RFS made their debut appearance in the Europa League since the introduction of the group stage.
[1] 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.
Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from all competitions, with no access to the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.
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:[3] During the league phase, criteria 1 to 5 were used to rank teams who had equal number of points.
[5][6] The participants included: Notes The draw for the league phase pairings was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 30 August 2024, 13:00 CEST.
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.