2024–25 UEFA Europa League
European club football competition
 The San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao will host the final. | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 11 July – 29 August 2024 Competition proper: 25 September 2024 – 21 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 36 Total: 46+32 (from 33–48 associations) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
International football competition
The 2024–25 UEFA Europa League will be the 54th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 16th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. This will be the first season of UEFA Europa League played under the new format.[1]
The final will be played on 21 May 2025 at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain.[2] The winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League will automatically qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase and earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League in the 2025 UEFA Super Cup.
Association team allocation
A total of 78 teams from between 33 and 48 of the 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. Among them, 33 associations have teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 15 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:[3]
- The title holders of the UEFA Europa Conference League will be given an entry in the Europa League (if they do not qualify for the Champions League through league performance).
- Associations 1–12 each have two teams.
- Associations 13–33 (except Russia[Note RUS]) each have one team.
- 32 teams eliminated from the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League will be transferred to the Europa League.
Association ranking
For the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2023 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2022–23.[4]
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
- (UECL) – Additional berth for UEFA Europa Conference League title holders
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Distribution
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| First qualifying round (16 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (16 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (26 teams) | Champions path (12 teams) |
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| League path (14 teams) |
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| Play-off round (24 teams) |
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| League stage (36 teams) |
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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 (Norway) will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
Should the Europa Conference League title holders have qualified for the Champions League or Europa League League Stage via their domestic league:
- The club in the qualifiers with the highest club coefficient will enter the league stage.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- ECL: Europa Conference League title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
- UCL: 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).
Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.
CC: 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[5]
| Entry round | Teams | ||||||
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| League stage |  (ECL) |  (CW) | (5th) |  Athletic Bilbao (CW) | |||
| (5th) |  (CW) | (5th) |  (CW) | ||||
| (6th) |  (CW) | (5th) |  (4th) | ||||
 (CW) | (UCL CH PO) | (UCL CH PO) | (UCL CH PO) | ||||
| (UCL CH PO) | (UCL CH PO) | (UCL LP PO) | (UCL LP PO) | ||||
| (UCL LP Q3) | (UCL LP Q3) | (UCL LP Q3) | (UCL LP Q3) | ||||
| Play-off round |  (CW) |  (CW/3rd) |  (CW) |  (CW) | |||
 (CW) | (UCL CH Q3) | (UCL CH Q3) | (UCL CH Q3) | ||||
| (UCL CH Q3) | (UCL CH Q3) | (UCL CH Q3) | |||||
| Third qualifying round | CH | (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | ||
| (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | ||||
| (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | (UCL CH Q2) | ||||
| MP |  (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) | (UCL LP Q2) | |||
| (UCL LP Q2) | (UCL LP Q2) | ||||||
| Second qualifying round | (5th) | (3rd) | (3rd) | (4th) | |||
| (3rd) | (3rd) | (3rd) |  Molde (CW) | ||||
| First qualifying round |  (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) | |||
 (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) | ||||
 (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) | ||||
 Tobol (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) |  (CW) | ||||
- ^ 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.[6] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[7]
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[8] Matches are scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.[9][10][11]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 18 June 2024 | 11 July 2024 | 18 July 2024 |
| Second qualifying round | 19 June 2024 | 25 July 2024 | 1 August 2024 | |
| Third qualifying round | 22 July 2024 | 8 August 2024 | 15 August 2024 | |
| Play-offs | Play-off round | 5 August 2024 | 22 August 2024 | 29 August 2024 |
| League stage | Matchday 1 | 30 August 2024 | 25–26 September 2024 | |
| Matchday 2 | 3 October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 24 October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 7 November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 28 November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 12 December 2024 | |||
| Matchday 7 | 23 January 2025 | |||
| Matchday 8 | 30 January 2025 | |||
| Knockout phase | Knockout round play-offs | 31 January 2025 | 13 February 2025 | 20 February 2025 |
| Round of 16 | 21 February 2025 | 6 March 2025 | 13 March 2025 | |
| Quarter-finals | 10 April 2025 | 17 April 2025 | ||
| Semi-finals | 1 May 2025 | 8 May 2025 | ||
| Final | 21 May 2025 at San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao | |||
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round will be held on 18 June 2024.
Seeding
A total of 16 teams will play in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[5] Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.
| Seeding to be determined | Unseeded |
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Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round will be held on 19 June 2024.
Seeding
A total of 16 teams will play in the second qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[5] Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.
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- Notes
- † Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity will not be known at the time of draw.
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round will be held on 22 July 2024.
Seeding
A total of 26 teams will play in the third qualifying round – 12 in the Champions Path and 14 in the Main Path. There will be no seeding in the Champions Path draw. Seeding of the teams in the Main Path will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[5] Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.
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- Notes
- † Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round, whose identity will not be known at the time of draw.
- †† Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity will not be known at the time of draw.
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round will be held on 5 August 2024.
Seeding
A total of 24 teams will play in the play-off round. Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.
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- † Losers of the Champions League third qualifying round, whose identity will not be known at the time of draw.
- †† Winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity will not be known at the time of draw.
League stage
A total of 36 teams will play in the league stage.
Athletic Bilbao CC: ≥17.747- Winners of 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
Winners of 2023–24 FA Cup- Fifth place of 2023–24 Premier League
- Fifth place of 2023–24 La Liga
Winners of 2023–24 DFB-Pokal- Fifth place of 2023–24 Bundesliga
Winners of 2023–24 Coppa Italia- Sixth place of 2023–24 Serie A
Winners of 2023–24 Coupe de France- Fifth place of 2023–24 Ligue 1
Fourth place of 2023–24 Eredivisie
Winners of 2023–24 Taça de Portugal- 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)
The top eight sides in the league will qualify automatically for the knockout stage, while the teams finishing in 9th to 24th place will compete in a two-legged play-off to secure their path to the last 16.
Final
| TBD | v | TBD |
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San Mamés, Bilbao
See also
- 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
- 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
- 2025 UEFA Super Cup
- 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
- 2024–25 UEFA Youth League
References
- ^ "UEFA approves final format and access list for its club competitions as of the 2024/25 season". UEFA.com. 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Venues appointed for club competition finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, 2024/25 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Association coefficients 2022/23". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "UEFA club competitions cycle 2024–27 ("Post 2024")". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 36/2023. Union of European Football Associations. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ UEFA.com (25 October 2023). "New format for Champions League post-2024: Everything you need to know | UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Sheldon, Dan. "How the new Champions League format works". The Athletic. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "More national derby games possible when revamped Champions League starts next year". AP News. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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