Europa League and Conference League draws in full as Aston Villa and Crystal Palace learn opponents: Live updates
Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace make up the Premier League’s representation in both competitions
The likes of Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace have learned their opponents for continental competition after the draws for the league phases of the Europa League and Conference League took place in Monaco.
Drama surrounding FA Cup champions Palace’s participation in Europe has dominated the summer, with a breach of Uefa’s multi-club ownership rules seeing them demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League. Premier League counterparts Nottingham Forest have benefitted from the ruling, being bumped up to the second-tier tournament.
Forest join Villa in the draw as well as bitter Scottish rivals Celtic and Rangers, who both crashed out of the Champions League play-offs this week. Russell Martin’s side were thrashed 9-1 on aggregate by Club Brugge, while Celtic suffered a humiliating shootout defeat to Kairat Almaty from Kazakhstan.
A variety of top European sides, including FC Porto, AS Roma, Lyon and Real Betis, will similarly vie for continental glory.
Follow the league phase draws for the Europa League and Conference League below:
Nottingham Forest drawn against old foes Malmo in repeat of 1979 European Cup final
Nottingham Forest will face Malmo in a repeat of their 1979 European Cup final triumph during their Europa League campaign this season.
Trevor Francis headed the only goal in Munich to seal Forest's famous win and they successfully defended their European crown the following season by beating Hamburg.
Forest, promoted to the Europa League due to Crystal Palace's demotion, having qualified for the Conference League last season, will play Malmo at the City Ground.
Nottingham Forest to face Malmo in Europa League in repeat of 1979 European Cup final
Where is the 2026 Europa League final?
The 55th edition of the competition, and the 17th since it became the Europa League, will conclude at Istanbul's Besiktas Park.
The home of 16-time Turkish Super League champions Besiktas, the venue stands on the north side of the Bosphorus and has a capacity of around 40,000.
Oliver Glasner hails Crystal Palace’s ‘huge achievement’ of European group stage
Oliver Glasner hailed Crystal Palace’s “huge achievement” of eliminating the “noise” of their Europa League demotion to secure the club’s debut appearance in a group stage of a major European competition.
Palace went to Norway with a slender 1-0 Conference League play-off first-leg lead over Fredrikstad after Jean-Philippe Mateta scored in last week’s clash at Selhurst Park.
Oliver Glasner hails Crystal Palace’s ‘huge achievement’ of European group stage
Europa League draw in full
The final set of six team fixtures are:
Panathinakos: Roma, Feyenoord, Viktoria Plzen, Ferencvaros, Sturm Graz, Young Boys, Go Ahead Eagles, Malmo
Malmo: Dinamo Zagreb, Porto, Red Star Belgrade, Viktoria Plzen, Ludogrets, Nottingham Forest, Panathinakos, Genk
Go Ahead Eagles: Aston Villa, Salzburg, Braga, Lyon, FCSB, Nice, Stuttgart, Panathinakos
Utrecht: Porto, Real Betis, Lyon, Celtic, Nottingham Forest, Freiburg, Genk, Brann
Genk: Real Betis, Rangers, Ferencvaros, Braga, Basel, Midtjylland, Malmo, Utrecht
Brann: Rangers, Lille, Fenerbahce, PAOK, Midtjylland, Sturm Graz, Utrecht, Bologna
Europa League draw in full
The next six team fixtures are:
Sturm Graz: Rangers, Feyenoord, Red Star Belgrade, Celtic, Nottingham Forest, Midtjylland, Brann, Panathinakos
FCSB: Feyenoord, Dinamo Zagreb, Fenerbahce, Red Star Belgrade, Young Boys, Basel, Bologna, Go Ahead Eagles
Nice: Roma, Porto, Braga, Fenerbahce, Freiburg, Ludogorets, Go Ahead Eagles, Celta Vigo
Bologna: Salzburg, Aston Villa, Celtic, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Freiburg, FCSB, Brann, Celta Vigo
Celta Vigo: Lille, Dinamo Zagreb, PAOK, Red Star Belgrade, Nice, Ludogorets, Bologna, Stuttgart
Stuttgart: Feyenoord, Roma, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Fenerbahce, Young Boys, Basel, Celta Vigo, Go Ahead Eagles
Europa League draw in full
The next six team fixtures are:
Young Boys: Lille, Aston Villa, Lyon, PAOK, Ludogorets, FCSB, Panathinakos, Stuttgart
Basel: Aston Villa, Salzburg, Viktoria Plzen, Lyon, FCSB, Freiburg, Stuttgart, Genk
Midtjylland: Dinamo Zagreb, Roma, Celtic, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Sturm Graz, Nottingham Forest, Genk, Brann
Feriburg: Salzburg, Lille, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Viktoria Plzen, Basel, Nice, Utretcht, Bologna
Ludogorets: Real Betis, Rangers, PAOK, Ferencvaros, Nice, Young Boys, Celta Vigo, Malmo
Nottingham Forest: Porto, Real Betis, Ferencvaros, Braga, Midtjylland, Sturm Graz, Malmo, Utrecht
Europa League draw in full
The next six team fixtures are:
Lyon: Salzburg, Real Betis, PAOK, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Basel, Young Boys, Go Ahead Eagles, Utrecht
PAOK: Real Betis, Lille, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Lyon, Young Boys, Ludogorets, Brann, Celta Viga
Viktoria Plzen: Porto, Roma, Fenerbahce, Ferencvaros, Freiburg, Basel, Malmo, Panathinakos
Ferencvaros: Rangers, Salzburg, Viktoria Plzen, Fenerbahce, Ludogorets, Nottingham Forest, Panathinakos, Genk
Celtic: Roma, Feyenoord, Braga, Red Star Belgrade, Sturm Graz, Midtjylland, Utrecht, Bologna
Maccabi Tel-Aviv: Dinamo Zagreb, Aston Villa, Lyon, PAOK, Midtjylland, Freiburg, Bologna, Stuttgart
Europa League draw in full
The next six team fixtures are:
Real Betis: Feyenoord, Dinamo Zagreb, Lyon, PAOK, Nottingham Forest, Ludogorets, Utrecht, Genk
Salzburg: Porto, Aston Villa, Ferencvaros, Lyon, Basel, Freiburg, Go Ahead Eagles, Bologna
Aston Villa: Salzburg, Feyenoord, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Fenerbahce, Young Boys, Basel, Bologna, Go Ahead Eagles
Fenerbahce: Aston Villa, Dinamo Zagreb, Ferencvaros, Viktoria Plzen, Nice, FCSB, Stuttgart, Brann
Braga: Feyenoord, Rangers, Red Star Belgrade, Celtic, Nottingham Forest, Nice, Genk, Go Ahead Eagles
Red Star Belgrade: Lille, Porto, Celtic, Braga, FCSB, Sturm Graz, Celta Vigo, Malmo
Europa League draw in full
A reminder that the fixture dates still need to be sorted and will be known before Sunday.
For now, here’s who each team will play in the league phase, starting with:
Roma: Lille, Rangers, Viktoria Plzen, Celtic, Midtjylland, Nice, Stuttgart, Panathinakos
Porto: Rangers, Salzburg, Red Star Belgrad, Viktoria Plzen, Nice, Nottingham Forest, Malmo, Utrecht
Rangers: Roma, Porto, Braga, Ferencvaros, Ludogorets, Sturm Graz, Genk, Brann
Feyenoord: Aston Villa, Real Betis, Celtic, Braga, Sturm Graz, FCSB, Panathinakos, Stuttgart
Lille: Dinamo Zagreb, Roma, PAOK, Red Star Belgrade, Freiburg, Young Boys, Brann, Celta Vigo
Dinamo Zagreb: Real Betis, Lille, Fenerbahce, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, FCSB, Midtjyllan, Celta Vigo, Malmo
Europa League and Conference League draws done
And that’s that.
The two draws have been completed and we’ll have the full fixtures list when they come out.
Dates for the matches and ticket availability will be known by Sunday 31 August at the latest according to Uefa.
All that said, let’s break down some of the headlines from both competitions.
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