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.

Play-off round

Teams involved
Champions path: 10 (The four third qualifying round winners and the six defeated teams from the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round)
Main path: 38 (The 26 third qualifying round winners, five direct entries and the seven defeated teams from the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round)

First legs

All kick-off times CET

Thursday 20 August

Champions path
Lincoln Red Imps 0-2 Larne
Klaksvík 0-0 Riga
Víkingur Reykjavík 1-3 Borac
Drita 2-2 Inter Club d'Escaldes
Shamrock Rovers 1-1 KuPS Kuopio

Main path
Inter Turku 0-0 Copenhagen
Tromsø 0-0 Brighton
Midtjylland 2-0 Rijeka
Nordsjælland 1-0 St. Gallen
PAOK 1-1 Brann
Górnik Zabrze 2-3 Monaco
Twente 0-1 Qarabağ
Sion 2-4 Ajax
Motherwell 1-3 Freiburg
Gent 0-0 Hibernian
Atalanta 0-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Panathinaikos 2-2 Hradec Králové
Lugano 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Hearts 2-2 SK Rapid
Rangers 1-0 Jablonec
Hajduk Split 2-2 Raków
Dinamo City 1-1 Pafos 
Braga 2-0 Austria Wien
Getafe 3-1 Partizan 

Second legs

Wednesday 26 August

Main path
SK Rapid vs Hearts (18:45)

Thursday 27 August

Champions path
KuPS Kuopio vs Shamrock Rovers (17:00)
Riga vs Klaksvík (19:00)
Inter Club d'Escaldes vs Drita (19:00)
Borac vs Víkingur Reykjavík (20:30)
Larne vs Lincoln Red Imps (21:00)

Main path
Jablonec vs Rangers (18:00)
Qarabağ vs Twente (18:00)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv vs Lugano (18:00)
Freiburg vs Motherwell (18:45)
Monaco vs Górnik Zabrze (18:45)
Copenhagen vs Inter Turku (19:00)
Raków vs Hajduk Split (19:00)
Hradec Králové vs Panathinaikos (19:00)
Brann vs PAOK (19:00)
Pafos vs Dinamo City (19:00)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv vs Atalanta (20:00)
St. Gallen vs Nordsjælland (20:00)
Ajax vs Sion (20:00)
Brighton vs Tromsø (20:30)
Austria Wien vs Braga (20:30)
Rijeka vs Midtjylland (20:45)
Hibernian vs Gent (21:00)
Partizan vs Getafe (21:00)

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 from 13:00 CET on Friday 28 August.

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

Tuesday 4 August

Main path
Auda 1-0 Dinamo City

Wednesday 5 August

Main path
Brann 0-1 Apollon
Panathinaikos 1-1 CSKA 1948

Thursday 6 August

Champions path
Inter Club d'Escaldes 2-0 Flora Tallinn
Riga 1-0 Győri ETO
Borac 1-0 ML Vitebsk
Tre Fiori 1-4 Drita

Main path
Inter Turku 2-1 Vaduz
Noah 2-2 Sion
HJK 1-1 Motherwell
Paide 1-4 SK Rapid
Jablonec 2-0 RFS
Žalgiris 2-5 Hajduk Split
Sheriff 1-3 St. Gallen
CFR Cluj 0-5 Tromsø
Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 Qarabağ
Raków 0-0 Hammarby
IFK Göteborg 0-1 Gent
Debrecen 0-3 Copenhagen
Beitar 1-2 Austria Wien
Ajax 3-1 Shelbourne
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-0 Katowice
Twente 6-0 DAC 1904
Braga 1-0 Dinamo-Minsk
Valur 0-2 Nordsjælland
Lugano 2-0 Runavík
Bohemians 0-2 Midtjylland
Rijeka 1-0 Ilves
Partizan 3-0 Tobol
Hibernian 2-1 Shkëndija

Second legs

Tuesday 11 August

Main path
Apollon 2-4aet Brann (agg: 3-4)
CSKA 1948 1-2aet Panathinaikos (agg: 2-3)

Wednesday 12 August

Main path
Katowice 2-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv (agg: 2-3)
SK Rapid 2-0 Paide (agg: 6-1)
Copenhagen 5-1 Debrecen (agg: 8-1)

Thursday 13 August

Champions path
Flora Tallinn 0-4 Inter Club d'Escaldes (agg: 0-6)
ML Vitebsk 2-1aet Borac (agg: 2-2, Borac win 4-2 on penalties)
Győri ETO 1-1 Riga (agg: 1-2)
Drita 5-0 Tre Fiori (agg: 9-1)

Main path
Tobol 1-2 Partizan (agg: 1-5)
Qarabağ 2-0 Dynamo Kyiv (agg: 2-1)
Ilves 1-1 Rijeka (agg: 1-2)
DAC 1904 3-3 Twente (agg: 3-9)
RFS 1-2 Jablonec (agg: 1-4)
Dinamo-Minsk 0-0 Braga (agg: 0-1)
Nordsjælland 5-0 Valur (agg: 7-0)
Tromsø 2-1 CFR Cluj (agg: 7-1)
Hammarby 0-1 Raków (agg: 0-1)
Midtjylland 3-2 Bohemians (agg: 5-2)
Vaduz 2-2 Inter Turku (agg: 3-4)
St. Gallen 5-1 Sheriff (agg: 8-2)
Shkëndija 0-0 Hibernian (agg: 1-2)
Sion 2-1 Noah (agg: 4-3)
Austria Wien 1-2aet Beitar (agg: 3-3, Austria Wien win 4-2 on penalties)
Motherwell 2-0 HJK (agg: 3-1)
Gent 1-1 IFK Göteborg (agg: 2-1)
Shelbourne 2-2 Ajax (agg: 3-5)
Runavík 2-2 Lugano (agg: 2-4)
Hajduk Split 4-0 Žalgiris (agg: 9-2)
Dinamo City 4-0 Auda (agg: 4-1)

How did it work?

• The winners of each tie advanced to the play-off round.
• Defeated sides were 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

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 did it work?

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

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 advanced to the second qualifying round.
• Defeated sides were eliminated from the competition.