2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifying

2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifying is the preliminary phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consists of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round. It began on 10 July and will end on 28 August 2025.^[1]

A total of 53 teams will compete in the qualifying system, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round. The 12 winners of the play-off round will advance to the league phase, to join the 13 teams that enter in the league stage, along with the seven losers of the Champions League play-off round (five from the Champions Path and two from the League Path), and the four losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (League Path).^[2]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Format

The qualifying phase will be split into two paths – the Champions Path and the Main Path. The Champions Path contained teams which were eliminated from the Champions League Champions Path, and the Main Path contained teams which qualified as the third-placed or the fourth-placed team from their domestic league or as domestic cup winners. The paths will be merged in the play-off round.

Each tie will be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs will advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time will be played, and if the same number of goals is scored by both teams during extra time, the tie will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.^[3]

In the draws for each round, teams will be seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round may not be known at the time of the draws, the seeding will be carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to the subsequent round. In practice, this means if the team with the lower coefficient advances in the Europa League or the team with the higher coefficient is eliminated from the Champions League, it will simply take the seeding of its opponent.

Prior to the draws, UEFA could form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, purely for the convenience of the draw and not to resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA can not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie can be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.^[1]

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First qualifying round	17 June 2025	10 July 2025	17 July 2025
Second qualifying round	18 June 2025	24 July 2025	31 July 2025
Third qualifying round	21 July 2025	7 August 2025	14 August 2025
Play-off round	4 August 2025	21 August 2025	28 August 2025

Teams

In the qualifying stage, the teams will be divided into two paths:

• Champions Path (12 teams):
  • Third qualifying round: 12 losers of the Champions League Champions Path second qualifying round.
• Main Path:
  • First qualifying round (16 teams): 16 teams which enter in this round.
  • Second qualifying round (16 teams): 8 teams which enter in this round, and 8 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (14 teams): 3 teams which enter in this round, 3 losers of the Champions League League Path second qualifying round, and 8 winners of the second qualifying round.

The winners of the third qualifying round were combined into a single path for the play-off round:

• Play-off round (24 teams): 5 teams which enter this round, 6 losers of the Champions League Champions Path third qualifying round, 6 winners of the Champions Path third qualifying round, and 7 winners of the Main Path third qualifying round.

All teams eliminated from the qualifying phase and play-off round enter the Conference League:

• The 8 losers of the Main Path first qualifying round enter the Main Path second qualifying round.
• The 8 losers of the Main Path second qualifying round enter the Main Path third qualifying round.
• The 6 losers of the Champions Path third qualifying round enter the Champions Path play-off round.
• The 7 losers of the Main Path third qualifying round enter the Main Path play-off round.
• The 12 losers of the play-off round enter the league phase.

Below were the participating teams (with their 2025 UEFA club coefficients, not used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),^[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to league phase
Losers of play-off round enter Conference League league phase
Losers of third qualifying round enter Conference League play-off round
Losers of second qualifying round enter Conference League third qualifying round
Losers of first qualifying round enter Conference League second qualifying round

Play-off round Team Coeff.[4] Young Boys 34.500 Genk 11.370 Aberdeen 9.500 Sigma Olomouc 8.820 Samsunspor 8.780 [CH Q3] [CH Q3] [CH Q3] [CH Q3] [CH Q3] [CH Q3]

Third qualifying round (Champions Path) Team Coeff.[4] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] [CH Q2] Third qualifying round (Main Path) Team Coeff.[4] PAOK 42.250 Wolfsberg 9.500 Fredrikstad 7.937 [LP Q2] [LP Q2] [LP Q2]

Second qualifying round Team Coeff.[4] Braga 46.000 Midtjylland 32.750 Anderlecht 28.250 Lugano 19.250 Beşiktaş 15.000 Utrecht 13.430 Baník Ostrava 8.820 Hibernian 7.110

First qualifying round Team Coeff.[4] Shakhtar Donetsk 52.000 Legia Warsaw 31.000 Partizan 22.000 Sheriff Tiraspol 20.000 CFR Cluj 19.000 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 16.500 Celje 14.000 Spartak Trnava 8.500 AEK Larnaca 7.500 BK Häcken 7.000 Paks 4.800 Levski Sofia 4.500 Sabah 4.000 Ilves 3.000 Aktobe 3.000 Prishtina 2.500

Notes

1. ^{CH Q3} Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
2. ^{CH Q2} Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).
3. ^{LP Q2} Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (League Path).

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025.

Seeding

A total of 16 teams will play in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into two groups of four seeded teams and four unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.^[5] The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.

Group 1		Group 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Shakhtar Donetsk Sheriff Tiraspol Celje Spartak Trnava	BK Häcken Sabah Ilves Prishtina	Legia Warsaw Partizan CFR Cluj Hapoel Be'er Sheva	AEK Larnaca Paks Levski Sofia Aktobe

Summary

The first legs were played on 10 July, and the second legs were played on 17 July 2025.

The winners of the ties advanced to the second qualifying round. The losers were transferred to the Conference League Main Path second qualifying round.

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk	6–0	Ilves	6–0	0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol	5–2	Prishtina	4–0	1–2
Spartak Trnava	2–3	BK Häcken	0–1	2–2
Sabah	5–6	Celje	2–3	3–3 (a.e.t.)
Legia Warsaw	2–0	Aktobe	1–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	1–1 (3–1 p)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)
AEK Larnaca	2–2 (6–5 p)	Partizan	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Paks	0–3	CFR Cluj	0–0	0–3

Matches

Shakhtar Donetsk	6–0	Ilves
Alisson 26', 47' Kauã Elias 43' Kevin 74' Pedrinho 87' Newerton 90'	Report[6]

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

20:00

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 650^[8]

Referee: Marc Nagtegaal (Netherlands)

Ilves	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Report[9]

17 July 2025 (2025-07-17)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Tammelan Stadion, Tampere

Attendance: 7,315^[10]

Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Sheriff Tiraspol	4–0	Prishtina
Bayala 11', 19', 74' Odede 79'	Report[11]

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Sheriff Arena, Tiraspol

Attendance: 6,223^[12]

Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

Prishtina	2–1	Sheriff Tiraspol
Namani 56' Ahmeti 65'	Report[13]	Serobyan 51'

17 July 2025 (2025-07-17)

20:00

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 1,320^[14]

Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Spartak Trnava	0–1	BK Häcken
	Report[15]	Nioule 63'

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

20:15

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

Attendance: 10,125^[16]

Referee: Bence Csonka (Hungary)

BK Häcken	2–2	Spartak Trnava
Gustafson 13' (pen.) Dembe 90+6'	Report[17]	Procházka 65' Moistsrapishvili 82'

17 July 2025 (2025-07-17)

19:00

Bravida Arena, Gothenburg

Attendance: 3,636^[18]

Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)

BK Häcken won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Sabah	2–3	Celje
Šafranko 3', 18' (pen.)	Report[19]	Kovačević 7', 78' Hrka 90+4'

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Bank Respublika Arena, Masazir

Attendance: 7,000^[20]

Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

Celje	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Sabah
Kovačević 19' (pen.) Vuklišević 49' Iosifov 108'	Report[21]	Mickels 9', 63', 64'

17 July 2025 (2025-07-17)

20:00

Stadion Z'dežele, Celje

Attendance: 3,068^[22]

Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)

Celje won 6–5 on aggregate.

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Legia Warsaw	1–0	Aktobe
Bichakhchyan 25'	Report[23]

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

21:00

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 12,239^[24]

Referee: Dalibor Černý (Czech Republic)

Aktobe	0–1	Legia Warsaw
	Report[25]	Elitim 90+1'

17 July 2025 (2025-07-17)

18:00 (21:00 UTC+5)

Central Stadium, Aktobe

Attendance: 12,190^[26]

Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden)

Legia Warsaw won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Levski Sofia	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	Report[27]

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

19:30 (20:30 UTC+3)

Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia

Attendance: 15,467^[28]

Referee: Ladislav Szikszay (Czech Republic)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia
Turgeman 105+3'	Report[29]	Sangaré 114'
Penalties
Almog Kangwa Turgeman Levy	1−3	Rupanov Fabien Makoun Sangaré

17 July 2025 (2025-07-17)

20:00

Városi Stadion, Nyíregyháza, Hungary^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 721^[31]

Referee: Florian Badstübner (Germany)

1–1 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won 3–1 on penalties.

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AEK Larnaca	1–0	Partizan
Cabrera 67'	Report[32]

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

18:30 (19:30 UTC+3)

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

Attendance: 4,127^[33]

Referee: Jacob Karlsen (Denmark)

Partizan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	AEK Larnaca
Ugrešić 69' D. Jovanović 118'	Report[34]	Pons 104'
Penalties
Natcho Milovanović Roganović Kalulu Karabelyov A. Kostić D. Jovanović B. Kostić	5−6	Miličević Ledes Suárez Chacón Ivanović Pons Miramón Gnali

17 July 2025 (2025-07-17)

21:00

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 23,253^[35]

Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

2–2 on aggregate; AEK Larnaca won 6–5 on penalties.

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Paks	0–0	CFR Cluj
	Report[36]

10 July 2025 (2025-07-10)

19:00

Fehérvári úti Stadion, Paks

Attendance: 3,916^[37]

Referee: Pavle Ilić (Serbia)

CFR Cluj	3–0	Paks
Fică 35' Munteanu 85' Muhar 90'	Report[38]

17 July 2025 (2025-07-17)

19:30 (20:30 UTC+3)

Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 6,512^[39]

Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus)

CFR Cluj won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025.

Seeding

A total of 16 teams will play in the second qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into two groups of four seeded teams and four unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.^[40] The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.

Group 1		Group 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Braga Legia Warsaw[†] AEK Larnaca[†] Lugano	CFR Cluj[†] Levski Sofia[†] Celje[†] Baník Ostrava	Shakhtar Donetsk[†] Midtjylland Anderlecht Sheriff Tiraspol[†]	Beşiktaş Utrecht BK Häcken[†] Hibernian

Notes

1. ^† Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs will be played on 24 July and the second legs will be played on 31 July 2025.

The winners of the ties will advance to the Main Path third qualifying round. The losers will be transferred to the Conference League Main Path third qualifying round.

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lugano	Match 1	CFR Cluj	0–0	31 Jul
Celje	Match 2	AEK Larnaca	1–1	31 Jul
Levski Sofia	Match 3	Braga	0–0	31 Jul
Baník Ostrava	Match 4	Legia Warsaw	2–2	31 Jul
Anderlecht	Match 5	BK Häcken	1–0	31 Jul
Sheriff Tiraspol	Match 6	Utrecht	1–3	31 Jul
Midtjylland	Match 7	Hibernian	1–1	31 Jul
Beşiktaş	Match 8	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–4	31 Jul

Matches

Lugano	0–0	CFR Cluj
	Report[41]

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)

20:30

Stockhorn Arena, Thun^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 941^[43]

Referee: Darren England (England)

CFR Cluj	v	Lugano
	Report[44]

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31)

19:30 (20:30 UTC+3)

Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium, Cluj-Napoca

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

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Celje	1–1	AEK Larnaca
Kovačević 28' (pen.)	Report[45]	Miličević 53' (pen.)

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)

20:00

Stadion Z'dežele, Celje

Attendance: 3,145^[46]

Referee: Bastien Dechepy (France)

AEK Larnaca	v	Celje
	Report[47]

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31)

18:30 (19:30 UTC+3)

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

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Levski Sofia	0–0	Braga
	Report[48]

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)

19:30 (20:30 UTC+3)

Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia

Attendance: 16,040^[49]

Referee: Matteo Marchetti (Italy)

Braga	v	Levski Sofia
	Report[50]

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Estádio Municipal, Braga

Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)

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Baník Ostrava	2–2	Legia Warsaw
Šín 13' Frydrych 65'	Report[51]	Kapustka 32' Nsame 88'

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)

19:00

Městský stadion, Ostrava

Attendance: 15,047^[52]

Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria)

Legia Warsaw	v	Baník Ostrava
	Report[53]

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31)

21:00

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)

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Anderlecht	1–0	BK Häcken
Dolberg 35'	Report[54]

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)

20:00

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 12,291^[55]

Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)

BK Häcken	v	Anderlecht
	Report[56]

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31)

19:00

Bravida Arena, Gothenburg

Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)

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Sheriff Tiraspol	1–3	Utrecht
Ademo 24'	Report[57]	Jensen 33' Viergever 54' Blake 70'

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Central Stadium, Nisporeni^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 2,674^[59]

Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)

Utrecht	v	Sheriff Tiraspol
	Report[60]

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31)

20:00

Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

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Midtjylland	1–1	Hibernian
Şimşir 72'	Report[61]	McGrath 7'

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)

19:30

MCH Arena, Herning

Attendance: 8,863^[62]

Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)

Hibernian	v	Midtjylland
	Report[63]

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

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Beşiktaş	2–4	Shakhtar Donetsk
Abraham 40' (pen.) João Mário 87'	Report[64]	Alisson 7' Eguinaldo 28' Kevin 67', 90+6'

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)

20:00 (21:00 UTC+3)

Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 31,739^[65]

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Shakhtar Donetsk	v	Beşiktaş
	Report[66]

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31)

20:00

Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, Kraków, Poland^{[note 1]}

Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 21 July 2025.

Seeding

A total of 26 teams will play in the third qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.

Champions Path

Group 1		Group 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Loser of the tie involving Rijeka[†] Loser of the tie involving RFS[†] Loser of the tie involving Lincoln Red Imps[†]	Loser of the tie involving Kairat[†] Loser of the tie involving Noah[†] Loser of the tie involving Shelbourne[†]	Loser of the tie involving Pafos[†] Loser of the tie involving Zrinjski Mostar[†] Loser of the tie involving Drita[†]	Loser of the tie involving Breiðablik[†] Loser of the tie involving Shkëndija[†] Loser of the tie involving Hamrun Spartans[†]

Main Path

Group 1		Group 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Winner of the tie involving Braga[††] PAOK Winner of the tie involving Midtjylland[††] Winner of the tie involving Legia Warsaw[††]	Winner of the tie involving Lugano[††] Winner of the tie involving Celje[††] Wolfsberg Fredrikstad	Winner of the tie involving Shakhtar Donetsk[††] Winner of the tie involving Anderlecht[††] Winner of the tie involving Sheriff Tiraspol[††]	Loser of the tie involving Panathinaikos[†] Loser of the tie involving Servette[†] Loser of the tie involving Brann[†]

Notes

1. ^† Losers of the Champions League second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics lost to a team with a lower coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
2. ^†† Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs will be played on 7 August, and the second legs will be played on 14 August 2025.

The winners of the ties will advance to the play-off round. The losers will be transferred to the Conference League play-off round.

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Loser of CL CH match 4	Match 1	Loser of CL CH match 5	7 Aug	14 Aug
Loser of CL CH match 8	Match 2	Loser of CL CH match 11	7 Aug	14 Aug
Loser of CL CH match 1	Match 3	Loser of CL CH match 12	7 Aug	14 Aug
Loser of CL CH match 2	Match 4	Loser of CL CH match 3	7 Aug	14 Aug
Loser of CL CH match 10	Match 5	Loser of CL CH match 6	7 Aug	14 Aug
Loser of CL CH match 9	Match 6	Loser of CL CH match 7	7 Aug	14 Aug
Main Path
Winner of match 2	Match 1	Winner of match 4	7 Aug	14 Aug
Fredrikstad	Match 2	Winner of match 7	7 Aug	14 Aug
Winner of match 1	Match 3	Winner of match 3	7 Aug	14 Aug
PAOK	Match 4	Wolfsberg	7 Aug	14 Aug
Loser of CL LP match 2	Match 5	Winner of match 6	7 Aug	14 Aug
Winner of match 5	Match 6	Loser of CL LP match 1	7 Aug	14 Aug
Loser of CL LP match 3	Match 7	Winner of match 8	7 Aug	14 Aug

Champions Path

Loser of CL CH match 4	v	Loser of CL CH match 5

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Loser of CL CH match 5	v	Loser of CL CH match 4

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Loser of CL CH match 8	v	Loser of CL CH match 11

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Loser of CL CH match 11	v	Loser of CL CH match 8

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Loser of CL CH match 1	v	Loser of CL CH match 12

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Loser of CL CH match 12	v	Loser of CL CH match 1

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Loser of CL CH match 2	v	Loser of CL CH match 3

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Loser of CL CH match 3	v	Loser of CL CH match 2

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Loser of CL CH match 10	v	Loser of CL CH match 6

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Loser of CL CH match 6	v	Loser of CL CH match 10

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Loser of CL CH match 9	v	Loser of CL CH match 7

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Loser of CL CH match 7	v	Loser of CL CH match 9

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

Main Path

Winner of match 2	v	Winner of match 4

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Winner of match 4	v	Winner of match 2

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Fredrikstad	v	Winner of match 7

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Winner of match 7	v	Fredrikstad

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Winner of match 1	v	Winner of match 3

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Winner of match 3	v	Winner of match 1

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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PAOK	v	Wolfsberg

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Wolfsberg	v	PAOK

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

Lavanttal-Arena, Wolfsberg

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Loser of CL LP match 2	v	Winner of match 6

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Winner of match 6	v	Loser of CL LP match 2

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Winner of match 5	v	Loser of CL LP match 1

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Loser of CL LP match 1	v	Winner of match 5

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

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Loser of CL LP match 3	v	Winner of match 8

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)

Winner of match 8	v	Loser of CL LP match 3

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round will be held on 4 August 2025.

Seeding

A total of 24 teams will play in the play-off round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.

Seeded	To be confirmed	Unseeded
Winner of the tie involving PAOK Young Boys	Genk 12 winners of the third qualifying round 6 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round	Aberdeen Sigma Olomouc Samsunspor

Notes

1. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[7]
2. Due to the Gaza war, Israeli teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[30]
3. Lugano played their home matches at the Stockhorn Arena, in Thun, instead of their regular stadium, the Cornaredo Stadium, in Lugano, due to renovation works.^[42]
4. Sheriff Tiraspol will play their second qualifying round home match at the Central Stadium in Nisporeni, instead of their regular stadium, the Sheriff Arena, in Tiraspol, due to the Dutch government's travel advisory concerning Transnistria.^[58]