2024–25 UEFA Conference League

The 2024–25 UEFA Conference League is the fourth season of the UEFA Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.

2024–25 UEFA Conference League
The Wrocław Stadium in Wrocław will host the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
10 July – 29 August 2024
Competition proper:
2 October 2024 – 28 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 24+12
Total: 110+54 (from 54 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored162 (3 per match)
Attendance660,112 (12,224 per match)
Top scorer(s)João Félix (Chelsea)
Christopher Nkunku (Chelsea)
Afimico Pululu (Jagiellonia Białystok)
4 goals each
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 7 November 2024.

This will be the first UEFA Conference League played under a new format involving a 36-team league phase.[1] This will increase the total number of matches played in the competition proper from 141 to 153. The new format also does not allow teams to transfer from the Europa League league or knockout phase to the Conference League knockout phase, and thus Conference League winners (Olympiacos in the 2023–24 edition) can no longer defend their title as the winner of the Conference League automatically qualifies for the Europa League league phase. From this season, the competition is renamed from the UEFA Europa Conference League to the UEFA Conference League.[2]

The final will be played at the Wrocław Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.[3] The winners of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league phase, unless they qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League through their league performance. In such case, the access list will be rebalanced.

Association team allocation

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A total of 164 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League. The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]

Association ranking

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For the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2023 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2022–23.[5]

Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may 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 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1   England 109.570 1
2   Spain 92.998
3   Germany 82.481
4   Italy 81.926
5   France 61.164
6   Netherlands 59.900
7   Portugal 56.216
8   Belgium 42.200 +1 (UEL)
9   Scotland 36.400 +2 (UEL)
10   Austria 34.000 +2 (UEL)
11   Serbia 32.375 +3 (UEL)
12   Turkey 32.100 +1 (UEL)
13   Switzerland 31.675 2 +2 (UEL)
14   Ukraine 29.500 +1 (UEL)
15   Czech Republic 29.050
16   Norway 29.000 +1 (UEL)
17   Denmark 27.825 +1 (UEL)
18   Russia 26.215 0 [Note RUS]
19   Croatia 25.400 2 +1 (UEL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20   Greece 25.225 2 –1 (UEL) [Note GRE]
+1 (UEL)
21   Israel 25.000 +1 (UEL)
22   Cyprus 24.475 +2 (UEL)
23   Sweden 23.750
24   Poland 20.750 +2 (UEL)
25   Hungary 20.625 +1 (UEL)
26   Romania 20.500 +1 (UEL)
27   Bulgaria 20.000 +1 (UEL)
28   Slovakia 19.750 +1 (UEL)
29   Azerbaijan 16.625 +1 (UEL)
30   Kazakhstan 12.625 +1 (UCL)
+1 (UEL)
31   Slovenia 12.500 +2 (UEL)
32   Moldova 12.250 +2 (UEL)
33   Kosovo 11.041 +1 (UCL)
+1 (UEL)
34   Liechtenstein 11.000 1 [Note LIE]
35   Latvia 10.625 3
36   Republic of Ireland 10.375 +1 (UEL)
37   Finland 10.250 +1 (UCL)
38   Lithuania 10.000 +1 (UEL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
39   Armenia 9.875 3 +1 (UCL)
40   Belarus 9.875 +1 (UEL)
41   Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.750 +1 (UEL)
42   Luxembourg 9.000 +1 (UCL)
43   Faroe Islands 8.750 +1 (UEL)
44   Northern Ireland 8.583 +1 (UCL)
45   Malta 8.250 +1 (UCL)
46   Georgia 8.000 +1 (UCL)
47   Estonia 7.582 +1 (UCL)
48   Iceland 7.250 +1 (UCL)
49   Albania 6.250 +1 (UCL)
50   Wales 6.166 +1 (UEL)
51   Gibraltar 5.791 2 +1 (UEL)
52   North Macedonia 5.500 +1 (UCL)
53   Andorra 5.165 +1 (UEL)
54   Montenegro 4.750 +1 (UCL)
55   San Marino 1.999 +1 (UCL)

Distribution

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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
(50 teams)
  • 9 domestic cup winners from associations 47–55
  • 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
(98 teams)
Champions path
(12 teams)
  • 12 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round
League path
(86 teams)
  • 13 domestic cup winners from associations 34–46
  • 17 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–33 (except Russia)[Note RUS]
  • 15 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–29 (except Russia[Note RUS] and title holders)
  • 9 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15
  • 1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 6
  • 25 winners from the first qualifying round
  • 6 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)
  • 43 winners from the second qualifying round (League path)
  • 9 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)
  • 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

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

  • The cup winners of associations 39 to 44 (Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Faroe Islands and Northern Ireland) entered 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 (Real Madrid) qualified for the Champions League via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list have been 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 Europa Conference League title holders (Olympiacos) entered the Europa League, the berth they qualified for via league position (Conference League second qualifying round) was vacated, and the following changes to the default access list have been made:

  • The cup winners of associations 45 (Malta) and 46 (Georgia) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Teams

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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
  • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
  • UEL: Transferred from the Europa League
    • PO: Losers from the play-off round
    • CH/MP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/Main Path)
    • MP Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round (Main Path)
    • MP Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round (Main Path)

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

Qualified teams for 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
Entry round Teams
League phase   Heart of Midlothian (UEL PO)   LASK (UEL PO)   Rapid Wien (UEL PO)   TSC (UEL PO)
  Lugano (UEL PO)   Molde (UEL PO)   APOEL (UEL PO)   Jagiellonia Białystok (UEL PO)
  Petrocub Hîncești (UEL PO)   Shamrock Rovers (UEL PO)   Dinamo Minsk (UEL PO)   Borac Banja Luka (UEL PO)
Play-off round CH   Celje (UEL CH Q3)   Panevėžys (UEL CH Q3)   (UEL CH Q3)   The New Saints (UEL CH Q3)
  Lincoln Red Imps (UEL CH Q3)   UE Santa Coloma (UEL CH Q3)
MP   Chelsea (6th)   Real Betis (7th)   1. FC Heidenheim (8th)   Fiorentina (8th)
  Lens (7th)   Cercle Brugge (UEL MP Q3)   Partizan (UEL MP Q3)   Trabzonspor (UEL MP Q3)
  Servette (UEL MP Q3)   Kryvbas (UEL MP Q3)   Rijeka (UEL MP Q3)   Panathinaikos (UEL MP Q3)
Third qualifying round CH   HJK (UCL Q1)[Note UCL Q1]   Larne (UCL Q1)[Note UCL Q1]
MP   Kilmarnock (UEL MP Q2)   Vojvodina (UEL MP Q2)   Silkeborg (UEL MP Q2)   Maccabi Petah Tikva (UEL MP Q2)
  Wisła Kraków (UEL MP Q2)   Corvinul Hunedoara (UEL MP Q2)   Botev Plovdiv (UEL MP Q2)   Ružomberok (UEL MP Q2)
  Sheriff Tiraspol (UEL MP Q2)
Second qualifying round CH   Ordabasy (UCL Q1)   Ballkani (UCL Q1)   Pyunik (UCL Q1)   Differdange 03 (UCL Q1)
  Ħamrun Spartans (UCL Q1)   Dinamo Batumi (UCL Q1)   Flora (UCL Q1)   Víkingur Reykjavík (UCL Q1)
  Egnatia (UCL Q1)   Struga (UCL Q1)   Dečić (UCL Q1)   Virtus (UCL Q1)
MP   Pafos (UEL MP Q1)   Paks (UEL MP Q1)   Zira (UEL MP Q1)   Tobol (UEL MP Q1)
  Maribor (UEL MP Q1)   Llapi (UEL MP Q1)   Go Ahead Eagles (PW)   Vitória de Guimarães (5th)
  Gent (PW)   St Mirren (5th)   Austria Wien (PW)   Radnički 1923 (5th)
  İstanbul Başakşehir (4th)   Zürich (4th)   St. Gallen (5th)   Dnipro-1 (4th)
  Polissya Zhytomyr (5th)   Baník Ostrava (4th)   Mladá Boleslav (PW)   Brann (2nd)
  Tromsø (3rd)   Brøndby (2nd)   Copenhagen (PW)   Hajduk Split (3rd)
  Osijek (4th)   AEK Athens (2nd)[Note GRE]   Maccabi Haifa (2nd)   Hapoel Be'er Sheva (3rd)
  AEK Larnaca (2nd)   Omonia (3rd)   BK Häcken (3rd)   Djurgårdens IF (4th)
  Śląsk Wrocław (2nd)   Legia Warsaw (3rd)   Puskás Akadémia (3rd)   Fehérvár (4th)
  CFR Cluj (2nd)   Universitatea Craiova (PW)   Cherno More (2nd)   CSKA 1948 (PW)
  DAC Dunajská Streda (2nd)   Spartak Trnava (3rd)   Sabah (3rd)   Sumgayit (4th)
  Astana (2nd)   Olimpija Ljubljana (3rd)   Zimbru Chișinău (3rd)   Drita (3rd)
  Vaduz (CW)   Riga (CW)   St Patrick's Athletic (CW)   Ilves (CW)
  TransINVEST (CW)[Note LTU]   Ararat-Armenia (CW)   Neman Grodno (CW)   Zrinjski Mostar (CW)
  Progrès Niederkorn (CW)   HB Tórshavn (CW)   Cliftonville (CW)   Sliema Wanderers (CW)
  Iberia 1999 (CW)[Note GEO]
First qualifying round   Aktobe (3rd)   Bravo (4th)   Milsami Orhei (4th)   Malisheva (4th)
  Auda (3rd)   Liepāja (5th)[Note LVA]   Derry City (2nd)   Shelbourne (4th)
  KuPS (2nd)   VPS (PW)   Žalgiris (2nd)   Šiauliai (3rd)
  Noah (2nd)   Urartu (4th)   Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (3rd)   Isloch Minsk Raion (4th)
  Velež Mostar (3rd)   Sarajevo (4th)   F91 Dudelange (3rd)   UNA Strassen (6th)[Note LUX]
  Víkingur (2nd)   B36 Tórshavn (4th)   Linfield (2nd)   Crusaders (PW)
  Floriana (2nd)   Marsaxlokk (4th)   Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)   Torpedo Kutaisi (3rd)
  FCI Levadia (2nd)   Tallinna Kalev (3rd)   Paide Linnameeskond (4th)   Valur (2nd)
  Stjarnan (3rd)   Breiðablik (4th)   Partizani (2nd)   Vllaznia (4th)
  Tirana (5th)[Note ALB]   Connah's Quay Nomads (CW)   Bala Town (3rd)   Caernarfon Town (PW)
  St Joseph's (2nd)   Bruno's Magpies (3rd)   Tikvesh (CW)   Shkëndija (2nd)
  Inter Club d'Escaldes (2nd)   Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (3rd)   Budućnost (CW)   Mornar Bar (2nd)
  La Fiorita (CW)   Tre Penne (PW)

Three teams not playing in a national top division took part in the competition: Corvinul Hunedoara (2nd tier), Vaduz (2nd tier) and Wisła Kraków (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 were transferred to the second qualifying round (Champions Path), due to Champions League league phase berths vacated following the Champions League Title Holders (Real Madrid) qualifying via league position and the suspension of Russia from the 2024–25 European season.
  2. ^
    Albania (ALB): Skënderbeu, who finished third in the 2023–24 Kategoria Superiore, are currently banned from entering UEFA competitions. As a result, their berth in the competition was passed onto the fifth placed team, Tirana.
  3. ^
    Georgia (GEO): Georgian Cup winners FC Saburtalo Tbilisi changed their name to FC Iberia 1999 on 27 February 2024.
  4. ^
    Greece (GRE): Olympiacos qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league phase by winning the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, so their third place berth is vacated.
  5. ^
    Latvia (LVA): Valmiera, who finished 4th in the 2023 Latvian Higher League, were denied a UEFA license. As a result, their place in the competition was passed onto the 5th-placed team, Liepāja.
  6. ^
    Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all play in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV is the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualify for the UEFA Conference League for the 2024–25 season.
  7. ^
    Lithuania (LTU): Due to the three-year rule, cup winners FK TransINVEST were not expected to compete as they were less than three years old. However, they were granted an exception and allowed to participate in European competitions.[6]
  8. ^
    Luxembourg (LUX): Swift Hesperange, who finished second, were denied a UEFA license. Consequently, their place in the competition was passed onto the next highest-ranked team granted a UEFA licence by the FLF, UNA Strassen, who finished sixth.
  9. ^
    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.[7] The tables reflect Russia's ongoing suspension from UEFA competitions.[8]

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[9][10] Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, with an exclusive day of December 19, apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.[11][12][13]

Schedule for 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 18 June 2024 11 July 2024 18 July 2024
Second qualifying round 19 June 2024 25 July 2024 1 August 2024
Third qualifying round 22 July 2024 8 August 2024 15 August 2024
Play-offs Play-off round 5 August 2024 22 August 2024 29 August 2024
League phase Matchday 1 30 August 2024 3 October 2024
Matchday 2 24 October 2024
Matchday 3 7 November 2024
Matchday 4 28 November 2024
Matchday 5 12 December 2024
Matchday 6 19 December 2024
Knockout phase Knockout phase play-offs 20 December 2024 13 February 2025 20 February 2025
Round of 16 21 February 2025 6 March 2025 13 March 2025
Quarter-finals 10 April 2025 17 April 2025
Semi-finals 1 May 2025 8 May 2025
Final 28 May 2025 at Wrocław Stadium, Wrocław

Qualifying rounds

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First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024. The first legs were played on 10 and 11 July, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 July 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path second qualifying round. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

First qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Velež Mostar  2–6  Inter Club d'Escaldes1–11–5
Floriana  4–2  Tre Penne3–11–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino  2–4  Milsami Orhei2–40–0
Šiauliai  0–2  FCI Levadia0–20–0
Bala Town  2–3  Paide Linnameeskond1–21–1 (a.e.t.)
La Fiorita  1–1 (4–2 p)[a]  Isloch Minsk Raion0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Caernarfon Town  3–3 (8–7 p)  Crusaders2–01–3 (a.e.t.)
Tallinna Kalev  1–4  Urartu1–20–2
Valur  6–2  Vllaznia2–24–0
Bruno's Magpies  3–2  Derry City2–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Malisheva  1–3  Budućnost1–00–3
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes  0–3  F91 Dudelange0–10–2
Partizani  3–2[a]  Marsaxlokk1–12–1
Auda  3–0  B36 Tórshavn2–01–0
Stjarnan  4–3  Linfield2–02–3
Torpedo Kutaisi  2–1  Tirana1–11–0
Shelbourne  3–2  St Joseph's2–11–1
Aktobe  3–3 (3–4 p)  Sarajevo0–13–2 (a.e.t.)
Bravo  2–1  Connah's Quay Nomads0–12–0 (a.e.t.)
Liepāja  1–3[a]  Víkingur1–10–2
Noah  4–1  Shkëndija2–02–1
Tikvesh  4–5  Breiðablik3–21–3
Mornar Bar  3–2  Dinamo Tbilisi2–11–1
UNA Strassen  0–5  KuPS0–00–5
VPS  1–3  Žalgiris1–20–1
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024. The first legs were played on 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs were played on 30, 31 July and 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.

Champions Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
HJK  ByeN/A
Larne  ByeN/A
Differdange 03  4–4 (3–4 p)  Ordabasy1–03–4 (a.e.t.)
Víkingur Reykjavík  2–1  Egnatia0–12–0
Virtus  2–5  Flora0–02–5 (a.e.t.)
Struga  3–4  Pyunik2–11–3
Dinamo Batumi  0–2  Dečić0–20–0
Ballkani  2–0  Ħamrun Spartans0–02–0
Main Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles  1–2  Brann0–01–2
Omonia  5–2  Torpedo Kutaisi3–12–1
Breiðablik  1–3  Drita1–20–1
Osijek  6–1  FCI Levadia5–11–0
Olimpija Ljubljana  4–1  Polissya Zhytomyr2–02–1
AEK Athens  8–3  Inter Club d'Escaldes4–34–0
KuPS  0–2  Tromsø0–10–1
Valur  1–4  St Mirren0–01–4
Sumgayit  1–2  Fehérvár1–20–0
Ilves  5–5 (5–4 p)  Austria Wien2–13–4 (a.e.t.)
CSKA 1948  2–1  Budućnost1–01–1 (a.e.t.)
Zira  6–1  DAC Dunajská Streda4–02–1
Maribor  4–3  Universitatea Craiova2–02–3
St Patrick's Athletic  5–3  Vaduz3–12–2
Bruno's Magpies  1–8[a]  Copenhagen0–31–5
İstanbul Başakşehir  10–1  La Fiorita6–14–0
Legia Warsaw  11–0  Caernarfon Town6–05–0
Dnipro-1  0–6  Puskás Akadémia0–3[b]0–3[b]
Žalgiris  2–4  Pafos2–10–3 (a.e.t.)
Djurgårdens IF  3–1  Progrès Niederkorn3–00–1
Gent  7–1  Víkingur4–13–0
F91 Dudelange  3–12  BK Häcken2–61–6
Hapoel Be'er Sheva  2–1  Cherno More0–02–1
Hajduk Split  2–0  HB Tórshavn2–00–0
Zrinjski Mostar  3–2  Bravo0–13–1
Riga  2–3  Śląsk Wrocław1–01–3
Floriana  0–5[a]  Vitória de Guimarães0–10–4
Stjarnan  2–5  Paide Linnameeskond2–10–4
Cliftonville  1–4[a]  Auda1–20–2
St. Gallen  5–1  Tobol4–11–0
Mladá Boleslav  3–0  TransINVEST2–01–0
Noah  7–0  Sliema Wanderers7–00–0
Baník Ostrava  7–1  Urartu5–12–0
Zürich  3–0  Shelbourne3–00–0
Brøndby  8–2  Llapi6–02–2
CFR Cluj  5–0  Neman Grodno0–05–0
Zimbru Chișinău  1–6  Ararat-Armenia0–31–3
Radnički 1923  2–2 (3–4 p)  Mornar1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Sarajevo  0–3  Spartak Trnava0–00–3
Maccabi Haifa  6–6 (2–3 p)  Sabah0–36–3 (a.e.t.)
Paks  5–0  AEK Larnaca3–02–0
Iberia 1999  2–0  Partizani2–00–0
Milsami Orhei  1–2  Astana1–10–1
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  2. ^ a b Dnipro-1 forfeited its two matches due to bankruptcy.[14]

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2024. The first legs were played on 6, 7 and 8 August, and the second legs were played on 13, 14 and 15 August 2024.

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

Champions Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Víkingur Reykjavík  3–2  Flora1–12–1
Ordabasy  0–2  Pyunik0–10–1
Ballkani  1–1 (1–4 p)  Larne0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
HJK  2–2 (4–3 p)  Dečić1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Main path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mladá Boleslav  5–3  Hapoel Be'er Sheva1–14–2
Kilmarnock  3–2  Tromsø2–21–0
Ararat-Armenia  3–4  Puskás Akadémia0–13–3
Zürich  0–5  Vitória de Guimarães0–30–2
Paks  5–2  Mornar3–02–2
BK Häcken  7–2  Paide Linnameeskond6–11–1
Maribor  2–2 (4–2 p)  Vojvodina2–10–1 (a.e.t.)
Spartak Trnava  4–4 (11–12 p)  Wisła Kraków3–11–3 (a.e.t.)
St Patrick's Athletic  2–0  Sabah1–01–0
St Mirren  2–4  Brann1–11–3
CSKA 1948  2–5  Pafos2–10–4 (a.e.t.)
Ilves  2–4  Djurgårdens IF1–11–3
Corvinul Hunedoara  2–8  Astana1–21–6
Ružomberok  1–0  Hajduk Split0–01–0
Noah  3–2  AEK Athens3–10–1
Auda  2–3  Drita1–01–3 (a.e.t.)
Iberia 1999  0–3  İstanbul Başakşehir0–10–2
Brøndby  3–4  Legia Warsaw2–31–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva  0–2  CFR Cluj0–10–1
Silkeborg  4–5  Gent2–22–3 (a.e.t.)
Osijek  3–3 (1–2 p)  Zira1–12–2 (a.e.t.)
St. Gallen  4–3  Śląsk Wrocław2–02–3
Botev Plovdiv  2–3  Zrinjski Mostar2–10–2
Omonia  3–0  Fehérvár1–02–0
Copenhagen  1–1 (2–1 p)  Baník Ostrava1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Olimpija Ljubljana  4–0  Sheriff Tiraspol3–01–0

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024. The first legs were played on 20, 21 and 22 August, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Champions Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Lincoln Red Imps  3–4  Larne2–11–3
Pyunik  2–4  Celje1–01–4
Víkingur Reykjavík  5–0  UE Santa Coloma5–00–0
Panevėžys  0–3  The New Saints0–30–0
  3–4  HJK2–21–2
Main Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Omonia  6–1  Zira6–00–1
St. Gallen  1–1 (5–4 p)  Trabzonspor0–01–1 (a.e.t.)
Lens  2–3  Panathinaikos2–10–2
BK Häcken  3–5  1. FC Heidenheim1–22–3
Copenhagen  3–1  Kilmarnock2–01–1
Vitória de Guimarães  7–0  Zrinjski Mostar3–04–0
Brann  2–3  Astana2–00–3
Legia Warsaw  3–0  Drita2–01–0
Rijeka  1–6  Olimpija Ljubljana1–10–5
Fiorentina  4–4 (5–4 p)  Puskás Akadémia3–31–1 (a.e.t.)
Djurgårdens IF  2–0  Maribor1–01–0
Wisła Kraków  5–7  Cercle Brugge1–64–1
Mladá Boleslav  5–2  Paks2–23–0
St Patrick's Athletic  0–2  İstanbul Başakşehir0–00–2
Chelsea  3–2  Servette2–01–2
CFR Cluj  1–3  Pafos1–00–3
Partizan  0–2  Gent0–10–1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih  0–5  Real Betis0–20–3
Noah  4–3  Ružomberok3–01–3

League phase

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The league phase draw for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 30 August 2024, 14:30 CEST.[15][16] The 36 teams were divided into six pots of six teams each based on their UEFA club coefficient.

The 36 teams were manually drawn and then automated software digitally drew their six different opponents at random, determining which of their matches were at home and which ones away. Each team will face one opponent from each of the six pots. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association.[17][18]

Borac Banja Luka, Celje, Cercle Brugge, 1. FC Heidenheim, Jagiellonia Białystok, Larne, Noah, Pafos, Petrocub Hîncești, The New Saints, and Víkingur Reykjavík will make their debut appearances in a major UEFA competition group or league phase. Noah became the first club in Conference League history to successfully navigate all four rounds of qualification, while The New Saints and Larne are the first teams from the Wales and Northern Ireland associations, respectively, to play in a major UEFA competition group or league stage.[note 1]

A total of 29 national associations will be represented in the league phase.

Table

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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 are eliminated from the competition.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Chelsea 3 3 0 0 16 3 +13 9 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2   Legia Warsaw 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
3   Jagiellonia Białystok 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
4   Rapid Wien 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
5   Vitória de Guimarães 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9
6   1. FC Heidenheim 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9
7   Shamrock Rovers 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
8   Fiorentina 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
9   Pafos 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6[a] Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10   Olimpija Ljubljana 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6[a]
11   Lugano 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
12   Heart of Midlothian 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
13   Gent 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6[b]
14   Víkingur Reykjavík 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6[b]
15   Cercle Brugge 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
16   Djurgårdens IF 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
17   APOEL 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[c] Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18   Real Betis 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[c]
19   Borac Banja Luka 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
20   Celje 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3
21   Omonia 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
22   Molde 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3[d]
23   TSC 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3[d]
24   The New Saints 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
25   Astana 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
26   HJK 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
27   St. Gallen 3 1 0 2 6 11 −5 3
28   Noah 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
29   Copenhagen 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
30   LASK 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
31   Panathinaikos 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
32   İstanbul Başakşehir 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
33   Mladá Boleslav 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
34   Dinamo Minsk 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
35   Larne 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
36   Petrocub Hîncești 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2024. Source: UEFA[19]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Away goals scored: Pafos 4, Olimpija Ljubljana 3.
  2. ^ a b Away goals scored: Gent 2, Víkingur Reykjavík 0.
  3. ^ a b Away goals scored: APOEL 1, Real Betis 0.
  4. ^ a b Away goals scored: Molde 1, TSC 0.

Results

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Knockout phase

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The top eight sides in the league will qualify automatically for the knockout phase and will receive a bye to the round of 16, while the teams finishing in 9th to 24th place will compete in a two-legged first round play-off to secure their path to the round of 16, with teams ranked 9th–16th being seeded and hosting the second leg at home while teams ranked 17th to 24th hosting the first leg. The winners will join the top eight, and host the second leg at home, in the round of 16. Meanwhile, teams that finish 25th or lower will be eliminated from all competitions.[1]

Final

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TBD  v  TBD

Statistics

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Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

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As of 7 November 2024.
Rank[20] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1   Christopher Nkunku   Chelsea 4 220
  Afimico Pululu   Jagiellonia Białystok 256
  João Félix   Chelsea 270
4   Luquinhas   Legia Warsaw 3 203
  Kévin Denkey   Cercle Brugge 209
  Jonathan Ikoné   Fiorentina 270
7 20 players 2

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Swansea City, a Welsh-based club playing in the English football league system, had previously qualified via one of England's berths. The New Saints are in fact an English-based club but play in the Welsh football league system and qualified via one of Wales' berths.

References

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