Updated Jan. 29, 2026, 6:11 p.m. ET
The Europa League league phase is complete after a frantic final day that saw 18 simultaneous matches.
The 36 teams in the league phase each played eight matches, with 12 of those teams now eliminated from the competition.
The top eight finishers advanced directly to the Round of 16, while the ninth to 24th-placed clubs will meet in two-legged playoffs to secure a spot in the last 16.
Below are the final standings for the Europa League league phase:
Europa League standings: Final table
(1-8 qualifies direct to round of 16)
(9-16 advances to playoff phase seeded)
(17-24 advance to playoffs unseeded)
- Lyon – 21 points, +13 goal differential
- Aston Villa – 21 points, +8 GD
- Midtjylland – 19 points
- Real Betis – 17 points, +6 GD, 13 goals scored, 5 away goals
- Porto – 17 points, +6 GD, 13 GS, 3 AG
- Braga – 17 points, +6 GD, 11 GS
- Freiburg – 17 points, +6 GD, 10 GS
- Roma – 16 points, +7 GD
- Genk – 16 points, +4 GD
- Bologna – 15 points, +7 GD
- Stuttgart – 15 points, +6 GD
- Ferencvaros – 15 points, +1 GD
- Nottingham Forest – 14 points, +8 GD
- Viktoria Plzen – 14 points, +5 GD
- Crvena Zvezda – 14 points, +1 GD
- Celta – 13 points
- PAOK – 12 points, +3 GD, 17 GS
- Lille – 12 points, +3 GD, 12 GS
- Fenerbahce – 12 points, +3 GD, 10 GS
- Panathinaikos – 12 points, +2 GD
- Celtic – 11 points
- Ludogorets – 10 points, -3 GD
- GNK Dinamo – 10 points, -4 GD
- Brann – 9 points, -2 GD
- Young Boys – 9 points
- Sturm Graz – 7 points
- FCSB – 7 points
- Go Ahead Eagles – 7 points
- Feyenoord – 6 points
- Basel – 6 points
- Salzburg – 6 points
- Rangers – 4 points
- Nice – 3 points
- Utrecht – 1 point
- Malmo – 1 point
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1 point
The matchups for the playoff round and Round of 16 will be revealed with UEFA’s draw on Friday, Jan. 30, determining the knockout stage bracket.
When is the Europa League draw? How to watch, stream
The draw for the UEFA Europa League playoffs and knockout rounds is set for Friday, Jan. 30. After playing eight “league phase” matches, the top eight teams in the standings advance directly to the round of 16, while the ninth through 24th-placed finishers face off in two-legged playoffs.
- Date: Friday, Jan. 30
- Time: 7 a.m. ET
- Live stream: UEFA.com
When are Europa League playoffs? Knockout round schedule
Playoff round
- First legs: Feb. 19
- Second legs: Feb 26
Round of 16
- First legs: March 12
- Second legs: March 19
Quarterfinals
- First legs: April 9
- Second legs: April 16
Semifinals
- First legs: April 30
- Second legs: May 7
Final
Europa League tiebreakers
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the league phase matches, the following criteria was applied, in this order, to determine their rankings according to UEFA:
- Superior goal difference in the league phase
- Higher number of goals scored in the league phase
- Higher number of away goals scored in the league phase
- Higher number of wins in the league phase
- Higher number of away wins in the league phase
- Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents
- Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents
- Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all league phase matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
- Higher club coefficient