The 2025–26 UEFA Conference League league phase began on 2 October and ended on 18 December 2025. A total of 36 teams competed in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League.

Crystal Palace, Drita, Hamrun Spartans, KuPS, Rayo Vallecano, Samsunspor, Shelbourne, Shkëndija, Sigma Olomouc and Universitatea Craiova made their debut appearances in a major UEFA competition group or league phase. Hamrun Spartans was the first team from Malta to play in a major UEFA competition group stage or league phase.

A total of 29 national associations were represented in the league phase. Poland was the first country to have four clubs play in the Conference League group stage/league phase, and it was also the first time in history that four Polish clubs competed in any edition of a UEFA competition group stage or 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 2025 UEFA club coefficients, and each team played one team from each of the six pots. The top eight teams in the standings 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 European 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:

While the league phase was in progress, teams were ranked according to criteria 1–5 only, and if still tied, were given equal ranking and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6–10 were only used after the final matches took place.

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 or expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point); UEFA club coefficient.

Teams and seeding The 36 teams were divided into six pots of six teams each, with teams allocated to pots based on their 2025 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 Fiorentina 62.000 AZ 54.500 Shakhtar Donetsk 52.000 Slovan Bratislava 33.500 Rapid Wien 32.250 Legia Warsaw 31.000+Pot 2TeamNotes Sparta Prague 29.500 Dynamo Kyiv 23.500 Crystal Palace 23.039 Lech Poznań 19.000 Rayo Vallecano 18.890 Shamrock Rovers 17.875+Pot 3TeamNotes Omonia 17.375 Mainz 05 17.266 Strasbourg 14.618 Jagiellonia Białystok 14.000 Celje 14.000 Rijeka 12.000+Pot 4TeamNotes Zrinjski Mostar 10.000 Lincoln Red Imps 10.000 KuPS 10.000 AEK Athens 9.500 Aberdeen 9.500 Drita 9.000+Pot 5TeamNotes Breiðablik 9.000 Sigma Olomouc 8.820 Samsunspor 8.780 Raków Częstochowa 8.000 AEK Larnaca 7.500 Shkëndija 7.500+Pot 6TeamNotes BK Häcken 7.000 Lausanne-Sport 6.725 Universitatea Craiova 6.500 Hamrun Spartans 6.000 Noah 5.000 Shelbourne 2.993

Notes

Draw The draw for the league phase pairings was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 29 August 2025, 13:00 CEST, along with the draw for the Europa League league phase. The automated draw software instantly conducted the full digital draw at random, determining the home and away matches for all clubs. 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 would face 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. For political reasons, clubs from Gibraltar–Spain and Kosovo–Bosnia and Herzegovina could not be drawn against each other. The draw results were then revealed pot-by-pot, starting with Pot 1, with the intention of "maintaining suspense and clarity for viewers". This was a change of format from the previous season, where teams were individually drawn before their opponents were digitally determined.

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 Fiorentina Rapid Wien (A) Dynamo Kyiv (H) Mainz 05 (A) AEK Athens (H) Sigma Olomouc (H) Lausanne-Sport (A) AZ Slovan Bratislava (H) Crystal Palace (A) Jagiellonia Białystok (H) Drita (A) AEK Larnaca (A) Shelbourne (H) Shakhtar Donetsk Legia Warsaw (H) Shamrock Rovers (A) Rijeka (H) Aberdeen (A) Breiðablik (H) Hamrun Spartans (A) Slovan Bratislava AZ (A) Rayo Vallecano (H) Strasbourg (H) KuPS (A) Shkëndija (A) BK Häcken (H) Rapid Wien Fiorentina (H) Lech Poznań (A) Omonia (H) Zrinjski Mostar (A) Raków Częstochowa (A) Universitatea Craiova (H) Legia Warsaw Shakhtar Donetsk (A) Sparta Prague (H) Celje (A) Lincoln Red Imps (H) Samsunspor (H) Noah (A) Sparta Prague Legia Warsaw (A) Shamrock Rovers (H) Rijeka (A) Aberdeen (H) Raków Częstochowa (H) Universitatea Craiova (A) Dynamo Kyiv Fiorentina (A) Crystal Palace (H) Omonia (A) Zrinjski Mostar (H) Samsunspor (A) Noah (H) Crystal Palace AZ (H) Dynamo Kyiv (A) Strasbourg (A) KuPS (H) AEK Larnaca (H) Shelbourne (A) Lech Poznań Rapid Wien (H) Rayo Vallecano (A) Mainz 05 (H) Lincoln Red Imps (A) Sigma Olomouc (A) Lausanne-Sport (H) Rayo Vallecano Slovan Bratislava (A) Lech Poznań (H) Jagiellonia Białystok (A) Drita (H) Shkëndija (H) BK Häcken (A) Shamrock Rovers Shakhtar Donetsk (H) Sparta Prague (A) Celje (H) AEK Athens (A) Breiðablik (A) Hamrun Spartans (H) Omonia Rapid Wien (A) Dynamo Kyiv (H) Mainz 05 (H) Drita (A) Raków Częstochowa (H) Lausanne-Sport (A) Mainz 05 Fiorentina (H) Lech Poznań (A) Omonia (A) Zrinjski Mostar (H) Samsunspor (H) Universitatea Craiova (A) Strasbourg Slovan Bratislava (A) Crystal Palace (H) Jagiellonia Białystok (H) Aberdeen (A) Breiðablik (H) BK Häcken (A) Jagiellonia Białystok AZ (A) Rayo Vallecano (H) Strasbourg (A) KuPS (H) Shkëndija (A) Hamrun Spartans (H) Celje Legia Warsaw (H) Shamrock Rovers (A) Rijeka (A) AEK Athens (H) Sigma Olomouc (A) Shelbourne (H) Rijeka Shakhtar Donetsk (A) Sparta Prague (H) Celje (H) Lincoln Red Imps (A) AEK Larnaca (H) Noah (A) Zrinjski Mostar Rapid Wien (H) Dynamo Kyiv (A) Mainz 05 (A) Lincoln Red Imps (H) Raków Częstochowa (A) BK Häcken (H) Lincoln Red Imps Legia Warsaw (A) Lech Poznań (H) Rijeka (H) Zrinjski Mostar (A) Sigma Olomouc (H) Hamrun Spartans (A) KuPS Slovan Bratislava (H) Crystal Palace (A) Jagiellonia Białystok (A) Drita (H) Breiðablik (A) Lausanne-Sport (H) AEK Athens Fiorentina (A) Shamrock Rovers (H) Celje (A) Aberdeen (H) Samsunspor (A) Universitatea Craiova (H) Aberdeen Shakhtar Donetsk (H) Sparta Prague (A) Strasbourg (H) AEK Athens (A) AEK Larnaca (A) Noah (H) Drita AZ (H) Rayo Vallecano (A) Omonia (H) KuPS (A) Shkëndija (H) Shelbourne (A) Breiðablik Shakhtar Donetsk (A) Shamrock Rovers (H) Strasbourg (A) KuPS (H) Samsunspor (H) Lausanne-Sport (A) Sigma Olomouc Fiorentina (A) Lech Poznań (H) Celje (H) Lincoln Red Imps (A) Raków Częstochowa (H) Noah (A) Samsunspor Legia Warsaw (A) Dynamo Kyiv (H) Mainz 05 (A) AEK Athens (H) Breiðablik (A) Hamrun Spartans (H) Raków Częstochowa Rapid Wien (H) Sparta Prague (A) Omonia (A) Zrinjski Mostar (H) Sigma Olomouc (A) Universitatea Craiova (H) AEK Larnaca AZ (H) Crystal Palace (A) Rijeka (A) Aberdeen (H) Shkëndija (H) BK Häcken (A) Shkëndija Slovan Bratislava (H) Rayo Vallecano (A) Jagiellonia Białystok (H) Drita (A) AEK Larnaca (A) Shelbourne (H) BK Häcken Slovan Bratislava (A) Rayo Vallecano (H) Strasbourg (H) Zrinjski Mostar (A) AEK Larnaca (H) Shelbourne (A) Lausanne-Sport Fiorentina (H) Lech Poznań (A) Omonia (H) KuPS (A) Breiðablik (H) Hamrun Spartans (A) Universitatea Craiova Rapid Wien (A) Sparta Prague (H) Mainz 05 (H) AEK Athens (A) Raków Częstochowa (A) Noah (H) Hamrun Spartans Shakhtar Donetsk (H) Shamrock Rovers (A) Jagiellonia Białystok (A) Lincoln Red Imps (H) Samsunspor (A) Lausanne-Sport (H) Noah Legia Warsaw (H) Dynamo Kyiv (A) Rijeka (H) Aberdeen (A) Sigma Olomouc (H) Universitatea Craiova (A) Shelbourne AZ (A) Crystal Palace (H) Celje (A) Drita (H) Shkëndija (A) BK Häcken (H)

League phase table

Results summary

By team

Matches The fixture list was announced on 30 August 2025, the day after the draw. This was to ensure no calendar clashes with teams in the 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 2 October, 23 October, 6 November, 27 November, 11 December and 18 December 2025 (exclusive week). All 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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