2025/26 Conference League schedule revealed: Dates and times for every league phase match

The draw has been made for the league phase of the 2025/26 Conference League, which, like the Champions League and Europa League, contains 36 teams but follows a slightly different format.

Fiorentina, Crystal Palace, Rayo Vallecano and Mainz are among the early favorites to lift the trophy in European club soccer’s third-tier competition.

2025/26 Europa League format

Unlike Champions League and Europa League, each team will play six games in the opening phase in the Conference League.

From there, the format is the same as the other two competitions: the top eight sides will advance directly to the round of 16, the first stage of the knockout rounds. The teams ranked 9th to 24th will face a two-legged playoff to decide the remaining eight spots, a format similar to the traditional two-legged ties used in previous years.

Some of the standout matchups include Fiorentina’s games against Dynamo Kyiv (home) and Mainz (away), and Crystal Palace visiting the Ukrainian giants and Strasbourg.

Every league phase game in the 2025/26 Conference League

Pot 1 teams

Pot 2 teams

Pot 3 teams

Pot 4 teams

Pot 5 teams

Pot 6 teams

2025/26 Conference League schedule: every league phase game by date

All games kick off at 3:00 P.M. ET unless stated.

Matchday 1

Thursday 2 October 2025

Dynamo Kyiv vs Crystal Palace (12:45 P.M. ET)

Lausanne-Sport vs Breidablik (12:45 P.M. ET)

Noah vs Rijeka (12:45 P.M. ET)

Zrinjski vs Lincoln Red Imps (12:45 P.M. ET)

Jagiellonia Białystok vs Hamrun Spartans (12:45 P.M. ET)

Lech Poznań vs SK Rapid (12:45 P.M. ET)

KuPS Kuopio vs Drita (12:45 P.M. ET)

Omonoia vs Mainz (12:45 P.M. ET)

Rayo Vallecano vs Shkëndija (12:45 P.M. ET)

Aberdeen vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Sparta Praha vs Shamrock Rovers

Fiorentina vs Sigma Olomouc

AEK Larnaca vs AZ Alkmaar

Legia Warszawa vs Samsunspor

Celje vs AEK Athens

Raków vs Universitatea Craiova

Shelbourne vs Häcken

Slovan Bratislava vs Strasbourg

Matchday 2

Thursday 23 October 2025

AEK Athens vs Aberdeen (12:45 P.M. ET)

Häcken vs Rayo Vallecano (12:45 P.M. ET)

Breidablik vs KuPS Kuopio (12:45 P.M. ET)

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Legia Warszawa (12:45 P.M. ET)

Drita vs Omonoia (12:45 P.M. ET)

Rijeka vs Sparta Praha (12:45 P.M. ET)

Shkëndija vs Shelbourne (12:45 P.M. ET)

Strasbourg vs Jagiellonia Białystok (12:45 P.M. ET)

SK Rapid vs Fiorentina (12:45 P.M. ET)

Mainz vs Zrinjski

AZ Alkmaar vs Slovan Bratislava

Crystal Palace vs AEK Larnaca

Hamrun Spartans vs Lausanne-Sport

Lincoln Red Imps vs Lech Poznań

Samsunspor vs Dynamo Kyiv

Shamrock Rovers vs Celje

Sigma Olomouc vs Raków

Universitatea Craiova vs Noah

Matchday 3

Thursday 6 November 2025

Mainz vs Fiorentina (12:45 P.M. ET)

Sparta Praha vs Raków (12:45 P.M. ET)

AEK Athens vs Shamrock Rovers (12:45 P.M. ET)

AEK Larnaca vs Aberdeen (12:45 P.M. ET)

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Breidablik (12:45 P.M. ET)

Noah vs Sigma Olomouc (12:45 P.M. ET)

KuPS Kuopio vs Slovan Bratislava (12:45 P.M. ET)

Celje vs Legia Warszawa (12:45 P.M. ET)

Samsunspor vs Hamrun Spartans (12:45 P.M. ET)

Häcken vs Strasbourg

Crystal Palace vs AZ Alkmaar

Lausanne-Sport vs Omonoia

Dynamo Kyiv vs Zrinjski

Shkëndija vs Jagiellonia Białystok

Lincoln Red Imps vs Rijeka

Rayo Vallecano vs Lech Poznań

Shelbourne vs Drita

SK Rapid vs Universitatea Craiova

Matchday 4

Thursday 27 November 2025

AZ Alkmaar vs Shelbourne (12:45 P.M. ET)

Hamrun Spartans vs Lincoln Red Imps (12:45 P.M. ET)

Zrinjski vs Häcken (12:45 P.M. ET)

Lech Poznań vs Lausanne-Sport (12:45 P.M. ET)

Omonoia vs Dynamo Kyiv (12:45 P.M. ET)

Raków vs SK Rapid (12:45 P.M. ET)

Sigma Olomouc vs Celje (12:45 P.M. ET)

Universitatea Craiova vs Mainz (12:45 P.M. ET)

Slovan Bratislava vs Rayo Vallecano (12:45 P.M. ET)

Aberdeen vs Noah

Fiorentina vs AEK Athens

Breidablik vs Samsunspor

Drita vs Shkëndija

Rijeka vs AEK Larnaca

Jagiellonia Białystok vs KuPS Kuopio

Legia Warszawa vs Sparta Praha

Strasbourg vs Crystal Palace

Shamrock Rovers vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 5

Thursday 11 December 2025

Fiorentina vs Dynamo Kyiv (12:45 P.M. ET)

Häcken vs AEK Larnaca (12:45 P.M. ET)

Breidablik vs Shamrock Rovers (12:45 P.M. ET)

Drita vs AZ Alkmaar (12:45 P.M. ET)

Noah vs Legia Warszawa (12:45 P.M. ET)

Jagiellonia Białystok vs Rayo Vallecano (12:45 P.M. ET)

Shkëndija vs Slovan Bratislava (12:45 P.M. ET)

Samsunspor vs AEK Athens (12:45 P.M. ET)

Universitatea Craiova vs Sparta Praha (12:45 P.M. ET)

Aberdeen vs Strasbourg

Hamrun Spartans vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Rijeka vs Celje

Lech Poznań vs Mainz

KuPS Kuopio vs Lausanne-Sport

Lincoln Red Imps vs Sigma Olomouc

Raków vs Zrinjski

Shelbourne vs Crystal Palace

SK Rapid vs Omonoia

Matchday 6

Thursday 18 December 2025

Mainz vs Samsunspor

Sparta Praha vs Aberdeen

AEK Athens vs Universitatea Craiova

AEK Larnaca vs Shkëndija

AZ Alkmaar vs Jagiellonia Białystok

Crystal Palace vs KuPS Kuopio

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rijeka

Dynamo Kyiv vs Noah

Lausanne-Sport vs Fiorentina

Zrinjski vs SK Rapid

Legia Warszawa vs Lincoln Red Imps

Celje vs Shelbourne

Omonoia vs Raków

Strasbourg vs Breidablik

Rayo Vallecano vs Drita

Shamrock Rovers vs Hamrun Spartans

Sigma Olomouc vs Lech Poznań

Slovan Bratislava vs Häcken

Conference League 2025/26 round dates

• Group stage: October 2 - December 18
• Knockout phase play-offs: February 19 & February 26
• Round of 16: March 12 & March 19
• Quarter-finals: April 9 & April 16
• Semi-finals: April 30 & May 7 
• Final: May 27 (Leipzig, Germany)

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