UEFA Europa League 2025-26 Each team contests eight league phase ties – four at home and four away – against different opposition MATCHDAY 1: SEP 24 LEAGUE STAGE PAOK GRE - Maccabi Tel-Aviv ISR Midtjylland DEN - Sturm Graz AUT GNK Dinamo CRO - Fenerbahçe TUR Real Betis ESP - Nottingham Forest ENG Braga POR - Feyenoord NED Red Star SRB - Celtic SCO Freiburg GER - Basel SUI Nice FRA - Roma ITA Malmö SWE - Ludogorets BUL SEP 25 Lille FRA - Brann NOR GA Eagles NED - FCSB ROM Rangers SCO - Genk BEL Salzburg AUT - Porto POR Aston Villa ENG - Bologna ITA Ferencváros HUN - Viktoria Plzeň CZE Young Boys SUI - Panathinaikos GRE Stuttgart GER - Celta Vigo ESP Utrecht NED - Lyon FRA RETURN OF THE KING: Ange Postecoglou (inset) leads Nottingham Forest into first European campaign since 1995, having hoisted Europa League trophy with Tottenham last season UEFA Europa League: Squad market value (€m) Notts. Forest 566 Aston Villa 547 Roma 390 Porto 365 Stuttgart 313 Fenerbahçe 298 Bologna 266 Feyenoord 211 Real Betis 206 Lille 195 Sources: UEFA, Transfermarkt Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS