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The Road to the League Phase: 257 Clubs, 108 Places, One Week Left

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108 places across three league phases. 257 clubs entered qualifying to chase them. As of 24 August 2026, 43 ties are still standing - and every one of them is settled this week.

257clubs in qualifying
43ties still alive
86clubs playing this week
108league phase places
  1. 07-09.07First qualifying round
  2. 21-23.07Second qualifying round
  3. 04-06.08Third qualifying round
  4. 18-20.08Play-off first legs
  5. 25-27.08Play-off second legs43 ties, 108 league phase places settled.

Three competitions, three brackets

52in qualifying
7play-off tickets
29already in
First qualifying round07-08.072814
↓ 14to Conference League qualifying
Second qualifying round21-22.072814
↓ 14to Europa League third qualifying round
Third qualifying round04-05.082010
↓ 10to Europa League: 6 to the play-off, 4 straight to the league phase
Play-off round18-19.08 / 25-26.08147
↓ 7to the Europa League league phase
League phase36

Box width follows the number of clubs entering each round. In UEFA's system elimination is rarely goodbye - the branch on the right shows where the losers land.

Seven ties, two paths: five in the Champions Path (domestic title winners), two in the League Path. Nobody here goes home empty-handed - every loser lands in the Europa League league phase.

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Scores are first-leg results. Second legs: 25-26 August.

Clubs in the play-off, by country
Norway2
Austria1
Azerbaijan1
Bulgaria1
Croatia1
France1
Greece1
Israel1

Who is banking the points

Every qualifying win feeds the country coefficient - the number that decides how many places each association gets in future seasons. This is what the 2026/27 season has produced so far.

2026/27 country coefficient so far
Portugal4.000
Spain3.875
Germany3.571
Italy3.500
England3.388
Azerbaijan3.375
Latvia3.375
Netherlands3.333
Denmark3.250
Croatia3.250
Finland3.125
Türkiye3.100

Points earned this season only, divided by the number of clubs each country entered.

Snapshot as of 24 August 2026. Fixtures and coefficients from the eurocoefficient.com database; ties, aggregate scores and round dates verified against UEFA match reports via the Wikipedia qualifying-phase pages.

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