User:Gasforth-2021/UEFA Europe Conference League 2021/22

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

The final will be played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania. The winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League will automatically qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage, unless they manage to qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage.

This season will be the first since 1998–99 (the last season that the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was played) where three major European club competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and the newly created UEFA Europa Conference League) are organised by UEFA.

Association team allocation
A total of 184 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations participate in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
 * Associations 1–5 each have one team qualify.
 * Associations 6–15 and 51–55 each have two teams qualify.
 * Associations 16–50 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
 * Liechtenstein have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league).
 * Moreover, 20 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League and 26 teams eliminated from the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League are transferred to the Europa Conference League.

Association ranking
For the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2020 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20.

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa Conference League, as noted below:
 * (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
 * (UEL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Europa League


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Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise). Matches are scheduled for Thursdays, though exceptionally can take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts. Scheduled kick-off times are 16:30 (for a limited number of matches), 18:45 and 21:00 CEST/CET.