Europa League
Europa League: Barcelona triumph over Napoli, Rangers and Betis hold out
Barcelona scored four goals in the “Diego Armando Maradona” against Napoli and qualified for the round of 16 of the Europa League. Rangers followed by eliminating Dortmund with a draw and Betis with the same result Zenit. Sheriff was eliminated on penalties by Braga.
Barcelona played as… such after being inspired by ‘Diego Armando Maradona’ and co-dissolving Napoli 4-2who leaves no doubt about the goal in the Europa League, apart from reaching the last 16 of the institution.
The Catalans were the absolute dominants on the field and were never threatened by the “Partenopei”. First-half goals from Jordi Alba, Frankie de Jong (with a great spot outside the box) and Gerard Pique completely captured the picture, despite reducing the score with a 23rd-minute Lorenzo Insigne penalty.
The hosts’ only two finals against eleven guests did not let Luciano Spalletti’s players wake up in the second part. Barcelona stayed on the gas and found another goal in Pierre Emerick Obameyang, who scored four goals in five games with the Blaugrana. The only thing the Italians managed to do was reduce with Mateo Politano in the end.
The sheriff reached the spring but did not drink water in Portugal across from Braga. The defeat 0-2 led the pair to extra time and from there to penalties. The Moldovan failed in the first three attempts, but then he spoke George Athanasiadis, which brought her back to the bay with two back-to-back surgeries. However, Francisco Moura’s goal in the 5th execution of the hosts “sealed” Braga’s qualification and ended the sheriff’s hectic European course (for which the Stefanos Evangelou left on the bench).
Dortmund had to climb a Calvary without Erling Halland. He made it to a point, but finally bent down and stopped 2-2 against ranger in Glasgow, in a 4-2 rematch in favor of the Scots in Westphalia. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side took the lead in the 22nd minute through a James Tavenier penalty, but Jude Bellingham and Daniel Mullen upset the score before the end of the first half. However, their stamina waned and in the 2nd part Tavernier equalized while Rangers scored a goal which was annulled by VAR.
Betis drew 0-0 with Zenit, a result enough to send Russia back the team from St. Petersburg after the first game had ended 3-2 in favor of the Spaniards. The “Verdiblancos” were clearly superior and even had a goal in the first half, but in the end they couldn’t convert their dominance into a goal without costing them. This was also helped by the VAR, which canceled the Russian goal in the delays.
The teams of the round of 16
- Europa League group winners: West Ham, Lyon, Monaco, Leverkusen, Eintracht, Spartak, Red Star, Galatasaray
- Winner Barrage: Leipzig, Atalanta, Porto, Seville, Barcelona, Rangers, Betis, Braga
The results of the second barrage matches for the 16
The results of the first barrage matches for the 16
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Europa League
Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?
The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.
Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.
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The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.
Next single season rankings:
- P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)
The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.
Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.
Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.
UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.
Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)
Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season
UEFA five-year rankings
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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