2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round. It began on 10 July and ended on 29 August 2024.
A total of 152 teams competed in the qualifying system, with 20 teams in the Champions Path and 132 teams in the Main Path. The 24 winners of the play-off round advanced to the league phase, to join the 12 losers of the Europa League play-off round.
Format The qualifying phase and play-off round was split into two paths – the Champions Path and the Main Path. The Champions Path contained teams which were eliminated from the Champions League Champions Path, and the Europa League Champions Path and the Main Path contained teams which qualified through their domestic league or as domestic cup winners as well as teams eliminated from the Europa League Main Path.
Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals was scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
In the draws for each round in the Main Path, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round may not have been known at the time of the draws, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to the subsequent round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient advanced, it simply took the seeding of its opponent.
In the draws for each round in the Champions Path, teams were seeded based on the round in which they entered the Conference League. As a result, there was no seeding in the second and third qualifying rounds.
Prior to the draws, UEFA could form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, purely for the convenience of the draw and not to resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA could not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie could be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.
+Schedule for 2024–25 UEFA Conference LeagueRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legFirst qualifying round18 June 202411 July 202418 July 2024Second qualifying round19 June 202425 July 20241 August 2024Third qualifying round22 July 20248 August 202415 August 2024Play-off round5 August 202422 August 202429 August 2024
Teams
Champions Path The Champions Path included league champions which were eliminated from the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Champions League and the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Europa League and consisted of the following rounds: Second qualifying round (12 teams): 12 of the 14 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round (two of the teams received a bye to the third qualifying round). Third qualifying round (8 teams): 6 winners of the second qualifying round, and the 2 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round that received a bye. Play-off round (10 teams): 4 winners of the third qualifying round, and 6 losers of the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round.
Below were the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients, not used as seeding for the Champions Path, however), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of play-off round advanced to league phase +Play-off roundTeam KÍ 10.000 Lincoln Red Imps 9.000 The New Saints 8.500 Celje 4.500 Panevėžys 4.000 UE Santa Coloma 1.199+Third qualifying roundTeam HJK 11.500 Larne 4.500+Second qualifying roundTeam Flora 11.000 Pyunik 8.000 Ballkani 6.000 Dinamo Batumi 5.500 Hamrun Spartans 4.500 Ordabasy 4.000 Víkingur Reykjavík 4.000 Struga 3.500 Differdange 03 3.500 Dečić 2.000 Egnatia 1.475 Virtus 0.366
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Main Path The Main Path included league non-champions and domestic cup winners and consisted of the following rounds: First qualifying round (50 teams): 50 teams which entered in this round. Second qualifying round (86 teams): 55 teams which entered in this round, 6 losers of the Europa League Main Path first qualifying round, and 25 winners of the first qualifying round. Third qualifying round (52 teams): 9 losers of the Europa League Main Path second qualifying round, and 43 winners of the second qualifying round. Play-off round (38 teams): 5 teams which entered this round, 7 losers of the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round, and 26 winners of the third qualifying round.
Below were the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of play-off round advanced to league phase +Play-off roundTeam Chelsea96.000 Fiorentina42.000 Real Betis33.000 Partizan 25.500 1. FC Heidenheim17.324 Lens13.366 Rijeka 12.000 Trabzonspor 11.500 Cercle Brugge 9.760 Servette 9.000 Panathinaikos 6.305 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 5.600 +Third qualifying roundTeam Sheriff Tiraspol 20.000 Kilmarnock 7.210 Silkeborg 6.290 Maccabi Petah Tikva 6.225 Vojvodina 5.555 Wisła Kraków 5.075 Corvinul Hunedoara 4.275 Botev Plovdiv 4.075 Ružomberok 3.925+Second qualifying roundTeam Copenhagen51.500 Gent45.000 İstanbul Başakşehir29.000 CFR Cluj26.500 Legia Warsaw18.000 Maccabi Haifa18.000 Hapoel Be'er Sheva17.000 Djurgårdens IF16.500 Go Ahead Eagles12.260 Omonia12.000 Vitória de Guimarães11.263 Astana11.000 Riga11.000 Olimpija Ljubljana10.500 Dnipro-110.500 AEK Athens10.000 Zrinjski Mostar9.500 Maribor 9.500 Hajduk Split9.000 Osijek8.500 Spartak Trnava8.000 AEK Larnaca8.000 Austria Wien8.000 Ararat-Armenia8.000 Vaduz8.000 DAC Dunajská Streda8.000 Tobol 7.500 Fehérvár7.500 Mladá Boleslav7.210 Baník Ostrava7.210 St Mirren7.210 Universitatea Craiova7.000 Brøndby7.000 Zürich6.595 St. Gallen6.595 Drita6.500 Brann6.325 Tromsø6.325 BK Häcken6.000 HB6.000 Polissya Zhytomyr5.600 Radnički 19235.555 Śląsk Wrocław5.075 Progrès Niederkorn4.500 Iberia 19994.500 Pafos 4.420 Puskás Akadémia4.375 Paks 4.375 CSKA 19484.075 Cherno More4.075 Sabah4.025 Zira 4.025 Sumgayit4.025 St Patrick's Athletic4.000 Zimbru Chișinău2.625 Llapi 2.308 Ilves2.225 Neman Grodno2.000 Cliftonville2.000 TransINVEST1.700 Sliema Wanderers1.650+First qualifying roundTeam Žalgiris11.500 Linfield10.000 KuPS10.000 Breiðablik8.500 F91 Dudelange8.500 Budućnost Podgorica8.000 Dinamo Tbilisi8.000 Shkëndija8.000 B367.000 Partizani6.500 Sarajevo6.500 Inter Club d'Escaldes6.000 FCI Levadia6.000 Tirana5.500 Tre Penne5.500 Connah's Quay Nomads5.500 Paide Linnameeskond5.000 Milsami Orhei5.000 Crusaders4.500 La Fiorita4.500 Liepāja4.500 Derry City4.000 Vllaznia4.000 St Joseph's4.000 Urartu3.500 Velež Mostar3.500 Bala Town3.500 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino3.000 Floriana3.000 Valur3.000 Bravo2.650 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes2.500 Torpedo Kutaisi2.500 Víkingur Gøta2.500 Stjarnan2.500 Malisheva2.308 Aktobe2.300 VPS2.225 Shelbourne2.175 Auda2.125 Noah2.125 FCB Magpies2.000 UNA Strassen1.725 Šiauliai1.700 Marsaxlokk1.650 Tallinna Kalev1.441 Isloch Minsk Raion1.325 Tikvesh1.200 Caernarfon Town1.158 Mornar1.141 Notes
First qualifying round The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024.
Seeding A total of 50 teams took part in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into five groups of five seeded and five unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.
Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 4Group 5SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
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Second qualifying round The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024.
Seeding A total of 98 teams played in the second qualifying round – 12 in the Champions Path and 86 in the Main Path. Seeding of teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. For the winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. For the losers of the Champions League first qualifying round and the Europa League first qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used. Before the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.
+Champions PathSeededUnseeded
+Main PathGroup 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 7Group 8Group 9SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
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Third qualifying round The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2024.
Seeding A total of 60 teams played in the third qualifying round – eight in the Champions Path and 52 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. For the winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. For the losers of the Europa League second qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used. Before the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.
+Champions PathSeededUnseeded
+Main PathGroup 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 4Group 5SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Notes
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Play-off round The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.
Seeding A total of 48 teams play in the play-off round – 10 in the Champions Path and 38 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. For the winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. For the losers of the Europa League third qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie was used. Before the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.
+Champions PathSeededUnseeded
+Main PathGroup 1Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
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