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·20 August 2025

Our potential UEFA Europa League opponents

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Overview of the draw on 29 August

Which opponents will our Red Bulls face in the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League league phase? The draw on 29 August from 13:00 CEST in Monaco will decide all! There are big names and exotic lesser-known ones aplenty - so we have compiled an overview of who we can face.

We are in pot one, which will have no bearing on the strength of our opponents. Every team has to face two sides from each pot - and just like in the Champions League, that gives them a total of eight fixtures, with four at home and away.

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These teams are already confirmed in the UEFA Europa League's league phase:

Pot 1

  • AS Roma (ITA)
  • FC Porto (POR)
  • Feyenoord (NED)
  • OSC Lille (FRA)
  • Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
  • Real Betis (ESP)

Pot 2

  1. Aston Villa (ENG)
  2. Olympique Lyon (FRA)
  3. Viktoria Pilsen (CZE)

Pot 3

  • SC Freiburg (GER)
  • Nottingham Forest (ENG)
  • OGC Nice (FRA)
  • FC Bologna (ITA)
  • Celta Vigo (ESP)

Pot 4

  • VfB Stuttgart (GER)
  • Go Ahead Eagles (NED)

A few participants will be confirmed over the coming week. One spot will be given to each loser of the Champions League play-off ties:

  • Red Star Belgrade (SRB) vs. Paphos FC (CYP)
  • Rangers FC (SCO) vs. Club Brugge (BEL)
  • Ferencvaros (HUN) vs. Qarabag (AZE)
  • Celtic (SCO) vs. Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
  • FC Basel (SUI) vs. FC Copenhagen (DEN)
  • FK Bodö/Glimt (NOR) vs. SK Sturm Graz*
  • Fenerbahce (TUR) vs. SL Benfica (POR)

* It is not possible to face another team from your own country in the league phase.

The winners of the Europa League play-off clashes will also make the league phase:

  • FC Midtjylland (DEN) vs. Kuopion PS (FIN)
  • Malmö FF (SWE) vs. SK Sigma Olmütz (CZE)
  • SK Brann (NOR) vs. AEK Athen (GRE)
  • Panathinaikos (GRE) vs. Samsunspor (TUR)
  • KF Shkëndija (MKD) vs. Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) vs. Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
  • HSK Zrinjski Mostar (BIH) vs. FC Utrecht (NED)
  • Slovan Bratislava (SVK) vs. BSC Young Boys (SUI)
  • Lech Poznan (POL) vs. KRC Genk (BEL)
  • HNK Rijeka (CRO) vs. PAOK (GRE)
  • FC Aberdeen (SCO) vs. FCSB Bucharest (ROU)
  • Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) vs. SC Braga (POR)

The full list of participants will be confirmed on the evening of Thursday 28 August when all play-off encounters have been decided.

League phase dates

  1. Matchday 1: 24 & 25 September 2025
  2. Matchday 2: 2 October 2025
  3. Matchday 3: 23 October 2025
  4. Matchday 4: 6 November 2025
  5. Matchday 5: 27 November 2025
  6. Matchday 6: 11 December 2025
  7. Matchday 7: 22 January 2026
  8. Matchday 8: 29 January 2026
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