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.

2026–27 UEFA Conference League

The Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul will host the final.
Teams	(from 54 associations)
← 2025–26 2027–28 → All statistics correct as of 7 October 2025.

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.

Association team allocation

A total of 167 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:^[1]

• 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 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.^[2]

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 2026–27 UEFA Conference League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1  England 115.196 1 2  Italy 97.231 3  Spain 94.453 4  Germany 86.331 5  France 73.093 6  Netherlands 67.150 7  Portugal 62.266 8  Belgium 56.850 9  Czech Republic 44.100 10  Turkey 43.900 11  Norway 39.687 12  Greece 39.312 13  Austria 36.450 2 14  Scotland 35.550 15  Poland 35.000 16  Denmark 33.981 17  Switzerland 33.625 18  Israel 31.625 19  Cyprus 27.537

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 20  Sweden 27.125 2 21  Croatia 27.025 22  Serbia 25.500 23  Ukraine 24.400 24  Hungary 24.000 25  Romania 23.250 26  Russia 22.632 0 [Note RUS] 27  Slovakia 21.250 2 28  Slovenia 20.343 29  Bulgaria 19.875 30  Azerbaijan 19.625 31  Republic of Ireland 14.968 32  Moldova 14.500 33  Iceland 13.520 34  Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.031 3 35  Armenia 12.250 36  Latvia 12.250 37  Kosovo 12.041 38  Finland 11.750

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 39  Kazakhstan 11.125 3 40  Faroe Islands 10.750 41  Malta 8.500 42  Northern Ireland 8.333 43  Lithuania 8.250 44  Liechtenstein 8.000 1 [Note LIE] 45  Estonia 7.957 3 46  Albania 7.875 47  Montenegro 7.208 48  Luxembourg 6.875 49  Wales 6.791 50  Georgia 6.625 51  North Macedonia 6.166 2 52  Belarus 6.000 53  Andorra 5.498 54  Gibraltar 5.457 55  San Marino 2.498

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 (52 teams)		11 domestic cup winners from associations 45–55 21 domestic league runners-up from associations 34–55 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE] 20 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 30–50 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE]
Second qualifying round (102 teams)	Champions Path (14 teams)			14 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round
	League Path (88 teams)	11 domestic cup winners from associations 34–44 17 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–33 (except Russia)[Note RUS] 16 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–29 (except Russia[Note RUS] 9 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15 1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 6	26 winners from the first qualifying round		8 teams eliminated from Europa League first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (60 teams)	Champions Path (8 teams)		7 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)	1 team 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 38 to 44 (Finland, Kazakhstan, Faroe Islands, Malta, Northern Ireland, Lithuania, and Liechtenstein) 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).

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^[3]

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

Qualified teams for 2026–27 UEFA Conference League

Entry round		Teams
League phase		(EL PO)	(EL PO)	(EL PO)	(EL PO)
		(EL PO)	(EL PO)	(EL PO)	(EL PO)
		(EL PO)	(EL PO)	(EL PO)	(EL PO)
Play-off round	CH	(EL CH Q3)	(EL CH Q3)	(EL CH Q3)	(EL CH Q3)
		(EL CH Q3)	(EL CH Q3)
	MP	(LC)	(6th)	(6th)	(6th)
		(6th)	(EL MP Q3)	(EL MP Q3)	(EL MP Q3)
		(EL MP Q3)	(EL MP Q3)	(EL MP Q3)	(EL MP Q3)
Third qualifying round	CH	(CL Q1)[Note UCL Q1]
	MP	(EL Q2)	(EL Q2)	(EL Q2)	(EL Q2)
		(EL Q2)	(EL Q2)	(EL Q2)	(EL Q2)
Second qualifying round	CH	(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)
		(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)
		(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)
		(CL Q1)	(CL Q1)
	MP	(EL Q1)	(EL Q1)	(EL Q1)	(EL Q1)
		(EL Q1)	(EL Q1)	(EL Q1)	(EL Q1)
		(PW)	(4th)	(4th)	(4th)
		(4th)	(4th)	(4th)	(3rd)
		(PW)	(3rd)	(4th)	(3rd)
		(4th)	(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)
		(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)
		(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)
		(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)
		(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)
		(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)
		(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)
		(2nd)	(2nd)	(2nd)	(CW)
		(CW)	(CW)	(CW)	HJK (CW)[Note FIN]
		Tobol (CW)[Note KAZ]	(CW)	(CW)	(CW)
		Panevėžys (CW)	(CW)
First qualifying round		(3rd)	(3rd)	(3rd)	(3rd)
		(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)
		(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)
		(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)	(4th)
		NSÍ (2nd/3rd)[Note FRO]	HB (2nd/3rd)[Note FRO]	(2nd)	(3rd)
		(2nd)	(3rd)	(2nd)	(3rd)
		(CW)	(2nd)	(3rd)	(CW)
		(2nd)	(3rd)	(CW)	(2nd)
		(3rd)	(CW)	(2nd)	(3rd)
		(CW)	(2nd)	(PW)	(CW)
		(2nd)	(3rd)	(CW)	(2nd)
		(CW)	(2nd)	(CW)	(2nd)
		(CW)	(2nd)	(CW)	(2nd)

Notes

1. ^
   Champions League (UCL Q1): One of the Champions League first qualifying round losers will be drawn to receive byes to the third qualifying round (Champions Path), as one fewer loser will be transferred to the second qualifying round (Champions Path), due to Champions League league phase berth vacated following the suspension of Russia from the European season.
2. ^
   Finland (FIN): Can still qualify for 2026-27 UEFA Champions League by winning 2025 Veikkausliiga
3. ^
   Faroe Islands (FRO): If KÍ wins the 2025 Faroe Islands Cup, second-placed team of 2025 Faroe Islands Premier League will enter in Second qualifying round and fourth-placed team will enter in First qualifying round
4. ^
   Kazakhstan (KAZ): Can still qualify for 2026-27 UEFA Champions League by winning 2025 Kazakhstan Premier League
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 this season.
6. ^
   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.^[4] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.^[5]

See also

• 2026–27 UEFA Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Europa League