Overview

• Kickoff is at 21:00 local time on Thursday, 25 September, at Stuttgart’s MHP Arena for Matchday 1 of the Europa League group phase.
• RTL broadcasts the game free-to-air in Germany with pre-match coverage from 20:35, and a paid RTL+ livestream is available.
• Laura Papendick leads the build-up show, Wolff Fuss provides commentary, and Lothar Matthäus appears as studio expert.
• Stuttgart qualified by winning the 2024/25 DFB-Pokal after finishing ninth in the Bundesliga under coach Sebastian Hoeneß.
• Celta booked its place by finishing seventh in LaLiga under Claudio Giráldez González, and the sides’ brief history shows one Celta win and one draw.