The Europa League fixtures are out. After one of the best tournaments in recent years in 2023/24, the competition returns with a brand new format.
Europe’s secondary competition offers clubs not only the chance to win a major trophy in their cabinet, but also qualification for the Champions League, with the winners guaranteed a spot in next year’s tournament. And, like Europe’s premier competition, the Europa League has replaced the group stage with a single league phase featuring as the tournament first round.
This will see 36 teams in one league, with each side playing eight different clubs across the eight matchdays.
Clubs from the same country cannot play one another, with the draw taken care of by automated software which digitally drew the fixtures.
As with the Champions League, the top eight finishing teams qualify for the round of 16 – sides who place between 9th and 24th head for the play-off round. There is no drop down to the conference league, with the remaining 12 sides eliminated.
It’s quite the shift from the simple old group stage. To help with the transition, here is every game of the Europa League league phase from matchday one through to the final round of games on Thursday January 30.
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Europa League fixtures: Every 2024/25 league phase game
Europa League group phase: Matchday 1
Europa League Matchday 1 fixtures
Wednesday, September 25 2024
AZ 🇳🇱 vs 🇸🇪 IF Elfsborg
Bodø/Glimt 🇳🇴 vs 🇵🇹 Porto
Dynamo Kyiv 🇺🇦 vs 🇮🇹 Lazio
Midtjylland 🇩🇰 vs 🇩🇪 TSG Hoffenheim
Galatasaray 🇹🇷 vs 🇬🇷 PAOK
Manchester United 🏴 vs 🇳🇱 Twente
Nice 🇫🇷 vs 🇪🇸 Real Sociedad
Ludogorets Razgrad 🇧🇬 vs 🇨🇿 Slavia Prague
Anderlecht 🇧🇪 vs 🇭🇺 Ferencvaros
Thursday, September 26 2024
Fenerbahce 🇹🇷 vs 🇧🇪 Union Saint-Gilloise
Malmo FF 🇸🇪 vs 🏴 Rangers
Ajax 🇳🇱 vs 🇹🇷 Besiktas
Roma 🇮🇹 vs 🇪🇸 Athletic Club
Eintracht Frankfurt 🇩🇪 vs 🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzen
FCSB 🇷🇴 vs 🇱🇻 RFS
Lyon 🇫🇷 vs 🇬🇷 Olympiacos
Braga 🇵🇹 vs 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Tottenham Hotspur 🏴 vs 🇦🇿 Qarabag
Manchester United kick off their campaign at Twente, as Erik ten Hag returns to the Netherlands, while Tottenham are hosting Azerbaijani side, Qarabag. Elsewhere, ties involving Basque sides should be crackers: Roma hosting Athletic, while Real Sociedad travel to Nice.
Europa League group phase: Matchday 2
Europa League Matchday 2 fixtures
Thursday, October 3 2024
RFS 🇱🇻 vs 🇹🇷 Galatasaray
Ferencvaros 🇭🇺 vs 🏴 Tottenham Hotspur
Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 vs 🇩🇰 Midtjylland
Olympiacos 🇬🇷 vs 🇵🇹 Braga
Qarabag 🇦🇿 vs 🇸🇪 Malmo FF
Real Sociedad 🇪🇸 vs 🇧🇪 Anderlecht
Lazio 🇮🇹 vs 🇫🇷 Nice
Slavia Prague 🇨🇿 vs 🇳🇱 Ajax
TSG Hoffenheim 🇩🇪 vs 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
Athletic Club 🇪🇸 vs 🇳🇱 AZ
Besiktas 🇹🇷 vs 🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt
Porto 🇵🇹 vs 🏴 Manchester United
Twente 🇳🇱 vs 🇹🇷 Fenerbahce
Viktoria Plzen 🇨🇿 vs 🇧🇬 Ludogorets Razgrad
IF Elfsborg 🇸🇪 vs 🇮🇹 Roma
PAOK 🇬🇷 vs 🇷🇴 FCSB
Union Saint-Gilloise 🇧🇪 vs 🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt
Rangers 🏴 vs 🇫🇷 Lyon
Rangers have a tough test on Matchday 2, as Ibrox welcomes Lyon. United have a tricky fixture, too, as they go to Porto, while Spurs are in Hungary to face Ferencvaros.
Europa League group phase: Matchday 3
Europa League Matchday 3 fixtures
Wednesday, October 23 2024
Galatasaray 🇹🇷 vs 🇸🇪 IF Elfsborg
Braga 🇵🇹 vs 🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt
Thursday, October 24 2024
Roma 🇮🇹 vs 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
Eintracht Frankfurt 🇩🇪 vs 🇱🇻 RFS
Midtjylland 🇩🇰 vs 🇧🇪 Union Saint-Gilloise
Ferencvaros 🇭🇺 vs 🇫🇷 Nice
Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 vs 🇪🇸 Real Sociedad
PAOK 🇬🇷 vs 🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzen
Qarabag 🇦🇿 vs 🇳🇱 Ajax
Athletic Club 🇪🇸 vs 🇨🇿 Slavia Prague
Porto 🇵🇹 vs 🇩🇪 TSG Hoffenheim
Twente 🇳🇱 vs 🇮🇹 Lazio
Fenerbahce 🇹🇷 vs 🏴 Manchester United
Malmo FF 🇸🇪 vs 🇬🇷 Olympiacos
Lyon 🇫🇷 vs 🇹🇷 Besiktas
Rangers 🏴 vs 🇷🇴 FCSB
Anderlecht 🇧🇪 vs 🇧🇬 Ludogorets Razgrad
Tottenham Hotspur 🏴 vs 🇳🇱 AZ
Manchester United travel to Turkey for Matchday 3, with a date with an old face, as former manager and current Fenerbahce boss Jose Mourinho hosts United. Spurs play AZ Alkmaar, meanwhile.
Europa League group phase: Matchday 4
Europa League Matchday 4 fixtures
Wednesday, November 6 2024
Besiktas 🇹🇷 vs 🇸🇪 Malmo FF
Thursday, November 7 2024
Eintracht Frankfurt 🇩🇪 vs 🇨🇿 Slavia Prague
Bodø/Glimt 🇳🇴 vs 🇦🇿 Qarabag
FCSB 🇷🇴 vs 🇩🇰 Midtjylland
Galatasaray 🇹🇷 vs 🏴 Tottenham Hotspur
IF Elfsborg 🇸🇪 vs 🇵🇹 Braga
Nice 🇫🇷 vs 🇳🇱 Twente
Olympiacos 🇬🇷 vs 🏴 Rangers
Ludogorets Razgrad 🇧🇬 vs 🇪🇸 Athletic Club
Union Saint-Gilloise 🇧🇪 vs 🇮🇹 Roma
Ajax 🇳🇱 vs 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
AZ 🇳🇱 vs 🇹🇷 Fenerbahce
Dynamo Kyiv 🇺🇦 vs 🇭🇺 Ferencvaros
RFS 🇱🇻 vs 🇧🇪 Anderlecht
Viktoria Plzen 🇨🇿 vs 🇪🇸 Real Sociedad
Manchester United 🏴 vs 🇬🇷 PAOK
Lazio 🇮🇹 vs 🇵🇹 Porto
TSG Hoffenheim 🇩🇪 vs 🇫🇷 Lyon
Big Ange takes Spurs to “hell” in November as Galatasaray play host to the Lilywhites. Lazio vs Porto should have sparks, too, while Ajax are at home to Maccabi Tel Aviv, in an eye-catching fixture. It’s all Greek to the other British sides: United have PAOK at home, while Rangers go away to Olympiacos.
Europa League group phase: Matchday 5
Europa League Matchday 5 fixtures
Thursday, November 28 2024
Athletic Club 🇪🇸 vs 🇸🇪 IF Elfsborg
AZ 🇳🇱 vs 🇹🇷 Galatasaray
Besiktas 🇹🇷 vs 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dynamo Kyiv 🇺🇦 vs 🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzen
RFS 🇱🇻 vs 🇬🇷 PAOK
Qarabag 🇦🇿 vs 🇫🇷 Lyon
Anderlecht 🇧🇪 vs 🇵🇹 Porto
Lazio 🇮🇹 vs 🇧🇬 Ludogorets Razgrad
Midtjylland 🇩🇰 vs 🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt
Twente 🇳🇱 vs 🇧🇪 Union Saint-Gilloise
Ferencvaros 🇭🇺 vs 🇸🇪 Malmo FF
FCSB 🇷🇴 vs 🇬🇷 Olympiacos
Manchester United 🏴 vs 🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt
Nice 🇫🇷 vs 🏴 Rangers
Real Sociedad 🇪🇸 vs 🇳🇱 Ajax
Braga 🇵🇹 vs 🇩🇪 TSG Hoffenheim
Slavia Prague 🇨🇿 vs 🇹🇷 Fenerbahce
Tottenham Hotspur 🏴 vs 🇮🇹 Roma
It’s a derby of former Mourinho employers on Matchday 5, as Spurs host Roma. United have Bodo/Glimt, while Real Sociedad vs Ajax is a tasty clash, too.
Europa League group phase: Matchday 6
Europa League Matchday 6 fixtures
Thursday, December 11 2024
Fenerbahce 🇹🇷 vs 🇪🇸 Athletic Club
Thursday, December 12 2024
Roma 🇮🇹 vs 🇵🇹 Braga
Viktoria Plzen 🇨🇿 vs 🏴 Manchester United
Malmo FF 🇸🇪 vs 🇹🇷 Galatasaray
Olympiacos 🇬🇷 vs 🇳🇱 Twente
PAOK 🇬🇷 vs 🇭🇺 Ferencvaros
Ludogorets Razgrad 🇧🇬 vs 🇳🇱 AZ
Union Saint-Gilloise 🇧🇪 vs 🇫🇷 Nice
TSG Hoffenheim 🇩🇪 vs 🇷🇴 FCSB
Ajax 🇳🇱 vs 🇮🇹 Lazio
Porto 🇵🇹 vs 🇩🇰 Midtjylland
Bodø/Glimt 🇳🇴 vs 🇹🇷 Besiktas
IF Elfsborg 🇸🇪 vs 🇦🇿 Qarabag
Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 vs 🇱🇻 RFS
Lyon 🇫🇷 vs 🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt
Rangers 🏴 vs 🏴 Tottenham Hotspur
Real Sociedad 🇪🇸 vs 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
Slavia Prague 🇨🇿 vs 🇧🇪 Anderlecht
An all-British clash headlines games in mid-December, with Spurs making the trip up to Scotland to face Rangers. Roma are home to Braga, while Lyon vs Eintracht Frankfurt and Ajax vs Lazio could be good games.
Europa League group phase: Matchday 7
Europa League Matchday 7 fixtures
Tuesday, January 21 2024
Galatasaray 🇹🇷 vs 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
Wednesday, January 22 2024
Besiktas 🇹🇷 vs 🇪🇸 Athletic Club
Thursday, January 23 2024
AZ 🇳🇱 vs 🇮🇹 Roma
Porto 🇵🇹 vs 🇬🇷 Olympiacos
Viktoria Plzen 🇨🇿 vs 🇧🇪 Anderlecht
Fenerbahce 🇹🇷 vs 🇫🇷 Lyon
Bodø/Glimt 🇳🇴 vs 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Malmo FF 🇸🇪 vs 🇳🇱 Twente
Qarabag 🇦🇿 vs 🇷🇴 FCSB
TSG Hoffenheim 🇩🇪 vs 🏴 Tottenham Hotspur
Eintracht Frankfurt 🇩🇪 vs 🇭🇺 Ferencvaros
RFS 🇱🇻 vs 🇳🇱 Ajax
IF Elfsborg 🇸🇪 vs 🇫🇷 Nice
Manchester United 🏴 vs 🏴 Rangers
PAOK 🇬🇷 vs 🇨🇿 Slavia Prague
Ludogorets Razgrad 🇧🇬 vs 🇩🇰 Midtjylland
Union Saint-Gilloise 🇧🇪 vs 🇵🇹 Braga
Lazio 🇮🇹 vs 🇪🇸 Real Sociedad
Another week of European football, another huge all-British clash, as Manchester United play host to Rangers: cue lots of shots of Fergie in the crowd, right? Tottenham, meanwhile, have a midweek trip to Hoffenheim.
Europa League group phase: Matchday 8
Europa League Matchday 8 fixtures
Thursday, January 30 2024
Ajax 🇳🇱 vs 🇹🇷 Galatasaray
Roma 🇮🇹 vs 🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt
Athletic Club 🇪🇸 vs 🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzen
Dynamo Kyiv 🇺🇦 vs 🇱🇻 RFS
Midtjylland 🇩🇰 vs 🇹🇷 Fenerbahce
Twente 🇳🇱 vs 🇹🇷 Besiktas
Ferencvaros 🇭🇺 vs 🇳🇱 AZ
FCSB 🇷🇴 vs 🏴 Manchester United
Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 vs 🇵🇹 Porto
Nice 🇫🇷 vs 🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt
Olympiacos 🇬🇷 vs 🇦🇿 Qarabag
Lyon 🇫🇷 vs 🇧🇬 Ludogorets Razgrad
Rangers 🏴 vs 🇧🇪 Union Saint-Gilloise
Real Sociedad 🇪🇸 vs 🇬🇷 PAOK
Anderlecht 🇧🇪 vs 🇩🇪 TSG Hoffenheim
Braga 🇵🇹 vs 🇮🇹 Lazio
Slavia Prague 🇨🇿 vs 🇸🇪 Malmo FF
Tottenham Hotspur 🏴 vs 🇸🇪 IF Elfsborg
If United haven’t qualified by the last matchday, a trip to FCSB may not be welcome come January. Tottenham, meanwhile, face Elfsborg.