2025–26 UEFA Conference League
The Red Bull Arena in Leipzig will host the final
Tournament details
Dates Qualifying:
8 July – 28 August 2025
Competition proper:
2 October 2025 – 27 May 2026
Teams Competition proper: 24+12
Total: 109+55 (from 54 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 140
Goals scored 343 (2.45 per match)
Attendance 1,611,686 (11,512 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mikael Ishak (Lech Poznań)
Marius Mouandilmadji (Samsunspor)
8 goals each
← 2024–25
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 19 March 2026.

The 2025–26 UEFA Conference League is the fifth season of the UEFA Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.

This is the second UEFA Conference League played under a new format involving a 36-team league phase.[1] The new format also does not allow teams to transfer from the Europa League to the Conference League from the league phase onwards, and thus the Conference League titleholders (Chelsea) are unable to defend their title as the winner of the Conference League automatically qualifies for the Europa League league phase.[2] However, Chelsea had already qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase via their domestic league position prior to winning the Conference League, so the automatic berth in the Europa League was not required and the access list was rebalanced.

The final will be played at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany.[3] The winners of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League league phase, unless they qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their league performance. In which case, the access list will be rebalanced.

Association team allocation

A total of 164 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations are participating in the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League. The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]

  • Associations 1–12 each have one team.
  • Associations 13–33 and 51–55 (except Russia)[Note RUS] each have two teams.
  • Associations 34–50 each have three teams (except Liechtenstein, which has one).[Note LIE]
  • 15 teams eliminated from the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and 41 teams eliminated from the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League were transferred to the Conference League.

Association ranking

For the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24.[5]

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Conference League, as noted below:

  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (UEL) – Additional/vacated teams transferred from/to the UEFA Europa League
Association ranking for 2025–26 UEFA Conference League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  England 104.303 1 [Note ENG]
2  Italy 90.284
3  Spain 89.489
4  Germany 86.624
5  France 66.831
6  Netherlands 61.300
7  Portugal 56.316
8  Belgium 48.800 +1 (UEL)
9  Turkey 38.600 +2 (UEL)
10  Czech Republic 36.050 +2 (UEL)
11  Scotland 36.050 +2 (UEL)
12  Switzerland 32.975 +2 (UEL)
13  Austria 32.600 2 +1 (UEL)
14  Norway 31.625 +1 (UEL)
15  Greece 31.525
16  Denmark 31.450
17  Israel 31.125 +1 (UEL)
18  Ukraine 28.000 +2 (UEL)
19  Serbia 27.775 +1 (UEL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20  Croatia 25.525 2 +1 (UEL)
21  Poland 25.375 +2 (UEL)
22  Russia 22.965 0 [Note RUS]
23  Cyprus 22.100 2 +1 (UEL)
24  Hungary 21.875 +1 (UEL)
25  Sweden 21.500 +1 (UEL)
26  Romania 21.375 +1 (UEL)
27  Bulgaria 20.375 +1 (UEL)
28  Azerbaijan 20.125 +1 (UEL)
29  Slovakia 19.625 +2 (UEL)
30  Slovenia 13.250 +1 (UCL)
+1 (UEL)
31  Moldova 13.125 +1 (UCL)
+1 (UEL)
32  Kosovo 11.541 +2 (UEL)
33  Kazakhstan 11.500 +1 (UEL)
34  Finland 11.125 +2 (UEL)
35  Republic of Ireland 10.875 3 −1 [Note IRL]
+1 (UEL)
36  Armenia 10.625 +1 (UEL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37  Latvia 10.625 3 +1 (UEL)
38  Faroe Islands 10.375 +1 (UCL)
39  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.000 +1 (UEL)
40  Liechtenstein 10.000 1 [Note LIE]
41  Iceland 9.583 3 +1 (UEL)
42  Northern Ireland 9.208 +1 (UCL)
43  Luxembourg 8.625 +1 (UCL)
44  Lithuania 8.500 +1 (UCL)
45  Malta 8.250 +1 (UEL)
46  Georgia 7.625 +1 (UCL)
47  Albania 7.375 +1 (UCL)
48  Estonia 7.207 +1 (UCL)
49  Belarus 6.625 +1 (UCL)
50  North Macedonia 6.000 +1 (UEL)
51  Andorra 5.998 2 +1 (UCL)
52  Wales 5.791 +1 (UCL)
53  Montenegro 5.708 +1 (UCL)
54  Gibraltar 4.957 +1 (UEL)
55  San Marino 1.832 +1 (UCL)

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League Teams transferred from Europa League
First qualifying round
(48 teams)
  • 8 domestic cup winners from associations 48–55
  • 20 domestic league runners-up from associations 34–55 (except Liechtenstein and Republic of Ireland)[Note LIE][Note IRL]
  • 20 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 30–50 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE]
Second qualifying round
(100 teams)		 Champions Path
(12 teams)
  • 12 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round
League Path
(88 teams)
  • 12 domestic cup winners from associations 35–47 (except Republic of Ireland)[Note IRL]
  • 18 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–33 (except Russia)[Note RUS] and association 35[Note IRL]
  • 16 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–29 (except Russia[Note RUS] and Slovakia[Note SVK])
  • 9 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15
  • 1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 6
  • 24 winners from the first qualifying round
  • 8 teams eliminated from Europa League first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(60 teams)		 Champions Path
(8 teams)
  • 6 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 2 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round[Note UCL Q1]
League Path
(52 teams)
  • 44 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)
  • 8 teams eliminated from Europa League second qualifying round
Play-off round
(48 teams)		 Champions Path
(10 teams)
  • 4 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 6 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
League Path
(38 teams)
  • 5 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–5 (EFL Cup winners for England)[Note ENG]
  • 26 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path)
  • 7 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (League Path)
League phase
(36 teams)
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 19 winners from the play-off round (League Path)
  • 12 teams eliminated from Europa League play-off round
Knockout phase play-offs
(16 teams)
  • 16 teams ranked 9–24 from the league phase
Round of 16
(16 teams)
  • 8 teams ranked 1–8 from the league phase
  • 8 winners from the knockout phase play-offs

The information here reflects the ongoing suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list were made:

  • The cup winners of associations 39 to 44 (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg and Lithuania) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
  • As a result of corresponding changes to the Champions League access list, there was one fewer loser from the Champions League first qualifying round transferred to the Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path) so one transferred team received a bye to the third qualifying round (Champions Path).

As the Champions League title holders (Paris Saint-Germain) qualified for the Champions League via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list were made:

  • As a result of corresponding changes to the Champions League access list, there was one fewer loser from the Champions League first qualifying round (two fewer in total) transferred to the Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path), so one transferred team (two in total) received a bye to the third qualifying round (Champions Path).

As the Conference League title holders (Chelsea) qualified for the Champions League phase via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list were made:

  • The cup winners of association 34 (Finland) entered the Europa League first qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of associations 45 (Malta) and 46 (Georgia) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • CW: Domestic cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • LC: League cup winners
  • RW: Regular season winners
  • PW: End-of-season Conference League play-offs winners
  • CL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
  • EL: Transferred from the Europa League
    • PO: Losers from the play-off round
    • CH/MP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/Main Path)
    • Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round
    • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round[6]

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

Qualified teams for 2025–26 UEFA Conference League
Entry round Teams
League phase Turkey Samsunspor (EL PO) Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc (EL PO) Scotland Aberdeen (EL PO) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (EL PO)
Croatia Rijeka (EL PO) Poland Lech Poznań (EL PO) Cyprus AEK Larnaca (EL PO) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (EL PO)
Finland KuPS (EL PO) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (EL PO) North Macedonia Shkëndija (EL PO) Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (EL PO)
Play-off round CH Kosovo Drita (EL CH Q3) Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (EL CH Q3) Armenia Noah (EL CH Q3) Latvia RFS (EL CH Q3)
Iceland Breiðablik (EL CH Q3) Malta Hamrun Spartans (EL CH Q3)
MP England Crystal Palace (CW)[Note ENG] Italy Fiorentina (6th) Spain Rayo Vallecano (8th) Germany Mainz 05 (6th)
France Strasbourg (7th) Switzerland Servette (EL MP Q3) Austria Wolfsberger AC (EL MP Q3) Norway Fredrikstad (EL MP Q3)
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (EL MP Q3) Poland Legia Warsaw (EL MP Q3) Sweden BK Häcken (EL MP Q3) Romania CFR Cluj (EL MP Q3)
Third qualifying round CH Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (CL Q1) [Note UCL Q1] San Marino Virtus (CL Q1)[Note UCL Q1]
MP Belgium Anderlecht (EL Q2) Turkey Beşiktaş (EL Q2) Czech Republic Baník Ostrava (EL Q2) Scotland Hibernian (EL Q2)
Switzerland Lugano (EL Q2) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (EL Q2) Slovenia Celje (EL Q2) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (EL Q2)
Second qualifying round CH Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana (CL Q1) Moldova Milsami Orhei (CL Q1) Northern Ireland Linfield (CL Q1) Luxembourg Differdange 03 (CL Q1)
Lithuania Žalgiris (CL Q1) Georgia (country) Iberia 1999 (CL Q1) Albania Egnatia (CL Q1) Estonia FCI Levadia (CL Q1)
Belarus Dinamo Minsk (CL Q1) Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes (CL Q1) Wales The New Saints (CL Q1) Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (CL Q1)
MP Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (EL Q1) Serbia Partizan (EL Q1) Hungary Paks (EL Q1) Azerbaijan Sabah (EL Q1)
Slovakia Spartak Trnava (EL Q1) Kosovo Prishtina (EL Q1) Kazakhstan Aktobe (EL Q1) Finland Ilves (EL Q1)
Netherlands AZ (PW) Portugal Santa Clara (5th) Belgium Charleroi (PW) Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir (5th)
Czech Republic Sparta Prague (4th) Scotland Dundee United (4th) Switzerland Lausanne-Sport (5th) Austria Austria Wien (3rd)
Austria Rapid Wien (PW) Norway Viking (3rd) Norway Rosenborg (4th) Greece AEK Athens (4th)
Greece Aris (5th) Denmark Brøndby (3rd) Denmark Silkeborg (PW)[Note IRL] Israel Maccabi Haifa (3rd)
Israel Beitar Jerusalem (4th) Ukraine Oleksandriya (2nd) Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr (4th) Serbia Novi Pazar (3rd)
Serbia Radnički 1923 (5th)[Note SRB] Croatia Hajduk Split (3rd) Croatia Varaždin (4th) Poland Raków Częstochowa (2nd)
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok (3rd) Cyprus Aris Limassol (2nd) Cyprus Omonia (3rd) Hungary Puskás Akadémia (2nd)
Hungary Győri ETO (4th)[Note SVK] Sweden Hammarby IF (2nd) Sweden AIK (3rd) Romania Universitatea Craiova (3rd)
Romania Universitatea Cluj (4th) Bulgaria Cherno More (3rd) Bulgaria Arda (PW) Azerbaijan Zira (2nd)
Azerbaijan Araz-Naxçıvan (3rd) Slovakia Žilina (2nd) Slovakia Košice (5th)[Note SVK] Slovenia Maribor (2nd)
Moldova Zimbru Chișinău (3rd) Kosovo Ballkani (2nd) Kazakhstan Astana (2nd) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (2nd)[Note IRL]
Armenia Ararat-Armenia (2nd) Latvia Riga (2nd) Faroe Islands HB (CW) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (CW)
Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW) Iceland KA (CW) Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts (CW) Luxembourg UNA Strassen (2nd)
Lithuania Banga (CW) Malta Hibernians (CW) Georgia (country) Spaeri (CW) Albania Dinamo City (CW)[Note IRL]
First qualifying round Slovenia Koper (3rd) Moldova Petrocub Hîncești (4th) Kosovo Malisheva (3rd) Kazakhstan Ordabasy (4th)
Finland HJK (3rd) Finland SJK (PW) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic (3rd) Armenia Urartu (3rd)
Armenia Pyunik (4th) Latvia Auda (3rd) Latvia Daugavpils (5th)[Note LVA] Faroe Islands KÍ (2nd)
Faroe Islands NSÍ (4th) Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (2nd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (4th) Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík (2nd)
Iceland Valur (3rd) Northern Ireland Larne (2nd) Northern Ireland Cliftonville (PW) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (3rd)
Luxembourg Racing Union (4th) Lithuania Hegelmann (2nd) Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris (3rd) Malta Birkirkara (2nd)
Malta Floriana (3rd) Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi (2nd) Georgia (country) Dila Gori (3rd) Albania Vllaznia (2nd)
Albania Partizani (3rd) Estonia Nõmme Kalju (CW) Estonia Paide Linnameeskond (3rd) Estonia Flora (4th)
Belarus Neman Grodno (CW) Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (3rd) Belarus Dynamo Brest (4th) North Macedonia Vardar (CW)
North Macedonia Sileks (2nd) North Macedonia Rabotnicki (3rd) Andorra Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (2nd) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (3rd)
Wales Penybont (2nd) Wales Haverfordwest County (PW) Montenegro Dečić (CW) Montenegro Sutjeska (3rd)[Note MNE]
Gibraltar Magpies (CW)[Note GIB] Gibraltar St Joseph's (2nd) San Marino La Fiorita (PW) San Marino Tre Fiori (3rd)

Two teams not playing in a national top division took part in the competition: Vaduz (2nd tier) and Spaeri (2nd tier).

Notes

  1. ^
    Champions League (UCL Q1): Two of the Champions League first qualifying round losers were drawn to receive byes to the third qualifying round (Champions Path), as two fewer losers were transferred to the second qualifying round (Champions Path), due to Champions League league phase berths vacated following the Champions League title holders qualifying via league position and the suspension of Russia from the 2025–26 European season.
  2. ^
    England (ENG): Initially, Crystal Palace qualified for the Europa League as the winners of the 2024–25 FA Cup and Nottingham Forest qualified for the Conference League as the 7th placed team in the Premier League. But on 11 July, UEFA ruled[7] that Crystal Palace and French club Olympique Lyonnais (who also qualified for the Europa League) were both part of a group owned by the same company (prior to 1 March 2025) and as such could not compete in the same competition. As Olympique Lyonnais finished higher in their domestic league, Crystal Palace were forced to swap European rights with Nottingham Forest. Crystal Palace's place in the Conference League was confirmed when their appeal was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 11 August.[8][9]
  3. ^
    Gibraltar (GIB): FCB Magpies, who qualified by winning the 2024–25 Rock Cup, merged into Calpe City Magpies on 1 June 2025,[10] but played as Magpies during the 2025–26 season due to registration issues.
  4. ^
    Latvia (LVA): Valmiera finished 4th in the 2024 Latvian Higher League, but were disqualified and expelled from the league outright. In addition, the club was also disqualified from all European competitions including the Conference League. As a result, their place in the competition was passed on to the 5th placed team, Daugavpils.
  5. ^
    Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all played in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the UEFA Conference League for the 2025–26 season.
  6. ^
    Montenegro (MNE): Petrovac would have qualified for the first qualifying round by finishing second, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence. As a result, their berth was passed onto the third-placed side, Sutjeska.[11]
  7. ^
    Republic of Ireland (IRL): Drogheda United qualified for the second qualifying round as the 2024 FAI Cup winners. They were expelled from the competition as their owners, Trivela Group, also own Danish club Silkeborg, and Silkeborg finished in a higher league position than Drogheda did. No Irish club was able to replace them as the deadline for a UEFA licence had passed. Second place Shamrock Rovers moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round to replace Drogheda United. With an odd number of teams in the first qualifying round as a result, the next-highest cup winner Dinamo City from Albania also moved up.[6][12]
  8. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[14]
  9. ^
    Serbia (SRB): OFK Beograd qualified for the second qualifying round but failed to obtain a UEFA licence. As a result, the berth was given to fifth-place Radnički.
  10. ^
    Slovakia (SVK): DAC Dunajská Streda originally qualified for the second qualifying round but were later excluded by UEFA due to multi-club ownership rules, because Győr (Hungary) also qualified. Both teams finished fourth in their leagues but DAC Dunajská Streda were removed due to Slovakia's lower position in the UEFA standings. Initially, UEFA cancelled DAC Dunajska Streda's second qualifying round tie, meaning whoever won first qualifying round match 20 would have received a bye to the third qualifying round.[15] However, Košice, the next highest-placed team of the Slovak league, replaced DAC Dunajská Streda on 15 July, in time to participate in the second qualifying round.[6]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[16] Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, with an exclusive day of 18 December, apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.[17]

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Conference League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 17 June 2025 10 July 2025 17 July 2025
Second qualifying round 18 June 2025 24 July 2025 31 July 2025
Third qualifying round 21 July 2025 7 August 2025 14 August 2025
Play-offs Play-off round 4 August 2025 21 August 2025 28 August 2025
League phase Matchday 1 29 August 2025 2 October 2025
Matchday 2 23 October 2025
Matchday 3 6 November 2025
Matchday 4 27 November 2025
Matchday 5 11 December 2025
Matchday 6 18 December 2025
Knockout phase Knockout phase play-offs 16 January 2026 19 February 2026 26 February 2026
Round of 16 27 February 2026 12 March 2026 19 March 2026
Quarter-finals N/a 9 April 2026 16 April 2026
Semi-finals 30 April 2026 7 May 2026
Final 27 May 2026 at Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025.[18] The first legs were played on 8 and 10 July, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 July 2025.

The winners of the ties advanced to the second qualifying round.

First qualifying round
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
NSÍ Faroe Islands 4–5 Finland HJK 4–0 0–5 (a.e.t.)
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 5–4 Kazakhstan Ordabasy 4–3 1–1
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–4 Slovenia Koper 1–1 1–3
SJK Finland 1–4 Faroe Islands KÍ 1–2 0–2
Nõmme Kalju Estonia 2–1 Albania Partizani 1–1 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Tre Fiori San Marino 1–5 Armenia Pyunik 1–0 0–5
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 3–0 Lithuania Hegelmann 1–0 2–0
Dečić Montenegro 3–2 North Macedonia Sileks 2–0 1–2
Sutjeska Montenegro 3–2 Belarus Dynamo Brest 1–2 2–0
Larne Northern Ireland 2–2 (4–2 p) Latvia Auda 0–0 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Floriana Malta 5–3 Wales Haverfordwest County 2–1 3–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Belarus 4–0 North Macedonia Rabotnicki 3–0 1–0
Magpies Gibraltar 3–7 Estonia Paide Linnameeskond 2–3 1–4
Birkirkara Malta 1–3 Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 1–0 0–3
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes Andorra 5–2 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 2–0 3–2
Valur Iceland 5–1 Estonia Flora 3–0 2–1
Malisheva Kosovo 0–9 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 0–1 0–8
Racing Union Luxembourg 1–3 Georgia (country) Dila Gori 1–2 0–1
Vllaznia Albania 4–3 Latvia Daugavpils 0–1 4–2
Urartu Armenia 1–6 Belarus Neman Grodno 1–2 0–4
Vardar North Macedonia 5–2[a] San Marino La Fiorita 3–0 2–2
Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania 4–1 Wales Penybont 3–0 1–1
St Joseph's Gibraltar 5–4 Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2–2 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–4 Andorra FC Santa Coloma 1–4 2–0
Notes:
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025. The first legs were played on 22, 23 and 24 July, and the second legs were played on 29 and 31 July 2025.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round.

Second qualifying round
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands Bye N/A — —
Virtus San Marino Bye N/A — —
FCI Levadia Estonia 3–2 Georgia (country) Iberia 1999 1–0 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Žalgiris Lithuania 0–2 Northern Ireland Linfield 0–0 0–2
The New Saints Wales 0–2 Luxembourg Differdange 03 0–1 0–1
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 5–3 Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes 4–2 1–1
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–2 Moldova Milsami Orhei 0–0 1–2
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 0–3 Albania Egnatia 0–2 0–1
Main Path
Dundee United Scotland 2–0 Luxembourg UNA Strassen 1–0 1–0
Larne Northern Ireland 1–1 (5–4 p) Kosovo Prishtina 0–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Košice Slovakia 3–4 Belarus Neman Grodno 2–3 1–1
Vaduz Liechtenstein 3–1 Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 0–1 3–0 (a.e.t.)
Silkeborg Denmark 4–3 Iceland KA 1–1 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg Norway 7–0 Lithuania Banga 5–0 2–0
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes Andorra 2–3 Albania Dinamo City 1–2 1–1
Austria Wien Austria 7–0 Georgia (country) Spaeri 2–0 5–0
Ballkani Kosovo 5–3 Malta Floriana 4–2 1–1
Viking Norway 12–3 Slovenia Koper 7–0 5–3
AEK Athens Greece 1–0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0 0–0
Pyunik Armenia 3–4 Hungary Győri ETO 2–1 1–3
Riga Latvia 5–4 Georgia (country) Dila Gori 2–1 3–3
Raków Częstochowa Poland 6–1 Slovakia Žilina 3–0 3–1
Petrocub Hîncești Moldova 1–6 Azerbaijan Sabah 0–2 1–4
Ararat-Armenia Armenia 2–1 Romania Universitatea Cluj 0–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Varaždin Croatia 2–3 Portugal Santa Clara 2–1 0–2
Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania 3–2 Iceland Valur 1–1 2–1
Paks Hungary 2–1 Slovenia Maribor 1–0 1–1
Vllaznia Albania 4–5 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 2–1 2–4 (a.e.t.)
Hammarby IF Sweden 2–1 Belgium Charleroi 0–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Radnički 1923 Serbia 0–1 Faroe Islands KÍ 0–0 0–1
Novi Pazar Serbia 2–5 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 1–2 1–3
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine 5–3 Andorra FC Santa Coloma 1–2 4–1
Vardar North Macedonia 2–6 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 2–1 0–5
HB Faroe Islands 1–2 Denmark Brøndby 1–1 0–1
Oleksandriya Ukraine 0–6 Serbia Partizan 0–2 0–4
Hibernians Malta 2–7 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 1–2 1–5
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 3–2 Estonia Nõmme Kalju 1–0 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Paide Linnameeskond Estonia 0–8[a] Sweden AIK 0–2 0–6
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–5 Romania Universitatea Craiova 2–1 0–4
Aris Limassol Cyprus 5–2 Hungary Puskás Akadémia 3–2 2–0
St Joseph's Gibraltar 0–4 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0–4 0–0
Ilves Finland 4–8 Netherlands AZ 4–3 0–5
Zira Azerbaijan 2–3 Croatia Hajduk Split 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Arda Bulgaria 2–2 (4–3 p) Finland HJK 0–0 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Aktobe Kazakhstan 2–5 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–1 0–4
Astana Kazakhstan 3–1[a] Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 1–1 2–0
Dečić Montenegro 2–6 Austria Rapid Wien 0–2 2–4
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Belarus 1–4 Israel Maccabi Haifa 1–1 0–3
Araz-Naxçıvan Azerbaijan 4–3 Greece Aris 2–1 2–2
Omonia Cyprus 5–0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 4–0
Cherno More Bulgaria 0–5 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 0–1 0–4
Sutjeska Montenegro 3–7 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 1–2 2–5
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 21 July 2025. The first legs were played on 5 and 7 August, and the second legs were played on 13 and 14 August 2025.

Third qualifying round
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 4–2 Albania Egnatia 0–0 4–2 (a.e.t.)
Milsami Orhei Moldova 3–5 San Marino Virtus 3–2 0–3
Differdange 03 Luxembourg 5–4 Estonia FCI Levadia 2–3 3–1 (a.e.t.)
Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands 2–3 Northern Ireland Linfield 2–1 0–2
Main Path
Rapid Wien Austria 4–4 (5–4 p) Scotland Dundee United 2–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 6–2 Armenia Ararat-Armenia 4–1 2–1
AZ Netherlands 4–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz 3–0 1–0
Lugano Switzerland 4–7 Slovenia Celje 0–5 4–2
KÍ Faroe Islands 2–2 (4–5 p) Belarus Neman Grodno 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Riga Latvia 4–3 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 1–3
Víkingur Reykjavík Iceland 3–4 Denmark Brøndby 3–0 0–4
Hajduk Split Croatia 3–4 Albania Dinamo City 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Anderlecht Belgium 4–1 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 3–0 1–1
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 5–1 Kazakhstan Astana 3–1 2–0
Larne Northern Ireland 0–3 Portugal Santa Clara 0–3 0–0
Aris Limassol Cyprus 3–5 Greece AEK Athens 2–2 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Viking Norway 2–4 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 1–3 1–1
Araz-Naxçıvan Azerbaijan 0–9 Cyprus Omonia 0–4 0–5
Ballkani Kosovo 1–4 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 1–0 0–4
Raków Częstochowa Poland 2–1 Israel Maccabi Haifa 0–1 2–0
AIK Sweden 2–3 Hungary Győri ETO 2–1 0–2
Universitatea Craiova Romania 6–4 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 3–0 3–4 (a.e.t.)
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine 4–2 Hungary Paks 3–0 1–2
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 3–0 Azerbaijan Sabah 1–0 2–0
Silkeborg Denmark 2–3 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 0–1 2–2
Partizan Serbia 3–4 Scotland Hibernian 0–2 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Baník Ostrava Czech Republic 5–4 Austria Austria Wien 4–3 1–1
Rosenborg Norway 1–0 Sweden Hammarby IF 0–0 1–0
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 3–7 Turkey Beşiktaş 1–4 2–3
Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania 0–3 Bulgaria Arda 0–1 0–2

Play-off round

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2025. The first legs were played on 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2025.

Play-off round
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Hamrun Spartans Malta 3–2 Latvia RFS 1–0 2–2
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland 5–1 Northern Ireland Linfield 3–1 2–0
Breiðablik Iceland 5–2 San Marino Virtus 2–1 3–1
Drita Kosovo 3–1 Luxembourg Differdange 03 2–1 1–0
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 3–7 Armenia Noah 1–4 2–3
Main Path
Strasbourg France 3–2 Denmark Brøndby 0–0 3–2
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 4–1 Albania Dinamo City 3–0 1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 3–2 Switzerland Servette 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Anderlecht Belgium 1–3 Greece AEK Athens 1–1 0–2
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 2–5 Romania Universitatea Craiova 1–2 1–3
Crystal Palace England 1–0 Norway Fredrikstad 1–0 0–0
Celje Slovenia 3–0 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava 1–0 2–0
Raków Częstochowa Poland 3–1 Bulgaria Arda 1–0 2–1
Hibernian Scotland 4–5 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–2 3–3 (a.e.t.)
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–6 Netherlands AZ 0–2 1–4
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine 2–6 Italy Fiorentina 0–3 2–3
Győri ETO Hungary 2–3 Austria Rapid Wien 2–1 0–2
Neman Grodno Belarus 0–5 Spain Rayo Vallecano 0–1 0–4
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 2–1 Turkey Beşiktaş 1–1 1–0
Santa Clara Portugal 1–2 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 1–2 0–0
Rosenborg Norway 3–5 Germany Mainz 05 2–1 1–4
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 2–1 Latvia Riga 2–0 0–1
BK Häcken Sweden 7–3 Romania CFR Cluj 7–2 0–1
Wolfsberger AC Austria 2–2 (4–5 p) Cyprus Omonia 2–1 0–1 (a.e.t.)

League phase

2025–26 UEFA Conference League is located in Europe
Noah
Noah
Rapid
Rapid
Zrinjski
Zrinjski
Rijeka
Rijeka
AEK Larnaca
AEK Larnaca
Omonia
Omonia
Sparta
Sparta
Sigma
Sigma
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
Strasbourg
Strasbourg
KuPS
KuPS
Mainz
Mainz
Lincoln Red Imps
Lincoln Red Imps
AEK Athens
AEK Athens
Breiðablik
Breiðablik
Fiorentina
Fiorentina
Drita
Drita
Hamrun Spartans
Hamrun Spartans
AZ
AZ
Shkëndija
Shkëndija
Raków
Raków
Lech
Lech
Legia
Legia
Jagiellonia
Jagiellonia
Dublin
Dublin
U Craiova
U Craiova
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Slovan
Slovan
Celje
Celje
Rayo Vallecano
Rayo Vallecano
Häcken
Häcken
Lausanne
Lausanne
Samsunspor
Samsunspor
Dynamo
Dynamo
Shakhtar
Shakhtar
Dublin teams Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne
Dublin teams
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne
Location of teams in the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League league phase
Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League league phase

The Conference League league phase comprised the 24 winners of the Conference League play-off round, as well as 12 losers of the Europa League play-off round.

The league phase draw for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 29 August 2025. The 36 teams were divided into six pots of six teams each based on their UEFA club coefficient.

The draw ceremony was held along with the league phase draw for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League, as a change from the previous season. In the previous season's draw the 36 teams were manually drawn one at a time; this season's draw was entirely computer generated with all 36 teams' opponents and home/away locations drawn at once, but revealed pot by pot.[19] Each team faced one opponent from each of the six pots, with one home and one away match from each pot pair of Pots 1 and 2, Pots 3 and 4, and Pots 5 and 6. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association.[20][21]

Crystal Palace, Drita, Hamrun Spartans, KuPS, Rayo Vallecano, Samsunspor, Shelbourne, Shkëndija, Sigma Olomouc and Universitatea Craiova made their debut appearances in a major UEFA competition group or league phase. Hamrun Spartans were the first team from Malta to play in a major UEFA competition group stage or league phase.[22]

A total of 29 national associations were represented in the league phase. Poland were the first country to have four clubs play in the Conference League group stage/league phase, and it was also the first time in history that four Polish clubs competed in any edition of a UEFA competition group stage or league phase.[23]

Table

The top eight ranked teams received a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th contested the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from European competition.

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France Strasbourg 6 5 1 0 11 5 +6 16 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2 Poland Raków Częstochowa 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 14
3 Greece AEK Athens 6 4 1 1 14 7 +7 13
4 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13
5 Spain Rayo Vallecano 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13
6 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
7 Germany Mainz 05 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13
8 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 6 3 3 0 7 1 +6 12
9 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10 England Crystal Palace 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10
11 Poland Lech Poznań 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10
12 Turkey Samsunspor 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10
13 Slovenia Celje 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
14 Netherlands AZ 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10
15 Italy Fiorentina 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9
16 Croatia Rijeka 6 2 3 1 5 2 +3 9
17 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18 Cyprus Omonia 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8
19 Armenia Noah 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
20 Kosovo Drita 6 2 2 2 4 8 −4 8
21 Finland KuPS 6 1 4 1 6 5 +1 7
22 North Macedonia Shkëndija 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7
24 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7
25 Romania Universitatea Craiova 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
26 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 6 2 1 3 7 15 −8 7
27 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6
28 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6
29 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6
30 Iceland Breiðablik 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
31 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4
32 Sweden BK Häcken 6 0 3 3 5 8 −3 3
33 Malta Hamrun Spartans 6 1 0 5 4 11 −7 3
34 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 6 0 2 4 0 7 −7 2
35 Scotland Aberdeen 6 0 2 4 3 14 −11 2
36 Austria Rapid Wien 6 0 1 5 3 14 −11 1
Source: UEFA[24]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Results

Matchday 1
Home team Score Away team
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–2 England Crystal Palace
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 3–0 Iceland Breiðablik
Noah Armenia 1–0 Croatia Rijeka
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 1–0 Malta Hamrun Spartans
Lech Poznań Poland 4–1 Austria Rapid Wien
KuPS Finland 1–1 Kosovo Drita
Omonia Cyprus 0–1 Germany Mainz 05
Rayo Vallecano Spain 2–0 North Macedonia Shkëndija
Aberdeen Scotland 2–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 4–1 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Fiorentina Italy 2–0 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 4–0 Netherlands AZ
Legia Warsaw Poland 0–1 Turkey Samsunspor
Celje Slovenia 3–1 Greece AEK Athens
Raków Częstochowa Poland 2–0 Romania Universitatea Craiova
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland 0–0 Sweden BK Häcken
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 1–2 France Strasbourg
Matchday 2
Home team Score Away team
AEK Athens Greece 6–0 Scotland Aberdeen
BK Häcken Sweden 2–2 Spain Rayo Vallecano
Breiðablik Iceland 0–0 Finland KuPS
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1–2 Poland Legia Warsaw
Drita Kosovo 1–1 Cyprus Omonia
Rijeka Croatia 1–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Shkëndija North Macedonia 1–0 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Strasbourg France 1–1 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
Rapid Wien Austria 0–3 Italy Fiorentina
AZ Netherlands 1–0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Mainz 05 Germany 1–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar
Crystal Palace England 0–1 Cyprus AEK Larnaca
Hamrun Spartans Malta 0–1 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 2–1 Poland Lech Poznań
Samsunspor Turkey 3–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 0–2 Slovenia Celje
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 1–1 Poland Raków Częstochowa
Universitatea Craiova Romania 1–1 Armenia Noah
Matchday 3
Home team Score Away team
Mainz 05 Germany 2–1 Italy Fiorentina
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–0 Poland Raków Częstochowa
AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 0–0 Scotland Aberdeen
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–0 Iceland Breiðablik
Noah Armenia 1–2 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc
KuPS Finland 3–1 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Celje Slovenia 2–1 Poland Legia Warsaw
Samsunspor Turkey 3–0 Malta Hamrun Spartans
BK Häcken Sweden 1–2 France Strasbourg
Crystal Palace England 3–1 Netherlands AZ
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 1–1 Cyprus Omonia
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 6–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar
Shkëndija North Macedonia 1–1 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 1–1 Croatia Rijeka
Rayo Vallecano Spain 3–2 Poland Lech Poznań
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland 0–1 Kosovo Drita
Rapid Wien Austria 0–1 Romania Universitatea Craiova
Matchday 4
Home team Score Away team
AZ Netherlands 2–0 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Hamrun Spartans Malta 3–1 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Sweden BK Häcken
Lech Poznań Poland 2–0 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
Omonia Cyprus 2–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Raków Częstochowa Poland 4–1 Austria Rapid Wien
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 2–1 Slovenia Celje
Universitatea Craiova Romania 1–0 Germany Mainz 05
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 2–1 Spain Rayo Vallecano
Aberdeen Scotland 1–1 Armenia Noah
Fiorentina Italy 0–1 Greece AEK Athens
Breiðablik Iceland 2–2 Turkey Samsunspor
Drita Kosovo 1–0 North Macedonia Shkëndija
Rijeka Croatia 0–0 Cyprus AEK Larnaca
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 1–0 Finland KuPS
Legia Warsaw Poland 0–1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Strasbourg France 2–1 England Crystal Palace
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 1–2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Matchday 5
Home team Score Away team
Fiorentina Italy 2–1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
BK Häcken Sweden 1–1 Cyprus AEK Larnaca
Breiðablik Iceland 3–1 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Drita Kosovo 0–3 Netherlands AZ
Noah Armenia 2–1 Poland Legia Warsaw
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 1–2 Spain Rayo Vallecano
Shkëndija North Macedonia 2–0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Samsunspor Turkey 1–2 Greece AEK Athens
Universitatea Craiova Romania 1–2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Aberdeen Scotland 0–1 France Strasbourg
Hamrun Spartans Malta 0–2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Rijeka Croatia 3–0 Slovenia Celje
Lech Poznań Poland 1–1 Germany Mainz 05
KuPS Finland 0–0 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 2–1 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc
Raków Częstochowa Poland 1–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland 0–3 England Crystal Palace
Rapid Wien Austria 0–1 Cyprus Omonia
Matchday 6
Home team Score Away team
Mainz 05 Germany 2–0 Turkey Samsunspor
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 3–0 Scotland Aberdeen
AEK Athens Greece 3–2 Romania Universitatea Craiova
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 1–0 North Macedonia Shkëndija
AZ Netherlands 0–0 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
Crystal Palace England 2–2 Finland KuPS
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 0–0 Croatia Rijeka
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–0 Armenia Noah
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 1–0 Italy Fiorentina
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 Austria Rapid Wien
Legia Warsaw Poland 4–1 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
Celje Slovenia 0–0 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Omonia Cyprus 0–1 Poland Raków Częstochowa
Strasbourg France 3–1 Iceland Breiðablik
Rayo Vallecano Spain 3–0 Kosovo Drita
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 3–1 Malta Hamrun Spartans
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 1–2 Poland Lech Poznań
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 1–0 Sweden BK Häcken

Knockout phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The bracket structure for the knockout phase is partially fixed in advance using seeding, with teams' positions in the bracket determined by the final standings in the league phase. In the knockout phase, there is no country protection, with teams from the same association able to face each other in any round. Teams can also face opponents they played during the league phase.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:[4]

  • In the draw for the knockout phase play-offs, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 9–16 were seeded, and the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 17–24 were unseeded. The draw was split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams hosted the second leg.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight teams finishing the league phase in positions 1–8 were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout phase play-offs were unseeded. Again, the draw was split into four sections based on the predetermined bracket, with the seeded teams in each section drawn against one of their two possible unseeded opponents. The seeded teams hosted the second leg.

In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, both the exact match pairings and order of legs were predetermined based on the tournament bracket. The higher-seeded teams, assuming they advance, will play the second leg of each round at home. Should a seeded team be beaten, the team that eliminates them will assume their seeding position. The winner of semi-final 1 will be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).

Bracket

Knockout phase play-offs Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
21 Finland KuPS 0 0 0
11 Poland Lech Poznań 2 1 3 11 Poland Lech Poznań 1 2 3
6 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 4
6 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
19 Armenia Noah 1 0 1
14 Netherlands AZ
14 Netherlands AZ 0 4 4 14 Netherlands AZ 2 4 6
4 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1 0 1
Winner QF1
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1 0 1
Winner QF2
10 England Crystal Palace 1 2 3 10 England Crystal Palace (a.e.t.) 0 2 2
8 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0 1 1
10 England Crystal Palace
17 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 0 4 4
15 Italy Fiorentina
15 Italy Fiorentina (a.e.t.) 3 2 5 15 Italy Fiorentina 2 2 4
27 May – Leipzig
2 Poland Raków Częstochowa 1 1 2
Winner SF1
22 North Macedonia Shkëndija 0 0 0
Winner SF2
12 Turkey Samsunspor 1 4 5 12 Turkey Samsunspor 1 1 2
5 Spain Rayo Vallecano 3 0 3
5 Spain Rayo Vallecano
20 Kosovo Drita 2 2 4
3 Greece AEK Athens
13 Slovenia Celje 3 3 6 13 Slovenia Celje 0 2 2
3 Greece AEK Athens 4 0 4
Winner QF3
24 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc 1 2 3
Winner QF4
9 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 1 1 2 24 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc 0 0 0
7 Germany Mainz 05 0 2 2
7 Germany Mainz 05
18 Cyprus Omonia 0 1 1
1 France Strasbourg
16 Croatia Rijeka 1 3 4 16 Croatia Rijeka 1 1 2
1 France Strasbourg 2 1 3

Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 16 January 2026, 13:00 CET.[25] The first legs were played on 19 February, and the second legs were played on 26 February 2026.[26]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KuPS Finland 0–3 Poland Lech Poznań 0–2 0–1
Noah Armenia 1–4 Netherlands AZ 1–0 0–4
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–3 England Crystal Palace 1–1 0–2
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 4–5 Italy Fiorentina 0–3 4–2 (a.e.t.)
Shkëndija North Macedonia 0–5 Turkey Samsunspor 0–1 0–4
Drita Kosovo 4–6 Slovenia Celje 2–3 2–3
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 3–2 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 1–1 2–1
Omonia Cyprus 1–4 Croatia Rijeka 0–1 1–3

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 February 2026, 14:00 CET.[27] The first legs were played on 12 March, and the second legs were played on 19 March 2026.[28]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lech Poznań Poland 3–4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1–3 2–1
AZ Netherlands 6–1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–1 4–0
Crystal Palace England 2–1 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Fiorentina Italy 4–2 Poland Raków Częstochowa 2–1 2–1
Samsunspor Turkey 2–3 Spain Rayo Vallecano 1–3 1–0
Celje Slovenia 2–4 Greece AEK Athens 0–4 2–0
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 0–2 Germany Mainz 05 0–0 0–2
Rijeka Croatia 2–3 France Strasbourg 1–2 1–1

Quarter-finals

The first legs will be played on 9 April, and the second legs will be played on 16 April 2026.[29]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1 Netherlands AZ 9 Apr 16 Apr
Crystal Palace England 2 Italy Fiorentina 9 Apr 16 Apr
Rayo Vallecano Spain 3 Greece AEK Athens 9 Apr 16 Apr
Mainz 05 Germany 4 France Strasbourg 9 Apr 16 Apr

Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 30 April, and the second legs will be played on 7 May 2026.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner QF1 1 Winner QF2 30 Apr 7 May
Winner QF3 2 Winner QF4 30 Apr 7 May

Final

Main article: 2026 UEFA Conference League final

The final will be played on 27 May 2026 at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig. The winner of semi-final 1 was designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Table correct as of 19 March 2026.

Top goalscorers

Rank[30] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Sweden Mikael Ishak Poland Lech Poznań 8 742
Chad Marius Mouandilmadji Turkey Samsunspor 821
3 Netherlands Sven Mijnans Netherlands AZ 6 819
4 Croatia Franko Kovačević Slovenia Celje 5 482
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nardin Mulahusejnović Armenia Noah 601
Senegal Ismaïla Sarr England Crystal Palace 653
Croatia Toni Fruk Croatia Rijeka 849
8 Ivory Coast Martial Godo France Strasbourg 4 483
Denmark Isak Jensen Netherlands AZ 529
Mauritania Aboubakary Koïta Greece AEK Athens 549
England Daniel Adu-Adjei Croatia Rijeka 605

See also

  • 2025–26 UEFA Champions League
  • 2025–26 UEFA Europa League
  • 2026 UEFA Super Cup
  • 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
  • 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
  • 2025–26 UEFA Youth League

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