Laurens: Newcastle have a favourable tie vs. Qarabağ (2:07)
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11dAssociated Press

Villa storm into UEL R16; Roma secure top-8 spot

Lyon and Aston Villa finished at the top of the Europa League standings, while Roma and Porto narrowly secured a place in the top eight to earn direct passage to the round of 16.

11dPA

Jimoh strike seals Villa rally, second in UEL table

Nineteen-year-old substitute Jamaldeen Jimoh scored a late winner as Aston Villa came from two goals down to beat FC Salzburg 3-2 and finish in the Europa League top two amid further injury problems for boss Unai Emery.

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14dAssociated Press

7 Greek fans die in bus crash en route to UEL game

Seven fans of Greek soccer club PAOK Salonika died in a minibus crash in Romania while traveling to a Europa League game at Lyon, Greece's government confirmed Tuesday.

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18dESPN News Services

Emery laughs off shove on Tielemans: He's my son

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has laughed off a heated sideline altercation with Youri Tielemans after substituting the midfielder late in his side's Europa League win over Fenerbahce.

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25dAssociated Press

Police chief retires over ban of Maccabi fans

The chief of the British police force who recommended that fans from Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv be banned from attending a Europa League football match against Aston Villa in Birmingham last year retired on Friday following criticism of that decision.

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26dAssociated Press

UEFA: $55M loss due to drop in U.S. dollar

The U.S. dollar value dropped about 9% against a range of foreign currencies in the first months of 2025 and UEFA blames that fall for a $55M loss of revenue.

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27dESPN news services

UK government urges police chief to quit over ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

The U.K.'s home secretary urged the head of one of the country's leading police forces to resign following a report on how fans from Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv were banned from a Europa League match against Aston Villa last year.

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55dESPN News Services

Maccabi given suspended ban for racist chanting

Maccabi Tel-Aviv, whose supporters were controversially excluded from a match at Aston Villa last month, have been given a suspended one-match away fan ban by UEFA for racist chanting.

UEFA Europa League Table

TEAMGPWDLGDP
Lyon8701+1321
Aston Villa8701+821
FC Midtjylland8611+1019
Real Betis8521+617
FC Porto8521+617
Braga8521+617
SC Freiburg8521+617
AS Roma8512+716
Racing Genk8512+416
Bologna8431+715
VfB Stuttgart8503+615
Ferencvaros8431+115
Nottingham Forest8422+814
Viktoria Plzen8350+514
Red Star Belgrade8422+114
Celta Vigo8413+413
PAOK Salonika8332+312
Lille8404+312
Fenerbahce8332+312
Panathinaikos8332+212
Celtic8323-211
Ludogorets Razgrad8314-310
Dinamo Zagreb8314-410
SK Brann8233-29
Young Boys8305-69
SK Sturm Graz8215-67
FCSB8215-77
Go Ahead Eagles8215-87
Feyenoord Rotterdam8206-46
FC Basel8206-46
RB Salzburg8206-56
Rangers8116-94
Nice8107-83
FC Utrecht8017-101
Malmö FF8017-111
Maccabi Tel-Aviv8017-201