The 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League was the second season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The final was played at Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. It was won by West Ham United, who defeated Fiorentina 2–1, and qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage as a result.
As the title holders, Roma qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League. They were unable to defend their title after advancing to the Europa League knockout phase.
Association team allocation A total of 177 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations (excluding Russia) participated in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–5 each had one team qualify. Associations 6–17 (except Russia) and 51–55 each had two teams qualify. Associations 18–50 (except Liechtenstein) each had three teams qualify. Liechtenstein had one team qualify as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league. Moreover, 18 teams eliminated from the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 25 teams eliminated from the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League were transferred to the Europa Conference League.
Association ranking For the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa Conference League, as noted below: – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Europa League
+Association ranking for 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference LeagueRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1100.5691297.855375.438473.570556.081648.5492739.200838.3820936.50021035.8251133.3751233.1001330.1001427.8751527.7501626.7501726.6001826.27531926.225RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes2026.00032124.3752221.0002320.5002420.3752518.2002616.8752715.6252815.5002915.2503015.1253114.2503213.625339.0001348.7503358.250368.000377.875RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes387.6253397.375407.375417.250426.958436.875446.875456.875466.375476.125485.833495.666505.000515.0002524.875534.750543.331551.166
Distribution The following was the access list for this season. In the default access list, the title holders of the Europa Conference League qualified for the Europa League group stage.
Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2022–23 European season, the following changes to the access list were made:
The cup winners of association 16 (Serbia) enter the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round. The cup winners of associations 18 (Croatia) and 19 (Switzerland) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round. The cup winners of associations 30 to 39 (Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Ireland, North Macedonia and Armenia) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
Since several changes were made in the Europa League access list following the qualification of the Europa Conference League title holders to the Europa League group stage, the following changes to the access list were made:
The cup winners of association 17 (Czech Republic) enter the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round. The cup winners of association 20 (Greece) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round. The cup winners of associations 40 (Latvia) and 41 (Albania) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
Moreover, in the default access list, originally 16 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path). However, since the Champions League title holders, Real Madrid, which were guaranteed a berth in the Champions League group stage, already qualified via their domestic league, only 15 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path) after the Champions League access list was rebalanced. As a result, only 16 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round (two of the losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were drawn to receive byes to the third qualifying round).
+Access list for 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference LeagueTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions League or Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round(60 teams)14 domestic cup winners from associations 42–55 25 domestic league runners-up from associations 30–55 (except Liechtenstein) 21 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 29–50 (except Liechtenstein)Second qualifying round(106 teams)Champions Path(16 teams)3 teams eliminated from Champions League preliminary round 13 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying roundMain Path(90 teams)21 domestic cup winners from associations 21–41 14 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–29 16 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–28 8 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15 (except Russia) 1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 630 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying round(64 teams)Champions Path(10 teams)8 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)2 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying roundMain Path(54 teams)3 domestic cup winners from associations 18–20 5 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 (except Russia) 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 645 winners from the second qualifying round (Main Path)Play-off round(44 teams)Champions Path(10 teams)5 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)5 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path)Main Path(34 teams)1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 5 4 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–4 (EFL Cup winners for England)27 winners from the third qualifying round (Main Path)2 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path)Group stage(32 teams)5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path) 17 winners from the play-off round (Main Path)10 teams eliminated from Europa League play-off roundPreliminary knockout round(16 teams)8 group runners-up from the group stage8 group third-placed teams from Europa League group stageKnockout phase(16 teams)8 group winners from the group stage 8 winners from the preliminary knockout round
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: CW: Domestic cup winners 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position of the previous season Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association; all teams were subject to approval by UEFA LC: League cup winners RW: Regular season winners PW: End-of-season Europa Conference League play-offs winners UCL: Transferred from the Champions League Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round PR: Losers from the preliminary round (F: final; SF: semi-finals) UEL: Transferred from the Europa League GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage PO: Losers from the play-off round CH/MP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/Main Path)
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).
+Qualified teams for 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEntry roundTeamsKnockout round play-offs Bodø/Glimt AEK Larnaca Ludogorets Razgrad Braga Sheriff Tiraspol Lazio Qarabağ Trabzonspor Group stage Gent Austria Wien Heart of Midlothian Dnipro-1 Sivasspor Silkeborg Apollon Limassol Žalgiris Shamrock Rovers Pyunik Play-off round Maribor Slovan Bratislava F91 Dudelange Shkupi Linfield West Ham United Villarreal Fiorentina 1. FC Köln Nice Partizan Slovácko Third qualifying round Shakhtyor Soligorsk RFS Gil Vicente Twente Anderlecht Wolfsberger AC Dundee United Zorya Luhansk Hajduk Split Lugano Panathinaikos Second qualifying round CFR Cluj Tobol Lech Poznań Zrinjski Mostar Tirana Dinamo Batumi Hibernians KÍ Ballkani Lincoln Red Imps Sutjeska The New Saints Víkingur Reykjavík Inter Club d'Escaldes FCI Levadia La Fiorita Vitória de Guimarães AZ Antwerp Rapid Wien Motherwell Vorskla Poltava Konyaspor İstanbul Başakşehir Brøndby Viborg APOEL Aris Limassol Čukarički Radnički Niš Slavia Prague Sparta Prague Osijek Rijeka Basel Young Boys PAOK Aris Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Netanya Molde Viking Lillestrøm AIK Djurgårdens IF IF Elfsborg Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia Botev Plovdiv Sepsi OSK FCSB Universitatea Craiova Neftçi Zira Gabala Kairat Astana Kyzylzhar Kisvárda Puskás Akadémia MOL Fehérvár Gomel BATE Borisov Raków Częstochowa Koper Spartak Trnava Vaduz Sūduva Racing Union Velež Mostar St Patrick's Athletic Makedonija GP Ararat-Armenia Valmiera Vllaznia First qualifying round Dinamo Minsk Pogoń Szczecin Lechia Gdańsk Olimpija Ljubljana Mura Ružomberok DAC Dunajská Streda Kauno Žalgiris Panevėžys Differdange 03 Fola Esch Tuzla City Borac Banja Luka Sligo Rovers Derry City Akademija Pandev Shkëndija Alashkert Ararat Yerevan Liepāja Riga Laçi Partizani Crusaders Cliftonville Larne Saburtalo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi Dila Gori KuPS SJK Inter Turku Petrocub Hîncești Milsami Orhei Sfîntul Gheorghe Floriana Hamrun Spartans Gżira United B36 HB Víkingur Gøta Llapi Drita Gjilani Europa St Joseph's FCB Magpies Budućnost Podgorica Dečić Iskra Bala Town Newtown Breiðablik KR Paide Linnameeskond Flora Atlètic Club d'Escaldes UE Santa Coloma Tre Fiori Tre Penne
One team not playing in a national top division will take part in the competition: Vaduz (2nd tier).
Notes
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts (especially featuring teams from associations where there were few approved stadiums, such as Gibraltar and Wales). Scheduled kick-off times starting from the group stage were 18:45 and 21:00 CEST/CET, though exceptionally could take place at 16:30 due to geographical reasons.
As the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, the group stage commenced in the first week of September 2022 and concluded in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup.
The draws for the qualifying round were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The group stage draw took place in Istanbul, Turkey.
+Schedule for 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round14 June 20227 July 202214 July 2022Second qualifying round15 June 202221 July 202228 July 2022Third qualifying round18 July 20224 August 202211 August 2022Play-offsPlay-off round2 August 202218 August 202225 August 2022Group stageMatchday 126 August 20228 September 2022Matchday 215 September 2022Matchday 36 October 2022Matchday 413 October 2022Matchday 527 October 2022Matchday 63 November 2022Knockout phaseKnockout round play-offs7 November 202216 February 202323 February 2023Round of 1624 February 20239 March 202316 March 2023Quarter-finals17 March 202313 April 202320 April 2023Semi-finals11 May 202318 May 2023Final7 June 2023 at Fortuna Arena, Prague
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Play-off round
Group stage