Europa League Draw Pits Besiktas Against Marseille

The draw for the 2026-27 UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League league phases was held on Friday at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, setting the schedule of opponents for Turkey's two remaining representatives in Europe this season.

Besiktas, who progressed through three qualifying rounds and beat Lithuania's Kauno Zalgiris in the playoff round, will face eight clubs in the Europa League. The Turkish side were drawn at home against Olympique Marseille, Union Saint-Gilloise, Crystal Palace and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and away to Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic, Omonia and Hoffenheim.

Trabzonspor's European campaign took a different turn after a 5-0 aggregate defeat to Ferencvaros, playing the second leg with nine men, saw them eliminated from the Europa League and dropped into the Conference League. There, they were drawn at home against Freiburg, Heart of Midlothian and Jablonec, and away to Red Star Belgrade, KuPS and CSKA Sofia.

Both competitions retain their 36-team Swiss-style league phase format introduced in 2024-25. Besiktas will play eight league-phase matches in total, four at home and four away, while Trabzonspor will play six, three at home and three away, with the opening round of fixtures set to kick off in mid-September.