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The 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage will begin on 8 September 2022 and end on 3 November 2022. A total of 32 teams will compete in the group stage to decide 8 of the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.
A total of 28 national associations will be represented in the group stage.
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of eight teams, based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients.[1] Teams from the same association and, for political reasons, teams from Serbia and Kosovo could not be drawn into the same group. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed pairings of teams from the same association, including those playing in the Europa League group stage (one pairing for associations with two or three teams, two pairings for associations with four or five teams), based on television audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–D and another team was drawn into Groups E–H, so that the two teams would have different kick-off times. The following pairings were announced by UEFA after the group stage teams were confirmed (the second team in a pairing marked by UEL are playing in the Europa League group stage):[2]
ECL-CP Winners of play-off round (Champions Path).
ECL-MP Winners of play-off round (Main Path).
EL-PO Losers of Europa League play-off round
Format
In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The winners of each group will advance to the round of 16, while the runners-up will advance to the knockout round play-offs. The third-placed and fourth-placed teams will be eliminated from European competitions for the season.
Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 16 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Europa Conference League):[3]
Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Away goals scored in all group matches;
Wins in all group matches;
Away wins in all group matches;
Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals are no longer applied as a tiebreaker starting from last season. However, total away goals are still applied as a tiebreaker.[4]
Groups
The fixtures were announced on 27 August 2022, the day after the draw.[5] The matches will be played on 8 September, 15 September, 6 October, 13 October, 27 October and 3 November 2022. The scheduled kick-off times are 16:30, 18:45 and 21:00 CET/CEST.
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
^CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 29 October 2022 (matchdays 1–5), and CET (UTC+1) for date thereafter (matchday 6).
^ abcRFS will play their home matches at Skonto Stadium, Riga, instead of their regular stadium, LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
^ abcVillarreal will play their home matches at Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia, instead of their regular stadium, Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal, due to ongoing stadium renovations.
^ abcDue to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[6] Therefore, Dnipro-1 will play at Košická futbalová aréna, Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro.
^ abcApollon Limassol will play their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium, Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
^ abcBallkani will play their home matches at Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, instead of their regular stadium, Suva Reka City Stadium, Suhareka, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
References
^ ab"Club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
Slavia Prague and Slovácko
Gent and Anderlecht
Partizan and Red Star Belgrade (UEL)
Dnipro-1 and Dynamo Kyiv (UEL)
İstanbul Başakşehir and Sivasspor
CFR Cluj and FCSB
Basel and Zürich (UEL)
Djurgårdens IF and Malmö FF (UEL)
Silkeborg and Midtjylland (UEL)
Molde and Bodø/Glimt (UEL)
Nice and Nantes (UEL)
Austria Wien and Sturm Graz (UEL)
İstanbul Başakşehir
Fiorentina
Heart of Midlothian
RFS
West Ham United
Anderlecht
Silkeborg
FCSB
Villarreal
Lech Poznań
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Austria Wien
Nice
Partizan
1. FC Köln
Slovácko
AZ
Dnipro-1
Apollon Limassol
Vaduz
Djurgårdens IF
Molde
Shamrock Rovers
Ballkani
Slovan Bratislava
Basel
Pyunik
Žalgiris