2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup qualifying rounds

The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup qualifying rounds will begin on 10 September and will end on 16 October 2025.[1]

A total of 43 teams are competing in the group stage qualifying rounds of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup, which includes two rounds, with 18 teams in the Champions Path and 25 teams in the League Path. The 16 winners in the second round will advance to the knockout phase.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Teams

Champions Path

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2025 UEFA club coefficients),[2] grouped by the starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of the second round advance to knockout phase
Teams eliminated
Second Round
Team Coeff.[2]
First Round
Team Coeff.[2]
Notes

League Path

Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2025 UEFA club coefficients),[2] grouped by the starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of the second round advance to knockout phase
Teams eliminated
Second Round
Team Coeff.[2]
Czech Republic Slovácko 3.866
First Round
Team Coeff.[2]
Netherlands Ajax 21.000
Belgium Anderlecht 11.000
Serbia Spartak Subotica 10.000
Denmark Køge 8.500
Norway Rosenborg 7.000
Finland KuPS 6.500
Austria Sturm Graz 4.150
Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka 3.800
Switzerland Grasshopper 2.850
Albania Partizani 2.600
Cyprus Aris Limassol 2.400
Notes

Format

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[3][4][5]

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup qualifying rounds
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 31 August 2025 10–11 September 2025 17–18 September 2025
Second qualifying round 19 September 2025 7–8 October 2025 15–16 October 2025

First qualifying round

The first qualifying round will consist of 22 teams who will be divided into two pots of 11 seeded teams and 11 unseeded teams according to the club coefficient rankings established at the start of the season. Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. A draw determines pairings and which team plays the first leg at home.[6] The draw will be held on 31 August 2025.[3]

First Qualifying Round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Match 110–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 210–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 310–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 410–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 510–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 610–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 710–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 810–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 910–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 1010–11 Sep17–18 Sep
Match 1110–11 Sep17–18 Sep

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Second qualifying round

The second qualifying round will consist of 32 teams who will be divided into two pots of 16 seeded teams and 16 unseeded teams according to the club coefficient rankings established at the start of the season. Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. A draw determines pairings and which team plays the first leg at home.[6] The draw will be held on 19 September 2025.[3]


Second Qualifying Round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Match 17–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 27–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 37–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 47–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 57–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 67–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 77–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 87–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 97–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 107–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 117–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 127–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 137–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 147–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 157–8 Oct15–16 Oct
Match 167–8 Oct15–16 Oct

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  1. ^ "2025/26 UEFA Women's Champions League and new UEFA Women's Europa Cup: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Women's association club coefficients 2024/25". UEFA. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "2025/26 Women's Champions League and new UEFA women's club competition: Dates, access list, full guide". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  4. ^ "UEFA women's match calendar: Match dates 2025/26" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  5. ^ "2025 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b "UEFA Documents". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 February 2025.