UEFA Conference League first qualifying round draw

The 2025/26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round draw was held at 16:00 CET on Tuesday 17 June at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.

2025/26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round draw

NSÍ Runavík (FRO) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN)
FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) vs FC Ordabasy (KAZ)
FK Željezničar (BIH) vs FC Koper (SVN)
SJK Seinäjoki (FIN) vs KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Nõmme Kalju FC (EST) vs FK Partizani (ALB)
SS Tre Fiori FC (SMR) vs FC Pyunik (ARM)
St. Patrick's Athletic (IRL) vs FC Hegelmann (LTU)
FK Dečić (MNE) vs FK Sileks (MKD)
FK Sutjeska-Nikšić (MNE) vs FC Dynamo Brest (BLR)
Larne FC (NIR) vs FK Auda (LVA)
Floriana FC (MLT) vs Haverfordwest County AFC (WAL)
FC Torpedo-Belaz (BLR) vs FK Rabotnicki (MKD)
FCB Magpies (GIB) vs Paide Linnameeskond (EST)
Birkirkara FC (MLT) vs FC Petrocub (MDA)
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (AND) vs F91 Diddeleng (LUX)
Valur (ISL) vs FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
FC Malisheva (KOS) vs Víkingur Reykjavík (ISL)
Racing FC Union Luxembourg (LUX) vs FC Dila Gori (GEO)
KF Vllaznia (ALB) vs BFC Daugavpils (LVA)
FC Urartu (ARM) vs FC Neman Grodno (BLR)
La Fiorita 1967 (SMR) vs FK Vardar (MKD)
FK Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) vs Penybont FC (WAL)
St Joseph's FC (GIB) vs Cliftonville FC (NIR)
FK Borac (BIH) vs FC Santa Coloma (AND)

Seeded teams in bold.

Match dates and kick-off times to be announced by 20 June 2025 (first and second leg).

DRAW PROCEDURE

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Number of teams involved: 48
Number of seeded teams: 24
Number of matches: 2 x 24
Match days: 10 and 17 July 2025

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 UECL 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 opponents 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.

Additional information

Following the decision of the UEFA CFCB to not admit Drogheda United FC (IRL) to the 2025/26 UEFA Conference League (UECL), and the subsequent confirmation of such decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejecting the club's appeal, Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) and FC Dinamo City (ALB) have both been moved from the UECL main path first qualifying round to the UECL main path second qualifying round.

Draw system

The 48 teams were divided into six groups of eight teams (Groups 1 to 6). Within each of the groups, the teams were divided into an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams.

Groupings

Group 1
Seeded
Paide Linnameeskond (EST)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)
St. Patrick's Athletic (IRL)
KF Vllaznia (ALB)

Unseeded
BFC Daugavpils (LVA)
FCB Magpies (GIB)
NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
FC Hegelmann (LTU)

Group 2
Seeded
FC Petrocub (MDA)
FC Ordabasy (KAZ)
FK Dečić (MNE)
FC Urartu (ARM)

Unseeded
FC Neman Grodno (BLR)
Birkirkara FC (MLT)
FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO)
FK Sileks (MKD)

Group 3
Seeded
F91 Diddeleng (LUX)
FC Koper (SVN)
FK Sutjeska-Nikšić (MNE)
La Fiorita 1967 (SMR)

Unseeded
FK Vardar (MKD)
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (AND)
FK Željezničar (BIH)
FC Dynamo Brest (BLR)

Group 4
Seeded
FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Larne FC (NIR)
FK Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)

Unseeded
Penybont FC (WAL)
Valur (ISL)
SJK Seinäjoki (FIN)
FK Auda (LVA)

Group 5
Seeded
Víkingur Reykjavík (ISL)
FK Partizani (ALB)
Floriana FC (MLT)
St Joseph's FC (GIB)

Unseeded
Cliftonville FC (NIR)
FC Malisheva (KOS)
Nõmme Kalju FC (EST)
Haverfordwest County AFC (WAL)

Group 6
Seeded
FC Dila Gori (GEO)
FC Pyunik (ARM)
FC Torpedo-Belaz (BLR)
FK Borac (BIH)

Unseeded
FC Santa Coloma (AND)
Racing FC Union Luxembourg (LUX)
SS Tre Fiori FC (SMR)
FK Rabotnicki (MKD)

Draw procedure

All the clubs in each of the six groups were randomly assigned a number: 1 to 4 for the seeded teams and 5 to 8 for the unseeded teams.

Three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls containing the numbers for the seeded and unseeded teams for Groups 1–6 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 six 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 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 6 groups will play each other. The first ball drawn, here containing the number 2, designated the home team for the first leg in all 6 ties.

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

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.