European club tournament research 2026/27 snapshot Generated 30 Aug 2026
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Europa League · 2026/27

Lech Poznań

Enea Stadion · Poznań · provisional competition venue

Path difficulty78Rank 1 of 36
Opponent coefficient366.371Rank 1 of 36
Round-trip travel13,124 kmRank 11 of 36
Estimated controls21 of 4 away trips
Club coefficient27.25Frozen 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
Lech Poznań
Sunderland
VenuePoznan StadiumPoznań
ScheduledHome
Benfica
Lech Poznań
VenueEstádio do SL BenficaLisbon
ScheduledAway
Union SG
Lech Poznań
VenueDen DreefLeuven
ScheduledAway
Lech Poznań
Ferencváros
VenuePoznan StadiumPoznań
ScheduledHome
Lech Poznań
Torreense
VenuePoznan StadiumPoznań
ScheduledHome
OFI Crete
Lech Poznań
VenuePankritioHeraklion
ScheduledAway
Conference League

2025/26 match programme

All competition fixtures
Lech Poznań4
SK Rapid1
VenuePoznan StadiumPoznań
L. Red Imps2
Lech Poznań1
VenueEuropa Point StadiumGibraltar
KuPS Kuopio0
Lech Poznań2
VenueTammelan StadionTampere
Lech Poznań1
KuPS Kuopio0
VenuePoznan StadiumPoznań
Shakhtar Donetsk1
Lech Poznań2
VenueMunicipal Henryk Reyman’s Stadium in KrakowKrakow

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

Bayer Leverkusen

BayArena · Leverkusen

Club coefficient
105
Travel
—
Estimated controls
—

Ferencváros

Groupama Arena · Budapest

Club coefficient
51.25
Travel
—
Estimated controls
—

Sunderland

Stadium of Light · Sunderland

Club coefficient
23.903
Travel
—
Estimated controls
—

Torreense

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa · Leiria

Club coefficient
14.633
Travel
—
Estimated controls
—
A

Travel required

Away opponents

Benfica

Estádio da Luz · Lisbon

Club coefficient
90
Return travel
5,018 km
Estimated controls
0

Union SG

Joseph Marien Stadium · Forest

Club coefficient
48
Return travel
1,763 km
Estimated controls
0

Crystal Palace

Selhurst Park · South Norwood

Club coefficient
23.903
Return travel
2,330 km
Estimated controls
2

OFI Crete

Pankritio Stadium · Heraklion Municipality

Club coefficient
9.682
Return travel
4,012 km
Estimated controls
0

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 routes13,124 km estimated return travel
Away opponentAssigned venueCityOne wayReturnControls
awayBenficaEstádio da LuzLisbon2,509 km5,018 km0
awayUnion SGJoseph Marien StadiumForest882 km1,763 km0
awayCrystal PalaceSelhurst ParkSouth Norwood1,165 km2,330 km2
awayOFI CretePankritio StadiumHeraklion Municipality2,006 km4,012 km0

Path Difficulty Index v1

Why this path scores 78

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

Competition rank01 / 36

Hardest path in the current draw model.

  1. Rival strength65% weight100 · 65 pts
  2. Round-trip travel25% weight41.8 · 10.5 pts
  3. Estimated controls10% weight25 · 2.5 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
2025/26Conference LeagueLeague-phase fixtures10 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.