2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League

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2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League

The 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League was the second season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.

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2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
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The Fortuna Arena in Prague hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
5 July – 25 August 2022
Competition proper:
8 September 2022 – 7 June 2023
TeamsCompetition proper: 32+8
Total: 134+43 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
Champions West Ham United (1st title)
Runners-up Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played141
Goals scored379 (2.69 per match)
Attendance2,077,952 (14,737 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zeki Amdouni (Basel)
Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina)
7 goals each
Best player(s)Declan Rice (West Ham United)[1]
Best young playerAndy Diouf (Basel)[2]
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The final was played at Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.[3] It was won by West Ham United, who defeated Fiorentina 2–1, and qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage as a result.[4]

As the title holders, Roma qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League. They were unable to defend their title after advancing to the Europa League knockout phase.

Association team allocation

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A total of 177 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations (excluding Russia) participated in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5]

  • Associations 1–5 each had one team qualify.
  • Associations 6–17 (except Russia)[Note RUS] and 51–55 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 18–50 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE] each had three teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein had one team qualify as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league.[Note LIE]
  • Moreover, 18 teams eliminated from the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 25 teams eliminated from the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League were transferred to the Europa Conference League.

Association ranking

For the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21.[6]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa Conference League, as noted below:

  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (UEL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Europa League
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Association ranking for 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  England 100.569 1
2  Spain 97.855
3  Italy 75.438 +1 (UEL)
4  Germany 73.570
5  France 56.081
6  Portugal 48.549 2 +1 (UEL)
7  Netherlands 39.200
8  Russia 38.382 0 [Note RUS]
9  Belgium 36.500 2 +1 (UEL)
10  Austria 35.825 +1 (UEL)
11  Scotland 33.375 +1 (UEL)
12  Ukraine 33.100 +1 (UEL)
13  Turkey 30.100 +2 (UEL)
14  Denmark 27.875 +1 (UEL)
15  Cyprus 27.750 +2 (UEL)
16  Serbia 26.750 +1 (UEL)
17  Czech Republic 26.600 +1 (UEL)
18  Croatia 26.275 3
19  Switzerland 26.225
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20  Greece 26.000 3
21  Israel 24.375
22  Norway 21.000 +1 (UEL)
23  Sweden 20.500
24  Bulgaria 20.375 +1 (UEL)
25  Romania 18.200 +1 (UCL)
26  Azerbaijan 16.875 +1 (UEL)
27  Kazakhstan 15.625 +1 (UCL)
28  Hungary 15.500
29  Belarus 15.250 +1 (UCL)
30  Poland 15.125 +1 (UCL)
31  Slovenia 14.250 +1 (UEL)
32  Slovakia 13.625 +1 (UEL)
33  Liechtenstein 9.000 1 [Note LIE]
34  Lithuania 8.750 3 +1 (UEL)
35  Luxembourg 8.250 +1 (UEL)
36  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.000 +1 (UCL)
37  Republic of Ireland 7.875 +1 (UEL)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
38  North Macedonia 7.625 3 +1 (UEL)
39  Armenia 7.375 +1 (UEL)
40  Latvia 7.375 +1 (UCL)
41  Albania 7.250 +1 (UCL)
42  Northern Ireland 6.958 +1 (UEL)
43  Georgia 6.875 +1 (UCL)
44  Finland 6.875
45  Moldova 6.875 +1 (UEL)
46  Malta 6.375 +1 (UCL)
47  Faroe Islands 6.125 +1 (UCL)
48  Kosovo 5.833 +1 (UCL)
49  Gibraltar 5.666 +1 (UCL)
50  Montenegro 5.000 +1 (UCL)
51  Wales 5.000 2 +1 (UCL)
52  Iceland 4.875 +1 (UCL)
53  Estonia 4.750 +1 (UCL)
54  Andorra 3.331 +1 (UCL)
55  San Marino 1.166 +1 (UCL)
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Distribution

The following was the access list for this season.[7] In the default access list, the title holders of the Europa Conference League qualified for the Europa League group stage.

Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2022–23 European season, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The cup winners of association 16 (Serbia) enter the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of associations 18 (Croatia) and 19 (Switzerland) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of associations 30 to 39 (Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Ireland, North Macedonia and Armenia) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Since several changes were made in the Europa League access list following the qualification of the Europa Conference League title holders to the Europa League group stage, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The cup winners of association 17 (Czech Republic) enter the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of association 20 (Greece) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of associations 40 (Latvia) and 41 (Albania) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Moreover, in the default access list, originally 16 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path). However, since the Champions League title holders, Real Madrid, which were guaranteed a berth in the Champions League group stage, already qualified via their domestic league, only 15 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path) after the Champions League access list was rebalanced. As a result, only 16 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round (two of the losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were drawn to receive byes to the third qualifying round).

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Access list for 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League or Europa League
First qualifying round
(60 teams)
  • 14 domestic cup winners from associations 42–55
  • 25 domestic league runners-up from associations 30–55 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE]
  • 21 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 29–50 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE]
Second qualifying round
(106 teams)
Champions Path
(16 teams)
  • 3 teams eliminated from Champions League preliminary round
  • 13 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round
Main Path
(90 teams)
  • 21 domestic cup winners from associations 21–41
  • 14 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–29
  • 16 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–28
  • 8 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15 (except Russia)[Note RUS]
  • 1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 6
  • 30 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(64 teams)
Champions Path
(10 teams)
  • 8 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 2 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round
Main Path
(54 teams)
  • 3 domestic cup winners from associations 18–20
  • 5 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 (except Russia)[Note RUS]
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6
  • 45 winners from the second qualifying round (Main Path)
Play-off round
(44 teams)
Champions Path
(10 teams)
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)
  • 5 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(34 teams)
  • 1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 5
  • 4 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–4 (EFL Cup winners for England)
  • 27 winners from the third qualifying round (Main Path)
  • 2 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 17 winners from the play-off round (Main Path)
  • 10 teams eliminated from Europa League play-off round
Preliminary knockout round
(16 teams)
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 group third-placed teams from Europa League group stage
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 winners from the preliminary knockout round
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Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • CW: Domestic cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association; all teams were subject to approval by UEFA
  • LC: League cup winners
  • RW: Regular season winners
  • PW: End-of-season Europa Conference League play-offs winners
  • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
    • PR: Losers from the preliminary round (F: final; SF: semi-finals)
  • UEL: Transferred from the Europa League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • PO: Losers from the play-off round
    • CH/MP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/Main Path)

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

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Qualified teams for 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Entry round Teams
Knockout round play-offs Norway Bodø/Glimt (UEL GS) Cyprus AEK Larnaca (UEL GS) Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (UEL GS) Portugal Braga (UEL GS)
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (UEL GS) Italy Lazio (UEL GS) Azerbaijan Qarabağ (UEL GS) Turkey Trabzonspor (UEL GS)
Group stage Belgium Gent (UEL PO) Austria Austria Wien (UEL PO) Scotland Heart of Midlothian (UEL PO) Ukraine Dnipro-1 (UEL PO)
Turkey Sivasspor (UEL PO) Denmark Silkeborg (UEL PO) Cyprus Apollon Limassol (UEL PO) Lithuania Žalgiris (UEL PO)
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (UEL PO) Armenia Pyunik (UEL PO)
Play-off round CH Slovenia Maribor (UEL CH Q3) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (UEL CH Q3) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (UEL CH Q3) North Macedonia Shkupi (UEL CH Q3)
Northern Ireland Linfield (UEL CH Q3)
MP England West Ham United (7th) Spain Villarreal (7th) Italy Fiorentina (7th) Germany 1. FC Köln (7th)
France Nice (5th) Serbia Partizan (UEL MP Q3) Czech Republic Slovácko (UEL MP Q3)
Third qualifying round CH Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk (UCL Q1)[Note UCL Q1] Latvia RFS (UCL Q1)[Note UCL Q1]
MP Portugal Gil Vicente (5th) Netherlands Twente (4th) Belgium Anderlecht (3rd) Austria Wolfsberger AC (4th)
Scotland Dundee United (4th) Ukraine Zorya Luhansk (Abd-4th)[Note UKR] Croatia Hajduk Split (CW) Switzerland Lugano (CW)
Greece Panathinaikos (CW)
Second qualifying round CH Romania CFR Cluj (UCL Q1) Kazakhstan Tobol (UCL Q1) Poland Lech Poznań (UCL Q1) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (UCL Q1)
Albania Tirana (UCL Q1) Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi (UCL Q1) Malta Hibernians (UCL Q1) Faroe Islands (UCL Q1)
Kosovo Ballkani (UCL Q1) Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps (UCL Q1) Montenegro Sutjeska (UCL Q1) Wales The New Saints (UCL Q1)
Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík (UCL Q1) Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes (UCL PR F) Estonia FCI Levadia (UCL PR SF) San Marino La Fiorita (UCL PR SF)
MP Portugal Vitória de Guimarães (6th) Netherlands AZ (PW) Belgium Antwerp (4th) Austria Rapid Wien (PW)
Scotland Motherwell (5th) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava (Abd-5th)[Note UKR] Turkey Konyaspor (3rd) Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir (4th)
Denmark Brøndby (4th) Denmark Viborg (PW) Cyprus APOEL (3rd) Cyprus Aris Limassol (4th)
Serbia Čukarički (3rd) Serbia Radnički Niš (4th) Czech Republic Slavia Prague (2nd) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (3rd)
Croatia Osijek (3rd) Croatia Rijeka (4th) Switzerland Basel (2nd) Switzerland Young Boys (3rd)
Greece PAOK (2nd) Greece Aris (3rd) Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva (CW) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd)
Israel Maccabi Netanya (4th) Norway Molde (CW) Norway Viking (3rd) Norway Lillestrøm (4th)
Sweden AIK (2nd) Sweden Djurgårdens IF (3rd) Sweden IF Elfsborg (4th) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (CW)
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (2nd) Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv (PW) Romania Sepsi OSK (CW) Romania FCSB (2nd)
Romania Universitatea Craiova (PW) Azerbaijan Neftçi (2nd) Azerbaijan Zira (3rd) Azerbaijan Gabala (4th)
Kazakhstan Kairat (CW) Kazakhstan Astana (2nd) Kazakhstan Kyzylzhar (4th) Hungary Kisvárda (2nd)
Hungary Puskás Akadémia (3rd) Hungary MOL Fehérvár (4th) Belarus Gomel (CW) Belarus BATE Borisov (2nd)
Poland Raków Częstochowa (CW) Slovenia Koper (CW) Slovakia Spartak Trnava (CW) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW)[Note LIE]
Lithuania Sūduva (2nd) Luxembourg Racing Union (CW) Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež Mostar (CW) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic (CW)
North Macedonia Makedonija G.P. (CW) Armenia Ararat-Armenia (2nd)[Note ARM] Latvia Valmiera (2nd) Albania Vllaznia (CW)
First qualifying round Belarus Dinamo Minsk (3rd) Poland Pogoń Szczecin (3rd) Poland Lechia Gdańsk (4th) Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana (3rd)
Slovenia Mura (4th) Slovakia Ružomberok (2nd) Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda (PW) Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris (3rd)
Lithuania Panevėžys (4th) Luxembourg Differdange 03 (2nd) Luxembourg Fola Esch (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuzla City (2nd)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (3rd) Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers (3rd) Republic of Ireland Derry City (4th) North Macedonia Akademija Pandev (2nd)
North Macedonia Shkëndija (3rd) Armenia Alashkert (3rd) Armenia Ararat Yerevan (4th)[Note ARM] Latvia Liepāja (3rd)
Latvia Riga (4th) Albania Laçi (2nd) Albania Partizani (3rd) Northern Ireland Crusaders (CW)
Northern Ireland Cliftonville (2nd) Northern Ireland Larne (PW) Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi (CW) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)
Georgia (country) Dila Gori (3rd) Finland KuPS (CW) Finland SJK (3rd) Finland Inter Turku (4th)
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești (2nd) Moldova Milsami Orhei (3rd) Moldova Sfîntul Gheorghe (4th) Malta Floriana (CW)
Malta Hamrun Spartans (3rd) Malta Gżira United (4th) Faroe Islands B36 (CW) Faroe Islands HB (2nd)
Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta (3rd) Kosovo Llapi (CW) Kosovo Drita (2nd) Kosovo Gjilani (3rd)
Gibraltar Europa (2nd) Gibraltar St Joseph's (3rd) Gibraltar Bruno's Magpies (4th) Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (CW)
Montenegro Dečić (3rd) Montenegro Iskra (4th) Wales Bala Town (2nd) Wales Newtown (3rd)
Iceland Breiðablik (2nd) Iceland KR (3rd) Estonia Paide Linnameeskond (CW) Estonia Flora (2nd)
Andorra Atlètic Club d'Escaldes (CW) Andorra UE Santa Coloma (2nd) San Marino Tre Fiori (CW) San Marino Tre Penne (2nd)
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One team not playing in a national top division will take part in the competition: Vaduz (2nd tier).

Notes

  1. ^
    Champions League (UCL Q1): Two of the Champions League first qualifying round losers were drawn to receive byes to the third qualifying round (Champions Path), as two fewer losers were transferred to the second qualifying round (Champions Path), due to Champions League group stage berths vacated following the UCL title holders qualifying via league position and the suspension of Russia from the 2022–23 European season.
  2. ^
    Armenia (ARM): Noravank would have qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as the winners of the 2021–22 Armenian Cup, but failed to obtain a UEFA license. As a result, the berth reserved for the second qualifying round was given to the second-placed team of the 2021–22 Armenian Premier League, Ararat-Armenia, who originally entered the first qualifying round, and the berth reserved for the first qualifying round was given to the fourth-placed team, Ararat Yerevan.[8]
  3. ^
    Liechtenstein (LIE): The seven teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) all played in the Swiss football league system. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
  4. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions.[10]
  5. ^
    Ukraine (UKR): The 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League was abandoned due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The fourth and fifth-placed teams of the league at the time of the abandonment (Zorya Luhansk and Vorskla Poltava) were selected to play in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts (especially featuring teams from associations where there were few approved stadiums, such as Gibraltar and Wales). Scheduled kick-off times starting from the group stage were 18:45 and 21:00 CEST/CET, though exceptionally could take place at 16:30 due to geographical reasons.[11]

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, the group stage commenced in the first week of September 2022 and concluded in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup.

The draws for the qualifying round were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[12] The group stage draw took place in Istanbul, Turkey.[13]

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Schedule for 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League[14]
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying 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 Play-off round 2 August 2022 18 August 2022 25 August 2022
Group stage Matchday 1 26 August 2022 8 September 2022
Matchday 2 15 September 2022
Matchday 3 6 October 2022
Matchday 4 13 October 2022
Matchday 5 27 October 2022
Matchday 6 3 November 2022
Knockout phase Knockout round play-offs 7 November 2022 16 February 2023 23 February 2023
Round of 16 24 February 2023 9 March 2023 16 March 2023
Quarter-finals 17 March 2023 13 April 2023 20 April 2023
Semi-finals 11 May 2023 18 May 2023
Final 7 June 2023 at Fortuna Arena, Prague
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Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

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

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022. 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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Main Path
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
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 G.P. 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.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022. 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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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Víkingur Reykjavík Iceland2–4Poland Lech Poznań1–01–4 (a.e.t.)
RFS Latvia4–2Malta Hibernians1–13–1
Ballkani Kosovo4–4 (4–3 p)Faroe Islands 3–21–2 (a.e.t.)
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina2–1Kazakhstan Tobol1–01–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus0–1Romania CFR Cluj0–00–1
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Notes:
  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Play-off round

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

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Maribor Slovenia0–1Romania CFR Cluj0–00–1
RFS Latvia3–3 (4–2 p)Northern Ireland Linfield2–21–1 (a.e.t.)
Lech Poznań Poland3–1Luxembourg F91 Dudelange2–01–1
Shkupi North Macedonia1–3Kosovo Ballkani1–20–1
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina2–2 (5–6 p)Slovakia Slovan Bratislava1–01–2 (a.e.t.)
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Notes:
  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[15] Teams from the same association and, for political reasons, teams from Serbia and Kosovo could not be drawn into the same group.

All teams besides AZ, Basel, CFR Cluj, Gent, Partizan, Slavia Prague and Slovan Bratislava, who competed in last season's group stage, made their debut appearances in the group stage. Ballkani, Djurgårdens IF, Dnipro-1, Pyunik, RFS, Silkeborg, Slovácko, Vaduz and Žalgiris made their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage. Ballkani, Vaduz and Žalgiris were the first teams from Kosovo, Liechtenstein and Lithuania, respectively, to play in a UEFA competition group stage.

A total of 28 national associations were represented in the group stage.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IBS FIO HEA RFS
1 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13[a] Advance to round of 16 3–0 3–1 3–0
2 Italy Fiorentina 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–1 5–1 1–1
3 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 6 2 0 4 6 16 10 6 0–4 0–3 2–1
4 Latvia RFS 6 0 2 4 2 11 9 2 0–0 0–3 0–2
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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: İstanbul Başakşehir +2, Fiorentina −2.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WHU AND SIL FCSB
1 England West Ham United 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 18 Advance to round of 16 2–1 1–0 3–1
2 Belgium Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 1–0 2–2
3 Denmark Silkeborg 6 2 0 4 12 7 +5 6 2–3 0–2 5–0
4 Romania FCSB 6 0 2 4 3 18 15 2 0–3 0–0 0–5
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Source: UEFA

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIL LCH HBS AW
1 Spain Villarreal 6 4 1 1 14 9 +5 13 Advance to round of 16 4–3 2–2 5–0
2 Poland Lech Poznań 6 2 3 1 12 7 +5 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 3–0 0–0 4–1
3 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6 1 4 1 8 5 +3 7 1–2 1–1 4–0
4 Austria Austria Wien 6 0 2 4 2 15 13 2 0–1 1–1 0–0
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NCE PRT KLN SVK
1 France Nice 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9[a] Advance to round of 16 2–1 1–1 1–2
2 Serbia Partizan 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 2–0 1–1
3 Germany 1. FC Köln 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 2–2 0–1 4–2
4 Czech Republic Slovácko 6 1 2 3 8 11 3 5 0–1 3–3 0–1
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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Nice 4, Partizan 1.

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AZ DNI APL VAD
1 Netherlands AZ 6 5 0 1 12 6 +6 15 Advance to round of 16 2–1 3–2 4–1
2 Ukraine Dnipro-1 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 1–0 2–2
3 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 6 2 1 3 5 7 2 7 1–0 1–3 1–0
4 Liechtenstein Vaduz 6 0 2 4 5 11 6 2 1–2 1–2 0–0
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Source: UEFA

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DJU GNT MOL SHR
1 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 6 5 1 0 12 6 +6 16 Advance to round of 16 4–2 3–2 1–0
2 Belgium Gent 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 4–0 3–0
3 Norway Molde 6 2 1 3 9 10 1 7 2–3 0–0 3–0
4 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 6 0 2 4 1 10 9 2 0–0 1–1 0–2
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Source: UEFA

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIV CLJ SLP BLK
1 Turkey Sivasspor 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 Advance to round of 16 3–0 1–1 3–4
2 Romania CFR Cluj 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 2–0 1–0
3 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 2 2 2 6 7 1 8 1–1 0–1 3–2
4 Kosovo Ballkani 6 1 1 4 8 11 3 4 1–2 1–1 0–1
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Source: UEFA

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLO BSL PYU ZAL
1 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11[a] Advance to round of 16 3–3 2–1 0–0
2 Switzerland Basel 6 3 2 1 11 9 +2 11[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–2 3–1 2–2
3 Armenia Pyunik 6 2 0 4 8 9 1 6 2–0 1–2 2–0
4 Lithuania Žalgiris 6 1 2 3 5 8 3 5 1–2 0–1 2–1
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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Slovan Bratislava 4, Basel 1.

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the knockout round play-offs, the eight group runners-up were seeded, and the eight Europa League group third-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight winners of the knockout round play-offs were unseeded. Again, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Bracket

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022, 14:00 CET.[16] The first legs were played on 16 February, and the second legs were played on 23 February 2023.

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Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023, 13:00 CET.[17] The first legs were played on 7 and 9 March, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 March 2023.

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Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 14:00 CET.[18] The first legs were played on 13 April, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2023.

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Lech Poznań Poland4–6Italy Fiorentina1–43–2
Gent Belgium2–5England West Ham United1–11–4
Anderlecht Belgium2–2 (1–4 p)[a]Netherlands AZ2–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Basel Switzerland4–3France Nice2–22–1 (a.e.t.)
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Notes:
  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 14:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw.[18] The first legs were played on 11 May, and the second legs were played on 18 May 2023.

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Fiorentina Italy4–3Switzerland Basel1–23–1 (a.e.t.)
West Ham United England3–1Netherlands AZ2–11–0
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Final

The final was played on 7 June 2023 at the Fortuna Arena in Prague. A draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[18]

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Fiorentina Italy1–2England West Ham United
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Statistics

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Perspective

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

Top goalscorers

Team of the Season

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[21]

Player of the Season

Young Player of the Season

See also

References

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