UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24

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The 2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round draw took place on Tuesday 20th June at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The two-legged first qualifying round ties will take place on 13th and 20th July.

First qualifying round draw (seeded teams in bold)

Group 1
Sutjeska (MNE) vs Cosmos (SMR)
Balzan (MLT) vs Domžale (SVN)
Vaduz (LIE) vs Neman Grodno (BLR)
Ararat-Armenia (ARM) vs Egnatia (ALB)
Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) vs Sarajevo (BIH)

Group 2
Alashkert (ARM) vs Arsenal Tivat (MNE)
Željezničar (BIH) vs Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
La Fiorita (SMR) vs Zimbru Chisinau (MDA)
Maribor (SVN) vs Birkirkara (MLT)
Tirana (ALB) vs Dinamo Batumi (GEO)

Group 3
Dundalk (IRL) vs Magpies (GIB)
Víkingur (FRO) vs Inter Escaldes (AND)
Progrès Niederkorn (LUX) vs Gjilani (KOS)
Linfield (NIR) vs Vllaznia (ALB)
KA (ISL) vs Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL)

Group 4
Shkëndija (MKD) vs Haverfordwest (WAL)
Haka (FIN) vs Crusaders (NIR)
HB (FRO) vs Derry City (IRL)
Riga (LVA) vs Víkingur Reykjavík (ISL)
Žilina (SVK) vs Levadia Tallinn (EST)

Group 5
Pyunik (ARM) vs Narva Trans (EST)
Panevezys (LTU) vs Milsami (MDA)
Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) vs Honka Espoo (FIN)
Dunajská Streda (SVK) vs Dila Gori (GEO)
Makedonija (MKD) vs RFS (LVA)

Group 6
Dukagjini (KOS) vs Europa (GIB)
Penybont (WAL) vs FC Santa Coloma (AND)
Hegelmann Litauen (LTU) vs Shkupi (MKD)
Diddeleng (LUX) vs St Patrick's (IRL)
B36 (FRO) vs Paide (EST)
Gżira United (MLT) vs Glentoran (NIR)

 

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The 2023/24 Europa Conference League second qualifying round draw took place on Wednesday 21 June at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The two-legged ties will take place on 27 July and 3 August.

Second qualifying round draw (seeded teams in bold)

CHAMPIONS PATH
Group 1
Preliminary round semi-finalist 2: SP Tre Penne (SMR) - Breidablik (ISL) vs Match: 5 Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) - Valmiera (LVA)
Match 1: KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) - Ferencváros (HUN) vs Match 3: Shamrock Rovers (IRL) - Winners of the Preliminary Round
Match 4: Häcken (SWE) - The New Saints (WAL) vs Match 2: Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - Swift Hesper (LUX)

Group 2
Preliminary round semi-finalist 1: Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (AND) - Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) vs Match 7: Partizani (ALB) - BATE Borisov (BLR)
Match 9: Hamrun Spartans (MLT) - Maccabi Haifa (ISR) vs Match 8: Astana (KAZ) - Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Match 6: Farul Constanța (ROU) - Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs Match 10: Urartu (ARM) - Zrinjski (BIH) 

Group 3
Match 13: Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) - Struga (MKD) vs Preliminary round runner-up
Match 11 Ballkani (KOS) - Ludogorets (BUL) vs Match 12 HJK Helsinki (FIN) - Larne (NIR)

MAIN PATH
Group 1
Rijeka (CRO) vs Dukagjini (KOS) - Europa (GIB)
Gzira United (MLT) - Glentoran (NIR) vs F91 Diddeleng (LUX) - Saint Patrick's Athletic (IRL)
Djurgården (SWE) vs Luzern (SUI)
Celje (SVN) vs Vitória Guimarães (POR)
Sutjeska (MNE) - SS Cosmos (SMR) vs Penybont (WAL) - Santa Coloma (AND)

Group 2
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) vs Panevezys (LTU) - Milsami Orhei (MDA)
Vorskla Poltava (UKR) vs DAC Dunajská Streda (SVK) - Dila Gori (GEO)
CFR Cluj (ROU) vs Adana Demirspor (TUR)
Ordabasy Shymkent (KAZ) vs Legia Warszawa (POL)
Makedonija Skopje (MKD) - RFS (LVA) vs Sabah (AZE)

Group 3
Beşiktaş (TUR) vs Tirana (ALB) - Dinamo Batumi (GEO)
Željezničar (BIH) - Dinamo Minsk (BLR) vs Neftçi (AZE)
APOEL (CYP) vs Vojvodina (SRB)
CSKA 1948 (BUL) vs FCSB (ROU)
Alashkert (ARM) - Arsenal Tivat (MNE) vs Debrecen (HUN)

Group 4
Lech Poznań (POL) vs Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)
Kalmar (SWE) vs Pyunik (ARM) - Narva Trans (EST)
Bodø/Glimt (NOR) vs Bohemians (CZE)
Auda (LVA) vs Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Osijek (CRO) vs ZTE (HUN)

Group 5
Twente (NED) vs Hammarby (SWE)
KA Akureyri (ISL) - Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL) vs Dundalk (IRL) - Magpies (GIB)
Club Brugge (BEL) vs AGF Aarhus (DEN)
Haka Valkeakoski (FIN) - Crusaders (NIR) vs Rosenborg (NOR)
Hibernian (SCO) vs Víkingur (FRO) - Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)

Group 6
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) vs Drita (KOS)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) - Paide Linnameeskond (EST) vs Shkëndija (MKD) - Haverfordwest County (WAL)
Basel (SUI) vs Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) - Honka Espoo (FIN)
Differdange (LUX) vs Maribor (SVN) - Birkirkara (MLT)
Austria Wien (AUT) vs Borac Banja Luka (BIH)

Group 7
CSKA-Sofia (BUL) vs Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU)
Ararat-Armenia (ARM) - Egnatia (ALB) vs Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) vs Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA)
Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR) vs AEK Larnaca (CYP)
Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) - Sarajevo (BIH) vs Aktobe (KAZ)

Group 8
FC Midtjylland (DEN) vs Progrès Niederkorn (LUX) - Gjilani (KOS)
HB Tórshavn (FRO) - Derry City (IRL) vs KuPS (FIN)
Gent (BEL) vs Žilina (SVK) - Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Kecskemét (HUN) vs Riga (LVA) - Víkingur (ISL)
Linfield (NIR) - Vllaznia (ALB) vs Pogoń Szczecin (POL)

Group 9
PAOK (GRE) vs Beitar Jerusalem (ISR)
Balzan (MLT) - Domžale (SVN) vs Vaduz (LIE) - Neman Grodno (BLR)
Fenerbahçe (TUR) vs La Fiorita (SMR) - Zimbru Chisinau (MDA)
Gabala (AZE) vs Omonoia (CYP)
Hegelmann (LTU) - Shkupi (MKD) vs Levski Sofia (BUL)

 

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The 2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw took place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday 24th July. The two-legged third qualifying round ties will take place on 10th and 17th August. Set match dates will be communicated in writing to the clubs and national associations by 18:00 CET on Tuesday 25th July.

Third qualifying round draw (seeded teams in bold)

CHAMPIONS PATH
Group 1
Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT) / FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) vs Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) / Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
FCV Farul Constanța (ROU) / FC Urartu (ARM) vs FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
SP Tre Penne (SMR) / Valmiera FC (LVA) vs Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (AND) / FK Partizani (ALB)

Group 2
Ballkani (KOS) / Larne FC (NIR) vs Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
FC Struga (MKD) / FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) vs The New Saints FC (WAL) / FC Swift Hesper (LUX)

MAIN PATH
Group 1
FC Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR) / AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) / FC Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA)
FC RFS (LVA) / Sabah (AZE) vs FK Partizan (SRB)
PFC CSKA-Sofia (BUL) / Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU) vs FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) / FC Aktobe (KAZ)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) vs Alashkert FC (ARM) / Debreceni VSC (HUN)

Group 2
HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) vs PAOK FC (GRE) / Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR)
FK Sutjeska (MNE) / FC Santa Coloma (AND) vs AZ Alkmaar (NED)
NK Celje (SVN) / Vitória SC (POR) vs Balzan FC (MLT) / FC Neman Grodno (BLR)
Beşiktaş JK (TUR) / KF Tirana (ALB) vs FK Željezničar (BIH) / Neftçi PFK (AZE)

Group 3
Gabala SC (AZE) / Omonoia FC (CYP) vs FC Midtjylland (DEN) / FC Progrès Niederkorn (LUX)
Ararat-Armenia FC (ARM) / Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE) vs FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
FC Ordabasy Shymkent (KAZ) / Legia Warszawa (POL) vs FK Austria Wien (AUT) / FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR) / Panevezys (LTU) vs FC Shkupi 1927 (MKD) / PFC Levski Sofia (BUL)

Group 4
Hibernian FC (SCO) / Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND) vs Djurgårdens IF (SWE) / FC Luzern (SUI)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / FC Drita (KOS) vs Gzira United FC (MLT) / F91 Diddeleng (LUX)
FC Arouca (POR) vs SK Brann (NOR)
KAA Gent (BEL) / MŠK Žilina (SVK) vs Linfield FC (NIR) / MKS Pogoń Szczecin (POL)
CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) / Adana Demirspor (TUR) vs NK Osijek (CRO) / ZTE FC (HUN)

Group 5
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) / Haverfordwest County AFC (WAL) vs HNK Rijeka (CRO) / KF Dukagjini (KOS)
FC Twente (NED) / Hammarby Fotboll (SWE) vs Kecskeméti TE (HUN) / Riga FC (LVA)
Crusaders FC (NIR) / Rosenborg BK (NOR) vs Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) / FC Zimbru Chisinau (MDA) vs FC Differdange 03 (LUX) / NK Maribor (SVN)
Club Brugge (BEL) / AGF Aarhus (DEN) vs KA Akureyri (ISL) / Dundalk FC (IRL)

Group 6
FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR) / FC Dila Gori (GEO) vs APOEL FC (CYP) / FK Vojvodina (SRB)
KKS Lech Poznań (POL) / FK Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) vs FK Auda (LVA) / FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)
FC CSKA 1948 (BUL) / Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) vs FC Nordsjælland (DEN)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) / FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) vs Derry City FC (IRL) / KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) / Bohemians Praha 1905 (CZE) vs Kalmar FF (SWE) / FC Pyunik (ARM)

 

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[gunnar hendershow]

When's the updated tweet that actually they're being allowed to compete anyway because Juventus?

[Bobfoc]

They probably consider the Conference League to be a trinket far beneath them.

[The Lusophone]

5 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

They probably consider the Conference League to be a trinket far beneath them.

Which speaks to their overinflated ego. It's the only trophy they'd be competing for this season.

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Either Hibernian or Luzern for us. Thursday nights just got real.

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UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying runs from 12th July until 31st August.

THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIXTURES

First legs
Wednesday 9th August
MAIN PATH
AEK Larnaca (CYP) vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Gent (BEL) vs Pogoń Szczecin (POL)

Thursday 10th August
CHAMPIONS PATH
Struga (MKD) vs Swift Hesper (LUX)
Valmiera (LVA) vs Partizani (ALB)
Farul Constanța (ROU) vs Flora Tallinn (EST)
Hamrun Spartans (MLT) vs Ferencváros (HUN)
Ballkani (KOS) vs Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)

MAIN PATH
Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) vs Derry City (IRL)
Sabah (AZE) vs Partizan (SRB)
Omonoia (CYP) vs Midtjylland (DEN) 
Bodø/Glimt (NOR) vs Pyunik (ARM)
Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU) vs Aktobe (KAZ)
Santa Coloma (AND) vs AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Neftçi (AZE) vs Beşiktaş (TUR)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) vs Gzira United (MLT)
Adana Demirspor (TUR) vs Osijek (CRO)
Rosenborg (NOR) vs Heart of Midlothian (SCO)
Dila Gori (GEO) vs APOEL (CYP)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) vs Levski Sofia (BUL)
Celje (SVN) vs Neman Grodno (BLR)
Arouca (POR) vs Brann (NOR)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) vs Rijeka (CRO)
Twente (NED) vs Riga (LVA)
Fenerbahçe (TUR) vs Maribor (SVN)
Club Brugge (BEL) vs KA Akureyri (ISL)
Lech Poznań (POL) vs Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Aris Thessaloniki (GRE) vs Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Hibernian (SCO) vs Luzern (SUI)
FCSB (ROU) vs Nordsjælland (DEN)
Rapid Wien (AUT) vs Debrecen (HUN)
Hajduk Split (CRO) vs PAOK (GRE)
Legia Warszawa (POL) vs Austria Wien (AUT)

Second legs
Thursday 17th August
CHAMPIONS PATH
Flora Tallinn (EST) vs Farul Constanța (ROU)
Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) vs Ballkani (KOS)
Ferencváros (HUN) vs Hamrun Spartans (MLT)
Partizani (ALB) vs Valmiera (LVA)
Swift Hesper (LUX) vs Struga (MKD)

MAIN PATH
Aktobe (KAZ) vs Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU)
Pogoń Szczecin (POL) vs Gent (BEL)
Pyunik (ARM) vs Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
Nordsjælland (DEN) vs FCSB (ROU)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) vs AEK Larnaca (CYP) 
Beşiktaş (TUR) vs Neftçi (AZE)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) vs Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)
Levski Sofia (BUL) vs Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Gzira United (MLT) vs Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Brann (NOR) vs Arouca (POR)
Riga (LVA) vs Twente (NED)
APOEL (CYP) vs Dila Gori (GEO)
PAOK (GRE) vs Hajduk Split (CRO)
Midtjylland (DEN) vs Omonoia (CYP)
Neman Grodno (BLR) vs Celje (SVN)
Osijek (CRO) vs Adana Demirspor (TUR)
KA Akureyri (ISL) vs Club Brugge (BEL)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) vs Lech Poznań (POL)
Rijeka (CRO) vs B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
Maribor (SVN) vs Fenerbahçe (TUR)
AZ Alkmaar (NED) vs Santa Coloma (AND)
Luzern (SUI) vs Hibernian (SCO)
Heart of Midlothian (SCO) vs Rosenborg (NOR)
Derry City (IRL) vs Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)
Partizan (SRB) vs Sabah (AZE)
Debrecen (HUN) vs Rapid Wien (AUT)
Austria Wien (AUT) vs Legia Warszawa (POL) 

 

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The 2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw was held at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday 7th August.

CHAMPIONS PATH
FC Ballkani (KOS) / Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) vs FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) / FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) / BK Häcken (SWE) vs Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT) / Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
FC Struga (MKD) / FC Swift Hesper (LUX) vs HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) / Breidablik (ISL)
FCV Farul Constanța (ROU) / FC Flora Tallinn (EST) vs Qarabağ FK (AZE) / HJK Helsinki (FIN)
FC Astana (KAZ) / PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) vs Valmiera FC (LVA) / FK Partizani (ALB)

MAIN PATH
Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR) / PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) vs Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
FC Dila Gori (GEO) / APOEL FC (CYP) vs KAA Gent (BEL) / MKS Pogoń Szczecin (POL)
KKS Lech Poznań (POL) / FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) vs SK Slavia Praha (CZE) / SC Dnipro-1 (UKR)

Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU) / FC Aktobe (KAZ) vs FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) / FC Pyunik (ARM)
FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) / Derry City FC (IRL) vs FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / Gzira United FC (MLT)
Hibernian FC (SCO) / FC Luzern (SUI) vs Aston Villa FC (ENG)

Omonoia FC (CYP) / FC Midtjylland (DEN) vs Legia Warszawa (POL) / FK Austria Wien (AUT)
LOSC Lille (FRA) vs B36 Tórshavn (FRO) / HNK Rijeka (CRO)
Olympiacos FC (GRE) / KRC Genk (BEL) vs Adana Demirspor (TUR) / NK Osijek (CRO)

Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) / NK Maribor (SVN) vs FC Twente (NED) / Riga FC (LVA)
Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE) / FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) vs Beşiktaş JK (TUR) / Neftçi PFK (AZE)
FC Santa Coloma (AND) / AZ Alkmaar (NED) vs FC Arouca (POR) / SK Brann (NOR)

SK Rapid Wien (AUT) / Debreceni VSC (HUN) vs ACF Fiorentina (ITA)
Rosenborg BK (NOR) / Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO) vs HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) / PAOK FC (GRE) 
Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) / FC Nordsjælland (DEN) vs Sabah (AZE) / FK Partizan (SRB) 
CA Osasuna (ESP) vs Club Brugge (BEL) / KA Akureyri (ISL) 
AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) vs NK Celje (SVN) / FC Neman Grodno (BLR)

 

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Decent enough start.

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Thursday nights suck. 

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I take back everything I said in the GTA thread because this is excellent: 

Also we’ve had an apology after VAR incorrectly intervened and disallowed a goal that should have stood. But fair play, Unai Emery is a class act:

 

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Not the draw we would have wanted, but that’s the way it is I guess.

[Adam]

No? Ajax are nothing special, it's not a long trip and it won't be a particularly hostile one either like it may have been had you drawn a side from, say, Turkey or Greece.

Ajax are only two points better off than the Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie.

[METALMAN]

It was so funny when Ajax were bottom of the league earlier this season.

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8 hours ago, Adam said:

No? Ajax are nothing special, it's not a long trip and it won't be a particularly hostile one either like it may have been had you drawn a side from, say, Turkey or Greece.

Ajax are only two points better off than the Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie.

I just know it has a Jordan Henderson winner written all over it. 

[Captain Kirk]

Yeah Ajax is the perfect team to get, they're a huge scalp to take with a team who are trying to salvage their league season. They wouldn't be as high up the table if it wasn't for the fact the EreDivisie is rotten outside of the top 5.

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Anyone who thinks Premier League refs are bad should switch Villa vs Ajax on. Albanian fella in charge is miles off it.