The Europa League and Conference League draws were made on Friday. © ANSA / MOHAMMED BADRA

This is what the league phase in Europe looks like

The draw for the Europa League and Conference League phases took place in Monaco on Friday. Here are the key matches.

August 29, 2025

From: sn

Coppa Italia winner Bologna FC will face Salzburg, Aston Villa, Celtic, Tel Aviv, Freiburg, Bucharest, Brann and Celta de Vigo in the Europa League. AS Roma On the other hand, they will face Lille, Rangers, Viktoria Plzen, Celtic, Midtylland, Nice, Stuttgart, and Panathinaikos. The first matchday of the Europa League is on September 24/25.

Sturm Graz and Austria's runner-up Salzburg have drawn some very attractive draws in the Europa League's league phase. The Styrian club will face Feyenoord, Nottingham, Red Star Belgrade with Marko Arnautovic, and their two Glasgow rivals, Celtic and Rangers. The Bulls face Porto, Aston Villa, and Freiburg. Rapid Vienna will face Fiorentina in the Conference League and will have to travel to Poland twice.

Rapid welcomes Fiorentina

fast will face Fiorentina at home; two years ago, the Green-Whites narrowly lost to the Serie A club in the Conference League playoffs. The remaining opponents for the Hütteldorfers are more manageable, with further home games against the Cypriot WAC conquerors Omonia Nicosia and Universitatea Craiova from Romania on the schedule. Coach Peter Stöger's team also has two trips to Poland, against Lech Poznań and Rakow Czestochowa, and will also travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina to face Zrinjski Mostar.

The first round is on October 2nd. The Fiorentina plays alongside Rapid against Dynamo Kyiv, Mainz, AEK Athens, Sigma Olomouc and Lausanne Sport.