UEFA Conference League, 2025

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Groups

Group League phase

  • 1. FC Heidenheim
  • APOEL Nicosia
  • Astana
  • Borac Banja Luka
  • Cercle Brugge
  • Chelsea
  • Dinamo Minsk
  • Djurgardens IF
  • FC Kobenhavn
  • FC Noah
  • Fiorentina
  • FK TSC Backa Topola
  • Heart of Midlothian
  • HJK Helsinki
  • Istanbul Basaksehir
  • Jagiellonia Bialystok
  • KAA Gent
  • Larne
  • LASK Linz
  • Legia Warszawa
  • Lugano
  • Mlada Boleslav
  • Molde
  • NK Celje
  • Olimpija Ljubljana
  • Omonia Nicosia
  • Pafos
  • Panathinaikos
  • Petrocub Hincesti
  • Rapid Wien
  • Real Betis
  • Shamrock Rovers
  • St Gallen
  • The New Saints
  • Vikingur Reykjavik
  • Vitoria Guimaraes

UEFA Conference League: league phase

Along with a change in the competition name from UEFA Europa Conference League, a new format was introduced to the UEFA Conference League in 2024-25. Following the qualification stage, a league phase replaced the group stage.

The league phase consisted of 36 teams competing in a single league structure.

Teams were seeded into six pots based on their UEFA coefficients. The top-seeded teams were placed in Pot 1, and so on.

Each team would face one team from each of the six pots, three at home and three away.

Teams could not face opponents from their own association and could be drawn against a maximum of two teams from the same association.

Due to the complexity of the possible fixtures, automated software digitally drew the eight different opponents at random.

Three points were awarded for a win and one for a draw.

The league ranking was based on total points, then in order, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored, wins and away wins. If still tied, additional fair play and UEFA club coefficients would be applied.

Games would be played on eight matchdays between September and December.

The teams finishing in the top eight positions advanced directly to the Round of 16 in the knockout stage, so avoiding the Play-off round.

Teams finishing in positions 9th to 16th advanced to the Play-off and were seeded.

Those finishing 17th to 24th also qualified for the Play-off round but were unseeded.

The remaining 12 teams are eliminated.