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The UEFA Europa League (UEL) is a European football competition contested by teams from all different associations across the continent and you can watch it in Australia. It is the second-tier tournament of European football behind the UEFA Champions League.

While there's prize money and silverware on the line, the biggest reward is that the winner automatically qualifies for the next edition of the UEFA Champions League group stage, if they have not qualified via their domestic competition.

Eintracht Frankfurt won their second Europa League last season, so are in the Champions League for 2022/23.

How to watch UEFA Europa League in Australia

The only place to watch the UEFA Europa League in Australia is on Stan Sport.

Stream Europa League on Stan Sport

Every match of the UEFA Europa League will stream ad-free, live and on demand on Stan Sport. The service claims "a significant number of matches" will be available to stream in 4K UHD, but hasn't specified how many or which matches this will happen for.

Subscriptions to Stan Sport start from $10 a month. But to access the service, you also need to be a regular Stan subscriber. Subscriptions to Stan cost between $10 and $21 a month, so the true cost of Stan Sport is $20 to $31 a month.

Stan Sport comes with a 7-day free trial.

When is the Europa League?

The group stage is held from 9 September to 4 November 2022 AEST. The knockout round play-offs are 17 and 24 February 2023. Home-and-away ties for the round of 16 are on 10 and 17 March 2023. The quarter-finals on 14 and 21 April 2023 and semi-finals on 12 and 19 May 2023 follow the same format.

When is the Europa League final?

The 2022/23 UEFA Europa League season will conclude at Budapest's Puskás Aréna on 1 June 2023 AEST.

Next Europa League match day games

How to watch Europa League teams in other competitions

To watch matches of the non-English teams from the Europa League in their domestic leagues, including Union Berlin, AS Roma, Rennes, Nantes, Lazio and SC Freiburg, you will need a subscription to either Kayo Sports or beIN SPORTS CONNECT. That's because you can watch the German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1 on both those services. Of the 2 Kayo has more content with over 50 sports. You can also catch delayed Premier League matches for Man United and Arsenal on either Kayo or beIN SPORTS via their own dedicated club channels.

Kayo has some cool special features too, like SplitView where you can watch 4 games simultaneously or Kayo Minis, which are special condensed versions of games to help you catch up. Kayo has a 7-day free trial for new users.

Europa League tournament format

The Europa League is an almost identical format to the Champions League, especially as we get to the group stages. A total of 58 teams are expected to participate in the 2022/23 UEFA Europa League.

Action and interest starts to pick up at the group stage which is comprised of 32 clubs. Teams are split into 8 groups of 4 and restrictions ensure clubs from the same country are separated. Again, like the Champions League a home-and-away round-robin format is used. A total of 23 national associations are represented in the group stage for 2022/23. Bodø/Glimt, Nantes, Union Berlin and Union Saint-Gilloise will make their debut appearances in the group stage.

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the knockout stage where things get spicy. At this point the 8 teams who finished third in their group from the Champions League are introduced.

The 8 group runners-up from the group stage and the 8 group third-placed teams from Champions League group stage play in the preliminary round knockout round. The knockout round play-offs then feature the 8 group winners from the group stage and the 8 winners from the preliminary knockout round.

A random draw is then held and teams play over 2 legs on a home-and-away basis for the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals. The final is held at a neutral venue.

Image source: Kayo Sports website

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