UEL League Phase Result: Lyon 1st, Villa 2nd, Roma & Betis finish in top 8

The final Europa League standings — and the potential ties for the teams who qualified for the play-offs...

The Knock-outs phase:

How will the Europa League knockout phase play-off draw work?

The fixtures for the knockout phase play-offs are determined by means of a draw conducted in accordance with the following principles:

a. The clubs are paired based on their positions at the end of the league phase to form four seeded pairs (clubs in positions 9 and 10, 11 and 12, 13 and 14, and 15 and 16) and four unseeded pairs (positions 17 and 18, 19 and 20, 21 and 22, and 23 and 24).

b. The clubs in each seeded pair are drawn into the knockout phase bracket, against the clubs in each unseeded pair: clubs 9 or 10 against clubs 23 or 24, clubs 11 or 12 against clubs 21 or 22, clubs 13 or 14 against clubs 19 or 20, and clubs 15 or 16 against clubs 17 or 18.

Europa League knockout phase timeline: 

Knockout phase play-offs: 19 & 26 February 2026

Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final draws: 27 February 2026

Round of 16: 12 & 19 March 2026

Quarter-finals: 9 & 16 April 2026

Semi-finals: 30 April & 7 May 2026

Final: 20 May 2026 (Istanbul)