Europa League | 25/26 season

This is the place for all the news and stories from the Europa League 

The stories are from across the Super News network

League Phase

Go Ahead Eagles 2 - 1 Aston Villa

Emiliano Buendia missed a second-half penalty as Aston Villa slumped to a defeat against a spirited Go Ahead Eagles side.

Sturm Graz 2 - 1 Rangers

Rangers’ troubled start to the season deepened with a second successive Europa League defeat, this time against Austrian champions Sturm Graz.

Nottingham Forest 2 - 3 Midtjylland

Ange Postecoglou endured a furious supporter backlash as his winless start as Nottingham Forest head coach stretched on with a damaging defeat to Midtjylland.

Super News Football 2025 | Europa League | Nottingham Forest v Midtjylland | Pre-match tifo and teams walking out

Rangers 0 - 1 Genk

Rangers’ woeful start to the season continued as Oh Hyeon-gyu’s goal, combined with Mohamed Diomande’s first-half red card, handed Genk a Europa League victory.

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Bologna 

Captain John McGinn struck the decisive blow as a nervous Aston Villa scraped their first win of the season with a narrow victory over Bologna. Click here for more supporter reaction.

Red Star Belgrade 1 - 1 Celtic

Celtic earned a hard-fought point in their Europa League opener against Red Star Belgrade in a contest that rarely sparked into life.

Champions League | Red Star Belgrade v Celtic | View from the stands

Real Betis 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest were denied a winning start to their Europa League campaign as Antony struck an 85th-minute equaliser for Real Betis.

Qualifying Rounds

Aberdeen 2 - 2 FCSB

Dante Polvara and Ester Sokler came off the bench to breathe life into Aberdeen’s Europa League ambitions, rescuing a draw against 10-man FCSB after trailing by two goals

Europa League League 25 26 | Aberdeen v FCSB

Hibernian 1 - 2 Midtjylland (Midtjylland won 3-2 on aggregate)

Hibernian suffered European heartache as Junior Brumado's sensational goal for Midtjylland in the last moments of extra-time knocked them out of Europa League qualifying.

A bumper crowd inside Easter Road were silenced by the piece of brilliance from the Brazilian, whose winner came as the game looked destined for a penalty shootout.

How last year's Europa League was won

2025 final report Manchester United 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur ended 17 years of frustration as Brennan Johnson’s first-half goal secured a 1–0 victory over Manchester United in the Europa League final.

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