2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
International football competition
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The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup was the inaugural season of the UEFA Women's Europa Cup, Europe's secondary women's club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition featured a straight knockout format, with every round (including the final) played as a two-legged home-and-away tie.[1][2][3]
10 September – 16 October 2025
Competition proper:
12 November 2025 – 1 May 2026
Total: 43 (from 28 associations)
BK Häcken (1st title) Hammarby IF| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 10 September – 16 October 2025 Competition proper: 12 November 2025 – 1 May 2026 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 43 (from 28 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | BK Häcken (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Hammarby IF |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 89 (2.97 per match) |
| Attendance | 64,813 (2,160 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Felicia Schröder (BK Häcken) 8 goals |
2026–27 → | |
The final was played between BK Häcken and Hammarby IF. BK Häcken won 4–2 on aggregate. As winners, they qualified for the league phase of the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Association team allocation
The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[1]
- Associations 8–13 and 18–24 (excluding Russia) each had one team qualify directly.
- 31 teams eliminated from the 2025–26 Women's Champions League qualifying rounds were transferred to the Europa Cup.
An association had to have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league to enter a team. As of 2019–20, 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations organized women's domestic leagues, with the exceptions being Andorra (1 club in Spain), Liechtenstein (3 clubs in Switzerland) and San Marino (1 club in Italy).
Association ranking
For the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA women's association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24.[4][5]
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa Cup, as noted below:
- (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Women's Champions League
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Distribution
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round | Teams entering from the Champions League qualifying rounds | |
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| First qualifying round (22 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (32 teams) |
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| Round of 16 (16 teams) |
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Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 2nd, 3rd: League position of the previous season
- CL: Transferred from the Women's Champions League
- CH/LP Q3: Transferred from the third qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
- CH/LP Q2: Transferred from the second qualifying round mini-tournaments (Champions/League Path)
- RU: Runner-up of the mini-tournament
- TP: Third place of the mini-tournament
Notes
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[9][10][11]
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| First qualifying round | 31 August 2025 | 10–11 September 2025 | 17–18 September 2025 |
| Second qualifying round | 19 September 2025 | 7–8 October 2025 | 15–16 October 2025 |
| 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 April 2026 | 1 May 2026 |
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
The first legs were played on 10 and 11 September, and the second legs on 17 and 18 September 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the second qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Glasgow City  | 6–0 |  Athlone Town | 3–0 | 3–0 |
Grasshopper  | 5–1 |  BIIK Shymkent | 2–0 | 3–1 |
HB Køge  | 6–2 |  Farul Constanța | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Nordsjælland | 8–2 |  KuPS | 3–1 | 5–1 |
Ajax  | 4–0 |  Sturm Graz | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Aris Limassol  | 0–14 |  Anderlecht | 0–5 | 0–9 |
Vllaznia  | 4–0 |  Kolos Kovalivka | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Rosenborg  | 3–4 | PSV Eindhoven | 3–0 | 0–4 |
SFK 2000  | 3–3 (3–2 p) |  ABB Fomget | 0–0 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) |
Inter Milan  | 5–1 | Hibernian | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Partizani | 0–8 |  Spartak Subotica | 0–5 | 0–3 |
Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 7 and 8 October, and the second legs on 15 and 16 October 2025.
The winners of the ties advanced to the round of 16.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| BK Häcken | 7–1 |  GKS Katowice | 4–0 | 3–1 |
Sparta Prague  | 5–0 |  Ferencváros | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Inter Milan | 12–0 | Vllaznia | 7–0 | 5–0 |
| Grasshopper | 1–2 | Ajax | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Sporting CP  | 5–2 | Rosengård | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2–0 |  FC Minsk | ||
Eintracht Frankfurt  | 5–0 | Slovácko | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 1–2 | Fortuna Hjørring | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Breiðablik  | 5–1 | Spartak Subotica | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Gintra  | 1–5 | Nordsjælland | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Anderlecht | 4–3 | Braga | 1–1 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Young Boys | 3–0 | SFK 2000 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| HB Køge | 5–6 | Glasgow City | 2–1 | 3–5 |
| Slavia Prague | 3–3 (3–5 p) | Austria Wien | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Mura  | 3–2 | Dinamo Minsk | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Hammarby IF | 5–2 | Brann | 4–1 | 1–1 |
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The bracket was predetermined and a draw was held on 17 October 2025 to place the 16 teams into positions in the bracket. Eight teams were seeded according to club coefficients and drawn to face the unseeded teams in the round of 16. Which club played the first leg at home for each tie of every round was also decided.[12][13]
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sparta Prague | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Young Boys | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sparta Prague (a.e.t.) | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Wien | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anderlecht | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Wien | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sparta Prague | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hammarby IF | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glasgow City | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting CP (a.e.t.) | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting CP | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hammarby IF (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ajax | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hammarby IF | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BK Häcken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PSV Eindhoven | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nordsjælland | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nordsjælland | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mura | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BK Häcken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BK Häcken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BK Häcken | 7 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Breiðablik | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Breiðablik (a.e.t.) | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fortuna Hjørring | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 October 2025.[13] The first legs were played on 12 November, and the second legs on 19 and 20 November 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ajax | 2–6 | Hammarby IF | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Glasgow City | 2–4 | Sporting CP | 1–1 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Anderlecht | 1–3 | Austria Wien | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Sparta Prague | 4–3 | Young Boys | 0–3 | 4–0 |
| BK Häcken | 1–0 | Inter Milan | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Breiðablik | 4–3 | Fortuna Hjørring | 0–1 | 4–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Nordsjælland | 5–0 | Mura | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2–5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 October 2025.[13]
The first legs were played on 11 February, and the second legs on 18 February 2026.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Sporting CP | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Hammarby IF | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Sparta Prague | 3–1 | Austria Wien | 0–0 | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |
| BK Häcken | 11–1 | Breiðablik | 7–0 | 4–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 7–2 | Nordsjælland | 4–0 | 3–2 |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 October 2025.[13]
The first legs were played on 25 March, and the second legs on 2 April 2026.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Sparta Prague | 2–5 | Hammarby IF | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–3 | BK Häcken | 0–3 | 1–0 |
Final
The draw for the final was held on 17 October 2025.[13] The first leg was played on 25 April, and the second leg on 1 May 2026.
| Hammarby IF | 0–1 | BK Häcken |
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BK Häcken won 4–2 on aggregate.
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.[18]
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Felicia Schröder |
BK Häcken |
8 |
| 2 | Michaela Khýrová |
Sparta Prague |
5 |
| 3 | Telma Encarnação |
Sporting CP |
4 |
| Nicole Anyomi |
Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 5 | Monica Jusu Bah |
BK Häcken |
2 |
| Paulina Nyström |
BK Häcken | ||
| Vilde Hasund |
Hammarby IF | ||
| Antonie Stárová |
Sparta Prague | ||
 Remina Chiba |
Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Laura Freigang |
Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Rebecka Blomqvist |
Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
 Princess Marfo |
FC Nordsjælland | ||
| Elin Sørum |
Hammarby IF | ||
 Helena Sampaio |
BK Häcken | ||
| Alva Selerud |
BK Häcken | ||
| Fanny Peterson |
Hammarby IF | ||
 Joy Omewa Ogochukwu |
Fortuna Hjørring |