Second qualifying round draw

The 2025/26 UEFA Conference League second qualifying round draw was held at 14:00 CET on Tuesday 18 June at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The two-legged ties will take place on 24 and 31 July 2025.

2025/26 Conference League second qualifying round draw

Champions Path

FCI Levadia Tallinn (EST) / FC RFS (LVA) vs FC Iberia 1999 Tbilisi (GEO) / Malmö FF (SWE)
FK Žalgiris (LTU) / Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT) vs Shelbourne FC (IRL) / Linfield FC (NIR)
The New Saints FC (WAL) / KF Shkëndija (MKD) vs FC Drita (KOS) / FC Differdange 03 (LUX)

NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) / FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ) vs Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) / Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)
FC Noah (ARM) / FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) vs KuPS Kuopio (FIN) / FC Milsami Orhei (MDA)
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) / FC Dinamo-Minsk (BLR) vs KF Egnatia (ALB) / Breidablik (ISL)

Main Path

Dundee United FC (SCO) vs FC UNA Strassen (LUX)
Larne FC (NIR) / FK Auda (LVA) vs FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) / FC Prishtina (KOS)
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda (SVK) vs FC Urartu (ARM) / FC Neman Grodno (BLR)*
FC Vaduz (LIE) vs Dungannon Swifts FC (NIR)
Silkeborg IF (DEN) vs KA Akureyri (ISL)
Rosenborg BK (NOR) vs FK Banga (LTU)
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (AND) / F91 Diddeleng (LUX) vs FC Dinamo City (ALB)
FK Austria Wien (AUT) vs Spaeri FC (GEO)

FC Ballkani (KOS) vs Floriana FC (MLT) / Haverfordwest County AFC (WAL)
Viking FK (NOR) vs FK Željezničar (BIH) / FC Koper (SVN)
AEK Athens FC (GRE) vs PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) / Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR)
SS Tre Fiori FC (SMR) / FC Pyunik (ARM) vs Győri ETO FC (HUN)*
Riga FC (LVA) vs Racing FC Union Luxembourg (LUX) / FC Dila Gori (GEO)
Raków Częstochowa (POL) vs MŠK Žilina (SVK)
Birkirkara FC (MLT) / FC Petrocub (MDA) vs Sabah FC (AZE) / NK Celje (SVN)
FC Ararat-Armenia (ARM) vs FC Universitatea Cluj (ROU)

NK Varaždin (CRO) vs CD Santa Clara (POR)
FK Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) / Penybont FC (WAL) vs Valur (ISL) / FC Flora Tallinn (EST) 
Paksi FC (HUN) / CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) vs NK Maribor (SVN)
KF Vllaznia (ALB) / BFC Daugavpils (LVA) vs FC Malisheva (KOS) / Víkingur Reykjavík (ISL)
Hammarby Fotboll (SWE) vs R. Charleroi SC (BEL) 
FK Radnički 1923 (SRB) vs SJK Seinäjoki (FIN) / KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
FK Novi Pazar (SRB) vs Jagiellonia Białystok (POL)
FC Polissya (UKR) vs FK Borac (BIH) / FC Santa Coloma (AND)

La Fiorita 1967 (SMR) / FC Vardar (MKD) vs FC Lausanne-Sport (SUI)
Havnar Bóltfelag (FRO) vs Brøndby IF (DEN)
FC Olexandriya (UKR) vs AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) / FK Partizan Beograd (SRB)
Hibernians FC (MLT) vs FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) / BK Häcken (SWE) 
St. Patrick's Athletic (IRL) / FC Hegelmann (LTU) vs Nõmme Kalju FC (EST) / FK Partizani (ALB) 
AIK Stockholm (SWE) vs FCB Magpies (GIB) / Paide Linnameeskond (EST) 
FK Sarajevo (BIH) vs Universitatea Craiova (ROU)
Aris Limassol FC (CYP) vs Puskás Akadémia FC (HUN)

St Joseph's FC (GIB) / Cliftonville FC (NIR) vs Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) / Ilves Tampere (FIN) vs AZ Alkmaar (NED)
PFC Zire (AZE) vs HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)
PFC Arda Kardzhali 1924 (BUL) vs NSÍ Runavík (FRO) / HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Legia Warszawa (POL) / FC Aktobe (KAZ) vs AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
FC Zimbru Chisinau (MDA) vs FC Astana (KAZ)
FK Dečić (MNE) / FC Sileks (MKD) vs SK Rapid (AUT)
FC Torpedo-Belaz (BLR) / FK Rabotnicki (MKD) vs Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)

Araz-Naxçıvan PFK (AZE) vs Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE)
Omonoia FC (CYP) vs FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) / FC Ordabasy (KAZ)
PFC Cherno More (BUL) vs İstanbul Başakşehir FK (TUR)
FK Sutjeska-Nikšić (MNE) / FC Dynamo Brest (BLR) vs Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR)

*The participation of FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda (SVK) and of Győri ETO FC (HUN) is subject to pending legal proceedings.

Seeded teams in bold

Match dates and kick-off times will be announced by 23 June 2025 (first and second leg).

Draw procedure

CHAMPIONS PATH
Number of teams involved: 12 (12 pairings from the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, excluding the two pairings drawn to progress directly to the UEFA Conference League third qualifying round)
Number of seeded teams: 6
Number of matches: 2 x 6

MAIN PATH
Number of teams involved: 88 (56 directly, 24 through the first qualifying round main path, and eight through the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round main path)
Number of seeded teams: 44
Number of matches: 2 x 44

Based on Article 14 of the UEFA Conference League Regulations (UECL Regulations) the following draw procedure was adopted by the UEFA Club Competitions Committee. Furthermore, the following paragraphs of the UCL Regulations were applicable to the draw.

Match system

15.01: The qualifying phase and play-offs follow the knockout system, whereby each team plays each opponent twice, in home and away matches. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches qualifies for the relevant round or stage (as applicable). In the event that the two teams score the same number of goals across the two matches, Article 21 applies.

Draw system and conditions

14.01: A draw between the same number of seeded and unseeded clubs determines the ties for the qualifying phase and play-offs. Clubs are seeded for these draws in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season (see Annex D) and with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. If, for any reason, any of the participants in the rounds concerned are not known at the time of the draw, the coefficients of the two clubs involved in the undecided tie are used for the purposes of the draw. For the club advancing to the next round of the competition as winner of the tie, the coefficient of the club with the higher coefficient of the two clubs involved is used for the purposes of the draw. For the other club, which is fed into the relevant round of the competition from another competition, the lower coefficient of the two clubs in the pairing of the other competition is used for the purposes of the draw.

14.02: The UEFA administration may form groups for the draw in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

14.03: A draw is conducted to determine the ties of each match and which team plays the first leg match at home.

In accordance with the relevant decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from the following associations may not be drawn against each other:

Armenia – Azerbaijan
Gibraltar – Spain
Kosovo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo – Serbia
Kosovo – Russia*
Ukraine – Russia*
Ukraine – Belarus

*All teams from Russia are suspended until further notice by the decision of the Executive Committee of 28 February 2022, and as confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 15 July 2022.

Draw system (Champions Path)

The 12 pairings (12 teams eliminated in the UCL first qualifying round (excluding the two pairings drawn during UCL first qualifying round draw to progress directly to UECL third qualifying round), indicated for the purpose of this draw as Pairing 1 to 12) were divided equally into six seeded pairings and six unseeded pairings.

As the teams entering the competition from the previous qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League were not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the lower coefficient of the two teams involved in each undecided UEFA Champions League previous qualifying round tie was used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw.

Groupings (Champions Path)

Group 1
Seeded
Pairing 1: The New Saints FC (WAL) vs KF Shkëndija (MKD)
Pairing 2: FCI Levadia Tallinn (EST) vs FC RFS (LVA)
Pairing 3: FK Žalgiris (LTU) vs Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT)

Unseeded 
Pairing 4: FC Drita (KOS) vs FC Differdange 03 (LUX)
Pairing 5: FC Iberia 1999 Tbilisi (GEO) vs Malmö FF (SWE)
Pairing 6: Shelbourne FC (IRL) vs Linfield FC (NIR)

Group 2
Seeded
Pairing 7: Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) vs Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)
Pairing 8: PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) vs FC Dinamo-Minsk (BLR)
Pairing 9: KuPS Kuopio (FIN) vs FC Milsami Orhei (MDA)

Unseeded
Pairing 10: NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) vs FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
Pairing 11: FC Noah (ARM) vs FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Pairing 12: KF Egnatia (ALB) vs Breidablik (ISL)

Draw procedure (Champions Path)

Three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls containing the names of the seeded and unseeded pairings placed in the corresponding marked bowls.

One ball was then taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The first team then drawn from this bowl was considered the home team for the first leg of the first tie, which they will play against the second team drawn.

The process was then repeated with the remaining balls to complete all the ties.

Draw system (Main Path)

The 88 teams were divided into eight groups of ten teams and/or pairings (Groups 1 to 8) and one group of eight teams and/or pairings (Group 9), with an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams and/or pairings in each group.

As the teams qualifying from the previous qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League were not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the higher coefficient of the two teams involved in each undecided tie was used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw. Therefore, if a team in a tie of the previous qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League had a coefficient that would entitle it to be seeded for the current draw, that pairing was seeded for this draw.

As the teams entering the competition from the previous qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League were not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the lower coefficient of the two teams involved in each undecided UEFA Europa League previous qualifying round tie was used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw.

Groupings (Main Path)

Group 1
Seeded
1 Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
2 CD Santa Clara (POR)
3 FC Ballkani (KOS)
4 Dundee United FC (SCO)
5 FC Lausanne-Sport (SUI)

Unseeded
6 La Fiorita 1967 (SMR) vs FC Vardar (MKD)
7 NK Varaždin (CRO)
8 Floriana FC (MLT) vs Haverfordwest County AFC (WAL)
9 St Joseph's FC (GIB) vs Cliftonville FC (NIR)
10 FC UNA Strassen (LUX)

Group 2
Seeded 
1 AZ Alkmaar (NED)
2 Valur (ISL) vs FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
3 Viking FK (NOR)
4 Larne FC (NIR) vs FK Auda (LVA)
5 Brøndby IF (DEN)

Unseeded 
6 Havnar Bóltfelag (FRO)
7 FK Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) vs Penybont FC (WAL)
8 FK Željezničar (BIH) vs FC Koper (SVN)
9 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) vs Ilves Tampere (FIN)
10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs FC Prishtina (KOS)

Group 3
Seeded
1 HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)
2 NK Maribor (SVN)
3 AEK Athens FC (GRE)
4 FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda (SVK)*
5 AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) vs FK Partizan Beograd (SRB)

Unseeded 
6 FC Olexandriya (UKR)
7 Paksi FC (HUN) vs CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
8 PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) vs Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR)
9 PFC Zire (AZE)
10 FC Urartu (ARM) vs FC Neman Grodno (BLR)

Group 4
Seeded
1 NSÍ Runavík (FRO) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN)
2 FC Malisheva (KOS) vs Víkingur Reykjavík (ISL)
3 SS Tre Fiori F.C. (SMR) vs FC Pyunik (ARM)
4 FC Vaduz (LIE)
5 FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) vs BK Häcken (SWE)

Unseeded 
6 Hibernians FC (MLT)
7 KF Vllaznia (ALB) vs BFC Daugavpils (LVA)
8 Győri ETO FC (HUN)*
9 PFC Arda Kardzhali 1924 (BUL)
10 Dungannon Swifts FC (NIR)

Group 5
Seeded 
1 AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
2 R. Charleroi SC (BEL)
3 Riga FC (LVA)
4 Silkeborg IF (DEN)
5 Nõmme Kalju FC (EST) vs FK Partizani (ALB)

Unseeded 
6 St. Patrick's Athletic (IRL) vs FC Hegelmann (LTU)
7 Hammarby Fotboll (SWE)
8 Racing FC Union Luxembourg (LUX) vs FC Dila Gori (GEO)
9 Legia Warszawa (POL) vs FC Aktobe (KAZ)
10 KA Akureyri (ISL)

Group 6
Seeded
1 FC Astana (KAZ)
2 SJK Seinäjoki (FIN) vs KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
3 Raków Częstochowa (POL)
4 Rosenborg BK (NOR)
5 FCB Magpies (GIB) vs Paide Linnameeskond (EST)

Unseeded
6 AIK Stockholm (SWE)
7 FK Radnički 1923 (SRB)
8 MŠK Žilina (SVK)
9 FC Zimbru Chisinau (MDA)
10 FK Banga (LTU)

Group 7
Seeded
1 SK Rapid (AUT)
2 Jagiellonia Białystok (POL)
3 Birkirkara FC (MLT) vs FC Petrocub (MDA)
4 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (AND) vs F91 Diddeleng (LUX)
5 Universitatea Craiova (ROU)

Unseeded
6 FK Sarajevo (BIH)
7 FK Novi Pazar (SRB)
8 Sabah FC (AZE) vs NK Celje (SVN)
9 FK Dečić (MNE) vs FC Sileks (MKD)
10 FC Dinamo City (ALB)

Group 8
Seeded
1 Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
2 FK Borac (BIH) vs FC Santa Coloma (AND)
3 FC Ararat-Armenia (ARM)
4 FK Austria Wien (AUT)
5 Puskás Akadémia FC (HUN)

Unseeded
6 Aris Limassol FC (CYP)
7 FC Polissya (UKR)
8 FC Universitatea Cluj (ROU)
9 FC Torpedo-Belaz (BLR) vs FK Rabotnicki (MKD)
10 Spaeri FC (GEO)

Group 9
Seeded
1 İstanbul Başakşehir FK (TUR)
2 Omonoia FC (CYP)
3 Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE)
4 Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR)

Unseeded
5 FK Sutjeska-Nikšić (MNE) vs FC Dynamo Brest (BLR)
6 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) vs FC Ordabasy (KAZ)
7 PFC Cherno More (BUL)
8 Araz-Naxçıvan PFK (AZE)

*The participation of FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda (SVK) and of Győri ETO FC (HUN) is subject to pending legal proceedings.

Draw procedure (Main Path)

Groups 1 to 8
All the clubs in each of the eight groups were randomly assigned a number: 1 to 5 for the seeded teams/pairings and 6 to 10 for the unseeded teams/pairings.

Three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls containing the numbers for the seeded and unseeded teams for Groups 1-8 placed in the correspondingly marked bowls.

One ball was taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The teams represented by the first number then drawn from this bowl was considered the home team of the first pairing of all eight groups, and they will play against the teams indicated by the number of the ball drawn second from this bowl.

For example, if the first ball drawn had contained the number 2 and the second the number 8, the clubs that have been assigned the numbers 2 and 8 in each of the eight groups would play each other. The first ball drawn, here containing the number 2, designated the home team for the first leg in all eight ties.

The process was then repeated with the remaining balls to complete all the ties.

Group 9
The procedure was exactly the same as above, with the only difference being that the seeded teams and/or pairings are assigned numbers 1 to 4, and the unseeded teams and/or pairings assigned numbers 5 to 8.

Draw explanation

A video explaining the draw procedure was shown prior to the draw.

Calendar elaboration

The following paragraphs of the UECL Regulations are applicable to the match calendar.

24.01: The stadiums, dates (in accordance with the calendar in Annex C) and kick-off times for all matches in the qualifying phase and the play-offs are fixed by the home clubs in consultation with their respective associations and must be confirmed to the UEFA administration by the deadline set by the UEFA administration. The UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

24.02: If two or more clubs from the same city, within a radius of 50km of each other and/or playing in the same stadium, take part in any of the UEFA club competitions, and if the association and the clubs concerned explicitly declare when entering the clubs that their matches cannot be played on the same day or on consecutive days, the UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

24.03: The UEFA administration decides on match dates and fixture reversals on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the applicable principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In any case, the UEFA administration reserves the right to impose a match date if the circumstances so require.

Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to the clubs and their respective associations on the day of the draw.