2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round will begin on 11 July and end on 29 August 2023.^[1]

A total of 155 teams will compete in the qualifying system of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 21 teams in the Champions Path and 134 teams in the Main Path. The 24 winners of the play-off round advanced to the league phase, to join the 12 losers of the Europa League play-off round.^[2]

Format

The qualifying phase and play-off round is 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 will be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs will advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time will be played, and if the same number of goals is scored by both teams during extra time, the tie will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.^[3]

In the draws for each round in the Main Path, teams will be 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 will be 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 known at the time of the draws, the seeding will be 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 will simply take the seeding of its opponent.

In the draws for each round in the Champions Path, teams will be seeded based on the round in which they enter the Conference League. As a result, there will be no seeding in the second and third qualifying rounds.

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 can not 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. All matches are scheduled to be played on Thursdays.^[1]

Teams

Champions Path

The Champions Path will include 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 the 2 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round that received 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 2024 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),^[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Play-off round Team Coeff.[4] [UEL CH Q3] [UEL CH Q3] [UEL CH Q3] [UEL CH Q3] [UEL CH Q3] [UEL CH Q3]

Third qualifying round Team Coeff.[4] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1]

Second qualifying round Team Coeff.[4] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1] [UCL Q1]

Notes

Main Path

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

• First qualifying round (50 teams): 50 teams which enter in this round.
• Second qualifying round (86 teams): 55 teams which enter in this round, 6 losers of the Europa League Main Path first qualifying round), and 25 winners of the first qualifying round.
• Third qualifying round (52 teams): 9 losers of the Europa League Main Path second qualifying round, and 43 winners of the second qualifying round.
• Play-off round (38 teams): 5 teams which enter this round, 7 losers of the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round), and 26 winners of the third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients),^[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Play-off round Team Coeff.[4] Chelsea 96.000 Fiorentina 42.000 Real Betis 33.000 Heidenheim 17.324 Lens 13.366 [UEL MP Q3] [UEL MP Q3] [UEL MP Q3] [UEL MP Q3] [UEL MP Q3] [UEL MP Q3] [UEL MP Q3] Third qualifying round Team Coeff.[4] [UEL MP Q2] [UEL MP Q2] [UEL MP Q2] [UEL MP Q2] [UEL MP Q2] [UEL MP Q2] [UEL MP Q2] [UEL MP Q2] [UEL MP Q2]

Second qualifying round Team Coeff.[4] Copenhagen 51.500 Gent 45.000 İstanbul Başakşehir 29.000 CFR Cluj 26.500 Legia Warsaw 18.000 Maccabi Haifa 18.000 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 17.000 Djurgården 16.500 Go Ahead Eagles 12.260 Omonia 12.000 Vitória de Guimarães 11.263 Astana 11.000 Riga 11.000 Olimpija Ljubljana 10.500 Dnipro-1 10.500 AEK Athens 10.000 Zrinjski Mostar 9.500 Hajduk Split 9.000 Osijek 8.500 Spartak Trnava 8.000 AEK Larnaca 8.000 Austria Wien 8.000 Ararat-Armenia 8.000 Vaduz 8.000 Dunajská Streda 8.000 Fehérvár 7.500 Mladá Boleslav 7.210 Baník Ostrava 7.210 St Mirren 7.210 Universitatea Craiova 7.000 Brøndby 7.000 Zürich 6.595 St. Gallen 6.595 Drita 6.500 Brann 6.325 Tromsø IL 6.325 Häcken 6.000 HB Tórshavn 6.000 Polissya Zhytomyr 5.600 Radnički 1923 5.555 Śląsk Wrocław 5.075 Progrès Niederkorn 4.500 Iberia 1999 4.500 Puskás Akadémia 4.375 CSKA 1948 4.075 Cherno More 4.075 Sabah 4.025 Sumgayit 4.025 St Patrick's Athletic 4.000 Zimbru Chișinău 2.625 Ilves 2.225 Neman Grodno 2.000 Cliftonville 2.000 TransINVEST 1.700 Sliema Wanderers 1.650 [UEL MP Q1] [UEL MP Q1] [UEL MP Q1] [UEL MP Q1] [UEL MP Q1] [UEL MP Q1]

First qualifying round Team Coeff.[4] Žalgiris 11.500 Linfield 10.000 KuPS 10.000 Breiðablik 8.500 F91 Dudelange 8.500 Budućnost Podgorica 8.000 Dinamo Tbilisi 8.000 Shkëndija 8.000 B36 Tórshavn 7.000 Partizani 6.500 Sarajevo 6.500 Inter Club d'Escaldes 6.000 FCI Levadia 6.000 Tirana 5.500 Tre Penne 5.500 Connah's Quay Nomads 5.500 Paide Linnameeskond 5.000 Milsami Orhei 5.000 Crusaders 4.500 La Fiorita 4.500 Liepāja 4.500 Derry City 4.000 Vllaznia 4.000 St Joseph's 4.000 Urartu 3.500 Velež Mostar 3.500 Bala Town 3.500 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 3.000 Floriana 3.000 Valur 3.000 Bravo 2.650 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes 2.500 Torpedo Kutaisi 2.500 Víkingur Gøta 2.500 Stjarnan 2.500 Malisheva 2.308 Aktobe 2.300 VPS 2.225 Shelbourne 2.175 Auda 2.125 Noah 2.125 Bruno's Magpies 2.000 UNA Strassen 1.725 Šiauliai 1.700 Marsaxlokk 1.650 Tallinna Kalev 1.441 Isloch Minsk 1.325 Tikvesh 1.200 Caernarfon Town 1.158 Mornar Bar 1.141

Notes

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024.

Seeding

A total of 50 teams will play in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into five groups of five seeded and five unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.^[5] The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.

Summary

The first legs will be played on 11 July, and the second legs will be played on 18 July 2024.

The winners of the ties will advance to the Main Path second qualifying round. The losers will be eliminated from European competitions for the season.

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Velež Mostar	Match 1	Inter Club d'Escaldes	11 July	18 July
Floriana	Match 2	Tre Penne	11 July	18 July
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	Match 3	Milsami Orhei	11 July	18 July
Šiauliai	Match 4	FCI Levadia	11 July	18 July
Bala Town	Match 5	Paide Linnameeskond	11 July	18 July
Isloch Minsk	Match 6	La Fiorita	11 July	18 July
Caernarfon Town	Match 7	Crusaders	11 July	18 July
Tallinna Kalev	Match 8	Urartu	11 July	18 July
Valur	Match 9	Vllaznia	11 July	18 July
Bruno's Magpies	Match 10	Derry City	11 July	18 July
Malisheva	Match 11	Budućnost	11 July	18 July
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes	Match 12	F91 Dudelange	11 July	18 July
Marsaxlokk	Match 13	Partizani	11 July	18 July
Auda	Match 14	B36 Tórshavn	11 July	18 July
Stjarnan	Match 15	Linfield	11 July	18 July
Torpedo Kutaisi	Match 16	Tirana	11 July	18 July
Shelbourne	Match 17	St Joseph's	11 July	18 July
Aktobe	Match 18	Sarajevo	11 July	18 July
Bravo	Match 19	Connah's Quay Nomads	11 July	18 July
Víkingur	Match 20	Liepāja	11 July	18 July
Noah	Match 21	Shkëndija	11 July	18 July
Tikvesh	Match 22	Breiðablik	11 July	18 July
Mornar Bar	Match 23	Dinamo Tbilisi	11 July	18 July
UNA Strassen	Match 24	KuPS	11 July	18 July
VPS	Match 25	Žalgiris	11 July	18 July

Matches

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024.

Seeding

A total of 98 teams will play in the second qualifying round – 12 in the Champions Path and 86 in the Main Path. Seeding of teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] 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 formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.

Notes

Summary

The first legs will be played on 25 July, and the second legs will be played on 1 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Second qualifying round (Main Path)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	Match 1	Brann	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 9	Match 2	St Mirren	25 July	1 Aug
Copenhagen	Match 3	Winner of match 10	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 12	Match 4	Häcken	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 14	Match 5	Cliftonville	25 July	1 Aug
Omonia	Match 6	Winner of match 16	25 July	1 Aug
Sumgayit	Match 7	Fehérvár	25 July	1 Aug
Başakşehir	Match 8	Winner of match 6	25 July	1 Aug
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Match 9	Cherno More	25 July	1 Aug
St. Gallen	Match 10	Loser of EL Q1 match 6	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 22	Match 11	Drita	25 July	1 Aug
Ilves	Match 12	Austria Wien	25 July	1 Aug
Legia Warsaw	Match 13	Winner of match 7	25 July	1 Aug
Hajduk Split	Match 14	HB Tórshavn	25 July	1 Aug
Mladá Boleslav	Match 15	TransINVEST	25 July	1 Aug
Osijek	Match 16	Winner of match 4	25 July	1 Aug
CSKA 1948	Match 17	Winner of match 11	25 July	1 Aug
Dnipro-1	Match 18	Puskás Akadémia	25 July	1 Aug
Zrinjski Mostar	Match 19	Winner of match 19	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 21	Match 20	Sliema Wanderers	25 July	1 Aug
Olimpija Ljubljana	Match 21	Polissya Zhytomyr	25 July	1 Aug
Loser of EL Q1 match 4	Match 22	DAC Dunajská Streda	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 25	Match 23	Loser of EL Q1 match 2	25 July	1 Aug
Riga	Match 24	Śląsk Wrocław	25 July	1 Aug
Baník Ostrava	Match 25	Winner of match 8	25 July	1 Aug
AEK Athens	Match 26	Winner of match 1	25 July	1 Aug
Loser of EL Q1 match 1	Match 27	Universitatea Craiova	25 July	1 Aug
Djurgården	Match 28	Progrès Niederkorn	25 July	1 Aug
Vitória de Guimarães	Match 29	Winner of match 2	25 July	1 Aug
Zürich	Match 30	Winner of match 17	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 24	Match 31	Tromsø	25 July	1 Aug
St Patrick's Athletic	Match 32	Vaduz	25 July	1 Aug
Gent	Match 33	Winner of match 20	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 15	Match 34	Winner of match 5	25 July	1 Aug
Brøndby	Match 35	Loser of EL Q1 match 5	25 July	1 Aug
CFR Cluj	Match 36	Neman Grodno	25 July	1 Aug
Zimbru Chișinău	Match 37	Ararat-Armenia	25 July	1 Aug
Radnički 1923	Match 38	Winner of match 23	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 18	Match 39	Spartak Trnava	25 July	1 Aug
Maccabi Haifa	Match 40	Sabah	25 July	1 Aug
Loser of EL Q1 match 3	Match 41	AEK Larnaca	25 July	1 Aug
Iberia 1999	Match 42	Winner of match 13	25 July	1 Aug
Winner of match 3	Match 43	Astana	25 July	1 Aug

Matches

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round will be held on 22 July 2024.

Seeding

A total of 60 teams will play in the third qualifying round – eight in the Champions Path and 52 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] For the winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity will not be known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie will be used. For the losers of the Europa League second qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie will be used. Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.

Notes

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round will be held on 5 August 2024.

Seeding

A total of 48 teams will play in the third qualifying round – 10 in the Champions Path and 38 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.^[4] For the winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity will not be known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie will be used. For the losers of the Europa League third qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie will be used. Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.

Notes

References

External links

• Official website