2025–26 UEFA Conference League

2025–26 UEFA Conference League

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. 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. 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. 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

2025–26 UEFA Conference League

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:

• Associations 1–12 each have one team. • Associations 13–33 and 51–55 (except Russia) each have two teams. • Associations 34–50 each have three teams (except Liechtenstein, which has one). • 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.

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

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	England	104.303	1
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
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 +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
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

	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)
Second qualifying round (100 teams)	Champions Path (12 teams)
League Path (88 teams)
Third qualifying round (60 teams)	Champions Path (8 teams)
League Path (52 teams)
Play-off round (48 teams)	Champions Path (10 teams)
League Path (38 teams)
League phase (36 teams)
Knockout phase play-offs (16 teams)
Round of 16 (16 teams)

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

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>League phase</td><td>Samsunspor (EL PO)</td><td>Sigma Olomouc (EL PO)</td><td>Aberdeen (EL PO)</td><td>Dynamo Kyiv (EL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Rijeka (EL PO)</td><td>Lech Poznań (EL PO)</td><td>AEK Larnaca (EL PO)</td><td>Slovan Bratislava (EL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>KuPS (EL PO)</td><td>Zrinjski Mostar (EL PO)</td><td>Shkëndija (EL PO)</td><td>Lincoln Red Imps (EL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Play-off round</td><td>CH</td><td>Drita (EL CH Q3)</td><td>Shelbourne (EL CH Q3)</td><td>Noah (EL CH Q3)</td><td>RFS (EL CH Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Breiðablik (EL CH Q3)</td><td>Hamrun Spartans (EL CH Q3)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>MP</td><td>Crystal Palace (CW)</td><td>Fiorentina (6th)</td><td>Rayo Vallecano (8th)</td><td>Mainz 05 (6th)</td></tr><tr><td>Strasbourg (7th)</td><td>Servette (EL MP Q3)</td><td>Wolfsberger AC (EL MP Q3)</td><td>Fredrikstad (EL MP Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Shakhtar Donetsk (EL MP Q3)</td><td>Legia Warsaw (EL MP Q3)</td><td>BK Häcken (EL MP Q3)</td><td>CFR Cluj (EL MP Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Third qualifying round</td><td>CH</td><td>Víkingur Gøta (CL Q1)</td><td>Virtus (CL Q1)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>MP</td><td>Anderlecht (EL Q2)</td><td>Beşiktaş (EL Q2)</td><td>Baník Ostrava (EL Q2)</td><td>Hibernian (EL Q2)</td></tr><tr><td>Lugano (EL Q2)</td><td>Levski Sofia (EL Q2)</td><td>Celje (EL Q2)</td><td>Sheriff Tiraspol (EL Q2)</td></tr><tr><td>Second qualifying round</td><td>CH</td><td>Olimpija Ljubljana (CL Q1)</td><td>Milsami Orhei (CL Q1)</td><td>Linfield (CL Q1)</td><td>Differdange 03 (CL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>Žalgiris (CL Q1)</td><td>Iberia 1999 (CL Q1)</td><td>Egnatia (CL Q1)</td><td>FCI Levadia (CL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo Minsk (CL Q1)</td><td>Inter Club d'Escaldes (CL Q1)</td><td>The New Saints (CL Q1)</td><td>Budućnost Podgorica (CL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>MP</td><td>Hapoel Be'er Sheva (EL Q1)</td><td>Partizan (EL Q1)</td><td>Paks (EL Q1)</td><td>Sabah (EL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>Spartak Trnava (EL Q1)</td><td>Prishtina (EL Q1)</td><td>Aktobe (EL Q1)</td><td>Ilves (EL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>AZ (PW)</td><td>Santa Clara (5th)</td><td>Charleroi (PW)</td><td>İstanbul Başakşehir (5th)</td></tr><tr><td>Sparta Prague (4th)</td><td>Dundee United (4th)</td><td>Lausanne-Sport (5th)</td><td>Austria Wien (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Rapid Wien (PW)</td><td>Viking (3rd)</td><td>Rosenborg (4th)</td><td>AEK Athens (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Aris (5th)</td><td>Brøndby (3rd)</td><td>Silkeborg (PW)</td><td>Maccabi Haifa (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Beitar Jerusalem (4th)</td><td>Oleksandriya (2nd)</td><td>Polissya Zhytomyr (4th)</td><td>Novi Pazar (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Radnički 1923 (5th)</td><td>Hajduk Split (3rd)</td><td>Varaždin (4th)</td><td>Raków Częstochowa (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Jagiellonia Białystok (3rd)</td><td>Aris Limassol (2nd)</td><td>Omonia (3rd)</td><td>Puskás Akadémia (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Győri ETO (4th)</td><td>Hammarby IF (2nd)</td><td>AIK (3rd)</td><td>Universitatea Craiova (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Universitatea Cluj (4th)</td><td>Cherno More (3rd)</td><td>Arda (PW)</td><td>Zira (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Araz-Naxçıvan (3rd)</td><td>Žilina (2nd)</td><td>Košice (5th)</td><td>Maribor (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Zimbru Chișinău (3rd)</td><td>Ballkani (2nd)</td><td>Astana (2nd)</td><td>Shamrock Rovers (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Ararat-Armenia (2nd)</td><td>Riga (2nd)</td><td>HB (CW)</td><td>Sarajevo (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Vaduz (CW)</td><td>KA (CW)</td><td>Dungannon Swifts (CW)</td><td>UNA Strassen (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Banga (CW)</td><td>Hibernians (CW)</td><td>Spaeri (CW)</td><td>Dinamo City (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>First qualifying round</td><td>Koper (3rd)</td><td>Petrocub Hîncești (4th)</td><td>Malisheva (3rd)</td><td>Ordabasy (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>HJK (3rd)</td><td>SJK (PW)</td><td>St Patrick's Athletic (3rd)</td><td>Urartu (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Pyunik (4th)</td><td>Auda (3rd)</td><td>Daugavpils (5th)</td><td>KÍ (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>NSÍ (4th)</td><td>Borac Banja Luka (2nd)</td><td>Željezničar (4th)</td><td>Víkingur Reykjavík (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Valur (3rd)</td><td>Larne (2nd)</td><td>Cliftonville (PW)</td><td>F91 Dudelange (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Racing Union (4th)</td><td>Hegelmann (2nd)</td><td>Kauno Žalgiris (3rd)</td><td>Birkirkara (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Floriana (3rd)</td><td>Torpedo Kutaisi (2nd)</td><td>Dila Gori (3rd)</td><td>Vllaznia (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Partizani (3rd)</td><td>Nõmme Kalju (CW)</td><td>Paide Linnameeskond (3rd)</td><td>Flora (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Neman Grodno (CW)</td><td>Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (3rd)</td><td>Dynamo Brest (4th)</td><td>Vardar (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Sileks (2nd)</td><td>Rabotnicki (3rd)</td><td>Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (2nd)</td><td>FC Santa Coloma (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Penybont (2nd)</td><td>Haverfordwest County (PW)</td><td>Dečić (CW)</td><td>Sutjeska (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Magpies (CW)</td><td>St Joseph's (2nd)</td><td>La Fiorita (PW)</td><td>Tre Fiori (3rd)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

Schedule

2025–26 UEFA Conference League

The schedule of the competition is as follows. 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.

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

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025. 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.

<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>NSÍ </td><td>4–5</td><td> HJK</td><td>4–0</td><td>0–5 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo Kutaisi </td><td>5–4</td><td> Ordabasy</td><td>4–3</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Željezničar </td><td>2–4</td><td> Koper</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>SJK </td><td>1–4</td><td> KÍ</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Nõmme Kalju </td><td>2–1</td><td> Partizani</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Tre Fiori </td><td>1–5</td><td> Pyunik</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>St Patrick's Athletic </td><td>3–0</td><td> Hegelmann</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Dečić </td><td>3–2</td><td> Sileks</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Sutjeska </td><td>3–2</td><td> Dynamo Brest</td><td>1–2</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Larne </td><td>2–2 (4–2 p)</td><td> Auda</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Floriana </td><td>5–3</td><td> Haverfordwest County</td><td>2–1</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino </td><td>4–0</td><td> Rabotnicki</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Magpies </td><td>3–7</td><td> Paide Linnameeskond</td><td>2–3</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Birkirkara </td><td>1–3</td><td> Petrocub Hîncești</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Atlètic Club d'Escaldes </td><td>5–2</td><td> F91 Dudelange</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>Valur </td><td>5–1</td><td> Flora</td><td>3–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Malisheva </td><td>0–9</td><td> Víkingur Reykjavík</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–8</td></tr><tr><td>Racing Union </td><td>1–3</td><td> Dila Gori</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Vllaznia </td><td>4–3</td><td> Daugavpils</td><td>0–1</td><td>4–2</td></tr><tr><td>Urartu </td><td>1–6</td><td> Neman Grodno</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Vardar </td><td>5–2</td><td> La Fiorita</td><td>3–0</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Kauno Žalgiris </td><td>4–1</td><td> Penybont</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>St Joseph's </td><td>5–4</td><td> Cliftonville</td><td>2–2</td><td>3–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Borac Banja Luka </td><td>3–4</td><td> FC Santa Coloma</td><td>1–4</td><td>2–0</td></tr></tbody></table>

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.

<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>Víkingur Gøta </td><td>Bye</td><td>N/A</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Virtus </td><td>Bye</td><td>N/A</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>FCI Levadia </td><td>3–2</td><td> Iberia 1999</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Žalgiris </td><td>0–2</td><td> Linfield</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>The New Saints </td><td>0–2</td><td> Differdange 03</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Olimpija Ljubljana </td><td>5–3</td><td> Inter Club d'Escaldes</td><td>4–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Budućnost Podgorica </td><td>1–2</td><td> Milsami Orhei</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo Minsk </td><td>0–3</td><td> Egnatia</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Main Path</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee United </td><td>2–0</td><td> UNA Strassen</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Larne </td><td>1–1 (5–4 p)</td><td> Prishtina</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Košice </td><td>3–4</td><td> Neman Grodno</td><td>2–3</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Vaduz </td><td>3–1</td><td> Dungannon Swifts</td><td>0–1</td><td>3–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Silkeborg </td><td>4–3</td><td> KA</td><td>1–1</td><td>3–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Rosenborg </td><td>7–0</td><td> Banga</td><td>5–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Atlètic Club d'Escaldes </td><td>2–3</td><td> Dinamo City</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Austria Wien </td><td>7–0</td><td> Spaeri</td><td>2–0</td><td>5–0</td></tr><tr><td>Ballkani </td><td>5–3</td><td> Floriana</td><td>4–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Viking </td><td>12–3</td><td> Koper</td><td>7–0</td><td>5–3</td></tr><tr><td>AEK Athens </td><td>1–0</td><td> Hapoel Be'er Sheva</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Pyunik </td><td>3–4</td><td> Győri ETO</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Riga </td><td>5–4</td><td> Dila Gori</td><td>2–1</td><td>3–3</td></tr><tr><td>Raków Częstochowa </td><td>6–1</td><td> Žilina</td><td>3–0</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>Petrocub Hîncești </td><td>1–6</td><td> Sabah</td><td>0–2</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Ararat-Armenia </td><td>2–1</td><td> Universitatea Cluj</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Varaždin </td><td>2–3</td><td> Santa Clara</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Kauno Žalgiris </td><td>3–2</td><td> Valur</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Paks </td><td>2–1</td><td> Maribor</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Vllaznia </td><td>4–5</td><td> Víkingur Reykjavík</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–4 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Hammarby IF </td><td>2–1</td><td> Charleroi</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Radnički 1923 </td><td>0–1</td><td> KÍ</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Novi Pazar </td><td>2–5</td><td> Jagiellonia Białystok</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Polissya Zhytomyr </td><td>5–3</td><td> FC Santa Coloma</td><td>1–2</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>Vardar </td><td>2–6</td><td> Lausanne-Sport</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>HB </td><td>1–2</td><td> Brøndby</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Oleksandriya </td><td>0–6</td><td> Partizan</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Hibernians </td><td>2–7</td><td> Spartak Trnava</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–5</td></tr><tr><td>St Patrick's Athletic </td><td>3–2</td><td> Nõmme Kalju</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Paide Linnameeskond </td><td>0–8</td><td> AIK</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–6</td></tr><tr><td>Sarajevo </td><td>2–5</td><td> Universitatea Craiova</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Aris Limassol </td><td>5–2</td><td> Puskás Akadémia</td><td>3–2</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>St Joseph's </td><td>0–4</td><td> Shamrock Rovers</td><td>0–4</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Ilves </td><td>4–8</td><td> AZ</td><td>4–3</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>Zira </td><td>2–3</td><td> Hajduk Split</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Arda </td><td>2–2 (4–3 p)</td><td> HJK</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Aktobe </td><td>2–5</td><td> Sparta Prague</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Astana </td><td>3–1</td><td> Zimbru Chișinău</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Dečić </td><td>2–6</td><td> Rapid Wien</td><td>0–2</td><td>2–4</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino </td><td>1–4</td><td> Maccabi Haifa</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Araz-Naxçıvan </td><td>4–3</td><td> Aris</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Omonia </td><td>5–0</td><td> Torpedo Kutaisi</td><td>1–0</td><td>4–0</td></tr><tr><td>Cherno More </td><td>0–5</td><td> İstanbul Başakşehir</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Sutjeska </td><td>3–7</td><td> Beitar Jerusalem</td><td>1–2</td><td>2–5</td></tr></tbody></table>

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.

<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>Olimpija Ljubljana </td><td>4–2</td><td> Egnatia</td><td>0–0</td><td>4–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Milsami Orhei </td><td>3–5</td><td> Virtus</td><td>3–2</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Differdange 03 </td><td>5–4</td><td> FCI Levadia</td><td>2–3</td><td>3–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Víkingur Gøta </td><td>2–3</td><td> Linfield</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Main Path</td></tr><tr><td>Rapid Wien </td><td>4–4 (5–4 p)</td><td> Dundee United</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Sparta Prague </td><td>6–2</td><td> Ararat-Armenia</td><td>4–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>AZ </td><td>4–0</td><td> Vaduz</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Lugano </td><td>4–7</td><td> Celje</td><td>0–5</td><td>4–2</td></tr><tr><td>KÍ </td><td>2–2 (4–5 p)</td><td> Neman Grodno</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Riga </td><td>4–3</td><td> Beitar Jerusalem</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Víkingur Reykjavík </td><td>3–4</td><td> Brøndby</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Hajduk Split </td><td>3–4</td><td> Dinamo City</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Anderlecht </td><td>4–1</td><td> Sheriff Tiraspol</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Lausanne-Sport </td><td>5–1</td><td> Astana</td><td>3–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Larne </td><td>0–3</td><td> Santa Clara</td><td>0–3</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Aris Limassol </td><td>3–5</td><td> AEK Athens</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–3 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Viking </td><td>2–4</td><td> İstanbul Başakşehir</td><td>1–3</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Araz-Naxçıvan </td><td>0–9</td><td> Omonia</td><td>0–4</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>Ballkani </td><td>1–4</td><td> Shamrock Rovers</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Raków Częstochowa </td><td>2–1</td><td> Maccabi Haifa</td><td>0–1</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>AIK </td><td>2–3</td><td> Győri ETO</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Universitatea Craiova </td><td>6–4</td><td> Spartak Trnava</td><td>3–0</td><td>3–4 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Polissya Zhytomyr </td><td>4–2</td><td> Paks</td><td>3–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Levski Sofia </td><td>3–0</td><td> Sabah</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Silkeborg </td><td>2–3</td><td> Jagiellonia Białystok</td><td>0–1</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Partizan </td><td>3–4</td><td> Hibernian</td><td>0–2</td><td>3–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Baník Ostrava </td><td>5–4</td><td> Austria Wien</td><td>4–3</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Rosenborg </td><td>1–0</td><td> Hammarby IF</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>St Patrick's Athletic </td><td>3–7</td><td> Beşiktaş</td><td>1–4</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Kauno Žalgiris </td><td>0–3</td><td> Arda</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Play-off round

2025–26 UEFA Conference League

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.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Hamrun Spartans	3–2	RFS	1–0	2–2
Shelbourne	5–1	Linfield	3–1	2–0
Breiðablik	5–2	Virtus	2–1	3–1
Drita	3–1	Differdange 03	2–1	1–0
Olimpija Ljubljana	3–7	Noah	1–4	2–3
Main Path
Strasbourg	3–2	Brøndby	0–0	3–2
Jagiellonia Białystok	4–1	Dinamo City	3–0	1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	Servette	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Anderlecht	1–3	AEK Athens	1–1	0–2
İstanbul Başakşehir	2–5	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	1–3
Crystal Palace	1–0	Fredrikstad	1–0	0–0
Celje	3–0	Baník Ostrava	1–0	2–0
Raków Częstochowa	3–1	Arda	1–0	2–1
Hibernian	4–5	Legia Warsaw	1–2	3–3 (a.e.t.)
Levski Sofia	1–6	AZ	0–2	1–4
Polissya Zhytomyr	2–6	Fiorentina	0–3	2–3
Győri ETO	2–3	Rapid Wien	2–1	0–2
Neman Grodno	0–5	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	0–4
Lausanne-Sport	2–1	Beşiktaş	1–1	1–0
Santa Clara	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	1–2	0–0
Rosenborg	3–5	Mainz 05	2–1	1–4
Sparta Prague	2–1	Riga	2–0	0–1
BK Häcken	7–3	CFR Cluj	7–2	0–1
Wolfsberger AC	2–2 (4–5 p)	Omonia	2–1	0–1 (a.e.t.)

League phase

2025–26 UEFA Conference League

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. 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.

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.

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.

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Strasbourg	6	5	1	0	11	5	+6	16	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Raków Częstochowa	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14
3	AEK Athens	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13
4	Sparta Prague	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
5	Rayo Vallecano	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13
6	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13
7	Mainz 05	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13
8	AEK Larnaca	6	3	3	0	7	1	+6	12
9	Lausanne-Sport	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10	Crystal Palace	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10
11	Lech Poznań	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
12	Samsunspor	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
13	Celje	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
14	AZ	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
15	Fiorentina	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9
16	Rijeka	6	2	3	1	5	2	+3	9
17	Jagiellonia Białystok	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Omonia	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8
19	Noah	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8
20	Drita	6	2	2	2	4	8	−4	8
21	KuPS	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7
22	Shkëndija	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7
23	Zrinjski Mostar	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
24	Sigma Olomouc	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
25	Universitatea Craiova	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7
26	Lincoln Red Imps	6	2	1	3	7	15	−8	7
27	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	6
28	Legia Warsaw	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6
29	Slovan Bratislava	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6
30	Breiðablik	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
31	Shamrock Rovers	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4
32	BK Häcken	6	0	3	3	5	8	−3	3
33	Hamrun Spartans	6	1	0	5	4	11	−7	3
34	Shelbourne	6	0	2	4	0	7	−7	2
35	Aberdeen	6	0	2	4	3	14	−11	2
36	Rapid Wien	6	0	1	5	3	14	−11	1

Knockout phase

2025–26 UEFA Conference League

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:

• 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).

Knockout phase play-offs

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

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KuPS	0–3	Lech Poznań	0–2	0–1
Noah	1–4	AZ	1–0	0–4
Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	Crystal Palace	1–1	0–2
Jagiellonia Białystok	4–5	Fiorentina	0–3	4–2 (a.e.t.)
Shkëndija	0–5	Samsunspor	0–1	0–4
Drita	4–6	Celje	2–3	2–3
Sigma Olomouc	3–2	Lausanne-Sport	1–1	2–1
Omonia	1–4	Rijeka	0–1	1–3

Round of 16

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

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lech Poznań	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	2–1
AZ	6–1	Sparta Prague	2–1	4–0
Crystal Palace	2–1	AEK Larnaca	0–0	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Fiorentina	4–2	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	2–1
Samsunspor	2–3	Rayo Vallecano	1–3	1–0
Celje	2–4	AEK Athens	0–4	2–0
Sigma Olomouc	0–2	Mainz 05	0–0	0–2
Rijeka	2–3	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.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk	1	AZ	9 Apr	16 Apr
Crystal Palace	2	Fiorentina	9 Apr	16 Apr
Rayo Vallecano	3	AEK Athens	9 Apr	16 Apr
Mainz 05	4	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

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.

Statistics

2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Mikael Ishak	Lech Poznań	8	742
Marius Mouandilmadji	Samsunspor	821
3	Sven Mijnans	AZ	6	819
4	Franko Kovačević	Celje	5	482
Nardin Mulahusejnović	Noah	601
Ismaïla Sarr	Crystal Palace	653
Toni Fruk	Rijeka	849
8	Martial Godo	Strasbourg	4	483
Isak Jensen	AZ	529
Aboubakary Koïta	AEK Athens	549
Daniel Adu-Adjei	Rijeka	605