Who is in the Conference League draw and who is in each pot?
Three of the last four Conference League trophies have been won by Premier League clubs, with Crystal Palace, Chelsea and West Ham United among its previous winners
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The league phase draw for the 2026-27 Conference League takes place on Friday, 28 August at 12:00 BST in Monaco.
The draw will take place in a joint event alongside the Europa League, with the Conference League expected to take place as the second of the two draws.
As with both the Champions League and Europa League, the Conference League will consist of 36 clubs.
Unlike the other two competitions, each team will play six league phase matches instead of eight.
For the draw, the 36 teams will be placed into six pots, with pot one being the highest-ranked and six being the lowest. The pot placements are based on the club's Uefa club coefficient ranking from the five-season period ending at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season.
Each team will face one team from each of the six pots and cannot face a team from the same country as themselves.
The teams who finish in the top eight places will qualify for the Conference League's last 16. Those between ninth and 24th place will enter the play-off knockout round. The 12 teams ranked between 25th and 36th place will exit the competition when the league phase is concluded.
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Who is in each pot?
Atalanta, Braga, Ajax, Freiburg, Monaco and Copenhagen form a strong top pot which is full of teams inside Europe's 50 highest ranked clubs.
Brighton and Hove Albion, England's sole representative in the Conference League, earned the final spot in two. They are joined by Midtjylland, Red Star Belgrade, Gent Panathinaikos and Pafos.
La Liga side Getafe are among the six teams in pot three. They are joined by Lugano, KuPS, Twente, Lincoln Red Imps and Borac Banja Luka.
Scottish side Heart of Midlothian are the British interest in pot four. Sint-Truiden, Brann, Kairat, Trabzonspor and Universitatea Craiova complete that pot.
Jablonec, who beat Rangers on penalties to qualify, feature in pot five. Riga, Hadjuk Split, Nordsjaelland, AGF and Inter d'Escaldes are alongside them.
In pot six, Thun and CSKA Sofia are joined by four clubs who will be making their full debut in a European club competition, Kauno Zalgiris, Mjallby AIF, Iberia 1999 and Egnatia make up pot six.
Which teams are in this season's Conference League?
Pot one
Atalanta
Braga
Ajax
Freiburg
Monaco
Copenhagen
Pot two
Midtjylland
Red Star Belgrade
Gent
Panathinaikos
Pafos
Brighton and Hove Albion
Pot three
Lugano
Getafe
KuPS
FC Twente
Lincoln Red Imps
Borac Banja Luka
Pot four
Sint-Truiden
Brann
Heart of Midlothian
Kairat
Trabzonspor
Universitatea Craiova
Pot five
Riga
Hadjuk Split
Jablonec
Nordsjaelland
AGF
Inter d'Escaldes
Pot six
Thun
CSKA Sofia
Kauno Zalgiris
Mjallby AIF
Iberia 1999
Egnatia
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