The second round of the UEFA Europa League delivered its fair share of surprises, as the group stage standings took an unexpected turn.

There’s no sign of heavyweights like AS Roma or Nottingham Forest at the top of their groups. Instead, it’s the underdogs making early headlines — with Croatia’s Dinamo Zagreb and Denmark’s FC Midtjylland leading the way after two matches.

Meanwhile, some of Europe’s more established sides are off to a shaky start. Both OGC Nice and Feyenoord have stumbled out of the gate, still searching for their first points in the competition.

2025-26, Europa League

Day : 2025-10-02

"AS Roma" - "Lille" 0:1 (0:1)
Goals : Haraldsson, 6 (0:1)
Yellow Cards : - Verdonk 9; Bouaddi 61; Mandi 81; Özer 90

"Basel" - "VfB Stuttgart" 2:0 (1:0)
Goals : Ajeti Al., 3 (1:0); Broschinski, 84 (2:0)
Yellow Cards : Ajeti Al. 31; Schmid D.R. 69; Salah I. 78 -

"Bologna" - "Freiburg" 1:1 (1:0)
Goals : Orsolini, 29 (1:0); Adamu C., 57 (penalty) (1:1)
Yellow Cards : Skorupski 55; Holm E. 67 - Makengo J. 47; Lienhart 65

"Celta" - "PAOK" 3:1 (1:1)
Goals : Giakoumakis, 37 (0:1); Aspas, 45 (1:1); Iglesias, 53 (2:1); Swedberg, 70 (3:1)
Yellow Cards : Mingueza 41; Swedberg 43; Moriba 79 - Giakoumakis 51; Ozdoev 90

"Celtic" - "Braga" 0:2 (0:1)
Goals : Horta R., 20 (0:1); Martínez G., 86 (0:2)
Yellow Cards : Saracchi 81; Scales 89 - da Rocha 13

"Lyon" - "Red Bull Salzburg" 2:0 (1:0)
Goals : Satriano, 11 (1:0); Kluivert R., 57 (2:0)
Yellow Cards : Kluivert R. 90 - Diambou 51

"SK Brann" - "Utrecht" 1:0 (1:0)
Goals : Magnússon S., 41 (1:0)
Yellow Cards : Knudsen Fr. 81; Dyngeland 88 - Zechiël 88; Bozdogan 90

"Sturm" - "Rangers" 2:1 (2:0)
Goals : Horvat T., 7 (1:0); Kiteishvili, 35 (2:0); Gassama, 49 (2:1)
Yellow Cards : Oermann 68; Karic E. 90 - Cornelius De. 75

"Viktoria Plzen" - "Malmö" 3:0 (2:0)
Goals : Vydra M., 34 (1:0); Durosinmi, 44 (2:0); Spáčil, 53 (3:0)
Yellow Cards : Dweh S. 23; Jemelka 69 - Christiansen A. 10; Johnsen L.B. 18, 38; Rösler 68; Gudjohnsen D. 90
Red cards : Doski 57' - Johnsen L.B. 38', Gudjohnsen D. 90'

"Porto" - "Crvena Zvezda" 2:1 (1:1)
Goals : William Gomes, 8 (penalty) (1:0); Kostov V., 32 (1:1); Mora, 89 (2:1)
Yellow Cards : Mora 32; Prpic 47; Alberto Costa 87 - Tebo Uchenna 7; Tiknizyan 68

"FCSB" - "Young Boys" 0:2 (0:2)
Goals : Monteiro J-l, 11 (0:1); Monteiro J-l, 36 (0:2)
Yellow Cards : Politic 68 - Monteiro J-l 34; Raveloson 59; Hadjam Jaouen 82

"Fenerbahce" - "Nice" 2:1 (2:1)
Goals : Aktürkoglu, 3 (1:0); Aktürkoglu, 25 (2:0); Kevin O., 37 (penalty) (2:1)
Yellow Cards : Yüksek 69; Aktürkoglu 77; Fred 82 - Louchet 55

"Feyenoord" - "Aston Villa" 0:2 (0:0)
Goals : Buendia, 61 (0:1); McGinn J., 79 (0:2)
Yellow Cards : Ahmedhodžić 13; Steijn S. 49; Larin C. 85 - Bizot 82; Rogers M. 85

"Genk" - "Ferencvaros" 0:1 (0:1)
Goals : Varga B., 44 (0:1)
Yellow Cards : - Cissé Ib. 67; Gartenmann 74; Varga B. 82

"Ludogorets" - "Real Betis" 0:2 (0:1)
Goals : Lo Celso, 31 (0:1); Son H., 53 (own goal) (0:2)
Yellow Cards : Ivanov St. 88 - Ruibal 15; Júnior Firpo 45; Rodriguez 80

"Maccabi Tel Aviv" - "Dinamo Zagreb" 1:3 (1:2)
Goals : Abu Farkhi, 14 (1:0); Lisica, 16 (1:1); Ljubicic D., 19 (1:2); Ljubicic D., 71 (1:3)
Yellow Cards : Revivo 75 - Valincic 45

"Nottingham Forest" - "FC Midtjylland" 2:3 (1:2)
Goals : Diao O., 18 (0:1); Ndoye D., 22 (1:1); Bech Sorensen, 24 (1:2); Byskov, 88 (1:3); Wood C., 90 (penalty) (2:3)
Yellow Cards : Morato F. 1; Igor Jesus 72; Gibbs-White 76 - Mbabu 55; Diao O. 90

"Panathinaikos" - "Go Ahead Eagles" 1:2 (0:0)
Goals : Świderski, 55 (1:0); Smit M., 75 (1:1); Smit M., 82 (1:2)
Yellow Cards : Siopis 77 - De Busser 87