Overview
- Stuttgart will host Feyenoord, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Young Boys and Celta Vigo, and travel to AS Roma, Fenerbahçe, FC Basel and Go Ahead Eagles.
- Freiburg will welcome RB Salzburg, Maccabi Tel Aviv, FC Basel and FC Utrecht, and visit Lille, Viktoria Pilsen, OGC Nice and Bologna.
- UEFA staged a magician-led presentation as Jürgen Klinsmann pressed a button while automated software produced the pairings under the 36-team ligaphase format.
- The detailed schedule will be published by UEFA no later than Sunday, with matchdays running from 24 September to 29 January and the final on 20 May 2026 in Istanbul.
- Each club plays eight different opponents once; the top eight advance directly to the last 16 and teams in positions 9–24 enter February play-offs.