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2026–27 UEFA Conference League
The 2026–27 UEFA Conference League will be the sixth season of the UEFA Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
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| The Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul will host the final |
| Qualifying:9 July – 27 August 2026Competition proper:15 October 2026 – 2 June 2027 |
| Competition proper: 24+12Total: 109+55 (from 54 associations) |
| ← 2025–26 2027–28 → |
The 2026–27 UEFA Conference League will be the sixth season of the UEFA Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
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.
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:
- Associations 1–12 each have one team.
- Associations 13–33 and 51–55 (except Russia) each have two teams.
- Associations 34–50 each have three teams (except Liechtenstein, which has one).
- 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.
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.
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 domestic cup winners from associations 45–55 | ||||
| 21 domestic league runners-up from associations 34–55 (except Liechtenstein) | ||||
| 20 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 30–50 (except Liechtenstein) | ||||
| 12 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round | ||||
| 11 domestic cup winners from associations 34–44 | ||||
| 17 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–33 (except Russia) | ||||
| 16 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–29 (except Russia | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 6 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path) | 2 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round | |||
| 44 winners from the second qualifying round (League Path) | 8 teams eliminated from Europa League second qualifying round | |||
| 4 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path) | 6 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path) | |||
| 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) | ||
| 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 | |||
| 16 teams ranked 9–24 from the league phase | ||||
| 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).
As the Champions League title holders qualify for the Champions League via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list were 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) receives a bye to the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
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
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).
Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League or 2026–27 UEFA Europa League.
| Entry round | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (EL PO) | (EL PO) | (EL PO) | (EL PO) |
| (EL PO) | (EL PO) | (EL PO) | (EL PO) |
| (EL PO) | (EL PO) | (EL PO) | (EL PO) |
| (EL CH Q3) | (EL CH Q3) | (EL CH Q3) | (EL CH Q3) |
| (EL CH Q3) | (EL CH Q3) | ||
| (8th) | (7th) | (7th) | SC Freiburg (7th) |
| (6th) | (EL MP Q3) | (EL MP Q3) | (EL MP Q3) |
| (EL MP Q3) | (EL MP Q3) | (EL MP Q3) | (EL MP Q3) |
| (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) | ||
| (EL Q2) | (EL Q2) | (EL Q2) | (EL Q2) |
| (EL Q2) | (EL Q2) | (EL Q2) | (EL Q2) |
| (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) |
| (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) |
| (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) | (CL Q1) |
| (EL Q1) | (EL Q1) | (EL Q1) | (EL Q1) |
| (EL Q1) | (EL Q1) | (EL Q1) | (EL Q1) |
| (PW) | Braga (4th) | (PW) | (4th) |
| Beşiktaş (4th) | Brann (4th) | Panathinaikos (4th) | (4th) |
| (PW) | Rangers (3rd) | Motherwell (4th) | (3rd) |
| (4th) | (3rd) | (PW) | St. Gallen (2nd) |
| (3rd) | Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd) | Hapoel Tel Aviv (4th) | AEK Larnaca (2nd/3rd) |
| (2nd/3rd) | GAIS (3rd) | IFK Göteborg (4th) | Rijeka (3rd/4th) |
| Varaždin (3rd/4th) | (3rd) | Železničar Pančevo (4th) | LNZ Cherkasy (2nd/3rd) |
| (2nd/3rd) | Paks (3rd) | Debrecen (4th) | CFR Cluj (3rd) |
| (PW) | DAC Dunajská Streda (2nd) | Spartak Trnava (3rd) | Koper (2nd) |
| Bravo (3rd) | (2nd) | (3rd) | Turan Tovuz (3rd) |
| Shelbourne (3rd) | (2nd/3rd) | Valur (2nd) | Zrinjski Mostar (CW) |
| Noah (CW) | Auda (CW) | (CW) | HJK (CW) |
| Tobol (CW) | HB (2nd) | (CW) | Coleraine (CW) |
| Panevėžys (CW) | Vaduz (CW) | ||
| (4th) | Bohemians (4th) | (4th) | Stjarnan (3rd) |
| Sarajevo (3rd) | Velež Mostar (4th) | (2nd) | (3rd) |
| RFS (2nd) | Liepāja (3rd) | Ballkani (2nd/3rd) | (2nd/3rd) |
| Inter Turku (2nd) | Ilves (3rd) | Astana (2nd) | Yelimay (4th) |
| NSÍ (3rd) | Víkingur (4th) | Marsaxlokk (2nd) | Hamrun Spartans (3rd) |
| Glentoran (3rd) | Linfield (PW) | Hegelmann (2nd) | Žalgiris (3rd) |
| Paide Linnameeskond (CW/4th) | FCI Levadia (2nd) | Nõmme Kalju (3rd) | Dinamo City (CW) |
| (2nd) | (3rd) | (CW) | Dečić (3rd) |
| (4th) | (CW) | (2nd) | (3rd) |
| Caernarfon Town (CW) | Connah's Quay Nomads (2nd) | Penybont (PW) | Dila Gori (CW) |
| Torpedo Kutaisi (3rd) | Dinamo Tbilisi (4th) | Shkëndija (2nd/CW) | (3rd/CW) |
| BATE Borisov (CW) | Dinamo Minsk (2nd) | (CW) | UE Santa Coloma (2nd) |
| St Joseph's (2nd) | Europa (3rd) | La Fiorita (CW/3rd) | Virtus (2nd) |
Notes
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | 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-offs | Play-off round | 3 August 2026 | 20 August 2026 | 27 August 2026 |
| League phase | Matchday 1 | 28 August 2026 | 15 October 2026 | |
| Matchday 2 | 22 October 2026 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 5 November 2026 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 26 November 2026 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 10 December 2026 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 17 December 2026 | |||
| Knockout phase | Knockout phase play-offs | 15 January 2027 | 18 February 2027 | 25 February 2027 |
| Round of 16 | 26 February 2027 | 11 March 2027 | 18 March 2027 | |
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| Semi-finals | 29 April 2027 | 6 May 2027 | ||
| Final | 2 June 2027 at Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul |
52 teams will enter this round.
| Seeded | To be confirmed | Unseeded |
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| RFS | ||
| Astana | ||
| Žalgiris | ||
| Shkëndija | ||
| Ballkani | ||
| Linfield | ||
| Hamrun Spartans | ||
| FCI Levadia | ||
| Paide Linnameeskond | ||
| Dinamo Minsk | ||
| Víkingur | ||
| La Fiorita | ||
| Dečić | ||
| Dila Gori | ||
| BATE Borisov | ||
| Sarajevo | ||
| St Joseph's | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Azerbaijan Premier League | Dinamo Tbilisi | |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | ||
| Velež Mostar | ||
| Virtus | ||
| Liepāja | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Moldovan Liga | ||
| Runners-up of the 2025–26 Armenian Premier League | ||
| 3rd place of the 2025–26 Armenian Premier League | ||
| 3rd place of the 2025–26 Football Superleague of Kosovo | ||
| Runners-up of the 2025–26 Kategoria Superiore | ||
| 3rd place of the 2025–26 Kategoria Superiore | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Kategoria Superiore | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Montenegrin Cup | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Montenegrin First League | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Luxembourg Cup | ||
| Runners-up of the 2025–26 Luxembourg National Division | ||
| 3rd place of the 2025–26 Luxembourg National Division | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Macedonian Football Cup | ||
| Winner of the 2026 Copa Constitució | Ilves | |
| UE Santa Coloma | ||
| Connah's Quay Nomads | ||
| Bohemians | ||
| Stjarnan | ||
| Europa | ||
| Inter Turku | ||
| Yelimay | ||
| Hegelmann | ||
| Penybont | ||
| NSÍ | ||
| Glentoran | ||
| Marsaxlokk | ||
| Nõmme Kalju | ||
| Caernarfon Town |
100 teams will enter this round: 12 in the Champions Path and 88 in the Main Path.
| To be confirmed |
|---|
| 12 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round |
| Seeded | To be confirmed | Unseeded |
|---|---|---|
| Panathinaikos | ||
| AEK Larnaca | ||
| Rijeka | ||
| CFR Cluj | ||
| HJK | ||
| Zrinjski Mostar | ||
| Winner of the tie involving RFS | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Astana | ||
| Brann | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Žalgiris | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Shkëndija | ||
| Spartak Trnava | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Ballkani | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Linfield | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Hamrun Spartans | ||
| Vaduz | ||
| Tobol | ||
| Play-off winners of the 2025–26 Eredivisie | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Primeira Liga | ||
| Play-off winners of the 2025–26 Belgian Pro League | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Süper Lig | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Czech First League | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga | ||
| 3rd place of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa | ||
| 4th place of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa | ||
| 3rd place of the 2025–26 Danish Superliga | ||
| Play-off winners of the 2025–26 Danish Superliga | Winner of the tie involving FCI Levadia | |
| Winner of the tie involving Paide Linnameeskond | ||
| HB | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Dinamo Minsk | ||
| Panevėžys | ||
| Motherwell | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Víkingur | ||
| Winner of the tie involving La Fiorita | ||
| DAC Dunajská Streda | ||
| GAIS | ||
| IFK Göteborg | ||
| Play-off winners of the 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga | ||
| 3rd/5th place of the 2025–26 Scottish Premiership | ||
| Runners-up of the 2025–26 Swiss Super League | ||
| 3rd place of the 2025–26 Swiss Super League | ||
| 2nd/3rd place of the 2025–26 Israeli Premier League | ||
| 2nd/3rd place of the 2025–26 Cypriot First Division | ||
| 3rd place of the 2025–26 Serbian SuperLiga | ||
| 2nd/3rd place of the 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League | ||
| Play-off winners of the 2025–26 Liga I | ||
| Runners-up of the First Professional Football League | ||
| 3rd place of the First Professional Football League | ||
| Runners-up of the 2025–26 Moldovan Super Liga | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Armenian Cup | ||
| 5 losers from the Europa League first qualifying round | ||
| 9 winners from the first qualifying round | Varaždin | |
| Winner of the tie involving Dečić | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Dila Gori | ||
| Winner of the tie involving BATE Borisov | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| Paks | ||
| Debrecen | ||
| LNZ Cherkasy | ||
| Železničar Pančevo | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Sarajevo | ||
| Winner of the tie involving St Joseph's | ||
| Koper | ||
| Bravo | ||
| Loser of the tie involving Aluminij | ||
| Turan Tovuz | ||
| Valur | ||
| Auda | ||
| Shelbourne | ||
| Loser of the tie involving Derry City | ||
| Loser of the tie involving Vestri | ||
| Coleraine | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Kosovar Cup | ||
| Winner of the 2025–26 Maltese FA Trophy |
60 teams will enter this round: 8 in the Champions Path and 52 in the Main Path.
| To be confirmed |
|---|
| 6 winners from the second qualifying round |
| 2 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round |
| Seeded | To be confirmed | Unseeded |
|---|---|---|
| Winner of the tie involving Panathinaikos | ||
| Winner of the tie involving AEK Larnaca | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Rijeka | ||
| Winner of the tie involving CFR Cluj | Winner of the tie involving HJK | |
| Winner of the tie involving Zrinjski Mostar | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Brann | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Spartak Trnava | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Vaduz | ||
| Loser of the tie involving Tromsø | ||
| Winner of the tie involving Tobol | ||
| 34 winners from the second qualifying round | ||
| 7 losers from the Europa League second qualifying round |
48 teams will enter this round: 10 in the Champions Path and 38 in the Main Path.
| To be confirmed |
|---|
| 4 winners from the third qualifying round |
| 6 losers from the Europa League third qualifying round |
| Seeded | To be confirmed | Unseeded |
|---|---|---|
| Eighth place of the 2025–26 Premier League | ||
| Seventh place of the 2025–26 Serie A | ||
| Seventh place of the 2025–26 La Liga | ||
| Seventh place of the 2025–26 Bundesliga | ||
| Sixth place of the 2025–26 Ligue 1 | ||
| 26 winners from the third qualifying round | ||
| 7 losers from the Europa League third qualifying round |
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