The 2026–27 UEFA Conference League league phase will begin on 15 October 2026 and end on 17 December 2026. A total of 36 teams will compete in the league phase to decide the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League.
AGF, Egnatia, Iberia 1999, Inter Club d'Escaldes, Kauno Žalgiris, Mjällby, Riga and Sint-Truiden will make their debut appearances in a major UEFA competition group stage or league phase. Inter Club d'Escaldes will be the first team from Andorra to play in a major UEFA competition group or league phase.
A total of 30 national associations will be represented in the league phase.
Format Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points upon completion of the league phase, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:
While the league phase is in progress, teams are ranked according to criteria 1–5 only, and if still tied, will be given equal ranking and sorted alphabetically. Criteria 6–10 will only be used after the final matches take 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 2026 UEFA club coefficients. The participants include: 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 advance to the round of 16 as a seeded teamTeams ranked 9 to 16 advance to the knockout phase play-offs as a seeded teamTeams ranked 17 to 24 advance to the knockout phase play-offs as an unseeded team
+Pot 1TeamNotes Atalanta 84.000 Braga 63.750 Ajax 58.250 SC Freiburg 56.500 Monaco 56.000 Copenhagen 54.375+Pot 2TeamNotes Midtjylland 48.250 Red Star Belgrade 46.500 Gent 39.000 Panathinaikos 29.250 Pafos 24.125 Brighton & Hove Albion 23.903+Pot 3TeamNotes Lugano 21.250 Getafe 19.409 KuPS 14.000 Twente 13.585 Lincoln Red Imps 13.500 Borac Banja Luka 13.125+Pot 4TeamNotes Sint-Truiden 12.450 Brann 12.250 Heart of Midlothian 11.500 Kairat 11.000 Trabzonspor 11.000 Universitatea Craiova 10.500+Pot 5TeamNotes Riga 10.500 Hajduk Split 10.000 Jablonec 9.705 Nordsjælland 8.421 AGF 8.421 Inter Club d'Escaldes 7.500+Pot 6TeamNotes Thun 6.940 CSKA Sofia 6.500 Kauno Žalgiris 6.000 Mjällby AIF 5.925 Iberia 1999 5.000 Egnatia 4.500
Notes
Draw The draw for the league phase pairings was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 28 August 2026, 13:00 CEST, along with the draw for the Europa League league phase.
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 Atalanta Ajax (A) Pafos (H) Borac Banja Luka (A) Kairat (H) Riga (A) Mjällby AIF (H) Braga Copenhagen (A) Gent (H) KuPS (H) Brann (A) AGF (A) Egnatia (H) Ajax Atalanta (H) Midtjylland (A) Getafe (H) Sint-Truiden (A) Hajduk Split (A) Thun (H) SC Freiburg Monaco (A) Panathinaikos (H) Twente (H) Trabzonspor (A) Jablonec (H) Kauno Žalgiris (A) Monaco SC Freiburg (H) Brighton & Hove Albion (A) Lincoln Red Imps (H) Heart of Midlothian (A) Nordsjælland (H) CSKA Sofia (A) Copenhagen Braga (H) Red Star Belgrade (A) Lugano (H) Universitatea Craiova (A) Inter Club d'Escaldes (A) Iberia 1999 (H) Midtjylland Ajax (H) Pafos (A) Lincoln Red Imps (A) Sint-Truiden (H) Hajduk Split (H) Egnatia (A) Red Star Belgrade Copenhagen (H) Gent (A) Lugano (A) Trabzonspor (H) Inter Club d'Escaldes (H) Iberia 1999 (A) Gent Braga (A) Red Star Belgrade (H) KuPS (A) Brann (H) AGF (H) Thun (A) Panathinaikos SC Freiburg (A) Brighton & Hove Albion (H) Borac Banja Luka (H) Kairat (A) Nordsjælland (A) CSKA Sofia (H) Pafos Atalanta (A) Midtjylland (H) Twente (A) Heart of Midlothian (H) Riga (H) Mjällby AIF (A) Brighton & Hove Albion Monaco (H) Panathinaikos (A) Getafe (A) Universitatea Craiova (H) Jablonec (A) Kauno Žalgiris (H) Lugano Copenhagen (A) Red Star Belgrade (H) Getafe (A) Sint-Truiden (H) Jablonec (A) Kauno Žalgiris (H) Getafe Ajax (A) Brighton & Hove Albion (H) Lugano (H) Universitatea Craiova (A) Inter Club d'Escaldes (H) Iberia 1999 (A) KuPS Braga (A) Gent (H) Borac Banja Luka (A) Trabzonspor (H) Nordsjælland (A) CSKA Sofia (H) Twente SC Freiburg (A) Pafos (H) Lincoln Red Imps (A) Kairat (H) AGF (A) Thun (H) Lincoln Red Imps Monaco (A) Midtjylland (H) Twente (H) Brann (A) Hajduk Split (H) Egnatia (A) Borac Banja Luka Atalanta (H) Panathinaikos (A) KuPS (H) Heart of Midlothian (A) Riga (H) Mjällby AIF (A) Sint-Truiden Ajax (H) Midtjylland (A) Lugano (A) Brann (H) Hajduk Split (A) Iberia 1999 (H) Brann Braga (H) Gent (A) Lincoln Red Imps (H) Sint-Truiden (A) AGF (H) Kauno Žalgiris (A) Heart of Midlothian Monaco (H) Pafos (A) Borac Banja Luka (H) Trabzonspor (A) Nordsjælland (H) Thun (A) Kairat Atalanta (A) Panathinaikos (H) Twente (A) Universitatea Craiova (H) Riga (A) Mjällby AIF (H) Trabzonspor SC Freiburg (H) Red Star Belgrade (A) KuPS (A) Heart of Midlothian (H) Jablonec (H) CSKA Sofia (A) Universitatea Craiova Copenhagen (H) Brighton & Hove Albion (A) Getafe (H) Kairat (A) Inter Club d'Escaldes (A) Egnatia (H) Riga Atalanta (H) Pafos (A) Borac Banja Luka (A) Kairat (H) Jablonec (H) Kauno Žalgiris (A) Hajduk Split Ajax (H) Midtjylland (A) Lincoln Red Imps (A) Sint-Truiden (H) Nordsjælland (H) Thun (A) Jablonec SC Freiburg (A) Brighton & Hove Albion (H) Lugano (H) Trabzonspor (A) Riga (A) Iberia 1999 (H) Nordsjælland Monaco (A) Panathinaikos (H) KuPS (H) Heart of Midlothian (A) Hajduk Split (A) CSKA Sofia (H) AGF Braga (H) Gent (A) Twente (H) Brann (A) Inter Club d'Escaldes (A) Egnatia (H) Inter Club d'Escaldes Copenhagen (H) Red Star Belgrade (A) Getafe (A) Universitatea Craiova (H) AGF (H) Mjällby AIF (A) Thun Ajax (A) Gent (H) Twente (A) Heart of Midlothian (H) Hajduk Split (H) CSKA Sofia (A) CSKA Sofia Monaco (H) Panathinaikos (A) KuPS (A) Trabzonspor (H) Nordsjælland (A) Thun (H) Kauno Žalgiris SC Freiburg (H) Brighton & Hove Albion (A) Lugano (A) Brann (H) Riga (H) Egnatia (A) Mjällby AIF Atalanta (A) Pafos (H) Borac Banja Luka (H) Kairat (A) Inter Club d'Escaldes (H) Iberia 1999 (A) Iberia 1999 Copenhagen (A) Red Star Belgrade (H) Getafe (H) Sint-Truiden (A) Jablonec (A) Mjällby AIF (H) Egnatia Braga (A) Midtjylland (H) Lincoln Red Imps (H) Universitatea Craiova (A) AGF (A) Kauno Žalgiris (H)
League phase table
Results summary
By matchday
By team
Matches The fixture list was announced on 29 August 2026, the day after the draw.
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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