2026–27 UEFA Conference League

The 2026–27 UEFA Conference League is the sixth season of the UEFA Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.

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2026–27 UEFA Conference League

The 2026–27 UEFA Conference League is the sixth season of the UEFA Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.

The winners of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2027–28 UEFA Europa League league phase, unless they qualify for the 2027–28 UEFA Champions League or Europa League through their league performance.

As the reigning champions, Crystal Palace automatically qualified for the Europa League league phase, and are unable to defend their title as the new format does not allow clubs to transfer from the Europa League into the Conference League from the league phase onwards.

Association team allocation

2026–27 UEFA Conference League

A total of 165 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations are participating in the 2026–27 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 2026–27 UEFA Champions League and 41 teams eliminated from the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League will be transferred to the Conference League.

Association ranking

For the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2025 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25.

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

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Association</th><th>Coeff.</th><th>Teams</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><th>1</th><td> England</td><td>115.196</td><td rowspan="12">1</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td> Italy</td><td>97.231</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td> Spain</td><td>94.453</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td> Germany</td><td>86.331</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td> France</td><td>73.093</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td> Netherlands</td><td>67.150</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td> Portugal</td><td>62.266</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td> Belgium</td><td>56.850</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td> Czech Republic</td><td>44.100</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td> Turkey</td><td>43.900</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td> Norway</td><td>39.687</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td> Greece</td><td>39.312</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td> Austria</td><td>36.450</td><td rowspan="7">2</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td> Scotland</td><td>35.550</td><td>+2 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td> Poland</td><td>35.000</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>16</th><td> Denmark</td><td>33.981</td><td>+2 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>17</th><td> Switzerland</td><td>33.625</td><td>+2 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>18</th><td> Israel</td><td>31.625</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>19</th><td> Cyprus</td><td>27.537</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Association</th><th>Coeff.</th><th>Teams</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><th>20</th><td> Sweden</td><td>27.125</td><td rowspan="6">2</td><td>+2 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>21</th><td> Croatia</td><td>27.025</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>22</th><td> Serbia</td><td>25.500</td><td>+2 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>23</th><td> Ukraine</td><td>24.400</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>24</th><td> Hungary</td><td>24.000</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>25</th><td> Romania</td><td>23.250</td><td>+2 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>26</th><td> Russia</td><td>22.632</td><td rowspan="1">0</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>27</th><td> Slovakia</td><td>21.250</td><td rowspan="7">2</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>28</th><td> Slovenia</td><td>20.343</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>29</th><td> Bulgaria</td><td>19.875</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>30</th><td> Azerbaijan</td><td>19.625</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>31</th><td> Republic of Ireland</td><td>14.968</td><td>+2 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>32</th><td> Moldova</td><td>14.500</td><td>+1 (UCL) +1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>33</th><td> Iceland</td><td>13.520</td><td>+2 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>34</th><td> Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>13.031</td><td rowspan="5">3</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>35</th><td> Armenia</td><td>12.250</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>36</th><td> Latvia</td><td>12.250</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>37</th><td> Kosovo</td><td>12.041</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>38</th><td> Finland</td><td>11.750</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Association</th><th>Coeff.</th><th>Teams</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><th>39</th><td> Kazakhstan</td><td>11.125</td><td rowspan="5">3</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>40</th><td> Faroe Islands</td><td>10.750</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>41</th><td> Malta</td><td>8.500</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>42</th><td> Northern Ireland</td><td>8.333</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>43</th><td> Lithuania</td><td>8.250</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>44</th><td> Liechtenstein</td><td>8.000</td><td rowspan="1">1</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>45</th><td> Estonia</td><td>7.957</td><td rowspan="6">3</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>46</th><td> Albania</td><td>7.875</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>47</th><td> Montenegro</td><td>7.208</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>48</th><td> Luxembourg</td><td>6.875</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>49</th><td> Wales</td><td>6.791</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>50</th><td> Georgia</td><td>6.625</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>51</th><td> North Macedonia</td><td>6.166</td><td rowspan="5">2</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>52</th><td> Belarus</td><td>6.000</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>53</th><td> Andorra</td><td>5.498</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr><tr><th>54</th><td> Gibraltar</td><td>5.457</td><td>+1 (UEL)</td></tr><tr><th>55</th><td> San Marino</td><td>2.498</td><td>+1 (UCL)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Distribution

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2"></th><th>Teams entering in this round</th><th>Teams advancing from previous round</th><th>Teams transferred from Champions League</th><th>Teams transferred from Europa League</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">First qualifying round (52 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">Second qualifying round (98 teams)</th><th>Champions Path (12 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>League Path (86 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">Third qualifying round (60 teams)</th><th>Champions Path (8 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>League Path (52 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">Play-off round (48 teams)</th><th>Champions Path (10 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>League Path (38 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">League phase (36 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Knockout phase play-offs (16 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Round of 16 (16 teams)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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

• The cup winners of associations 38 to 44 (Finland, Kazakhstan, the Faroe Islands, Malta, Northern Ireland, Lithuania, and Liechtenstein) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round. • As a result of corresponding changes to the Champions League access list, one fewer loser from the Champions League first qualifying round was 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 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, one fewer loser from the Champions League first qualifying round (two fewer in total) was 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).

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 • 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 colspan="2">Entry round</th><th colspan="4">Teams</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" rowspan="3">League phase</th><td>Sint-Truiden (EL PO)</td><td>Trabzonspor (EL PO)</td><td>AGF (EL PO)</td><td>Thun (EL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Mjällby AIF (EL PO)</td><td>Red Star Belgrade (EL PO)</td><td>Universitatea Craiova (EL PO)</td><td>CSKA Sofia (EL PO)</td></tr><tr><td>Kairat (EL PO)</td><td>Kauno Žalgiris (EL PO)</td><td>Egnatia (EL PO)</td><td>Iberia 1999 (EL PO)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="6"></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="5">Play-off round</th><th rowspan="2">CH</th><td>Shamrock Rovers (EL CH Q3)</td><td>Víkingur Reykjavík (EL CH Q3)</td><td>KuPS (EL CH Q3)</td><td>KÍ (EL CH Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Larne (EL CH Q3)</td><td>Lincoln Red Imps (EL CH Q3)</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="3">MP</th><td>Brighton & Hove Albion (8th)</td><td>Atalanta (7th)</td><td>Getafe (7th)</td><td>SC Freiburg (7th)</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco (7th)</td><td>Hradec Králové (EL MP Q3)</td><td>PAOK (EL MP Q3)</td><td>Heart of Midlothian (EL MP Q3)</td></tr><tr><td>Rangers (EL MP Q3)</td><td>Górnik Zabrze (EL MP Q3)</td><td>Maccabi Tel Aviv (EL MP Q3)</td><td>Pafos (EL MP Q3)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="6"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="1" rowspan="4">Third qualifying round</th><th>CH</th><td>Inter Club d'Escaldes (CL Q1)</td><td>Tre Fiori (CL Q1)</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="3">MP</th><td>Twente (EL Q2)</td><td>Tromsø (EL Q2)</td><td>Midtjylland (EL Q2)</td><td>St. Gallen (EL Q2)</td></tr><tr><td>Hammarby IF (EL Q2)</td><td>Hajduk Split (EL Q2)</td><td>Dynamo Kyiv (EL Q2)</td><td>Qarabağ (EL Q2)</td></tr><tr><td>Sheriff Tiraspol (EL Q2)</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="6"></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="18">Second qualifying round</th><th rowspan="3">CH</th><td>ETO Győr (CL Q1)</td><td>Petrocub Hîncești (CL Q1)</td><td>Borac Banja Luka (CL Q1)</td><td>Riga (CL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>Drita (CL Q1)</td><td>Floriana (CL Q1)</td><td>Flora (CL Q1)</td><td>Sutjeska (CL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>Atert Bissen (CL Q1)</td><td>The New Saints (CL Q1)</td><td>Vardar (CL Q1)</td><td>ML Vitebsk (CL Q1)</td></tr><tr><th rowspan="15">MP</th><td>Vojvodina (EL Q1)</td><td>Universitatea Cluj (EL Q1)</td><td>Žilina (EL Q1)</td><td>Aluminij (EL Q1)</td></tr><tr><td>Derry City (EL Q1)</td><td>Vestri (EL Q1)</td><td>Ajax (PW)</td><td>Braga (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Gent (PW)</td><td>Jablonec (5th)</td><td>İstanbul Başakşehir (5th)</td><td>Brann (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Panathinaikos (4th)</td><td>Austria Wien (4th)</td><td>Rapid Wien (PW)</td><td>Motherwell (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Hibernian (5th)</td><td>Raków Częstochowa (4th)</td><td>GKS Katowice (5th)</td><td>Nordsjælland (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Copenhagen (PW)</td><td>Lugano (3rd)</td><td>Sion (4th)</td><td>Beitar Jerusalem (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Hapoel Tel Aviv (4th)</td><td>AEK Larnaca (2nd)</td><td>Apollon Limassol (3rd)</td><td>GAIS (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>IFK Göteborg (4th)</td><td>Varaždin (3rd)</td><td>Rijeka (4th)</td><td>Partizan (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Železničar Pančevo (4th)</td><td>LNZ Cherkasy (2nd)</td><td>Polissya Zhytomyr (3rd)</td><td>Paks (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Debrecen (4th)</td><td>CFR Cluj (3rd)</td><td>FCSB (PW)</td><td>DAC Dunajská Streda (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Spartak Trnava (3rd)</td><td>Koper (2nd)</td><td>Bravo (3rd)</td><td>CSKA 1948 (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Ludogorets Razgrad (PW)</td><td>Neftçi (4th)</td><td>Shelbourne (3rd)</td><td>Zimbru Chișinău (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Valur (2nd)</td><td>Zrinjski Mostar (CW)</td><td>Noah (CW)</td><td>Auda (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Dukagjini (CW)</td><td>HJK (CW)</td><td>Tobol (CW)</td><td>HB (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>Valletta (CW)</td><td>Coleraine (CW)</td><td>Panevėžys (CW)</td><td>Vaduz (CW)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="6"></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="13">First qualifying round</th><th rowspan="13">MP</th><td>Zira (5th)</td><td>Bohemians (4th)</td><td>Milsami Orhei (4th)</td><td>Stjarnan (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Sarajevo (3rd)</td><td>Velež Mostar (4th)</td><td>Pyunik (3rd)</td><td>Alashkert (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>RFS (2nd)</td><td>Liepāja (3rd)</td><td>Malisheva (2nd)</td><td>Ballkani (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Turku (2nd)</td><td>Ilves (3rd)</td><td>Astana (2nd)</td><td>Yelimay (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>NSÍ (3rd)</td><td>Víkingur Gøta (4th)</td><td>Marsaxlokk (2nd)</td><td>Hamrun Spartans (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Glentoran (3rd)</td><td>Linfield (PW)</td><td>Hegelmann (2nd)</td><td>Žalgiris (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>FCI Levadia (2nd)</td><td>Nõmme Kalju (3rd)</td><td>Paide Linnameeskond (4th)</td><td>Dinamo City (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Elbasani (2nd)</td><td>Vllaznia (3rd)</td><td>Mornar (CW)</td><td>Petrovac (3rd)</td></tr><tr><td>Dečić (4th)</td><td>Differdange 03 (CW)</td><td>Mondorf-les-Bains (3rd)</td><td>UNA Strassen (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>Caernarfon Town (CW)</td><td>Connah's Quay Nomads (2nd)</td><td>Penybont (PW)</td><td>Dila Gori (CW)</td></tr><tr><td>Torpedo Kutaisi (3rd)</td><td>Dinamo Tbilisi (4th)</td><td>Sileks (CW)</td><td>Shkëndija (2nd)</td></tr><tr><td>BATE Borisov (CW)</td><td>Dinamo Minsk (2nd)</td><td>Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (CW)</td><td>FC Santa Coloma (4th)</td></tr><tr><td>St Joseph's (2nd)</td><td>Europa (3rd)</td><td>La Fiorita (CW)</td><td>Virtus (PW)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Schedule

2026–27 UEFA Conference League

<table><thead><tr><th>Phase</th><th>Round</th><th>Draw date</th><th>First leg</th><th>Second leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3">Qualifying</td><td>First qualifying round</td><td>16 June 2026</td><td>9 July 2026</td><td>16 July 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Second qualifying round</td><td>17 June 2026</td><td>23 July 2026</td><td>30 July 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Third qualifying round</td><td>20 July 2026</td><td>6 August 2026</td><td>13 August 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Play-offs</td><td>Play-off round</td><td>3 August 2026</td><td>20 August 2026</td><td>27 August 2026</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6">League phase</td><td>Matchday 1</td><td rowspan="6">28 August 2026</td><td colspan="2">15 October 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 2</td><td colspan="2">22 October 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 3</td><td colspan="2">5 November 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 4</td><td colspan="2">26 November 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 5</td><td colspan="2">10 December 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Matchday 6</td><td colspan="2">17 December 2026</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5">Knockout phase</td><td>Knockout phase play-offs</td><td>15 January 2027</td><td>18 February 2027</td><td>25 February 2027</td></tr><tr><td>Round of 16</td><td>26 February 2027</td><td>11 March 2027</td><td>18 March 2027</td></tr><tr><td>Quarter-finals</td><td rowspan="3">—N/a</td><td>8 April 2027</td><td>15 April 2027</td></tr><tr><td>Semi-finals</td><td>29 April 2027</td><td>6 May 2027</td></tr><tr><td>Final</td><td colspan="2">2 June 2027 at Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul</td></tr></tbody></table>

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 16 June 2026. The first legs were played on 7, 8 and 9 July, and the second legs were played on 14, 15 and 16 July 2026.

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>Velež Mostar </td><td>2–1</td><td> Milsami Orhei</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Bohemians </td><td>2–0</td><td> St Joseph's</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo City </td><td>4–2</td><td> Astana</td><td>0–1</td><td>4–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Connah's Quay Nomads </td><td>2–3</td><td> Ballkani</td><td>0–0</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Zira </td><td>6–0</td><td> Torpedo Kutaisi</td><td>3–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Differdange 03 </td><td>1–3</td><td> Ilves</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo Minsk </td><td>1–1 (6–5 p)</td><td> Sileks</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Liepāja </td><td>3–1</td><td> Dečić</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Elbasani </td><td>1–1 (4–5 p)</td><td> BATE Borisov</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Glentoran </td><td>1–4</td><td> RFS</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Atlètic Club d'Escaldes </td><td>4–2</td><td> Mornar</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Mondorf-les-Bains </td><td>2–3</td><td> Dinamo Tbilisi</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Petrovac </td><td>2–5</td><td> Žalgiris</td><td>1–3</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Caernarfon Town </td><td>0–10</td><td> FCI Levadia</td><td>0–5</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>Marsaxlokk </td><td>0–4</td><td> Pyunik</td><td>0–3</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Hegelmann </td><td>1–4</td><td> Paide Linnameeskond</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Alashkert </td><td>3–3 (6–5 p)</td><td> Yelimay</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Stjarnan </td><td>5–3</td><td> Víkingur</td><td>3–1</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Dila Gori </td><td>3–2</td><td> Virtus</td><td>3–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Sarajevo </td><td>2–3</td><td> Inter Turku</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Europa </td><td>0–6</td><td> Shkëndija</td><td>0–5</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Nõmme Kalju </td><td>3–2</td><td> Linfield</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Penybont </td><td>0–4</td><td> FC Santa Coloma</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>NSÍ </td><td>3–2</td><td> Hamrun Spartans</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>UNA Strassen </td><td>3–0</td><td> La Fiorita</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Vllaznia </td><td>2–6</td><td> Malisheva</td><td>2–1</td><td>0–5</td></tr></tbody></table>

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 17 June 2026. The first legs were played on 21, 22 and 23 July, and the second legs were played on 28, 29 and 30 July 2026.

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 colspan="5">Champions Path</td></tr><tr><td>Tre Fiori </td><td>Bye</td><td>N/A</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Club d'Escaldes </td><td>Bye</td><td>N/A</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Borac Banja Luka </td><td>6–3</td><td> Petrocub Hîncești</td><td>3–0</td><td>3–3</td></tr><tr><td>Atert Bissen </td><td>3–7</td><td> ETO Győr</td><td>2–6</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>ML Vitebsk </td><td>5–1</td><td> Sutjeska</td><td>3–0</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Flora </td><td>1–1 (4–2 p)</td><td> The New Saints</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Floriana </td><td>2–3</td><td> Drita</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Vardar </td><td>4–8</td><td> Riga</td><td>2–3</td><td>2–5 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">Main Path</td></tr><tr><td>Rijeka </td><td>2–0</td><td> Derry City</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>İstanbul Başakşehir </td><td>1–3</td><td> Inter Turku</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Lugano </td><td>6–1</td><td> Dukagjini</td><td>1–0</td><td>5–1</td></tr><tr><td>HJK </td><td>8–0</td><td> Coleraine</td><td>5–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>FCSB </td><td>3–7</td><td> Auda</td><td>2–3</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>RFS </td><td>5–2</td><td> Vestri</td><td>4–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Raków Częstochowa </td><td>7–1</td><td> Valletta</td><td>3–1</td><td>4–0</td></tr><tr><td>Liepāja </td><td>1–5</td><td> Austria Wien</td><td>0–2</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Debrecen </td><td>1–0</td><td> Pyunik</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>GAIS </td><td>1–6</td><td> Nordsjælland</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–6</td></tr><tr><td>IFK Göteborg </td><td>4–3</td><td> FCI Levadia</td><td>1–2</td><td>3–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Žilina </td><td>3–4</td><td> GKS Katowice</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Varaždin </td><td>3–4</td><td> Jablonec</td><td>3–2</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Dila Gori </td><td>0–7</td><td> Apollon Limassol</td><td>0–4</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Bravo </td><td>3–4</td><td> Shkëndija</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Universitatea Cluj </td><td>3–5</td><td> Brann</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Shelbourne </td><td>6–4</td><td> Nõmme Kalju</td><td>5–2</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Valur </td><td>3–2</td><td> Zrinjski Mostar</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Zimbru Chișinău </td><td>2–3</td><td> Noah</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo Tbilisi </td><td>5–7</td><td> Žalgiris</td><td>3–0</td><td>2–7</td></tr><tr><td>Aluminij </td><td>1–4</td><td> Dinamo City</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>DAC Dunajská Streda </td><td>4–0</td><td> Velež Mostar</td><td>1–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>BATE Borisov </td><td>1–5</td><td> Sion</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Stjarnan </td><td>2–2 (4–5 p)</td><td> Ilves</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Motherwell </td><td>5–0</td><td> HB</td><td>2–0</td><td>3–0</td></tr><tr><td>Panevėžys </td><td>2–2 (2–3 p)</td><td> Tobol</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Malisheva </td><td>3–4</td><td> Hibernian</td><td>2–0</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Neftçi </td><td>3–4</td><td> Dinamo Minsk</td><td>2–4</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Paks </td><td>3–4</td><td> Panathinaikos</td><td>1–2</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Železničar Pančevo </td><td>0–5</td><td> Braga</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Vojvodina </td><td>2–8</td><td> Ajax</td><td>1–4</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Polissya Zhytomyr </td><td>4–5</td><td> Copenhagen</td><td>3–3</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>LNZ Cherkasy </td><td>0–0 (2–4 p)</td><td> Gent</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>FC Santa Coloma </td><td>3–9</td><td> Rapid Wien</td><td>1–3</td><td>2–6</td></tr><tr><td>Hapoel Tel Aviv </td><td>4–2</td><td> Ludogorets Razgrad</td><td>2–0</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Alashkert </td><td>1–4</td><td> CFR Cluj</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>Bohemians </td><td>4–4 (5–4 p)</td><td> Ballkani</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–3 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Paide Linnameeskond </td><td>2–1</td><td> Zira</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Vaduz </td><td>6–0</td><td> Atlètic Club d'Escaldes</td><td>4–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Spartak Trnava </td><td>0–0 (3–5 p)</td><td> CSKA 1948</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>NSÍ </td><td>3–3 (4–3 p)</td><td> Koper</td><td>0–2</td><td>3–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>AEK Larnaca </td><td>3–3 (3–4 p)</td><td> Beitar Jerusalem</td><td>0–1</td><td>3–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Partizan </td><td>5–0</td><td> UNA Strassen</td><td>4–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr></tbody></table>

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 20 July 2026. The first legs were played on 4, 5 and 6 August, and the second legs were played on 11, 12 and 13 August 2026.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round.

Play-off round

2026–27 UEFA Conference League

The draw for the play-off round was held on 3 August 2026. The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2026.

The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase.

<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 colspan="5">Champions Path</td></tr><tr><td>Víkingur Reykjavík </td><td>2–6</td><td> Borac Banja Luka</td><td>1–3</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>Shamrock Rovers </td><td>1–2</td><td> KuPS</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Drita </td><td>2–2 (2–4 p)</td><td> Inter Club d'Escaldes</td><td>2–2</td><td>0–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>KÍ </td><td>1–2</td><td> Riga</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln Red Imps </td><td>3–2</td><td> Larne</td><td>0–2</td><td>3–0 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">Main Path</td></tr><tr><td>Motherwell </td><td>2–7</td><td> SC Freiburg</td><td>1–3</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Górnik Zabrze </td><td>3–7</td><td> Monaco</td><td>2–3</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Turku </td><td>1–4</td><td> Copenhagen</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Heart of Midlothian </td><td>4–4 (4–3 p)</td><td> Rapid Wien</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Tromsø </td><td>0–4</td><td> Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Hajduk Split </td><td>5–4</td><td> Raków Częstochowa</td><td>2–2</td><td>3–2 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Panathinaikos </td><td>4–3</td><td> Hradec Králové</td><td>2–2</td><td>2–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Gent </td><td>3–2</td><td> Hibernian</td><td>0–0</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>PAOK </td><td>3–4</td><td> Brann</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–3</td></tr><tr><td>Atalanta </td><td>1–0</td><td> Hapoel Tel Aviv</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Midtjylland </td><td>6–1</td><td> Rijeka</td><td>2–0</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>Rangers </td><td>1–1 (3–4 p)</td><td> Jablonec</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Nordsjælland </td><td>4–2</td><td> St. Gallen</td><td>1–0</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>Dinamo City </td><td>3–5</td><td> Pafos</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–4 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Sion </td><td>5–9</td><td> Ajax</td><td>2–4</td><td>3–5</td></tr><tr><td>Braga </td><td>2–0</td><td> Austria Wien</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Twente </td><td>4–2</td><td> Qarabağ</td><td>0–1</td><td>4–1 (a.e.t.)</td></tr><tr><td>Getafe </td><td>4–3</td><td> Partizan</td><td>3–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Lugano </td><td>3–2</td><td> Maccabi Tel Aviv</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr></tbody></table>

League phase

2026–27 UEFA Conference League

The Conference League league phase will feature 36 teams: the 24 winners of the Conference League play-off round and the 12 losing teams from the Europa League play-off round.

AGF, Egnatia, Iberia 1999, Inter Club d'Escaldes, Kauno Žalgiris, Mjällby, Riga and Sint-Truiden will make their debut appearances in a major UEFA competition group stage or league phase. Inter Club d'Escaldes will be the first team from Andorra to play in a major UEFA competition group or league phase.

A total of 30 national associations will be represented in the league phase.

Table

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><th>Atalanta</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td rowspan="8">Advance to round of 16 (seeded)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><th>Braga</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><th>Ajax</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><th>SC Freiburg</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><th>Monaco</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><th>Copenhagen</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><th>Midtjylland</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><th>Red Star Belgrade</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><th>Gent</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td rowspan="8">Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><th>Panathinaikos</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><th>Pafos</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><th>Brighton & Hove Albion</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><th>Lugano</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><th>Getafe</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><th>KuPS</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><th>Twente</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><th>Lincoln Red Imps</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td rowspan="8">Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><th>Borac Banja Luka</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><th>Sint-Truiden</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><th>Brann</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><th>Heart of Midlothian</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><th>Kairat</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><th>Trabzonspor</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><th>Universitatea Craiova</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><th>Riga</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td rowspan="12"></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><th>Hajduk Split</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><th>Jablonec</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><th>Nordsjælland</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><th>AGF</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><th>Inter Club d'Escaldes</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><th>Thun</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><th>CSKA Sofia</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><th>Kauno Žalgiris</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><th>Mjällby AIF</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><th>Iberia 1999</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><th>Egnatia</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>