Our fixture list for the UEFA Europa League's league phase is confirmed! Our journey is to start at home to FC Porto on Thursday 25 September. The league phase finishes on Thursday 29 January away at Aston Villa.

Overview of our UEFA Europa League fixtures

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Matchday 1: FC Salzburg vs. FC Porto
Thursday 25 September at 21:00
Matchday 2: Olympique Lyon vs. FC Salzburg
Thursday 2 October at 21:00
Matchday 3: FC Salzburg vs. Ferencvaros TC
Thursday 23 October at 18:45
Matchday 4: FC Salzburg vs. Go Ahead Eagles
Thursday 6 November at 18:45
Matchday 5: FC Bologna vs. FC Salzburg
Thursday 27 November at 21:00
Matchday 6: SC Freiburg vs. FC Salzburg
Thursday 11 December at 21:00
Matchday 7: FC Salzburg vs. FC Basel
Thursday 22 January at 21:00
Matchday 8: Aston Villa vs. FC Salzburg
Thursday 29 January at 21:00

We are introducing our eight group stage opponents here:

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Tickets for the UEFA Europa League: exclusive from Tuesday

Four-match packages for our UEL home games will be available from next week, with our season ticket holders having exclusive presale rights. Premium season ticket holders will automatically have their seats booked with a 20 per cent discount.

Details on the ticketing process and further sales phases will follow next Tuesday, 2 September 2025.

How the UEFA Europa League's league phase works

Since last season, a league mode has replaced the group stage in UEFA competitions. In the UEFA Europa League, as in the Champions League, each team is drawn against eight different opponents, resulting in four home and four away matches.

At the end of the eight rounds, there is an overall table of all 36 participating teams. The top eight then advance directly to the round of 16. Teams ranked 9th to 24th compete in a play-off round with home and away matches for the remaining places in the knockout phase.

Further changes compared to previous years are that after elimination, there is no longer a ‘relegation’ to the UEFA Conference League, as was previously the case for the third-placed teams in the group stage. In addition, the league phase schedule now extends until the end of January.

Raise your flag – our 25/26 UEFA Europa League kit

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