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2025–26 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2025–26 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round will begin on 10 July and end on 28 August 2025.^[1]
A total of 155 teams will compete in the qualifying system of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League, which included the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 21 teams in the Champions Path and 134 teams in the Main Path. The 24 winners of the play-off round will advance to the league phase, to join the 12 losers of the Europa League play-off round.^[2][3]

The qualifying phase and play-off round will be split into two paths – the Champions Path and the Main Path. The Champions Path contains teams which were eliminated from the Champions League Champions Path, and the Europa League Champions Path and the Main Path contains teams which qualify through their domestic league or as domestic cup winners as well as teams eliminated from the Europa League Main Path.
Each tie will be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs will advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time will be played, and if the same number of goals is scored by both teams during extra time, the tie will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.^[4]
In the draws for each round, teams will be 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 will be 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 be known at the time of the draws, the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to the subsequent round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient advances, it simply takes the seeding of its opponent.
Prior to the draws, UEFA can 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 cannot be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie can be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.
The schedule of the competition is as follows. Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.^[1]
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:
Below were the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2025 UEFA club coefficients, not used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),^[5] grouped by their starting rounds.
The Main Path includes league non-champions and domestic cup winners and consists of the following rounds:
Below were the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2025 UEFA club coefficients),^[5] grouped by their starting rounds.
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025.
A total of 48 teams will play in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients.^[5] Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into six groups of four seeded teams and four unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.^[6] Teams were pre-assigned numbers by UEFA so that the draw could be held in one run for all groups. The first team drawn in each tie was designated the home team for the first leg.
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 17 June 2025.^[7] The first legs will be played on 8 and 10 July, and the second legs will be played on 16 and 17 July 2025.
The winners of the ties will advance to the second qualifying round.
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025.
A total of 100 teams will play in the second qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients.^[5] Before the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.^[8] The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.
The first legs will be played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs will be played on 31 July 2025.
The winners of the ties will advance to the third qualifying round.
The draw for the third qualifying round will be held on 21 July 2025.
A total of 60 teams will play in the third qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients.^[5] Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.
The draw for the play-off round will be held on 4 August 2025.
A total of 48 teams will play in the play-off round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients.^[5] Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.