UEFA Europa Conference League – third European competition

The UEFA Europa Conference League is a new, European competition that will start in 2021. The competition has been founded to give more clubs in more countries a chance to participate in European football.

In the English FA Cup, for example, many teams from many different levels can compete. Most clubs in Europe have the ambition to participate in European competitions as well. As the Champions League and Europa League are the most elite European football competitions, not many of them get a chance to. With this new European tournament, which is seen as the third-tier of European football competition, more teams and more countries get a chance to participate in European football.


“More matches for more clubs, with more associations represented in the group stages"
- UEFA President Alekander Čeferin


The new competition creates an opportunity for at least 34 countries to compete in a European competition. It will feature 32 teams, starting in a group stage, divided into eight groups of four teams. There will be no teams that qualify directly; the group stage will be formed by the remaining teams of two ‘paths’, in which the league is split into, and the ten teams that are eliminated in the Europa League play-off. Seventeen teams will remain from the UEFA Europa Conference League’s League Path, five teams from the Champions Path. Qualification to the League Path is based on the standard UEFA coefficient; the Champions Path will consist of teams that have lost qualification matches in the Champions League.

UEFA Europa League

The format will be quite similar to the format of the UEFA Europa League. The group stage will be followed by the round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. A total of 141 matches will be played – same as the UEFA Europa League. The matches will also be played on Thursdays. The winner of the EUCL will participate in the Europa League in the following season.

Due to the new European competition, the format of the Europa League will also change: prior to the round of 16, an additional preliminary knockout round will be played. This round is played between teams ranked second in their groups and the third-ranked teams of the Champions League groups. The UEFA Europa League group stage will be reduced from 48 to 32 teams.


The UEFA Champions League will remain unchanged.

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