2025–26 UEFA Conference League

2025–26 UEFA Conference League
	The Red Bull Arena in Leipzig will host the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 8 July – 28 August 2025; Competition proper:; 2 October 2025 – 27 May 2026
Teams	Competition proper: 24+12; Total: 109+55
Final positions
Champions	Crystal Palace (1st title)
Runners-up	Rayo Vallecano

The 2025–26 UEFA Conference League is the fifth season of the UEFA Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final will be played at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany.^[1] Crystal Palace won their first UEFA Conference League title, beating Rayo Vallecano in the final 1–0.

Teams

Entry round		Teams
League phase		Samsunspor (EL PO)	Sigma Olomouc (EL PO)	Aberdeen (EL PO)	Dynamo Kyiv (EL PO)
		Rijeka (EL PO)	Lech Poznań (EL PO)	AEK Larnaca (EL PO)	Slovan Bratislava (EL PO)
		KuPS (EL PO)	Zrinjski Mostar (EL PO)	Shkëndija (EL PO)	Lincoln Red Imps (EL PO)

Play-off round	CH	Drita (EL CH Q3)	Shelbourne (EL CH Q3)	Noah (EL CH Q3)	RFS (EL CH Q3)
	CH	Breiðablik (EL CH Q3)	Hamrun Spartans (EL CH Q3)
	MP	Crystal Palace (CW)	Fiorentina (6th)	Rayo Vallecano (8th)	Mainz 05 (6th)
		Strasbourg (7th)	Servette (EL MP Q3)	Wolfsberger AC (EL MP Q3)	Fredrikstad (EL MP Q3)
		Shakhtar Donetsk (EL MP Q3)	Legia Warsaw (EL MP Q3)	BK Häcken (EL MP Q3)	CFR Cluj (EL MP Q3)

Third qualifying round	CH	Víkingur Gøta (CL Q1)	Virtus (CL Q1)
	MP	Anderlecht (EL Q2)	Beşiktaş (EL Q2)	Baník Ostrava (EL Q2)	Hibernian (EL Q2)
	MP	Lugano (EL Q2)	Levski Sofia (EL Q2)	Celje (EL Q2)	Sheriff Tiraspol (EL Q2)

Second qualifying round	CH	Olimpija Ljubljana (CL Q1)	Milsami Orhei (CL Q1)	Linfield (CL Q1)	Differdange 03 (CL Q1)
		Žalgiris (CL Q1)	Iberia 1999 (CL Q1)	Egnatia (CL Q1)	FCI Levadia (CL Q1)
		Dinamo Minsk (CL Q1)	Inter Club d'Escaldes (CL Q1)	The New Saints (CL Q1)	Budućnost Podgorica (CL Q1)
	MP	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (EL Q1)	Partizan (EL Q1)	Paks (EL Q1)	Sabah (EL Q1)
		Spartak Trnava (EL Q1)	Prishtina (EL Q1)	Aktobe (EL Q1)	Ilves (EL Q1)
		AZ (PW)	Santa Clara (5th)	Charleroi (PW)	İstanbul Başakşehir (5th)
		Sparta Prague (4th)	Dundee United (4th)	Lausanne-Sport (5th)	Austria Wien (3rd)
		Rapid Wien (PW)	Viking (3rd)	Rosenborg (4th)	AEK Athens (4th)
		Aris (5th)	Brøndby (3rd)	Silkeborg (PW)	Maccabi Haifa (3rd)
		Beitar Jerusalem (4th)	Oleksandriya (2nd)	Polissya Zhytomyr (4th)	Novi Pazar (3rd)
		Radnički 1923 (5th)	Hajduk Split (3rd)	Varaždin (4th)	Raków Częstochowa (2nd)
		Jagiellonia Białystok (3rd)	Aris Limassol (2nd)	Omonia (3rd)	Puskás Akadémia (2nd)
		Győri ETO (4th)	Hammarby IF (2nd)	AIK (3rd)	Universitatea Craiova (3rd)
		Universitatea Cluj (4th)	Cherno More (3rd)	Arda (PW)	Zira (2nd)
		Araz-Naxçıvan (3rd)	Žilina (2nd)	Košice (5th)	Maribor (2nd)
		Zimbru Chișinău (3rd)	Ballkani (2nd)	Astana (2nd)	Shamrock Rovers (2nd)
		Ararat-Armenia (2nd)	Riga (2nd)	HB (CW)	Sarajevo (CW)
		Vaduz (CW)	KA (CW)	Dungannon Swifts (CW)	UNA Strassen (2nd)
		Banga (CW)	Hibernians (CW)	Spaeri (CW)	Dinamo City (CW)

First qualifying round		Koper (3rd)	Petrocub Hîncești (4th)	Malisheva (3rd)	Ordabasy (4th)
		HJK (3rd)	SJK (PW)	St Patrick's Athletic (3rd)	Urartu (3rd)
		Pyunik (4th)	Auda (3rd)	Daugavpils (5th)	KÍ (2nd)
		NSÍ (4th)	Borac Banja Luka (2nd)	Željezničar (4th)	Víkingur Reykjavík (2nd)
		Valur (3rd)	Larne (2nd)	Cliftonville (PW)	F91 Dudelange (3rd)
		Racing Union (4th)	Hegelmann (2nd)	Kauno Žalgiris (3rd)	Birkirkara (2nd)
		Floriana (3rd)	Torpedo Kutaisi (2nd)	Dila Gori (3rd)	Vllaznia (2nd)
		Partizani (3rd)	Nõmme Kalju (CW)	Paide Linnameeskond (3rd)	Flora (4th)
		Neman Grodno (CW)	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (3rd)	Dynamo Brest (4th)	Vardar (CW)
		Sileks (2nd)	Rabotnicki (3rd)	Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (2nd)	FC Santa Coloma (3rd)
		Penybont (2nd)	Haverfordwest County (PW)	Dečić (CW)	Sutjeska (3rd)
		Magpies (CW)	St Joseph's (2nd)	La Fiorita (PW)	Tre Fiori (3rd)

Schedule

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	17 June 2025	10 July 2025	17 July 2025
	Second qualifying round	18 June 2025	24 July 2025	31 July 2025
	Third qualifying round	21 July 2025	7 August 2025	14 August 2025
Play-offs	Play-off round	4 August 2025	21 August 2025	28 August 2025
League phase	Matchday 1	29 August 2025	2 October 2025
	Matchday 2		23 October 2025
	Matchday 3		6 November 2025
	Matchday 4		27 November 2025
	Matchday 5		11 December 2025
	Matchday 6		18 December 2025
Knockout phase	Knockout phase play-offs	16 January 2026	19 February 2026	26 February 2026
	Round of 16	27 February 2026	12 March 2026	19 March 2026
	Quarter-finals		9 April 2026	16 April 2026
	Semi-finals		30 April 2026	7 May 2026
	Final		27 May 2026 at Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NSÍ	4–5	HJK	4–0	0–5 (aet)
Torpedo Kutaisi	5–4	Ordabasy	4–3	1–1
Željezničar	2–4	Koper	1–1	1–3
SJK	1–4	KÍ	1–2	0–2
Nõmme Kalju	2–1	Partizani	1–1	1–0 (aet)
Tre Fiori	1–5	Pyunik	1–0	0–5
St Patrick's Athletic	3–0	Hegelmann	1–0	2–0
Dečić	3–2	Sileks	2–0	1–2
Sutjeska	3–2	Dynamo Brest	1–2	2–0
Larne	2–2 (4–2 p)	Auda	0–0	2–2 (aet)
Floriana	5–3	Haverfordwest County	2–1	3–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	4–0	Rabotnicki	3–0	1–0
Magpies	3–7	Paide Linnameeskond	2–3	1–4
Birkirkara	1–3	Petrocub Hîncești	1–0	0–3
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes	5–2	F91 Dudelange	2–0	3–2
Valur	5–1	Flora	3–0	2–1
Malisheva	0–9	Víkingur Reykjavík	0–1	0–8
Racing Union	1–3	Dila Gori	1–2	0–1
Vllaznia	4–3	Daugavpils	0–1	4–2
Urartu	1–6	Neman Grodno	1–2	0–4
Vardar	5–2	La Fiorita	3–0	2–2
Kauno Žalgiris	4–1	Penybont	3–0	1–1
St Joseph's	5–4	Cliftonville	2–2	3–2 (aet)
Borac Banja Luka	3–4	FC Santa Coloma	1–4	2–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Víkingur Gøta	Bye	N/A	null	null
Virtus	Bye	N/A	null	null
FCI Levadia	3–2	Iberia 1999	1–0	2–2 (aet)
Žalgiris	0–2	Linfield	0–0	0–2
The New Saints	0–2	Differdange 03	0–1	0–1
Olimpija Ljubljana	5–3	Inter Club d'Escaldes	4–2	1–1
Budućnost Podgorica	1–2	Milsami Orhei	0–0	1–2
Dinamo Minsk	0–3	Egnatia	0–2	0–1
League Path
Dundee United	2–0	UNA Strassen	1–0	1–0
Larne	1–1 (5–4 p)	Prishtina	0–0	1–1 (aet)
Košice	3–4	Neman Grodno	2–3	1–1
Vaduz	3–1	Dungannon Swifts	0–1	3–0 (aet)
Silkeborg	4–3	KA	1–1	3–2 (aet)
Rosenborg	7–0	Banga	5–0	2–0
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes	2–3	Dinamo City	1–2	1–1
Austria Wien	7–0	Spaeri	2–0	5–0
Ballkani	5–3	Floriana	4–2	1–1
Viking	12–3	Koper	7–0	5–3
AEK Athens	1–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–0	0–0
Pyunik	3–4	Győri ETO	2–1	1–3
Riga	5–4	Dila Gori	2–1	3–3
Raków Częstochowa	6–1	Žilina	3–0	3–1
Petrocub Hîncești	1–6	Sabah	0–2	1–4
Ararat-Armenia	2–1	Universitatea Cluj	0–0	2–1 (aet)
Varaždin	2–3	Santa Clara	2–1	0–2
Kauno Žalgiris	3–2	Valur	1–1	2–1
Paks	2–1	Maribor	1–0	1–1
Vllaznia	4–5	Víkingur Reykjavík	2–1	2–4 (aet)
Hammarby IF	2–1	Charleroi	0–0	2–1 (aet)
Radnički 1923	0–1	KÍ	0–0	0–1
Novi Pazar	2–5	Jagiellonia Białystok	1–2	1–3
Polissya Zhytomyr	5–3	FC Santa Coloma	1–2	4–1
Vardar	2–6	Lausanne-Sport	2–1	0–5
HB	1–2	Brøndby	1–1	0–1
Oleksandriya	0–6	Partizan	0–2	0–4
Hibernians	2–7	Spartak Trnava	1–2	1–5
St Patrick's Athletic	3–2	Nõmme Kalju	1–0	2–2 (aet)
Paide Linnameeskond	0–8	AIK	0–2	0–6
Sarajevo	2–5	Universitatea Craiova	2–1	0–4
Aris Limassol	5–2	Puskás Akadémia	3–2	2–0
St Joseph's	0–4	Shamrock Rovers	0–4	0–0
Ilves	4–8	AZ	4–3	0–5
Zira	2–3	Hajduk Split	1–1	1–2 (aet)
Arda	2–2 (4–3 p)	HJK	0–0	2–2 (aet)
Aktobe	2–5	Sparta Prague	2–1	0–4
Astana	3–1	Zimbru Chișinău	1–1	2–0
Dečić	2–6	Rapid Wien	0–2	2–4
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	1–4	Maccabi Haifa	1–1	0–3
Araz-Naxçıvan	4–3	Aris	2–1	2–2
Omonia	5–0	Torpedo Kutaisi	1–0	4–0
Cherno More	0–5	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	0–4
Sutjeska	3–7	Beitar Jerusalem	1–2	2–5

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Olimpija Ljubljana	4–2	Egnatia	0–0	4–2 (aet)
Milsami Orhei	3–5	Virtus	3–2	0–3
Differdange 03	5–4	FCI Levadia	2–3	3–1 (aet)
Víkingur Gøta	2–3	Linfield	2–1	0–2
Main Path
Rapid Wien	4–4 (5–4 p)	Dundee United	2–2	2–2 (aet)
Sparta Prague	6–2	Ararat-Armenia	4–1	2–1
AZ	4–0	Vaduz	3–0	1–0
Lugano	4–7	Celje	0–5	4–2
KÍ	2–2 (4–5 p)	Neman Grodno	2–0	0–2 (aet)
Riga	4–3	Beitar Jerusalem	3–0	1–3
Víkingur Reykjavík	3–4	Brøndby	3–0	0–4
Hajduk Split	3–4	Dinamo City	2–1	1–3 (aet)
Anderlecht	4–1	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	1–1
Lausanne-Sport	5–1	Astana	3–1	2–0
Larne	0–3	Santa Clara	0–3	0–0
Aris Limassol	3–5	AEK Athens	2–2	1–3 (aet)
Viking	2–4	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–3	1–1
Araz-Naxçıvan	0–9	Omonia	0–4	0–5
Ballkani	1–4	Shamrock Rovers	1–0	0–4
Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	2–0
AIK	2–3	Győri ETO	2–1	0–2
Universitatea Craiova	6–4	Spartak Trnava	3–0	3–4 (aet)
Polissya Zhytomyr	4–2	Paks	3–0	1–2
Levski Sofia	3–0	Sabah	1–0	2–0
Silkeborg	2–3	Jagiellonia Białystok	0–1	2–2
Partizan	3–4	Hibernian	0–2	3–2 (aet)
Baník Ostrava	5–4	Austria Wien	4–3	1–1
Rosenborg	1–0	Hammarby IF	0–0	1–0
St Patrick's Athletic	3–7	Beşiktaş	1–4	2–3
Kauno Žalgiris	0–3	Arda	0–1	0–2

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Hamrun Spartans	3–2	RFS	1–0	2–2
Shelbourne	5–1	Linfield	3–1	2–0
Breiðablik	5–2	Virtus	2–1	3–1
Drita	3–1	Differdange 03	2–1	1–0
Olimpija Ljubljana	3–7	Noah	1–4	2–3
Main Path
Strasbourg	3–2	Brøndby	0–0	3–2
Jagiellonia Białystok	4–1	Dinamo City	3–0	1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	Servette	1–1	2–1 (aet)
Anderlecht	1–3	AEK Athens	1–1	0–2
İstanbul Başakşehir	2–5	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	1–3
Crystal Palace	1–0	Fredrikstad	1–0	0–0
Celje	3–0	Baník Ostrava	1–0	2–0
Raków Częstochowa	3–1	Arda	1–0	2–1
Hibernian	4–5	Legia Warsaw	1–2	3–3 (aet)
Levski Sofia	1–6	AZ	0–2	1–4
Polissya Zhytomyr	2–6	Fiorentina	0–3	2–3
Győri ETO	2–3	Rapid Wien	2–1	0–2
Neman Grodno	0–5	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	0–4
Lausanne-Sport	2–1	Beşiktaş	1–1	1–0
Santa Clara	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	1–2	0–0
Rosenborg	3–5	Mainz 05	2–1	1–4
Sparta Prague	2–1	Riga	2–0	0–1
BK Häcken	7–3	CFR Cluj	7–2	0–1
Wolfsberger AC	2–2 (4–5 p)	Omonia	2–1	0–1 (aet)

League phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Strasbourg	6	5	1	0	11	5	+6	16	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Raków Częstochowa	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14
3	AEK Athens	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13
4	Sparta Prague	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
5	Rayo Vallecano	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13
6	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13
7	Mainz 05	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13
8	AEK Larnaca	6	3	3	0	7	1	+6	12
9	Lausanne-Sport	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10	Crystal Palace	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10
11	Lech Poznań	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
12	Samsunspor	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
13	Celje	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
14	AZ	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
15	Fiorentina	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9
16	Rijeka	6	2	3	1	5	2	+3	9
17	Jagiellonia Białystok	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Omonia	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8
19	Noah	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8
20	Drita	6	2	2	2	4	8	−4	8
21	KuPS	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7
22	Shkëndija	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7
23	Zrinjski Mostar	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
24	Sigma Olomouc	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
25	Universitatea Craiova	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7
26	Lincoln Red Imps	6	2	1	3	7	15	−8	7
27	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	6
28	Legia Warsaw	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6
29	Slovan Bratislava	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6
30	Breiðablik	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
31	Shamrock Rovers	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4
32	BK Häcken	6	0	3	3	5	8	−3	3
33	Hamrun Spartans	6	1	0	5	4	11	−7	3
34	Shelbourne	6	0	2	4	0	7	−7	2
35	Aberdeen	6	0	2	4	3	14	−11	2
36	Rapid Wien	6	0	1	5	3	14	−11	1

Source: UEFA^[2]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Bracket


Knockout phase play-offs					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final



					11	Lech Poznań	1	2	3

21	KuPS	0	0	0	6	Shakhtar Donetsk	3	1	4
										6	Shakhtar Donetsk	3	2	5
11	Lech Poznań	2	1	3
										14	AZ	0	2	2
					14	AZ	2	4	6

19	Noah	1	0	1	4	Sparta Prague	1	0	1
															6	Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	2
14	AZ	0	4	4
															10	Crystal Palace	3	2	5
					10	Crystal Palace (aet)	0	2	2

23	Zrinjski Mostar	1	0	1	8	AEK Larnaca	0	1	1
										10	Crystal Palace	3	1	4
10	Crystal Palace	1	2	3
										15	Fiorentina	0	2	2
					15	Fiorentina	2	2	4
																				27 May – Leipzig
17	Jagiellonia Białystok	0	4	4	2	Raków Częstochowa	1	1	2
																				10	Crystal Palace	1
15	Fiorentina (aet)	3	2	5
																				5	Rayo Vallecano	0
					12	Samsunspor	1	1	2

22	Shkëndija	0	0	0	5	Rayo Vallecano	3	0	3
										5	Rayo Vallecano	3	1	4
12	Samsunspor	1	4	5
										3	AEK Athens	0	3	3
					13	Celje	0	2	2

20	Drita	2	2	4	3	AEK Athens	4	0	4
															5	Rayo Vallecano	1	1	2
13	Celje	3	3	6
															1	Strasbourg	0	0	0
					24	Sigma Olomouc	0	0	0

24	Sigma Olomouc	1	2	3	7	Mainz 05	0	2	2
										7	Mainz 05	2	0	2
9	Lausanne-Sport	1	1	2
										1	Strasbourg	0	4	4
					16	Rijeka	1	1	2

18	Omonia	0	1	1	1	Strasbourg	2	1	3

16	Rijeka	1	3	4

Knockout phase play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KuPS	0–3	Lech Poznań	0–2	0–1
Noah	1–4	AZ	1–0	0–4
Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	Crystal Palace	1–1	0–2
Jagiellonia Białystok	4–5	Fiorentina	0–3	4–2 (aet)
Shkëndija	0–5	Samsunspor	0–1	0–4
Drita	4–6	Celje	2–3	2–3
Sigma Olomouc	3–2	Lausanne-Sport	1–1	2–1
Omonia	1–4	Rijeka	0–1	1–3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lech Poznań	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	2–1
AZ	6–1	Sparta Prague	2–1	4–0
Crystal Palace	2–1	AEK Larnaca	0–0	2–1 (aet)
Fiorentina	4–2	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	2–1
Samsunspor	2–3	Rayo Vallecano	1–3	1–0
Celje	2–4	AEK Athens	0–4	2–0
Sigma Olomouc	0–2	Mainz 05	0–0	0–2
Rijeka	2–3	Strasbourg	1–2	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk	5–2	AZ	3–0	2–2
Crystal Palace	4–2	Fiorentina	3–0	1–2
Rayo Vallecano	4–3	AEK Athens	3–0	1–3
Mainz 05	2–4	Strasbourg	2–0	0–4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–5	Crystal Palace	1–3	1–2
Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Strasbourg	1–0	1–0

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crystal Palace	1–0	Rayo Vallecano

References

↑ "Budapest to host UEFA Champions League Final 2026". UEFA. 22 May 2024.
↑ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[1] "Budapest to host UEFA Champions League Final 2026". UEFA. 22 May 2024.

[2] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

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