2024–25 UEFA Europa League league phase

The 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league phase will begin on 25 September 2024 and end on 30 January 2025. A total of 36 teams will compete in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.

RFS will make their debut appearance since the introduction of the group stage. A total of 23 national associations will be represented in the league phase.

This will be the first season with the single-league format, which replaces the group format used until the previous season.^[1] With the format change, the number of matches prior to the knockout phase will increase from 96 to 144.

Each team will play eight matches, four at home and four away, against eight different opponents, with all 36 teams ranked in a single league table. Teams will be separated into four pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients, and each team will play two teams from each of the four pots – one at home and one away. The top eight ranked teams will receive a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th will contest the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th are eliminated from all competitions, with no access to the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.

Teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:^[2]

1. Goal difference;
2. Goals scored;
3. Away goals scored;
4. Wins;
5. Away wins;
6. Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents;
7. Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents;
8. Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents;
9. Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
10. UEFA club coefficient.

The 36 teams were divided into four pots of nine teams each, with teams allocated to pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.^[3][4] The participants include:

• 13 teams which entered at this stage
• 12 winners of the play-off round
• 7 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 from the Champions Path, 2 from the League Path)
• 4 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)

Key to colours
Teams ranked 1 to 8 advance to the round of 16 as a seeded team
Teams ranked 9 to 16 advance to the knockout phase play-offs as a seeded team
Teams ranked 17 to 24 advance to the knockout phase play-offs as an unseeded team

Pot 1 Team Notes Coeff. Roma 101.000 Manchester United 92.000 Porto 77.000 Ajax [EL-PO] 67.000 Rangers [CL-L3] 63.000 Eintracht Frankfurt 60.000 Lazio 54.000 Tottenham Hotspur 54.000 Slavia Prague [CL-LP] 53.000

Pot 2 Team Notes Coeff. Real Sociedad 51.000 AZ 50.000 Braga [EL-PO] 49.000 Olympiacos [ECL] 48.000 Lyon 44.000 PAOK [EL-PO] 37.000 Fenerbahçe [CL-L3] 36.000 Maccabi Tel Aviv [EL-PO] 35.500 Ferencváros [EL-PO] 35.000

Pot 3 Team Notes Coeff. Qarabağ [CL-CP] 33.000 Galatasaray [CL-CP] 31.500 Viktoria Plzeň [EL-PO] 28.000 Bodø/Glimt [CL-CP] 28.000 Union Saint-Gilloise [CL-L3] 27.000 Dynamo Kyiv [CL-LP] 26.500 Ludogorets Razgrad [EL-PO] 26.000 Midtjylland [CL-CP] 25.500 Malmö FF [CL-CP] 18.500

Pot 4 Team Notes Coeff. Athletic Bilbao 17.897 TSG Hoffenheim 17.324 Nice 17.000 Anderlecht [EL-PO] 14.500 Twente [CL-L3] 12.260 Beşiktaş [EL-PO] 12.000 FCSB [EL-PO] 10.500 RFS [EL-PO] 8.000 IF Elfsborg [EL-PO] 4.300

Notes

The draw for the league phase pairings was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 30 August 2024, 13:00 CEST.^[5][6] All 36 teams were manually drawn using physical balls. For every team manually drawn, automated software digitally drew their opponents at random, determining which of their matches were at home and which ones away. Each team will face two opponents from each of the four pots, one of which they will face at home and one away. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association. The draw started with Pot 1, assigning opponents to all teams, one after the other, and continued with the other pots in descending order until all teams were assigned their opponents.^[7][8][9]

The switch to a primarily computer-based draw was made due to issues with the complexity and duration required by a manual draw.^[10] The draw software, developed by AE Live, guaranteed total randomness within the framework of the draw conditions and prevented any deadlock situations. The software was reviewed by external auditor Ernst & Young, which also provided review and control of the manual and digital draw operations on-site.^[7]

League phase opponents by club^[11]

Club	Pot 1 opponents		Pot 2 opponents		Pot 3 opponents		Pot 4 opponents		Avg coeff.
	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Roma	Eintracht Frankfurt	Tottenham Hotspur	Braga	AZ	Dynamo Kyiv	Union Saint-Gilloise	Athletic Bilbao	IF Elfsborg	36.1
Manchester United	Rangers	Porto	PAOK	Fenerbahçe	Bodø/Glimt	Viktoria Plzeň	Twente	FCSB	36.5
Porto	Manchester United	Lazio	Olympiacos	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Midtjylland	Bodø/Glimt	TSG Hoffenheim	Anderlecht	39.4
Ajax	Lazio	Slavia Prague	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Real Sociedad	Galatasaray	Qarabağ	Beşiktaş	RFS	34.8
Rangers	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester United	Lyon	Olympiacos	Union Saint-Gilloise	Malmö FF	FCSB	Nice	38.9
Eintracht Frankfurt	Slavia Prague	Roma	Ferencváros	Lyon	Viktoria Plzeň	Midtjylland	RFS	Beşiktaş	38.3
Lazio	Porto	Ajax	Real Sociedad	Braga	Ludogorets Razgrad	Dynamo Kyiv	Nice	Twente	40.7
Tottenham Hotspur	Roma	Rangers	AZ	Ferencváros	Qarabağ	Galatasaray	IF Elfsborg	TSG Hoffenheim	41.9
Slavia Prague	Ajax	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fenerbahçe	PAOK	Malmö FF	Ludogorets Razgrad	Anderlecht	Athletic Bilbao	34.6
Real Sociedad	Ajax	Lazio	PAOK	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Dynamo Kyiv	Viktoria Plzeň	Anderlecht	Nice	34.9
AZ	Roma	Tottenham Hotspur	Fenerbahçe	Ferencváros	Galatasaray	Ludogorets Razgrad	IF Elfsborg	Athletic Bilbao	38.2
Braga	Lazio	Roma	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Olympiacos	Bodø/Glimt	Union Saint-Gilloise	TSG Hoffenheim	IF Elfsborg	39.4
Olympiacos	Rangers	Porto	Braga	Lyon	Qarabağ	Malmö FF	Twente	FCSB	38.4
Lyon	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rangers	Olympiacos	Fenerbahçe	Ludogorets Razgrad	Qarabağ	Beşiktaş	TSG Hoffenheim	36.9
PAOK	Slavia Prague	Manchester United	Ferencváros	Real Sociedad	Viktoria Plzeň	Galatasaray	FCSB	RFS	38.6
Fenerbahçe	Manchester United	Slavia Prague	Lyon	AZ	Union Saint-Gilloise	Midtjylland	Athletic Bilbao	Twente	40.2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Porto	Ajax	Real Sociedad	Braga	Midtjylland	Bodø/Glimt	RFS	Beşiktaş	39.7
Ferencváros	Tottenham Hotspur	Eintracht Frankfurt	AZ	PAOK	Malmö FF	Dynamo Kyiv	Nice	Anderlecht	34.7
Qarabağ	Ajax	Tottenham Hotspur	Lyon	Olympiacos	Malmö FF	Bodø/Glimt	FCSB	IF Elfsborg	34.3
Galatasaray	Tottenham Hotspur	Ajax	PAOK	AZ	Dynamo Kyiv	Malmö FF	IF Elfsborg	RFS	33.2
Viktoria Plzeň	Manchester United	Eintracht Frankfurt	Real Sociedad	PAOK	Ludogorets Razgrad	Dynamo Kyiv	Anderlecht	Athletic Bilbao	40.6
Bodø/Glimt	Porto	Manchester United	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Braga	Qarabağ	Union Saint-Gilloise	Beşiktaş	Nice	42.8
Union Saint-Gilloise	Roma	Rangers	Braga	Fenerbahçe	Bodø/Glimt	Midtjylland	Nice	Twente	41.5
Dynamo Kyiv	Lazio	Roma	Ferencváros	Real Sociedad	Viktoria Plzeň	Galatasaray	RFS	TSG Hoffenheim	40.7
Ludogorets Razgrad	Slavia Prague	Lazio	AZ	Lyon	Midtjylland	Viktoria Plzeň	Athletic Bilbao	Anderlecht	35.9
Midtjylland	Eintracht Frankfurt	Porto	Fenerbahçe	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Union Saint-Gilloise	Ludogorets Razgrad	TSG Hoffenheim	FCSB	36.2
Malmö FF	Rangers	Slavia Prague	Olympiacos	Ferencváros	Galatasaray	Qarabağ	Twente	Beşiktaş	36.0
Athletic Bilbao	Slavia Prague	Roma	AZ	Fenerbahçe	Viktoria Plzeň	Ludogorets Razgrad	IF Elfsborg	Beşiktaş	38.8
TSG Hoffenheim	Tottenham Hotspur	Porto	Lyon	Braga	Dynamo Kyiv	Midtjylland	FCSB	Anderlecht	37.6
Nice	Rangers	Lazio	Real Sociedad	Ferencváros	Bodø/Glimt	Union Saint-Gilloise	Twente	IF Elfsborg	34.3
Anderlecht	Porto	Slavia Prague	Ferencváros	Real Sociedad	Ludogorets Razgrad	Viktoria Plzeň	TSG Hoffenheim	RFS	36.9
Twente	Lazio	Manchester United	Fenerbahçe	Olympiacos	Union Saint-Gilloise	Malmö FF	Beşiktaş	Nice	38.1
Beşiktaş	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ajax	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Lyon	Malmö FF	Bodø/Glimt	Athletic Bilbao	Twente	35.4
FCSB	Manchester United	Rangers	Olympiacos	PAOK	Midtjylland	Qarabağ	RFS	TSG Hoffenheim	40.5
RFS	Ajax	Eintracht Frankfurt	PAOK	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Galatasaray	Dynamo Kyiv	Anderlecht	FCSB	35.3
IF Elfsborg	Roma	Tottenham Hotspur	Braga	AZ	Qarabağ	Galatasaray	Nice	Athletic Bilbao	44.2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Porto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ajax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Lazio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Slavia Prague	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10	Real Sociedad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Braga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Olympiacos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Lyon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	PAOK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Fenerbahçe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Ferencváros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Qarabağ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Galatasaray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Viktoria Plzeň	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Bodø/Glimt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Union Saint-Gilloise	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Dynamo Kyiv	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Ludogorets Razgrad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Midtjylland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Malmö FF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Athletic Bilbao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	TSG Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Nice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Anderlecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Twente	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Beşiktaş	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FCSB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	RFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	IF Elfsborg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The fixture list was announced on 31 August 2024, the day after the draw.^[13][14][15] This was to ensure no calendar clashes with teams in Champions League and Conference League playing in the same cities.^[7]

In principle, each team will not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and will play one home match and one away match across both the first and last two matchdays. The matches will be played on 25–26 September (exclusive week),^{[note 1]} 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, 12 December 2024, 23 January and 30 January 2025. All matches will be played on Thursdays, except for the competition's exclusive week, which also includes Wednesday fixtures. In principle, the scheduled kick-off times will be 16:30, 18:45 and 21:00 CET/CEST. All fixtures on the final matchday will be played simultaneously at 21:00.^[17][18]

Times are CET or CEST,^{[note 2]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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