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)

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 1-4 Dinamo City (aet, agg: 2-4)
Elimai 2-2 Alashkert (aet, agg: 3-3, Alashkert win 6-5 on pens)
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 0-0 Elbasani (aet, agg: 1-1, BATE win 5-4 on pens)
Dinamo Tbilisi 1-1 Mondorf (aet, 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 0-1 Dinamo-Minsk (aet, agg: 1-1, Dinamo-Minsk win 6-5 on pens)
Linfield 2-2 Kalju (agg: 2-3)
Mornar 1-2 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (agg: 2-4)
Virtus 1-0 Dila (agg: 2-3)

First legs

All kick-off times CET

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

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)

First legs

Thursday 23 July

Champions path
Borac vs Petrocub
Atert Bissen vs Győri ETO
ML Vitebsk vs Sutjeska
Flora Tallinn vs The New Saints
Floriana vs Drita
Vardar vs Riga

Main path
Rijeka vs Derry
Başakşehir vs Inter Turku
Lugano vs Dukagjini
HJK vs Coleraine
FCSB vs Auda
RFS vs Vestri
Raków vs Valletta
Liepāja vs Austria Wien
Debrecen vs Pyunik
GAIS vs Nordsjælland
Göteborg vs Levadia Tallinn
Žilina vs Katowice
Varaždin vs Jablonec
Dila vs Apollon
Bravo vs Shkëndija
Universitatea Cluj vs Brann
Shelbourne vs Kalju
Valur vs Zrinjski
Zimbru vs Noah
Dinamo Tbilisi vs Žalgiris
Aluminij vs Dinamo City
DAC 1904 vs Velež
BATE vs Sion
Stjarnan vs Ilves
Motherwell vs Havnar Bóltfelag
Panevėžys vs Tobol
Malisheva vs Hibernian
Neftchi vs Dinamo-Minsk
Paksi vs Panathinaikos
Železničar Pančevo vs Braga
Vojvodina vs Ajax
Polissya vs Copenhagen
LNZ Cherkasy vs Gent
FC Santa Coloma vs SK Rapid
Hapoel Tel-Aviv vs Ludogorets
Alashkert vs CFR Cluj
Bohemians vs Ballkani
Paide vs Zire
Vaduz vs Atlètic Club d'Escaldes
Spartak Trnava vs CSKA 1948
Runavík vs Koper
AEK Larnaca vs Beitar
Partizan vs UNA Strassen

Second legs

Thursday 30 July 

Champions path
Petrocub vs Borac
Győri ETO vs Atert Bissen
Sutjeska vs ML Vitebsk
The New Saints vs Flora Tallinn
Drita vs Floriana
Riga vs Vardar

Main path
Derry vs Rijeka
Inter Turku vs Başakşehir
Dukagjini vs Lugano
Coleraine vs HJK
Auda vs FCSB
Vestri vs RFS
Valletta vs Raków
Austria Wien vs Liepāja
Pyunik vs Debrecen
Nordsjælland vs GAIS
Levadia Tallinn vs Göteborg
Katowice vs Žilina
Jablonec vs Varaždin
Apollon vs Dila
Shkëndija vs Bravo
Brann vs Universitatea Cluj
Kalju vs Shelbourne
Zrinjski vs Valur
Noah vs Zimbru
Žalgiris vs Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo City vs Aluminij
Velež vs DAC 1904
Sion vs BATE
Ilves vs Stjarnan
Havnar Bóltfelag vs Motherwell
Tobol vs Panevėžys
Hibernian vs Malisheva
Dinamo-Minsk vs Neftchi
Panathinaikos vs Paksi
Braga vs Železničar Pančevo
Ajax vs Vojvodina
Copenhagen vs Polissya
Gent vs LNZ Cherkasy
SK Rapid vs FC Santa Coloma
Ludogorets vs Hapoel Tel-Aviv
CFR Cluj vs Alashkert
Ballkani vs Bohemians
Zire vs Paide
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes vs Vaduz
CSKA 1948 vs Spartak Trnava
Koper vs Runavík
Beitar vs AEK Larnaca
UNA Strassen vs Partizan

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

Draw: Monday 20 July
First legs: Thursday 6 August
Second legs: Thursday 13 August

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.