Europa League

Fans are treating Liverpool's first season in Europe's second-tier club competition for seven years as an adventure - and it began in Linz

The player and coach departures at Brighton would have left most clubs reeling - thanks to efficient planning, they are envied by everyone

The Irishman is too good to never play, but not better than Alisson – so what does he do?

Explaining UEFA's new rules on European qualification and how the Premier League could have 11 teams in European action next season

Alexis Mac Allister's brother Kevin was named after the Home Alone character - he can't wait to face his brother at Anfield

Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano has been voted onto the board of the European Clubs’ Association (ECA).? The ECA is an organisation recognised by FIFA and UEFA as an independent body that represents the interests of Europe’s leading clubs, with Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi its president. Soriano, 56, was voted as the Premier League’s sole representative to stand on the ECA’s ‘Subdivision 1’ board — for clubs from the top six-ranked national associations in Europe — following elections for the 2023-2027 cycle. The move is a boost...

UEFA and the European Club Association (ECA) have confirmed a new revenue distribution model that will increase solidarity payments to teams not participating in UEFA’s club competitions. 7 per cent of the income UEFA, European football’s governing body, earns from the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League will be distributed to teams not competing in the competitions, an increase from 4 per cent. The new model will be introduced from the start of the 2024-25 season — coinciding with UEFA’s revamp of the Champions League — and will be in place until...

The Europa League and Conference League group stage draws have now taken place — these are the key takeaways...

Brighton will face Ajax and Marseille in the 2023-24 Europa League group stage, while West Ham United have been drawn with Greek side Olympiacos. Liverpool, who are returning to the Europa League for the first time since the 2015-16 season, were drawn with Austrian side LASK and Belgian outfit Union St-Gilloise. Liverpool summer signing Alexis Mac Allister’s brother, Kevin, plays for Belgian side Union St-Gilloise, which could see a potential reunion for the siblings. Brighton, in their debut European foray, have been placed in a difficult group alongside continental heavyweights Ajax,...

Two matches in the first round of UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying have been flagged to European football’s governing body because of suspicious betting patterns. One was Armenian side Alashkert’s second-leg 6-1 win over Arsenal Tivat of Montenegro which put them through 7-2 on aggregate. The other was Latvian team RFS’s 4-1 win over Makedonija GP from North Macedonia, another second-leg tie, which put them through 5-1 on aggregate. Suspicious betting patterns are of concern as they can be indicative of match-fixing or manipulation, misuse of insider information, or other...

The Gent forward is a hat-trick machine and can score from anywhere – could a move to the Premier League be on the cards?

Manchester City have won the UEFA Super Cup after beating Sevilla 5-4 on penalties. Sevilla took the lead in the 25th minute through Youssef En-Nesyri, but City drew level in the 63rd minute through Cole Palmer. Both sides could not be separated during regulation time, but the English side clinched victory during the ensuing penalty shootout after Sevilla’s Nemanja Gudelj’s penalty cannoned off the crossbar. Walker, who lifted his first trophy as Man City captain,?told TNT Sport: “It was always going to be a tough game. I thought the lads put in a good performance. We need...

Roma head coach Jose Mourinho has denied using abusive language towards referee Anthony Taylor in a car park after last season’s Europa League final. Mourinho was handed a four-match ban by UEFA in June for his conduct during and after Roma’s penalty shootout defeat to Sevilla in Budapest in May. The Portuguese manager accused Taylor of favouring Sevilla after the match but was then filmed shouting towards the Premier League official in the stadium car park: “You were a f****** disgrace tonight. It is a disgrace.” Taylor was later confronted by angry Roma supporters as he made...

UEFA has given Osasuna a suspended one-year ban from its competitions and fined the La Liga side 100,000 for taking the organisation to court in Pamplona over their previous exclusion from this season’s Conference League. Osasuna’s ban has been suspended for two years and the club will also be docked five per cent of their revenues from their participation in the Conference League this year. UEFA inspectors recommended in June that Osasuna be expelled from next season’s Conference League, after they for the competition after finishing seventh in La Liga in 2022-23. UEFA’s...

BT Sport rebrands today so we answer all the key questions surrounding the Champions League broadcaster ahead of the new season...