European club tournament research 2026/27 snapshot Generated 30 Aug 2026
Road to Football

Europa League · 2026/27

Bournemouth

Vitality Stadium · Bournemouth · provisional competition venue

Path difficulty23.6Rank 22 of 36
Opponent coefficient281.406Rank 28 of 36
Round-trip travel8,736 kmRank 28 of 36
Estimated controls84 of 4 away trips
Club coefficient23.903Frozen at the draw

Club schedule

Fixtures & results

Official home/away ordering, Central European kick-off times and verified scores from every edition with published match coverage.

Europa League

2026/27 match programme

All competition fixtures
Home team: Real Sociedad
Away team: Bournemouth
VenueESTADIO DE ANOETASan Sebastian
ScheduledAway
Home team: Bournemouth
Away team: Sturm Graz
VenueBournemouth StadiumBournemouth
ScheduledHome
Home team: Bournemouth
Away team: AC Milan
VenueBournemouth StadiumBournemouth
ScheduledHome
Home team: Sparta Praha
Away team: Bournemouth
VenueStadion LetnáPrague
ScheduledAway
Home team: Celta
Away team: Bournemouth
VenueESTADIO BALAIDOSVigo
ScheduledAway
Home team: Bournemouth
Away team: Viktoria Plzeň
VenueBournemouth StadiumBournemouth
ScheduledHome
Home team: Lillestrøm
Away team: Bournemouth
VenueÅråsenLillestrom
ScheduledAway
Home team: Bournemouth
Away team: H. Beer-Sheva
VenueBournemouth StadiumBournemouth
ScheduledHome

League-phase draw

8 roads, 8 opponents

Opponent coefficient values use the same frozen snapshot as the competition ranking.

H

At the assigned home venue

Home opponents

AC Milan

Giuseppe Meazza Stadium · Milan

Club coefficient
66
Travel
Estimated controls

Viktoria Plzeň

Doosan Arena · Plzeň

Club coefficient
50.5
Travel
Estimated controls

Sturm Graz

Merkur Arena · Graz

Club coefficient
28
Travel
Estimated controls

H. Beer-Sheva

Stadionul Rapid-Giulești · Bucharest

Club coefficient
14
Travel
Estimated controls
A

Travel required

Away opponents

Real Sociedad

Anoeta Stadium · San Sebastián

Club coefficient
57
Return travel
1,653 km
Estimated controls
2

Sparta Praha

Letná Stadium · Prague

Club coefficient
38.25
Return travel
2,303 km
Estimated controls
2

Celta

Abanca Balaídos Stadium · Vigo

Club coefficient
19.409
Return travel
2,168 km
Estimated controls
2

Lillestrøm

Åråsen Stadion · Skedsmo Municipality

Club coefficient
8.247
Return travel
2,612 km
Estimated controls
2

Assigned competition venues

The away map

Great-circle distances are estimates. The map shows the venue assignments currently held in the draw snapshot.

4 away routes8,736 km estimated return travel
Away opponentAssigned venueCityOne wayReturnControls
awayReal SociedadAnoeta StadiumSan Sebastián827 km1,653 km2
awaySparta PrahaLetná StadiumPrague1,152 km2,303 km2
awayCeltaAbanca Balaídos StadiumVigo1,084 km2,168 km2
awayLillestrømÅråsen StadionSkedsmo Municipality1,306 km2,612 km2

Path Difficulty Index v1

Why this path scores 23.6

The score is relative to clubs in this competition and is not comparable across competitions.

Competition rank22 / 36

Easier than the competition median.

  1. Rival strength65% weight13.5 · 8.8 pts
  2. Round-trip travel25% weight19.2 · 4.8 pts
  3. Estimated controls10% weight100 · 10 pts
Published formula

65% opponent coefficient total, 25% round-trip travel and 10% estimated routine arrival controls after min-max normalization within Europa League.

Methodology

Tournament participation

Edition record

Absence from this table does not prove non-participation.

SeasonCompetitionPublished stagePosition / result
2026/27Europa LeagueLeague-phase fixtures8 fixtures

Published matches

Final record

No final in the published record

This club appears in a league-phase top eight, but not in a final currently included in the snapshot.