2026/27 Europa League: 36 Teams, One Map, Every Kit Worth Buying
The 2026/27 UEFA Europa League league phase has 36 clubs from 24 countries, eight games each, and a one-table ladder that runs from 16 September to 28 January. This is the full map: every team, the country and league they came from, the route they took to qualify, and the 36 shirts worth owning from the campaign - including the nine already on our shelves.
2026/27 Europa League: Quick Answers
- Format: 36 clubs, one league table, eight matches each - top 8 reach the round of 16.
- Countries represented: 22 across UEFA's 55 member associations, with England and France each sending 3.
- Dates: League phase runs 16 September 2026 - 28 January 2027; final on 26 May 2027 at Stadion Frankfurt.
- Kick-off times: 21:00 CET / 15:00 ET, with an early 18:45 CET / 12:45 ET window.
- On our shelves now: 9 of 36 clubs (AC Milan, Benfica, Juventus, Real Sociedad, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Sunderland, Celta Vigo, Bayer Leverkusen).
- Where to watch: Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network in the United States; TNT Sports in the UK.
How the 36-team league phase works
This is the third season of the 36-team single-table format. Every club plays eight matches - four at home, four away - against eight different opponents, and the standings are one ladder rather than groups. The top eight go straight to the round of 16; clubs finishing 9th to 24th enter a two-legged knockout play-off; the bottom 12 are out of Europe entirely.
36 teams from 22 countries is the broadest the Europa League has ever been. England and France each send three clubs; Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Czechia and Poland each send two; Scotland, Turkey, Croatia, Israel, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Norway, Cyprus and Armenia each send one. The full fixture calendar is staggered across the first three matchdays to keep the European calendar readable.
All 36 clubs in the 2026/27 league phase
| Club | League | Path to the league phase |
|---|---|---|
| England · 3 clubs | ||
| Crystal Palace | Premier League | Premier League 7th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Bournemouth | Premier League | Premier League 8th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Sunderland | EFL Championship | EFL Championship 4th + 2024/25 FA Cup run -> UEL play-off round |
| Italy · 2 clubs | ||
| AC Milan | Serie A | UCL league-phase drop-down after 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Juventus | Serie A | Serie A 5th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Spain · 2 clubs | ||
| Real Sociedad | La Liga | La Liga 6th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Celta Vigo | La Liga | La Liga 7th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| France · 3 clubs | ||
| Olympique Lyonnais | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 4th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Stade Rennais | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 6th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Olympique Marseille | Ligue 1 | Conference League winner 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Germany · 2 clubs | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | Bundesliga | Bundesliga 4th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| TSG Hoffenheim | Bundesliga | Bundesliga 5th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Portugal · 2 clubs | ||
| SL Benfica | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga 2nd, 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| SCU Torreense | Liga Portugal 2 | Liga Portugal 2 champion 2025/26 -> UEL group stage (debut) |
| Netherlands · 2 clubs | ||
| AZ Alkmaar | Eredivisie | Eredivisie 2nd, 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| N.E.C. Nijmegen | Eredivisie | Eredivisie 3rd, 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| Austria · 2 clubs | ||
| SK Sturm Graz | Bundesliga | Austrian Bundesliga champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Bundesliga | Austrian Bundesliga runner-up 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Belgium · 2 clubs | ||
| RSC Anderlecht | Pro League | Belgian Pro League 2nd, 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Pro League | Belgian Pro League 3rd, 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| Greece · 2 clubs | ||
| Olympiacos | Super League | Greek Super League champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| OFI Crete | Super League | Greek Super League 4th, 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| Scotland · 1 club | ||
| Celtic | Premiership | Scottish Premiership champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Czechia · 2 clubs | ||
| Sparta Praha | First League | Czech First League champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Viktoria Plzen | First League | Czech First League runner-up 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| Turkey · 1 club | ||
| Besiktas | Super Lig | Super Lig 4th, 2025/26 -> UEL group stage |
| Croatia · 1 club | ||
| GNK Dinamo Zagreb | First League | Croatian First League champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Poland · 2 clubs | ||
| Jagiellonia Bialystok | Ekstraklasa | Ekstraklasa champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Lech Poznan | Ekstraklasa | Ekstraklasa runner-up 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| Israel · 1 club | ||
| Hapoel Beer-Sheva | Premier League | Israeli Premier League champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Hungary · 1 club | ||
| Ferencvaros | NB I | NB I champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Bulgaria · 1 club | ||
| Levski Sofia | First League | Bulgarian First League runner-up 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| Slovenia · 1 club | ||
| NK Celje | PrvaLiga | Slovenian PrvaLiga champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Norway · 1 club | ||
| Lillestrom | Eliteserien | Norwegian Eliteserien runner-up 2025/26 -> UEL play-off round |
| Cyprus · 1 club | ||
| AC Omonia | Protathlima | Cypriot Protathlima champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
| Armenia · 1 club | ||
| Ararat-Armenia | Premier League | Armenian Premier League champion 2025/26 -> UCL play-off drop-down |
All 36 clubs as confirmed by UEFA on 29 August 2026. Country and league data based on the club's top-flight affiliation for the 2026/27 season; "path" reflects the most recent qualification route, including any drop-down from the Champions League qualifiers. The league phase runs 16 September 2026 through 28 January 2027, with the final on 26 May 2027 in Frankfurt.
The 36 teams in demand-tier order
Shirt demand does not spread evenly across 36 clubs in a competition like the Europa League. It clusters, and the cluster pattern is reliable. The tiers below reflect how quickly the participating shirts move once the league phase begins, based on our own order flow, not a prediction of results.
The European heavyweights and the Premier League first-nights. Milan and Juventus pull reliably on every European night, Real Sociedad rides the wider La Liga interest, and the three Premier League clubs are the loudest domestic story of the competition - a Sunderland European return and a first sustained Bournemouth campaign have not been seen at this level in a generation.
Big-club shirts that move on schedule all season. Benfica carries Champions League DNA into the Europa League; the German and French sides pull on Bundesliga / Ligue 1 baseline demand; Celtic and Olympiacos own their domestic league and travel in numbers wherever they go.
Ferencvaros, Sparta Praha, Viktoria Plzen, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Anderlecht, Union Saint-Gilloise, Sturm Graz, Red Bull Salzburg, Hoffenheim, Stade Rennais, AZ Alkmaar, N.E.C. Nijmegen, FC Twente, Lech Poznan, Jagiellonia Bialystok, Besiktas, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Levski Sofia, OFI Crete, AC Omonia, NK Celje, Lillestrom, SCU Torreense, Ararat-Armenia. Most are first-time Europa League names for the modern fan, and the shirts are collector territory - small runs, distinctive crests, and the story of the round is often the away end.
All 36 clubs at a glance
One line per club — who they are, what they are playing for, and how fast their shirt moves. The demand column blends fanbase size, first-season novelty and collector pull.
| Club | Country | The one-line story | Shirt demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | ITA | Seven European Cups in the cabinet, and suddenly Thursday night is the biggest night of their week. San Siro will treat it that way. | ★★★ |
| Juventus | ITA | The Old Lady in the Thursday League is no embarrassment tour — Turin sees a winnable trophy and a road back to relevance. | ★★★ |
| Benfica | POR | Two-time European champions with the most demanding away end in the bracket. | ★★★ |
| Marseille | FRA | France’s only European Cup winners travel in their thousands; opening night in Istanbul will be deafening. | ★★★ |
| Bayer Leverkusen | GER | Won this trophy in 2024 and kept the machine intact. Nobody wants them in the draw. | ★★★ |
| Celtic | SCO | The 1967 European champions; Paradise under the lights remains bucket-list football. | ★★★ |
| Lyon | FRA | Perennial European campaigners rebuilding through the second stage — dangerous and discounted. | ★★☆ |
| Real Sociedad | ESP | San Sebastián’s passing school. The connoisseur’s pick, every single season. | ★★☆ |
| Bournemouth | ENG | The first European campaign in the club’s 125-year history. Every away day is uncharted territory. | ★★★ |
| Crystal Palace | ENG | South London’s first league-phase adventure, soundtracked by England’s loudest away support. | ★★★ |
| Sunderland | ENG | Back in Europe after more than half a century. The away end allocation vanished in minutes. | ★★★ |
| Beşiktaş | TUR | The Black Eagles bring the noisiest home crowd in the competition. Istanbul nights hit different. | ★★☆ |
| Olympiacos | GRE | Winners of the 2024 Conference League; Piraeus is a fortress on European nights. | ★★☆ |
| Salzburg | AUT | The talent factory. Watch the next €50m midfielder here before he moves. | ★★☆ |
| AZ Alkmaar | NED | The academy that never stops producing — quietly the smartest-run club in the field. | ★★☆ |
| Anderlecht | BEL | Record Belgian champions chasing a first European trophy since 1983. | ★★☆ |
| Rennes | FRA | Brittany’s finest: dangerous on their day, always among the best-dressed. | ★★☆ |
| Celta Vigo | ESP | Galicia’s entertainers, back where the Balaídos songbook is loudest. | ★★☆ |
| Sparta Praha | CZE | Czech giants with one of the most atmospheric old grounds in Europe. | ★★☆ |
| Dinamo Zagreb | CRO | Perennial Croatian champions and eternal bracket wreckers. | ★★☆ |
| Union Saint-Gilloise | BEL | Brussels’ romantics — the cult heroes of the new format era. | ★★☆ |
| Ferencváros | HUN | Hungary’s standard-bearers; never an easy away trip, never a quiet one. | ★★☆ |
| Sturm Graz | AUT | Austrian title energy plus arguably the sharpest shirt game in the field. | ★★☆ |
| Levski Sofia | BUL | Bulgaria’s most storied club, back on the stage they graced in the 1980s. | ★★☆ |
| Lech Poznań | POL | The Poznań — arms linked, backs turned, bouncing — comes to a stadium near you. | ★★☆ |
| Hoffenheim | GER | The village club that refuses to be a punchline. | ★☆☆ |
| Viktoria Plzeň | CZE | The beer-city club that keeps punching above its budget. | ★☆☆ |
| OFI Crete | GRE | Heraklion’s finest; Crete hosts European football in the September heat. | ★☆☆ |
| Hapoel Beer-Sheva | ISR | Negev nights — the longest away trip on the map. | ★☆☆ |
| Omonia | CYP | Nicosia’s green wave are seasoned at this level now. | ★☆☆ |
| Ararat-Armenia | ARM | Yerevan’s ambitious project gets a first taste of the league phase. | ★☆☆ |
| Celje | SLO | Slovenia’s rising force, making their league-phase debut. | ★☆☆ |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | POL | Poland’s surprise package; the Podlasie ultras travel in numbers. | ★☆☆ |
| N.E.C. | NED | Nijmegen’s cult club finally gets its European close-up. | ★☆☆ |
| Lillestrøm | NOR | A Norwegian heritage club back from the wilderness. | ★☆☆ |
| Torreense | POR | Torres Vedras’ century-old minnows — the ultimate underdog story of the season. | ★☆☆ |
How the 36 teams qualified
The qualification map is uneven by design. Eight places go to the top-five domestic leagues via the league phase drop-down: Premier League 5th and 6th, Serie A 5th and 6th, La Liga 6th, Ligue 1 5th. Ten places go to the champions path of the Champions League qualifiers, those who lose in the play-off round and the third qualifying round. Ten places go to the runners-up and third-place finishers from the top associations' domestic cups. The rest come from the Europa League play-off round and the Europa Conference League drop-down.
The practical effect is that the field includes two sets of clubs. The first set is the regular European operators - Milan, Juventus, Benfica, Real Sociedad, Bayer Leverkusen, Marseille, Lyon, Celtic, Olympiacos, Sturm Graz, Salzburg - clubs that have played in this competition or the Champions League in most of the last ten years. The second set is the fresh faces - Ararat-Armenia, OFI Crete, SCU Torreense, Lillestrom, NK Celje, N.E.C. Nijmegen, Union Saint-Gilloise - clubs whose European campaign is a one-off rather than an annual habit. Both groups matter: the first moves shirts by reputation, the second moves shirts by novelty.
Nine of 36 clubs on our shelves now
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The 27 clubs we are watching for stock
Nine of the 36 league-phase clubs are on our shelves now; the remaining 27 are not, and we are tracking each of them against supplier availability. The short list below is grouped by region, with the suppliers we are watching and the lead time we expect for each kit. If a shirt you want is not on the page, write to us - the request tells us which of the 27 to bring in first.
- Olympique Lyonnais (alt cuts) - Ligue 1 stockists, 14-day lead
- Olympique Marseille - Ligue 1 stockists, 14-day lead
- Stade Rennais - Ligue 1 stockists, 14-day lead
- TSG Hoffenheim - Bundesliga stockists, 14-day lead
- SL Benfica (alt cuts) - Portuguese supplier, 7-day lead
- SCU Torreense - Liga Portugal 2 supplier, 14-day lead
- AZ Alkmaar - Eredivisie supplier, 14-day lead
- N.E.C. Nijmegen - Eredivisie supplier, 14-day lead
- FC Twente - Eredivisie supplier, 14-day lead
- SK Sturm Graz - Austrian supplier, 14-day lead
- Red Bull Salzburg - Austrian supplier, 14-day lead
- RSC Anderlecht - Belgian supplier, 14-day lead
- Union Saint-Gilloise - Belgian supplier, 14-day lead
- Olympiacos - Greek supplier, 21-day lead
- OFI Crete - Greek supplier, 21-day lead
- Celtic (alt cuts) - Scottish supplier, 14-day lead
- Sparta Praha - Czech supplier, 14-day lead
- Viktoria Plzen - Czech supplier, 14-day lead
- Besiktas - Turkish supplier, 21-day lead
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Croatian supplier, 14-day lead
- Jagiellonia Bialystok - Polish supplier, 14-day lead
- Lech Poznan - Polish supplier, 14-day lead
- Hapoel Beer-Sheva - Israeli supplier, 21-day lead
- Ferencvaros - Hungarian supplier, 21-day lead
- Levski Sofia - Bulgarian supplier, 21-day lead
- NK Celje - Slovenian supplier, 21-day lead
- Lillestrom - Norwegian supplier, 21-day lead
- AC Omonia - Cypriot supplier, 21-day lead
- Ararat-Armenia - Armenian supplier, 21-day lead
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