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2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 6 July – 26 August 2021 Competition proper: 14 September 2021 – 25 May 2022 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32+8 Total: 136+45 (from 54 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Roma (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Feyenoord |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 140 |
| Goals scored | 401 (2.86 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,978,850 (14,135 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Cyriel Dessers (Feyenoord) 10 goals |
| Best player(s) | Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)[1] |
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The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania,[2] with Roma defeating Feyenoord 1–0.[3][4] As winners, Roma automatically qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage, although they had already done so through their league position.[5]
This season was the first since 1999–2000 (the first season after the dissolution of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) where three major European club competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Europa Conference League) took place.[6]
On 24 June 2021, UEFA approved the proposal to abolish the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions, which had been used since 1965. Therefore, if in a two-legged tie, two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner was not decided by the number of away goals scored by each team, but always by 30 minutes of extra time, and if the two teams scored the same amount of goals in extra time, the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[7]
Association team allocation
A total of 181 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League (the exception being Spain, as none of their teams finished third in the Europa League group stage). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[8]
- Associations 1–5 each had one team qualify.
- Association 1 (Spain) did not have any team qualify for this season, as the team which would have participated, Villarreal, won the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League and earned a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
- Associations 6–15 and 51–55 each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–50 (except Liechtenstein)[Note LIE] each had three teams qualify.
- As the UEFA Europa Conference League title holders' berth in the UEFA Europa League was vacant this season, association 16 (Cyprus) had their domestic cup winner promoted from the Europa Conference League to the Europa League, so they only had two teams qualify.
- Liechtenstein had one team qualify (Liechtenstein organised only a domestic cup and no domestic league).[Note LIE]
- Moreover, 20 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and 26 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League were transferred to the Europa Conference League.
- For this season, only 19 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League were transferred, as there was one fewer team competing in the Champions Path qualifying of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
Association ranking
For the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20.[9]
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/vacated teams transferred from/to the UEFA Champions League
- (UEL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Europa League
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Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.[10] In the default access list, the title holders of the Europa Conference League qualify for the Europa League group stage. However, since this berth was vacant this season, the following changes to the access list were made:
- The cup winners of association 16 (Cyprus) entered the Europa League instead of the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League.
- The cup winners of associations 30 (Slovakia) and 31 (Liechtenstein) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
As Villarreal, which otherwise would have qualified for the Europa Conference League play-off round via their domestic league, won the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, thereby earning an automatic spot in the Champions League group stage as the Europa League title holders, thus vacating a berth in the play-off round. The following changes were confirmed by UEFA:[11]
- The domestic cup winners of associations 17 (Switzerland) and 18 (Greece) entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
- The domestic cup winners of associations 32 (Slovenia), 33 (Hungary), 34 (Luxembourg) and 35 (Lithuania) entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
Moreover, in the default access list, originally 17 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, Chelsea, which were guaranteed a berth in the Champions League group stage, already qualified via their domestic league, only 16 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 19 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round (one of the losers from the Champions League first qualifying round was drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round).
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| First qualifying round (66 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (108 teams) | Champions Path (18 teams) |
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| Main Path (90 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (64 teams) | Champions Path (10 teams) |
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| Main Path (54 teams) |
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| Play-off round (44 teams) | Champions Path (10 teams) |
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| Main Path (34 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Preliminary knockout round (16 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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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
- 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)
- Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association; all teams were subject to approval by UEFA as per the guidelines for entry to European competitions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).
CC: 2021 UEFA club coefficients.[13]
Three teams not playing in a national top division took part in the competition: Gagra (2nd tier), Sileks (2nd tier) and Vaduz (2nd tier).
Notes
- ^ Champions League (UCL Q1): One of the Champions League first qualifying round losers was drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round (Champions Path), as one fewer loser was transferred to the second qualifying round (Champions Path), due to a Champions League group stage berth vacated by the Champions League title holders.
- ^ Iceland (ISL): The 2020 Úrvalsdeild and the 2020 Icelandic Cup were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland. The second-placed, third-placed and fourth-placed teams of the league at the time of the abandonment based on the average number of points per matches played for each team, FH, Stjarnan and Breiðablik, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Association of Iceland.[14]
- ^ Kazakhstan (KAZ): The 2020 Kazakhstan Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. As a result, the fourth-placed team of the 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan.[15]
- ^ 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.
- The 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Liechtenstein. The team remaining in the cup with the highest UEFA club coefficient, Vaduz, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Liechtenstein Football Association, entering the second qualifying round.[16]
- ^ Luxembourg (LUX): The 2020–21 Luxembourg Cup was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg. As a result, the fourth-placed team of the 2020–21 Luxembourg National Division was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Luxembourg Football Federation.[17]
- ^ Malta (MLT): The 2020–21 Maltese Premier League and the 2020–21 Maltese FA Trophy were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta. Originally the second, third and fourth-placed teams of the league at the time of the abandonment, Hibernians, Gżira United and Birkirkara, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Malta Football Association. However, Ħamrun Spartans who were declared champions were subsequently banned from European competitions for match fixing. As a result, Hibernians were elevated to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and Mosta, the sixth-placed team, were selected to play in the UEFA Europa Conference League, since Sliema Wanderers, the fifth-placed team, failed to obtain a UEFA license.[18][19][20]
- ^ Norway (NOR): The 2020 Norwegian Football Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. As a result, the fourth-placed team of the 2020 Eliteserien was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Norwegian Football Federation.[21]
- ^ Wales (WAL): The 2020–21 Welsh Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales. As a result, the third-placed team from the 2020–21 Cymru Premier was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Association of Wales.[22]
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[23] 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 countries where there were very few sufficient stadiums, such as Gibraltar and Wales). Scheduled kick-off times starting from the group stage were 18:45 (instead of 18:55 previously) and 21:00 CEST/CET, though exceptionally could take place at 16:30 due to geographical reasons.[24]
All draws started at 13:00 or 14:00 CEST/CET and were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. On 16 July 2021, UEFA announced that the group stage draw would be held in Istanbul, Turkey.[25]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | 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 | Play-off round | 2 August 2021 | 19 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 27 August 2021 | 16 September 2021 | |
| Matchday 2 | 30 September 2021 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 21 October 2021 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 4 November 2021 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 25 November 2021 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 9 December 2021 | |||
| Knockout phase | Knockout round play-offs | 13 December 2021 | 17 February 2022 | 24 February 2022 |
| Round of 16 | 25 February 2022 | 10 March 2022 | 17 March 2022 | |
| Quarter-finals | 18 March 2022 | 7 April 2022 | 14 April 2022 | |
| Semi-finals | 28 April 2022 | 5 May 2022 | ||
| Final | 25 May 2022 at Arena Kombëtare, Tirana | |||
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 15 June 2021, 13:30 CEST.[26] 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.
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021, 13:30 CEST.[27] 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Shamrock Rovers | Bye | N/A | — | — |
| Teuta | 3–2 | Inter Club d'Escaldes | 0–2 | 3–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Riga | 3–0 | Shkëndija | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–7 | Maccabi Haifa | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| HB Tórshavn | 6–0[A] | Budućnost Podgorica | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Linfield | 4–0 | Borac Banja Luka | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–3 | Fola Esch | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Folgore | 3–7 | Hibernians | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| Prishtina | 6–5 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 4–1 | 2–4 |
| Valur | 0–6 | Bodø/Glimt | 0–3 | 0–3 |
- ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
- ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021, 14:00 CEST.[28] 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Maccabi Haifa | 7–3 | HB Tórshavn | 7–2 | 0–1 |
| Linfield | 2–4 | Fola Esch | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 3–0 | Teuta | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Riga | 4–2 | Hibernians | 0–1 | 4–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Prishtina | 2–3 | Bodø/Glimt | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Dinamo Batumi | 2–3 | Sivasspor | 1–2 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| KuPS | 5–4 | Astana | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Sochi | 3–3 (2–4 p) | Partizan | 1–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 2–5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Santa Clara | 3–0 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Újpest | 1–6 | Basel | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| IF Elfsborg | 5–2 | Velež Mostar | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 0–0 (1–3 p) | Shakhter Karagandy | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Paços de Ferreira | 4–1 | Larne | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Luzern | 0–6 | Feyenoord | 2021, uefa, europa, conference, league, inaugural, season, uefa, europa, conference, league, europe, tertiary, club, football, tournament, organised, uefa, arena, kombëtare, tirana, hosted, final, tournament, detailsdatesqualifying, july, august, 2021competiti. The 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League Europe s tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference LeagueThe Arena Kombetare in Tirana hosted the final Tournament detailsDatesQualifying 6 July 26 August 2021Competition proper 14 September 2021 25 May 2022TeamsCompetition proper 32 8Total 136 45 from 54 associations Final positionsChampionsRoma 1st title Runners upFeyenoordTournament statisticsMatches played140Goals scored401 2 86 per match Attendance1 978 850 14 135 per match Top scorer s Cyriel Dessers Feyenoord 10 goalsBest player s Lorenzo Pellegrini Roma 1 2022 23 The final was played at the Arena Kombetare in Tirana Albania 2 with Roma defeating Feyenoord 1 0 3 4 As winners Roma automatically qualified for the 2022 23 UEFA Europa League group stage although they had already done so through their league position 5 This season was the first since 1999 2000 the first season after the dissolution of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup where three major European club competitions UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League took place 6 On 24 June 2021 UEFA approved the proposal to abolish the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions which had been used since 1965 Therefore if in a two legged tie two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals the winner was not decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but always by 30 minutes of extra time and if the two teams scored the same amount of goals in extra time the winner was decided by a penalty shoot out 7 Contents 1 Association team allocation 1 1 Association ranking 1 2 Distribution 1 3 Teams 2 Schedule 3 Qualifying rounds 3 1 First qualifying round 3 2 Second qualifying round 3 3 Third qualifying round 4 Play off round 5 Group stage 5 1 Group A 5 2 Group B 5 3 Group C 5 4 Group D 5 5 Group E 5 6 Group F 5 7 Group G 5 8 Group H 6 Knockout phase 6 1 Bracket 6 2 Knockout round play offs 6 3 Round of 16 6 4 Quarter finals 6 5 Semi finals 6 6 Final 7 Statistics 7 1 Top goalscorers 7 2 Top assists 7 3 Team of the Season 7 4 Player of the Season 7 5 Young Player of the Season 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksAssociation team allocation EditA total of 181 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League the exception being Spain as none of their teams finished third in the Europa League group stage The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association 8 Associations 1 5 each had one team qualify Association 1 Spain did not have any team qualify for this season as the team which would have participated Villarreal won the 2020 21 UEFA Europa League and earned a place in the 2021 22 UEFA Champions League Associations 6 15 and 51 55 each had two teams qualify Associations 16 50 except Liechtenstein Note LIE each had three teams qualify As the UEFA Europa Conference League title holders berth in the UEFA Europa League was vacant this season association 16 Cyprus had their domestic cup winner promoted from the Europa Conference League to the Europa League so they only had two teams qualify Liechtenstein had one team qualify Liechtenstein organised only a domestic cup and no domestic league Note LIE Moreover 20 teams eliminated from the 2021 22 UEFA Champions League and 26 teams eliminated from the 2021 22 UEFA Europa League were transferred to the Europa Conference League For this season only 19 teams eliminated from the 2021 22 UEFA Champions League were transferred as there was one fewer team competing in the Champions Path qualifying of the 2021 22 UEFA Champions League Association ranking Edit For the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League the associations were allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA country coefficients which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2015 16 to 2019 20 9 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 vacated teams transferred from to the UEFA Champions League UEL Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Europa LeagueAssociation ranking for 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes1 Spain 102 283 1 1 UCL 2 England 90 462 1 UEL 3 Germany 74 7844 Italy 70 6535 France 59 248 1 UEL 6 Portugal 49 449 27 Russia 45 5498 Belgium 37 9009 Ukraine 36 100 1 UEL 10 Netherlands 35 750 2 UEL 11 Turkey 33 600 1 UEL 12 Austria 32 925 1 UEL 13 Denmark 29 250 2 UEL 14 Scotland 27 875 2 UEL 15 Czech Republic 27 300 3 UEL 16 Cyprus 26 750 2 UEL 17 Switzerland 26 400 318 Greece 26 30019 Serbia 25 500 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes20 Croatia 24 875 321 Sweden 22 75022 Norway 21 750 1 UCL 23 Israel 19 625 1 UCL 24 Kazakhstan 19 250 1 UEL 25 Belarus 18 875 1 UCL 26 Azerbaijan 18 750 1 UEL 27 Bulgaria 17 37528 Romania 16 700 1 UEL 29 Poland 16 62530 Slovakia 15 875 1 UEL 31 Liechtenstein 13 500 1 Note LIE 32 Slovenia 13 000 3 1 UEL 33 Hungary 12 87534 Luxembourg 8 000 1 UCL 35 Lithuania 7 875 1 UEL 36 Armenia 7 625 1 UEL 37 Latvia 7 625 1 UCL Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes38 Albania 7 375 3 1 UCL 39 North Macedonia 7 375 1 UCL 40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 875 1 UCL 41 Moldova 6 75042 Republic of Ireland 6 700 1 UCL 43 Finland 6 500 1 UEL 44 Georgia 5 750 1 UCL 45 Malta 5 750 1 UCL 46 Iceland 5 375 1 UCL 47 Wales 5 000 1 UCL 48 Northern Ireland 4 875 1 UCL 49 Gibraltar 4 750 1 UEL 50 Montenegro 4 375 1 UCL 51 Estonia 4 375 2 1 UEL 52 Kosovo 4 000 1 UCL 53 Faroe Islands 3 750 1 UCL 54 Andorra 2 831 1 UCL 55 San Marino 0 666 1 UCL Distribution Edit The following is the access list for this season 10 In the default access list the title holders of the Europa Conference League qualify for the Europa League group stage However since this berth was vacant this season the following changes to the access list were made The cup winners of association 16 Cyprus entered the Europa League instead of the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League The cup winners of associations 30 Slovakia and 31 Liechtenstein entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round As Villarreal which otherwise would have qualified for the Europa Conference League play off round via their domestic league won the 2020 21 UEFA Europa League thereby earning an automatic spot in the Champions League group stage as the Europa League title holders thus vacating a berth in the play off round The following changes were confirmed by UEFA 11 The domestic cup winners of associations 17 Switzerland and 18 Greece entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round The domestic cup winners of associations 32 Slovenia 33 Hungary 34 Luxembourg and 35 Lithuania entered the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round Moreover in the default access list originally 17 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 Chelsea which were guaranteed a berth in the Champions League group stage already qualified via their domestic league only 16 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 19 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round one of the losers from the Champions League first qualifying round was drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round Access list for 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League or Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round 66 teams 20 domestic cup winners from associations 36 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 108 teams Champions Path 18 teams 3 teams eliminated from Champions League preliminary round 15 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying roundMain Path 90 teams 17 domestic cup winners from associations 19 35 14 domestic league runners up from associations 16 29 16 domestic league third placed teams from associations 13 28 9 domestic league fourth placed teams from associations 7 15 1 domestic league fifth placed team from association 6 33 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying round 64 teams Champions Path 10 teams 9 winners from the second qualifying round Champions Path 1 team eliminated from Champions League first qualifying roundMain Path 54 teams 2 domestic cup winners from associations 17 18 6 domestic league third placed teams from associations 7 12 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 1 Europa League title holder from association 1 27 winners from the third qualifying round Main Path 3 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 roundPreliminary knockout round 16 teams 8 group runners up from the group stage 8 group third placed teams from Europa League group stageKnockout phase 16 teams 8 group winners from the group stage 8 winners from the preliminary knockout roundTeams Edit 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 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 Abd League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association all teams were subject to approval by UEFA as per the guidelines for entry to European competitions in response to the COVID 19 pandemic 12 The second qualifying round third qualifying round and play off round were divided into Champions Path CH and Main Path MP CC 2021 UEFA club coefficients 13 Qualified teams for 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League Entry round TeamsKnockout round play offs Sparta Prague UEL GS PSV Eindhoven UEL GS Leicester City UEL GS Fenerbahce UEL GS Marseille UEL GS Midtjylland UEL GS Celtic UEL GS Rapid Wien UEL GS Group stage Zorya Luhansk UEL PO AZ UEL PO Randers UEL PO Slavia Prague UEL PO Omonia UEL PO CFR Cluj UEL PO Slovan Bratislava UEL PO Mura UEL PO Alashkert UEL PO HJK UEL PO Play off round CH Kairat UEL CH Q3 Neftci Baku UEL CH Q3 Zalgiris UEL CH Q3 Lincoln Red Imps UEL CH Q3 Flora UEL CH Q3 MP Tottenham Hotspur 7th Union Berlin 7th Roma 7th Rennes 6th St Johnstone UEL MP Q3 Jablonec UEL MP Q3 Anorthosis Famagusta UEL MP Q3 Third qualifying round CH Shamrock Rovers UCL Q1 Note UCL Q1 MP Pacos de Ferreira 5th Rubin Kazan 4th Anderlecht 4th Kolos Kovalivka 4th Vitesse 4th Trabzonspor 4th LASK 4th Luzern CW PAOK CW Second qualifying round CH Bodo Glimt UCL Q1 Maccabi Haifa UCL Q1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk UCL Q1 Fola Esch UCL Q1 Riga UCL Q1 Teuta UCL Q1 Shkendija UCL Q1 Borac Banja Luka UCL Q1 Dinamo Tbilisi UCL Q1 Hibernians UCL Q1 Valur UCL Q1 Connah s Quay Nomads UCL Q1 Linfield UCL Q1 Buducnost Podgorica UCL Q1 Prishtina UCL Q1 Inter Club d Escaldes UCL PR F HB Torshavn UCL PR SF Folgore UCL PR SF MP Santa Clara 6th Sochi 5th Gent PW Vorskla Poltava 5th Feyenoord PW Sivasspor 5th Austria Wien PW Copenhagen 3rd AGF PW Hibernian 3rd Aberdeen 4th Slovacko 4th Viktoria Plzen 5th Apollon Limassol 2nd AEL Limassol 3rd Basel 2nd Servette 3rd Aris Thessaloniki 3rd AEK Athens 4th Partizan 2nd Cukaricki 3rd Vojvodina 4th Osijek 2nd Rijeka 3rd Hajduk Split 4th Hammarby IF CW IF Elfsborg 2nd BK Hacken 3rd Molde 2nd Valerenga 3rd Rosenborg 4th Note NOR Maccabi Tel Aviv CW Ashdod 3rd Hapoel Be er Sheva 4th Tobol 2nd Astana 3rd Shakhter Karagandy 4th Note KAZ BATE Borisov CW Torpedo Zhodino 3rd Dynamo Brest 4th Kesla CW Qarabag 2nd Sumgayit 3rd CSKA Sofia CW Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2nd Arda PW Universitatea Craiova CW FCSB 2nd Sepsi OSK PW Rakow Czestochowa CW Pogon Szczecin 3rd DAC Dunajska Streda 2nd Vaduz Abd Cup Note LIE Olimpija Ljubljana CW Ujpest CW F91 Dudelange 2nd Panevezys CW First qualifying round Slask Wroclaw 4th Spartak Trnava 3rd Zilina PW Maribor 2nd Domzale 4th Puskas Akademia 2nd Fehervar 3rd Swift Hesperange 3rd Racing Luxembourg 4th Note LUX Suduva 2nd Kauno Zalgiris 3rd Ararat Yerevan CW Noah 2nd Urartu 3rd Liepaja CW RFS 2nd Valmiera 3rd Vllaznia CW Partizani 3rd Laci 4th Sileks CW Shkupi 2nd Struga 3rd Sarajevo CW Velez Mostar 3rd Siroki Brijeg 4th Sfantul Gheorghe CW Petrocub Hincești 2nd Milsami Orhei 3rd Dundalk CW Bohemians 2nd Sligo Rovers 4th Inter Turku 2nd KuPS 3rd Honka 4th Gagra CW Dinamo Batumi 2nd Dila Gori 3rd Gzira United Abd 3rd Note MLT Birkirkara Abd 4th Note MLT Mosta Abd 6th Note MLT FH Abd 2nd Note ISL Stjarnan Abd 3rd Note ISL Breidablik Abd 4th Note ISL The New Saints 2nd Bala Town 3rd Note WAL Newtown PW Coleraine 2nd Glentoran 3rd Larne PW Europa 2nd St Joseph s 3rd Mons Calpe 4th Sutjeska 2nd Decic 3rd Podgorica 4th FCI Levadia CW Paide Linnameeskond 2nd Llapi CW Drita 2nd NSI 2nd KI 3rd Sant Julia CW FC Santa Coloma 3rd La Fiorita CW Tre Penne 3rd Three teams not playing in a national top division took part in the competition Gagra 2nd tier Sileks 2nd tier and Vaduz 2nd tier Notes Champions League UCL Q1 One of the Champions League first qualifying round losers was drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round Champions Path as one fewer loser was transferred to the second qualifying round Champions Path due to a Champions League group stage berth vacated by the Champions League title holders Iceland ISL The 2020 Urvalsdeild and the 2020 Icelandic Cup were abandoned due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Iceland The second placed third placed and fourth placed teams of the league at the time of the abandonment based on the average number of points per matches played for each team FH Stjarnan and Breidablik were selected to play in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Association of Iceland 14 Kazakhstan KAZ The 2020 Kazakhstan Cup was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Kazakhstan As a result the fourth placed team of the 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League was selected to play in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan 15 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 The 2020 21 Liechtenstein Cup was abandoned due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Liechtenstein The team remaining in the cup with the highest UEFA club coefficient Vaduz were selected to play in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Liechtenstein Football Association entering the second qualifying round 16 Luxembourg LUX The 2020 21 Luxembourg Cup was abandoned due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Luxembourg As a result the fourth placed team of the 2020 21 Luxembourg National Division was selected to play in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Luxembourg Football Federation 17 Malta MLT The 2020 21 Maltese Premier League and the 2020 21 Maltese FA Trophy were abandoned due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Malta Originally the second third and fourth placed teams of the league at the time of the abandonment Hibernians Gzira United and Birkirkara were selected to play in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Malta Football Association However Ħamrun Spartans who were declared champions were subsequently banned from European competitions for match fixing As a result Hibernians were elevated to the 2021 22 UEFA Champions League and Mosta the sixth placed team were selected to play in the UEFA Europa Conference League since Sliema Wanderers the fifth placed team failed to obtain a UEFA license 18 19 20 Norway NOR The 2020 Norwegian Football Cup was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Norway As a result the fourth placed team of the 2020 Eliteserien was selected to play in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Norwegian Football Federation 21 Wales WAL The 2020 21 Welsh Cup was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Wales As a result the third placed team from the 2020 21 Cymru Premier was selected to play in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Association of Wales 22 Schedule EditThe schedule of the competition was as follows 23 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 countries where there were very few sufficient stadiums such as Gibraltar and Wales Scheduled kick off times starting from the group stage were 18 45 instead of 18 55 previously and 21 00 CEST CET though exceptionally could take place at 16 30 due to geographical reasons 24 All draws started at 13 00 or 14 00 CEST CET and were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon Switzerland On 16 July 2021 UEFA announced that the group stage draw would be held in Istanbul Turkey 25 Schedule for 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League Phase Round Draw date First leg Second legQualifying First qualifying round 15 June 2021 8 July 2021 15 July 2021Second qualifying round 16 June 2021 22 July 2021 29 July 2021Third qualifying round 19 July 2021 5 August 2021 12 August 2021Play offs Play off round 2 August 2021 19 August 2021 26 August 2021Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2021 16 September 2021Matchday 2 30 September 2021Matchday 3 21 October 2021Matchday 4 4 November 2021Matchday 5 25 November 2021Matchday 6 9 December 2021Knockout phase Knockout round play offs 13 December 2021 17 February 2022 24 February 2022Round of 16 25 February 2022 10 March 2022 17 March 2022Quarter finals 18 March 2022 7 April 2022 14 April 2022Semi finals 28 April 2022 5 May 2022Final 25 May 2022 at Arena Kombetare TiranaQualifying rounds EditMain article 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying rounds First qualifying round Edit The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 15 June 2021 13 30 CEST 26 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 Team 2 1st leg 2nd legFCI Levadia 4 2 St Joseph s 3 1 1 1Inter Turku 1 3 Puskas Akademia 1 1 0 2Drita 3 1 A Decic 2 1 1 0Suduva 2 1 Valmiera 2 1 0 0Birkirkara 2 1 A La Fiorita 1 0 1 1Mons Calpe 1 5 FC Santa Coloma 1 1 0 4Velez Mostar 4 2 Coleraine 2 1 2 1Domzale 2 1 Swift Hesperange 1 0 1 1Shkupi 3 1 Llapi 2 0 1 1Tre Penne 0 7 A Dinamo Batumi 0 4 0 3Partizani 8 4 A Sfintul Gheorghe 5 2 3 2Maribor 2 0 Urartu 1 0 1 0Podgorica 1 3 A Laci 1 0 0 3 a e t Milsami Orhei 1 0 Sarajevo 0 0 1 0Noah 1 5 KuPS 1 0 0 5Zilina 6 3 Dila Gori 5 1 1 2FH 3 1 Sligo Rovers 1 0 2 1Paide Linnameeskond 1 4 Slask Wroclaw 1 2 0 2RFS 6 5 KI 2 3 4 2 a e t Bala Town 0 2 Larne 0 1 0 1Fehervar 1 3 Ararat Yerevan 1 1 0 2Sutjeska 2 1 Gagra 1 0 1 1Sileks 1 2 Petrocub Hincești 1 1 0 1Siroki Brijeg 3 4 Vllaznia 3 1 0 3Stjarnan 1 4 Bohemians 1 1 0 3Glentoran 1 3 The New Saints 1 1 0 2Sant Julia 1 1 3 5 p Gzira United 0 0 1 1 a e t Europa 0 2 Kauno Zalgiris 0 0 0 2Dundalk 5 0 Newtown 4 0 1 0Mosta 3 4 A Spartak Trnava 3 2 0 2Liepaja 5 2 A Struga 1 1 4 1Racing Luxembourg 2 5 Breidablik 2 3 0 2Honka 3 1 NSI Runavik 0 0 3 1 a b c d e f g Order of legs reversed after original draw Second qualifying round Edit The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021 13 30 CEST 27 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 Team 2 1st leg 2nd legChampions Path Shamrock Rovers Bye N A Teuta 3 2 Inter Club d Escaldes 0 2 3 0 a e t Riga 3 0 Shkendija 2 0 1 0Dinamo Tbilisi 2 7 Maccabi Haifa 1 2 1 5HB Torshavn 6 0 A Buducnost Podgorica 4 0 2 0Linfield 4 0 Borac Banja Luka 4 0 0 0Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1 3 Fola Esch 1 2 0 1Folgore 3 7 Hibernians 1 3 2 4Prishtina 6 5 Connah s Quay Nomads 4 1 2 4Valur 0 6 Bodo Glimt 0 3 0 3 Order of legs reversed after original draw Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd legMain Path KuPS 5 4 Vorskla Poltava 2 2 3 2 a e t FCSB 2 2 3 5 p Shakhter Karagandy 1 0 1 2 a e t Arda 0 6 Hapoel Be er Sheva 0 2 0 4Apollon Limassol 3 5 Zilina 1 3 2 2Cukaricki 2 0 Sumgayit 0 0 2 0Sutjeska 1 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 0 1 3Astana 3 2 Aris Thessaloniki 2 0 1 2 a e t Petrocub Hincești 0 2 Sivasspor 0 1 0 1AEL Limassol 2 0 Vllaznia 1 0 1 0Sochi 7 2 Kesla 3 0 4 2IF Elfsborg 9 0 Milsami Orhei 4 0 5 0RFS 5 0 Puskas Akademia 3 0 2 0Dinamo Batumi 4 2 BATE Borisov 0 1 4 1Partizan 3 0 DAC Dunajska Streda 1 0 2 0Dundalk 4 3 FCI Levadia 2 2 2 1Gzira United 0 3 Rijeka 0 2 0 1Viktoria Plzen 4 2 Dynamo Brest 2 1 2 1Kauno Zalgiris 1 10 The New Saints 0 5 1 5Domzale 2 1 Honka 1 1 1 0CSKA Sofia 0 0 3 1 p Liepaja 0 0 0 0 a e t Shkupi 0 5 Santa Clara 0 3 0 2Hibernian 5 1 FC Santa Coloma 3 0 2 1Larne 3 2 AGF 2 1 1 1Gent 4 2 Valerenga 4 0 0 2F91 Dudelange 0 4 Bohemians 0 1 0 3Velez Mostar 2 2 3 2 p AEK Athens 2 1 0 1 a e t Qarabag 1 0 Ashdod 0 0 1 0Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1 1 3 2 p Slovacko 1 0 0 1 a e t Ararat Yerevan 5 7 Slask Wroclaw 2 4 3 3Laci 1 0 A Universitatea Craiova 1 0 0 0Drita 2 3 Feyenoord 0 0 2 3Basel 5 0 Partizani 3 0 2 0Pogon Szczecin 0 1 Osijek 0 0 0 1Austria Wien 2 3 Breidablik 1 1 1 2Olimpija Ljubljana 1 1 5 4 p Birkirkara 1 0 0 1 a e t Hammarby IF 4 1 Maribor 3 1 1 0Molde 3 2 Servette 3 0 0 2Ujpest 5 2 Vaduz 2 1 3 1Suduva 0 0 3 4 p Rakow Czestochowa 0 0 0 0 a e t Spartak Trnava 1 1 4 3 p Sepsi OSK 0 0 1 1 a e t FH 1 6 Rosenborg 0 2 1 4Copenhagen 9 1 Torpedo BelAZ Zhodino 4 1 5 0Panevezys 0 2 Vojvodina 0 1 0 1Hajduk Split 3 4 Tobol 2 0 1 4 a e t Aberdeen 5 3 BK Hacken 5 1 0 2 Order of legs reversed after original draw Third qualifying round Edit The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021 14 00 CEST 28 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 Team 2 1st leg 2nd legChampions Path Maccabi Haifa 7 3 HB Torshavn 7 2 0 1Linfield 2 4 Fola Esch 1 2 1 2Shamrock Rovers 3 0 Teuta 1 0 2 0Riga 4 2 Hibernians 0 1 4 1 a e t Prishtina 2 3 Bodo Glimt 2 1 0 2Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd legMain Path Dinamo Batumi 2 3 Sivasspor 1 2 1 1 a e t KuPS 5 4 Astana 1 1 4 3Sochi 3 3 2 4 p Partizan 1 1 2 2 a e t Slask Wroclaw 2 5 Hapoel Be er Sheva 2 1 0 4Santa Clara 3 0 Olimpija Ljubljana 2 0 1 0Ujpest 1 6 Basel 1 2 0 4IF Elfsborg 5 2 Velez Mostar 1 1 4 1Kolos Kovalivka 0 0 1 3 p Shakhter Karagandy 0 0 0 0 a e t Pacos de Ferreira 4 1 Larne 4 0 0 1Luzern 0 6 Feyenoord a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |