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 1-4 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)

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 vs Vardar (19:00)
Drita vs Floriana (20:00)

Main path
Apollon vs Dila (19:00)
CSKA 1948 vs Spartak Trnava (19:30)

Wednesday 29 July 

Main path
Dukagjini vs Lugano (16:30)
Copenhagen vs Polissya (19:00)
SK Rapid vs FC Santa Coloma (20:30)

Thursday 30 July 

Champions path
Petrocub vs Borac (19:00)
Győri ETO vs Atert Bissen (19:00)
The New Saints vs Flora Tallinn (19:30)
Sutjeska vs ML Vitebsk (21:00)

Main path



Tobol vs Panevėžys (16:00)
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes vs Vaduz (16:00)
Inter Turku vs Başakşehir (18:00)
Auda vs FCSB (18:00)
Pyunik vs Debrecen (18:00)
Jablonec vs Varaždin (18:00)
Kalju vs Shelbourne (18:00)
Noah vs Zimbru (18:00)
Ilves vs Stjarnan (18:00)
Zire vs Paide (18:00)
Levadia Tallinn vs IFK Göteborg (18:30)
Nordsjælland vs GAIS (19:00)
Brann vs Universitatea Cluj (19:00)
Žalgiris vs Dinamo Tbilisi (19:00)
Velež vs DAC 1904 (19:00)
Havnar Bóltfelag vs Motherwell (19:00)
Dinamo-Minsk vs Neftchi (19:00)
Derry vs Rijeka (19:30)
Valletta vs Raków (19:30)
Beitar vs AEK Larnaca (19:30)
Shkëndija vs Bravo (20:00)
Ajax vs Vojvodina (20:00)
Ludogorets vs Hapoel Tel-Aviv (20:00)
Ballkani vs Bohemians (20:00)
Sion vs BATE (20:15)
UNA Strassen vs Partizan (20:15)
Austria Wien vs Liepāja (20:30)
Katowice vs Žilina (20:30)
Zrinjski vs Valur (20:30)
Panathinaikos vs Paksi (20:30)
Gent vs LNZ Cherkasy (20:30)
CFR Cluj vs Alashkert (20:30)
Coleraine vs HJK (20:45)
Koper vs Runavík (20:45)
Dinamo City vs Aluminij (21:00)
Hibernian vs Malisheva (21:00)
Braga vs Železničar Pančevo (21:00)
Vestri vs RFS (22:00)

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: Thursday 6 August

Champions path

Tre Fiori vs Floriana / Drita
Borac / Petrocub vs ML Vitebsk / Sutjeska
Flora Tallinn / The New Saints vs Inter Club d'Escaldes
Vardar / Riga vs Atert Bissen / Győri ETO

Main path

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

Second legs: Thursday 13 August

Champions path

Floriana / Drita vs Tre Fiori
ML Vitebsk / Sutjeska vs Borac / Petrocub
Inter Club d'Escaldes vs Flora Tallinn / The New Saints
Atert Bissen / Győri ETO vs Vardar / Riga

Main path

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

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.