UEFA Conference League has ended for the year, with the league phase capping off, meaning that we now know which teams are qualified directly for the round of 16, which teams will play the knock-out play-offs, and which have been eliminated, following the unified matchday, with all games kicking off at the same time on Thursday, with these results:
Mainz 2-0 Samsunspor
Sparta Praha 3-0 Aberdeen
AEK Athens 3-2 Universitatea Craiova
AEK Larnaca 1-0 Shkëndija
AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Jagiellonia Białystok
Crystal Palace 2-2 KuPS Kuopio
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 Rijeka
Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 Noah
Lausanne-Sport 1-0 Fiorentina
Zrinjski 1-1 SK Rapid
Legia Warszawa 4-1 Lincoln Red Imps
Celje 0-0 Shelbourne
Omonoia 0-1 Raków
Strasbourg 3-1 Breidablik
Rayo Vallecano 3-0 Drita
Shamrock Rovers 3-1 Hamrun Spartans
Sigma Olomouc 1-2 Lech Poznań
Slovan Bratislava 1-0 Häcken
After all matches finished on Thursday, these are the top eight teams, that will qualify for round of 16:
AEK Athens (GRE)
AEK Larnaca (CYP)
Mainz (GER)
Raków (POL)
Rayo Vallecano (ESP)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Sparta Praha (CZE)
Strasbourg (FRA)
And these are the 16 teams that will play the knockout phase play-offs:
AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Celje (SLO)
Crystal Palace (ENG)
Drita (KOS)
Fiorentina (ITA)
Jagiellonia (POL)
KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
Lausanne-Sport (SUI)
Lech Poznań (POL)
Noah (ARM)
Omonoia (CYP)
Rijeka (CRO)
Samsunspor (TUR)
Shkëndija (MKD)
Sigma Olomouc (CZE)
Zrinjski (ΒΙΗ)
UEFA Conference League draw and dates for next rounds in 2026
Remember that the draw for the knockout phase play-offs will be made on Friday, January 16, 2026, and the matches are played on 19 February, 2026, and 26 February.
Round of 16 follows on March 12 and 19, Quarter-finals on April 9 and 16, Semi-finals on April 30 and May 7, and the final will be on May 27 in Leipzig. Who do you think will win UEFA Conference League this year?