Europa League 2024-2025: new format, calendar, results, ranking… What you need to know

The Europa League is changing its format for its 2024-2025 season. Nice and Lyon are the two & French teams qualified for this 54th edition. Calendar, results and ranking… Follow the competition.

The 2024-25 Europa League, which has been scheduled to start on Wednesday 25 September, is a completely revamped edition of the competition, with UEFA deciding to increase the number of teams from 32 to 36. Gone is the traditional group stage, replaced by a single league where Each team will face 8 different opponents (4 at home, 4 away), based on a random draw, similar to the changes made in the Champions League. At the end of this first phase, until January 30, 2025, the top eight in this unique league will be directly qualified for the round of 16 of the Europa League. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th place will play play-offs to reach the eighth round. Beyond this 24th place, it is a pure and simple elimination that awaits the teams with the lowest positions.

The Europa League play-offs have been scheduled for 31 January, 16 and 20 February 2025. The round of 16 on 6 and 13 March, then the quarter-finals on 10 and 17 April, the semi-finals on 1 and 8 May and the final on 21 May 2025, in Bilbao. Another notable difference with previous editions: no team that has come out of the Champions League will be entering this Europa League. Good news for the participating clubs who have had the trophy stolen five times by clubs from the C1 in recent years.

With 36 teams and 144 matches to play, this new format aims to offer a longer and more intense “league phase”. The French teams will have a lot to do in this great and high-level championship, but can have great ambitions.

Nice and Lyon to represent France

On the French side, OGC Nice, 5th in Ligue 1 last season, returns to the Europa League four years after its last participation. The Aiglons drew a home game to start their campaign against Real Sociadad on Wednesday, September 25. A big start nonetheless for Didier Digard's men, who then inherited Lazio Rome (ext.), Ferencvaros (ext.), Twente (home), Glasgow Rangers (home), Union Saint-Gilloise (ext.), Elfsborg (ext.) and Bodo/Glimt (home).

For its part, Olympique Lyonnais, 6th in Ligue 1 in 2023-2024, is making its return to the Europa League after a season of absence. The Rhone club also received a home match on Thursday, September 26 for its entry into the competition, against Olympiakos, followed by Ludogorets, Frankfurt and Besiktas. Lyon's away games will be at Glasgow, Fenerbahce, Qarabag and Hoffenheim.

What is the schedule for the 2023-2024 Europa League ?

Each day of the Europa League has 18 matches according to a draw made in August. Here is the schedule for the next matches:

The results of the latest matches

Discover below the latest results available for the Europa League 2024-2025. The scores are updated at the end of each day:

The Europa League standings

The so-called “league” phase was scheduled from September 25, 2024 to January 30, 2025 in a single pool of 36 teams. The first eight teams automatically qualify for the last 16, the next eight for the play-offs. Follow the evolution of the Europa League standings and search for a team in the search engine to find out the details:

On which TV channel can you watch the Europa League in France ?

While RMC Sport and M6 have been co-broadcasters of the competition in recent years, UEFA has awarded the French TV rights for the 2024-2025 Europa League to Canal+. The matches are therefore broadcast this season on CANAL+. CANAL+, CANAL+ FOOT, CANAL+ SPORT, CANAL+ SPORT360 as well as the 18 CANAL+ LIVE TV channels.