2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

The 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League was the third season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.

The final was played at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece. It was won by Olympiacos, who defeated Fiorentina 1–0 after extra time, and qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league stage as a result.

This edition was the final season under this name, as it was renamed to the UEFA Conference League from the 2024–25 season onwards. According to UEFA, the new denomination of the competition would enable further development as a stand-alone competition in their research amongst fans and commercial partners. This was also the final season with the format of 32 teams participating in the group stage, after UEFA announced that a brand-new Swiss-system format would be introduced for the following edition. Due to the change, no clubs could be transferred from the Europa League group stage to the Conference League, so starting with this edition the winners would no longer be able to defend their title.

As the title holders, West Ham United qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League. They were unable to defend their title after advancing to the Europa League knockout phase.

Association team allocation

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

A total of 178 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations (excluding Russia) participated in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• Associations 1–5 each had one team qualify. • Associations 6–16 (except Russia) and 51–55 each had two teams qualify. • Associations 17–50 (except Liechtenstein) each had three teams qualify. • Liechtenstein had only one team that qualified as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league. • Moreover, 18 teams eliminated from the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League and 25 teams eliminated from the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League were transferred to the Europa Conference League.

Association ranking

For the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22.

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

• (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League • (UEL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Europa League

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	England	106.641	1
2	Spain	96.141	+1 (UEL)
3	Italy	76.902
4	Germany	75.213
5	France	60.081
6	Portugal	53.382	2
7	Netherlands	49.300	+1 (UEL)
8	Austria	38.850	+1 (UEL)
9	Scotland	36.900	+1 (UEL)
10	Russia	34.482	0
11	Serbia	33.375	2	+1 (UEL)
12	Ukraine	31.800	+2 (UEL)
13	Belgium	30.600	+2 (UEL)
14	Switzerland	29.675	+2 (UEL)
15	Greece	28.200	+1 (UEL)
16	Czech Republic	27.800
17	Norway	27.250	3	+1 (UEL)
18	Denmark	27.175
19	Croatia	27.150	+1 (UEL)
Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
20	Turkey	27.100	3
21	Cyprus	26.375
22	Israel	24.375	+1 (UEL)
23	Sweden	22.875
24	Bulgaria	19.500	+1 (UEL)
25	Romania	17.150	+1 (UCL)
26	Azerbaijan	17.000
27	Hungary	16.375	+1 (UCL)
28	Poland	15.875
29	Kazakhstan	15.750	+1 (UEL)
30	Slovakia	15.625	+1 (UEL)
31	Slovenia	15.000	+1 (UEL)
32	Belarus	12.500	+1 (UEL)
33	Moldova	11.250
34	Lithuania	10.000	+1 (UEL)
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.125	+1 (UEL)
36	Finland	8.875	+1 (UEL)
37	Luxembourg	8.750	+1 (UCL)
38	Latvia	8.625	+1 (UCL)
Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
39	Kosovo	8.166	3	+1 (UCL)
40	Republic of Ireland	8.125	+1 (UCL)
41	Armenia	8.125	+1 (UCL)
42	Northern Ireland	8.083	+1 (UCL)
43	Albania	8.000	+1 (UCL)
44	Faroe Islands	7.250	+1 (UEL)
45	Estonia	7.041	+1 (UCL)
46	Malta	7.000	+1 (UCL)
47	Georgia	7.000	+1 (UCL)
48	North Macedonia	7.000	+1 (UCL)
49	Liechtenstein	6.500	1
50	Wales	5.500	3	+1 (UCL)
51	Gibraltar	5.416	2	+1 (UCL)
52	Iceland	5.375	+1 (UEL)
53	Montenegro	4.875	+1 (UCL)
54	Andorra	4.665	+1 (UCL)
55	San Marino	1.332	+1 (UCL)

Distribution

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Champions League	Teams transferred from Europa League
First qualifying round (62 teams)		—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
Second qualifying round (106 teams)	Champions Path (16 teams)	—N/a	—N/a		—N/a
Main Path (90 teams)			—N/a	—N/a
Third qualifying round (64 teams)	Champions Path (10 teams)	—N/a			—N/a
Main Path (54 teams)			—N/a	—N/a
Play-off round (44 teams)	Champions Path (10 teams)	—N/a		—N/a
Main Path (34 teams)			—N/a
Group stage (32 teams)	—N/a		—N/a
Preliminary knockout round (16 teams)	—N/a		—N/a
Knockout phase (16 teams)	—N/a		—N/a	—N/a

Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2023–24 European season, the following changes to the access list were made:

• The cup winners of association 16 (Czech Republic) entered the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round. • The cup winners of associations 17 to 19 (Norway, Denmark and Croatia) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round. • The cup winners of associations 30 to 39 (Slovakia, Slovenia, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Luxembourg, Latvia and Kosovo) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Combining with the Champions League title holder (Manchester City) qualifying for the Champions League group stage via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:

• Two of the Champions League first qualifying round losers received byes and entered the third qualifying round instead of the second 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 Europa Conference League play-offs winners • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round • PR: Losers from the preliminary round (F: final; SF: semi-finals) • UEL: Transferred from the Europa League • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage • PO: Losers from the play-off round • CH/MP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/Main Path)

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Entry round</th><th>Teams</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Knockout round play-offs</td><td>Olympiacos (UEL GS)</td><td>Ajax (UEL GS)</td><td>Real Betis (UEL GS)</td><td>Sturm Graz (UEL GS)</td></tr><tr><td>Union Saint-Gilloise (UEL GS)</td><td>Maccabi Haifa (UEL GS)</td><td>Servette (UEL GS)</td><td>Molde (UEL GS)</td></tr><tr><td>Group stage</td><td>Aberdeen (UEL PO)</td><td>Čukarički (UEL PO)</td><td>Zorya Luhansk (UEL PO)</td><td>Lugano (UEL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo Zagreb (UEL PO)</td><td>Ludogorets Razgrad (UEL PO)</td><td>Slovan Bratislava (UEL PO)</td><td>Olimpija Ljubljana (UEL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Zrinjski Mostar (UEL PO)</td><td>KÍ (UEL PO)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Play-off round</td><td>CH</td><td>Astana (UEL CH Q3)</td><td>BATE Borisov (UEL CH Q3)</td><td>Žalgiris (UEL CH Q3)</td><td>HJK (UEL CH Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Breiðablik (UEL CH Q3)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>MP</td><td>Aston Villa (7th)</td><td>Osasuna (7th)</td><td>Fiorentina (8th)</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt (7th)</td></tr><tr><td>Lille (5th)</td><td>Dnipro-1 (UEL MP Q3)</td><td>Genk (UEL MP Q3)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Third qualifying round</td><td>CH</td><td>Flora (UCL Q1)</td><td>Lincoln Red Imps (UCL Q1)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>MP</td><td>Arouca (5th)</td><td>AZ (4th)</td><td>Rapid Wien (4th)</td><td>Heart of Midlothian (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Partizan (4th)</td><td>Dynamo Kyiv (4th)</td><td>Brann (CW)</td><td>Nordsjælland (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Hajduk Split (CW)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Second qualifying round</td><td>CH</td><td>Farul Constanța (UCL Q1)</td><td>Ferencváros (UCL Q1)</td><td>Swift Hesperange (UCL Q1)</td><td>Valmiera (UCL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>Ballkani (UCL Q1)</td><td>Shamrock Rovers (UCL Q1)</td><td>Urartu (UCL Q1)</td><td>Larne (UCL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>Partizani (UCL Q1)</td><td>Hamrun Spartans (UCL Q1)</td><td>Dinamo Tbilisi (UCL Q1)</td><td>Struga (UCL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>The New Saints (UCL Q1)</td><td>Budućnost Podgorica (UCL PR F)</td><td>Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (UCL PR SF)</td><td>Tre Penne (UCL PR SF)</td></tr><tr><td>MP</td><td>Vitória de Guimarães (6th)</td><td>Twente (PW)</td><td>Austria Wien (PW)</td><td>Hibernian (5th)</td></tr><tr><td>Vojvodina (5th)</td><td>Vorskla Poltava (5th)</td><td>Club Brugge (4th)</td><td>Gent (5th)</td></tr><tr><td>Luzern (4th)</td><td>Basel (5th)</td><td>PAOK (4th)</td><td>Aris (5th)</td></tr><tr><td>Viktoria Plzeň (3rd)</td><td>Bohemians 1905 (4th)</td><td>Bodø/Glimt (2nd)</td><td>Rosenborg (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>AGF (3rd)</td><td>Midtjylland (PW)</td><td>Osijek (3rd)</td><td>Rijeka (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Fenerbahçe (CW)</td><td>Beşiktaş (3rd)</td><td>Adana Demirspor (4th)</td><td>Omonia (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>APOEL (2nd)</td><td>AEK Larnaca (3rd)</td><td>Beitar Jerusalem (CW)</td><td>Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd)</td><td>Djurgårdens IF (2nd)</td><td>Hammarby IF (3rd)</td><td>Kalmar FF (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>CSKA Sofia (2nd)</td><td>CSKA 1948 (3rd)</td><td>Levski Sofia (PW)</td><td>Sepsi OSK (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>FCSB (2nd)</td><td>CFR Cluj (PW)</td><td>Gabala (CW)</td><td>Sabah (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Neftçi (3rd)</td><td>Zalaegerszeg (CW)</td><td>Kecskemét (2nd)</td><td>Debrecen (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Legia Warsaw (CW)</td><td>Lech Poznań (3rd)</td><td>Pogoń Szczecin (4th)</td><td>Ordabasy (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Aktobe (2nd)</td><td>Spartak Trnava (CW)</td><td>Celje (2nd)</td><td>Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Petrocub Hîncești (2nd)</td><td>Kauno Žalgiris (2nd)</td><td>Borac Banja Luka (2nd)</td><td>KuPS (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Differdange 03 (CW)</td><td>Auda (CW)</td><td>Drita (2nd)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First qualifying round</td><td>Tobol (3rd)</td><td>DAC Dunajská Streda (2nd)</td><td>Žilina (PW)</td><td>Maribor (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Domžale (4th)</td><td>Dinamo Minsk (4th)</td><td>Neman Grodno (9th)</td><td>Zimbru Chișinău (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Milsami Orhei (4th)</td><td>Panevėžys (3rd)</td><td>Hegelmann (4th)</td><td>Željezničar (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Sarajevo (4th)</td><td>Honka (3rd)</td><td>Haka (4th)</td><td>Progrès Niederkorn (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>F91 Dudelange (3rd)</td><td>Riga (2nd)</td><td>RFS (3rd)</td><td>Gjilani (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Dukagjini (4th)</td><td>Derry City (CW)</td><td>Dundalk (3rd)</td><td>St Patrick's Athletic (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Pyunik (2nd)</td><td>Ararat-Armenia (3rd)</td><td>Alashkert (4th)</td><td>Crusaders (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Linfield (2nd)</td><td>Glentoran (PW)</td><td>Egnatia (CW)</td><td>Tirana (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Vllaznia (4th)</td><td>Víkingur Gøta (2nd)</td><td>HB (3rd)</td><td>B36 (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Narva Trans (CW)</td><td>FCI Levadia (2nd)</td><td>Paide Linnameeskond (3rd)</td><td>Birkirkara (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Gżira United (3rd)</td><td>Balzan (4th)</td><td>Torpedo Kutaisi (CW)</td><td>Dinamo Batumi (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Dila Gori (3rd)</td><td>Makedonija GP (CW)</td><td>Shkupi (2nd)</td><td>Shkëndija (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Vaduz (CW)</td><td>Connah's Quay Nomads (2nd)</td><td>Penybont (3rd)</td><td>Haverfordwest County (PW)</td></tr><tr><td>FCB Magpies (CW)</td><td>Europa (2nd)</td><td>Víkingur Reykjavík (CW)</td><td>KA (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Sutjeska (CW)</td><td>Arsenal Tivat (3rd)</td><td>Inter Club d'Escaldes (CW)</td><td>FC Santa Coloma (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Cosmos (2nd)</td><td>La Fiorita (3rd)</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

One team not playing in a national top division took part in the competition: Vaduz (2nd tier).

Schedule

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	20 June 2023	13 July 2023	20 July 2023
Second qualifying round	21 June 2023	27 July 2023	3 August 2023
Third qualifying round	24 July 2023	10 August 2023	17 August 2023
Play-offs	Play-off round	7 August 2023	24 August 2023	31 August 2023
Group stage	Matchday 1	1 September 2023	21 September 2023
Matchday 2	5 October 2023
Matchday 3	26 October 2023
Matchday 4	9 November 2023
Matchday 5	30 November 2023
Matchday 6	14 December 2023
Knockout phase	Knockout round play-offs	18 December 2023	15 February 2024	22 February 2024
Round of 16	23 February 2024	7 March 2024	14 March 2024
Quarter-finals	15 March 2024	11 April 2024	18 April 2024
Semi-finals	2 May 2024	9 May 2024
Final	29 May 2024 at Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2023. The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 20 July 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path second qualifying round. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sutjeska </td><td>2–1</td><td> Cosmos</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Domžale </td><td>4–5</td><td> Balzan</td><td>1–4</td><td>3–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Vaduz </td><td>2–3</td><td> Neman Grodno</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Ararat-Armenia </td><td>5–5 (4–2 p)</td><td> Egnatia</td><td>1–1</td><td>4–4 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo Kutaisi </td><td>3–3 (4–2 p)</td><td> Sarajevo</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Alashkert </td><td>7–2</td><td> Arsenal Tivat</td><td>1–1</td><td>6–1</td></tr><tr><td>Željezničar </td><td>4–3</td><td> Dinamo Minsk</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>La Fiorita </td><td>1–2</td><td> Zimbru Chișinău</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Maribor </td><td>3–2</td><td> Birkirkara</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Tirana </td><td>3–2</td><td> Dinamo Batumi</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>FCB Magpies </td><td>1–3</td><td> Dundalk</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Club d'Escaldes </td><td>3–2</td><td> Víkingur Gøta</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Progrès Niederkorn </td><td>4–2</td><td> Gjilani</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Linfield </td><td>3–2</td><td> Vllaznia</td><td>3–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>KA </td><td>4–0</td><td> Connah's Quay Nomads</td><td>2–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Shkëndija </td><td>1–1 (2–3 p)</td><td> Haverfordwest County</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Haka </td><td>2–3</td><td> Crusaders</td><td>2–2</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>HB </td><td>0–1</td><td> Derry City</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Riga </td><td>2–1</td><td> Víkingur Reykjavík</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Žilina </td><td>4–2</td><td> FCI Levadia</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Pyunik </td><td>5–0</td><td> Narva Trans</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Panevėžys </td><td>3–2</td><td> Milsami Orhei</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Tobol </td><td>2–1</td><td> Honka</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>DAC Dunajská Streda </td><td>2–3</td><td> Dila Gori</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Makedonija GP </td><td>1–5</td><td> RFS</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Dukagjini </td><td>5–3</td><td> Europa</td><td>2–1</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>Penybont </td><td>1–3</td><td> FC Santa Coloma</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Hegelmann </td><td>0–5</td><td> Shkupi</td><td>0–5</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>F91 Dudelange </td><td>5–3</td><td> St Patrick's Athletic</td><td>2–1</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>B36 </td><td>2–0</td><td> Paide Linnameeskond</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Gżira United </td><td>3–3 (14–13 p)</td><td> Glentoran</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 21 June 2023. The first legs were played on 25, 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 1, 2 and 3 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Champions Path</td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln Red Imps </td><td>Bye</td><td>N/A</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Flora </td><td>Bye</td><td>N/A</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Tre Penne </td><td>0–10</td><td> Valmiera</td><td>0–3</td><td>0–7</td></tr><tr><td>Ferencváros </td><td>6–0</td><td> Shamrock Rovers</td><td>4–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>The New Saints </td><td>3–4</td><td> Swift Hesperange</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Atlètic Club d'Escaldes </td><td>1–5</td><td> Partizani</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Hamrun Spartans </td><td>3–1</td><td> Dinamo Tbilisi</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Farul Constanța </td><td>6–4</td><td> Urartu</td><td>3–2</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>Struga </td><td>5–3</td><td> Budućnost Podgorica</td><td>1–0</td><td>4–3</td></tr><tr><td>Ballkani </td><td>7–1</td><td> Larne</td><td>3–0</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>Main Path</td></tr><tr><td>Dukagjini </td><td>1–7</td><td> Rijeka</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–6</td></tr><tr><td>Gżira United </td><td>3–2</td><td> F91 Dudelange</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Djurgårdens IF </td><td>2–3</td><td> Luzern</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Celje </td><td>4–4 (4–2 p)</td><td> Vitória de Guimarães</td><td>3–4</td><td>1–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Sutjeska </td><td>2–3</td><td> FC Santa Coloma</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–3 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Hapoel Be'er Sheva </td><td>2–1</td><td> Panevėžys</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Vorskla Poltava </td><td>3–4</td><td> Dila Gori</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>CFR Cluj </td><td>2–3</td><td> Adana Demirspor</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Ordabasy </td><td>4–5</td><td> Legia Warsaw</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>RFS </td><td>1–4</td><td> Sabah</td><td>0–2</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Beşiktaş </td><td>5–1</td><td> Tirana</td><td>3–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Željezničar </td><td>2–4</td><td> Neftçi</td><td>2–2</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>APOEL </td><td>4–2</td><td> Vojvodina</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>CSKA 1948 </td><td>2–4</td><td> FCSB</td><td>0–1</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Alashkert </td><td>2–2 (1–3 p)</td><td> Debrecen</td><td>0–1</td><td>2–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Lech Poznań </td><td>5–2</td><td> Kauno Žalgiris</td><td>3–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Kalmar FF </td><td>2–4</td><td> Pyunik</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Bodø/Glimt </td><td>7–2</td><td> Bohemians 1905</td><td>3–0</td><td>4–2</td></tr><tr><td>Auda </td><td>2–5</td><td> Spartak Trnava</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Osijek </td><td>3–1</td><td> Zalaegerszeg</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Twente </td><td>2–1</td><td> Hammarby IF</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>KA </td><td>5–3</td><td> Dundalk</td><td>3–1</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Club Brugge </td><td>3–1</td><td> AGF</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Crusaders </td><td>4–5</td><td> Rosenborg</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–3 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Club d'Escaldes </td><td>3–7</td><td> Hibernian</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–6</td></tr><tr><td>Viktoria Plzeň </td><td>2–1</td><td> Drita</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>B36 </td><td>3–2</td><td> Haverfordwest County</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Basel </td><td>3–4</td><td> Tobol</td><td>1–3</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Differdange 03 </td><td>4–5</td><td> Maribor</td><td>1–1</td><td>3–4 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Austria Wien </td><td>3–1</td><td> Borac Banja Luka</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>CSKA Sofia </td><td>0–6</td><td> Sepsi OSK</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Ararat-Armenia </td><td>1–2</td><td> Aris</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv </td><td>5–0</td><td> Petrocub Hîncești</td><td>3–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino </td><td>3–4</td><td> AEK Larnaca</td><td>2–3</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo Kutaisi </td><td>3–5</td><td> Aktobe</td><td>1–4</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Midtjylland </td><td>3–2</td><td> Progrès Niederkorn</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Derry City </td><td>5–4</td><td> KuPS</td><td>2–1</td><td>3–3</td></tr><tr><td>Gent </td><td>10–3</td><td> Žilina</td><td>5–1</td><td>5–2</td></tr><tr><td>Kecskemét </td><td>3–4</td><td> Riga</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Linfield </td><td>4–8</td><td> Pogoń Szczecin</td><td>2–5</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>PAOK </td><td>4–1</td><td> Beitar Jerusalem</td><td>0–0</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>Neman Grodno </td><td>2–0</td><td> Balzan</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Fenerbahçe </td><td>9–0</td><td> Zimbru Chișinău</td><td>5–0</td><td>4–0</td></tr><tr><td>Gabala </td><td>3–7</td><td> Omonia</td><td>2–3</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Shkupi </td><td>0–3</td><td> Levski Sofia</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023. The first legs were played on 9 and 10 August, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Champions Path</td></tr><tr><td>Hamrun Spartans </td><td>2–8</td><td> Ferencváros</td><td>1–6</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Farul Constanța </td><td>5–0</td><td> Flora</td><td>3–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Valmiera </td><td>1–3</td><td> Partizani</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Ballkani </td><td>5–1</td><td> Lincoln Red Imps</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>Struga </td><td>4–3</td><td> Swift Hesperange</td><td>3–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Main Path</td></tr><tr><td>AEK Larnaca </td><td>1–2</td><td> Maccabi Tel Aviv</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Sabah </td><td>2–2 (4–5 p)</td><td> Partizan</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Sepsi OSK </td><td>2–1</td><td> Aktobe</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Rapid Wien </td><td>5–0</td><td> Debrecen</td><td>0–0</td><td>5–0</td></tr><tr><td>Hajduk Split </td><td>0–3</td><td> PAOK</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>FC Santa Coloma </td><td>0–3</td><td> AZ</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Celje </td><td>5–1</td><td> Neman Grodno</td><td>1–0</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>Neftçi </td><td>2–5</td><td> Beşiktaş</td><td>1–3</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Omonia </td><td>2–5</td><td> Midtjylland</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–5</td></tr><tr><td>Aris </td><td>2–2 (5–6 p)</td><td> Dynamo Kyiv</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Legia Warsaw </td><td>6–5</td><td> Austria Wien</td><td>1–2</td><td>5–3</td></tr><tr><td>Hapoel Be'er Sheva </td><td>1–2</td><td> Levski Sofia</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Hibernian </td><td>5–3</td><td> Luzern</td><td>3–1</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Viktoria Plzeň </td><td>6–0</td><td> Gżira United</td><td>4–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Arouca </td><td>3–4</td><td> Brann</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Gent </td><td>6–2</td><td> Pogoń Szczecin</td><td>5–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Adana Demirspor </td><td>7–4</td><td> Osijek</td><td>5–1</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>B36 </td><td>1–5</td><td> Rijeka</td><td>1–3</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Twente </td><td>5–0</td><td> Riga</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Rosenborg </td><td>3–4</td><td> Heart of Midlothian</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Fenerbahçe </td><td>6–1</td><td> Maribor</td><td>3–1</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Club Brugge </td><td>10–2</td><td> KA</td><td>5–1</td><td>5–1</td></tr><tr><td>Dila Gori </td><td>0–3</td><td> APOEL</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Lech Poznań </td><td>3–4</td><td> Spartak Trnava</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>FCSB </td><td>0–2</td><td> Nordsjælland</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Tobol </td><td>1–1 (6–5 p)</td><td> Derry City</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Bodø/Glimt </td><td>6–0</td><td> Pyunik</td><td>3–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr></tbody></table>

Play-off round

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023. The first legs were played on 23 and 24 August, and the second legs were played on 31 August 2023.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

In this season, the video assistant referee (VAR) was used from this stage.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Ballkani	4–2	BATE Borisov	4–1	0–1
Žalgiris	0–7	Ferencváros	0–4	0–3
Struga	0–2	Breiðablik	0–1	0–1
Farul Constanța	2–3	HJK	2–1	0–2
Astana	2–1	Partizani	1–0	1–1
Main Path
Levski Sofia	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	0–2
Gent	4–1	APOEL	2–0	2–1
Spartak Trnava	3–2	Dnipro-1	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Sepsi OSK	4–5	Bodø/Glimt	2–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Tobol	1–5	Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	0–3
Hibernian	0–8	Aston Villa	0–5	0–3
Midtjylland	4–4 (5–6 p)	Legia Warsaw	3–3	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Lille	3–2	Rijeka	2–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Genk	2–2 (5–4 p)	Adana Demirspor	2–1	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Fenerbahçe	6–1	Twente	5–1	1–0
Dynamo Kyiv	2–4	Beşiktaş	2–3	0–1
AZ	4–4 (6–5 p)	Brann	1–1	3–3 (a.e.t.)
Rapid Wien	1–2	Fiorentina	1–0	0–2
Heart of Midlothian	1–6	PAOK	1–2	0–4
Nordsjælland	6–0	Partizan	5–0	1–0
Osasuna	3–4	Club Brugge	1–2	2–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–2	Celje	4–1	1–1

Group stage

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023, 14:30 CEST, in Monaco. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on their club coefficients. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

All teams besides AZ, Ballkani, Bodø/Glimt, Fiorentina, Gent, HJK, Maccabi Tel Aviv, PAOK, Slovan Bratislava and Zorya Luhansk made their debut appearances in the group stage. Breiðablik, Čukarički, KÍ, Olimpija Ljubljana and Zrinjski Mostar all made their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage. Breiðablik, KÍ and Zrinjski Mostar were the first teams from Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively, to play in a UEFA competition group stage. Breiðablik also became the first ever team to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA club competition after starting in a preliminary round.

A total of 28 national associations were represented in the group stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LOSC	SLO	LJU	KÍ
1	Lille	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8	14	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	2–0	3–0
2	Slovan Bratislava	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	1–2	2–1
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	6	2	0	4	4	9	−5	6			0–2	0–1	—	2–0
4	KÍ	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4		0–0	1–2	3–0	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MTA	GNT	ZOR	BRE
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	5	0	1	14	9	+5	15	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	3–2	3–2
2	Gent	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	13	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–0	—	4–1	5–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7			1–3	1–1	—	4–0
4	Breiðablik	6	0	0	6	5	18	−13	0		1–2	2–3	0–1	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PLZ	DZG	AST	BAL
1	Viktoria Plzeň	6	6	0	0	9	1	+8	18	Advance to round of 16		—	1–0	3–0	1–0
2	Dinamo Zagreb	6	3	0	3	10	5	+5	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	5–1	3–0
3	Astana	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4			1–2	0–2	—	0–0
4	Ballkani	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	4		0–1	2–0	1–2	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRU	BOD	BEŞ	LUG
1	Club Brugge	6	5	1	0	15	3	+12	16	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	1–1	2–0
2	Bodø/Glimt	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	3–1	5–2
3	Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4			0–5	1–2	—	2–3
4	Lugano	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4		1–3	0–0	0–2	—

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AVL	LEG	AZ	ZRI
1	Aston Villa	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Legia Warsaw	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		3–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	AZ	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6			1–4	1–0	—	1–0
4	Zrinjski Mostar	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4		1–1	1–2	4–3	—

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FIO	FER	GNK	ČUK
1	Fiorentina	6	3	3	0	14	6	+8	12	Advance to round of 16		—	2–2	2–1	6–0
2	Ferencváros	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	1–1	3–1
3	Genk	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9			2–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Čukarički	6	0	0	6	2	16	−14	0		0–1	1–2	0–2	—

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAOK	FRA	ABE	HJK
1	PAOK	6	5	1	0	16	10	+6	16	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	2–2	4–2
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	2–1	6–0
3	Aberdeen	6	1	3	2	10	10	0	6			2–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	HJK	6	0	2	4	7	17	−10	2		2–3	0–1	2–2	—

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FEN	LUD	NOR	TRN
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	0	2	13	11	+2	12	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	3–1	4–0
2	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	4	0	2	11	11	0	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–0	—	1–0	4–0
3	Nordsjælland	6	3	1	2	17	7	+10	10			6–1	7–1	—	1–1
4	Spartak Trnava	6	0	1	5	3	15	−12	1		1–2	1–2	0–2	—

Knockout phase

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Europa League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023, 14:00 CET. The first legs were played on 15 February, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 February 2024.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sturm Graz	5–1	Slovan Bratislava	4–1	1–0
Servette	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	1–0
Union Saint-Gilloise	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	2–1
Real Betis	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	1–1
Olympiacos	2–0	Ferencváros	1–0	1–0
Ajax	4–3	Bodø/Glimt	2–2	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Molde	6–2	Legia Warsaw	3–2	3–0
Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Gent	1–0	1–1

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2024.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Servette	0–0 (1–3 p)	Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ajax	0–4	Aston Villa	0–0	0–4
Molde	2–4	Club Brugge	2–1	0–3
Union Saint-Gilloise	1–3	Fenerbahçe	0–3	1–0
Dinamo Zagreb	3–5	PAOK	2–0	1–5
Sturm Graz	1–4	Lille	0–3	1–1
Maccabi Haifa	4–5	Fiorentina	3–4	1–1
Olympiacos	7–5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–4	6–1 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals

Fenerbahçe v Olympiacos penalty shoot-out.

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET. The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2024.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Brugge	3–0	PAOK	1–0	2–0
Olympiacos	3–3 (3–2 p)	Fenerbahçe	3–2	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Aston Villa	3–3 (4–3 p)	Lille	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Viktoria Plzeň	0–2	Fiorentina	0–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw. The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 May 2024.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aston Villa	2–6	Olympiacos	2–4	0–2
Fiorentina	4–3	Club Brugge	3–2	1–1

Final

The final was played on 29 May 2024 at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece. A draw was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Statistics

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Olympiacos forward Ayoub El Kaabi finished the tournament as the top scorer with 11 goals, and was named the inaugural Europa Conference League Player of the Season.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Ayoub El Kaabi	Olympiacos	11	845
2	Eran Zahavi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	8	726
3	Bruno Petković	Dinamo Zagreb	7	608
4	Hans Vanaken	Club Brugge	6	990
5	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	Molde	5	349
Benjamin Nygren	Nordsjælland	368
Gift Orban	Gent	389
Yusuf Yazıcı	Lille	663
Dor Peretz	Maccabi Tel Aviv	750
Ollie Watkins	Aston Villa	755
Igor Thiago	Club Brugge	758

Team of the Season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Pietro Terracciano	Fiorentina
DF	Dodô	Fiorentina
Robin Hranáč	Viktoria Plzeň
David Carmo	Olympiacos
Cristiano Biraghi	Fiorentina
MF	Hans Vanaken	Club Brugge
Kostas Fortounis	Olympiacos
John McGinn	Aston Villa
FW	Leon Bailey	Aston Villa
Ayoub El Kaabi	Olympiacos
Daniel Podence	Olympiacos

Player of the Season

• Ayoub El Kaabi ( Olympiacos)

Young Player of the Season

• Igor Thiago ( Club Brugge)