The Europa League group stage got underway on Wednesday, with nine matches producing plenty of action but few major surprises. The standout result came in Italy, where Benfica secured an impressive away victory over AC Milan.

2026-27, Europa League

Day : 2026-09-16

"Bayer 04" - "NK Celje" 2:0 (1:0)
Goals : Sešlar, 15 (own goal) (1:0); Medina F., 74 (2:0)

"AC Milan" - "Benfica" 0:2 (0:1)
Goals : Lukebakio, 16 (0:1); Kaminski J., 53 (0:2)
Yellow Cards : Pavlović S. 11 - El Karouani 26; Durán 37; Banjaqui 77; Barreiro L. 84; Pavlidis E. 90

"Anderlecht" - "Lyon" 1:2 (0:2)
Goals : Nartey, 8 (0:1); Nakamura, 22 (0:2); Cvetkoviс, 61 (1:2)
Yellow Cards : - Niakhaté 26; Ouedraogo 44

"Sunderland" - "AZ Alkmaar" 1:0 (0:0)
Goals : Le Fée, 66 (penalty) (1:0)
Yellow Cards : Hume 22; Alderete 30; Mukiele 72 - Oufkir 38; Patati 64

"Olympiakos" - "Jagiellonia" 2:1 (1:1)
Goals : Szmyt, 20 (0:1); González Ar., 43 (1:1); Yaremchuk, 84 (2:1)
Yellow Cards : Onyemaechi 38; Hezze 76 - Wojtuszek 29; Montoia G. 54; Vital B. 80

"Ararat-Armenia" - "Sparta Prague" 1:4 (0:2)
Goals : Guddal, 20 (0:1); Guddal, 22 (0:2); Mercado, 53 (0:3); Wilson B., 55 (1:3); Vydra P., 71 (1:4)
Yellow Cards : Serobyan Artur 56; Grigoryan 88; Muradyan K. 90 -

"Sturm" - "Rennes" 0:0
Yellow Cards : Balbo 51; Gorenc-Stankovic 90 -

"Omonia" - "Celta" 1:0 (0:0)
Goals : Balkovec, 88 (1:0)
Yellow Cards : - Swedberg 68

"Hapoel Beer-Sheva" - "Dinamo Zagreb" 0:0