New day of the Europa League this Thursday with meetings in Nice and Lyon.
After the Champions League, the little sister, the Europa League, also returns this week with the matches in Nice and Lyon. During the first day, the Lyonnais launched their European season perfectly by winning against the Greeks ofOlympiacos. For the second match, Alexandre Lacazette’s teammates will have a slightly more difficult task with the Scots Glasgow Rangers.
For Nice, the second day promises to be more than delicate with a trip to Italian soil against Lazio Rome of Matteo Guendouzi who has been reviving for several months. This meeting will be a good test to see where Nice is according to Aiglons coach Franck Haise. “From what I have seen of them, they play complete football, which knows how to be aggressive at the right time, where it runs, with powerful, experienced, technically fine players, we feel an intelligence of play. a complete team. It will be a good benchmark to know where we are.”
New rules
The 2024-2025 Europa League, which has been scheduled from Wednesday September 25, is a completely revamped edition of the competition, with UEFA having decided to increase the number of teams from 32 to 36. Gone is the traditional phase of groups, place in a single league where each team will face 8 different opponents (4 at home, 4 away), according to a draw, like the changes made in the Champions League. At the end of this first phase, until January 30, 2025, the first eight in this unique league will be directly qualified for the round of 16 of the Europa League. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th place will compete in play-offs to reach the eighth place. Beyond this 24th place, pure and simple elimination awaits the lowest placed teams.
The play-offs for the final phase of the Europa League have been scheduled for January 31, February 16 and 20, 2025. The round of 16 on March 6 and 13, then the quarter-finals on April 10 and 17, the semi-finals on May 1 and 8 and the final on May 21, 2025, in Bilbao. Another notable difference with previous editions: no team from the Champions League will enter this Europa League. Good news for the participating clubs who have had the trophy stolen five times by clubs from the C1 in recent years.
With 36 teams and 144 matches to play, this new format aims to offer a longer and more intense “league phase”. The French teams will have a lot to do in this major tough championship, but can have great ambitions.
What is the schedule for the 2023-2024 Europa League?
Each day of the Europa League has 18 matches according to a draw carried out in August. Here is the schedule of upcoming meetings:
The results of the last matches
Discover the latest available results of the 2024-2025 Europa League below. Scores are updated at the end of each day :
The Europa League rankings
The so-called “league” phase was scheduled from September 25, 2024 to January 30, 2025 in a single pool of 36 teams. The first eight teams are automatically qualified for the eighth, the next eight for the play-offs. Follow the evolution of the Europa League rankings and search for a team in the search engine to find out the details:
On which TV channel to watch the Europa League in France?
While RMC Sport and M6 have been co-broadcasters of the competition in recent years, UEFA has awarded the French TV rights for the 2024-2025 Europa League to Canal+. The matches are therefore broadcast this season on CANAL+. CANAL+, CANAL+ FOOT, CANAL+ SPORT, CANAL+ SPORT360 as well as the 18 CANAL+ LIVE TV channels.