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

The revamped Europa League league stage is coming towards a conclusion.

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 7: January 23 2025Matchday 8: January 30 2025

Man Utd 1-1 TwentePorto 3-3 Man UtdFenerbahce 1-1 Man UtdMan Utd 2-0 PAOKMan Utd 3-2 Bodo/GlimtViktoria Plzen 1-2 Man UtdJanuary 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 TottenhamTottenham 2-2 RomaRangers 1-1 TottenhamJanuary 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 RangersNice 1-4 RangersRangers 1-1 TottenhamJanuary 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.

This year, Chelsea finished top of the revamped Conference League table with a flawless record. Shamrock Rovers won three of their six matches to reach the knockout play-offs but Hearts narrowly missed out.

Chelsea 4-2 Gent

Panathinaikos 1-4 ChelseaChelsea 8-0 FC NoahHeidenheim 0-2 ChelseaFC Astana 1-3 Chelsea

Chelsea 5-1 Shamrock Rovers

Knockout play-offs: February 13 and Feberuary 20, 2025Round of 16: March 6 and March 13, 2025Quarter-finals: April 10 and April 17, 2025Semi-finals: May 1 and May 8 May. 2025Final: May28, 2025

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