The third round of the UEFA Europa League delivered plenty of drama and surprises on Thursday night. Nottingham Forest celebrated their first victory in European competition since 1996, marking a historic moment for the club and their fans. Meanwhile, Viktoria Plzeň and Eagles stunned the football world with unexpected wins over AS Roma and Aston Villa respectively.

Among the other standout fixtures, the clash between Lille and PAOK turned into an instant classic. The French side found themselves trailing 0–3 midway through the match but nearly pulled off a remarkable comeback, making it the highest-scoring game of Matchday 3.

2025-26, Europa League

Day : 2025-10-23

"Go Ahead Eagles" - "Aston Villa" 2:1 (1:1)
Goals : Guessand, 4 (0:1); Suray, 42 (1:1); Deijl M., 61 (2:1)
Yellow Cards : Nauber 14; Weijenberg 89 -

"Lyon" - "Basel" 2:0 (1:0)
Goals : Tolisso, 3 (1:0); Moreira, 90 (2:0)
Yellow Cards : Niakhaté 88 - Vouilloz 45

"Red Bull Salzburg" - "Ferencvaros" 2:3 (1:0)
Goals : Baidoo E., 13 (1:0); Varga B., 50 (1:1); Zachariassen, 56 (1:2); Yusuf, 58 (1:3); Vertessen, 72 (2:3)
Yellow Cards : - Zachariassen 64; Raemaekers 81; O'Dowda 90

"AS Roma" - "Viktoria Plzen" 1:2 (0:2)
Goals : Kwabena Prince, 20 (0:1); Souare C., 22 (0:2); Dybala, 54 (penalty) (1:2)
Yellow Cards : Çelik 56; Mancini G. 80 - Durosinmi 30; Souare C. 60; Spáčil 67; Červ L. 75; Dweh S. 90; Visinsky 90

"Celta" - "Nice" 2:1 (1:1)
Goals : Aspas, 2 (1:0); Cho M-A., 16 (1:1); Oppong, 75 (own goal) (2:1)
Yellow Cards : Fernandez Man. 80 - Clauss J. 29, 38; Mendy An. 47; Bard M. 65
Red cards : - Clauss J. 38'

"Celtic" - "Sturm" 2:1 (0:1)
Goals : Horvat T., 15 (0:1); Scales, 61 (1:1); Nygren, 64 (2:1)
Yellow Cards : Carter-Vickers 58 - Gorenc-Stankovic 56
Red cards : - Chukwuani 70'

"Fenerbahce" - "VfB Stuttgart" 1:0 (1:0)
Goals : Aktürkoglu, 34 (penalty) (1:0)
Yellow Cards : Alvarez Ed. 26; Semedo N. 45; Oosterwolde 82; Škriniar 86; Durán 89; Yüksek 90 - El Khannouss 21; Stiller 31; Undav 90

"Freiburg" - "Utrecht" 2:0 (2:0)
Goals : Suzuki Yu., 20 (1:0); Grifo, 45 (2:0)
Yellow Cards : - Murkin 88

"SK Brann" - "Rangers" 3:0 (1:0)
Goals : Kornvig, 40 (1:0); Sørensen J., 55 (2:0); Holm, 79 (3:0)
Yellow Cards : Pedersen T. B. 75 - Gassama 36; Souttar 77

"Braga" - "Crvena Zvezda" 2:0 (1:0)
Goals : Navarro F., 22 (1:0); Dorgeles, 72 (2:0)
Yellow Cards : - Ivanic 45

"Young Boys" - "Ludogorets" 3:2 (1:1)
Goals : Stanic P., 26 (0:1); Raveloson, 45 (1:1); Fassnacht, 53 (2:1); Bedia, 63 (penalty) (3:1); Yordanov I., 90 (3:2)
Yellow Cards : Fassnacht 90; Tsimba 90 - Almeida D. 62; Caio Vidal 62

"FCSB" - "Bologna" 1:2 (0:2)
Goals : Odgaard, 9 (0:1); Dallinga, 12 (0:2); Birligea, 54 (1:2)
Yellow Cards : Miculescu D. 28; Popescu Oc. 87; Radunovic R. 90 - Heggem 16; Rowe J. 26; Odgaard 40; Cambiaghi 68; Skorupski 76

"Feyenoord" - "Panathinaikos" 3:1 (1:1)
Goals : Świderski, 18 (0:1); Read, 45 (1:1); Hadj Moussa, 55 (2:1); Larin C., 90 (3:1)
Yellow Cards : Steijn S. 33 - Świderski 13; Kyriakopoulos 34; Calabria 45; Touba 58; Siopis 80

"Genk" - "Real Betis" 0:0
Yellow Cards : Heynen 51 - Antony M. 23; Bakambu 55; Garcia P. 84

"Lille" - "PAOK" 3:4 (0:3)
Goals : Meite S., 18 (0:1); Živković A., 23 (0:2); Konstantelias, 42 (0:3); Andre B., 57 (1:3); Igamane, 68 (2:3); Živković A., 74 (2:4); Igamane, 78 (3:4)
Yellow Cards : Raghouber 53 - Živković A. 29; Kędziora 44, 90; Tsiftsis 90; Giakoumakis 90
Red cards : - Kędziora 90'

"Maccabi Tel Aviv" - "FC Midtjylland" 0:3 (0:1)
Goals : Franculino, 43 (0:1); Billing, 71 (0:2); Franculino, 84 (0:3)
Yellow Cards : - Castillo D. 41; Billing 68; Gogorza 75; Han-beom Lee 90

"Malmö" - "Dinamo Zagreb" 1:1 (1:0)
Goals : Lewicki O., 45 (1:0); Varela, 90 (1:1)
Yellow Cards : Busuladzic K. 8 - Beljo 23; Domínguez S. 90

"Nottingham Forest" - "Porto" 2:0 (1:0)
Goals : Gibbs-White, 19 (penalty) (1:0); Igor Jesus, 77 (penalty) (2:0)
Yellow Cards : Igor Jesus 35; Murillo 90 - Moura 25; Veiga G. 89