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.

2025–26 UEFA Conference League

The Red Bull Arena in Leipzig will host the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 8 July – 28 August 2025 Competition proper: 2 October 2025 – 27 May 2026
Teams	Competition proper: 24+12 Total: 109+55 (from 54 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	85 (2.36 per match)
Attendance	195,189 (5,422 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Franko Kovačević (Celje) 5 goals
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 23 October 2025.

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

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

Association team allocation

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

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

Association ranking

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

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

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

Association ranking for 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1  England 104.303 1 [Note ENG] 2  Italy 90.284 3  Spain 89.489 4  Germany 86.624 5  France 66.831 6  Netherlands 61.300 7  Portugal 56.316 8  Belgium 48.800 +1 (UEL) 9  Turkey 38.600 +2 (UEL) 10  Czech Republic 36.050 +2 (UEL) 11  Scotland 36.050 +2 (UEL) 12  Switzerland 32.975 +2 (UEL) 13  Austria 32.600 2 +1 (UEL) 14  Norway 31.625 +1 (UEL) 15  Greece 31.525 16  Denmark 31.450 17  Israel 31.125 +1 (UEL) 18  Ukraine 28.000 +2 (UEL) 19  Serbia 27.775 +1 (UEL)

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20  Croatia 25.525 2 +1 (UEL) 21  Poland 25.375 +2 (UEL) 22  Russia 22.965 0 [Note RUS] 23  Cyprus 22.100 2 +1 (UEL) 24  Hungary 21.875 +1 (UEL) 25  Sweden 21.500 +1 (UEL) 26  Romania 21.375 +1 (UEL) 27  Bulgaria 20.375 +1 (UEL) 28  Azerbaijan 20.125 +1 (UEL) 29  Slovakia 19.625 +2 (UEL) 30  Slovenia 13.250 +1 (UCL) +1 (UEL) 31  Moldova 13.125 +1 (UCL) +1 (UEL) 32  Kosovo 11.541 +2 (UEL) 33  Kazakhstan 11.500 +1 (UEL) 34  Finland 11.125 +2 (UEL) 35  Republic of Ireland 10.875 3 −1 [Note IRL] +1 (UEL) 36  Armenia 10.625 +1 (UEL)

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 37  Latvia 10.625 3 +1 (UEL) 38  Faroe Islands 10.375 +1 (UCL) 39  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.000 +1 (UEL) 40  Liechtenstein 10.000 1 [Note LIE] 41  Iceland 9.583 3 +1 (UEL) 42  Northern Ireland 9.208 +1 (UCL) 43  Luxembourg 8.625 +1 (UCL) 44  Lithuania 8.500 +1 (UCL) 45  Malta 8.250 +1 (UEL) 46  Georgia 7.625 +1 (UCL) 47  Albania 7.375 +1 (UCL) 48  Estonia 7.207 +1 (UCL) 49  Belarus 6.625 +1 (UCL) 50  North Macedonia 6.000 +1 (UEL) 51  Andorra 5.998 2 +1 (UCL) 52  Wales 5.791 +1 (UCL) 53  Montenegro 5.708 +1 (UCL) 54  Gibraltar 4.957 +1 (UEL) 55  San Marino 1.832 +1 (UCL)

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

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

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

• The cup winners of associations 39 to 44 (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg and Lithuania) will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
• As a result of corresponding changes to the Champions League access list, there will be one fewer loser from the Champions League first qualifying round transferred to the Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path) so one transferred team will receive 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 will be 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) will receive 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) will enter the Europa League first qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
• The cup winners of associations 45 (Malta) and 46 (Georgia) will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Teams

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

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

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

Qualified teams for 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

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

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

Notes

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

Schedule

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

Schedule for 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

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

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

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

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

First qualifying round

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

Notes:

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

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

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

Second qualifying round

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

Notes:

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Third qualifying round

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

Third qualifying round

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

Play-off round

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

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

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Hamrun Spartans	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

Noah

Rapid

Zrinjski

Rijeka

AEK Larnaca

Omonia

Sparta

Sigma

Crystal Palace

Strasbourg

KuPS

Mainz

Lincoln Red Imps

AEK Athens

Breiðablik

Fiorentina

Drita

Hamrun Spartans

AZ

Shkëndija

Raków

Lech

Legia

Jagiellonia

Dublin

U Craiova

Aberdeen

Slovan

Celje

Rayo Vallecano

Häcken

Lausanne

Samsunspor

Dynamo

Shakhtar

Dublin teams
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne

Location of teams in the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League league phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League league phase

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

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

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

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

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

Table

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

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

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2025. Source: UEFA^[24]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Away goals scored: Fiorentina 3, Larnaca 1.
2. Away goals scored: Drita 1, Häcken 0.

Results

Matchday 1

Home team	Score	Away team
Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Crystal Palace
Lausanne-Sport	3–0	Breiðablik
Noah	1–0	Rijeka
Zrinjski Mostar	5–0	Lincoln Red Imps
Jagiellonia Białystok	1–0	Hamrun Spartans
Lech Poznań	4–1	Rapid Wien
KuPS	1–1	Drita
Omonia	0–1	Mainz 05
Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Shkëndija
Aberdeen	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk
Sparta Prague	4–1	Shamrock Rovers
Fiorentina	2–0	Sigma Olomouc
AEK Larnaca	4–0	AZ
Legia Warsaw	0–1	Samsunspor
Celje	3–1	AEK Athens
Raków Częstochowa	2–0	Universitatea Craiova
Shelbourne	0–0	BK Häcken
Slovan Bratislava	1–2	Strasbourg

Matchday 2

Home team	Score	Away team
AEK Athens	6–0	Aberdeen
BK Häcken	2–2	Rayo Vallecano
Breiðablik	0–0	KuPS
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	Legia Warsaw
Drita	1–1	Omonia
Rijeka	23 Oct	Sparta Prague
Shkëndija	1–0	Shelbourne
Strasbourg	1–1	Jagiellonia Białystok
Rapid Wien	0–3	Fiorentina
AZ	1–0	Slovan Bratislava
Mainz 05	1–0	Zrinjski Mostar
Crystal Palace	0–1	AEK Larnaca
Hamrun Spartans	0–1	Lausanne-Sport
Lincoln Red Imps	2–1	Lech Poznań
Samsunspor	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Shamrock Rovers	0–2	Celje
Sigma Olomouc	1–1	Raków Częstochowa
Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Noah

Matchday 3

Home team	Score	Away team
Mainz 05	6 Nov	Fiorentina
Sparta Prague	6 Nov	Raków Częstochowa
AEK Athens	6 Nov	Shamrock Rovers
AEK Larnaca	6 Nov	Aberdeen
Shakhtar Donetsk	6 Nov	Breiðablik
Noah	6 Nov	Sigma Olomouc
KuPS	6 Nov	Slovan Bratislava
Celje	6 Nov	Legia Warsaw
Samsunspor	6 Nov	Hamrun Spartans
BK Häcken	6 Nov	Strasbourg
Crystal Palace	6 Nov	AZ
Lausanne-Sport	6 Nov	Omonia
Dynamo Kyiv	6 Nov	Zrinjski Mostar
Shkëndija	6 Nov	Jagiellonia Białystok
Lincoln Red Imps	6 Nov	Rijeka
Rayo Vallecano	6 Nov	Lech Poznań
Shelbourne	6 Nov	Drita
Rapid Wien	6 Nov	Universitatea Craiova

Matchday 4

Home team	Score	Away team
AZ	27 Nov	Shelbourne
Hamrun Spartans	27 Nov	Lincoln Red Imps
Zrinjski Mostar	27 Nov	BK Häcken
Lech Poznań	27 Nov	Lausanne-Sport
Omonia	27 Nov	Dynamo Kyiv
Raków Częstochowa	27 Nov	Rapid Wien
Sigma Olomouc	27 Nov	Celje
Universitatea Craiova	27 Nov	Mainz 05
Slovan Bratislava	27 Nov	Rayo Vallecano
Aberdeen	27 Nov	Noah
Fiorentina	27 Nov	AEK Athens
Breiðablik	27 Nov	Samsunspor
Drita	27 Nov	Shkëndija
Rijeka	27 Nov	AEK Larnaca
Jagiellonia Białystok	27 Nov	KuPS
Legia Warsaw	27 Nov	Sparta Prague
Strasbourg	27 Nov	Crystal Palace
Shamrock Rovers	27 Nov	Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 5

Home team	Score	Away team
Fiorentina	11 Dec	Dynamo Kyiv
BK Häcken	11 Dec	AEK Larnaca
Breiðablik	11 Dec	Shamrock Rovers
Drita	11 Dec	AZ
Noah	11 Dec	Legia Warsaw
Jagiellonia Białystok	11 Dec	Rayo Vallecano
Shkëndija	11 Dec	Slovan Bratislava
Samsunspor	11 Dec	AEK Athens
Universitatea Craiova	11 Dec	Sparta Prague
Aberdeen	11 Dec	Strasbourg
Hamrun Spartans	11 Dec	Shakhtar Donetsk
Rijeka	11 Dec	Celje
Lech Poznań	11 Dec	Mainz 05
KuPS	11 Dec	Lausanne-Sport
Lincoln Red Imps	11 Dec	Sigma Olomouc
Raków Częstochowa	11 Dec	Zrinjski Mostar
Shelbourne	11 Dec	Crystal Palace
Rapid Wien	11 Dec	Omonia

Matchday 6

Home team	Score	Away team
Mainz 05	18 Dec	Samsunspor
Sparta Prague	18 Dec	Aberdeen
AEK Athens	18 Dec	Universitatea Craiova
AEK Larnaca	18 Dec	Shkëndija
AZ	18 Dec	Jagiellonia Białystok
Crystal Palace	18 Dec	KuPS
Shakhtar Donetsk	18 Dec	Rijeka
Dynamo Kyiv	18 Dec	Noah
Lausanne-Sport	18 Dec	Fiorentina
Zrinjski Mostar	18 Dec	Rapid Wien
Legia Warsaw	18 Dec	Lincoln Red Imps
Celje	18 Dec	Shelbourne
Omonia	18 Dec	Raków Częstochowa
Strasbourg	18 Dec	Breiðablik
Rayo Vallecano	18 Dec	Drita
Shamrock Rovers	18 Dec	Hamrun Spartans
Sigma Olomouc	18 Dec	Lech Poznań
Slovan Bratislava	18 Dec	BK Häcken

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Table correct as of 2 October 2025.

Top goalscorers

Rank[25]	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Franko Kovačević	Celje	3	84
2	Forty-four players		1	—

See also

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