UEFA Europa League teams ranked by best possession percentage (Season 2025/26) – 12.01.2026
UEFA Europa League teams ranked by best possession percentage (Season 2025/26)
- Date: 12.01.2026
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- UEFA Europa League teams ranked by best possession percentage (Season 2025/26)
Which team will finish the season as the top ranked by best possession percentage in UEFA Europa League?
Which teams are really the best in this category?
Passing is a lost art form in football, but these teams on the list try to keep the tradition going.
There are thousands of relevant statistics that we could take away from the season so far, and some would argue that the most important statistic is the one that tells us who’s at the top of the league.
But today we are looking at the teams ranked by best possession percentage in UEFA Europa League of the season so far. Let’s see.
| Team | P% |
|---|---|
| 1. Lyon | 64.0 |
| 2. VfB Stuttgart | 61.6 |
| 3. Aston Villa | 60.0 |
| 4. Fenerbahce | 58.3 |
| 5. Lille | 58.2 |
| 6. FC Porto | 57.6 |
| 7. Nottingham Forest | 56.0 |
| 8. Roma | 55.0 |
| 9. Celtic | 54.2 |
| 10. Panathinaikos | 53.9 |
| 11. Bologna | 53.0 |
| 12. Celta Vigo | 52.8 |
| 13. Braga | 52.7 |
| 14. Real Betis | 52.6 |
| 15. FC Midtjylland | 50.6 |
| 16. Dinamo Zagreb | 50.4 |
| 17. Feyenoord | 49.7 |
| 18. Freiburg | 49.2 |
| 19. PAOK Thessaloniki FC | 49.1 |
| 20. Rangers | 48.4 |
| 21. FC Basel 1893 | 48.3 |
| 22. BSC Young Boys | 47.6 |
| 23. Genk | 47.4 |
| 24. Ferencvaros | 45.9 |
| 25. Go Ahead Eagles | 45.8 |
| 26. Brann | 45.4 |
| 27. Ludogorets Razgrad | 45.1 |
| 28. FK Crvena Zvezda | 44.6 |
| 29. Sturm Graz | 44.4 |
| 30. FC FCSB | 43.8 |
| 31. Salzburg | 43.7 |
| 32. Malmoe FF | 43.3 |
| 33. Nice | 43.0 |
| 34. Viktoria Plzen | 42.8 |
| 35. FC Utrecht | 40.8 |
| 36. Maccabi Tel Aviv | 39.6 |
P% = Possession Percentage
* A list of the teams ranked by best possession percentage in UEFA Europa League (Season 2025/26).
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Site expert for statistical analysis and avid fan of all European football. Nikola Horvat has written for various Italian football portals and now he writes for Euro Football Rumours. He is a sports and travel aficionado and has lived in three continents – North America, South America and Europe. The languages that Nikola knows are Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Italian, English, and Spanish.
