The 2024–25 UEFA Conference League will be the fourth season of the UEFA Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. This will be the first UEFA Conference League played under the new format of the Swiss-system. From this season, the competition is renamed to UEFA Conference League from the UEFA Europa Conference League.
The final will be played in Stadion Wrocław in Wrocław, Poland. The winners of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league stage, unless they qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League through their league performance.
Association team allocation
A total of 168 teams from 53 of the 55 UEFA member associations are set to participate in the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein which does not organise a domestic league and Russia who is currently suspended). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–12 each have one team. Association 13–34 and 51–55 (except Liechtenstein and Russia) each have two teams. Association 35–50 each have three teams.
Association ranking
For the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2023 UEFA association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2022–23.
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below: – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League – Additional berth for UEFA Europa League title holders
Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.
The information here reflects the ongoing suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the access list have been made:
The cup winners of association 34 (Liechtenstein) will enter the Europa League first-qualifying round instead of the second-qualifying round.
The cup winners of associations 39 to 44 (Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Faroe Islands and Northern Ireland) will enter the second-qualifying round instead of the first-qualifying round.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: CW: Domestic cup winners 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position of the previous season LC: League cup winners RW: Regular season winners PW: End-of-season Conference League play-offs winners UCL: Transferred from the Champions League Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round UEL: Transferred from the Europa League PO: Losers from the play-off round CH/MP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/Main Path) MP Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round (Main Path) MP Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round (Main Path)
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).
Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League or 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.
CC: 2023 UEFA club coefficients.
Notes
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows. Matches are scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
A total of 52 teams will play in the first qualifying round.