After all the participants of the playoff rounds of the European cups of the current season were determined, the approximate outlines of the main stage of the Conference League became clear.
The participants of the main stage of the Conference League will be:
— 24 winners of the playoff qualifying round of the Conference League;
— 12 losers of the playoff qualifying round of the Europa League.
In case Kyiv "Dynamo" does not manage to get past Israeli "Maccabi" from Tel Aviv in the Europa League playoff round, and the winners of the other pairs of playoff rounds in the Europa League and Conference League are teams that have the highest club UEFA coefficient in their pair (conditional favorites), the composition of baskets for the draw of the main stage of the Conference League will look like this.
Preliminary composition of baskets for the draw of the main stage of the Conference League - 2025/26
Basket 1
“Fiorentina” (Italy) — 62.000 (UEFA club coefficient)
AZ (Netherlands) — 54.500
“Shakhtar” (Donetsk, Ukraine) — 52.000
“Slovan” (Bratislava, Slovakia) — 33.500
“Rapid” (Vienna, Austria) — 32.250
“Legia” (Poland) — 31.000
Basket 2
“Sparta” (Czech Republic) — 29.500
“Anderlecht” (Belgium) — 28.250
“Dynamo” (Kyiv, Ukraine) — 23.500
“Crystal Palace” (England) — 23.039
“Başakşehir” (Turkey) — 23.000
“Cluj” (Romania) — 19.000
Basket 3
“Rayo Vallecano” (Spain) — 18.890
“Shamrock Rovers” (Ireland) — 17.875
“Olimpia” (Slovenia) — 17.375
“Omonia” (Cyprus) — 17.375
“Mainz” (Germany) — 17.266
“Beşiktaş” (Turkey) — 15.000
Basket 4
“Strasbourg” (France) — 14.618
“Jagiellonia” (Poland) — 14.000
“Celje” (Slovenia) — 14.000
“Rijeka” (Croatia) — 12.000
“Genk” (Belgium) — 11.370
RFS (Latvia) — 11.000
Basket 5
“KuPS” (Finland) — 10.000
“Zrinjski” (Bosnia and Herzegovina) — 10.000
“Lincoln Red Imps” (Gibraltar) — 10.000
“Aberdeen” (Scotland) — 9.500
“Drita” (Kosovo) — 9.000
“Breidablik” (Iceland) — 9.000
Basket 6
“Sigma” (Czech Republic) — 8.820
“Samsunspor” (Turkey) — 8.780
“Linfield” (Northern Ireland) — 8.500
“Raków” (Poland) — 8.000
AEK (Cyprus) — 7.500
“Shkendija” (North Macedonia) — 7.500.
Let us remind you that the main stage of the Conference League is a single league of 36 teams. According to the results of the draw, each league participant will have 6 different teams (one from each basket) as opponents, with three of them playing at home and the other three away. The distribution of home and away matches will also be determined by the draw.
The first eight teams in the final standings of the main stage of the Conference League will advance to the Round of 16 of the tournament. Teams finishing in places 9 to 24 will play relegation matches for entry into the Round of 16. Teams that finish the main stage in places 25 to 36 will end their participation in the European cups for the current season.
