Europa League 2024/25 format, fixtures, dates and knockout stage qualification as Man Utd, Tottenham, Rangers compete

The 2024/25 Europa League campaign is under way and the 54th edition is the first in a revamped format.

Manchester United, Tottenham and Rangers are competing in Europe's second tier club competition this term and are vying to reach the knockout stage.

The biggest change relates to the competition's group stage, which has become a single 36-team 'league stage'.

Each club will face eight different teams, with four home fixtures and four away.

The top eight overall advance directly to the round of 16.

Teams that finish ninth to 24th will then compete in the knockout play-offs, with victors progressing to the last 16.

The knockout phase remains the same, with teams competing in a two-legged tie in the last 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals before the one-legged final in Bilbao on May 21.

Matchday 1: September 25-26 2024Matchday 2: October 3 2024Matchday 3: October 24 2024Matchday 4: November 7 2024Matchday 5: November 28 2024Matchday 6: December 12 2024Matchday 7: January 23 2025Matchday 8: January 30 2025

Man Utd 1-1 TwentePorto 3-3 Man UtdFenerbahce 1-1 Man UtdMan Utd 2-0 PAOKNovember 28: Man Utd vs Bodo/Glimt, Old Trafford, kick-off, 8pmDecember 12: Viktoria Plzen vs Man Utd, Doosan Arena, kick-off 5.45pmJanuary 23: Man Utd vs Rangers, Old Trafford, kick-off 8pmJanuary 30: FCSB vs Man Utd, National Arena, kick-off 8pm

Tottenham 3-0 QarabagFerencvaros 1-2 TottenhamTottenham 1-0 AZ AlkmaarGalatasaray 2-3 Tottenham28 November 28: Tottenham vs Roma, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, kick-off 8pm12 December 12: Rangers vs Tottenham, Ibrox Stadium, kick-off 8pmJanuary 23: Hoffenheim vs Tottenham, PreZero Arena, kick-off 5.45pmJanuary 30: Tottenham vs Elfsborg, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, kick-off 8pm

Malmo 0-2 RangersRangers 1-4 LyonRangers 4-0 FCSBOlympiakos 1-1 RangersNovember 28: Nice vs Rangers, Allianz Riviera, kick-off 8pmDecember 12: Rangers vs Tottenham, Ibrox Stadium, kick-off 8pmJanuary 23, 2025: Manchester United vs Rangers, Old Trafford, kick-off 8pmJanuary 30, 2025: Rangers vs Union SG, Ibrox Stadium, kick-off 8pm

Knockout play-offs: February 13 and February 20, 2025Round of 16: March 6 and March 13, 2025Quarter-finals: April 10 and April 17, 2025Semi-finals: May 1 and May 8, 2025Final: May 21, 2025

The 2024/25 Europa League campaign will conclude at the Estadio de San Mames in Bilbao, Spain, on May 21 2025.

A third season-long European club competition was introduced in 2021/22 in the form of the Europa Conference League.

Chelsea are part of qualifying for this year's edition, alongside Kilmarnock from Scotland. Hearts will also be involved if they fail to qualify for the Europa League.

In the Europa Conference League - renamed the UEFA Conference League - teams will have six matches against six different opponents in the league phase. Games will be played between September and December.

Matchday 1: October 3, 2024Matchday 2: October 24, 2024Matchday 3: November 7, 2024Matchday 4: November 28, 2024Matchday 5: December 12, 2024Matchday 6: December 19, 2024

Chelsea 4-2 Gent

Panathinaikos 1-4 ChelseaChelsea 8-0 FC NoahNovember 28: Heidenheim vs Chelsea, Voith-Arena, kick-off 5.45pmDecember 12: FC Astana vs Chelsea, Astana Arena, kick-off 3.30pmDecember 19: Chelsea vs Shamrock Rovers, Stamford Bridge, kick-off 8pm

Stadion Wroclaw in Poland will host the final, which will be played on May 28 2025.