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| Organising body | UEFA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 (rebranded in 2024) |
| Region | Europe |
| Number of teams | 36 (league phase) 184 (total) |
| Qualifier for | UEFA Europa League |
| Related competitions | UEFA Champions League (1st tier) UEFA Europa League (2nd tier) |
| Current champions |  Olympiacos (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  Roma West Ham United Olympiacos
(1 title each) |
| Website | uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague |
 2024–25 UEFA Conference League | |
The UEFA Conference League (previously known as the UEFA Europa Conference League), abbreviated as UECL,[1] is an annual football competition organised since 2021 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the third tier of continental club football in Europe, behind the second-tier Europa League, and the first-tier Champions League.
Introduced in 2021 as the UEFA Europa Conference League, the competition was initially intended as the bottom level of the Europa League. The competition is primarily contested by teams from lower-ranked UEFA member associations.[2] No teams qualify directly for the league phase: instead the teams eliminated in the Europa League play-off round qualify, with the rest coming from the Conference League qualifying and play-off rounds. The winners of the competition qualify for the following season's Europa League, unless they also qualify for the Champions League via their domestic league position.[3]
From the 2024–25 season, the competition was rebranded to UEFA Conference League, and the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase.
Roma were the inaugural winners of the competition, having beaten Feyenoord 1–0 in the 2022 final. The current holder of the title is Olympiacos.
- ^ "Distribution to clubs from the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League and the UEFA Super Cup for the 2024–27 cycle (2024/25 season). Payments for the qualifying phases. Solidarity payments for non-participating clubs" (PDF). UEFA Circular Letter. Union of European Football Associations. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
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- ^ "'Europa League 2': Uefa confirms new tournament from 2021". BBC Sport. 2 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "UEFA Executive Committee approves new club competition". UEFA.com (Press release). Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2018.