The 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league phase began on 25 September 2024 and ended on 30 January 2025. A total of 36 teams competed in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.

RFS made their debut appearance in the Europa League since the introduction of the group stage. A total of 23 national associations were represented in the league phase.

This was the first season with the single-league format, which replaced the group format used until the previous season. With the format change, the number of matches prior to the knockout phase increased from 96 to 144. Porto's Samu Aghehowa was the first-ever goalscorer of the competition's league phase.

Format Each team played eight matches, four at home and four away, against eight different opponents, with all 36 teams ranked in a single league table. Teams were separated into four pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients, and each team played two teams from each of the four pots – one at home and one away. The top eight ranked teams received a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th contested the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from all competitions, with no access to the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.

Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings: Goal difference; Goals scored; Away goals scored; Wins; Away wins; Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents; Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents; Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents; Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); UEFA club coefficient.

During the league phase, criteria 1 to 5 were used to rank teams who had equal number of points. Should any teams have been equal on points and tied on the first five criteria, they were considered equal in position and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6 to 10 was only used to break ties upon completion of all matches.

Teams and seeding The 36 teams were divided into four pots of nine teams each, with teams allocated to pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. The participants included: 13 teams which entered at this stage 12 winners of the play-off round 7 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 from the Champions Path, 2 from the League Path) 4 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)

Key to coloursTeams ranked 1 to 8 advanced to the round of 16 as a seeded teamTeams ranked 9 to 16 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as a seeded teamTeams ranked 17 to 24 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as an unseeded team

+Pot 1TeamNotes Roma 101.000 Manchester United 92.000 Porto 77.000 Ajax 67.000 Rangers 63.000 Eintracht Frankfurt 60.000 Lazio 54.000 Tottenham Hotspur 54.000 Slavia Prague 53.000+Pot 2TeamNotes Real Sociedad 51.000 AZ 50.000 Braga 49.000 Olympiacos 48.000 Lyon 44.000 PAOK 37.000 Fenerbahçe 36.000 Maccabi Tel Aviv 35.500 Ferencváros 35.000+Pot 3TeamNotes Qarabağ 33.000 Galatasaray 31.500 Viktoria Plzeň 28.000 Bodø/Glimt 28.000 Union Saint-Gilloise 27.000 Dynamo Kyiv 26.500 Ludogorets Razgrad 26.000 Midtjylland 25.500 Malmö FF 18.500+Pot 4TeamNotes Athletic Bilbao 17.897 TSG Hoffenheim 17.324 Nice 17.000 Anderlecht 14.500 Twente 12.260 Beşiktaş 12.000 FCSB 10.500 RFS 8.000 IF Elfsborg 4.300

Notes

Draw The draw for the league phase pairings was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 30 August 2024, 13:00 CEST. All 36 teams were manually drawn using physical balls. For every team manually drawn, a guest on stage pressed the button for the automated software to digitally draw their opponents at random, determining which of their matches were at home and which ones away. Each team faced two opponents from each of the four pots, one of which they faced at home and one away. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association. The draw started with Pot 1, assigning opponents to all teams, one after the other, and continued with the other pots in ascending order until all teams were assigned their opponents.

The switch to a primarily computer-based draw was made due to issues with the complexity and duration required by a manual draw. The draw software, developed by AE Live, guaranteed total randomness within the framework of the draw conditions and prevented any deadlock situations. The software was reviewed by external auditor Ernst & Young, which also provided review and control of the manual and digital draw operations on-site.

+ League phase opponents by club Club Pot 1 opponents Pot 2 opponents Pot 3 opponents Pot 4 opponents Home Away Home Away Home Away Home Away Roma Eintracht Frankfurt Tottenham Hotspur Braga AZ Dynamo Kyiv Union Saint-Gilloise Athletic Bilbao IF Elfsborg Manchester United Rangers Porto PAOK Fenerbahçe Bodø/Glimt Viktoria Plzeň Twente FCSB Porto Manchester United Lazio Olympiacos Maccabi Tel Aviv Midtjylland Bodø/Glimt TSG Hoffenheim Anderlecht Ajax Lazio Slavia Prague Maccabi Tel Aviv Real Sociedad Galatasaray Qarabağ Beşiktaş RFS Rangers Tottenham Hotspur Manchester United Lyon Olympiacos Union Saint-Gilloise Malmö FF FCSB Nice Eintracht Frankfurt Slavia Prague Roma Ferencváros Lyon Viktoria Plzeň Midtjylland RFS Beşiktaş Lazio Porto Ajax Real Sociedad Braga Ludogorets Razgrad Dynamo Kyiv Nice Twente Tottenham Hotspur Roma Rangers AZ Ferencváros Qarabağ Galatasaray IF Elfsborg TSG Hoffenheim Slavia Prague Ajax Eintracht Frankfurt Fenerbahçe PAOK Malmö FF Ludogorets Razgrad Anderlecht Athletic Bilbao Real Sociedad Ajax Lazio PAOK Maccabi Tel Aviv Dynamo Kyiv Viktoria Plzeň Anderlecht Nice AZ Roma Tottenham Hotspur Fenerbahçe Ferencváros Galatasaray Ludogorets Razgrad IF Elfsborg Athletic Bilbao Braga Lazio Roma Maccabi Tel Aviv Olympiacos Bodø/Glimt Union Saint-Gilloise TSG Hoffenheim IF Elfsborg Olympiacos Rangers Porto Braga Lyon Qarabağ Malmö FF Twente FCSB Lyon Eintracht Frankfurt Rangers Olympiacos Fenerbahçe Ludogorets Razgrad Qarabağ Beşiktaş TSG Hoffenheim PAOK Slavia Prague Manchester United Ferencváros Real Sociedad Viktoria Plzeň Galatasaray FCSB RFS Fenerbahçe Manchester United Slavia Prague Lyon AZ Union Saint-Gilloise Midtjylland Athletic Bilbao Twente Maccabi Tel Aviv Porto Ajax Real Sociedad Braga Midtjylland Bodø/Glimt RFS Beşiktaş Ferencváros Tottenham Hotspur Eintracht Frankfurt AZ PAOK Malmö FF Dynamo Kyiv Nice Anderlecht Qarabağ Ajax Tottenham Hotspur Lyon Olympiacos Malmö FF Bodø/Glimt FCSB IF Elfsborg Galatasaray Tottenham Hotspur Ajax PAOK AZ Dynamo Kyiv Malmö FF IF Elfsborg RFS Viktoria Plzeň Manchester United Eintracht Frankfurt Real Sociedad PAOK Ludogorets Razgrad Dynamo Kyiv Anderlecht Athletic Bilbao Bodø/Glimt Porto Manchester United Maccabi Tel Aviv Braga Qarabağ Union Saint-Gilloise Beşiktaş Nice Union Saint-Gilloise Roma Rangers Braga Fenerbahçe Bodø/Glimt Midtjylland Nice Twente Dynamo Kyiv Lazio Roma Ferencváros Real Sociedad Viktoria Plzeň Galatasaray RFS TSG Hoffenheim Ludogorets Razgrad Slavia Prague Lazio AZ Lyon Midtjylland Viktoria Plzeň Athletic Bilbao Anderlecht Midtjylland Eintracht Frankfurt Porto Fenerbahçe Maccabi Tel Aviv Union Saint-Gilloise Ludogorets Razgrad TSG Hoffenheim FCSB Malmö FF Rangers Slavia Prague Olympiacos Ferencváros Galatasaray Qarabağ Twente Beşiktaş Athletic Bilbao Slavia Prague Roma AZ Fenerbahçe Viktoria Plzeň Ludogorets Razgrad IF Elfsborg Beşiktaş TSG Hoffenheim Tottenham Hotspur Porto Lyon Braga Dynamo Kyiv Midtjylland FCSB Anderlecht Nice Rangers Lazio Real Sociedad Ferencváros Bodø/Glimt Union Saint-Gilloise Twente IF Elfsborg Anderlecht Porto Slavia Prague Ferencváros Real Sociedad Ludogorets Razgrad Viktoria Plzeň TSG Hoffenheim RFS Twente Lazio Manchester United Fenerbahçe Olympiacos Union Saint-Gilloise Malmö FF Beşiktaş Nice Beşiktaş Eintracht Frankfurt Ajax Maccabi Tel Aviv Lyon Malmö FF Bodø/Glimt Athletic Bilbao Twente FCSB Manchester United Rangers Olympiacos PAOK Midtjylland Qarabağ RFS TSG Hoffenheim RFS Ajax Eintracht Frankfurt PAOK Maccabi Tel Aviv Galatasaray Dynamo Kyiv Anderlecht FCSB IF Elfsborg Roma Tottenham Hotspur Braga AZ Qarabağ Galatasaray Nice Athletic Bilbao

League phase table The top eight ranked teams receive a bye directly to the round of 16. Teams ranked from 9th to 24th contest the knockout phase play-offs, with teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw, while those ranked from 17th to 24th are not. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th are eliminated from all competitions.

Results summary

By team

Matches The fixture list was announced on 31 August 2024, the day after the draw. This was to ensure no calendar clashes with teams in Champions League and Conference League playing in the same cities.

In principle, each team did not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and played one home match and one away match across both the first and last two matchdays. The matches were played on 25–26 September (exclusive week), 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, 12 December 2024, 23 January and 30 January 2025. All matches were played on Thursdays, except for the competition's exclusive week, which also included Wednesday fixtures, as well as a few select matches due to scheduling concerns. In principle, the scheduled kick-off times were 16:30, 18:45 and 21:00 CET/CEST. All fixtures on the final matchday were played simultaneously at 21:00.

Times are CET or CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

Matchday 7

Matchday 8

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