Conference League Tickets

What the 2026/27 Conference League involves

The Conference League is UEFA's third-tier European club competition, giving 36 clubs from across the continent a route to continental football and a shot at silverware outside the bigger Champions League and Europa League fields. Brighton represent England this season alongside a broad mix of clubs from Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey, Scotland, Greece and several smaller footballing nations.

As with the other UEFA club competitions, the format opens with a league phase in which every club plays a set of fixtures against different opponents, before the standings decide who progresses straight to the round of 16 and who must first survive a knockout play-off round.

League phase fixtures to look out for

The opening round of league-phase fixtures in mid-October 2026 brings a wide spread of ties. AS Monaco travel to Bulgaria to face CSKA Sofia at the Vasil Levski National Stadium, while Getafe head to Romania to play CSU Craiova at the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco.

Elsewhere, Ajax Amsterdam visit Hajduk Split at the Stadion Poljud in Croatia, and KAA Gent host AGF at their own Ghelamco Arena. FC Midtjylland, Trabzonspor and Panathinaikos are also among the sides in action on the same matchday, each testing themselves against unfamiliar opposition early in the campaign.

Other clubs to follow through the league phase include Braga, FC Twente, Sint-Truidense, SC Freiburg and Atalanta, all looking to accumulate points across their run of fixtures before the knockout stages begin.

Venues hosting Conference League football

The competition takes in grounds of very different sizes and characters. Brighton's American Express Stadium, with a capacity of 31,876, is among the larger venues involved, while smaller, atmospheric grounds such as the Air Albania Stadium in Tirana, the AIL Arena in Lugano and the Ghelamco Arena in Ghent add distinctive settings to the competition.

Other notable venues include the Athens Olympic Stadium, the Stadion Poljud in Split, and the Skonto Stadions in Riga, giving fans the chance to see European football played out in cities that rarely host it at this level.

Following the competition through to the final

Once the league phase concludes, clubs outside the automatic qualification places move into a knockout play-off round, with the winners joining the top sides in the round of 16. From there the competition narrows through the quarter-finals and semi-finals to a single final.

Fans wanting to follow a specific stage rather than one club can track the draw through the league phase and on to the round of 16 as the rounds are confirmed.

Choosing seats for Conference League matches

With 36 clubs involved, ties in the Conference League range from local European derbies to genuinely unfamiliar match-ups, and away sections can sell quickly for clubs bringing a large travelling support.

This page compares Conference League ticket prices from StubHub, Viagogo, Hellotickets, Football Ticket Net, Gigsberg and SportsEvents365, so it is worth comparing more than one partner before deciding where to buy.

• Confirm the stadium and kick-off time for away fixtures before booking travel
• Compare seating blocks across partners rather than just the headline price
• Smaller grounds mean tickets for some fixtures can be tighter than for the bigger European competitions