The UEFA Europa League is UEFA's second club competition, one level below the Champions League. Its 2026/27 edition starts with a league phase of eight matches per club, with all 36 clubs ranked together, and finishes with a one-off final on Wednesday 26 May 2027 at Stadion Frankfurt in Germany.
The prize is bigger than the trophy itself. The winner earns a place in the Champions League league phase of 2027/28, unless it has already qualified through its domestic league, and meets the Champions League winner in the 2027 UEFA Super Cup. Sevilla hold the record in this competition with seven titles.
After the league phase, places 1 to 8 are spared the play-off round and go directly into the last 16, clubs ranked 9th to 24th meet in knockout play-offs, and the bottom twelve are eliminated. From February every knockout round before the final is played over two legs on Thursdays; the final itself is a single Wednesday match:
Stage | Dates |
|---|---|
Last league phase round | 28 January 2027 |
Play-off round, 9th to 24th | 18 and 25 February 2027 |
Last 16 | 11 and 18 March 2027 |
Quarter-finals | 8 and 15 April 2027 |
Semi-finals | 29 April and 6 May 2027 |
Final | 26 May 2027, Frankfurt |
During the league phase the Champions League plays on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so the Europa League plays on Thursday evening, a night it shares with the Conference League. For a fan in Djibouti, two hours ahead of Paris or Frankfurt in winter, that adds one more night of European football in every week the competition is on.
In the pre-match list every Europa League fixture comes with its date, time and round, and the first prices cover the three results W1, draw and W2, then 1X and 12. Opening the fixture adds Both Teams To Score and a search box for the rest of the markets.
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