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Rangers started their 2025/26 Europa League campaign at home to Belgian club Genk on Thursday in one of nine matches in the league phase.
The Scottish Premiership strugglers were hammered 9-1 on aggregate by Belgian side Club Brugge in Champions League qualifying and seeking relief after drawing four and losing one of their first five league games of the season.
You can read a report on Premier League side Aston Villa’s opening match at home to Italian side Bologna here.
Read on for the rest of the results in the 2025/26 Europa League, including video highlights, scorers and a look at the schedule.
Former Celtic striker Oh gives Genk the lead over Rangers ⚡️
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— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 25, 2025
Rangers vs Genk: Martin misery continues
Rangers were seeking consecutive wins for the first time under new manager Russell Martin and were unfortunate not to take an early lead when Bryan Heynen cleared John Souttar’s header off the line with an overhead kick.
Former Celtic striker Oh Hyeon-gyu spurned an excellent chance for the visitors and Gers midfielder Mohamed Diomande received a straight red card for a lunge on Genk’s Zakaria El Ouahdi near the halfway line.
Diomande is shown a straight red for Rangers after this challenge on El Ouahdi!
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Both sides were denied a penalty – Genk for a challenge on Yaimar Medina by James Tavenier, Rangers for a potential handball against Joris Kayembe – before the Belgian side were awarded one during first-half added time.
Jack Butland made an excellent diving save to repel Oh’s spot kick, but that proved only a temporary reprieve when the South Korea forward entered the box and fired in 10 minutes after half-time.
Rangers are away to Livingston in the top flight on Sunday (15:00 BST / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT) and travel to reigning Austrian champions Sturm Graz in the second of their eight league phase matches in the Europa League on Thursday (20:00 BST / 15:00 PT / 12:00 ET).
Jack Butland keeps the 10 men of Rangers in the game with a brilliant penalty save against Oh Hyeon-gyu 🧤
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— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 25, 2025
Europa League results today
September 26, 2025
Ferencvaros 1-1 Viktoria Plzen
How to watch the Europa League: TV channel, live stream
Live coverage of the competition in the UK is on TNT Sports, with streaming on the accompanying discovery+ app.
TNT Sports costs £29.99 a month through discovery+, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.
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— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) September 25, 2025
Europa League format
In a change from the previous group stage held until 2023/24, each team now plays eight matches in the league phase, all against different opponents.
Four of those matches will be at home and four away, with the opponents determined according to four seeding pots split by rankings.
Teams will play two opponents from each of those pots – one against a team from each pot at home and one away. The results decide the overall standings in one league.
The top eight sides in the table qualify automatically for the round of 16. The teams finishing in ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged knockout phase play-off to reach the last 16.
Teams finishing 25th or lower are out of Europe for the season.
Europa League schedule, fixtures 2025/26
The new league phase runs until the end of January, with the play-offs in February and the rest of the knockout stage before the final taking place between March and early May.
Matchday 1: September 24 & 25 2025
Matchday 2: October 2 2025
Matchday 3: October 23 2025
Matchday 4: November 6 2025
Matchday 5: November 27 2025
Matchday 6: December 11 2025
Matchday 7: January 22 2026
Matchday 8: January 29 2026
When is the Europa League knockout phase?
Play-offs: February 19 & 26 2026
Round of 16: March 12 & 19 2026
Quarter-finals: April 9 & 16 2026
Semi-finals: April 30 & May 7 2026
Final: May 20 2026
When are the Europa League draws?
League phase: August 29 2025
Knockout phase play-offs: January 30 2026
Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final, and final: February 27 2026
When is the Europa League final?
The final will take place on May 20, 2026 at the Besiktas Stadium home of 16-time Turkish champions Besiktas.
The stadium hosted a dramatic 2019 Super Cup final, Chelsea and Liverpool each scoring once during regular and extra time before the Reds won on penalties following the 2-2 draw.
