OL is playing its round of 16 of the Europa League in Romania against Steaua this Thursday, March 6.
The next day. After his lead, Paulo Fonseca now knows his sanction and she is very heavy with 9 months suspension of all official competitions with the OL bench. In detail, the technician is prohibited from “access to the sidelines, access to the locker rooms of officials and all official functions as well as access to the locker rooms of players, the field, the tunnel and all the corridors leading to the aforementioned areas before, during and after the matches” until September 15, 2025, then only “access to the bench, access to the locals and all official functions” until November 30 2025. It is therefore in this very tense context that OL faces the Romanian team this Thursday, March 6 in the Europa League to afford an option before the Mach Return to Groupama Stadium.
A competition that OL wishes to win as the Matic midfielder indicates in an interview for the team. “You can never be sure in football, we are only going to play against good teams. The FCSB is there for a reason and it will be necessary to approach them seriously. I do not mean that we are favorites, because many teams have a very close level in the final table. It will always be 50/50 but we are very focused on this lens, we talk a lot between us in the locker room and we are going to make our best and go to the end.”
New rules
The Europa 2024-2025 League, which was scheduled from Wednesday, September 25, is a completely revamped edition of the competition, the UEFA having decided to pass the number of teams from 32 to 36. No more group phase, place to a single league where each team will face 8 different opponents (4 at home, 4 outside), according to a draw, like the changes Champions. At the end of this first phase, until January 30, 2025, the first eight of this single league will be directly qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League. The classified teams from 9th to 24th place will play dams to access the eighth. Beyond this 24th place, it is a pure and simple elimination that awaits the least well-placed teams.
The final phase dams of the Europa League were scheduled for their part on January 31, February 16 and 20, 2025. The knockout stages 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 out of the Champions League will be embedded in this Europa League. Good news for the participating clubs who have been shot the trophy five times by clubs from the C1 in recent years.
With 36 teams and 144 games to play, this new format aims to offer a longer and more intense “league phase”. French training courses will have a lot to do in this large championship noted, but can feed great ambitions.
What is the calendar for the Europa League 2023-2024?
Each day of the Europa League has 18 games according to a draw made in August. Here is the calendar of the next meetings:
The results of the last games
Discover below the latest available results of the Europa League 2024-2025. The scores are updated at the end of each day ::
The Europa League ranking
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 following eight for dams. Follow the evolution of the Europa League classification and look for a team in the search engine to discover the detail:
On which TV channel to see the Europa League in France?
While RMC Sport and M6 have been co-dividing the competition in recent years, UEFA has awarded the French TV rights of the Europa League 2024-2025 to Canal+. The matches are therefore broadcast this season on Canal+. Canal+, Canal+ Foot, Canal+ Sport, Canal+ Sport360 as well as the 18 TV channels Canal+ Live.