2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round. It began on 5 July and ended on 25 August 2022.
A total of 166 teams competed in the qualifying system, 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.
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Teams
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: Second qualifying round (16 teams): 16 teams which entered this round (including 13 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round and 3 losers of the Champions League preliminary qualifying round). Third qualifying round (10 teams): 8 winners of the second qualifying round and 2 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round which were drawn to receive a bye. Play-off round (10 teams): 5 teams which entered this round (including 5 losers of the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round), and 5 winners of the third qualifying round.
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), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of play-off round advance to group stage +Play-off roundTeam Maribor 14.000 Slovan Bratislava 13.000 F91 Dudelange 8.500 Linfield 7.000 Shkupi 4.500+Third qualifying roundTeam Shakhtyor Soligorsk 6.250 RFS 4.000+Second qualifying roundTeam CFR Cluj 19.500 The New Saints 8.500 Lincoln Red Imps 7.250 Zrinjski Mostar 7.000 Sutjeska 6.250 KÍ 6.250 Lech Poznań 6.000 Hibernians 5.500 FCI Levadia 4.750 Tobol 4.500 La Fiorita 4.000 Dinamo Batumi 3.2503.000 Tirana 2.750 Ballkani 1.633 Víkingur Reykjavík 1.075
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Main Path The Main Path included league non-champions, and consisted of the following rounds: First qualifying round (60 teams): 60 teams which entered in this round. Second qualifying round (90 teams): 60 teams which entered in this round, and 30 winners of the first qualifying round. Third qualifying round (54 teams): nine teams which entered in this round, and 45 winners of the second qualifying round. Play-off round (34 teams): seven teams which entered this round (including two losers of the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round), and 27 winners of the third qualifying round.
Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of play-off round advance to group stage +Play-off roundTeam Villarreal78.000 Partizan 24.500 West Ham United21.328 Fiorentina15.380 1. FC Köln15.042 Nice12.016 Slovácko 5.560 +Third qualifying roundTeam Zorya Luhansk18.000 Anderlecht11.500 Wolfsberger AC11.000 Gil Vicente10.676 Twente9.860 Lugano9.000 Hajduk Split8.000 Dundee United7.380 Panathinaikos5.640+Second qualifying roundTeam Basel55.000 Slavia Prague52.000 Young Boys37.000 AZ28.500 PAOK25.000 İstanbul Başakşehir25.000 Maccabi Tel Aviv24.500 Astana20.500 Molde19.000 APOEL18.000 FCSB17.500 BATE Borisov17.500 Rapid Wien16.000 Rijeka15.000 Antwerp14.500 Hapoel Be'er Sheva14.000 Sparta Prague13.500 MOL Fehérvár11.500 Vitória de Guimarães10.676 CSKA Sofia10.500 Sūduva10.000 Brøndby8.500 Spartak Trnava8.500 Kairat8.000 Osijek8.000 Universitatea Craiova7.500 Motherwell7.380 Neftçi7.000 Čukarički6.675 Radnički Niš6.675 Vaduz6.500 Vorskla Poltava6.360 Aris5.640 Viking5.450 Lillestrøm5.450 Viborg5.435 Konyaspor5.420 Aris Limassol5.275 Ararat-Armenia5.000 AIK5.000 Maccabi Netanya4.875 Djurgårdens IF4.575 IF Elfsborg4.575 Botev Plovdiv3.900 Levski Sofia3.900 Gabala3.500 Sepsi OSK3.430 Zira3.400 Puskás Akadémia3.275 Kisvárda3.275 Raków Częstochowa3.175 Kyzylzhar3.150 Koper3.000 Gomel2.500 Velež Mostar2.000 Valmiera2.000 Racing Union2.000 St Patrick's Athletic1.625 Vllaznia1.600 Makedonija GP1.400+First qualifying roundTeam Flora9.750 Shkëndija9.000 Riga8.000 Alashkert8.000 Olimpija Ljubljana7.750 KuPS7.500 Fola Esch7.500 Budućnost Podgorica7.000 Dinamo Tbilisi6.500 DAC Dunajská Streda6.500 Laçi6.000 Mura5.500 Drita5.000 Dinamo Minsk5.000 B364.750 Petrocub Hîncești4.500 Liepāja4.500 Europa4.500 Partizani4.250 Breiðablik4.000 HB4.000 Gżira United4.000 Milsami Orhei3.750 Kauno Žalgiris3.500 Bala Town3.250 Tre Penne3.250 St Joseph's3.250 Crusaders3.250 Pogoń Szczecin3.175 Lechia Gdańsk3.175 Ružomberok3.125 Borac Banja Luka3.000 Inter Turku3.000 KR3.000 Tre Fiori3.000 Saburtalo Tbilisi3.000 Sfîntul Gheorghe2.500 Víkingur Gøta2.500 Floriana2.250 Derry City2.250 Larne2.000 Panevėžys2.000 Paide Linnameeskond2.000 Cliftonville2.000 Tuzla City1.825 SJK1.775 Differdange 031.750 Llapi1.633 Gjilani1.633 Ararat Yerevan1.625 Sligo Rovers1.625 Dila Gori1.400 Akademija Pandev1.400 Hamrun Spartans1.400 Newtown1.100 FCB Magpies1.083 Dečić1.000 Iskra1.000 UE Santa Coloma0.933 Atlètic Club d'Escaldes0.933
Notes
Format 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.
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
+Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference LeagueRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legFirst qualifying round14 June 20227 July 202214 July 2022Second qualifying round15 June 202221 July 202228 July 2022Third qualifying round18 July 20224 August 202211 August 2022Play-offs2 August 202218 August 202225 August 2022
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 14 June 2022.
Seeding A total of 60 teams played in the first qualifying round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients. 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.
Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
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Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.
Seeding A total of 106 teams played in the second qualifying round. They were divided into two paths: Champions Path (16 teams): The teams, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, was seeded as following: Seeded: 13 of the 15 losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round (two of the teams received a bye to the third qualifying round). Unseeded: 3 losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League preliminary round. Main Path (90 teams): 60 teams which entered in this round, and 30 winners of the first qualifying round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients. For the winner of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
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.
+Champions PathGroup 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
+Main PathGroup 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 7Group 8Group 9SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
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Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.
Seeding A total of 64 teams played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths: Champions Path (10 teams): eight winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and two losers from the first qualifying round of the Champions League which received a bye to this round. There was no seeding. Main Path (54 teams): nine teams that entered in this round, and 45 winners of the second qualifying round (Main Path). Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients. For the winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. 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.
+Champions PathGroup 1Group 2
+Main PathGroup 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Notes
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Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.
Seeding A total of 44 teams played in the play-off round. They were divided into two paths: Champions Path (10 teams): The teams, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were seeded as follows: Seeded: five losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path). Unseeded: five winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path). Main Path (34 teams): five teams which entered in this round, 27 winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path), and two losers of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients. For the winners of the third qualifying round and losers of the Europa League third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie was used. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.