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Europa League final tickets | Besiktas Park
Book your 2026 Europa League final tickets through our secure booking system. This will give you the opportunity to watch top quality players at the best of their possibilities. These players are hoping to give their amazing career an extra boost by winning Europe's second biggest cup tournament. The Europa League is a prestigious competition in club football and winning it will be an important highlight of a player's career. For many clubs, this is the path to the Champions League of the following season.
2025/26 road to the final
Qualifying rounds
- First qualifying round: 10 & 17 July 2025
- Second qualifying round: 24 & 31 July 2025
- Third qualifying round: 7 & 14 August 2025
- Play-offs: 21 & 28 August 2025
League phase matches
- Matchday 1: 24 September 2025
- Matchday 2: 3 October 2025
- Matchday 3: 24 October 2025
- Matchday 4: 7 November 2025
- Matchday 5: 28 November 2025
- Matchday 6: 12 December 2025
- Matchday 7: 23 January 2026
- Matchday 8: 30 January 2026
Knockout phase
- Knockout phase play-offs: 19 February 2026
- Round of 16: 12 March 2026
- Quarter-finals: 10 April 2026
- Semi-finals: 1 May 2026
- Final: 20 May 2026 (Istanbul)
Draw dates
- First qualifying round: 17 June 2025
- Second qualifying round: 18 June 2025
- Third qualifying round: 21 July 2025
- Play-offs: 4 August 2025
- League phase: 29 August 2025
- Knockout phase play-offs: 30 January 2026
- Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final: 27 February 2026
Final venue
- Location: Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul, Turkey
- Date: 20 May 2026
- Note: The stadium previously hosted the UEFA Super Cup in 2019 between Liverpool and Chelsea. This will be a spectacular setting for the Europa League final in the heart of Istanbul.
Europa League final statistics & records
Tournament overview
- First tournament: 1971-72 season (UEFA Cup era)
- Europa League era: Started 2009-10 season
- Current holders: Tottenham Hotspur (2025 - their third title)
- Total different winners: 29 clubs have won the competition
- Format change: League phase introduced in 2024-25 season
Most successful clubs
- Most wins: Sevilla (7 victories - perfect final record)
- Most consecutive wins: Sevilla (3 straight titles, 2014-2016)
- Second most wins: Liverpool, Juventus, Inter Milan, Atlético Madrid (3 victories each)
- Most final defeats: Benfica & Marseille (3 defeats each)
- Most finals: Sevilla (7 finals, 7 victories)
Individual player records - Final appearances
- Most Europa League appearances: Dries Mertens (70+ appearances)
- Most final victories: José Antonio Reyes (5 titles)
- Most goals (group stage to final): Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (34 goals)
- Most goals including qualification: Henrik Larsson (40 goals)
- Most goals in one season: Radamel Falcao (17 goals, 2010-11)
- Most goals in one match: Aritz Aduriz (5 goals)
Final score records
- Biggest final victory (single final): Atalanta 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen (2024)
- First penalty shootout final: Various finals since 1990s
- Last two-leg final: 1997 (Schalke vs Inter Milan)
- First single-leg final: 1998 (Inter Milan vs Lazio in Paris)
- Hat-tricks in finals:
- Ademola Lookman (Atalanta vs Leverkusen, 2024)
- Jupp Heynckes (Mönchengladbach vs Twente, 1975 - first leg)
Individual scoring records
- Most final goals ever: Radamel Falcao (record holder for various Europa League records)
- Most hat-tricks: Radamel Falcao (3 hat-tricks)
- Best season ever: Radamel Falcao 2010-11 (17 goals in one campaign)
- Most goals per match average: Aritz Aduriz (record holder)
Managerial records
- Most final victories: Unai Emery (4 victories with Sevilla)
- Most finals as manager: Unai Emery (5 finals)
- Other successful managers:
- José Mourinho (2 victories with Porto, Manchester United)
- Giovanni Trapattoni (multiple victories)
Venue & attendance records
- Highest attendance: 90,000+ (record Europa League match)
- Most used final venues: Various European cities
- Notable final venues: San Mamés (Bilbao), Dublin, Amsterdam, Stockholm
- Future final: Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul (2026)
Geographic records
- Most winning countries: Spain (14 victories)
- Countries with most different winners: England, Italy, Germany
- Countries with winners: 11 different nations
- Finals with teams from same country: 11 occasions
Special achievements
- Format change: From two-leg final to single final (1998)
- Name change: UEFA Cup to Europa League (2009)
- Qualification benefit: Winner qualifies for Champions League
- Perfect final record: Sevilla (7-0 in finals)
- Title defense: Only Real Madrid (1985-1986) and Sevilla have defended their title
Recent format changes (2024-25)
- New league phase: Replaced group stage format
- 36 teams: Expanded from 32 to 36 teams
- Qualification system: Top 8 directly through, 9-24 play-offs
- No Champions League transfers: Teams no longer drop down from Champions League
Historic milestones
- First winners: Tottenham Hotspur (1972)
- Most dominant period: Sevilla 2006-2007, 2014-2016
- Biggest surprises: Various underdog victories
- Modern era: Start of Europa League era 2009
- Current champions: Tottenham Hotspur (2025, all-English final vs Manchester United)
