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 17–33 (except Russia)[Note RUS]
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)
  • 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)
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.

Teams

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).

Qualified teams for 2026–27 UEFA Europa League
Entry round Teams
League phase CON England (CW) England (5th) Italy (CW)
Italy (5th) Spain (CW) Spain (5th) Germany (CW)
Germany (5th) France (CW) France (5th) Netherlands (CW)
Portugal (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)
Play-off round Belgium (CW) Czech Republic (CW) Turkey (CW) Norway (PW)
Greece (CW) (CL CH Q3) (CL CH Q3) (CL CH Q3)
(CL CH Q3) (CL CH Q3) (CL CH Q3)
Third qualifying round CH (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)
MP Austria (CW) Scotland (CW) Poland (CW) (CL LP Q2)
(CL LP Q2) (CL LP Q2)
Second qualifying round Netherlands (4th) Portugal (3rd) Belgium (3rd) Czech Republic (3rd)
Turkey (3rd) Norway Tromsø (3rd) Greece (3rd) Denmark (CW)
First qualifying round Switzerland (CW) Israel (CW) Cyprus (CW) Sweden (CW)
Croatia (CW) Serbia (CW) Ukraine (CW) Hungary (CW)
Romania (CW) Slovakia (CW) Slovenia (CW) Bulgaria (CW)
Azerbaijan (CW) Republic of Ireland Derry City (2nd) Moldova (CW) Iceland Vestri (CW)

Notes

  1. ^
    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.[3] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, 2025/26 Season". UEFA. 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Association coefficients 2024/25". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Ukraine crisis: FIFA and UEFA suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". BBC.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs" (Press release). UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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