2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying

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2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round. It began on 5 July and ended on 25 August 2022.[1]

A total of 166 teams competed in the qualifying system, with 25 teams in Champions Path and 141 teams in Main Path. The 22 winners in the play-off round advanced to the group stage, to join the 10 losers of the Europa League play-off round.[2]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Teams

Champions Path

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 are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

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Notes
  1. UEL CH Q3 Losers of Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. UCL Q1 Losers of Champions League first qualifying round.
  3. UCL PR F Loser of Champions League preliminary round final.
  4. UCL PR SF Losers of Champions League preliminary round semi-finals.

Main Path

The Main Path included league non-champions, and consisted of the following rounds:

  • First qualifying round (60 teams): 60 teams which entered in this round.
  • Second qualifying round (90 teams): 60 teams which entered in this round, and 30 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (54 teams): nine teams which entered in this round, and 45 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (34 teams): seven teams which entered this round (including two losers of the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round), and 27 winners of the third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

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Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
Spain Villarreal 78.000
Serbia Partizan [UEL MP Q3] 24.500
England West Ham United 21.328
Italy Fiorentina 15.380
Germany 1. FC Köln 15.042
France Nice 12.016
Czech Republic Slovácko [UEL MP Q3] 5.560
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 18.000
Belgium Anderlecht 11.500
Austria Wolfsberger AC 11.000
Portugal Gil Vicente 10.676
Netherlands Twente 9.860
Switzerland Lugano 9.000
Croatia Hajduk Split 8.000
Scotland Dundee United 7.380
Greece Panathinaikos 5.640
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Switzerland Basel 55.000
Czech Republic Slavia Prague 52.000
Switzerland Young Boys 37.000
Netherlands AZ 28.500
Greece PAOK 25.000
Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 25.000
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 24.500
Kazakhstan Astana 20.500
Norway Molde 19.000
Cyprus APOEL 18.000
Romania FCSB 17.500
Belarus BATE Borisov 17.500
Austria Rapid Wien 16.000
Croatia Rijeka 15.000
Belgium Antwerp 14.500
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 14.000
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 13.500
Hungary MOL Fehérvár 11.500
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 10.676
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 10.500
Lithuania Sūduva 10.000
Denmark Brøndby 8.500
Slovakia Spartak Trnava 8.500
Kazakhstan Kairat 8.000
Croatia Osijek 8.000
Romania Universitatea Craiova 7.500
Scotland Motherwell 7.380
Azerbaijan Neftçi 7.000
Serbia Čukarički 6.675
Serbia Radnički Niš 6.675
Liechtenstein Vaduz 6.500
Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 6.360
Greece Aris 5.640
Norway Viking 5.450
Norway Lillestrøm 5.450
Denmark Viborg 5.435
Turkey Konyaspor 5.420
Cyprus Aris Limassol 5.275
Armenia Ararat-Armenia 5.000
Sweden AIK 5.000
Israel Maccabi Netanya 4.875
Sweden Djurgårdens IF 4.575
Sweden IF Elfsborg 4.575
Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 3.900
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 3.900
Azerbaijan Gabala 3.500
Romania Sepsi OSK 3.430
Azerbaijan Zira 3.400
Hungary Puskás Akadémia 3.275
Hungary Kisvárda 3.275
Poland Raków Częstochowa 3.175
Kazakhstan Kyzylzhar 3.150
Slovenia Koper 3.000
Belarus Gomel 2.500
Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež Mostar 2.000
Latvia Valmiera 2.000
Luxembourg Racing Union 2.000
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 1.625
Albania Vllaznia 1.600
North Macedonia Makedonija GP 1.400
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Estonia Flora 9.750
North Macedonia Shkëndija 9.000
Latvia Riga 8.000
Armenia Alashkert 8.000
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 7.750
Finland KuPS 7.500
Luxembourg Fola Esch 7.500
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 7.000
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 6.500
Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda 6.500
Albania Laçi 6.000
Slovenia Mura 5.500
Kosovo Drita 5.000
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 5.000
Faroe Islands B36 4.750
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 4.500
Latvia Liepāja 4.500
Gibraltar Europa 4.500
Albania Partizani 4.250
Iceland Breiðablik 4.000
Faroe Islands HB 4.000
Malta Gżira United 4.000
Moldova Milsami Orhei 3.750
Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris 3.500
Wales Bala Town 3.250
San Marino Tre Penne 3.250
Gibraltar St Joseph's 3.250
Northern Ireland Crusaders 3.250
Poland Pogoń Szczecin 3.175
Poland Lechia Gdańsk 3.175
Slovakia Ružomberok 3.125
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 3.000
Finland Inter Turku 3.000
Iceland KR 3.000
San Marino Tre Fiori 3.000
Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi 3.000
Moldova Sfîntul Gheorghe 2.500
Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 2.500
Malta Floriana 2.250
Republic of Ireland Derry City 2.250
Northern Ireland Larne 2.000
Lithuania Panevėžys 2.000
Estonia Paide Linnameeskond 2.000
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuzla City 1.825
Finland SJK 1.775
Luxembourg Differdange 03 1.750
Kosovo Llapi 1.633
Kosovo Gjilani 1.633
Armenia Ararat Yerevan 1.625
Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 1.625
Georgia (country) Dila Gori 1.400
North Macedonia Akademija Pandev 1.400
Malta Hamrun Spartans 1.400
Wales Newtown 1.100
Gibraltar FCB Magpies 1.083
Montenegro Dečić 1.000
Montenegro Iskra 1.000
Andorra UE Santa Coloma 0.933
Andorra Atlètic Club d'Escaldes 0.933
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Notes
  1. UEL MP Q3 Losers of Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path).

Format

Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals were scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

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Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 14 June 2022 7 July 2022 14 July 2022
Second qualifying round 15 June 2022 21 July 2022 28 July 2022
Third qualifying round 18 July 2022 4 August 2022 11 August 2022
Play-offs 2 August 2022 18 August 2022 25 August 2022
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First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 14 June 2022.

Seeding

A total of 60 teams played in the first qualifying round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[3] Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed six groups of five seeded teams and five unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

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Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
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Summary

The first legs were played on 5, 6 and 7 July, and the second legs were played on 12 and 14 July 2022.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path second qualifying round. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Notes:
  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

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Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

Seeding

A total of 106 teams played in the second qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (16 teams): The teams, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, was seeded as following:
    • Seeded: 13 of the 15 losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round (two of the teams received a bye to the third qualifying round).
    • Unseeded: 3 losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League preliminary round.
  • Main Path (90 teams): 60 teams which entered in this round, and 30 winners of the first qualifying round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[3] For the winner of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

Prior to the draw, UEFA formed three groups in the Champions Path with two groups of five seeded teams and one unseeded team and one group of three seeded teams and one unseeded team and nine groups in the Main Path of five seeded teams and five unseeded teams, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In each group of the Champions Path, firstly, a seeded team was drawn against the only unseeded team, and then, the remaining seeded teams were drawn against each other. In the Main Path, numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in one run for Groups 1–9 with ten teams. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

On 27 May 2022, the UEFA executive committee decided to prevent teams from Belarus and Ukraine from being drawn against each other in any future UEFA competitions with immediate effect and until further notice due to the Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

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Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
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  1. Winner of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 19, 20 and 21 July, and the second legs were played on 26, 27 and 28 July 2022.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

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Shakhtyor Soligorsk BelarusByeN/A
RFS LatviaByeN/A
La Fiorita San Marino0–10Kosovo Ballkani0–40–6
Víkingur Reykjavík Iceland2–0Wales The New Saints2–00–0
Sutjeska Montenegro0–1Faroe Islands 0–00–1
Hibernians Malta4–3Estonia FCI Levadia3–21–1
Tirana Albania2–4Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar0–12–3
Lech Poznań Poland6–1Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi5–01–1
CFR Cluj Romania4–1Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes3–01–1
Tobol Kazakhstan3–0Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2–01–0
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Gżira United Malta5–5 (3–1 p)Serbia Radnički Niš2–23–3 (a.e.t.)
Aris Greece7–2[a]Belarus Gomel5–12–1
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria0–2Cyprus APOEL0–00–2
MOL Fehérvár Hungary5–3Azerbaijan Gabala4–11–2
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey2–1Israel Maccabi Netanya1–11–0
Aris Limassol Cyprus2–3Azerbaijan Neftçi2–00–3
Velež Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina0–2Malta Hamrun Spartans0–10–1
Saburtalo Tbilisi Georgia (country)3–4Romania FCSB1–02–4
Makedonija GP North Macedonia0–4[a]Bulgaria CSKA Sofia0–00–4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel3–1Belarus Dinamo Minsk2–11–0
Zira Azerbaijan0–3Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv0–30–0
Vllaznia Albania1–4Romania Universitatea Craiova1–10–3
Ararat-Armenia Armenia0–0 (3–5 p)Estonia Paide Linnameeskond0–00–0 (a.e.t.)
Kairat Kazakhstan0–2Hungary Kisvárda0–10–1
BATE Borisov Belarus0–5Turkey Konyaspor0–30–2
Sepsi OSK Romania3–3 (4–2 p)Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana3–10–2 (a.e.t.)
Kyzylzhar Kazakhstan3–2Croatia Osijek1–22–0
Liepāja Latvia0–4Switzerland Young Boys0–10–3
Rapid Wien Austria2–1Poland Lechia Gdańsk0–02–1
SJK Finland2–6Norway Lillestrøm0–12–5
Breiðablik Iceland3–2Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica2–01–2
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland1–1 (6–5 p)Slovenia Mura1–10–0 (a.e.t.)
St Joseph's Gibraltar0–11Czech Republic Slavia Prague0–40–7
Spartak Trnava Slovakia6–2Wales Newtown4–12–1
Sūduva Lithuania0–2Denmark Viborg0–10–1
Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands0–4Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda0–20–2
Pogoń Szczecin Poland1–5Denmark Brøndby1–10–4
AZ Netherlands5–0[a]Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuzla City1–04–0
Motherwell Scotland0–3Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers0–10–2
Molde Norway6–2Sweden IF Elfsborg4–12–1
Koper Slovenia1–2Liechtenstein Vaduz0–11–1 (a.e.t.)
B36 Faroe Islands1–0San Marino Tre Fiori1–00–0
Ružomberok Slovakia1–5Latvia Riga0–31–2
Basel Switzerland3–1Northern Ireland Crusaders2–01–1
Antwerp Belgium2–0Kosovo Drita0–02–0
Petrocub Hîncești Moldova4–1Albania Laçi0–04–1
Racing Union Luxembourg1–8Serbia Čukarički1–40–4
Levski Sofia Bulgaria3–1Greece PAOK2–01–1
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal3–0Hungary Puskás Akadémia3–00–0
Rijeka Croatia1–4Sweden Djurgårdens IF1–20–2
Vorskla Poltava Ukraine3–4[a]Sweden AIK3–20–2 (a.e.t.)
Valmiera Latvia2–5North Macedonia Shkëndija1–21–3
Raków Częstochowa Poland6–0Kazakhstan Astana5–01–0
KuPS Finland6–3Moldova Milsami Orhei2–24–1
Sparta Prague Czech Republic1–2Norway Viking0–01–2
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Notes:
  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

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Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

Seeding

A total of 64 teams played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (10 teams): eight winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and two losers from the first qualifying round of the Champions League which received a bye to this round. There was no seeding.
  • Main Path (54 teams): nine teams that entered in this round, and 45 winners of the second qualifying round (Main Path). Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[3] For the winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

Prior to the draw, UEFA formed two groups in the Champions Path with one group of six teams and one group of four teams and six groups in the Main Path with three groups of four seeded teams and four unseeded teams, and with three groups of five seeded teams and five unseeded teams. in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In each group of the Champions Path, the teams were drawn into ties without seeding. The first ball drawn designated the home team for the first leg. In the Main Path, numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in one run for Groups 1–3 with eight teams, and in one run for Groups 4–6 with ten teams. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

Notes
  1. Winner of the main path second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. †† Winner of the champions path second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 3 and 4 August, and the second legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 August 2022.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

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Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

Seeding

A total of 44 teams played in the play-off round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (10 teams): The teams, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were seeded as follows:
    • Seeded: five losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
    • Unseeded: five winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • Main Path (34 teams): five teams which entered in this round, 27 winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path), and two losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[3] For the winners of the third qualifying round and losers of the Europa League third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

Prior to the draw, UEFA formed four groups in the Main Path, three of four seeded teams and four unseeded teams, and one of five seeded teams and five unseeded teams, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In the Main Path, numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–3 with eight teams and one for Group 4 with ten teams. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team of the first leg.

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Notes
  1. Winner of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. †† Loser of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics lost against a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 25 August 2022.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Notes:
  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

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