UEFA Futsal Champions League preliminary and main round draws

The UEFA Futsal Champions League preliminary and main round draws have been made, kicking off the 2023/24 season.

Each of the 55 entrants from 51 associations will be involved in one or either round. Four nations (Spain, Portugal, Kazakhstan and Croatia) have entered two clubs and those countries' eight representatives – including holders Mallorca Palma Futsal – are among the 23 sides with the highest coefficients who receive byes to the main round, which runs from 24 to 29 October.

The other 32 teams start in the preliminary round, which runs from 23 to 26 August, aiming to fill the remaining main round places. The main round leads to November and December's elite round, which will decide the four contenders for the knockout finals in May.

Preliminary round draw

• Matches 23–26 August
• The eight group winners and best runner-up progress to main round Path B

Group A: Araz Naxçivan (AZE), Riga Futsal Club (LVA)*, SSV Jahn Regensburg (GER), Istanbul Şişli SK (TUR)

Group B: Örebro SK Futsalklubb (SWE), FC Diamant Linz (AUT), Amigo Northwest (BUL)*, ASA Tel-Aviv Owls (ISR)

Group C: FC Eindhoven (NED), KMF Titograd (MNE)*, NV Georgians (GEO), Europa FC (GIB)

Group D: KSC Lubawa (POL)*, FC Prishtina 01 (KOS), Utleira Idrettslag (NOR), Ísbjörninn (ISL)

Group E: Futsal Klub Lučenec (SVK)*, FC Cosmos Tallinn (EST), FC Encamp (AND), PYF Saltires (SCO)

Group F: Doukas SAC (GRE)*, Blue Magic FC Dublin (IRL), BSC Nistru Chişinău (MDA), Bloomsbury Futsal (ENG)

Group G: Futsal Minerva (SUI), Yerevan Futsal Club (ARM), AEL Limassol (CYP)*, FC Fiorentino (SMR)

Group H: KMF Radnik Bijeljina (BIH), Tirana Futsal (ALB)*, Sparta Belfast (NIR)
Cefn Druids (WAL) withdrew

*Group hosts

The eight preliminary round groupsUEFA

Main round draw

Path A

• Matches 24–29 October
• The top three teams in each of the four groups proceed to the elite round

The eight group winners and best runner-up progress to the main round Path B.

Group 1: Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR), MNK Olmissum (CRO)*, MFC Ayat (KAZ), FC HIT Kyiv (UKR)

Group 2: Barça (ESP), Sporting Anderlecht Futsal (BEL), Luxol St. Andrews Futsal (MLT), KMF Loznica-Grad 2018 (SRB)*

Group 3: AE Mallorca Palma Futsal (ESP, holders)*, Kairat Almaty (KAZ), Haladás VSE (HUN), FC Differdange 03 (LUX) 

Group 4: SL Benfica (POR), Futsal Klub Dobovec (SVN)*, United Galati (ROU), Etoile Lavalloise (FRA)

*Group hosts

Path B

• Matches 24–29 October
• The four group winners proceed to the elite round

Group 5: Futsal Dinamo (CRO)*, Preliminary round Group C winners, Preliminary round Group B winners, Preliminary round best runners-up

Group 6: SK Plzeň (CZE)*, JB Futsal Gentofte (DEN), Preliminary round Group H winners, Preliminary round Group A winners

Group 7: Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)*, Kampuksen Dynamo (FIN), Preliminary round Group G winners, Preliminary round Group D winners

Group 8: Città di Eboli (ITA)*, FC Stalitsa Minsk (BLR), Preliminary round Group E winners, Preliminary round Group F winners

*Group hosts

The main round path B groupsUEFA

Team facts

• Palma won the title on debut last season, also facing Kairat in the main round. Barça, Benfica, Kairat and 2023 runners-up Sporting CP are also past winners.
• Anderlecht and Araz are past semi-finalists. Anderlecht knocked out Barça in last season's elite round to reach their first finals.
• Kairat become the first club to enter 20 seasons of UEFA futsal competition. Araz make their 18th appearance, Encamp their 17th.
• Debuts: AEL Limassol, Bloomsbury, Etoile Lavalloise, FC HIT Kyiv, Futsal Dinamo, Lubawa, Prishtina 01, Radnik Bijeljina.
• Riga Futsal Club previously entered as Petro-w.

Calendar

Preliminary round: 23–26 August
Main round: 24–29 October
Elite round draw: 2 November
Elite round: 28 November–3 December
Finals draw: TBC
Finals: 2 or 3 & 4 or 5 May

All dates subject to change

How the draws worked

Preliminary round:

Draw procedure

• The clubs were split into four seeding positions based on their coefficient.
• Eight teams starting in the preliminary round were pre-selected as mini-tournament hosts and drawn separately, before being placed in their appropriate seeding position from Group A to H.
• The remaining sides in seeding position 4 were drawn next and placed in the remaining slots for position 4 in from Group A to H.
• The remaining clubs in position 3, position 2 and position 1 were drawn in a similar manner to fill the remaining places in the groups.
• The eight group winners and best runner-up progress to the main round Path B.

Based on previous decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, clubs from Armenia & Azerbaijan, and Kosovo & Bosnia and Herzegovina could not be drawn into the same group.

Seeding pots

Pot 1: Hosts
KSC Lubawa (POL, seeding position 1)
Futsal Klub Lučenec (SVK, 1)
Doukas SAC (GRE, 1)
Riga Futsal Club (LVA, 2)
KMF Titograd (MNE, 2)
Tirana Futsal (ALB, 2)
Amigo Northwest (BUL, 3)
AEL Limassol (CYP, 3)

Pot 2: Seeding position 4
Bloomsbury Futsal (ENG)
PYF Saltires (SCO)
ASA Tel-Aviv Owls (ISR)
Istanbul Şişli SK (TUR)
Sparta Belfast (NIR)
FC Fiorentino (SMR)
Ísbjörninn (ISL)
Europa FC (GIB)

Pot 3: Seeding position 3
NV Georgians (GEO)
FC Encamp (AND)
BSC Nistru Chişinău (MDA)
SSV Jahn Regensburg (GER)
Utleira Idrettslag (NOR)
Cefn Druids (WAL)

Pot 4: Seeding position 2
FC Diamant Linz (AUT)
FC Prishtina 01 (KOS)
Yerevan Futsal Club (ARM)
FC Cosmos Tallinn (EST)
Blue Magic FC Dublin (IRL)

Pot 5: Seeding position 1
Araz Naxçivan (AZE)
Futsal Minerva (SUI)
Örebro SK Futsalklubb (SWE)
FC Eindhoven (NED)
KMF Radnik Bijeljina (BIH)

Main round:

Draw procedure

Four nations – Spain, Portugal, Kazakhstan and Croatia – enter two clubs, and those countries' eight representatives, including holders Palma, are among the 23 teams with the highest coefficients, receiving byes to the main round. The remaining places in the main round are filled by the eight preliminary round group winners and best runner-up.

Path A

• Holders Palma, the next 11 top-ranked clubs and further teams ranked 16th to 19th are involved in this path.
• Clubs were allocated one of four seeding positions as per their coefficients.
• Four clubs were designated as hosts and drawn separately, while maintaining their seeding positions, and placed in Groups 1 to 4 in ascending order.
• The remaining teams were drawn in pots representing seeding positions 4 to 1 in ascending order. In each case teams are drawn and placed in the appropriate positions in Groups 1 to 4, missing out any group which already has a host assigned to that position.
• There was no country protection.
• The top three teams in each of the four groups proceed to the elite round.

Seeding pots

Pot 9: Hosts
AE Mallorca Palma Futsal (ESP, holders, 1)
Futsal Klub Dobovec (SVN, 2)
MNK Olmissum (CRO, 2)
KMF Loznica-Grad 2018 (SRB, 4)

Pot 10: Seeding position 4
FC HIT Kyiv (UKR)
FC Differdange 03 (LUX)
Etoile Lavalloise (FRA)

Pot 11: Seeding position 3
MFC Ayat (KAZ)
Haladás VSE (HUN)
Luxol St. Andrews Futsal (MLT)
United Galati (ROU)

Pot 12: Seeding position 2
Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
Sporting Anderlecht Futsal (BEL)

Pot 13: Seeding position 1
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
Barça (ESP)
SL Benfica (POR)

Path B

• The clubs ranked 12th to 15th, and 20th to 22nd, are joined by the eight preliminary round group winners and best runner-up.
• There were four seeding positions. The clubs ranked 12th to 15th were in position 1 and those ranked 20th to 22nd in position 2, along with one preliminary round winner. The remaining preliminary round winners were in a further pot to fill positions 3 and 4, while the best preliminary round runner-up is pre-allocated into Group 5 position 4.
• All four clubs in seeding position 1 were earmarked as group hosts.
• The winners of each of the four groups move on to the elite round.

Seeding pots

Pot 6: Preliminary round winners (Seeding positions 2 (one club), 3 and 4)
Preliminary round Group A winners
Preliminary round Group B winners
Preliminary round Group C winners
Preliminary round Group D winners
Preliminary round Group E winners
Preliminary round Group F winners
Preliminary round Group G winners
Preliminary round Group H winners

• Best preliminary round runner-up pre-allocated into Group 5 position 4. The eight preliminary round group winners drawn into the remaining positions 4, then 3 and Group 5 position 2.

Based on previous decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, clubs from Armenia & Azerbaijan, and Kosovo & Bosnia and Herzegovina could not be drawn into the same group. Should the prohibited clash only take place in case of qualification of the said club from the preliminary round to the Main Round Path B, this club will be swapped with the club in the same position in the next group (or with the first group if the prohibited clash would arise in the last group).

Pot 7: Seeding position 2
Kampuksen Dynamo (FIN)
JB Futsal Gentofte (DEN)
FC Stalitsa Minsk (BLR)

• Clubs drawn to fill position 2 in Groups 6 to 8.

Pot 9: Seeding position 1 & Group hosts
Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)
SK Plzeň (CZE)
Città di Eboli (ITA)
Futsal Dinamo (CRO)

Clubs drawn to fill position 1 in Groups 5 to 8.