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| Dates | Qualifying: 10 July – 29 August 2024 Competition proper: 3 October 2024 – 28 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 36 (from 54 associations) |
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The 2024–25 UEFA Conference League is 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 a new format involving a 36-team league stage.[1] The new format also does not allow teams to transfer from the Europa League to the Conference League knockout stage, and thus Conference League winners (Olympiacos in the 2023–24 edition) cannot defend their title. From this season, the competition is renamed to UEFA Conference League from the UEFA Europa Conference League.[2]
The final will be played in Stadion WrocławinWrocław, Poland.[3] 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.
A total of 164 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League. The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[4]
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.[5]
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Conference League, as noted below:
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The following is the access list for this season.
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| First qualifying round (50 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (98 teams) |
Champions path (12 teams) |
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| League path (86 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (60 teams) |
Champions path (8 teams) |
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| League path (52 teams) |
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| Play-off round (48 teams) |
Champions path (10 teams) |
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| League path (38 teams) |
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| League stage (36 teams) |
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The information here reflects the ongoing suspension of Russia in European football, and so the following changes to the default access list have been made:
As the Champions League title holders (Real Madrid) qualified for the Champions League via their domestic league's standard berth allocation, the following changes to the default access list have been made:
As the Europa Conference League title holders (Olympiacos) entered the Europa League, the berth they qualified for via league position (Conference League second qualifying round) was vacated, and the following changes to the default access list have been made:
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).
Notes
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[9][1] Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, with an exclusive day of December 19, apart from the final, which takes place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.[10][11][12]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 18 June 2024 | 11 July 2024 | 18 July 2024 |
| Second qualifying round | 19 June 2024 | 25 July 2024 | 1 August 2024 | |
| Third qualifying round | 22 July 2024 | 8 August 2024 | 15 August 2024 | |
| Play-offs | Play-off round | 5 August 2024 | 22 August 2024 | 29 August 2024 |
| League phase | Matchday 1 | 30 August 2024 | 3 October 2024 | |
| Matchday 2 | 24 October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 7 November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 28 November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 12 December 2024 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 19 December 2024 | |||
| Knockout phase | Knockout round play-offs | 20 December 2024 | 13 February 2025 | 20 February 2025 |
| Round of 16 | 21 February 2025 | 6 March 2025 | 13 March 2025 | |
| Quarter-finals | 10 April 2025 | 17 April 2025 | ||
| Semi-finals | 1 May 2025 | 8 May 2025 | ||
| Final | 28 May 2025 at Stadion Wrocław, Wrocław | |||
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024. The first legs were played on 10 and 11 July, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 July 2024.
The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path second qualifying round. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Velež Mostar  | 2–6 |  Inter Club d'Escaldes | 1–1 | 1–5 |
Floriana  | 4–2 |  Tre Penne | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino  | 2–4 |  Milsami Orhei | 2–4 | 0–0 |
Šiauliai  | 0–2 |  FCI Levadia | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Bala Town  | 2–3 | Paide Linnameeskond | 1–2 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| La Fiorita | 1–1 (4–2 p)[A] | Isloch Minsk Raion | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Caernarfon Town | 3–3 (8–7 p) |  Crusaders | 2–0 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Tallinna Kalev | 1–4 |  Urartu | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Valur  | 6–2 |  Vllaznia | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Bruno's Magpies  | 3–2 |  Derry City | 2–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Malisheva  | 1–3 |  Budućnost | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Atlètic Club d'Escaldes | 0–3 |  F91 Dudelange | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Partizani | 3–2[A] | Marsaxlokk | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Auda  | 3–0 |  B36 Tórshavn | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Stjarnan | 4–3 | Linfield | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Torpedo Kutaisi  | 2–1 | Tirana | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Shelbourne | 3–2 | St Joseph's | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Aktobe  | 3–3 (3–4 p) | Sarajevo | 0–1 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
Bravo  | 2–1 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 0–1 | 2–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Liepāja | 1–3[A] | Víkingur | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Noah | 4–1 |  Shkëndija | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Tikvesh | 4–5 | Breiðablik | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Mornar Bar | 3–2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| UNA Strassen | 0–5 |  KuPS | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| VPS | 1–3 | Žalgiris | 1–2 | 0–1 |
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024. The first legs will be played on 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs will be played on 30, 31 July and 1 August 2024.
The winners of the ties will advance to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The losers will be eliminated from European competitions for the season.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| HJK | Bye | N/A | — | — |
| Larne | Bye | N/A | — | — |
| Differdange 03 | Match 1 | Ordabasy | 1–0 | 1 Aug |
| Víkingur Reykjavík | Match 2 | Egnatia | 25 July | 1 Aug |
| Virtus | Match 3 | Flora | 0–0 | 30 July |
| Struga | Match 4 | Pyunik | 2–1 | 30 July |
| Dinamo Batumi | Match 5 | Dečić | 0–2 | 30 July |
| Ballkani | Match 6 | Ħamrun Spartans | 0–0 | 30 July |
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2024. The first legs will be played on 8 August, and the second legs will be played on 15 August 2024.
The winners of the ties will advance to the play-off round of their respective path. The losers will be eliminated from European competitions for the season.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Winner of match 2 | Match 1 | Winner of match 3 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 1 | Match 2 | Winner of match 4 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 6 | Match 3 | Larne | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| HJK | Match 4 | Winner of match 5 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Winner of match 31 | Match 1 | Winner of match 23 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Loser of EL Q2 match 4 | Match 2 | Winner of match 7 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 37 | Match 3 |  Puskás Akadémia | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 34 | Match 4 | Winner of match 27 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 41 | Match 5 | Winner of match 38 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 22 | Match 6 | Winner of match 28 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 13 | Match 7 | Loser of EL Q2 match 1 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 39 | Match 8 | Loser of EL Q2 match 3 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 14 | Match 9 | Winner of match 40 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 8 | Match 10 | Winner of match 1 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 11 | Match 11 | Winner of match 19 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 10 | Match 12 | Winner of match 20 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Loser of EL Q2 match 6 | Match 13 | Winner of match 43 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Loser of EL Q2 match 2 | Match 14 | Winner of match 24 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 32 | Match 15 | Winner of match 6 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 29 | Match 16 | Winner of match 3 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 42 | Match 17 | Winner of match 16 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 35 | Match 18 | Winner of match 17 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Loser of EL Q2 match 7 | Match 19 | Winner of match 36 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Loser of EL Q2 match 5 | Match 20 | Winner of match 21 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 4 | Match 21 | Winner of match 12 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 30 | Match 22 | Winner of match 26 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Loser of EL Q2 match 8 | Match 23 | Winner of match 25 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 2 | Match 24 | Winner of match 9 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 15 | Match 25 | Winner of match 33 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Winner of match 5 | Match 26 | Loser of EL Q2 match 9 | 8 Aug | 15 Aug |
The draw for the play-off round will be held on 5 August 2024.
A total of 48 teams will play in the play-off round – 10 in the Champions Path and 38 in the Main Path. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[14] For the winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity will not be known at the time of the draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie will be used. For the losers of the Europa League third qualifying round, the club coefficient of the lower-ranked team in each tie will be used. 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.
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