UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw

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

Conference League play-off fixtures (seeded teams in bold)

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)

Champions path

Conditions of the draw

In accordance with paragraphs 13.05 and 13.06 of the Regulations of the UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24, the UEFA administration formed groups and seeded clubs for the play-off draw based on their entry stage in the competition. The clubs entering from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League were seeded above the clubs that progress from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League champions path.

The ten teams (the five winners of the UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round champions path ties, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Winners of Matches 1 to 5, and the five teams that enter through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League champions path, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Matches 1 to 5) were divided into one group of four teams (Group 1) and one group of six teams (Group 2).

Within each of the two groups, the teams were divided into an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams.

As decided by the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina could not be drawn against each other.

Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to the clubs and national associations by 18:00 CET on 8 August.

Draw procedure

Starting with Group 1, three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls representing the seeded and unseeded teams of the group placed in the corresponding marked bowls.

One ball was taken from each bowl and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn from this bowl plays their first match at home against the second team drawn.

The same procedure was carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the pairings for Group 1.

The procedure was then repeated to determine the pairings for Group 2.

Groupings 

Group 1
Match 1: FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) / BK Häcken (SWE)
Match 2: FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) / FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
Winners of match 1: Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT) / Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
Winners of match 2: FC Ballkani (KOS) / Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)

Group 2
Match 3: HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) / Breidablik (ISL)
Match 4: Qarabağ FK (AZE) / HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Match 5: FC Astana (KAZ) / PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)
Winners of match 3: Valmiera FC (LVA) / FK Partizani (ALB)
Winners of match 4: FCV Farul Constanța (ROU) / FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
Winners of match 5: FC Struga (MKD) / FC Swift Hesper (LUX)

Main path

Conditions of the draw

In accordance with paragraphs 13.03 and 13.04 of the Regulations of the UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24, the UEFA administration seeded clubs for the play-off draw based on the club rankings established at the beginning of the season and the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

The 34 teams (five that enter the competition at this stage, 27 that enter through the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League main path and two that enter through the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round main path) were divided into three groups of eight teams (Groups 1 to 3) and one group of ten teams (Group 4).

Within each of the four groups, the teams were divided into an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams.

Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

If any club in a third qualifying round match had a coefficient that entitled it to be seeded for the play-off draw, the winner of that match was automatically seeded for the draw.

Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to the clubs and national associations by 18:00 CET on 8 August.

Draw procedure

Groups 1 to 3

All the clubs in each of the three groups were randomly assigned a number: 1 to 4 for the seeded teams and 5 to 8 for the unseeded teams.

Three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls containing the numbers for the seeded and unseeded teams for Groups 1 to 3 placed in the correspondingly marked bowls.

One ball was taken from each of those bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The number shown from the first ball drawn from this bowl indicated the home teams of the first pairing of all three groups, and they play against the teams indicated by the number of the ball drawn second from this bowl.

For example, if the first ball drawn contained the number 2 and the second the number 8, the clubs that were assigned the numbers 2 and 8 in each of the three groups play each other. The first ball drawn, here containing the number 2, designates the home team for the first leg in all three ties.

The same procedure was carried out with the remaining balls to complete the pairings of these three groups.

Group 4

The procedure for this group was exactly the same as above, with the only difference being that the seeded teams were assigned numbers 1 to 5 and the unseeded teams assigned numbers 6 to 10.

Groupings

Group 1
1: Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
2: Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) / NK Maribor (SVN)
3: Omonoia FC (CYP) / FC Midtjylland (DEN)
4: FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) / FC Pyunik (ARM)
5: Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR) / PFC Levski Sofia (BUL)
6: FC Twente (NED) / Riga FC (LVA)
7: Legia Warszawa (POL) / FK Austria Wien (AUT)
8: Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU) / FC Aktobe (KAZ)

Group 2
1: KAA Gent (BEL) / MKS Pogoń Szczecin (POL)
2: Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE) / FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
3: LOSC Lille (FRA)
4: FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / Gzira United FC (MLT)
5: FC Dila Gori (GEO) / APOEL FC (CYP)
6: Beşiktaş JK (TUR) / Neftçi PFK (AZE)
7: B36 Tórshavn (FRO) / HNK Rijeka (CRO)
8: FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) / Derry City FC (IRL)

Group 3
1: SK Slavia Praha (CZE) / SC Dnipro-1 (UKR)
2: FC Santa Coloma (AND) / AZ Alkmaar (NED)
3: Olympiacos FC (GRE) / KRC Genk (BEL)
4: Aston Villa FC (ENG)
5: KKS Lech Poznań (POL) / FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)
6: FC Arouca (POR) / SK Brann (NOR)
7: Adana Demirspor (TUR) / NK Osijek (CRO)
8: Hibernian FC (SCO) / FC Luzern (SUI)

Group 4
1: Club Brugge (BEL) / KA Akureyri (ISL)
2: Sabah (AZE) / FK Partizan (SRB)
3: HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) / PAOK FC (GRE)
4: AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
5: ACF Fiorentina (ITA)
6: CA Osasuna (ESP)
7: SK Rapid Wien (AUT) / Debreceni VSC (HUN)
8: Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) / FC Nordsjælland (DEN)
9: Rosenborg BK (NOR) / Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO)
10: NK Celje (SVN) / FC Neman Grodno (BLR)