Europa League Playoff Draw Summary: Forest vs. Fenerbahçe

Summary of the Europa League playoff draw: Forest to face Fenerbahçe.

On 30 Jan 2026 GMT+7, the Europa League playoff draw was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, today at 19:00 Thai time.

The playoffs will be conducted as home-and-away ties to select eight teams advancing to the round of 16. Seeds 9 to 16 will be drawn as opponents. The first legs will be on 19 February, with the second legs on 26 February.

Europa League 2025-26 playoff draw results:

Ludogorets vs. Ferencváros

Dinamo Zagreb vs. Genk

Celtic vs. Stuttgart

Brann vs. Bologna

Panathinaikos vs. Viktoria Plzeň

PAOK vs. Celta Vigo

Fenerbahçe vs. Forest

Lille vs. Crvena Zvezda

The eight playoff winners will join the top eight teams from the league phase in the round of 16 as follows:

• Lyon
• Aston Villa
• Midtjylland
• Real Betis
• Porto
• Braga
• Freiburg
• Roma