The 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 5 July and ended on 25 August 2022.[1]
A total of 166 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, which included the qualifying phase and the play-off round, 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).
See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (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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See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path).
The Main Path included league non-champions, and consisted of the following rounds:
Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.
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]
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]
Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | |
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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 |
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 14 June 2022.
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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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.
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.
A total of 106 teams played in the second qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:
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 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | ||||||||||
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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.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.
A total of 64 teams played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:
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.
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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.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.
A total of 44 teams played in the play-off round. They were divided into two paths:
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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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.