UEFA Conference League first qualifying round draw

The 2024/25 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round draw took place at 16:00 CET on Tuesday 18 June at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The two-legged ties will be played on 11 and 18 July.

2024/25 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round draw

FK Velež Mostar (BIH) vs Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)
Floriana FC (MLT) vs SP Tre Penne (SMR)
FC Torpedo (BLR) vs FC Milsami Orhei (MDA)
FA Šiauliai (LTU) vs FCI Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Bala Town FC (WAL) vs Paide Linnameeskond (EST)

FC Isloch Minsk Region (BLR) vs La Fiorita 1967 (SMR)
Caernarfon Town FC (WAL) vs Crusaders FC (NIR)
JK Tallinna Kalev (EST) vs FC Urartu (ARM)
Valur (ISL) vs KF Vllaznia (ALB)
FCB Magpies (GIB) vs Derry City FC (IRL)

FC Malisheva (KOS) vs FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Atlètic Club Escaldes (AND) vs F91 Diddeleng (LUX)
Marsaxlokk FC (MLT) vs FK Partizani (ALB)
FK Auda (LVA) vs B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
Stjarnan (ISL) vs Linfield FC (NIR)

FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) vs KF Tirana (ALB)
Shelbourne FC (IRL) vs St Joseph's FC (GIB)
FC Aktobe (KAZ) vs FK Sarajevo (BIH)
NK Bravo (SVN) vs Connah's Quay Nomads FC (WAL)
Víkingur (FRO) vs FK Liepaja (LVA)

FC Noah (ARM) vs KF Shkëndija (MKD)
GFK Tikves (MKD) vs Breiðablik (ISL)
FK Mornar (MNE) vs FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
FC UNA Strassen (LUX) vs KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
VPS Vaasa (FIN) vs FK Žalgiris (LTU)

Seeded teams in bold.

Match dates and kick-off times to be announced by: 21 June 2024 (first and second legs)

DRAW PROCEDURE

Based on Articles 14 of the UEFA Conference League Regulations (UECL Regulations) the following draw procedure has been adopted by the Club Competitions Committee.

Match system

The qualifying phase and play-offs follow the knockout system, whereby each team plays each opponent twice, in home and away matches.

Draw system and conditions

A draw between the same number of seeded and unseeded clubs determines the ties for the qualifying phase and play-offs. Clubs are seeded for these draws in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season (see Annex D) and with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. If, for any reason, any of the participants in the rounds concerned are not known at the time of the draw, the coefficients of the two clubs involved in the undecided tie are used for the purposes of the draw. For the club advancing to the next round of the competition as winner of the tie, the coefficient of the club with the higher coefficient of the two clubs involved is used for the purposes of the draw. For the other club, which is fed into the relevant round of the competition from another competition, the lower coefficient of the two clubs in the pairing of the other competition is used for the purposes of the draw.

The UEFA administration may form groups for the draw in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

A draw is conducted to determine the ties of each match and which team plays the first leg match at home.

In accordance with the relevant decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from the following associations may not be drawn against each other:

Armenia – Azerbaijan
Gibraltar – Spain
Kosovo – Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kosovo – Serbia
Kosovo – Russia*
Ukraine – Russia*
Ukraine – Belarus

* All teams from Russia are suspended until further notice by the decision of the Executive Committee of 28 February 2022, and as confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 15 July 2022.

Draw system

The 50 teams were divided into five groups of ten teams (groups 1 to 5).

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

Groupings

Group 1

Seeded:

KF Shkëndija (MKD)
FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)
KF Tirana (ALB)
La Fiorita 1967 (SMR)

Unseeded:

FK Velež Mostar (BIH)
FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO)
FC Malisheva (KOS)
FC Noah (ARM)
FC Isloch Minsk Region (BLR)

Group 2

Seeded:

Breiðablik (ISL)
F91 Diddeleng (LUX)
SP Tre Penne (SMR)
St Joseph's FC (GIB)
Crusaders FC (NIR)

Unseeded:

Floriana FC (MLT)
Shelbourne FC (IRL)
Atlètic Club Escaldes (AND)
GFK Tikves (MKD)
Caernarfon Town FC (WAL)

Group 3

Seeded:

FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
FK Partizani (ALB)
FC Milsami Orhei (MDA)
FK Sarajevo (BIH)
FC Urartu (ARM)

Unseeded:

FC Torpedo (BLR)
FC Aktobe (KAZ)
Marsaxlokk FC (MLT)
FK Mornar (MNE)
JK Tallinna Kalev (EST)

Group 4

Seeded:

KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
FCI Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Connah's Quay Nomads FC (WAL)
KF Vllaznia (ALB)

Unseeded:

FA Šiauliai (LTU)
NK Bravo (SVN)
FK Auda (LVA)
FC UNA Strassen (LUX)
Valur (ISL)

Group 5

Seeded:

FK Žalgiris (LTU)
Linfield FC (NIR)
Paide Linnameeskond (EST)
FK Liepaja (LVA)
Derry City FC (IRL)

Unseeded:

Bala Town FC (WAL)
Víkingur (FRO)
Stjarnan (ISL)
VPS Vaasa (FIN)
FCB Magpies (GIB)

Draw procedure

All the clubs in each of the five groups were randomly assigned a number: 1 to 5 for the seeded teams and 6 to 10 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 1–5 placed in the correspondingly marked bowls.

One ball was taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The teams represented by the first number then drawn from this bowl were considered the home team of the first pairing of all five groups, and they will play against the teams indicated by the number of the ball drawn second from this bowl.

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

The process was then repeated with the remaining balls to complete all the ties.

Calendar elaboration (Article 24 UECL regulations)

The stadiums, dates (in accordance with the calendar in Annex C) and kick-off times for all qualifying matches are fixed by the home clubs in consultation with their respective associations and must be confirmed to the UEFA administration by the deadline set by the UEFA administration. The UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

If two or more clubs from the same city, within a radius of 50km of each other and/or playing in the same stadium, take part in any of the UEFA club competitions, and if the association and the clubs concerned explicitly declare when entering the clubs that their matches cannot be played on the same day or on consecutive days, the UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

The UEFA administration decides on match dates and fixture reversals on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the applicable principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In any case, the UEFA administration reserves the right to impose a match date if the circumstances so require.

Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to the clubs and their respective associations by 22:00 CET on 18 June 2024.