2026–27 UEFA Conference League qualifying

The 2026–27 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 7 July and will end on 27 August 2026.[1][2]

A total of 153 teams compete in the qualifying system of the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League, which consists of the qualifying phase and the play-off round. Of these, 20 teams enter through the Champions Path and 133 through the Main Path. The 24 winners of the play-off round advance to the league phase, where they join the 12 losers of the Europa League play-off round.[3][4]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Format

The qualifying phase and play-off round are split into two paths – the Champions Path and the Main Path. The Champions Path contains teams which were eliminated from the Champions League Champions Path and the Europa League Champions Path, and the Main Path contains teams which qualify through their domestic league or as domestic cup winners as well as teams eliminated from the Europa League Main Path.

Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time is played, and if the same number of goals is scored by both teams during extra time, the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.[5]

In the draws for each round, teams are seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round may not be known at the time of the draws, the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to the subsequent round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient advances, it simply takes the seeding of its opponent.

Prior to the draws, UEFA can form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, purely for the convenience of the draw and not to resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA cannot be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie can be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.[2]

Schedule for 2026–27 UEFA Conference League
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 16 June 2026 9 July 2026 16 July 2026
Second qualifying round 17 June 2026 23 July 2026 30 July 2026
Third qualifying round 20 July 2026 6 August 2026 13 August 2026
Play-off round 3 August 2026 20 August 2026 27 August 2026

Teams

Champions Path

The Champions Path includes league champions which were eliminated from the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Champions League and the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Europa League and consists of the following rounds:

  • Second qualifying round (12 teams): 12 of the 14 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (two of the teams receive a bye to the third qualifying round).
  • Third qualifying round (8 teams): 6 winners of the second qualifying round, and 2 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round that receive a bye.
  • Play-off round (10 teams): 4 winners of the third qualifying round, and 6 losers of the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2026 UEFA club coefficients, not used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),[6] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to league phase
Teams eliminated
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[6]
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers [UEL CH Q3] 19.375
Finland KuPS [UEL CH Q3] 14.000
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps [UEL CH Q3] 13.500
Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík [UEL CH Q3] 11.750
Faroe Islands KÍ [UEL CH Q3] 10.500
Northern Ireland Larne [UEL CH Q3] 9.000
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[6]
Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes [UCL Q1] 7.500
San Marino Tre Fiori [UCL Q1] 2.500
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[6]
Kosovo Drita [UCL Q1] 13.625
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka [UCL Q1] 13.125
Latvia Riga [UCL Q1] 10.500
Estonia Flora [UCL Q1] 10.000
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești [UCL Q1] 9.000
Wales The New Saints [UCL Q1] 9.000
Montenegro Sutjeska [UCL Q1] 6.000
Hungary ETO Győr [UCL Q1] 5.437
Malta Floriana [UCL Q1] 4.000
North Macedonia Vardar [UCL Q1] 1.551
Belarus ML Vitebsk [UCL Q1] 1.325
Luxembourg Atert Bissen [UCL Q1] 1.325
Notes
  1. UEL CH Q3 Losers of Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. UCL Q1 Losers of Champions League first qualifying round.

Main Path

The Main Path includes league non-champions and domestic cup winners and consists of the following rounds:

Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2026 UEFA club coefficients),[6] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to league phase
Teams eliminated
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[6]
Italy Atalanta 84.000
Scotland Rangers [UEL MP Q3] 59.250
Germany SC Freiburg 56.500
France Monaco 56.000
Greece PAOK [UEL MP Q3] 48.250
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv [UEL MP Q3] 32.500
Cyprus Pafos [UEL MP Q3] 24.125
England Brighton & Hove Albion 23.903
Spain Getafe 19.409
Scotland Heart of Midlothian [UEL MP Q3] 11.500
Czech Republic Hradec Králové [UEL MP Q3] 9.705
Poland Górnik Zabrze [UEL MP Q3] 9.350
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[6]
Denmark Midtjylland [UEL MP Q2] 48.250
Azerbaijan Qarabağ [UEL MP Q2] 42.750
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol [UEL MP Q2] 20.000
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv [UEL MP Q2] 17.500
Netherlands Twente [UEL MP Q2] 13.585
Croatia Hajduk Split [UEL MP Q2] 10.000
Norway Tromsø [UEL MP Q2] 8.247
Switzerland St Gallen [UEL MP Q2] 6.940
Sweden Hammarby [UEL MP Q2] 6.000
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[6]
Portugal Braga 63.750
Netherlands Ajax 58.250
Denmark Copenhagen 54.375
Belgium Gent 39.000
Austria Rapid Wien 29.750
Greece Panathinaikos 29.250
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 28.750
Romania FCSB 25.500
Poland Raków Częstochowa 22.250
Serbia Partizan 22.000
Switzerland Lugano 21.250
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 20.250
Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 19.500
Croatia Rijeka 18.625
Romania CFR Cluj 17.500
Finland HJK 14.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 13.250
Norway Brann 12.250
Armenia Noah 10.750
Slovakia Spartak Trnava 10.500
Czech Republic Jablonec 9.705
Austria Austria Wien 9.500
Poland GKS Katowice 9.350
Liechtenstein Vaduz 8.500
Denmark Nordsjælland 8.421
Kazakhstan Tobol 8.000
Cyprus Apollon Limassol 7.138
Scotland Hibernian 7.000
Faroe Islands HB 7.000
Switzerland Sion 6.940
Lithuania Panevėžys 6.500
Azerbaijan Neftçi 6.500
Scotland Motherwell 6.410
Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda 6.000
Sweden GAIS 5.925
Sweden IFK Göteborg 5.925
Croatia Varaždin 5.631
Israel Beitar Jerusalem 5.500
Slovakia Žilina [UEL MP Q1] 5.500
Serbia Vojvodina [UEL MP Q1] 5.500
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 5.500
Hungary Paks 5.437
Hungary Debrecen 5.437
Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr 5.182
Ukraine LNZ Cherkasy 5.182
Serbia Železničar Pančevo 5.150
Romania Universitatea Cluj [UEL MP Q1] 5.050
Slovenia Koper 4.893
Slovenia Bravo 4.893
Slovenia Aluminij [UEL MP Q1] 4.893
Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 4.500
Iceland Valur 4.500
Latvia Auda 4.500
Bulgaria CSKA 1948 4.212
Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 4.000
Republic of Ireland Derry City [UEL MP Q1] 4.000
Iceland Vestri [UEL MP Q1] 3.304
Kosovo Dukagjini 2.797
Malta Valletta 1.800
Northern Ireland Coleraine 1.450
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[6]
Latvia RFS 12.500
Kazakhstan Astana 12.500
Lithuania Žalgiris 12.000
North Macedonia Shkëndija 10.875
Kosovo Ballkani 10.000
Armenia Pyunik 10.000
Northern Ireland Linfield 9.500
Malta Hamrun Spartans 8.500
Moldova Milsami Orhei 7.500
Estonia FCI Levadia 7.500
Estonia Paide Linnameeskond 7.500
Luxembourg Differdange 03 6.500
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 6.500
Albania Vllaznia 6.500
Faroe Islands Víkingur 6.000
San Marino La Fiorita 6.000
Azerbaijan Zira 5.500
Montenegro Dečić 5.500
Georgia (country) Dila Gori 5.500
Belarus BATE Borisov 5.500
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 5.000
Andorra Atlètic Club d'Escaldes 5.000
Gibraltar St Joseph's 5.000
Andorra FC Santa Coloma 5.000
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 5.000
Armenia Alashkert 5.000
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 4.500
Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež Mostar 4.500
San Marino Virtus 4.000
Latvia Liepāja 4.000
Finland Ilves 3.500
Wales Connah's Quay Nomads 3.500
Republic of Ireland Bohemians 3.468
Iceland Stjarnan 3.304
Gibraltar Europa 3.000
Finland Inter Turku 2.800
Kosovo Malisheva 2.797
Kazakhstan Yelimay 2.750
Albania Dinamo City 2.500
Luxembourg UNA Strassen 2.500
Lithuania Hegelmann 2.000
Wales Penybont 2.000
Faroe Islands NSÍ 2.000
North Macedonia Sileks 2.000
Montenegro Mornar 2.000
Northern Ireland Glentoran 2.000
Malta Marsaxlokk 1.800
Estonia Nõmme Kalju 1.641
Albania Elbasani 1.625
Wales Caernarfon Town 1.500
Luxembourg Mondorf-les-Bains 1.325
Montenegro Petrovac 1.316
Notes
  1. UEL MP Q3 Losers of Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path).
  2. UEL MP Q2 Losers of Europa League second qualifying round (Main Path).
  3. UEL MP Q1 Losers of Europa League first qualifying round (Main Path).

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 16 June 2026.[7]

Seeding

A total of 52 teams played in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2026 UEFA club coefficients.[6] Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into five groups: four groups of five seeded teams and five unseeded teams, and one group of six seeded teams and six unseeded teams, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. UEFA pre-assigned numbers to the teams so that the draw could be conducted in one run for the four groups consisting of five seeded and five unseeded teams each. The remaining group, consisting of six seeded and six unseeded teams, was drawn separately. The team represented by the ball drawn first was designated as the home team for the first leg.

Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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.

First qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Velež Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina2–1Moldova Milsami Orhei1–11–0
Bohemians Republic of Ireland2–0Gibraltar St Joseph's2–00–0
Dinamo City Albania4–2Kazakhstan Astana0–14–1 (a.e.t.)
Connah's Quay Nomads Wales2–3Kosovo Ballkani0–02–3
Zira Azerbaijan6–0Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi3–03–0
Differdange 03 Luxembourg1–3Finland Ilves0–01–3
Dinamo Minsk Belarus1–1 (6–5 p)North Macedonia Sileks0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Liepāja Latvia3–1[a]Montenegro Dečić1–02–1
Elbasani Albania1–1 (4–5 p)Belarus BATE Borisov1–10–0 (a.e.t.)
Glentoran Northern Ireland1–4Latvia RFS1–20–2
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes Andorra4–2[a]Montenegro Mornar2–12–1
Mondorf-les-Bains Luxembourg2–3Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi1–21–1 (a.e.t.)
Petrovac Montenegro2–5Lithuania Žalgiris1–31–2
Caernarfon Town Wales0–10Estonia FCI Levadia0–50–5
Marsaxlokk Malta0–4Armenia Pyunik0–30–1
Hegelmann Lithuania1–4Estonia Paide Linnameeskond1–10–3
Alashkert Armenia3–3 (6–5 p)Kazakhstan Yelimay1–12–2 (a.e.t.)
Stjarnan Iceland5–3[a]Faroe Islands Víkingur3–12–2
Dila Gori Georgia (country)3–2San Marino Virtus3–10–1
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina2–3Finland Inter Turku1–11–2
Europa Gibraltar0–6North Macedonia Shkëndija0–50–1
Nõmme Kalju Estonia3–2Northern Ireland Linfield1–02–2
Penybont Wales0–4Andorra FC Santa Coloma0–10–3
NSÍ Faroe Islands3–2Malta Hamrun Spartans1–12–1
UNA Strassen Luxembourg3–0San Marino La Fiorita1–02–0
Vllaznia Albania2–6Kosovo Malisheva2–10–5
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 17 June 2026.[8]

Seeding

A total of 98 teams played in the second qualifying round: 12 in the Champions Path and 86 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2026 UEFA club coefficients.[6] For the winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. For the losers of the Champions League first qualifying round and the Europa League first qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used. Before the draw, UEFA divided the teams and/or pairings into groups in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In the Champions Path, the 12 pairings were divided into two groups, each containing three seeded and three unseeded pairings. In the Main Path, the 86 teams and/or pairings were divided into nine groups: seven groups of ten and two groups of eight, each with an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams and/or pairings. For the Main Path draw, the entries in each group were randomly assigned numbers so that the draw could be conducted in two runs: one for Groups 1 to 7, in which seeded entries were assigned numbers 1 to 5 and unseeded entries numbers 6 to 10, and one for Groups 8 and 9, in which seeded entries were assigned numbers 1 to 4 and unseeded entries numbers 5 to 8. The team or pairing represented by the ball drawn first was designated as the home team for the first leg.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Losers of the Champions League first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics lost to a team with a lower coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. †† Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  3. ††† Losers of the Europa League first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics lost to a team with a lower coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  4. ‡ Following the exclusion of Karviná from UEFA Europa League and the subsequent adjustment of the Czech clubs' access places, Hradec Králové was moved to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round and was replaced by Jablonec. Jablonec therefore effectively inherited the seeded status associated with Hradec Králové's place in the draw.

Summary

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.

Second qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Tre Fiori San MarinoByeN/A——
Inter Club d'Escaldes AndorraByeN/A——
Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina6–3Moldova Petrocub Hîncești3–03–3
Atert Bissen Luxembourg3–7Hungary ETO Győr2–61–1
ML Vitebsk Belarus5–1Montenegro Sutjeska3–02–1
Flora Estonia1–1 (4–2 p)Wales The New Saints1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Floriana Malta2–3Kosovo Drita1–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Vardar North Macedonia4–8Latvia Riga2–32–5 (a.e.t.)
Main Path
Rijeka Croatia2–0Republic of Ireland Derry City1–01–0
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey1–3Finland Inter Turku1–10–2
Lugano Switzerland6–1Kosovo Dukagjini1–05–1
HJK Finland8–0Northern Ireland Coleraine5–03–0
FCSB Romania3–7Latvia Auda2–31–4
RFS Latvia5–2Iceland Vestri4–11–1
Raków Częstochowa Poland7–1Malta Valletta3–14–0
Liepāja Latvia1–5Austria Austria Wien0–21–3
Debrecen Hungary1–0Armenia Pyunik1–00–0
GAIS Sweden1–6Denmark Nordsjælland1–00–6
IFK Göteborg Sweden4–3Estonia FCI Levadia1–23–1 (a.e.t.)
Žilina Slovakia3–4Poland GKS Katowice2–11–3
Varaždin Croatia3–4Czech Republic Jablonec3–20–2
Dila Gori Georgia (country)0–7Cyprus Apollon Limassol0–40–3
Bravo Slovenia3–4North Macedonia Shkëndija2–11–3
Universitatea Cluj Romania3–5Norway Brann2–21–3
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland6–4Estonia Nõmme Kalju5–21–2
Valur Iceland3–2Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar1–02–2
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova2–3Armenia Noah1–11–2
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)5–7Lithuania Žalgiris3–02–7
Aluminij Slovenia1–4Albania Dinamo City1–10–3
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia4–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež Mostar1–03–0
BATE Borisov Belarus1–5Switzerland Sion1–10–4
Stjarnan Iceland2–2 (4–5 p)Finland Ilves1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Motherwell Scotland5–0Faroe Islands HB2–03–0
Panevėžys Lithuania2–2 (2–3 p)Kazakhstan Tobol1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Malisheva Kosovo3–4Scotland Hibernian2–01–4
Neftçi Azerbaijan3–4Belarus Dinamo Minsk2–41–0
Paks Hungary3–4Greece Panathinaikos1–22–2
Železničar Pančevo Serbia0–5Portugal Braga0–10–4
Vojvodina Serbia2–8Netherlands Ajax1–41–4
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine4–5Denmark Copenhagen3–31–2
LNZ Cherkasy Ukraine0–0 (2–4 p)Belgium Gent0–00–0 (a.e.t.)
FC Santa Coloma Andorra3–9Austria Rapid Wien1–32–6
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel4–2Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad2–02–2
Alashkert Armenia1–4Romania CFR Cluj1–10–3
Bohemians Republic of Ireland4–4 (5–4 p)Kosovo Ballkani2–12–3 (a.e.t.)
Paide Linnameeskond Estonia2–1Azerbaijan Zira1–01–1
Vaduz Liechtenstein6–0Andorra Atlètic Club d'Escaldes4–02–0
Spartak Trnava Slovakia0–0 (3–5 p)Bulgaria CSKA 19480–00–0 (a.e.t.)
NSÍ Faroe Islands3–3 (4–3 p)Slovenia Koper0–23–1 (a.e.t.)
AEK Larnaca Cyprus3–3 (3–4 p)Israel Beitar Jerusalem0–13–2 (a.e.t.)
Partizan Serbia5–0Luxembourg UNA Strassen4–01–0

Matches

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 20 July 2026.[9]

Seeding

A total of 60 teams played in the third qualifying round: eight in the Champions Path and 52 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2026 UEFA club coefficients.[6] For the winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked team in each tie was used. For the losers of the Europa League second qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used. Before the draw, UEFA divided the teams and/or pairings into groups in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In the Champions Path, the eight teams and/or pairings were divided into two groups of four, each containing two seeded and two unseeded entries. In the Main Path, the 52 teams and/or pairings were divided into six groups: four groups of eight and two groups of ten, each with an equal number of seeded and unseeded entries. For the Main Path draw, the entries in each group were randomly assigned numbers so that the draw could be conducted in two runs: one for Groups 1 to 4, in which seeded entries were assigned numbers 1 to 4 and unseeded entries numbers 5 to 8, and one for Groups 5 and 6, in which seeded entries were assigned numbers 1 to 5 and unseeded entries numbers 6 to 10. In each tie, the team or pairing represented by the ball drawn first was designated as the home team for the first leg.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. †† Losers of the Europa League second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics lost to a team with a lower coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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.

Third qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Tre Fiori San Marino1–9Kosovo Drita1–40–5
Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina2–2 (4–2 p)Belarus ML Vitebsk1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Inter Club d'Escaldes Andorra6–0[a]Estonia Flora2–04–0
Riga Latvia2–1Hungary ETO Győr1–01–1
Main Path
Inter Turku Finland4–3Liechtenstein Vaduz2–12–2
Žalgiris Lithuania2–9Croatia Hajduk Split2–50–4
Partizan Serbia5–1Kazakhstan Tobol3–02–1
Panathinaikos Greece3–2Bulgaria CSKA 19481–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Ajax Netherlands5–3Republic of Ireland Shelbourne3–12–2
Auda Latvia1–4Albania Dinamo City1–00–4
Noah Armenia3–4Switzerland Sion2–21–2
Braga Portugal1–0Belarus Dinamo Minsk1–00–0
Valur Iceland0–7Denmark Nordsjælland0–20–5
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova2–8Switzerland St. Gallen1–31–5
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel3–2Poland GKS Katowice2–01–2
Beitar Jerusalem Israel3–3 (2–4 p)Austria Austria Wien1–22–1 (a.e.t.)
CFR Cluj Romania1–7Norway Tromsø0–51–2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–2Azerbaijan Qarabağ1–00–2
Brann Norway4–3Cyprus Apollon Limassol0–14–2 (a.e.t.)
Lugano Switzerland4–2Faroe Islands NSÍ2–02–2
Raków Częstochowa Poland1–0Sweden Hammarby IF0–01–0
HJK Finland1–3Scotland Motherwell1–10–2
Hibernian Scotland2–1North Macedonia Shkëndija2–10–0
IFK Göteborg Sweden1–2Belgium Gent0–11–1
Paide Linnameeskond Estonia1–6Austria Rapid Wien1–40–2
Bohemians Republic of Ireland2–5Denmark Midtjylland0–22–3
Debrecen Hungary1–8Denmark Copenhagen0–31–5
Jablonec Czech Republic4–1Latvia RFS2–02–1
Rijeka Croatia2–1Finland Ilves1–01–1
Twente Netherlands9–3Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda6–03–3
Notes:
  1. ↑ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 3 August 2026.[10]

Seeding

A total of 48 teams play in the play-off round: ten in the Champions Path and 38 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2026 UEFA club coefficients.[6] For the winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked team in each tie was used. For the losers of the Europa League third qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used. Before the draw, UEFA divided the teams and/or pairings into groups in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In the Champions Path, the ten pairings were divided into one group of four and one group of six, each containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded pairings. In the Main Path, the 38 teams and/or pairings were divided into three groups of ten and one group of eight, each with an equal number of seeded and unseeded entries. For the Main Path draw, the entries in each group were randomly assigned numbers so that the draw could be conducted in two runs: one for Groups 1 to 3, in which seeded entries were assigned numbers 1 to 5 and unseeded entries numbers 6 to 10, and one for Group 4, in which seeded entries were assigned numbers 1 to 4 and unseeded entries numbers 5 to 8. In each tie, the team or pairing represented by the ball drawn first was designated as the home team for the first leg.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Main Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. †† Losers of the Europa League third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics lost to a team with a lower coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 20 August, and the second legs will be played on 26 and 27 August 2026.

The winners of the ties advance to the league phase.

Play-off round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Víkingur Reykjavík IcelandMatch 1Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka1–327 Aug
Shamrock Rovers Republic of IrelandMatch 2Finland KuPS1–127 Aug
Drita KosovoMatch 3Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes2–227 Aug
KÍ Faroe IslandsMatch 4Latvia Riga0–027 Aug
Lincoln Red Imps GibraltarMatch 5Northern Ireland Larne0–227 Aug
Main Path
Motherwell ScotlandMatch 1Germany SC Freiburg1–327 Aug
Górnik Zabrze PolandMatch 2France Monaco2–327 Aug
Inter Turku FinlandMatch 3Denmark Copenhagen0–027 Aug
Heart of Midlothian ScotlandMatch 4Austria Rapid Wien2–226 Aug
Tromsø NorwayMatch 5England Brighton & Hove Albion0–027 Aug
Hajduk Split CroatiaMatch 6Poland Raków Częstochowa2–227 Aug
Panathinaikos GreeceMatch 7Czech Republic Hradec Králové2–227 Aug
Gent BelgiumMatch 8Scotland Hibernian0–027 Aug
PAOK GreeceMatch 9Norway Brann1–127 Aug
Atalanta ItalyMatch 10Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv0–027 Aug
Midtjylland DenmarkMatch 11Croatia Rijeka2–027 Aug
Rangers ScotlandMatch 12Czech Republic Jablonec1–027 Aug
Nordsjælland DenmarkMatch 13Switzerland St. Gallen1–027 Aug
Dinamo City AlbaniaMatch 14Cyprus Pafos1–127 Aug
Sion SwitzerlandMatch 15Netherlands Ajax2–427 Aug
Braga PortugalMatch 16Austria Austria Wien2–027 Aug
Twente NetherlandsMatch 17Azerbaijan Qarabağ0–127 Aug
Getafe SpainMatch 18Serbia Partizan3–127 Aug
Lugano SwitzerlandMatch 19Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv2–127 Aug

Matches

References

  1. ↑ "Conference League qualifying: Fixtures, dates, how it works". UEFA.com. 7 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "UEFA club competitions cycle 2024–27 ("Post 2024")". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 36/2023. Union of European Football Associations. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa Conference League, 2023/24 Season". UEFA. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "New format for Champions League post-2024: Everything you need to know". UEFA.com. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Abolition of the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 May 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Conference League first qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "UEFA Conference League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "UEFA Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "UEFA Conference League play-off draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
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