2026–27 UEFA Europa League

2026–27 UEFA Europa League
	The Waldstadion in Frankfurt will host the final.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 9 July – 27 August 2026; Competition proper:; 16 September 2026 – 26 May 2027
Teams	Competition proper: 25+11; Total: 45+32 (from 41 associations)

The 2026–27 UEFA Europa League will be 56th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. It will be the 18th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final will be played at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[2]

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 phase play-offs	29 January 2027	18 February 2027	25 February 2027
	Round of 16	26 February 2027	11 March 2027	18 March 2027
	Quarter-finals	N/a	8 April 2027	15 April 2027
	Semi-finals		29 April 2027	6 May 2027
	Final		26 May 2027 at Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv	Match 1	Universitatea Cluj	9 Jul	16 Jul
Qarabağ	Match 2	Vestri	9 Jul	16 Jul
Hajduk Split	Match 3	Žilina	9 Jul	16 Jul
CSKA Sofia	Match 4	Derry City	9 Jul	16 Jul
Sheriff Tiraspol	Match 5	Aluminij	9 Jul	16 Jul
Vojvodina	Match 6	Ferencváros	9 Jul	16 Jul