Europa Conference League playoff draw: Fixtures, teams, results for 2022/23 final round qualifiers

Kyle Bonn

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The playoff round draw for the 2022/23 UEFA Europa Conference League was the busiest of all the major European cup playoff draws that took place on August 2 with a total of 22 tickets to the group stage up for grabs in the playoffs.

The inaugural version of the Europa Conference League was won by Italy's AS Roma last season. The tournament provides another outlet for European clubs to compete in high-level continental competition despite missing out on Champions League and Europa League participation.

The 22 teams that emerge from the playoff round will join the 10 losers from the Europa League playoff round to make up the Conference League group stage. 

Recognisable teams such as West Ham United, Villarreal, Fiorentina, and Koln will all participate in the Conference League playoff stage and all four teams were seeded.

MORE: How the UEFA Champions League playoff round works

Europa Conference League Playoff Round draw, fixtures, and schedule

The Europa Conference League playoff round is broken into two paths: the Champions Path, which features teams that won their domestic league the previous season, and the Main Path, which features all other teams that qualified for the competition.

Champions Path

Team 1 Team 2 Leg 1 Leg 2
NK Maribor (SVN) CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) 0-0 Aug 25
RFS (LVA) Linfield FC (NIR) 2-2 Aug 25
KKS Lech Poznań (POL)  F91 Diddeleng (LUX) 2-0 Aug 25
FC Shkupi 1927 (MKD) Ballkani (KOS) 1-2 Aug 25
HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)  1-0 Aug 25

Team 1 plays first leg at home. Scorelines are written with home score first in both legs.

Main Path

Team 1 Team 2 Leg 1 Leg 2
PFC CSKA-Sofia (BUL) FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 1-0 Aug 25
FC Vaduz (LIE) SK Rapid Wien (AUT)  1-1 Aug 25
Raków Czestochowa (POL) SK Slavia Praha (CZE) 2-1 Aug 25
Djurgårdens IF (SWE) APOEL FC (CYP) 3-0 Aug 25
Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) OGC Nice (FRA) 1-0 Aug 25
Universitatea Craiova (ROU) Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR)  1-1 Aug 25
İstanbul Başakşehir FK (TUR)  Royal Antwerp FC (BEL) 1-1 Aug 25
Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) Viking FK (NOR) 1-2 Aug 25
FK Partizan Belgrade (SRB)  Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT) 4-1 Aug 25
ACF Fiorentina (ITA) FC Twente (NED) 2-1 Aug 25
Villarreal CF (ESP) HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) 4-2 Aug 25
FC Köln (GER) Fehérvár FC (HUN) 1-2 Aug 25
West Ham United FC (ENG) Viborg FF (DEN) 3-1 Aug 25
BSC Young Boys (SUI) RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 0-1 Aug 25
1. FC Slovácko (CZE) AIK (SWE) 3-0 Aug 25
Molde FK (NOR) Wolfsberger AC (AUT)  0-1 Aug 25
AZ Alkmaar (NED) Gil Vicente FC (POR) 4-0 Aug 25

Team 1 plays first leg at home. Scorelines are written with home score first in both legs.

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Teams in the Europa Conference League playoff round draw

Champions Path

The 10 teams in the Champions Path portion of the Europa Conference League playoff round will be pulled from two pots, one seeded and the other unseeded.

The seeded pot will include five losing teams from the Europa League third qualifying round.

Europa League 3rd Rd losers from: 
Linfield (N. Ireland) vs. FC Zurich (Switzerland)
Malmo FF (Sweden) vs. F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg)
Maribor (Slovenia) vs. HJK Helsinki (Finland)
Olympiacos (Greece) vs. Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) vs. Shkupi (N. Macedonia)

The unseeded pot will include five winning teams from the Europa Conference League third qualifying round. These matchups feature only clubs that are current reigning champions in their respective nation.

Conference League 3rd Rd winners from:
Vikingur Reykjavik (Iceland) vs. Lech Poznan (Poland)
RFS (Latvia) vs. Hibernians (Malta)
Ballkani (Kosovo) vs. KI Klaksvik (Faroe Islands)
Zrinjski (Bosnia & Herz.) vs. Tobol (Kazakhstan)
Shakhtyor (Belarus) vs. CFR Cluj (Romania)

Main Path

The 34 teams in the Main Path of the Conference League playoff round will include:

  • 27 winners from the Conference League third qualifying round;
  • 2 losers from Europa League third qualifying round;
  • 5 clubs (below) directly entering the playoff stage of the competition after qualifying via domestic table finish.
Team Country Qualified Via
Villarreal Spain 7th - La Liga
West Ham England 7th - Premier League
Fiorentina Italy 7th - Serie A
FC Koln Germany 7th - Bundesliga
OGC Nice France 5th - Ligue 1

All 34 teams participating in the Main Path have been previously separated by UEFA into four groups (Group 4 will have 10 teams) with seeds established per UEFA club coefficients. (For matchups that are still undecided, the highest coefficient of the two clubs in that matchup is used.)

Matchups will be drawn within each group for practical execution of the draw.

GROUP 1

No. Seeded /
Unseeded
Team
1. Seeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Brondby (Denmark) vs. FC Basel (Switzerland)
2. Seeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Breidablik (Iceland) vs. Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey)
3. Seeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: APOEL (Cyprus) vs. Kyzyi-Zhar SK (Kazakhstan)
4. Seeded Fiorentina (Italy)
5. Unseeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Sepsi OSK (Romania) vs. Djugarden (Sweden)
6. Unseeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: FK Cukaricki (Serbia) vs. Twente (Netherlands)
7. Unseeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) vs. St. Patrick's Athletic (Ireland)
8. Unseeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Lillestrom (Norway) vs. Antwerp (Belgium)

GROUP 2

No. Seeded /
Unseeded
Team
1. Seeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Neftci (Azerbaijan) vs. Rapid Wien (Austria)
2. Seeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Dunajska Streda (Slovakia) vs. FCSB (Romania)
3. Seeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) vs. Aris (Greece)
4. Seeded Villarreal (Spain)
5. Unseeded OGC Nice (France)
6. Unseeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Hajduk Split (Croatia) vs. Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal)
7. Unseeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein) vs. Konyaspor (Turkey)
8. Unseeded Conf 3rd Rd winner: Viking (Norway) vs. Sligo Rovers (Ireland)

GROUP 3

No. Seeded /
Unseeded
Team
1. Seeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Slavia Prague (Czech Rep.) vs. Panathinaikos (Greece)
2. Seeded Europa 3rd Rd loser: AEK Larnaca (Cyprus) vs. Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
3. Seeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Zorya Luhansk (Ukraine) vs. Universitatea Craiova (Romania)
4. Seeded FC Koln (Germany)
5. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Lugano (Switzerland) vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel)
6. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Fehervar (Hungary) vs. FC Petrocub (Moldova)  
7. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) vs. Rakow (Poland)
8. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Hamrun Spartans (Malta) vs. Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)

GROUP 4

No. Seeded /
Unseeded
Team
1. Seeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: KuPS (Finland) vs. Young Boys (Switzerland)
2. Seeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Dundee United (Scotland) vs. AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
3. Seeded West Ham United (England)
4. Seeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Molde (Norway) vs. Kisvarda (Hungary)
5. Seeded Europa 3rd Rd loser: Fenerbahce (Turkey) vs. Slovacko (Czech Rep.)
6. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Paide (Estonia) vs. Anderlecht (Belgium)
7. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Wolfsberger (Austria) vs. Gzira (Malta)
8. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Riga (Latvia) vs. Gil Vicente (Portugal)
9. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: AIK Stockholm (Sweden) vs. KF Shkendija (N. Macedonia)
10. Unseeded Conf. 3rd Rd winner: Viborg (Denmark) vs. B36 (Faroe Islands)

How to watch UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23

Country TV channel Streaming
UK BT Sport 1/BT Sport Ultimate BT Sport app, BT Sport YouTube
USA CBS (EN), Univision/TUDN (ESP) fuboTV, Paramount+, ViX
Australia 9Gem Stan Sport
Canada  — DAZN

Select matches from the Europa Conference League preliminary rounds are available for broadcast, chosen by the broadcast partner for each market.

Per UEFA, other select matches are made available for streaming by the home team, often via their official YouTube page.

Europa Conference League schedule 2022, 2023

Preliminary and qualifying rounds schedule

Round Draw 1st Leg 2nd Leg
First qualifying round June 14, 2022 July 7, 2022 July 14, 2022
Second qualifying round June 15, 2022 July 21, 2022 July 28, 2022
Third qualifying round July 18, 2022 Aug. 4, 2022 Aug. 11, 2022
Playoff qualifying round Aug. 2, 2022 Aug. 18, 2022 Aug. 25, 2022

Group stage schedule

The draw for the 2022/23 Europa Conference League group stage will take place on Aug. 26, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Matchday Dates
1 Sept. 8, 2022
2 Sept. 15, 2022
3 Oct. 6, 2022
4 Oct. 13, 2022
5 Oct. 27, 2022
6 Nov. 3, 2022

Knockout stage schedule

The draw for the 2022/23 Europa Conference League knockout round playoffs will take place on Nov. 7, 2022, and the draw for the Round of 16 will take place on Feb. 24, 2022. The draw for the rest of the 2022-23 Europa League knockout stage will take place on March 17, 2023.

The 2023 Europa Conference League final will be in Prague, Czech Republic on June 7, 2023.

Round 1st Leg 2nd Leg
Knockout Playoffs Feb. 16, 2023 Feb. 23, 2023
Round of 16 Mar. 9, 2023 Mar. 16, 2023
Quarterfinals Apr. 13, 2023 Apr. 20, 2023
Semifinals May 11, 2023 May 18, 2023
Final June 7, 2023

Kyle Bonn

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Kyle Bonn, is a Syracuse University broadcast journalism graduate with over a decade of experience covering soccer globally. Kyle specializes in soccer tactics and betting, with a degree in data analytics. Kyle also does TV broadcasts for Wake Forest soccer, and has had previous stops with NBC Soccer and IMG College. When not covering the game, he has long enjoyed loyalty to the New York Giants, Yankees, and Fulham. Kyle enjoys playing racquetball and video games when not watching or covering sports.