Season 2026-27

Conference League

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10 rounds · 258 ties

The Conference League is UEFA's third club competition, and the only one nobody enters directly: all 36 league-phase places are reached through a qualifying result — winning a play-off here, or losing a Europa League play-off and being placed here. Three qualifying rounds and a play-off, all two-legged, feed the league phase: one shared table, six matches each against six different opponents. The top eight advance straight to the round of 16, clubs placed 9th to 24th meet in a two-legged knockout play-off, and the rest are out. There is nothing below the Conference League, so a loser at any stage here is out of Europe. The final is in Istanbul on 2 June 2027. UEFA publishes all dates as subject to change.

Who plays · 52 clubs open the main path — 26 ties, the biggest qualifying round in European football.

Draw · Drawn 16 June 2026.

When · First legs 9 July, second legs 16 July 2026.

How it works · Two legs, aggregate score, no away-goals rule; level after both legs means extra time and then penalties in the second leg. A loser here, as at every Conference League stage, is out of Europe.

52 ties · complete
Tuesday 7 July
Wednesday 8 July
Thursday 9 July
Tuesday 14 July
Wednesday 15 July
Thursday 16 July

Who plays · 54 fresh entrants join the 26 winners and six Europa League first-round losers on the main path; the champions path opens with twelve first-round losers from Champions League qualifying — 49 ties in all.

Draw · Drawn 17 June 2026.

When · First legs 23 July, second legs 30 July 2026.

How it works · Two legs; the aggregate winner advances.

98 ties · complete
Tuesday 21 July
Wednesday 22 July
Thursday 23 July
16:30 Malisheva 2–01st leg Hibernian → 17:00 Alashkert 1–11st leg CFR 1907 Cluj → 17:00 FK Liepaja 0–21st leg Austria Vienna → 17:30 Panevėžys 1–11st leg FK Tobol Kostanay → 18:00 Paide 1–01st leg Zira → 18:00 Flora Tallinn 1–01st leg The New Saints → 18:00 Dila 0–41st leg Apollon Limassol → 18:00 HJK Helsinki 5–01st leg Coleraine FC → 18:00 Debreceni VSC 1–01st leg Pyunik Yerevan → 18:30 Raków Częstochowa 3–11st leg Valletta FC → 18:30 Dunajska Streda 1–01st leg Velež → 18:30 AEK Larnaca 0–11st leg Beitar Jerusalem → 18:30 Rīgas FS 4–11st leg Vestri → 19:00 Gais 1–01st leg FC Nordsjaelland → 19:00 Zimbru 1–11st leg FC Noah → 19:00 Dinamo Tbilisi 3–01st leg FK Zalgiris Vilnius → 19:00 Universitatea Cluj 2–21st leg Brann → 19:00 FC Santa Coloma 1–31st leg Rapid Vienna → 19:00 ML Vitebsk 3–01st leg Sutjeska → 19:00 Bate Borisov 1–11st leg FC Sion → 19:30 FC Vaduz 4–01st leg Atlètic Club d'Escaldes → 19:45 FCSB 2–31st leg Auda → 20:00 Aluminij 1–11st leg Dinamo Tirana → 20:00 Vojvodina 1–41st leg Ajax → 20:00 Paks 1–21st leg Panathinaikos → 20:00 Polessya 3–31st leg FC Copenhagen → 20:00 NK Varazdin 3–21st leg FK Jablonec → 20:30 LNZ Cherkasy 0–01st leg Gent → 20:30 Borac Banja Luka 3–01st leg Petrocub → 20:30 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–01st leg Ludogorets → 20:30 FC Lugano 1–01st leg Dukagjini → 20:30 Žilina 2–11st leg GKS Katowice → 20:45 Bravo 2–11st leg Shkendija → 20:45 Shelbourne 5–21st leg Kalju Nomme → 20:45 Motherwell 2–01st leg HB Torshavn → 20:45 HNK Rijeka 1–01st leg Derry City → 20:45 NSI Runavik 0–21st leg Koper → 21:00 Stjarnan 1–01st leg Ilves → 21:00 FK Partizan 4–01st leg UNA Strassen → 21:15 Valur Reykjavik 1–01st leg Zrinjski →
Tuesday 28 July
Wednesday 29 July
Thursday 30 July
16:00 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes 0–2Agg 0–6 FC Vaduz → 16:00 FK Tobol Kostanay 1–1Agg 2–2Pens 3–2 Panevėžys → 18:00 Kalju Nomme 2–1Agg 4–6 Shelbourne → 18:00 FC Noah 2–1Agg 3–2 Zimbru → 18:00 FK Jablonec 2–0Agg 4–3 NK Varazdin → 18:00 Pyunik Yerevan 0–0Agg 0–1 Debreceni VSC → 18:00 Auda 4–1Agg 7–3 FCSB → 18:00 Inter Turku 2–0Agg 3–1 Başakşehir → 18:00 Ilves 2–1Agg 2–2Pens 5–4 Stjarnan → Feeds disagree 18:00 Zira 1–1Agg 1–2 Paide → 18:30 FC Levadia Tallinn 1–3Agg 3–4AET IFK Goteborg → 19:00 Dinamo Minsk 0–1Agg 4–3 Neftchi Baku → 19:00 FC Nordsjaelland 6–0Agg 6–1 Gais → 19:00 FK Zalgiris Vilnius 7–2Agg 7–5 Dinamo Tbilisi → 19:00 Brann 3–1Agg 5–3 Universitatea Cluj → 19:00 Velež 0–3Agg 0–4 Dunajska Streda → 19:00 Petrocub 3–3Agg 3–6 Borac Banja Luka → 19:00 HB Torshavn 0–3Agg 0–5 Motherwell → 19:00 Gyori ETO FC 1–1Agg 7–3 Atert Bissen → 19:30 The New Saints 1–0Agg 1–1Pens 2–4 Flora Tallinn → 19:30 Derry City 0–1Agg 0–2 HNK Rijeka → 19:30 Beitar Jerusalem 2–3Agg 3–3Pens 4–3 AEK Larnaca → 19:30 Valletta FC 0–4Agg 1–7 Raków Częstochowa → 20:00 Ajax 4–1Agg 8–2 Vojvodina → 20:00 Shkendija 3–1Agg 4–3 Bravo → 20:00 Ballkani 3–2Agg 4–4Pens 4–5 Bohemians → 20:00 Ludogorets 2–2Agg 2–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv → 20:00 Vestri 1–1Agg 2–5 Rīgas FS → 20:15 UNA Strassen 0–1Agg 0–5 FK Partizan → 20:15 FC Sion 4–0Agg 5–1 Bate Borisov → 20:30 GKS Katowice 3–1Agg 4–3 Žilina → 20:30 CFR 1907 Cluj 3–0Agg 4–1 Alashkert → 20:30 Panathinaikos 2–2Agg 4–3 Paks → 20:30 Gent 0–0Agg 0–0Pens 4–2 LNZ Cherkasy → 20:30 Austria Vienna 3–1Agg 5–1 FK Liepaja → 20:30 Zrinjski 2–2Agg 2–3 Valur Reykjavik → Feeds disagree 20:45 Coleraine FC 0–3Agg 0–8 HJK Helsinki → 20:45 Koper 1–3Agg 3–3Pens 3–4 NSI Runavik → Feeds disagree 21:00 SC Braga 4–0Agg 5–0 Železničar Pančevo → 21:00 Hibernian 4–1Agg 4–3 Malisheva → 21:00 Dinamo Tirana 3–0Agg 4–1 Aluminij → 21:00 Sutjeska 1–2Agg 1–5 ML Vitebsk →

Who plays · On the main path the 43 winners meet nine Europa League second-round losers — 26 ties; on the champions path the six winners are joined by two more Champions League first-round losers — four ties.

Draw · Drawn 20 July 2026.

When · First legs 6 August, second legs 13 August 2026.

How it works · Two legs; the aggregate winner advances.

60 ties · complete
Tuesday 4 August
Wednesday 5 August
Thursday 6 August
Tuesday 11 August
Wednesday 12 August
Thursday 13 August

Who plays · For every club here this is the one tie between them and the league phase. Five fresh entrants arrive on the main path — Brighton among them, in the slot for the sixth-placed clubs of Europe's top five leagues — joining the 26 third-round winners and seven main-path losers from the Europa League's third qualifying round: 19 ties. The champions path adds five more, its four winners plus six Europa League champions-path losers.

Draw · Monday 3 August 2026 in Nyon — made before the third qualifying round finishes, so a pairing may name the winner of a tie whose second leg is 13 August.

When · First legs Thursday 20 August, second legs Thursday 27 August 2026.

How it works · Two legs; the aggregate winner reaches the league phase, and the loser is out of Europe — the Conference League has nothing beneath it.

48 ties · complete
Thursday 20 August
Wednesday 26 August
Thursday 27 August

League phase

Who plays · 36 clubs: the 24 play-off winners, joined by the twelve Europa League play-off losers, who complete the field.

Draw · Friday 28 August 2026 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon — each club is assigned six opponents, one from each of six seeding pots, three at home and three away.

When · Six Thursday matchdays, 15 October to 17 December 2026 — the league phase is done before Christmas.

How it works · One shared 36-club table. The top eight go straight to the round of 16; 9th to 24th drop to the knockout play-offs; 25th to 36th are eliminated.

Matchday 1

18 ties · complete
Thursday 15 October

Matchday 2

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Thursday 22 October

Matchday 3

18 ties
Thursday 5 November

Matchday 4

18 ties
Thursday 26 November

Matchday 5

18 ties
Thursday 10 December

Matchday 6

18 ties
Thursday 17 December

Knockout play-offs

Fixtures to come

Who plays · The clubs ranked 9th to 24th in the league phase: seeded 9-16 against unseeded 17-24 on a fixed cross, with the seeded club at home in the second leg.

Draw · Not yet scheduled — UEFA lists the knockout-phase draw dates as still to be confirmed.

When · First legs 18 February, second legs 25 February 2027.

How it works · Two legs; winners advance to the round of 16, losers are out.

Round of 16

Fixtures to come

Who plays · The league phase's top eight enter, against the eight play-off winners.

Draw · To be confirmed — the season's last draw: it only settles bracket slots, and from the quarter-finals the bracket is fixed.

When · First legs 11 March, second legs 18 March 2027.

How it works · Two legs; the aggregate winner goes through.

Quarter-finals

Fixtures to come

Who plays · The last eight, paired by the fixed bracket — there is no quarter-final draw.

When · First legs 8 April, second legs 15 April 2027.

How it works · Two legs; clubs ranked 1-4 in the league phase host the second leg.

Semi-finals

Fixtures to come

Who plays · The last four, on the bracket.

When · First legs 29 April, second legs 6 May 2027.

How it works · Two legs; clubs ranked 1-2 in the league phase host the second leg.

Final

Fixtures to come

Who plays · The final, at Beşiktaş Park in Istanbul.

When · Wednesday 2 June 2027.

How it works · One match at a neutral venue; extra time and penalties if level.