All qualifying routes
2026-27 round desk

UEL Q1 · Main path

Europa League first qualifying round. Follow where winners advance and where defeated clubs drop.

Ties
9
Direct entrants
18
Incoming
0
Draw
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Win this round Europa League second qualifying round · Main path
Lose this round Conference League second qualifying round · Main path
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Where do winners and losers go from here?

Every branch follows UEFA's 2026-27 transfer rules. Opponents remain unknown until the relevant draw is published.

Win 3 ties to guarantee at least Conference League Even if every later tie is lost, the route still ends in the Conference League league phase.
Win 4 ties to guarantee at least Europa League Even if every later tie is lost, the route still ends in the Europa League league phase.
Current starting point Europa League first qualifying round · Main path
Win the tie Stay on the upward route
  1. 1
    Next destination Europa League second qualifying round · Main path
  2. 2
    Win again Europa League third qualifying round · Main path
  3. 3
    Win again Europa League play-off round · Main path
  4. 4
    Win again Europa League league phase
Lose the tie Drop down or exit Europe
  1. 1
    Immediate destination Conference League second qualifying round · Main path
  2. 2
    If the next tie is also lost Out of Europe
Direct entrants

Clubs starting in this round

18 named
Provisional field

Named clubs and placeholders in the round model

Seeded and unseeded sides are calculated across the whole round. UEFA's eventual draw groups can narrow the eligible field.

Not an eligible-opponent list
Club Side Coefficient Basis
HUN Ferencváros Seeded 51.250 Official
DEN Midtjylland Seeded 48.250 Official
AZE Qarabağ Seeded 42.750 Official
ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv Seeded 32.500 Official
CYP Paphos Seeded 24.125 Official
MDA Sheriff Tiraspol Seeded 20 Official
UKR Dinamo Kiev Seeded 17.500 Official
RUS Spartak Moscow Seeded 12 Projected
CRO Hajduk Split Seeded 10 Official
SUI St. Gallen Unseeded 6.940 Official
BUL CSKA Sofia Unseeded 6.500 Official
SWE Hammarby IF Unseeded 6 Official
SRB Vojvodina Unseeded 5.500 Official
SVK Žilina Unseeded 5.500 Official
ROU Universitatea Cluj Unseeded 5.050 Official
SVN NK Aluminij Unseeded 4.894 Official
IRL Derry City Unseeded 4 Official
ISL Vestri Unseeded 3.304 Official