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2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

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The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 6 July and ended on 26 August 2021.[1]

A total of 163 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 24 teams in Champions Path and 139 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.[2]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Teams

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Champions Path

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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:

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients, not to be used as seeding for the Champions Path, however),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
Lithuania Žalgiris[UEL CH Q3] 6.500
Estonia Flora[UEL CH Q3] 6.250
Kazakhstan Kairat[UEL CH Q3] 6.000
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps[UEL CH Q3] 5.750
Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku[UEL CH Q3] 5.000
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers[UCL Q1] 4.750
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
North Macedonia Shkëndija[UCL Q1] 9.000
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi[UCL Q1] 6.500
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica[UCL Q1] 6.000
Latvia Riga[UCL Q1] 5.500
Northern Ireland Linfield[UCL Q1] 5.250
Luxembourg Fola Esch[UCL Q1] 5.250
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk[UCL Q1] 5.250
Israel Maccabi Haifa[UCL Q1] 4.875
Wales Connah's Quay Nomads[UCL Q1] 4.750
Iceland Valur[UCL Q1] 4.250
Norway Bodø/Glimt[UCL Q1] 4.200
Malta Hibernians[UCL Q1] 3.750
Albania Teuta[UCL Q1] 2.750
Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn[UCL PR SF] 2.250
Kosovo Prishtina[UCL Q1] 2.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka[UCL Q1] 1.600
Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes[UCL PR F] 1.500
San Marino Folgore[UCL PR SF] 1.000
Notes
  1. UEL CH Q3 Losers of Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. UCL Q1 Losers of Champions League first qualifying round.
  3. UCL PR F Loser of Champions League preliminary round final.
  4. UCL PR SF Losers of Champions League preliminary round semi-finals.

Main Path

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The Main Path included league non-champions, and consisted of the following rounds:

  • First qualifying round (66 teams): 66 teams which entered in this round.
  • Second qualifying round (90 teams): 57 teams which entered in this round, and 33 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (54 teams): 9 teams which entered in this round, and 45 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (34 teams): 7 teams which entered this round (including 3 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 2021 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[3]
Italy Roma 90.000
England Tottenham Hotspur 88.000
France Rennes 19.000
Germany Union Berlin 14.714
Czech Republic Jablonec[UEL MP Q3] 7.000
Scotland St Johnstone[UEL MP Q3] 6.675
Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta[UEL MP Q3] 5.550
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Belgium Anderlecht 25.000
Austria LASK 21.000
Greece PAOK 20.000
Portugal Paços de Ferreira 9.709
Netherlands Vitesse 7.840
Russia Rubin Kazan 7.676
Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka 6.620
Turkey Trabzonspor 6.020
Switzerland Luzern 5.500
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Switzerland Basel 49.000
Denmark Copenhagen 43.500
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 33.500
Belgium Gent 26.500
Kazakhstan Astana 22.500
Netherlands Feyenoord 21.000
Azerbaijan Qarabağ 21.000
Romania FCSB 21.000
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 20.500
Greece AEK Athens 19.500
Serbia Partizan 18.000
Belarus BATE Borisov 17.500
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 17.500
Norway Molde 17.000
Norway Rosenborg 14.000
Croatia Rijeka 13.500
Cyprus Apollon Limassol 13.500
Austria Austria Wien 10.000
Portugal Santa Clara 9.709
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 8.000
Croatia Hajduk Split 8.000
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 8.000
Russia Sochi 7.676
Scotland Aberdeen 7.500
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 6.750
Scotland Hibernian 6.675
Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 6.620
Turkey Sivasspor 6.020
Croatia Osijek 6.000
Romania Universitatea Craiova 6.000
Denmark AGF 5.575
Cyprus AEL Limassol 5.550
Liechtenstein Vaduz 5.500
Serbia Vojvodina 5.350
Serbia Čukarički 5.350
Czech Republic Slovácko 5.320
Switzerland Servette 5.245
Greece Aris 5.200
Belarus Dynamo Brest 5.000
Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda 5.000
Israel Ashdod 4.875
Norway Vålerenga 4.200
Sweden Hammarby IF 4.100
Sweden BK Häcken 4.100
Sweden IF Elfsborg 4.100
Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4.075
Bulgaria Arda 4.075
Romania Sepsi OSK 3.640
Azerbaijan Keşla 3.375
Azerbaijan Sumgayit 3.375
Kazakhstan Tobol 3.125
Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy 3.125
Hungary Újpest 3.100
Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 3.050
Poland Raków Częstochowa 3.025
Poland Pogoń Szczecin 3.025
Lithuania Panevėžys 1.750
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[3]
Slovenia Maribor 14.000
Hungary MOL Fehérvár 11.500
Republic of Ireland Dundalk 10.500
Lithuania Sūduva 8.750
Wales The New Saints 7.500
Slovakia Spartak Trnava 7.500
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 6.250
Slovenia Domžale 5.500
Faroe Islands 5.250
Finland KuPS 5.000
Iceland FH 5.000
Montenegro Sutjeska 4.750
Andorra FC Santa Coloma 4.500
Albania Partizani 4.250
Albania Laçi 4.000
Gibraltar Europa 4.000
Latvia Liepāja 4.000
Estonia FCI Levadia 3.750
Kosovo Drita 3.500
San Marino La Fiorita 3.250
Iceland Stjarnan 3.250
Hungary Puskás Akadémia 3.100
Poland Śląsk Wrocław 3.025
North Macedonia Shkupi 3.000
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 3.000
Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 3.000
Northern Ireland Coleraine 2.750
San Marino Tre Penne 2.750
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2.750
Slovakia Žilina 2.725
Wales Bala Town 2.500
Malta Gżira United 2.500
Iceland Breiðablik 2.250
Gibraltar St Joseph's 2.250
Moldova Milsami Orhei 2.250
Armenia Urartu 2.250
Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris 2.000
Latvia RFS 2.000
Finland Inter Turku 2.000
North Macedonia Sileks 1.750
Luxembourg Racing FC 1.650
Luxembourg Swift Hesperange 1.650
Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež Mostar 1.600
Republic of Ireland Bohemians 1.575
Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 1.575
North Macedonia Struga 1.525
Moldova Sfîntul Gheorghe 1.500
Malta Birkirkara 1.500
Armenia Noah 1.475
Latvia Valmiera 1.475
Armenia Ararat Yerevan 1.475
Albania Vllaznia 1.450
Northern Ireland Glentoran 1.391
Northern Ireland Larne 1.391
Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi 1.375
Finland Honka 1.375
Georgia (country) Dila Gori 1.375
Georgia (country) Gagra 1.375
Malta Mosta 1.275
Andorra Sant Julià 1.250
Kosovo Llapi 1.166
Gibraltar Mons Calpe 1.133
Estonia Paide Linnameeskond 1.000
Montenegro Dečić 1.000
Montenegro Podgorica 1.000
Wales Newtown 1.000
Notes
  1. UEL MP Q3 Losers of Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path).

Format

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Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, the away goals rule is no longer applied starting from this season.[4] To decide the winner of the tie, extra time is played, and if the same number of goals are scored by both teams during extra time, the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Schedule for the qualifying phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 15 June 2021 8 July 2021 15 July 2021
Second qualifying round 16 June 2021 22 July 2021 29 July 2021
Third qualifying round 19 July 2021 5 August 2021 12 August 2021
Play-offs 2 August 2021 19 August 2021 26 August 2021

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 15 June 2021, 13:30 CEST.[5]

Seeding

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A total of 66 teams played in the first qualifying round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[3] Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed eight groups, seven of four seeded teams and four unseeded teams, and one 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, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–7 with eight teams and one for Group 8 with ten teams. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team of the first leg.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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The first legs were played on 6 and 8 July, and the second legs were played on 13 and 15 July 2021.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path second qualifying round. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FCI Levadia Estonia 4–2 Gibraltar St Joseph's 3–1 1–1
Inter Turku Finland 1–3 Hungary Puskás Akadémia 1–1 0–2
Drita Kosovo 3–1[A] Montenegro Dečić 2–1 1–0
Sūduva Lithuania 2–1 Latvia Valmiera 2–1 0–0
Birkirkara Malta 2–1[A] San Marino La Fiorita 1–0 1–1
Mons Calpe Gibraltar 1–5 Andorra FC Santa Coloma 1–1 0–4
Velež Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–2 Northern Ireland Coleraine 2–1 2–1
Domžale Slovenia 2–1 Luxembourg Swift Hesperange 1–0 1–1
Shkupi North Macedonia 3–1 Kosovo Llapi 2–0 1–1
Tre Penne San Marino 0–7[A] Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi 0–4 0–3
Partizani Albania 8–4[A] Moldova Sfîntul Gheorghe 5–2 3–2
Maribor Slovenia 2–0 Armenia Urartu 1–0 1–0
Podgorica Montenegro 1–3[A] Albania Laçi 1–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)
Milsami Orhei Moldova 1–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 0–0 1–0
Noah Armenia 1–5 Finland KuPS 1–0 0–5
Žilina Slovakia 6–3 Georgia (country) Dila Gori 5–1 1–2
FH Iceland 3–1 Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 1–0 2–1
Paide Linnameeskond Estonia 1–4 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1–2 0–2
RFS Latvia 6–5 Faroe Islands 2–3 4–2 (a.e.t.)
Bala Town Wales 0–2 Northern Ireland Larne 0–1 0–1
MOL Fehérvár Hungary 1–3 Armenia Ararat Yerevan 1–1 0–2
Sutjeska Montenegro 2–1 Georgia (country) Gagra 1–0 1–1
Sileks North Macedonia 1–2 Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 1–1 0–1
Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–4 Albania Vllaznia 3–1 0–3
Stjarnan Iceland 1–4 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 1–1 0–3
Glentoran Northern Ireland 1–3 Wales The New Saints 1–1 0–2
Sant Julià Andorra 1–1 (3–5 p) Malta Gżira United 0–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Europa Gibraltar 0–2 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris 0–0 0–2
Dundalk Republic of Ireland 5–0 Wales Newtown 4–0 1–0
Mosta Malta 3–4[A] Slovakia Spartak Trnava 3–2 0–2
Liepāja Latvia 5–2[A] North Macedonia Struga 1–1 4–1
Racing Luxembourg Luxembourg 2–5 Iceland Breiðablik 2–3 0–2
Honka Finland 3–1 Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 0–0 3–1
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021, 13:30 CEST.[6]

Seeding

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A total of 108 teams played in the second qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (18 teams): The teams, whose identity was not known at the time of draw, were seeded as following:
    • Seeded: 15 of the 16 losers of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round (1 of the teams received a bye to the third qualifying round).
    • Unseeded: 3 losers of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League preliminary round.
  • Main Path (90 teams): 57 teams which entered in this round, and 33 winners of the first qualifying round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[3] 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 of five 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 four 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 would be the home team of the first leg.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winner of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 20, 21 and 22 July, and the second legs were played on 27 and 29 July 2021.

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland Bye N/A
Teuta Albania 3–2 Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes 0–2 3–0 (a.e.t.)
Riga Latvia 3–0 North Macedonia Shkëndija 2–0 1–0
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2–7 Israel Maccabi Haifa 1–2 1–5
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 6–0[A] Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 4–0 2–0
Linfield Northern Ireland 4–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 4–0 0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 1–3 Luxembourg Fola Esch 1–2 0–1
Folgore San Marino 3–7 Malta Hibernians 1–3 2–4
Prishtina Kosovo 6–5 Wales Connah's Quay Nomads 4–1 2–4
Valur Iceland 0–6 Norway Bodø/Glimt 0–3 0–3
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
KuPS Finland 5–4 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 2–2 3–2 (a.e.t.)
FCSB Romania 2–2 (3–5 p) Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Arda Bulgaria 0–6 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–2 0–4
Apollon Limassol Cyprus 3–5 Slovakia Žilina 1–3 2–2
Čukarički Serbia 2–0 Azerbaijan Sumgayit 0–0 2–0
Sutjeska Montenegro 1–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 1–3
Astana Kazakhstan 3–2 Greece Aris Thessaloniki 2–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Petrocub Hîncești Moldova 0–2 Turkey Sivasspor 0–1 0–1
AEL Limassol Cyprus 2–0 Albania Vllaznia 1–0 1–0
Sochi Russia 7–2 Azerbaijan Keşla 3–0 4–2
IF Elfsborg Sweden 9–0 Moldova Milsami Orhei 4–0 5–0
RFS Latvia 5–0 Hungary Puskás Akadémia 3–0 2–0
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) 4–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 4–1
Partizan Serbia 3–0 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda 1–0 2–0
Dundalk Republic of Ireland 4–3 Estonia FCI Levadia 2–2 2–1
Gżira United Malta 0–3 Croatia Rijeka 0–2 0–1
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 4–2 Belarus Dynamo Brest 2–1 2–1
Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania 1–10 Wales The New Saints 0–5 1–5
Domžale Slovenia 2–1 Finland Honka 1–1 1–0
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 0–0 (3–1 p) Latvia Liepāja 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Shkupi North Macedonia 0–5 Portugal Santa Clara 0–3 0–2
Hibernian Scotland 5–1 Andorra FC Santa Coloma 3–0 2–1
Larne Northern Ireland 3–2 Denmark AGF 2–1 1–1
Gent Belgium 4–2 Norway Vålerenga 4–0 0–2
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 0–4 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0–1 0–3
Velež Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–2 (3–2 p) Greece AEK Athens 2–1 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–0 Israel Ashdod 0–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 1–1 (3–2 p) Czech Republic Slovácko 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Ararat Yerevan Armenia 5–7 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 2–4 3–3
Laçi Albania 1–0[A] Romania Universitatea Craiova 1–0 0–0
Drita Kosovo 2–3 Netherlands Feyenoord 0–0 2–3
Basel Switzerland 5–0 Albania Partizani 3–0 2–0
Pogoń Szczecin Poland 0–1 Croatia Osijek 0–0 0–1
Austria Wien Austria 2–3 Iceland Breiðablik 1–1 1–2
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 1–1 (5–4 p) Malta Birkirkara 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Hammarby IF Sweden 4–1 Slovenia Maribor 3–1 1–0
Molde Norway 3–2 Switzerland Servette 3–0 0–2
Újpest Hungary 5–2 Liechtenstein Vaduz 2–1 3–1
Sūduva Lithuania 0–0 (3–4 p) Poland Raków Częstochowa 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Spartak Trnava Slovakia 1–1 (4–3 p) Romania Sepsi OSK 0–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)
FH Iceland 1–6 Norway Rosenborg 0–2 1–4
Copenhagen Denmark 9–1 Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 4–1 5–0
Panevėžys Lithuania 0–2 Serbia Vojvodina 0–1 0–1
Hajduk Split Croatia 3–4 Kazakhstan Tobol 2–0 1–4 (a.e.t.)
Aberdeen Scotland 5–3 Sweden BK Häcken 5–1 0–2
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

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Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 14:00 CEST.[7]

Seeding

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A total of 64 teams played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

  • Champions Path (10 teams): 9 winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path), whose identity was not known at the time of draw, and 1 loser from the first qualifying round of the Champions League which received a bye to this round (Shamrock Rovers). There was no seeding. Due to political reasons, teams from Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo could not be drawn against each other, thus the winners of the ties between Borac Banja Luka/Linfield and Prishtina/Connah's Quay Nomads could not be drawn against each other.
  • Main Path (54 teams): 9 teams which entered in this round, and 45 winners of the second qualifying round (Main Path). Seeding of teams was based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[3] 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 seven groups in the Main Path, six of four seeded teams and four unseeded teams, and one of three seeded teams and three unseeded teams, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In the Main Path, numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–6 with eight teams and one for Group 7 with six teams. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team of the first leg.

Champions Path
Main Path
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 5 Group 6 Group 7
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winner of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 3 and 5 August, and the second legs were played on 10 and 12 August 2021.

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Maccabi Haifa Israel 7–3 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 7–2 0–1
Linfield Northern Ireland 2–4 Luxembourg Fola Esch 1–2 1–2
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 3–0 Albania Teuta 1–0 2–0
Riga Latvia 4–2 Malta Hibernians 0–1 4–1 (a.e.t.)
Prishtina Kosovo 2–3 Norway Bodø/Glimt 2–1 0–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) 2–3 Turkey Sivasspor 1–2 1–1 (a.e.t.)
KuPS Finland 5–4 Kazakhstan Astana 1–1 4–3
Sochi Russia 3–3 (2–4 p) Serbia Partizan 1–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Śląsk Wrocław Poland 2–5 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1 0–4
Santa Clara Portugal 3–0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 2–0 1–0
Újpest Hungary 1–6 Switzerland Basel 1–2 0–4
IF Elfsborg Sweden 5–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Velež Mostar 1–1 4–1
Kolos Kovalivka Ukraine 0–0 (1–3 p) Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Paços de Ferreira Portugal 4–1 Northern Ireland Larne 4–0 0–1
Luzern Switzerland 0–6 Netherlands Feyenoord 0–3 0–3
Gent Belgium 3–2 Latvia RFS 2–2 1–0
Hibernian Scotland 2–5 Croatia Rijeka 1–1 1–4
Breiðablik Iceland 3–5 Scotland Aberdeen 2–3 1–2
Trabzonspor Turkey 4–4 (4–3 p) Norway Molde 3–3 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 2–3 Greece PAOK 2–1 0–2
The New Saints Wales 5–5 (1–4 p) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 4–2 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Raków Częstochowa Poland 1–0 Russia Rubin Kazan 0–0 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 3–5 Denmark Copenhagen 1–1 2–4
Čukarički Serbia 4–6 Sweden Hammarby IF 3–1 1–5
Tobol Kazakhstan 0–6 Slovakia Žilina 0–1 0–5
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 5–3 Croatia Osijek 4–2 1–1
Vojvodina Serbia 1–7 Austria LASK 0–1 1–6
AEL Limassol Cyprus 1–2 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–1 0–1
Spartak Trnava Slovakia 0–1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 0–1
Rosenborg Norway 8–2 Slovenia Domžale 6–1 2–1
Laçi Albania 1–5 Belgium Anderlecht 0–3 1–2
Vitesse Netherlands 4–3 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 2–2 2–1

Matches

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Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021, 14:00 CEST.[8]

Seeding

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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 draw, were seeded as following:
    • Seeded: 5 losers of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
    • Unseeded: 5 winners of the third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  • Main Path (34 teams): 4 teams which entered in this round, 27 winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path), and 3 losers of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path). Seeding of teams was based on their 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[3] 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.

Prior to the draw, UEFA formed four groups in the Main Path, three of four seeded teams and four unseeded teams, and one of five seeded teams and five unseeded teams, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In the Main Path, numbers were pre-assigned for each team by UEFA, with the draw held in two runs, one for Groups 1–3 with eight teams and one for Group 4 with ten teams. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team of the first leg.

Champions Path
Seeded Unseeded
Main Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Group 3 Group 4
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the third qualifying round (Main Path). Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.
  2. Losers of the Europe League third qualifying round (Main Path). Teams in italics lost to a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 19 August, and the second legs were played on 26 August 2021.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Žalgiris Lithuania 2–3 Norway Bodø/Glimt 2–2 0–1
Neftçi Baku Azerbaijan 3–7 Israel Maccabi Haifa 3–3 0–4
Flora Estonia 5–2 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 4–2 1–0
Riga Latvia 2–4 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 1–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Fola Esch Luxembourg 2–7 Kazakhstan Kairat 1–4 1–3
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Main Path
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 4–1 Scotland Aberdeen 1–0 3–1
Basel Switzerland 4–4 (4–3 p) Sweden Hammarby IF 3–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 2–3 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)
Paços de Ferreira Portugal 1–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 0–3
Rennes France 5–1 Norway Rosenborg 2–0 3–1
Anderlecht Belgium 4–5 Netherlands Vitesse 3–3 1–2
LASK Austria 3–1 Scotland St Johnstone 1–1 2–0
Shakhter Karagandy Kazakhstan 1–4 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 0–2
PAOK Greece 3–1 Croatia Rijeka 1–1 2–0
KuPS Finland 0–4 Germany Union Berlin 0–4 0–0
Feyenoord Netherlands 6–3 Sweden IF Elfsborg 5–0 1–3
Raków Częstochowa Poland 1–3 Belgium Gent 1–0 0–3
Sivasspor Turkey 1–7 Denmark Copenhagen 1–2 0–5
Santa Clara Portugal 2–3 Serbia Partizan 2–1 0–2
Trabzonspor Turkey 1–5 Italy Roma 1–2 0–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 1–3 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 0–0 1–3
Jablonec Czech Republic 8–1 Slovakia Žilina 5–1 3–0

Matches

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References

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  1. ^ a b "UEFA Europa Conference League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa Conference League, 2021/22 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Abolition of the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions". UEFA.com. 24 June 2021.
  5. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2021.
  6. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021.
  7. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021.
  8. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021.
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