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2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup

The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup will be the inaugural season of the UEFA Women's Europa Cup, Europe's secondary women's club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition will feature a straight knockout format, with every round, up to and including the final, played as a two-legged home-and-away tie.[1]

2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
Tournament details
Dates10 September 2025 – 2 or 3 May 2026
Teams44
2026–27 →

Association team allocation

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The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[1]

  • Associations 8–13 and 18–24 each have one team qualify directly.
  • 31 teams eliminated from the 2025–26 Women's Champions League will be transferred to the Europa Cup.

An association must have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league to enter a team. As of 2019–20, 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations organize a women's domestic league, with the exceptions being Andorra (1 club in Spain), Liechtenstein (3 clubs in Switzerland) and San Marino (1 club in Italy).

Association ranking

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For the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA women's Association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24.[2][3]

Association ranking for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1   France 78.333 0
2   Germany 68.999
3   Spain 68.166
4   England 59.999
5   Portugal 34.000
6   Italy 34.000
7   Sweden 24.999
8   Czech Republic 22.332 1
9   Netherlands 22.000
10   Denmark 21.750
11   Norway 21.500
12   Austria 21.250
13   Ukraine 19.000
14   Belarus 18.000 0
15   Iceland 17.750
16   Scotland 17.000
17   Kazakhstan 14.750
18   Switzerland 14.250 1
19   Serbia 14.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20   Albania 14.000 1
21   Cyprus 12.000
22   Belgium 12.000
23   Russia 10.250 0 [Note RUS]
24   Finland 10.000 1
25   Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.000
26   Hungary 9.500 0
27   Romania 9.000
28   Slovenia 9.000
29   Poland 9.000
30   Croatia 8.500
31   Lithuania 8.500
32   Republic of Ireland 8.000
33   Kosovo 8.000
34   Turkey 7.500
35   Greece 7.000
36   Israel 7.000
37   Georgia 7.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38   Montenegro 7.000 0
39   Slovakia 6.500
40   Bulgaria 6.500
41   Luxembourg 6.000
42   Wales 6.000
43   Estonia 5.500
44   Northern Ireland 5.500
45   Latvia 5.500
46   Malta 5.500
47   Moldova 4.500
48   North Macedonia 4.000
49   Faroe Islands 4.000
50   Armenia 3.000
NR   Azerbaijan —
  Gibraltar — DNE
  Andorra — NL
  Liechtenstein —
  San Marino —

Distribution

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Access list for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup[4]
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round Teams entering from the Champions League
First round
(24 teams)
  • 7 runners-up from associations 18–24
  • 6 third-placed teams from associations 8–13
  • 7 third-placed teams from the second round champions path mini-tournaments
  • 4 third-placed teams from the second round league path mini-tournaments
Second round
(32 teams)
  • 12 winners from the first round
  • 4 losers from the third round champions path
  • 5 losers from the third round league path
  • 7 runners-up from the second round champions path mini-tournaments
  • 4 runners-up from the second round league path mini-tournaments
Round of 16
(16 teams)
  • 16 winners from the second round

Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 2nd, 3rd: League position of the previous season
  • CL: Transferred from the Women's Champions League
    • CH/LP Q3: Transferred from the third qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
    • CH/LP Q2: Transferred from the second qualifying round mini-tournaments (Champions/League Path)
      • RU: Runner-up of the mini-tournament
      • TP: Third place of the mini-tournament
Qualified teams for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
Entry round Teams
Second qualifying round   (CL CH Q3)   (CL CH Q3)   (CL CH Q3)   (CL CH Q3)
  (CL LP Q3)   (CL LP Q3)   (CL LP Q3)   (CL LP Q3)
  (CL LP Q3)   (CL CH Q2 RU)   (CL CH Q2 RU)   (CL CH Q2 RU)
  (CL CH Q2 RU)   (CL CH Q2 RU)   (CL CH Q2 RU)   (CL CH Q2 RU)
  (CL LP Q2 RU)   (CL LP Q2 RU)   (CL LP Q2 RU)   (CL LP Q2 RU)
First qualifying round   (3rd)   (3rd)   (3rd)   Rosenborg (3rd)
  (3rd)   (3rd)   (2nd)   (2nd)
  (2nd)   (2nd)   (2nd)   KuPS (2nd)
  (2nd)   (CL CH Q2 TP)   (CL CH Q2 TP)   (CL CH Q2 TP)
  (CL CH Q2 TP)   (CL CH Q2 TP)   (CL CH Q2 TP)   (CL CH Q2 TP)
  (CL LP Q2 TP)   (CL LP Q2 TP)   (CL LP Q2 TP)   (CL LP Q2 TP)

Notes

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    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions.[5] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[6]

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[7][8]

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
First qualifying round TBC 2025 10–11 September 2025 17–18 September 2025
Second qualifying round 19 September 2025 7–8 October 2025 15–16 October 2025
Round of 16 11–12 November 2025 19–20 November 2025
Quarter-finals 11–12 February 2026 18–19 February 2026
Semi-finals 24–25 March 2026 1–2 April 2026
Final 25 or 26 April 2026 2 or 3 May 2026

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "New UEFA women's club football system explained". UEFA. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's association club coefficients 2023/24". UEFA. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's football to enter new era with UEFA Women's Europa Cup". UEFA. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Access List 2025/26* (Provisional)" (PDF). UEFA. 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  7. ^ "2025/26 Women's Champions League and new UEFA women's club competition: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  8. ^ "UEFA women's match calendar: Match dates 2025/26" (PDF). UEFA. 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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