Europa League table 2026-27

The Europa League standings are one league phase table of 36 teams, ranked by points. The live table above lists every club with its matches played, results, goals scored and conceded, goal difference and points, and it updates after each match. Below it, you will find what each zone means, kick-off times in WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT, and the African story behind the competition, written for football readers from Lagos to Johannesburg, where the game is also known as soccer in South Africa.

Since 2024-25, the Europa League has used a single league phase, so the old groups of four are gone. Each team plays eight matches, four at home and four away, and every result feeds the same table (or log, as many readers in South Africa call it). No team plays every other team, but all 36 are ranked on the same table. Anyone searching for a group table will find the league phase table in its place.

What Do the Colours on the Europa League Table Mean?

The colours split the 36 places into three zones, and each zone decides what a club does next. The top 8 are shaded for the round of 16, so those teams skip the play-offs entirely and wait for their opponents. The middle band, 9th to 24th, holds 16 teams who pair off over two legs for the remaining eight places in the round of 16. Anyone finishing 25th or lower is eliminated. The line between 8th and 9th is the one to watch most closely, and the line between 24th and 25th runs it a close second.

How Are the Europa League Standings Decided When Teams Are Level?

Points decide the ranking, and the table module shows the order for level teams. A late consolation goal in a defeat can matter weeks later because it changes goal difference, which often separates teams on the same points. As for the names, UEL standings, the UEL table, the Europa League table and the UEFA Europa League table all describe the same ranking, and it sits here with the Europa League fixtures beside it.

How Often Does the Table Update, and What Comes After the League Phase?

The table updates at the final whistle of every match, and the Europa League results show the scores behind each change. After the league phase come the knockout play-offs, then the round of 16 and the later rounds, and the fixtures module carries the dates for this season. The winner earns a place in the next season's Champions League league phase and the UEFA Super Cup. In the competition itself, Sevilla hold the record with seven titles, won in 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2023.

What Time Do Europa League Matches Kick Off in WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT?

The fixtures module shows every kick-off in WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT together. Accra reads GMT, Lagos reads WAT, Johannesburg reads SAST, and Nairobi and Kampala read EAT, so each match carries the right local time for every reader. Nigerian and Kenyan fans who follow Super Eagles and Harambee Stars players in Europe can check the module for each kick-off in their own zone, since European evening matches land at different local times across these regions. Where to watch is listed beside each fixture, with the broadcaster for Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda, and it updates as coverage changes.

How Do You Read Goal Difference and What Each Team Needs?

Goal difference is goals scored minus goals conceded, and with only eight matches each it often separates several teams on the same points. Every goal scored adds one and every goal conceded takes one away, so once the points are checked, that running total shows who leads level teams, and the Europa League stats show who is scoring the goals that move a club up. Each team also carries a short note on what it needs: a side just inside the top 8 wants to protect its margin, while a side just below 24th needs a win and a result elsewhere to climb back in.

Where Do African Players Fit in the Europa League Table?

African players have a long Europa League and UEFA Cup history, and the record goes back to the UEFA Cup years. Nwankwo Kanu won the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan in 1997-98, after winning the Champions League with Ajax in 1995 and Olympic gold with Nigeria in 1996, and he was African Footballer of the Year in 1996 and 1999. For Kenya, Victor Wanyama played his first European match for Celtic in a 1-1 Europa League draw with Udinese on 29 September 2011, two years before he became the first Kenyan to play in the Premier League with Southampton.

Tottenham Hotspur were champions in 2024-25, and Aston Villa beat SC Freiburg 3-0 in the 2025-26 final for their first title in the competition. When you read the standings this season, check where the clubs with Super Eagles and Harambee Stars players sit, because a top 8 finish skips the knockout play-offs before the round of 16.