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UEFA Europa League fixtures 2024-25: When are UEL matches on this season’s schedule? | Sporting News United Kingdom

UEFA Europa League fixtures 2024-25: When are UEL matches on this season’s schedule?  | Sporting News United Kingdom

The 2024/25 UEFA Europa League follows the UEFA Champions League in adopting a new format that departs from tradition.

Both competitions have dispensed with the usual group stage and replaced it with a “league phase” that will run from mid-September until the end of January. It means all teams in the main draw will play eight matches in the initial phase of the competition, rather than six, and the prospect of “big” teams facing one another earlier in the tournament increases.

UEFA hopes the changes will make for a more engaging Europa League from the outset, with teams such as Manchester United, AS Roma and Ajax facing more significant opponents before the latter stages.

Here, The Sporting News looks at the schedule for this season’s Europa League, the teams qualified, and who they will face in the league phase.

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UEFA Europa League schedule 2024-25

League Phase:

  • Matchday One: Sept. 25-26, 2024
  • Matchday Two: Oct. 3, 2024
  • Matchday Three: Oct. 24, 2024
  • Matchday Four: Nov. 7, 2024
  • Matchday Five: Nov. 28, 2024
  • Matchday Six: Dec. 12, 2024
  • Matchday Seven: Jan. 23, 2025
  • Matchday Eight: Jan. 30, 2025

Knockout phase:

  • Knockout-round playoffs: Feb. 13 & 20, 2025
  • Round of 16: March 6 & 13, 2025
  • Quarterfinals: April 10 & 17, 2025
  • Semifinals: May 1 & 8, 2025
  • Final: May 21, 2025

The new format for the Europa League means the first phase, now known as the “league phase”, will last a little longer than the previous group stage. Matchday One begins on September 25, and the final Matchday Eight will not take place until January 30, 2025. As is tradition, Europa League games will largely take place on Thursdays in the same week as UEFA Champions League games are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The playoff round for the knockout phase is in mid-February, with the remainder of the elimination stages taking place across March, April, and May.

The 2024/25 Champions League final will be held on May 21, 2025, at Bilbao’s San Mames.

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Teams in the 2024/25 Europa League

Below are the 36 teams in the draw for the Europa League “league phase”. The teams were divided into four seeding pots, and each side will be drawn to face one team from each pot.

Club Pot 1 opponents Pot 2 opponents Pot 3 opponents Pot 4 opponents
  Home Away Home Away Home Away Home Away
Roma (ROM) FRA TOT BRA AZ DKY USG ATH ELF
Man United (MUN) RAN POR PAO FEN BOD PLZ TWE FCS
Porto (POR) MUN LAZ OLY MTA MID BOD HOF AND
Ajax (AJX) LAZ SLA MTA RSC GAL QAR BES RFS
Rangers (RAN) TOT MUN LYO OLY USG MAL FCS NIC
Eintracht Frankfurt (FRA) SLA ROM FER LYO PLZ MID RFS BES
Lazio (LAZ) POR AJX RSC BRA LUD DKY NIC TWE
Tottenham (TOT) ROM RAN AZ FER QAR GAL ELF HOF
Slavia Prague (SLA) AJX FRA FEN PAO MAL LUD AND ATH
Real Sociedad (RSC) AJX LAZ PAO MTA DKY PLZ AND NIC
AZ Alkmaar (AZ) ROM TOT FEN FER GAL LUD ELF ATH
Braga (BRA) LAZ ROM MTA OLY BOD USG HOF ELF
Olympiacos (OLY) RAN POR BRA LYO QAR MAL TWE FCS
Lyon (LYO) FRA RAN OLY FEN LUD QAR BES HOF
PAOK (PAO) SLA MUN FER RSC PLZ GAL FCS RFS
Fenerbahce (FEN) MUN SLA LYO AZ USG MID ATH TWE
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (MTA) POR AJX RSC BRA MID BOD RFS BES
Ferencvaros (FER) TOT FRA AZ PAO MAL DKY NIC AND
Qarabag (QAR) AJX TOT LYO OLY MAL BOD FCS ELF
Galatasaray (GAL) TOT AJX PAO AZ DKY MAL ELF RFS
Viktoria Plzen (PLZ) MUN FRA RSC PAO LUD DKY AND ATH
Bodo/Glimt (BOD) POR MUN MTA BRA QAR USG BES NIC
Union SG (USG) ROM RAN BRA FEN BOD MID NIC TWE
Dynamo Kyiv (DKY) LAZ ROM FER RSC PLZ GAL RFS HOF
Ludogorets (LUD) SLA LAZ AZ LYO MID PLZ ATH AND
Midtjylland (MID) FRA POR FEN MTA USG LUD HOF FCS
Malmo (MAL) RAN SAL OLY FER GAL QAR TWE BES
Athletic Club (ATH) SLA ROM AZ FEN PLZ LUD ELF BES
Hoffenheim (HOF) TOT POR LYO BRA DKY MID FCS AND
Nice (NIC) RAN LAZ RSC FER BOD USG TWE ELF
Anderlecht (AND) POR SLA FER RSC LUD PLZ HOF RFS
Twente (TWE) LAZ MUN FEN OLY USG MAL BES NIC
Besiktas (BES) FRA AJX MTA LYO MAL BOD ATH TWE
FCSB (FCS) MUN RAN OLY PAO MID QAR RFS HOF
RFS (RFS) AJX FRA PAO MTA GAL DKY AND FCS
Elfsborg (ELF) ROM TOT BRA AZ QAR GAL NIC ATH

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