Conference League qualifying: Fixtures, results, dates, how it works

All 36 teams enter the league phase of the 2026/27 UEFA Conference League via qualifying, with none directly through. The stage at which teams enter qualifying will be based on their association club coefficient rankings and all ties are played over two legs.

Qualifying for the UEFA club competitions has been specifically designed to ensure that teams from a minimum of 37 national associations make their way to the league phase of the Champions League, Europa League or Conference League.

Losing sides from the qualifying rounds of the Champions League and Europa League are given another chance to progress when they parachute down into the Europa League or Conference League. Losing sides from the Champions League and Europa League play-offs go directly into the league phase of the Europa League and Conference League respectively.

For more information about the qualifying competition, including the rules around player registration, see the official regulations.

See how qualifying works and keep track of the fixtures and results.

First qualifying round

Teams involved
Main path: 52 (enter in this round)

First legs

Tuesday 7 July

UNA Strassen 1-0 La Fiorita
Elbasani 1-1 BATE

Wednesday 8 July

Zire 3-0 Torpedo Kutaisi 
Connah's Quay 0-0 Ballkani 
Differdange 0-0 Ilves

Thursday 9 July

Atlètic Club d'Escaldes 2-1 Mornar
Alashkert 1-1 Elimai
Dila 3-1 Virtus
Hegelmann 1-1 Paide
Kalju 1-0 Linfield
Liepāja 1-0 Dečić
Bohemians 2-0 St Joseph's
Dinamo-Minsk 0-1 Sileks
Marsaxlokk 0-3 Pyunik
Velež 1-1 Milsami
Mondorf 1-2 Dinamo Tbilisi
Caernarfon 0-5 Levadia Tallinn
Europa 0-5 Shkëndija
Vllaznia 2-1 Malisheva
Glentoran 1-2 RFS
Penybont 0-1 FC Santa Coloma
Petrovac 1-3 Žalgiris
Runavík 1-1 Hamrun Spartans
Dinamo City 0-1 Astana
Sarajevo 1-1 Inter Turku
Stjarnan 3-1 Víkingur

Second legs

Tuesday 14 July

La Fiorita 0-2 UNA Strassen (agg: 0-3)

Wednesday 15 July

Malisheva 5-0 Vllaznia (agg: 6-2)
Dečić 1-2 Liepāja (agg: 1-3)

Thursday 16 July

Astana 1-4aet Dinamo City (agg: 2-4)
Elimai 2-2aet Alashkert (agg: 3-3, Alashkert win 6-5 on penalties)
Inter Turku 2-1 Sarajevo (agg: 3-2)
Ilves 3-1 Differdange (agg: 3-1)
Paide 3-0 Hegelmann (agg: 4-1)
Pyunik 1-0 Marsaxlokk (agg: 4-0)
St Joseph's 0-0 Bohemians (agg: 0-2)
Torpedo Kutaisi 0-3 Zire (agg: 0-6)
Levadia Tallinn 5-0 Caernarfon (agg: 10-0)
RFS 2-0 Glentoran (agg: 4-1)
BATE 0-0aet Elbasani (agg: 1-1, BATE win 5-4 on penalties)
Dinamo Tbilisi 1-1aet Mondorf (agg 3-2)
FC Santa Coloma 3-0 Penybont (agg: 4-0)
Milsami 0-1 Velež (agg: 1-2)
Víkingur 2-2 Stjarnan (agg: 3-5)
Žalgiris 2-1 Petrovac (agg: 5-2)
Hamrun Spartans 1-2 Runavík (agg: 2-3)
Ballkani 3-2 Connah's Quay (agg: 3-2)
Shkëndija 1-0 Europa (agg: 6-0)
Sileks 0-1aet Dinamo-Minsk (agg: 1-1, Dinamo-Minsk win 6-5 on penalties)
Linfield 2-2 Kalju (agg: 2-3)
Mornar 1-2 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (agg: 2-4)
Virtus 1-0 Dila (agg: 2-3)

How does it work?

• The winners of each tie advance to the second qualifying round.
• Defeated sides are eliminated from the competition.

Second qualifying round

Teams involved
Champions path: 12 (12 of the 14 defeated sides from the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round)
Main path: 86 (60 teams, including the six defeated sides from the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, join the 26 first qualifying round winners)

All kick-off times CET

First legs

Tuesday 21 July

Champions path
Floriana 1-1 Drita
Atert Bissen 2-6 Győri ETO

Main path
IFK Göteborg 1-2 Levadia Tallinn

Wednesday 22 July

Champions path
Vardar 2-3 Riga

Main path
Neftchi 2-4 Dinamo-Minsk
Bohemians 2-1 Ballkani
Başakşehir 1-1 Inter Turku
Spartak Trnava 0-0 CSKA 1948
Železničar Pančevo 0-1 Braga

Thursday 23 July

Champions path
Flora Tallinn 1-0 The New Saints
ML Vitebsk 3-0 Sutjeska
Borac 3-0 Petrocub

Main path

Malisheva 2-0 Hibernian
Liepāja 0-2 Austria Wien
Alashkert 1-1 CFR Cluj
Panevėžys 1-1 Tobol
HJK 5-0 Coleraine
Debrecen 1-0 Pyunik
Dila 0-4 Apollon
Paide 1-0 Zire
AEK Larnaca 0-1 Beitar
RFS 4-1 Vestri
Raków 3-1 Valletta
DAC 1904 1-0 Velež
GAIS 1-0 Nordsjælland
Universitatea Cluj 2-2 Brann
Zimbru 1-1 Noah
Dinamo Tbilisi 3-0 Žalgiris
BATE 1-1 Sion
FC Santa Coloma 1-3 SK Rapid
Vaduz 4-0 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes
FCSB 2-3 Auda
Varaždin 3-2 Jablonec
Aluminij 1-1 Dinamo City
Paksi 1-2 Panathinaikos
Vojvodina 1-4 Ajax
Polissya 3-3 Copenhagen
Lugano 1-0 Dukagjini
Žilina 2-1 Katowice
LNZ Cherkasy 0-0 Gent
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-0 Ludogorets
Runavík 0-2 Koper
Rijeka 1-0 Derry
Bravo 2-1 Shkëndija
Shelbourne 5-2 Kalju
Motherwell 2-0 Havnar Bóltfelag
Partizan 4-0 UNA Strassen
Stjarnan 1-0 Ilves
Valur 1-0 Zrinjski

Second legs

Tuesday 28 July 

Champions path
Riga 5-2aet Vardar (agg: 8-4)
Drita 2-1aet Floriana (agg: 3-2)

Main path
Apollon 3-0 Dila (agg: 7-0)
CSKA 1948 0-0aet Spartak Trnava (agg: 0-0, CSKA 1948 win 5-3 on penalties)

Wednesday 29 July 

Main path
Dukagjini 1-5 Lugano (agg: 1-6)
Copenhagen 2-1 Polissya (agg: 5-4)
SK Rapid 6-2 FC Santa Coloma (agg: 9-3)

Thursday 30 July 

Champions path
Petrocub 3-3 Borac (agg: 3-6)
Győri ETO 1-1 Atert Bissen (agg: 7-3)
The New Saints 1-0aet Flora Tallinn (agg: 1-1, Flora Tallinn win 4-2 on penalties)
Sutjeska 1-2 ML Vitebsk (agg: 1-5)

Main path

Tobol 1-1aet Panevėžys (agg: 2-2, Tobol win 3-2 on penalties)
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes 0-2 Vaduz (agg: 0-6)
Inter Turku 2-0 Başakşehir (agg: 3-1)
Auda 4-1 FCSB (agg: 7-3)
Pyunik 0-0 Debrecen (agg: 0-1)
Jablonec 2-0 Varaždin (agg: 4-3)
Kalju 2-1 Shelbourne (agg: 4-6)
Noah 2-1 Zimbru (agg: 3-2)
Ilves 2-1aet Stjarnan (agg: 2-2, Ilves win 5-4 on penalties)
Zire 1-1 Paide (agg: 1-2)
Levadia Tallinn 1-3aet IFK Göteborg (agg: 3-4)
Nordsjælland 6-0 GAIS (agg: 6-1)
Brann 3-1 Universitatea Cluj (agg: 5-3)
Žalgiris 7-2 Dinamo Tbilisi (agg: 7-5)
Velež 0-3 DAC 1904 (agg: 0-4)
Havnar Bóltfelag 0-3 Motherwell (agg: 0-5)
Dinamo-Minsk 0-1 Neftchi (agg: 4-3)
Derry 0-1 Rijeka (agg: 0-2)
Valletta 0-4 Raków (agg: 1-7)
Beitar 2-3aet AEK Larnaca (agg: 3-3, Beitar win 4-3 on penalties)
Shkëndija 3-1 Bravo (agg: 4-3)
Ajax 4-1 Vojvodina (agg: 8-2)
Ludogorets 2-2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv (agg: 2-4)
Ballkani 3-2aet Bohemians (agg: 4-4, Bohemians win 5-4 on penalties)
Sion 4-0 BATE (agg: 5-1)
UNA Strassen 0-1 Partizan (agg: 0-5)
Austria Wien 3-1 Liepāja (agg: 5-1)
Katowice 3-1 Žilina (agg: 4-3)
Zrinjski 2-2 Valur (agg: 2-3)
Panathinaikos 2-2 Paksi (agg: 4-3)
Gent 0-0aet LNZ Cherkasy (agg: 0-0, Gent win 4-2 on penalties)
CFR Cluj 3-0 Alashkert (agg: 4-1)
Coleraine 0-3 HJK (agg: 0-8)
Koper 1-3aet Runavík (agg: 3-3, Runavík win 4-3 on penalties)
Dinamo City 3-0 Aluminij (agg: 4-1)
Hibernian 4-1 Malisheva (agg: 4-3)
Braga 4-0 Železničar Pančevo (agg: 5-0)
Vestri 1-1 RFS (agg: 2-5)

How does it work?

• The winners of each tie advance to the third qualifying round.
• Defeated sides are eliminated from the competition.

Third qualifying round

Teams involved
Champions path: 8 (Two enter at this round along with the six second qualifying round winners)
League path: 52 (Nine defeated teams enter from the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round along with the 43 second qualifying round winners)

First legs

(All kick-off times CET)

Tuesday 4 August

Main path
Auda vs Dinamo City (18:00)

Wednesday 5 August

Main path
Brann vs Apollon (19:00)
Panathinaikos vs CSKA 1948 (20:30)

Thursday 6 August

Champions path
Inter Club d'Escaldes vs Flora Tallinn (19:00)
Riga vs Győri ETO (19:00)
Borac vs ML Vitebsk (20:30)
Tre Fiori vs Drita (21:00)

Main path
Inter Turku vs Vaduz (17:00)
Noah vs Sion (18:00)
HJK vs Motherwell (18:00)
Paide vs SK Rapid (18:00)
Jablonec vs RFS (18:00)
Žalgiris vs Hajduk Split (19:00)
Sheriff vs St. Gallen (19:00)
CFR Cluj vs Tromsø (19:00)
Dynamo Kyiv vs Qarabağ (19:00)
Raków vs Hammarby (19:00)
IFK Göteborg vs Gent (19:00)
Debrecen vs Copenhagen (19:00)
Beitar vs Austria Wien (19:30)
Ajax vs Shelbourne (20:00)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv vs Katowice (20:00)
Twente vs DAC 1904 (20:00)
Braga vs Dinamo-Minsk (20:30)
Valur vs Nordsjælland (20:30)
Lugano vs Runavík (20:30)
Bohemians vs Midtjylland (20:45)
Rijeka vs Ilves (20:45)
Partizan vs Tobol (21:00)
Hibernian vs Shkëndija (21:00)

Second legs

(All kick-off times CET)

Tuesday 11 August

Main path
Apollon vs Brann (19:00)
CSKA 1948 vs Panathinaikos (19:30)

Wednesday 12 August

Main path
Katowice vs Hapoel Tel-Aviv (18:00)
SK Rapid vs Paide (18:00)
Copenhagen vs Debrecen (18:00)

Thursday 13 August

Champions path
Flora Tallinn vs Inter Club d'Escaldes (18:00)
ML Vitebsk vs Borac (19:00)
Győri ETO vs Riga (19:00)
Drita vs Tre Fiori (20:00)

Main path
Tobol vs Partizan (17:00)
Qarabağ vs Dynamo Kyiv (18:00)
Ilves vs Rijeka (18:00)
DAC 1904 vs Twente (18:00)
RFS vs Jablonec (18:30)
Dinamo-Minsk vs Braga (19:00)
Nordsjælland vs Valur (19:00)
Tromsø vs CFR Cluj (19:00)
Hammarby vs Raków (19:00)
Midtjylland vs Bohemians (19:00)
Vaduz vs Inter Turku (19:30)
St. Gallen vs Sheriff (20:00)
Shkëndija vs Hibernian (20:00)
Sion vs Noah (20:15)
Austria Wien vs Beitar (20:30)
Motherwell vs HJK (20:30)
Gent vs IFK Göteborg (20:30)
Shelbourne vs Ajax (20:45)
Runavík vs Lugano (20:45)
Hajduk Split vs Žalgiris (21:00)
Dinamo City vs Auda (21:00)

How does it work?

• The winners of each tie advance to the play-off round.
• Defeated sides are eliminated from the competition.

Play-off round

Draw: Friday 3 August
First legs: Thursday 20 August
Second legs: Thursday 27 August

How does it work?

• The winners of each tie qualify for the league phase.
• Defeated sides are eliminated from the competition.

League phase draw

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The league phase draw for the 2026/27 Conference League takes place on Friday 28 August.