UEFA Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round draw
Sunday, August 31, 2025
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The draw has set 11 two-legged ties to be played on 10/11 and 17/18 September to launch the new competition.
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The 2025/26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round draw has set 11 two-legged ties to be played on 10/11 and 17/18 September to launch the new competition.
UEFA Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round draw
Glasgow City FC (SCO) vs Athlone Town AFC (IRL)
GC Frauenfussball (SUI) vs WFC BIIK-Shymkent (KAZ)
HB Køge (DEN) vs FCV Farul Constanța (ROU)
FC Nordsjælland (DEN) vs KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
AFC Ajax (NED) vs SK Sturm Graz (AUT)
Aris Limassol FC (CYP) vs RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
KFF Vllaznia (ALB) vs FC Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
Rosenborg BK (NOR) vs PSV Eindhoven Vrouwen (NED)
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH) vs ABB Fomget SK (TUR)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) vs Hibernian FC Women (SCO)
FK Partizani (ALB) vs ŽFK Spartak Subotica (SRB)
Eleven clubs enter the Women's Europa Cup directly at this stage, with 11 more having transferred from the UEFA Women's Champions League second qualifying round.
The Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round winners progress to the second qualifying round, where they will join the remaining direct entrants, Slovácko, and 20 further clubs transferring from the Women's Champions League (including the nine clubs defeated in the third qualifying round played in the same weeks as the Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round).
2025/26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup dates
First qualifying round
Draw: 13:00 CET, 31 August, Nyon
First leg: 10/11 September
Second leg: 17/18 September
Second qualifying round
Draw: 19 September, Nyon
First leg: 7/8 October
Second leg: 15/16 October
Round of 16
Draw: 17 October, Nyon
First leg: 11/12 November
Second leg: 19/20 November
Quarter-finals
Draw: 17 October, Nyon
First leg: 11/12 February
Second leg: 18/19 February
Semi-finals
Draw: 17 October, Nyon
First leg: 24/25 March
Second leg: 1/2 April
Final (two legs)
Draw (to decide order of legs): 17 October, Nyon
First leg: 25 or 26 April
Second leg: 2 or 3 May
How the draw worked
A draw between the same number of seeded and unseeded clubs determines the ties for the qualifying phase. Clubs are seeded for these draws in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season and with the principles set by the Women's Football Committee.
Draw conditions
Clubs from the same associations could not be drawn against each other.
UEFA Women's Europa Cup first qualifying round pots
Seeded
AFC Ajax (NED)
WFC BIIK-Shymkent (KAZ)
KFF Vllaznia (ALB)
RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH)
ŽFK Spartak Subotica (SRB)
Glasgow City FC (SCO)
HB Køge (DEN)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)
KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
Unseeded
PSV Eindhoven Vrouwen (NED)
SK Sturm Graz (AUT)
FC Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
FC Nordsjælland (DEN)
GC Frauenfussball (SUI)
FK Partizani (ALB)
Hibernian FC Women (SCO)
Aris Limassol FC (CYP)
FCV Farul Constanța (ROU)
ABB Fomget SK (TUR)
Athlone Town AFC (IRL)
Draw procedure
Three bowls were prepared for the draw; one containing the seeded clubs, one containing the unseeded clubs, and one central empty bowl.
One ball was taken from each of the seeded and unseeded bowls and placed in the third empty bowl, where they were shuffled. The first club drawn will play its first match at home against the second club drawn.
The same procedure was carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the first qualifying round pairings.