2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

{{Short description|1st season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{EngvarB|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA Europa Conference League

| year = 2021–22

| image = Arena Kombëtare, Tiranë.jpg

| size = 275px

| caption = The Arena Kombëtare in Tirana hosted the final

| dates = Qualifying:
6 July – 26 August 2021
Competition proper:
14 September 2021 – 25 May 2022

| num_teams = Competition proper: 32+8
Total: 136+45

| associations = 54

| champion_other = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

| matches = 140

| goals = 401

| attendance = {{#expr: + 6934 + 3612 + 1000 + 2000 + 4883 + 1500 + 400 + 8029 + 4424 + 12203 + 700 + 0 + 2666 + 5000 + 10209 + 4845 + 4322 + 8943 + 2023 + 10595 + 1503 + 2573 + 4493 + 7421 + 29876 + 2703 + 7622 + 7291 + 5652 + 3158 + 1122 + 41031 + 5339 + 24000 + 1134 + 4640 + 2470 + 3365 + 9071 + 3825 + 3678 + 3628 + 10554 + 4071 + 2650 + 4309 + 0 + 2400 + 15850 + 15286 + 38505 + 23342 + 10000 + 36100 + 13646 + 30000 + 22150 + 14562 + 0 + 4380 + 9833 + 668 + 13418 + 7537 + 19552 + 6108 + 553 + 11166 + 200 + 1008 + 4648 + 13021 + 22000 + 3300 + 25121 + 14571 + 3500 + 23931 + 23115 + 36312 + 23081 + 6100 + 0 + 7038 + 17586 + 8712 + 8345 + 17252 + 10056 + 2638 + 4597 + 4159 + 17231 + 10059 + 3239 + 25713 + 14280 + 30094 + 7088 + 25242 + 54926 + 1000 + 10700 + 27783 + 28058 + 10120 + 7468 + 8948 + 5801 + 13864 + 13517 + 22992 + 25848 + 9098 + 24022 + 26003 + 16754 + 5724 + 13564 + 22081 + 27000 + 12388 + 40435 + 30337 + 5403 + 15024 + 40850 + 7739 + 42163 + 45182 + 31327 + 61942 + 19370 + 27648 + 35000 + 31659 + 24500 + 63940 + 49315 + 19597}}

| top_scorer = Cyriel Dessers (Feyenoord)
10 goals

| player = Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma){{cite news|date=27 May 2022|title=Lorenzo Pellegrini named UEFA Europa Conference League Player of the Season|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/news/0275-153e5f8971ec-388c515d76ee-1000--player-of-the-season-pellegrini/|access-date=27 May 2022|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}

| young_player = {{nowrap|Luis Sinisterra (Feyenoord)}}{{cite news|date=27 May 2022|title=Luis Sinisterra named UEFA Europa Conference League Young Player of the Season|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/news/0275-153e5f5524f1-069e16d1805f-1000--young-player-of-the-season-sinisterra/|access-date=27 May 2022 |website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}

| nextseason = 2022–23

}}

The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.

The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania,{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0264-11008e81d161-577edb45950b-1000/ |title=Tirana to host first UEFA Europa Conference League Final |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=3 December 2020 |access-date=3 December 2020 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118130048/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/news/0264-11008e81d161-577edb45950b-1000/ |url-status=live }} with Roma defeating Feyenoord 1–0.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/news/0275-153b4c3b58ce-9dd2bc95bfd0-1000/ |title=Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=25 May 2022 |access-date=25 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61563232|title=Roma 1–0 Feyenoord|work=BBC Sport|date=25 May 2022|access-date=25 May 2022}} As winners, Roma automatically qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage, although they had already done so through their league position.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0256-0e9a05634e35-236276d37822-1000--uefa-europa-conference-league-what-is-it-when-does-it-start/ |title=UEFA Europa Conference League: what is it? When does it start? Who's involved? |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=31 October 2019 |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822195539/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0256-0e9a05634e35-236276d37822-1000--uefa-europa-conference-league-what-is-it-when-does-it-start-who/?referrer=%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D2629443%2F |url-status=live }}

This season was the first since 1999–2000 (the first season after the dissolution of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) where three major European club competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Europa Conference League) took place.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/024c-0e9941616a90-f26bd21de788-1000--uefa-executive-committee-approves-new-club-competition/ |title=UEFA Executive Committee approves new club competition |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513044147/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/newsid%3D2585829.html |url-status=live }}

On 24 June 2021, UEFA approved the proposal to abolish the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions, which had been used since 1965. Therefore, if in a two-legged tie, two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner was not decided by the number of away goals scored by each team, but always by 30 minutes of extra time, and if the two teams scored the same number of goals in extra time, the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/026a-1298aeb73a7a-5b64cb68d920-1000--abolition-of-the-away-goals-rule-in-all-uefa-club-competitions/|title=Abolition of the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions|website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=24 June 2021}}

Association team allocation

A total of 181 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League (the exception being Spain, as none of their teams finished third in the Europa League group stage). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:{{cite web |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/files/2021-22-uefa-ecl-rules.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA Europa Conference League, 2021/22 Season |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |year=2021 |access-date=30 April 2021}}

  • Associations 1–5 each had one team qualify.
  • Association 1 (Spain) did not have any team qualify for this season, as the team which would have participated, Villarreal, won the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League and earned a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-26 |title=Villarreal make it five Spanish clubs in 2021/22 Champions League |url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/champions-league/2021/05/27/60aecd5cca474171298b46a4.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=MARCA |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Dale |date=2021-07-06 |title=UEFA Europa Conference League: All you need to know |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37576934/all-need-know |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
  • Associations 6–15 and 51–55 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–50 (except Liechtenstein){{Cref2|Note LIE}} each had three teams qualify.
  • As the UEFA Europa Conference League title holders' berth in the UEFA Europa League was vacant this season, association 16 (Cyprus) had their domestic cup winner promoted from the Europa Conference League to the Europa League, so they only had two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein had one team qualify (Liechtenstein organised only a domestic cup and no domestic league).{{Cref2|Note LIE}}
  • Moreover, 20 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and 26 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League were transferred to the Europa Conference League.
  • For this season, only 19 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League were transferred, as there was one fewer team competing in the Champions Path qualifying of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

=Association ranking=

For the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/country/#/yr/2020 |title=Country coefficients 2019/20 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |year=2020 |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204125228/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/#/yr/2020 |url-status=live }}

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa Conference League, as noted below:

  • {{small|(UCL)}} – Additional/vacated teams transferred from/to the UEFA Champions League
  • {{small|(UEL)}} – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Europa League

+Association ranking for 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
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|

{| class="wikitable"

Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

1

|{{fba|ESP}}

|align=right|102.283

|align=center rowspan=5|1

|{{small|–1 (UCL)}}

2

|{{fba|ENG}}

|align=right|90.462

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

3

|{{fba|GER}}

|align=right|74.784

|

4

|{{fba|ITA}}

|align=right|70.653

|

5

|{{fba|FRA}}

|align=right|59.248

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

6

|{{fba|POR}}

|align=right|49.449

|align=center rowspan=11|2

|

7

|{{fba|RUS}}

|align=right|45.549

|

8

|{{fba|BEL}}

|align=right|37.900

|

9

|{{fba|UKR}}

|align=right|36.100

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

10

|{{fba|NED}}

|align=right|35.750

|{{small|+2 (UEL)}}

11

|{{fba|TUR}}

|align=right|33.600

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

12

|{{fba|AUT}}

|align=right|32.925

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

13

|{{fba|DEN}}

|align=right|29.250

|{{small|+2 (UEL)}}

14

|{{fba|SCO}}

|align=right|27.875

|{{small|+2 (UEL)}}

15

|{{fba|CZE}}

|align=right|27.300

|{{small|+3 (UEL)}}

16

|{{fba|CYP}}

|align=right|26.750

|{{small|+2 (UEL)}}

17

|{{fba|SUI}}

|align=right|26.400

|align=center rowspan=3|3

|

18

|{{fba|GRE}}

|align=right|26.300

|

19

|{{fba|SRB}}

|align=right|25.500

|

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

20

|{{fba|CRO}}

|align=right|24.875

|align=center rowspan=11|3

|

21

|{{fba|SWE}}

|align=right|22.750

|

22

|{{fba|NOR}}

|align=right|21.750

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

23

|{{fba|ISR}}

|align=right|19.625

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

24

|{{fba|KAZ}}

|align=right|19.250

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

25

|{{fba|BLR}}

|align=right|18.875

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

26

|{{fba|AZE}}

|align=right|18.750

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

27

|{{fba|BUL}}

|align=right|17.375

|

28

|{{fba|ROU}}

|align=right|16.700

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

29

|{{fba|POL}}

|align=right|16.625

|

30

|{{fba|SVK}}

|align=right|15.875

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

31

|{{fba|LIE}}

|align=right|13.500

|align=center|1

|{{Cref2|Note LIE}}

32

|{{fba|SVN}}

|align=right|13.000

|align=center rowspan=6|3

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

33

|{{fba|HUN}}

|align=right|12.875

|

34

|{{fba|LUX}}

|align=right|8.000

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

35

|{{fba|LTU}}

|align=right|7.875

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

36

|{{fba|ARM}}

|align=right|7.625

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

37

|{{fba|LVA}}

|align=right|7.625

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Association

!Coeff.

!Teams

!Notes

38

|{{fba|ALB}}

|align=right|7.375

|align=center rowspan=13|3

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

39

|{{fba|MKD}}

|align=right|7.375

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

40

|{{fba|BIH}}

|align=right|6.875

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

41

|{{fba|MDA}}

|align=right|6.750

|

42

|{{fba|IRL}}

|align=right|6.700

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

43

|{{fba|FIN}}

|align=right|6.500

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

44

|{{fba|GEO}}

|align=right|5.750

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

45

|{{fba|MLT}}

|align=right|5.750

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

46

|{{fba|ISL}}

|align=right|5.375

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

47

|{{fba|WAL}}

|align=right|5.000

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

48

|{{fba|NIR}}

|align=right|4.875

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

49

|{{fba|GIB}}

|align=right|4.750

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

50

|{{fba|MNE}}

|align=right|4.375

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

51

|{{fba|EST}}

|align=right|4.375

|align=center rowspan=5|2

|{{small|+1 (UEL)}}

52

|{{fba|KOS}}

|align=right|4.000

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

53

|{{fba|FRO}}

|align=right|3.750

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

54

|{{fba|AND}}

|align=right|2.831

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

55

|{{fba|SMR}}

|align=right|0.666

|{{small|+1 (UCL)}}

|}

=Distribution=

The following is the access list for this season.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/58/61/42/2586142_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Access list 2021–24 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204074949/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/58/61/42/2586142_DOWNLOAD.pdf |url-status=live }} In the default access list, the title holders of the Europa Conference League qualify for the Europa League group stage. However, since this berth was vacant this season, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The cup winners of association 16 (Cyprus) enter the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of associations 30 (Slovakia) and 31 (Liechtenstein) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

As Villarreal, which otherwise would have qualified for the Europa Conference League play-off round via their domestic league, won the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, thereby earning an automatic spot in the Champions League group stage as the Europa League title holders, thus vacating a berth in the play-off round and not passed down to any other Spanish club. The following changes were confirmed by UEFA:{{cite web|date=30 May 2021|title=Seeding in the Europa Conference League 2021/2022|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedecl2021.html|url-status=live|website=Kassiesa.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416145332/https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedecl2021.html |archive-date=16 April 2021 }}

  • The domestic cup winners of associations 17 (Switzerland) and 18 (Greece) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 32 to 35 (Slovenia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Lithuania) enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Moreover, in the default access list, originally 17 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path). However, since the Champions League title holders, Chelsea, which were guaranteed a berth in the Champions League group stage, already qualified via their domestic league, only 16 losers from the Champions League first qualifying round were transferred to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round (Champions Path) after the Champions League access list was rebalanced. As a result, only 19 teams entered the Champions Path second qualifying round (one of the losers from the Champions League first qualifying round was drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round).

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|+Access list for 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

colspan=2|

!Teams entering in this round

!Teams advancing from previous round

!Teams transferred from Champions League or Europa League

colspan=2|First qualifying round
(66 teams)

|

  • 20 domestic cup winners from associations 36–55
  • 25 domestic league runners-up from associations 30–55 (except Liechtenstein){{Cref2|Note LIE}}
  • 21 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 29–50 (except Liechtenstein){{Cref2|Note LIE}}

|

|

rowspan=2|Second qualifying round
(108 teams)

!Champions Path
(18 teams)

|

|

|

  • 3 teams eliminated from Champions League preliminary round
  • 15 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round
Main Path
(90 teams)

|

  • 17 domestic cup winners from associations 19–35
  • 14 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–29
  • 16 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 13–28
  • 9 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–15
  • 1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 6

|

  • 33 winners from the first qualifying round

|

rowspan=2|Third qualifying round
(64 teams)

!Champions Path
(10 teams)

|

|

  • 9 winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)

|

  • 1 team eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round
Main Path
(54 teams)

|

  • 2 domestic cup winners from associations 17–18
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12
  • 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6

|

  • 45 winners from the second qualifying round (Main Path)

|

rowspan=2|Play-off round
(44 teams)

!Champions Path
(10 teams)

|

|

  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path)

|

  • 5 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (Champions Path)
Main Path
(34 teams)

|

  • 1 domestic league fifth-placed team from association 5
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–4 (EFL Cup winners for England) (except Europa League title holder)

|

  • 27 winners from the third qualifying round (Main Path)

|

  • 3 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path)
colspan=2|Group stage
(32 teams)

|

|

  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Path)
  • 17 winners from the play-off round (Main Path)

|

  • 10 teams eliminated from Europa League play-off round
colspan=2|Preliminary knockout round
(16 teams)

|

|

  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

|

  • 8 group third-placed teams from Europa League group stage
colspan=2|Knockout phase
(16 teams)

|

|

  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 winners from the preliminary knockout round

|

=Teams=

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • CW: Domestic cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • LC: League cup winners
  • RW: Regular season winners
  • PW: End-of-season Europa Conference League play-offs winners
  • UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
  • Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
  • PR: Losers from the preliminary round (F: final; SF: semi-finals)
  • UEL: Transferred from the Europa League
  • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
  • PO: Losers from the play-off round
  • CH/MP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/Main Path)
  • Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association; all teams were subject to approval by UEFA as per the guidelines for entry to European competitions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/64/17/45/2641745_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Guidelines on eligibility principles for 2020/21 UEFA Club Competitions – COVID 19|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=23 April 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125043259/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/64/17/45/2641745_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=live}}

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

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|+Qualified teams for 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

colspan=2|Entry round

!colspan=4|Teams

colspan=2 rowspan=2|Knockout round play-offs

|style="min-width:10em"|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague {{small|(UEL GS)}}

|style="min-width:10em"|{{fbaicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven {{small|(UEL GS)}}

|style="min-width:10em"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Leicester City {{small|(UEL GS)}}

|style="min-width:10em"|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe {{small|(UEL GS)}}

{{fbaicon|FRA}} Marseille {{small|(UEL GS)}}

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Midtjylland {{small|(UEL GS)}}

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic {{small|(UEL GS)}}

|{{fbaicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien {{small|(UEL GS)}}

colspan=6|
colspan=2 rowspan=3|Group stage

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Zorya Luhansk {{small|(UEL PO)}}

|{{fbaicon|NED}} AZ {{small|(UEL PO)}}

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Randers {{small|(UEL PO)}}

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague {{small|(UEL PO)}}

{{fbaicon|CYP}} Omonia {{small|(UEL PO)}}

|{{fbaicon|ROU}} CFR Cluj {{small|(UEL PO)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava {{small|(UEL PO)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} Mura {{small|(UEL PO)}}

{{fbaicon|ARM}} Alashkert {{small|(UEL PO)}}

|{{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK {{small|(UEL PO)}}

|colspan=2|

colspan=6|
rowspan=4|Play-off round

!rowspan=2|{{Abbr|CH|Champions Path}}

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Kairat {{small|(UEL CH Q3)}}

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Neftçi {{small|(UEL CH Q3)}}

|{{fbaicon|LTU}} Žalgiris {{small|(UEL CH Q3)}}

|{{fbaicon|GIB}} Lincoln Red Imps {{small|(UEL CH Q3)}}

{{fbaicon|EST}} Flora {{small|(UEL CH Q3)}}

|colspan=3|

rowspan=2|{{Abbr|MP|Main Path}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur {{small|(7th)}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Union Berlin {{small|(7th)}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma {{small|(7th)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Rennes {{small|(6th)}}

{{fbaicon|SCO}} St Johnstone {{small|(UEL MP Q3)}}

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Jablonec {{small|(UEL MP Q3)}}

|{{fbaicon|CYP}} Anorthosis Famagusta {{small|(UEL MP Q3)}}

|

colspan=6|
rowspan=4|Third qualifying round

!{{Abbr|CH|Champions Path}}

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Shamrock Rovers {{small|(UCL Q1)}}{{Cref2|Note UCL Q1}}

|colspan=3|

rowspan=3|{{Abbr|MP|Main Path}}

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Paços de Ferreira {{small|(5th)}}

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Rubin Kazan {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Kolos Kovalivka {{small|(4th)}}

{{fbaicon|NED}} Vitesse {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|AUT}} LASK {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|SUI}} Luzern {{small|(CW)}}

{{fbaicon|GRE}} PAOK {{small|(CW)}}

|colspan=3|

colspan=6|
rowspan=20|Second qualifying round

!rowspan=5|{{Abbr|CH|Champions Path}}

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Bodø/Glimt {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Haifa {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|BLR}} Shakhtyor Soligorsk {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} Fola Esch {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

{{fbaicon|LVA}} Riga {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Teuta {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Shkëndija {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|BIH}} Borac Banja Luka {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

{{fbaicon|GEO}} Dinamo Tbilisi {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Hibernians {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} Valur {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} Connah's Quay Nomads {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

{{fbaicon|NIR}} Linfield {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Budućnost Podgorica {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|KOS}} Prishtina {{small|(UCL Q1)}}

|{{fbaicon|AND}} Inter Club d'Escaldes {{small|(UCL PR F)}}

{{fbaicon|FRO}} HB {{small|(UCL PR SF)}}

|{{fbaicon|SMR}} Folgore {{small|(UCL PR SF)}}

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|{{fbaicon|POR}} Santa Clara {{small|(6th)}}

|{{fbaicon|RUS}} Sochi {{small|(5th)}}

|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Gent {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|UKR}} Vorskla Poltava {{small|(5th)}}

{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Sivasspor {{small|(5th)}}

|{{fbaicon|AUT}} Austria Wien {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Copenhagen {{small|(3rd)}}

{{fbaicon|DEN}} AGF {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Hibernian {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Aberdeen {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Slovácko {{small|(4th)}}

{{fbaicon|CZE}} Viktoria Plzeň {{small|(5th)}}

|{{fbaicon|CYP}} Apollon Limassol {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|CYP}} AEL Limassol {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|SUI}} Basel {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|SUI}} Servette {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Aris {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} AEK Athens {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|SRB}} Partizan {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|SRB}} Čukarički {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|SRB}} Vojvodina {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|CRO}} Osijek {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|CRO}} Rijeka {{small|(3rd)}}

{{fbaicon|CRO}} Hajduk Split {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|SWE}} Hammarby IF {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|SWE}} IF Elfsborg {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|SWE}} BK Häcken {{small|(3rd)}}

{{fbaicon|NOR}} Molde {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Vålerenga {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg {{small|(4th)}}{{Cref2|Note NOR}}

|{{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Tel Aviv {{small|(CW)}}

{{fbaicon|ISR}} Ashdod {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|ISR}} Hapoel Be'er Sheva {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Tobol {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Astana {{small|(3rd)}}

{{fbaicon|KAZ}} Shakhter Karagandy {{small|(4th)}}{{Cref2|Note KAZ}}

|{{fbaicon|BLR}} BATE Borisov {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|BLR}} Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|BLR}} Dynamo Brest {{small|(4th)}}

{{fbaicon|AZE}} Keşla {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Qarabağ {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|AZE}} Sumgayit {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} CSKA Sofia {{small|(CW)}}

{{fbaicon|BUL}} Lokomotiv Plovdiv {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} Arda {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|ROU}} Universitatea Craiova {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|ROU}} FCSB {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|ROU}} Sepsi OSK {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|POL}} Raków Częstochowa {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|POL}} Pogoń Szczecin {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} DAC Dunajská Streda {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|LIE}} Vaduz {{small|(Abd-Cup)}}{{Cref2|Note LIE}}

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} Olimpija Ljubljana {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Újpest {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} F91 Dudelange {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|LTU}} Panevėžys {{small|(CW)}}

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|{{fbaicon|POL}} Śląsk Wrocław {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Spartak Trnava {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Žilina {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|SVN}} Maribor {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|SVN}} Domžale {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Puskás Akadémia {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} MOL Fehérvár {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|LUX}} Swift Hesperange {{small|(3rd)}}

{{fbaicon|LUX}} Racing Union {{small|(4th)}}{{Cref2|Note LUX}}

|{{fbaicon|LTU}} Sūduva {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|LTU}} Kauno Žalgiris {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|ARM}} Ararat Yerevan {{small|(CW)}}

{{fbaicon|ARM}} Noah {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|ARM}} Urartu {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|LVA}} Liepāja {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|LVA}} RFS {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|LVA}} Valmiera {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Vllaznia {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Partizani {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|ALB}} Laçi {{small|(4th)}}

{{fbaicon|MKD}} Sileks {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Shkupi {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|MKD}} Struga {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|BIH}} Sarajevo {{small|(CW)}}

{{fbaicon|BIH}} Velež Mostar {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|BIH}} Široki Brijeg {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Sfîntul Gheorghe {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|MDA}} Petrocub Hîncești {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|MDA}} Milsami Orhei {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Dundalk {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Bohemians {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Sligo Rovers {{small|(4th)}}

{{fbaicon|FIN}} Inter Turku {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|FIN}} KuPS {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|FIN}} Honka {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|GEO}} Gagra {{small|(CW)}}

{{fbaicon|GEO}} Dinamo Batumi {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GEO}} Dila Gori {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Gżira United {{small|(Abd-3rd)}}{{Cref2|Note MLT}}

|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Birkirkara {{small|(Abd-4th)}}{{Cref2|Note MLT}}

{{fbaicon|MLT}} Mosta {{small|(Abd-6th)}}{{Cref2|Note MLT}}

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} FH {{small|(Abd-2nd)}}{{Cref2|Note ISL}}

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} Stjarnan {{small|(Abd-3rd)}}{{Cref2|Note ISL}}

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} Breiðablik {{small|(Abd-4th)}}{{Cref2|Note ISL}}

{{fbaicon|WAL}} The New Saints {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} Bala Town {{small|(3rd)}}{{Cref2|Note WAL}}

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} Newtown {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|NIR}} Coleraine {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|NIR}} Glentoran {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|NIR}} Larne {{small|(PW)}}

|{{fbaicon|GIB}} Europa {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|GIB}} St Joseph's {{small|(3rd)}}

{{fbaicon|GIB}} Mons Calpe {{small|(4th)}}

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Sutjeska {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Dečić {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|MNE}} Podgorica {{small|(4th)}}

{{fbaicon|EST}} FCI Levadia {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|EST}} Paide Linnameeskond {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|KOS}} Llapi {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|KOS}} Drita {{small|(2nd)}}

{{fbaicon|FRO}} NSÍ {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{fbaicon|FRO}} {{small|(3rd)}}

|{{fbaicon|AND}} Sant Julià {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|AND}} FC Santa Coloma {{small|(3rd)}}

{{fbaicon|SMR}} La Fiorita {{small|(CW)}}

|{{fbaicon|SMR}} Tre Penne {{small|(3rd)}}

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Three teams not playing in a national top division took part in the competition: Gagra (2nd tier), Sileks (2nd tier) and Vaduz (2nd tier).

Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}

{{Cnote2|Note UCL Q1|Champions League (UCL Q1): One of the Champions League first qualifying round losers was drawn to receive a bye to the third qualifying round (Champions Path), as one fewer loser was transferred to the second qualifying round (Champions Path), due to a Champions League group stage berth vacated by the Champions League title holders.}}

{{Cnote2|Note ISL|Iceland (ISL): The 2020 Úrvalsdeild and the 2020 Icelandic Cup were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland. The second-placed, third-placed and fourth-placed teams of the league at the time of the abandonment based on the average number of points per matches played for each team, FH, Stjarnan and Breiðablik, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Association of Iceland.{{cite web|url=https://www.ksi.is/um-ksi/frettir/frettasafn/frett/2020/10/30/Keppni-haett/|title=Keppni hætt|publisher=Knattspyrnusamband Íslands|date=30 October 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234151/https://www.ksi.is/um-ksi/frettir/frettasafn/frett/2020/10/30/Keppni-haett/|url-status=live}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note KAZ|Kazakhstan (KAZ): The 2020 Kazakhstan Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. As a result, the fourth-placed team of the 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan.{{cite web|url=https://www.pflk.kz/rus/news/5858#league=2|title=Итоги OLIMPBET-Чемпионата Казахстана сезона-2020|publisher=Профессиональная футбольная лига Казахстана|date=30 November 2020|access-date=30 November 2020|archive-date=16 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316021932/https://www.pflk.kz/rus/news/5858#league=2|url-status=live}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note LIE|Liechtenstein (LIE):

{{Cnote2|Note LUX|Luxembourg (LUX): The 2020–21 Luxembourg Cup was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg. As a result, the fourth-placed team of the 2020–21 Luxembourg National Division was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Luxembourg Football Federation.{{cite web|url=http://www.flf.lu/Competitions/Actualites/Competitions-nationales-saison-2021-150121.aspx|title=Compétitions nationales de la saison 2020/2021 – nouvelles mesures sanitaires du Gouvernement jusqu'au 15 janvier 2021|publisher=Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football|date=13 December 2020|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224232228/http://flf.lu/Competitions/Actualites/Competitions-nationales-saison-2021-150121.aspx|url-status=live}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note MLT|Malta (MLT): The 2020–21 Maltese Premier League and the 2020–21 Maltese FA Trophy were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta. Originally the second, third and fourth-placed teams of the league at the time of the abandonment, Hibernians, Gżira United and Birkirkara, were selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Malta Football Association. However, Hamrun Spartans who were declared champions were subsequently banned from European competitions for match fixing. As a result, Hibernians were elevated to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and Mosta, the sixth-placed team, were selected to play in the UEFA Europa Conference League, since Sliema Wanderers, the fifth-placed team, failed to obtain a UEFA license.{{cite web|url=https://mfa.com.mt/en/news/news/4768/sports-ban-forces-termination-of-domestic-competitions.htm|title=Sports ban forces termination of domestic competitions|publisher=Malta Football Association|date=9 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://sportsdesk.com.mt/2021/06/09/uefa-board-turns-down-hamrun-spartans-appeal-to-compete-in-2021-22-champions-league/|title=UEFA board turns down Ħamrun Spartans' appeal to compete in 2021-22 Champions League |publisher=Times of Malta |work=Sportsdesk.com.mt |date=9 June 2021 |access-date=9 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2021-06-09/football/Hamrun-Spartans-set-to-be-excluded-from-Champions-League-by-UEFA-over-past-match-fixing-case-6736234175|title=Hamrun Spartans to be excluded from Champions League by UEFA over past match fixing case|publisher=Malta Independent|date=9 June 2021}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note NOR|Norway (NOR): The 2020 Norwegian Football Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. As a result, the fourth-placed team of the 2020 Eliteserien was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Norwegian Football Federation.{{cite web|url=https://www.fotball.no/tema/nff-nyheter/2020/nm-kvinner-gjennomfores---nm-menn-avlyses/|title=NM kvinner gjennomføres - NM menn avlyses|publisher=Norges Fotballforbund|date=10 September 2020|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101083736/https://www.fotball.no/tema/nff-nyheter/2020/nm-kvinner-gjennomfores---nm-menn-avlyses/|url-status=live}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note WAL|Wales (WAL): The 2020–21 Welsh Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales. As a result, the third-placed team from the 2020–21 Cymru Premier was selected to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League by the Football Association of Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/jd-welsh-cup-has-been-cancelled-202021-season/|title=The JD Welsh Cup has been cancelled for 2020/21 season|publisher=Football Association of Wales|date=31 March 2021}}}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/news/0264-10fe90612aa3-37b2bc77f89e-1000/ |title=UEFA Europa Conference League: all you need to know |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2020 |access-date=2 December 2020}} Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts (especially featuring teams from countries where there were very few sufficient stadiums, such as Gibraltar and Wales). Scheduled kick-off times starting from the group stage were 18:45 (instead of 18:55 previously) and 21:00 CEST/CET, though exceptionally could take place at 16:30 due to geographical reasons.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0255-0e99f578e557-a64ea0ed91c9-1000--format-change-for-2020-21-uefa-nations-league/ |title=Format change for 2020/21 UEFA Nations League |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=24 September 2019 |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926223650/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/newsid=2625412.html |url-status=live }}

All draws started at 13:00 or 14:00 CEST/CET and were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. On 16 July 2021, UEFA announced that the group stage draw would be held in Istanbul, Turkey.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/026b-12c542441355-1c2040c5e54b-1000/ |title=Venues appointed for club competition finals |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=16 July 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021}}

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|+Schedule for 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Phase

!Round

!Draw date

!First leg

!Second leg

rowspan="3"|Qualifying

|First qualifying round

|15 June 2021

|8 July 2021

|15 July 2021

Second qualifying round

|16 June 2021

|22 July 2021

|29 July 2021

Third qualifying round

|19 July 2021

|5 August 2021

|12 August 2021

Play-offs

|Play-off round

|2 August 2021

|19 August 2021

|26 August 2021

rowspan="6"|Group stage

|Matchday 1

|rowspan="6"|27 August 2021

|colspan="2"|16 September 2021

Matchday 2

|colspan="2"|30 September 2021

Matchday 3

|colspan="2"|21 October 2021

Matchday 4

|colspan="2"|4 November 2021

Matchday 5

|colspan="2"|25 November 2021

Matchday 6

|colspan="2"|9 December 2021

rowspan="5"|Knockout phase

|Knockout round play-offs

|13 December 2021

|17 February 2022

|24 February 2022

Round of 16

|25 February 2022

|10 March 2022

|17 March 2022

Quarter-finals

|rowspan="3"|18 March 2022

|7 April 2022

|14 April 2022

Semi-finals

|28 April 2022

|5 May 2022

Final

| colspan="2" |25 May 2022 at Arena Kombëtare, Tirana

Qualifying rounds

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Play-off round

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021, 13:30 CEST (14:30 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/draws/2022/2001498/|title=UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw|website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=27 August 2021}} 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 2021 UEFA club coefficients.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/#/yr/2021 |title=Club coefficients 2020/21 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations }} Teams from the same association, and due to political reasons, teams from Azerbaijan and Armenia, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/news/026c-1318e374c337-d1a3e4b33e61-1000--group-stage-draw-pots/|title=Europa Conference League group stage draw pots confirmed|publisher=UEFA|date=27 August 2021}}

The matches were played on 14 and 16 September, 30 September, 21 October, 4 November, 25 November, and 9 December 2021. The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16, while the runners-up advanced to the knockout round play-offs. The third-placed and fourth-placed teams were eliminated from European competitions for the season.

All teams made their debut appearance in the group stage. Alashkert, Bodø/Glimt, Flora, Kairat, Lincoln Red Imps, Mura, Randers and Union Berlin made their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage. Alashkert, Flora and Lincoln Red Imps were the first teams from Armenia, Estonia and Gibraltar, respectively, to play in a UEFA competition group stage.

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=Group A=

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=Group B=

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=Group C=

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=Group E=

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=Group F=

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=Group G=

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=Group H=

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Knockout phase

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In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.{{#lst:2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase|Format}}

=Bracket=

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=Knockout round play-offs=

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=Round of 16=

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=Quarter-finals=

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=Semi-finals=

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=Final=

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Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.

=Top goalscorers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/statistics/players/?sortBy=goals|title=UEFA Europa Conference League – Top Scorers|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=25 May 2022}}PlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1

|align=left|{{flagicon|NGA}} Cyriel Dessers

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

|10

|761

2

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tammy Abraham

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

|9

|919

rowspan="3"|3

|align=left|{{flagicon|NGA}} Yira Sor

|align=left|{{fbaicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague

|rowspan="3"|6

|509

align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} Ola Solbakken

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Bodø/Glimt

|983

align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} Luis Sinisterra

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

|1016

rowspan="4"|6

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Gaëtan Laborde

|align=left|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Rennes

|rowspan="4"|5

|463

align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Arthur Cabral

|align=left|{{fbaicon|SUI}} Basel

|492

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Nicolò Zaniolo

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

|601

align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} Amahl Pellegrino

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Bodø/Glimt

|925

===Team of the Season===

The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/news/0275-153e65400aef-d187391175f1-1000--team-of-the-season/|title=2021/22 Europa Conference League Team of the Season|website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=27 May 2022}}

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{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!Player

!Team

{{Tooltip|GK|Goalkeeper}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Rui Patrício

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

rowspan=4|{{Tooltip|DF|Defender}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Lutsharel Geertruida

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Smalling

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Gernot Trauner

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Tyrell Malacia

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

rowspan=4|{{Tooltip|MF|Midfielder}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Pellegrini

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Dimitri Payet

|align=left|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Marseille

align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Leicester City

align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} Luis Sinisterra

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

rowspan=2|{{Tooltip|FW|Forward}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|NGA}} Cyriel Dessers

|align=left|{{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tammy Abraham

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

=Player of the Season=

=Young Player of the Season=

See also

References

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