The 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League was the third season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe’s tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The final was played at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens, Greece. It was won by Olympiacos, who defeated Fiorentina 1–0 after extra time, and qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league stage as a result.
Champions:
Olympiacos (1st title)
Runners-Up:
Fiorentina
Player of the Season:
Ayoub El Kaabi (
Olympiacos)
Young Player of the Season:
Igor Thiago (
Club Brugge)
Top Goal Scorer:
Ayoub El Kaabi (
Olympiacos), 11 goal
UEFA Europa Conference League 2023–24 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)
The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round were divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).
UEFA Europa Conference League 2023–24 Group stage
Group A
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1
Lille6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14 Advance to round of 16
2
Slovan Bratislava6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3
Olimpija Ljubljana6 2 0 4 4 9 −5 6
4
KÍ6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4
Group B
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1
Maccabi Tel Aviv6 5 0 1 14 9 +5 15 Advance to round of 16
2
Gent6 4 1 1 16 7 +9 13 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3
Zorya Luhansk6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7
4
Breiðablik6 0 0 6 5 18 −13 0
Group C
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1
Viktoria Plzeň6 6 0 0 9 1 +8 18 Advance to round of 16
2
Dinamo Zagreb6 3 0 3 10 5 +5 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3
Astana6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4
4
Ballkani6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 4
Note: Ranked on head-to-head points: Astana 4, Ballkani 1.
Group D
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1
Club Brugge6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Advance to round of 16
2
Bodø/Glimt6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3
Beşiktaş6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4
4
Lugano6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4
Note: Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.
Group E
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1
Aston Villa6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Advance to round of 16
2
Legia Warsaw6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3
AZ6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6
4
Zrinjski Mostar6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4
Group F
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1
Fiorentina6 3 3 0 14 6 +8 12 Advance to round of 16
2
Ferencváros6 2 4 0 9 6 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3
Genk6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
4
Čukarički6 0 0 6 2 16 −14 0
Group G
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1
PAOK6 5 1 0 16 10 +6 16 Advance to round of 16
2
Eintracht Frankfurt6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3
Aberdeen6 1 3 2 10 10 0 6
4
HJK6 0 2 4 7 17 −10 2
Group H
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification
1
Fenerbahçe6 4 0 2 13 11 +2 12 Advance to round of 16
2
Ludogorets Razgrad6 4 0 2 11 11 0 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs
3
Nordsjælland6 3 1 2 17 7 +10 10
4
Spartak Trnava6 0 1 5 3 15 −12 1
Note: Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as a tiebreaker.
UEFA Europa Conference League 2023–24 Round of 16 matches
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, 13:00 CET. The first legs were played on 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2024.
Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Servette0–0
1–3 (penalties)
Viktoria Plzeň0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ajax0–4
Aston Villa0–0 0–4
Molde2–4
Club Brugge2–1 0–3
Union Saint-Gilloise1–3
Fenerbahçe0–3 1–0
Dinamo Zagreb3–5
PAOK2–0 1–5
Sturm Graz1–4
Lille0–3 1–1
Maccabi Haifa4–5
Fiorentina3–4 1–1
Olympiacos7–5
Maccabi Tel Aviv1–4 6–1 (a.e.t.)
UEFA Europa Conference League 2023–24 Quarter Final matches
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET. The first legs were played on 11 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April 2024.
Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Brugge3–0
PAOK1–0 2–0
Olympiacos3–3
3–2 (penalties)
Fenerbahçe3–2 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Aston Villa3–3
4–3 (penalties)
Lille2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Viktoria Plzeň0–2
Fiorentina0–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
UEFA Europa Conference League 2023–24 Semi Finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, 14:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw. The first legs were played on 2 May, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 May 2024.
Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aston Villa2–6
Olympiacos2–4 0–2
Fiorentina4–3
Club Brugge3–2 1–1
UEFA Conference League 2023–24 Final match
29 May 2024 22:00 EEST, Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens
| 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ||
| El Kaabi |
UEFA Conference League 2023–24 Top Goal scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1
Ayoub El Kaabi
Olympiacos11
2
Eran Zahavi
Maccabi Tel Aviv8
3
Bruno Petković
Dinamo Zagreb7
4
Hans Vanaken
Club Brugge6
5
Fredrik Gulbrandsen
Molde5
6
Benjamin Nygren
Nordsjælland5
7
Gift Orban
Gent5
8
Yusuf Yazıcı
Lille5
9
Dor Peretz
Maccabi Tel Aviv5
10
Ollie Watkins
Aston Villa5
11
Igor Thiago
Club Brugge5
UEFA Conference League 2023–24 Most Assist provider list
Rank Player Team Assists
1
Farès Chaïbi
Eintracht Frankfurt5
2
Leon Bailey
Aston Villa5
3
Douglas Luiz
Aston Villa4
4
Gavriel Kanichowsky
Maccabi Tel Aviv4
5
Sebastian Szymański
Fenerbahçe4
6
Rémy Cabella
Lille4
7
Michał Skóraś
Club Brugge4
8
Daniel Podence
Olympiacos4
9
Fred
Fenerbahçe4
UEFA Conference League 2023–24 Team of the season
Position Player Team
Goalkeeper
Pietro Terracciano
Fiorentina
Defender
Dodô
Fiorentina
Defender
Robin Hranáč
Viktoria Plzeň
Defender
David Carmo
Olympiacos
Defender
Cristiano Biraghi
Fiorentina
Midfielder
Hans Vanaken
Club Brugge
Midfielder
Kostas Fortounis
Olympiacos
Midfielder
John McGinn
Aston Villa
Forward
Leon Bailey
Aston Villa
Forward
Ayoub El Kaabi
Olympiacos
Forward
Daniel Podence
Olympiacos
UEFA Europa Conference League 2023–24 Summary
This edition was the final season under its current name, as it was renamed to the UEFA Conference League from the 2024–25 season onwards. According to UEFA, the new denomination of the competition would enable further development as a stand-alone competition in their research amongst fans and commercial partners. This was also the final season with the current format of 32 teams participating in the group stage, after UEFA announced that a brand-new Swiss-system format would be introduced for the following edition.[6] Due to the change, no clubs could be transferred from the Europa League group stage to the Conference League, so starting with this edition the winners would no longer be able to defend their title.
As the title holders, West Ham United qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League. They were unable to defend their title after advancing to the Europa League knockout phase.
