2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup knockout phase

The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup knockout phase began on 12 November 2025 with the first leg of the round of 16 and will end with the second leg of the final on 2 or 3 May 2026 to decide the champions of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup.

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involved the 16 teams that qualified from the second qualifying round. The top 8 teams formed 4 pairs while the remaining teams were placed in a single pot in the Round of 16.

Entered as unseeded teams
Pos Team
9 Breiðablik
10 Hammarby
11 Inter Milan
12 Sporting CP
13 PSV Eindhoven
14 Austria Wien
15 Nordsjælland
16 Young Boys

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase will be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1][2][3]

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

Bracket

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Sparta Prague044
Young Boys303
Sparta Prague (a.e.t.)033
Austria Wien011
Anderlecht011
Austria Wien123
Sparta Prague
Hammarby
Glasgow City112
Sporting CP (a.e.t.)134
Sporting CP011 (4)
Hammarby (p)101 (5)
Ajax112
Hammarby336
PSV Eindhoven112
Eintracht Frankfurt235
Eintracht Frankfurt437
Nordsjælland022
Nordsjælland145
Mura000
Eintracht Frankfurt
BK Häcken
BK Häcken101
Inter Milan000
BK Häcken7411
Breiðablik011
Breiðablik (a.e.t.)044
Fortuna Hjørring123

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 October 2025.[4]

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded
1/2 3/4 5/6 7/8

Summary

The first legs were played on 12 November, and the second legs on 19 and 20 November 2025.

Round of 16
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ajax 2–6 Hammarby1–31–3
Glasgow City 2–4 Sporting CP1–11–3 (a.e.t.)
Anderlecht 1–3 Austria Wien0–11–2
Sparta Prague 4–3 Young Boys0–34–0
BK Häcken 1–0 Inter Milan1–00–0
Breiðablik 4–3 Fortuna Hjørring0–14–2 (a.e.t.)
Nordsjælland 5–0 Mura1–04–0
PSV Eindhoven 2–5 Eintracht Frankfurt1–21–3

Matches

Ajax 1–3 Hammarby
  • Van de Velde 74'
 Report[6]
Attendance: 711[5]
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)
Hammarby 3–1 Ajax
 Report[8]
Attendance: 5,459[7]

Hammarby won 6–2 on aggregate.

Glasgow City 1–1 Sporting CP
 Report[10]
Attendance: 560[9]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Sporting CP 3–1 (a.e.t.) Glasgow City
 Report[12]
Stadium Aurelio Pereira, Alcochete
Attendance: 228[11]

Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 0–1 Austria Wien
Report[14]
  • Šišić 86'
Burg. Van De Wielestadion, Deinze
Attendance: 266[13]
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
Austria Wien 2–1 Anderlecht
 Report[16]
  • Folkesson 79'
Attendance: 1,911[15]

Austria Wien won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 0–3 Young Boys
Report[18]
Attendance: 1,083[17]
Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Spain)
Young Boys 0–4 Sparta Prague
Report[20]
Attendance: 1,661[19]
Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)

Sparta Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

BK Häcken 1–0 Inter Milan
 Report[22]
Attendance: 2,055[21]
Inter Milan 0–0 BK Häcken
Report[24]
Youth Development Training Center, Milan
Attendance: 374[23]
Referee: Désirée Blanco (Switzerland)

BK Häcken won 1–0 on aggregate.

Breiðablik 0–1 Fortuna Hjørring
Report[26]
Attendance: 474[25]
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
Fortuna Hjørring 2–4 (a.e.t.) Breiðablik
 Report[28]
Attendance: 617[27]
Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)

Breiðablik won 4–3 on aggregate.

Nordsjælland 1–0 Mura
  • Mott 29'
 Report[30]
Attendance: 372[29]
Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)
Mura 0–4 Nordsjælland
Report[32]
Attendance: 700[31]
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)

Nordsjælland won 5–0 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report[34]
Attendance: 980[33]
Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)
Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 PSV Eindhoven
 Report[36]
Attendance: 2,568[35]
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 October 2025.[4]

Summary

The first legs were played on 11 February, and the second legs on 18 February 2026.

Quarter-finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sporting CP 1–1 (4–5 p) Hammarby0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Sparta Prague 3–1 Austria Wien0–03–1 (a.e.t.)
BK Häcken 11–1 Breiðablik7–04–1
Eintracht Frankfurt 7–2 Nordsjælland4–03–2

Matches

Sporting CP 0–1 Hammarby
Report[38]
Stadium Aurelio Pereira, Alcochete
Attendance: 371[37]
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)
Hammarby 0–1 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP
Report[40]
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 6,353[39]

1–1 on aggregate; Hammarby won 5–4 on penalties.

Sparta Prague 0–0 Austria Wien
Report[42]
Attendance: 4,879[41]
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)
Austria Wien 1–3 (a.e.t.) Sparta Prague
 Report[44]
Attendance: 1,882[43]
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Sparta Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.

BK Häcken 7–0 Breiðablik
 Report[46]
Attendance: 1,274[45]
Breiðablik 1–4 BK Häcken
 Report[48]
Attendance: 411[47]

BK Häcken won 11–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Nordsjælland
 Report[50]
Attendance: 2,600[49]
Referee: Désirée Blanco (Switzerland)
Nordsjælland 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
 Report[52]
Attendance: 617[51]
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 7–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 October 2025.[4]

Summary

The first legs will be played on 25 March, and the second legs on 2 April 2026.

Semi-finals
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sparta Prague Match 1 Hammarby25 Mar2 Apr
Eintracht Frankfurt Match 2 BK Häcken25 Mar2 Apr

Matches

Sparta Prague v Hammarby
Report[53]
Hammarby v Sparta Prague
Report[54]
Eintracht Frankfurt v BK Häcken
Report[55]
BK Häcken v Eintracht Frankfurt
Report[56]

Final

The draw for the final was held on 17 October 2025.[4]

Summary

The first leg will be played on 25 or 26 April, and the second leg on 2 or 3 May 2026.

Final
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Winner SF1Winner SF225 or 26 Apr2 or 3 May

Matches

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
Winner SF2 v Winner SF1

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