2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 12 July – 31 August 2023; Competition proper:; 20 September 2023 – 29 May 2024
Teams	Competition proper: 32+8; Total: 135+43 (from 54 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (1st title)
Runners-up	Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	141
Goals scored	411 (2.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos); 11 goals
Best player(s)	Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
Best young player	Igor Thiago (Club Brugge)

The 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League was the third season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece.^[1] This was the last edition of the competition under the name UEFA Europa Conference League before being renamed the UEFA Conference League from the 2024–25 season onwards. The final was played between Olympiacos and Fiorentina, the final was won by Olympiacos, winning 1–0 after extra time, as a result they qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league stage, also becoming the first Greek football club to win a UEFA club competition.

Schedule

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	20 June 2023	13 July 2023	20 July 2023
	Second qualifying round	21 June 2023	27 July 2023	3 August 2023
	Third qualifying round	24 July 2023	10 August 2023	17 August 2023
Play-offs	Play-off round	7 August 2023	24 August 2023	31 August 2023
Group stage	Matchday 1	1 September 2023	21 September 2023
	Matchday 2		5 October 2023
	Matchday 3		26 October 2023
	Matchday 4		9 November 2023
	Matchday 5		30 November 2023
	Matchday 6		14 December 2023
Knockout phase	Knockout round play-offs	18 December 2023	15 February 2024	22 February 2024
	Round of 16	23 February 2024	7 March 2024	14 March 2024
	Quarter-finals	15 March 2024	11 April 2024	18 April 2024
	Semi-finals		2 May 2024	9 May 2024
	Final		29 May 2024 at Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sutjeska	2–1	Cosmos	1–0	1–1
Domžale	4–5	Balzan	1–4	3–1 (aet)
Vaduz	2–3	Neman Grodno	1–2	1–1
Ararat-Armenia	5–5 (4–2 p)	Egnatia	1–1	4–4 (aet)
Torpedo Kutaisi	3–3 (4–2 p)	Sarajevo	2–2	1–1 (aet)
Alashkert	7–2	Arsenal Tivat	1–1	6–1
Željezničar	4–3	Dinamo Minsk	2–2	2–1
La Fiorita	1–2	Zimbru Chișinău	1–1	0–1
Maribor	3–2	Birkirkara	1–1	2–1
Tirana	3–2	Dinamo Batumi	1–1	2–1
FCB Magpies	1–3	Dundalk	0–0	1–3
Inter Club d'Escaldes	3–2	Víkingur Gøta	2–1	1–1
Progrès Niederkorn	4–2	Gjilani	2–2	2–0
Linfield	3–2	Vllaznia	3–1	0–1
KA	4–0	Connah's Quay Nomads	2–0	2–0
Shkëndija	1–1 (2–3 p)	Haverfordwest County	1–0	0–1 (aet)
Haka	2–3	Crusaders	2–2	0–1
HB	0–1	Derry City	0–0	0–1
Riga	2–1	Víkingur Reykjavík	2–0	0–1
Žilina	4–2	FCI Levadia	2–1	2–1
Pyunik	5–0	Narva Trans	2–0	3–0
Panevėžys	3–2	Milsami Orhei	2–2	1–0
Tobol	2–1	Honka	2–1	0–0
DAC Dunajská Streda	2–3	Dila Gori	2–1	0–2
Makedonija GP	1–5	RFS	0–1	1–4
Dukagjini	5–3	Europa	2–1	3–2
Penybont	1–3	FC Santa Coloma	1–1	0–2 (aet)
Hegelmann	0–5	Shkupi	0–5	0–0
F91 Dudelange	5–3	St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	3–2
B36	2–0	Paide Linnameeskond	0–0	2–0 (aet)
Gżira United	3–3 (14–13 p)	Glentoran	2–2	1–1 (aet)

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Lincoln Red Imps	Bye	N/A	null	null
Flora	Bye	N/A	null	null
Tre Penne	0–10	Valmiera	0–3	0–7
Ferencváros	6–0	Shamrock Rovers	4–0	2–0
The New Saints	3–4	Swift Hesperange	1–1	2–3
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes	1–5	Partizani	0–1	1–4
Hamrun Spartans	3–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–1	1–0
Farul Constanța	6–4	Urartu	3–2	3–2
Struga	5–3	Budućnost Podgorica	1–0	4–3
Ballkani	7–1	Larne	3–0	4–1
Main Path
Dukagjini	1–7	Rijeka	0–1	1–6
Gżira United	3–2	F91 Dudelange	2–0	1–2
Djurgårdens IF	2–3	Luzern	1–2	1–1
Celje	4–4 (4–2 p)	Vitória de Guimarães	3–4	1–0 (aet)
Sutjeska	2–3	FC Santa Coloma	2–0	0–3 (aet)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Panevėžys	1–0	1–1
Vorskla Poltava	3–4	Dila Gori	2–1	1–3
CFR Cluj	2–3	Adana Demirspor	1–1	1–2
Ordabasy	4–5	Legia Warsaw	2–2	2–3
RFS	1–4	Sabah	0–2	1–2
Beşiktaş	5–1	Tirana	3–1	2–0
Željezničar	2–4	Neftçi	2–2	0–2
APOEL	4–2	Vojvodina	2–1	2–1
CSKA 1948	2–4	FCSB	0–1	2–3
Alashkert	2–2 (1–3 p)	Debrecen	0–1	2–1 (aet)
Lech Poznań	5–2	Kauno Žalgiris	3–1	2–1
Kalmar FF	2–4	Pyunik	1–2	1–2
Bodø/Glimt	7–2	Bohemians 1905	3–0	4–2
Auda	2–5	Spartak Trnava	1–1	1–4
Osijek	3–1	Zalaegerszeg	1–0	2–1
Twente	2–1	Hammarby IF	1–0	1–1 (aet)
KA	5–3	Dundalk	3–1	2–2
Club Brugge	3–1	AGF	3–0	0–1
Crusaders	4–5	Rosenborg	2–2	2–3 (aet)
Inter Club d'Escaldes	3–7	Hibernian	2–1	1–6
Viktoria Plzeň	2–1	Drita	0–0	2–1
B36	3–2	Haverfordwest County	2–1	1–1 (aet)
Basel	3–4	Tobol	1–3	2–1
Differdange 03	4–5	Maribor	1–1	3–4 (aet)
Austria Wien	3–1	Borac Banja Luka	1–0	2–1
CSKA Sofia	0–6	Sepsi OSK	0–2	0–4
Ararat-Armenia	1–2	Aris	1–1	0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Petrocub Hîncești	3–0	2–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	3–4	AEK Larnaca	2–3	1–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	3–5	Aktobe	1–4	2–1
Midtjylland	3–2	Progrès Niederkorn	2–0	1–2 (aet)
Derry City	5–4	KuPS	2–1	3–3
Gent	10–3	Žilina	5–1	5–2
Kecskemét	3–4	Riga	2–1	1–3 (aet)
Linfield	4–8	Pogoń Szczecin	2–5	2–3
PAOK	4–1	Beitar Jerusalem	0–0	4–1
Neman Grodno	2–0	Balzan	2–0	0–0
Fenerbahçe	9–0	Zimbru Chișinău	5–0	4–0
Gabala	3–7	Omonia	2–3	1–4
Shkupi	0–3	Levski Sofia	0–2	0–1

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Hamrun Spartans	2–8	Ferencváros	1–6	1–2
Farul Constanța	5–0	Flora	3–0	2–0
Valmiera	1–3	Partizani	1–2	0–1
Ballkani	5–1	Lincoln Red Imps	2–0	3–1
Struga	4–3	Swift Hesperange	3–1	1–2
Main Path
AEK Larnaca	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	0–1
Sabah	2–2 (4–5 p)	Partizan	2–0	0–2 (aet)
Sepsi OSK	2–1	Aktobe	1–1	1–0
Rapid Wien	5–0	Debrecen	0–0	5–0
Hajduk Split	0–3	PAOK	0–0	0–3
FC Santa Coloma	0–3	AZ	0–1	0–2
Celje	5–1	Neman Grodno	1–0	4–1
Neftçi	2–5	Beşiktaş	1–3	1–2
Omonia	2–5	Midtjylland	1–0	1–5
Aris	2–2 (5–6 p)	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	1–2 (aet)
Legia Warsaw	6–5	Austria Wien	1–2	5–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–2	Levski Sofia	0–0	1–2
Hibernian	5–3	Luzern	3–1	2–2
Viktoria Plzeň	6–0	Gżira United	4–0	2–0
Arouca	3–4	Brann	2–1	1–3
Gent	6–2	Pogoń Szczecin	5–0	1–2
Adana Demirspor	7–4	Osijek	5–1	2–3
B36	1–5	Rijeka	1–3	0–2
Twente	5–0	Riga	2–0	3–0
Rosenborg	3–4	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	1–3
Fenerbahçe	6–1	Maribor	3–1	3–0
Club Brugge	10–2	KA	5–1	5–1
Dila Gori	0–3	APOEL	0–2	0–1
Lech Poznań	3–4	Spartak Trnava	2–1	1–3
FCSB	0–2	Nordsjælland	0–0	0–2
Tobol	1–1 (6–5 p)	Derry City	1–0	0–1 (aet)
Bodø/Glimt	6–0	Pyunik	3–0	3–0

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Ballkani	4–2	BATE Borisov	4–1	0–1
Žalgiris	0–7	Ferencváros	0–4	0–3
Struga	0–2	Breiðablik	0–1	0–1
Farul Constanța	2–3	HJK	2–1	0–2
Astana	2–1	Partizani	1–0	1–1
Main Path
Levski Sofia	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	0–2
Gent	4–1	APOEL	2–0	2–1
Spartak Trnava	3–2	Dnipro-1	1–1	2–1 (aet)
Sepsi OSK	4–5	Bodø/Glimt	2–2	2–3 (aet)
Tobol	1–5	Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	0–3
Hibernian	0–8	Aston Villa	0–5	0–3
Midtjylland	4–4 (5–6 p)	Legia Warsaw	3–3	1–1 (aet)
Lille	3–2	Rijeka	2–1	1–1 (aet)
Genk	2–2 (5–4 p)	Adana Demirspor	2–1	0–1 (aet)
Fenerbahçe	6–1	Twente	5–1	1–0
Dynamo Kyiv	2–4	Beşiktaş	2–3	0–1
AZ	4–4 (6–5 p)	Brann	1–1	3–3 (aet)
Rapid Wien	1–2	Fiorentina	1–0	0–2
Heart of Midlothian	1–6	PAOK	1–2	0–4
Nordsjælland	6–0	Partizan	5–0	1–0
Osasuna	3–4	Club Brugge	1–2	2–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–2	Celje	4–1	1–1

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LOSC	SLO	LJU	KÍ
1	Lille	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8	14	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	2–0	3–0
2	Slovan Bratislava	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–1	—	1–2	2–1
3	Olimpija Ljubljana	6	2	0	4	4	9	−5	6		0–2	0–1	—	2–0
4	KÍ	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4		0–0	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MTA	GNT	ZOR	BRE
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	5	0	1	14	9	+5	15	Advance to round of 16	—	3–1	3–2	3–2
2	Gent	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	13	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–0	—	4–1	5–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7		1–3	1–1	—	4–0
4	Breiðablik	6	0	0	6	5	18	−13	0		1–2	2–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PLZ	DZG	AST	BAL
1	Viktoria Plzeň	6	6	0	0	9	1	+8	18	Advance to round of 16	—	1–0	3–0	1–0
2	Dinamo Zagreb	6	3	0	3	10	5	+5	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	5–1	3–0
3	Astana	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4^[a]		1–2	0–2	—	0–0
4	Ballkani	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	4^[a]		0–1	2–0	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ranked on head-to-head points: Astana 4, Ballkani 1.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRU	BOD	BEŞ	LUG
1	Club Brugge	6	5	1	0	15	3	+12	16	Advance to round of 16	—	3–1	1–1	2–0
2	Bodø/Glimt	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	3–1	5–2
3	Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4^[a]		0–5	1–2	—	2–3
4	Lugano	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4^[a]		1–3	0–0	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AVL	LEG	AZ	ZRI
1	Aston Villa	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Legia Warsaw	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs	3–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	AZ	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6		1–4	1–0	—	1–0
4	Zrinjski Mostar	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4		1–1	1–2	4–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FIO	FER	GNK	ČUK
1	Fiorentina	6	3	3	0	14	6	+8	12	Advance to round of 16	—	2–2	2–1	6–0
2	Ferencváros	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–1	—	1–1	3–1
3	Genk	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9		2–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Čukarički	6	0	0	6	2	16	−14	0		0–1	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAOK	FRA	ABE	HJK
1	PAOK	6	5	1	0	16	10	+6	16	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	2–2	4–2
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–2	—	2–1	6–0
3	Aberdeen	6	1	3	2	10	10	0	6		2–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	HJK	6	0	2	4	7	17	−10	2		2–3	0–1	2–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEN	LUD	NOR	TRN
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	0	2	13	11	+2	12^[a]	Advance to round of 16	—	3–1	3–1	4–0
2	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	4	0	2	11	11	0	12^[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–0	—	1–0	4–0
3	Nordsjælland	6	3	1	2	17	7	+10	10		6–1	7–1	—	1–1
4	Spartak Trnava	6	0	1	5	3	15	−12	1		1–2	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

Knockout phase

Bracket


Knockout round play-offs				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



				Ajax	0	0	0

Ajax (aet)	2	2	4	Aston Villa	0	4	4
								Aston Villa (p)	2	1	3 (4)
Bodø/Glimt	2	1	3
								Lille	1	2	3 (3)
				Sturm Graz	0	1	1

Sturm Graz	4	1	5	Lille	3	1	4
												Aston Villa	2	0	2
Slovan Bratislava	1	0	1
												Olympiacos	4	2	6
				Olympiacos (aet)	1	6	7

Olympiacos	1	1	2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4	1	5
								Olympiacos (p)	3	0	3 (3)
Ferencváros	0	0	0
								Fenerbahçe	2	1	3 (2)
				Union Saint-Gilloise	0	1	1
																29 May – Athens
Union Saint-Gilloise	2	2	4	Fenerbahçe	3	0	3
																Olympiacos (aet)	1
Eintracht Frankfurt	2	1	3
																Fiorentina	0
				Servette	0	0	0 (1)

Servette	0	1	1	Viktoria Plzeň (p)	0	0	0 (3)
								Viktoria Plzeň	0	0	0
Ludogorets Razgrad	0	0	0
								Fiorentina (aet)	0	2	2
				Maccabi Haifa	3	1	4

Maccabi Haifa	1	1	2	Fiorentina	4	1	5
												Fiorentina	3	1	4
Gent	0	1	1
												Club Brugge	2	1	3
				Molde	2	0	2

Molde	3	3	6	Club Brugge	1	3	4
								Club Brugge	1	2	3
Legia Warsaw	2	0	2
								PAOK	0	0	0
				Dinamo Zagreb	2	1	3

Real Betis	0	1	1	PAOK	0	5	5

Dinamo Zagreb	1	1	2

Knockout round play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sturm Graz	5–1	Slovan Bratislava	4–1	1–0
Servette	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	1–0
Union Saint-Gilloise	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	2–1
Real Betis	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	1–1
Olympiacos	2–0	Ferencváros	1–0	1–0
Ajax	4–3	Bodø/Glimt	2–2	2–1 (aet)
Molde	6–2	Legia Warsaw	3–2	3–0
Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Gent	1–0	1–1

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Servette	0–0 (1–3 p)	Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	0–0 (aet)
Ajax	0–4	Aston Villa	0–0	0–4
Molde	2–4	Club Brugge	2–1	0–3
Union Saint-Gilloise	1–3	Fenerbahçe	0–3	1–0
Dinamo Zagreb	3–5	PAOK	2–0	1–5
Sturm Graz	1–4	Lille	0–3	1–1
Maccabi Haifa	4–5	Fiorentina	3–4	1–1
Olympiacos	7–5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–4	6–1 (aet)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Brugge	3–0	PAOK	1–0	2–0
Olympiacos	3–3 (3–2 p)	Fenerbahçe	3–2	0–1 (aet)
Aston Villa	3–3 (4–3 p)	Lille	2–1	1–2 (aet)
Viktoria Plzeň	0–2	Fiorentina	0–0	0–2 (aet)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aston Villa	2–6	Olympiacos	2–4	0–2
Fiorentina	4–3	Club Brugge	3–2	1–1

Final

29 May 2024

21:00 CEST

Olympiacos	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Fiorentina
El Kaabi 116'	Report

Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 26,842^[2]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

References

↑ "Lisbon to host UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2025". UEFA. 28 June 2023.
↑ "Full Time Report Final – Olympiacos v Fiorentina" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

[table_hth_AST0.68371572703296-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Ranked on head-to-head points: Astana 4, Ballkani 1.

[table_hth_BEŞ0.74248741648276-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.

[table_hth_LUD0.51291387226103-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.

[1] "Lisbon to host UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2025". UEFA. 28 June 2023.

[report_29_May-5] "Full Time Report Final – Olympiacos v Fiorentina" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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