List of all clubs qualified for UEFA Conference League 2025-26 season

The Conference League will conclude with Chelsea facing Real Betis in the final.

UEFA’s third club football competition in Europe, the UEFA Conference League, will enter its fifth edition in the 2025–2026 season.

This will be the second time the 36-team league phase will be used in the UEFA Conference League 2025-26 season. UEFA Conference League winners can no longer defend their title because the team that wins the Conference League automatically qualifies for the Europa League league phase.

The new format of the Conference League also prevents teams from moving from the Europa League league or knockout stage to the UEFA Conference League knockout phase, as the teams that finish below 24th are directly eliminated.

Leipzig, Germany’s Red Bull Arena, will host the championship game. The 47,000-seat stadium hosted four UEFA EURO 2024 matches, including the thrilling 1-1 Group B tie between Italy and Croatia, and five FIFA World Cup matches in 2006.

The tournament winners will automatically advance to the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League league phase. Unless their league result qualifies them for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League. The access list will get adjusted in that scenario.

After their loss to Chelsea in the final gameweek of Premier League 2024-25, Nottingham Forest had to settle for a Conference League spot next season, even though they were still in the running for Champions League football going into the last day.

They placed seventh, one point behind fifth. The Conference League did not accept eighth place this time after Brighton defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 to finish in that position.

UEFA Conference League 2025-26: Playoff round

England (1): Nottingham Forest

LaLiga (1): Rayo Vallecano

Serie A (1): Fiorentina

Germany (1): Mainz 05

France (1):  Strasbourg

UEFA Conference League 2025-26: Qualifying rounds, main path

Second qualifying round

Netherlands (1 team): AZ Alkmaar

Portugal (1): Santa Clara

Belgium (1):

Turkiye (1): Istanbul Basaksehir

Czechia (1): Sparta Praha

Scotland (1): Dundee United

Switzerland (1):

Austria (2): Austria Wien

Norway (2): Viking, Rosenborg

Greece (2): AEK Athens, Aris Thessaloniki 

Denmark (2):

Israel (2): Maccabi Haifa

Ukraine (2): Oleksandriya, Zhytomyr

Serbia (2): Novi Pazar, Radnicki 1923

Croatia (2): Hajduk Split

Poland (2): Rakow Czestochowa, Jagiellonia Bialystok

Cyprus (2): Aris Limassol, Omonoia Nicosia

Hungary (2): Puskas Akademia, Gyor

Sweden (2): AIK Solna

Romania (2): Universitatea Cluj, CS Universitatea Craiova

Bulgaria (2):

Azerbaijan (2): Araz

Slovakia (2): Zilina, DAC Dunajska Streda 

Slovenia (1): Maribor

Moldova (1): Zimbru Chisinau

Kosovo (1): Ballkani 

Kazakhstan (1): Astana

Ireland (1): Drogheda United

Armenia (1):

Latvia (1): Riga FC

Faroe Islands (1): HB Torshavn

Bosnia and Herzegovina (1): FK Sarajevo

Liechtenstein (1): Vaduz

Iceland (1): KA Akureyri

Northern Ireland (1): Dungannon Swifts

Luxembourg (1):

Lithuania (1): Banga

Malta (1): Hibernians

Georgia (1): Spaeri

First qualifying round

Slovenia (1): Koper

Moldova (1): Petrocub

Kosovo (1): Malisheva

Kazakhstan (1): Ordabasy Shymkent

Finland (2): HJK Helsinki, SJK Seinajoki

Ireland (2): Shamrock Rovers, St. Patrick’s Athletic

Armenia (2): Pyunik

Latvia (2): Auda, BFC Daugavpils

Faroe Islands (2): KI Klaksvik, NSI Runavik

Bosnia and Herzegovina (2): Borac Banja Luka,Zeljeznicar

Iceland (2): Vikingur Reykjavik, Valur Reykjavik

Northern Ireland (2): Larne, Cliftonville

Luxembourg (2): Racing Luxembourg

Lithuania (2): Hegelmann, Kauno Zalgiris

Malta (2): Birkirkara, Floriana

Georgia (2): Torpedo Kutaisi, Dila Gori

Albania (3): Dinamo Tirana, Vllaznia, Partizani Tirana

Estonia (3): Nomme Kalju, Paide Linnameeskond, Flora

Belarus (3): Neman Grodno, Torpedo Zhodino, Dynamo Brest

North Macedonia (3): Vardar Skopje, Sileks, Rabotnicki

Andorra (2): Atletic Club d’Escaldes, FC Santa Coloma

Wales (2): Penybont, Haverfordwest County 

Montenegro (2): Sutjeska

Gibraltar (2): Magpies, St. Joseph’s

San Marino (2): La Fiorita, Tre Fiori

*Article will be updated once more clubs are confirmed.

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