The final will be played on 20 May 2026 at Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

Among them, 33 associations have teams directly qualifying for the Europa League, while for the other 12 associations that do not have any teams directly qualifying may have teams playing after being transferred from the Champions League.

[3] Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below: The information here reflects the ongoing suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list have been made: The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: The third qualifying round is divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

[6] Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

One exclusive week will be held where both Wednesday and Thursdays are matchdays, on 24 and 25 September.