After the return matches of the playoff rounds of the European Cups took place last Thursday, August 28, not only all the participants of the main stage of the Conference League were determined, but also the composition of the pots for the draw of this stage of the tournament.
Composition of the pots for the draw of the main stage of the Conference League season 2025/26
Pot 1
"Fiorentina" (Florence, Italy) — 62.000 (club coefficient UEFA)
AZ (Alkmaar, Netherlands) — 54.500
"Shakhtar" (Donetsk, Ukraine) — 52.000
"Slovan" (Bratislava, Slovakia) — 33.500
"Rapid" (Vienna, Austria) — 32.250
"Legia" (Warsaw, Poland) — 31.000
Pot 2
"Sparta" (Prague, Czech Republic) — 29.500
"Dynamo" (Kyiv, Ukraine) — 23.500
"Crystal Palace" (London, England) — 23.039
"Lech" (Poznan, Poland) — 19.000
"Rayo Vallecano" (Madrid, Spain) — 18.890
"Shamrock Rovers" (Dublin, Ireland) — 17.875
Pot 3
"Omonia" (Nicosia, Cyprus) — 17.375
"Mainz" (Germany) — 17.266
"Strasbourg" (France) — 14.618
"Jagiellonia" (Bialystok, Poland) — 14.000
"Celje" (Slovenia) — 14.000
"Rijeka" (Croatia) — 12.000
Pot 4
"KuPS" (Kuopio, Finland) — 10.000
"Zrinjski" (Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) — 10.000
"Lincoln Red Imps" (Gibraltar) — 10.000
"Aberdeen" (Scotland) — 9.500
AEK (Athens, Greece) — 9.500
"Drita" (Gnjilane, Kosovo) — 9.000
Pot 5
"Breidablik" (Kopavogur, Iceland) — 9.000
"Sigma" (Olomouc, Czech Republic) — 8.820
"Samsunspor" (Samsun, Turkey) — 8.780
"Rakow" (Czestochowa, Poland) — 8.000
AEK (Larnaca, Cyprus) — 7.500
"Shkendija" (Tetovo, North Macedonia) — 7.500
Pot 6
"Häcken" (Gothenburg, Sweden) — 7.000
"Lausanne-Sport" (Switzerland) — 6.725
"Universitatea" (Craiova, Romania) — 6.500
"Hamrun Spartans" (Hamrun, Malta) — 6.000
"Noah" (Yerevan, Armenia) — 5.000
"Shelbourne" (Dublin, Ireland) — 2.993.
The draw for the main stage of the Conference League will take place today, August 29. Start — at 14:00 Kyiv time.
It is worth noting that the main stage of the Conference League is a single league consisting of 36 teams. Based on the results of the draw, each league participant will face 6 different teams (one from each pot), playing three at home and three away. The distribution of home and away matches will also be determined by the draw.
The first eight teams in the final table of the main stage of the Conference League will advance to the Round of 16. Teams finishing in places 9 to 24 will play playoff matches for the Round of 16. Teams that finish the main stage in positions 25 to 36 will end their performance in the European Cups this season.
