The 2024–25 UEFA Conference League league phase began on 2 October and ended on 19 December 2024. A total of 36 teams competed in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.

Borac Banja Luka, Celje, Cercle Brugge, 1. FC Heidenheim, Jagiellonia Białystok, Larne, Noah, Pafos, Petrocub Hîncești, The New Saints and Víkingur Reykjavík made their debut appearances in a major UEFA competition group or league phase. Noah became the first club in Conference League history to successfully navigate all four rounds of qualification, while The New Saints and Larne were the first teams from Wales and Northern Ireland associations, respectively, to play in a major UEFA competition group or league stage. A total of 29 national associations were represented in the league phase.

This was the first season with the single-league format, which replaced the group format used until the previous season. With the format change, the number of matches prior to the knockout phase increased from 96 to 108. Vitória de Guimarães' Samu was the first-ever goalscorer of the competition's league phase.

Format Each team played six matches, three at home and three away, against six different opponents, with all 36 teams ranked in a single league table. Teams were separated into six pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients, and each team played one team from each of the six pots. The top eight ranked teams received a bye to the round of 16. The teams ranked from 9th to 24th contested the knockout phase play-offs, with the teams ranked from 9th to 16th seeded for the draw. Teams ranked from 25th to 36th were eliminated from the competition.

Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings: Goal difference; Goals scored; Away goals scored; Wins; Away wins; Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents; Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents; Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents; Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); UEFA club coefficient.

During the league phase, criteria 1 to 5 were used to rank teams who had equal number of points. If any teams were equal on points and tied on the first five criteria, they were considered equal in position and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6 to 10 were only used to break ties upon completion of all matches.

Teams and seeding The 36 teams were divided into six pots of six teams each, with teams allocated to pots based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. The participants included: 24 winners of the play-off round (5 from the Champions Path, 19 from the Main Path) 12 losers of the Europa League play-off round

Key to coloursTeams ranked 1 to 8 advanced to the round of 16 as a seeded teamTeams ranked 9 to 16 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as a seeded teamTeams ranked 17 to 24 advanced to the knockout phase play-offs as an unseeded team

+Pot 1TeamNotes Chelsea 96.000 Copenhagen 51.500 Gent 45.000 Fiorentina 42.000 LASK 37.000 Real Betis 33.000+Pot 2TeamNotes İstanbul Başakşehir 29.000 Molde 28.500 Legia Warsaw 18.000 1. FC Heidenheim 17.324 Djurgårdens IF 16.500 APOEL 14.500+Pot 3TeamNotes Rapid Wien 14.000 Omonia 12.000 HJK 11.500 Vitória de Guimarães 11.263 Astana 11.000 Olimpija Ljubljana 10.500+Pot 4TeamNotes Cercle Brugge 9.760 Shamrock Rovers 9.500 The New Saints 8.500 Lugano 8.000 Heart of Midlothian 7.210 Mladá Boleslav 7.210+Pot 5TeamNotes Petrocub Hîncești 7.000 St. Gallen 6.595 Panathinaikos 6.305 TSC 5.555 Borac Banja Luka 5.500 Jagiellonia Białystok 5.075+Pot 6TeamNotes Celje 4.500 Larne 4.500 Dinamo Minsk 4.500 Pafos 4.420 Víkingur Reykjavík 4.000 Noah 2.125

Notes

Draw The draw for the league phase pairings was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 30 August 2024, 14:30 CEST. All 36 teams were manually drawn using physical balls. For every team manually drawn, automated software digitally drew their opponents at random, determining which of their matches were at home and which ones were away. Each team faced one opponent from each of the six pots, three of which they faced at home and three away. For the purposes of determining match venues, adjacent pots were paired (Pot 1 with 2, 3 with 4, and 5 with 6) so that, for each pot pairing, teams faced one opponent at home and one away. Teams could not face opponents from their own association, and could only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association. The draw started with Pot 1, assigning opponents to all teams, one after the other, and continued with the other pots in ascending order until all teams were assigned their opponents.

The switch to a primarily computer-based draw was made due to issues with the complexity and duration required by a manual draw. The draw software, developed by AE Live, guaranteed total randomness within the framework of the draw conditions and prevented any deadlock situations. The software was reviewed by external auditor Ernst & Young, which also provided review and control of the manual and digital draw operations on-site.

The venue for each club's fixtures is shown in brackets below (H: home; A: away).

+ League phase opponents by club Club Pot 1 opponent Pot 2 opponent Pot 3 opponent Pot 4 opponent Pot 5 opponent Pot 6 opponent Chelsea Gent (H) 1. FC Heidenheim (A) Astana (A) Shamrock Rovers (H) Panathinaikos (A) Noah (H) Copenhagen Real Betis (A) İstanbul Başakşehir (H) Rapid Wien (A) Heart of Midlothian (H) Jagiellonia Białystok (H) Dinamo Minsk (A) Gent Chelsea (A) Molde (H) Omonia (H) Lugano (A) TSC (H) Larne (A) Fiorentina LASK (H) APOEL (A) Vitória de Guimarães (A) The New Saints (H) St. Gallen (A) Pafos (H) LASK Fiorentina (A) Djurgårdens IF (H) Olimpija Ljubljana (A) Cercle Brugge (H) Borac Banja Luka (A) Víkingur Reykjavík (H) Real Betis Copenhagen (H) Legia Warsaw (A) HJK (H) Mladá Boleslav (A) Petrocub Hîncești (A) Celje (H) İstanbul Başakşehir Copenhagen (A) 1. FC Heidenheim (H) Rapid Wien (H) Cercle Brugge (A) Petrocub Hîncești (H) Celje (A) Molde Gent (A) APOEL (H) HJK (A) Mladá Boleslav (H) Jagiellonia Białystok (A) Larne (H) Legia Warsaw Real Betis (H) Djurgårdens IF (A) Omonia (A) Lugano (H) TSC (A) Dinamo Minsk (H) 1. FC Heidenheim Chelsea (H) İstanbul Başakşehir (A) Olimpija Ljubljana (H) Heart of Midlothian (A) St. Gallen (H) Pafos (A) Djurgårdens IF LASK (A) Legia Warsaw (H) Vitória de Guimarães (H) The New Saints (A) Panathinaikos (H) Víkingur Reykjavík (A) APOEL Fiorentina (H) Molde (A) Astana (H) Shamrock Rovers (A) Borac Banja Luka (H) Noah (A) Rapid Wien Copenhagen (H) İstanbul Başakşehir (A) Omonia (A) Shamrock Rovers (H) Petrocub Hîncești (A) Noah (H) Omonia Gent (A) Legia Warsaw (H) Rapid Wien (H) Heart of Midlothian (A) Borac Banja Luka (A) Víkingur Reykjavík (H) HJK Real Betis (A) Molde (H) Olimpija Ljubljana (H) Lugano (A) Panathinaikos (A) Dinamo Minsk (H) Vitória de Guimarães Fiorentina (H) Djurgårdens IF (A) Astana (A) Mladá Boleslav (H) St. Gallen (A) Celje (H) Astana Chelsea (H) APOEL (A) Vitória de Guimarães (H) The New Saints (A) TSC (H) Pafos (A) Olimpija Ljubljana LASK (H) 1. FC Heidenheim (A) HJK (A) Cercle Brugge (H) Jagiellonia Białystok (A) Larne (H) Cercle Brugge LASK (A) İstanbul Başakşehir (H) Olimpija Ljubljana (A) Heart of Midlothian (H) St. Gallen (H) Víkingur Reykjavík (A) Shamrock Rovers Chelsea (A) APOEL (H) Rapid Wien (A) The New Saints (H) Borac Banja Luka (H) Larne (A) The New Saints Fiorentina (A) Djurgårdens IF (H) Astana (H) Shamrock Rovers (A) Panathinaikos (H) Celje (A) Lugano Gent (H) Legia Warsaw (A) HJK (H) Mladá Boleslav (A) TSC (A) Pafos (H) Heart of Midlothian Copenhagen (A) 1. FC Heidenheim (H) Omonia (H) Cercle Brugge (A) Petrocub Hîncești (H) Dinamo Minsk (A) Mladá Boleslav Real Betis (H) Molde (A) Vitória de Guimarães (A) Lugano (H) Jagiellonia Białystok (H) Noah (A) Petrocub Hîncești Real Betis (H) İstanbul Başakşehir (A) Rapid Wien (H) Heart of Midlothian (A) Jagiellonia Białystok (A) Pafos (H) St. Gallen Fiorentina (H) 1. FC Heidenheim (A) Vitória de Guimarães (H) Cercle Brugge (A) TSC (H) Larne (A) Panathinaikos Chelsea (H) Djurgårdens IF (A) HJK (H) The New Saints (A) Borac Banja Luka (A) Dinamo Minsk (H) TSC Gent (A) Legia Warsaw (H) Astana (A) Lugano (H) St. Gallen (A) Noah (H) Borac Banja Luka LASK (H) APOEL (A) Omonia (H) Shamrock Rovers (A) Panathinaikos (H) Víkingur Reykjavík (A) Jagiellonia Białystok Copenhagen (A) Molde (H) Olimpija Ljubljana (H) Mladá Boleslav (A) Petrocub Hîncești (H) Celje (A) Celje Real Betis (A) İstanbul Başakşehir (H) Vitória de Guimarães (A) The New Saints (H) Jagiellonia Białystok (H) Pafos (A) Larne Gent (H) Molde (A) Olimpija Ljubljana (A) Shamrock Rovers (H) St. Gallen (H) Dinamo Minsk (A) Dinamo Minsk Copenhagen (H) Legia Warsaw (A) HJK (A) Heart of Midlothian (H) Panathinaikos (A) Larne (H) Pafos Fiorentina (A) 1. FC Heidenheim (H) Astana (H) Lugano (A) Petrocub Hîncești (A) Celje (H) Víkingur Reykjavík LASK (A) Djurgårdens IF (H) Omonia (A) Cercle Brugge (H) Borac Banja Luka (H) Noah (A) Noah Chelsea (A) APOEL (H) Rapid Wien (A) Mladá Boleslav (H) TSC (A) Víkingur Reykjavík (H)

League phase table

Results summary

By team

Matches The fixture list was announced on 31 August 2024, the day after the draw. This was to ensure no calendar clashes with teams in Champions League and Europa League playing in the same cities.

In principle, each team did not play more than two home matches or two away matches in a row, and played one home match and one away match across both the first and last two matchdays. The matches were played on 3 October, 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, 12 December and 19 December 2024 (exclusive week). Matches were generally played on Thursdays. In principle, the scheduled kick-off times were 16:30, 18:45 and 21:00 CET/CEST. All fixtures on the final matchday were played simultaneously at 21:00.

Times are CET or CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

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