2025/26 access list, calendar, qualified teams, regulations

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In Georgia, Iberia 1999 (formerly known as Saburtalo) are league champions and qualified for Champions League Q1. Dila Gori and Torpedo Kutaisi qualified for Conference League Q1. The last European berth, also in Conference League Q1, will be decided by the cup final between Spaeri and Dinamo Tbilisi, to be played this midweek.

In Norway, Bodo/Glimt are league champions and qualified for Champions League play-off round (Champions Path), and Brann are league runners-up and qualified for Champions League Q2 (League Path). Viking and Rosenborg finish 3rd and 4th respectively and qualfiied for Conference League Q2. The last European berth, in Europa League Q3, will be decided by the cup final between Fredrikstad and Molde, to be played next weekend.

And finally, in Belarus, Dinamo Brest finish 4th in the league, so they will qualify for Conference League Q1 if any of the top four (Dinamo Minsk, Neman Grodno, Torpedo BelAZ, Dinamo Brest) win the cup.


Qualified teams for 2025/26 UEFA club competitions
Updated after matches on 1 December

Belarus:
Dinamo Minsk (champion) - CL-Q1
Neman Grodno (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Torpedo BelAZ (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Estonia:
FCI Levadia (champion) - CL-Q1
Nomme Kalju (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Paide Linnameeskond (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Faroe Islands:
Vikingur (champion) - CL-Q1
HB (cup winner & 3rd place) - CO-Q2
KI (2nd place) - CO-Q1
NSI (4th place) - CO-Q1

Finland:
KuPS (champion & cup winner) - CL-Q1
Ilves (2nd place) - CO-Q2
HJK (3rd place) - CO-Q1
SJK (play-off winner) - CO-Q1

Georgia:
Iberia 1999 (champion) - CL-Q1
Dila Gori (2nd or 3rd place) - CO-Q1
Torpedo Kutaisi (2nd or 3rd place) - CO-Q1

Iceland:
Breidablik (champion) - CL-Q1
KA (cup winner) - CO-Q1, or CO-Q2 if Russia remain banned
Vikingur (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Valur (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Kazakhstan:
Kairat (champion) - CL-Q1
Aktobe (cup winner & 3rd place) - EL-Q1
Astana (2nd place) - CO-Q2
Ordabasy (4th place) - CO-Q1

Latvia:
RFS (champion & cup winner) - CL-Q1
Riga (2nd place) - CO-Q2
Auda (3rd place) - CO-Q1
Valmiera (4th place) - CO-Q1

Lithuania:
Zalgiris (champion) - CL-Q1
Banga (cup winner) - CO-Q1, or CO-Q2 if Russia remain banned
Hegelmann (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Kauno Zalgiris (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Norway:
Bodo/Glimt (champion) - CL-PO, ch
Brann (2nd place) - CL-Q2, nc
Viking (3rd place) - CO-Q2
Rosenborg (4th place) - CO-Q2

Republic of Ireland:
Shelbourne (champion) - CL-Q1
Drogheda United (cup winner) - CO-Q2
Shamrock Rovers (2nd place) - CO-Q1
St Patrick's Athletic (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Sweden:
Malmo (champion) - CL-Q1
Hammarby (2nd place) - CO-Q2, or EL-Q1 if they or Malmo win cup
AIK (3rd place) - CO-Q2, or EL-Q1 if they win cup
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Spaeri, a second-division team in Georgia, won the domestic cup and qualified for Conference League Q1, and will make their European debut, assuming no UEFA licensing issues.
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Norway: Fredrikstad completes the incredible upset in the cup final, beating Molde 5-4 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. They'll enter UEL Q3 and, unless they win the UECL, Molde will be without European football next season
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dnina10 wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 18:54 Norway: Fredrikstad completes the incredible upset in the cup final, beating Molde 5-4 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. They'll enter UEL Q3 and, unless they win the UECL, Molde will be without European football next season
:upset:... no Molde :sigh: Now the question is how much form Fredrikstad will lose in 6,5(!) months.
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Fotcalc wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 20:45
dnina10 wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 18:54 Norway: Fredrikstad completes the incredible upset in the cup final, beating Molde 5-4 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. They'll enter UEL Q3 and, unless they win the UECL, Molde will be without European football next season
:upset:... no Molde :sigh: Now the question is how much form Fredrikstad will lose in 6,5(!) months.
Yeah massive loss for Norway. Might come back to haunt them in the race for the top 15 next season
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dnina10 wrote: Mon Dec 09, 2024 01:07
Fotcalc wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 20:45
dnina10 wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 18:54 Norway: Fredrikstad completes the incredible upset in the cup final, beating Molde 5-4 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. They'll enter UEL Q3 and, unless they win the UECL, Molde will be without European football next season
:upset:... no Molde :sigh: Now the question is how much form Fredrikstad will lose in 6,5(!) months.
Yeah massive loss for Norway. Might come back to haunt them in the race for the top 15 next season
Molde hasnt exactly been a golden goose for Norway this season. Even playing in the ECL, so far they only given 5 pts to Norway.

Of course Molde has a great coefficient and would like make it in the ECL group stages, were they to participate... But I much welcome a new team Fredrikstad with a fairytale season that Molde who has been having a terrible season all around.
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The summer leagues and their cups (apart from Belarus, Estonia, and Sweden, whose cups will be completed in summer next year) have finished, so here are the qualified teams so far for 2025/26 UEFA club competitions.

Belarus:
Dinamo Minsk (champion) - CL-Q1
Neman Grodno (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Torpedo BelAZ (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Cup winner will qualify for CO-Q1. If any of the above three win cup, Dinamo Brest will qualify for CO-Q1.
Dinamo Minsk will qualify for EL-LS if they win Conference League (they can choose to enter either CL or EL).

Estonia:
FCI Levadia (champion) - CL-Q1
Nomme Kalju (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Paide Linnameeskond (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Cup winner will qualify for CO-Q1. If any of the above three win cup, Flora will qualify for CO-Q1.

Faroe Islands:
Vikingur (champion) - CL-Q1
HB (cup winner & 3rd place) - CO-Q2
KI (2nd place) - CO-Q1
NSI (4th place) - CO-Q1

Finland:
KuPS (champion & cup winner) - CL-Q1
Ilves (2nd place) - CO-Q2
HJK (3rd place) - CO-Q1
SJK (play-off winner) - CO-Q1

HJK will qualify for EL-LS if they win Conference League.

Georgia:
Iberia 1999 (champion) - CL-Q1
Spaeri (cup winner) - CO-Q1
Torpedo Kutaisi (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Dila Gori (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Iceland:
Breidablik (champion) - CL-Q1
KA (cup winner) - CO-Q1, or CO-Q2 if Russia remain banned
Vikingur (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Valur (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Vikingur will qualify for EL-LS if they win Conference League.

Kazakhstan:
Kairat (champion) - CL-Q1
Aktobe (cup winner & 3rd place) - EL-Q1
Astana (2nd place) - CO-Q2
Ordabasy (4th place) - CO-Q1

Astana will qualify for EL-LS if they win Conference League.

Latvia:
RFS (champion & cup winner) - CL-Q1
Riga (2nd place) - CO-Q2
Auda (3rd place) - CO-Q1
Valmiera (4th place) - CO-Q1

RFS will qualify for CL-LS if they win Europa League.

Lithuania:
Zalgiris (champion) - CL-Q1
Banga (cup winner) - CO-Q1, or CO-Q2 if Russia remain banned
Hegelmann (2nd place) - CO-Q1
Kauno Zalgiris (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Norway:
Bodo/Glimt (champion) - CL-PO, ch
Brann (2nd place) - CL-Q2, nc
Fredrikstad (cup winner) - EL-Q3
Viking (3rd place) - CO-Q2
Rosenborg (4th place) - CO-Q2

Bodo/Glimt will qualify for CL-LS if they win Europa League.
Molde will qualify for EL-LS if they win Conference League.

Republic of Ireland:
Shelbourne (champion) - CL-Q1
Drogheda United (cup winner) - CO-Q2
Shamrock Rovers (2nd place) - CO-Q1
St Patrick's Athletic (3rd place) - CO-Q1

Shamrock Rovers will qualify for EL-LS if they win Conference League.

Sweden:
Malmo (champion) - CL-Q1
Hammarby (2nd place) - CO-Q2, or EL-Q1 if they or Malmo win cup
AIK (3rd place) - CO-Q2, or EL-Q1 if they win cup

Cup winner will qualify for EL-Q1. If any of the above three win cup, Djurgarden will qualify for CO-Q2.
Malmo will qualify for CL-LS if they win Europa League.
Elfsborg will qualify for CL-LS if they win Europa League.
Djurgarden will qualify for EL-LS if they win Conference League.
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The race for the potential UCL winner spot according to expected coefficient points by @LukaszBoz:

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Club               Expected coefficient
Rangers            68,050
Dinamo Zagreb      55,290
Olympiacos         51,400    (1 point domestic lead)
Shakhtar Donetsk   51,380
Salzburg           49,010
F.C. København     46,160    (goal difference domestic lead)
Crvena zvezda      43,870    (practically champion)
PAOK               42,860
Glimt              41,540
Celtic             39,990
Maccabi Tel Aviv   39,800
Ferencváros        39,280
Young Boys         36,050
Slovan Bratislava  34,350
Qarabag            33,080
Basel              33,000
Djurgårdens IF     32,620
FC Midtjylland     32,180
Legia Warsaw       30,320
The same, but for next season. The 2025/26 season is not included:

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Club               Expected coefficient at the start of 2025/26
Rangers            53,05
F.C. København     43,66
Salzburg           42,01
Olympiacos         41,40
Glimt              39,54
Dinamo Zagreb      38,29
PAOK               37,86
Shakhtar Donetsk   37,38
Celtic             36,99
Ferencváros        34,28
Crvena zvezda      33,87
Slovan Bratislava  32,85
Maccabi Tel Aviv   31,80
Djurgårdens IF     30,62
Basel              30,50
Qarabag            30,08
Legia Warsaw       27,82
FC Midtjylland     26,18
Young Boys         25,05
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Fotcalc wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2024 13:29 The race for the potential UCL winner spot according to expected coefficient points by @LukaszBoz:

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Club               Expected coefficient
Rangers            68,050
Dinamo Zagreb      55,290
Olympiacos         51,400    (1 point domestic lead)
Shakhtar Donetsk   51,380
Salzburg           49,010
F.C. København     46,160    (goal difference domestic lead)
Crvena zvezda      43,870    (practically champion)
PAOK               42,860
Glimt              41,540
Celtic             39,990
Maccabi Tel Aviv   39,800
Ferencváros        39,280
Young Boys         36,050
Slovan Bratislava  34,350
Qarabag            33,080
Basel              33,000
Djurgårdens IF     32,620
FC Midtjylland     32,180
Legia Warsaw       30,320
The same, but for next season. The 2025/26 season is not included:

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Club               Expected coefficient at the start of 2025/26
Rangers            53,05
F.C. København     43,66
Salzburg           42,01
Olympiacos         41,40
Glimt              39,54
Dinamo Zagreb      38,29
PAOK               37,86
Shakhtar Donetsk   37,38
Celtic             36,99
Ferencváros        34,28
Crvena zvezda      33,87
Slovan Bratislava  32,85
Maccabi Tel Aviv   31,80
Djurgårdens IF     30,62
Basel              30,50
Qarabag            30,08
Legia Warsaw       27,82
FC Midtjylland     26,18
Young Boys         25,05
Interesting, thank you!
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Valmiera, the 4th place team in the 2024 Latvian Virsliga, which would have qualified for the 2025/26 Conference League Q1, have been denied a license by the Latvian Football Federation to compete in the 2025 Latvian Virsliga due to financial problems.

https://lff.lv/zinas/18044/valmiera-fc- ... s-jelgava/

There will be an appeal process, but if it fails, it will certainly mean that Valmiera will not compete in Europe next season, and the berth in Conference League Q1 will be given to the 5th place team, Daugavpils.
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Januray 24 update:

The race for the potential UCL winner spot according to expected coefficient points by @LukaszBoz:

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Rangers            66.140
Olympiacos         55.190    (4 points domestic league lead)
Dinamo Zagreb      54.800
Shakhtar Donetsk   51.380
Salzburg           48.680
F.C. København     46.310    (goal difference domestic league lead)
PAOK               45.170
Glimt              43.900    (champion)
Crvena zvezda      43.060    (practically champion)
Celtic             40.870
Maccabi Tel Aviv   38.340
Ferencváros        37.670
Young Boys         35.440
FC Midtjylland     34.290
Slovan Bratislava  33.760
Basel              33.000
Djurgårdens IF     32.660
Qarabag            32.230
Rapid              31.060
Legia Warsaw       30.420
The same, but for next season. The 2025/26 season is not included:

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Rangers            51.140
Olympiacos         45.190
F.C. København     43.810
Glimt              41.900
Salzburg           41.680
PAOK               40.170
Celtic             37.870
Dinamo Zagreb      37.800
Shakhtar Donetsk   37.380
Crvena zvezda      33.060
Ferencváros        32.670
Slovan Bratislava  32.260
Djurgårdens IF     30.660
Basel              30.500
Maccabi Tel Aviv   30.340
Qarabag            29.230
FC Midtjylland     28.290
Legia Warsaw       27.920
Rapid              26.060
Young Boys         24.440
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amenina wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 05:05 Valmiera, the 4th place team in the 2024 Latvian Virsliga, which would have qualified for the 2025/26 Conference League Q1, have been denied a license by the Latvian Football Federation to compete in the 2025 Latvian Virsliga due to financial problems.

https://lff.lv/zinas/18044/valmiera-fc- ... s-jelgava/

There will be an appeal process, but if it fails, it will certainly mean that Valmiera will not compete in Europe next season, and the berth in Conference League Q1 will be given to the 5th place team, Daugavpils.
Valmiera's appeal was denied. So it looks like Daugavpils will get the ECL1Q spot.

Valmiera are 1 of 9 clubs have won the Virsliga in the last 16 years. 5 of them no longer exist and Valmiera are now in danger of becoming the 6th.
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Coefficients: Why clubs who finished Top 8 in League Stage of Champions League got 3 points each for qualifying to Top-16 instead of 1.5?
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UCL_Lover wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 09:49 Coefficients: Why clubs who finished Top 8 in League Stage of Champions League got 3 points each for qualifying to Top-16 instead of 1.5?
Thanks for feedback. Fixed now. Sorry for the confusion.
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