UEFA Europa LeagueLeague phase2026/27
Europa League standings: the league phase table
The 2026/27 Europa League league phase: 36 clubs, 8 matches each, ranked in a single table.
Benfica are first in the Europa League standings with 9 points after 3 matchs, ahead of Leverkusen and Bournemouth. The table below ranks all 36 clubs and updates as each matchday is completed.
Data updated Thu, 22 Oct 2026
36TeamsOne league phase table
54Matches playedof 144 across 8 matchdays
166Goalsin the matches played
3.07Goals per matchaverage so far
Europa League league phase table
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 16, place 1 | Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | WWW |
| Round of 16, place 2 | Leverkusen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | WWW |
| Round of 16, place 3 | Bournemouth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | WWW |
| Round of 16, place 4 | Ferencváros | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | WWW |
| Round of 16, place 5 | Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | WWW |
| Round of 16, place 6 | Union SG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | WDW |
| Round of 16, place 7 | Juventus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | WWD |
| Round of 16, place 8 | Beşiktaş | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | WWD |
| Play-off, place 9 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | WWD |
| Play-off, place 10 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | LWW |
| Play-off, place 11 | Omonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | WWL |
| Play-off, place 12 | Lyon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 | WWL |
| Play-off, place 13 | Rennes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | DWD |
| Play-off, place 14 | Real Sociedad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | LDW |
| Play-off, place 15 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | WLD |
| Play-off, place 16 | Sparta Praha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | WDL |
| Play-off, place 17 | Levski Sofia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | LDW |
| Play-off, place 18 | GNK Dinamo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | DWL |
| Play-off, place 19 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 | DLW |
| Play-off, place 20 | N.E.C. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 | LDW |
| Play-off, place 21 | Salzburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 | WLD |
| Play-off, place 22 | Anderlecht | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | LLW |
| Play-off, place 23 | Hoffenheim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | LLW |
| Play-off, place 24 | Milan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 | LWL |
| Out, place 25 | Celta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | LLW |
| Out, place 26 | OFI Crete | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | WLL |
| Out, place 27 | Jagiellonia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 | LWL |
| Out, place 28 | Torreense | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 | WLL |
| Out, place 29 | Celje | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 | LLD |
| Out, place 30 | H. Beer-Sheva | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | DLL |
| Out, place 31 | Lillestrøm | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 | LDL |
| Out, place 32 | Lech Poznań | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1 | LLD |
| Out, place 33 | Viktoria Plzeň | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 | LLL |
| Out, place 34 | Marseille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | LLL |
| Out, place 35 | Celtic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 0 | LLL |
| Out, place 36 | Ararat-Armenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 | LLL |
Swipe the table sideways for played, won, drawn, lost, goals scored and conceded, goal difference and form.
League phase, 2026/27. Ordered as published after 3 matches per club. Form shows up to the last five results, W won, D drawn, L lost.
The Europa League runs in the same league-phase format as the Champions League: one table, 8 matches per club, each against a different opponent. The difference is in who plays: the field is made up of clubs that did not reach the top competition together with the clubs that came through a different qualifying path.
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How the table is divided
Places one to eight qualify directly for the round of 16. Places nine to 24 enter the knockout play-offs, and the clubs from 25th to 36th are eliminated. A club in the middle zone has one more tie to win than a club in the top eight.
After 3 matches the eighth place in the published order belongs to Beşiktaş on 7 points, and Sunderland are ninth on 7 points, level on points, separated by the tie-break criteria. The line between the play-offs and elimination runs between Milan (shown as 24th, on 3 points) and Celta (shown as 25th, on 3 points).
The Europa League is the second of the three men's club competitions. Its results count towards the association coefficient exactly as results in the other two do, so a good run here adds to the country's total in the same way.
Analysis
The race to qualify
Around the cut line
The clubs in places 21 to 28 of the published order span 1 point, from 3 to 4. Salzburg (21st, 4 points, goal difference -3); Anderlecht (22nd, 3 points, goal difference +1); Hoffenheim (23rd, 3 points, goal difference +0); Milan (24th, 3 points, goal difference -1); Celta (25th, 3 points, goal difference -1); OFI Crete (26th, 3 points, goal difference -1); Jagiellonia (27th, 3 points, goal difference -2); Torreense (28th, 3 points, goal difference -3).
The line that matters in the lower half falls after the 24th club in the published order. Milan, shown as 24th, are last inside it on 3 points, and Celta, shown as 25th, are first outside it on 3 points. The two are level on points, so the tie-break criteria decide which of them is inside the line. Each club still has 5 matches to play in the league phase.
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- Placesfor automatic qualification
- 16
- Placesfor the knockout play-offs
- 12
- Clubsare eliminated after the league phase
What the numbers show
54 of the 144 league-phase matches have been played so far, with 166 goals, or 3.07 per match. Home sides have won 22, 9 have been drawn and visitors have won 23. The widest margin is Lillestrøm 0–6 Real Sociedad. The match with the most goals is GNK Dinamo 2–4 N.E.C..
Strength on paper and position in the table are not the same thing this early. The eight best-placed clubs have an average club coefficient of 54.443, while the twelve lowest-placed clubs average 22.403, so the order of the table so far follows the order of the coefficients. The club coefficients are listed on the club coefficient page.
Which associations are represented
The 36 clubs come from 22 associations. England has 3, France has 3, Portugal has 2, Germany has 2, Greece has 2. Of those, the association with the most league-phase points so far is England, on 20 points from its clubs combined. The association totals are in the country ranking.
The leading clubs in the Europa League table
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1st, Benfica (Portugal). 9 points from 3 matches: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats, with 10 goals scored and 2 conceded. The club coefficient of 76.000 puts the club 19th in the club ranking. 5 league-phase matches remain.
- 2
2nd, Leverkusen (Germany). 9 points from 3 matches: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats, with 8 goals scored and 0 conceded. The club coefficient of 97.000 puts the club 10th in the club ranking. 5 league-phase matches remain.
- 3
3rd, Bournemouth (England). 9 points from 3 matches: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats, with 8 goals scored and 1 conceded. The club coefficient of 21.292 puts the club 94th in the club ranking. 5 league-phase matches remain.
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4th, Ferencváros (Hungary). 9 points from 3 matches: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats, with 9 goals scored and 3 conceded. The club coefficient of 54.250 puts the club 36th in the club ranking. 5 league-phase matches remain.
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5th, Olympiacos (Greece). 9 points from 3 matches: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats, with 4 goals scored and 1 conceded. The club coefficient of 60.250 puts the club 28th in the club ranking. 5 league-phase matches remain.
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6th, Union SG (Belgium). 7 points from 3 matches: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats, with 8 goals scored and 1 conceded. The club coefficient of 53.000 puts the club 38th in the club ranking. 5 league-phase matches remain.
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7th, Juventus (Italy). 7 points from 3 matches: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats, with 9 goals scored and 3 conceded. The club coefficient of 57.250 puts the club 32nd in the club ranking. 5 league-phase matches remain.
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8th, Beşiktaş (Türkiye). 7 points from 3 matches: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats, with 9 goals scored and 5 conceded. The club coefficient of 16.500 puts the club 119th in the club ranking. 5 league-phase matches remain.
Europa League matchday by matchday
Matchday 1: 18 matches, 47 goals, 2.61 per match, 8 home wins. Matchday 2: 18 matches, 56 goals, 3.11 per match, 8 home wins. Matchday 3: 18 matches, 63 goals, 3.50 per match, 6 home wins.
A table of this length is read at matchday level. The matchday with the most goals per match so far is Matchday 3, with 3.50. The lines drawn on the table (top eight, ninth to 24th) are set at the end of the final matchday, and the points needed to reach each of them become visible only late in the phase.
Projected Europa League finish: top eight and top 24
| Club | Top 8 | Top 24 | Exp. pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benfica | 96% | >99% | 19 |
| Leverkusen | 95% | >99% | 18.9 |
| Olympiacos | 87% | >99% | 18 |
| Ferencváros | 81% | >99% | 17 |
| Bournemouth | 67% | >99% | 15.7 |
| Union SG | 64% | 99% | 15.4 |
| Juventus | 57% | 99% | 15 |
| AZ Alkmaar | 38% | 97% | 13.7 |
| Lyon | 34% | 97% | 13.9 |
| Sunderland | 31% | 97% | 13.5 |
| Real Sociedad | 21% | 91% | 12.3 |
| Milan | 19% | 93% | 12.7 |
| Omonia | 17% | 90% | 12.2 |
| Sparta Praha | 15% | 86% | 11.8 |
| Rennes | 14% | 87% | 11.8 |
| Beşiktaş | 13% | 91% | 11.8 |
The 16 clubs with the highest chance of the round of 16. Expected points over a full league phase. 6,000 simulated seasons, data updated Thu, 22 Oct 2026.
How to read the projection
A simulation of the matches still to be played, repeated 6,000 times, gives each club a chance of finishing in the top eight, which means a place in the round of 16, and in the top 24, which means at least the play-offs. Benfica (96%), Leverkusen (95%), Olympiacos (87%), Ferencváros (81%), Bournemouth (67%), Union SG (64%) are among the clubs with at least an even chance of the top eight.
The play-off line is still open for GNK Dinamo (74% to reach the top 24), Celta (63% to reach the top 24), Jagiellonia (55% to reach the top 24), Levski Sofia (51% to reach the top 24), N.E.C. (51% to reach the top 24), Torreense (36% to reach the top 24). 2 clubs have a chance of ten percent or less of finishing in the top 24, among them Lillestrøm, Ararat-Armenia.
The match probabilities behind the projection come from a rating model based on club coefficients. On 172 completed matches that were kept aside while it was being set up, its score was 9.3% better than a baseline of overall home, draw and away shares, and it picked the right outcome 56% of the time. With only 3 matches played the projection is wide, and it narrows as the phase goes on. It does not replace the table: it is a view of how the table could end.
Questions about the Europa League standings
Who leads the Europa League standings?
Benfica lead with 9 points from 3 matchs and a goal difference of +8.
What is the format of the Europa League league phase?
One table of 36 clubs. Each club plays 8 matches, every one against a different opponent, and there are 8 matchdays in total.
Which positions reach the round of 16?
Positions one to eight qualify directly. Positions nine to 24 play knockout play-offs for the remaining places.
Do eliminated clubs drop into another competition?
No. The clubs ranked 25th to 36th leave European competition after the league phase.
How many matches are still to be played?
90 of the 144 league-phase matches remain, starting with Matchday 4.
What is the biggest win so far?
Lillestrøm 0–6 Real Sociedad, a margin of 6 goals.
Are home wins more common than away wins?
In the 54 completed matches there have been 22 home wins, 9 draws and 23 away wins.
How do these results affect the country ranking?
Every point a club earns is added to the season value of its association, which feeds the five-season total in the UEFA country ranking.