French sides Olympique Lyonnais, OGC Nice and Lille OSC learned their 2025-26 UEFA Europa League league-phase opponents in Friday’s draw. Lyon avoided most of the traditional heavyweights and will host Salzburg, PAOK, Basel and the Go Ahead Eagles while travelling to Real Betis, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Young Boys and Utrecht. Nice faces a markedly tougher calendar that includes trips to FC Porto, Fenerbahçe and Celta Vigo and home meetings with AS Roma, SC Braga, Freiburg, Ludogorets and the Go Ahead Eagles. Lille will meet Dinamo Zagreb, PAOK, Red Star Belgrade, Brann and Celta Vigo, and—like Nice—must also contend with matches against Roma, Freiburg and Young Boys. The revamped league-phase format requires each club to play eight fixtures—four home, four away—with the top eight of the 36-team table advancing directly to the round of 16 and sides ranked 9-24 entering a play-off. The first matchday is scheduled for 18 September.
💥Les adversaires de Nice en Ligue Europa !🤯 👇 L'OGC Nice connait désormais ses 8 adversaires en Ligue Europa : 🏠 AS Roma ✈️ FC Porto 🏠 SC Braga ✈️ Fenerbahçe 🏠 Fribourg ✈️ Ludogorets 🏠 Go Ahead Eagles ✈️ Celta Vigo 🥵 Un tirage plutôt salé pour les Niçois ! #UEL https://t.co/q5l5ZXhAlA
💥 Les adversaires de l'OL en Ligue Europa ! 👀 👇 L'OL connait désormais ses 8 adversaires en Ligue Europa : 🏠 Salzbourg ✈️ Real Betis 🏠 PAOK ✈️ Maccabi Tel-Aviv 🏠 FC Bâle ✈️ Young Boys 🏠 Go Ahead Eagles ✈️ Utrecht 🤔 Supporters Lyonnais, qu'en pensez-vous ? #UEL https://t.co/zgQY1XPRax
💥Les adversaires de Nice en Ligue Europa !🤯 👇 L'OGC Nice connait désormais ses 8 adversaires en Ligue Europa : 🏠 AS Roma ✈️ FC Porto 🏠 SC Braga ✈️ Fenerbahçe 🏠 Fribourg ✈️ Ludogorets 🏠 Go Ahead Eagles ✈️ Celta Vigo 🥵 Un tirage plutôt salé pour les Niçois ! https://t.co/o3E37GiRWX