2024/25 #UECL League Phase Draw

[Music] oh [Music] [Music] hello and a war welcome to Monaco for the fourth edition of the UEFA conference League draw today we are joined by representatives from all the clubs who've qualified all of whom are here to discover who they'll be facing in this year's competition hello welcome from my side as well this season the UEFA conference League takes on a brand new look of course with the group stages being replaced by a leag format which features 36 teams replicating the new formats we've seen in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League as well we will do our best to explain as we go but before we do let's take a little look back at last season's competition which culminated in olympos beating fantina at the AEK arena in Greece [Applause] need a night to remember okay Bo good quality good movements from each other then we score some more goals okay boys come on [Applause] [Music] go go go go go [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it's up to us now to create our own history chance we have to take it no regrets [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] absolutely brilliant you're out this time [Music] [Music] [Applause] ason villea have done it in a penalty [Applause] shootout for [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] B [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] will wow what a season an incredible night for olympos who became the first Greek Club ever to win a major European trophy huge congratulations to their players the staff and of course to their passionate fans as well indeed and our first guest enjoyed a glittering career as a professional footballer it spanned more than 25 years he is a two-time winner of the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid in 1998 he won the World Cup with France and two years later the UEFA European Championship he is now a club Ambassador for olympos a team he represented with distinction with with the UEFA conference League trophy please welcome Christian [Music] [Applause] [Music] K welcome Christian with that beautiful trophy as well great to see you now as a player you knew all about European Glory right and Matt reeled off quite an impressive uh CV um but tell us about that night in Athens working with olympos how did you live all of those emotions with the final we know that football is all about emotions I think that uh it was a great and beautiful journey and I think that uh from 2014 when Mr Manis has hired a club he chanted all the landscape by hiring people uh innovating every time any department so now we are here to enjoy this trophy congratulations again and because Olympiacos won that trophy they jump up obviously into the Europa League you were here to watch the draw did we do an okay job for you and yeah yeah I think that we we can manage that I hope that Mr Med bar is also happy and Keen to play these teams but for sure yes we have at least four home games so we can do the difference at home in kis kagi Stadium all right well good luck for the upcoming season thank you for now Christian uh this season's UEFA conference League final is being staged at the VAV stadium in Poland and our next guest is a former polish International who made 102 appearances for his country [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ladies and Gentlemen please welcome mikal [Music] [Applause] [Music] jov [Music] welcome such a fantastic career as a player um you had over 100 appearances for Olympiacos as well as your glittering career with the national team so you must have lived that night in in Athens quite emotionally as well right how was that for you what did did what did it mean for the club I was invited on the game so I was the witness how olympos won the first European Trophy and I think it's this club fulfill something what was missing for a long time so a big success in Europe the fans of olympos we're waiting so long for this moment so I think they give the they they get the best uh gift from the players yeah you're a proud polish man with lots of Connections in your home country obviously the final now in Roda next summer lots to look forward to it's a perfect Arena drinski Arena 45,000 seats so I think for a long time because the last time when the big sport football event was taking place in this uh City was Euro 2012 and then couple of games of national teams so I think the people from VAV are waiting for the events like this and I can assure that poish and the people from VAV are ready to organize it perfect arms open from Mika and all the Pauls thank you very much now as I am sure you're aware by now UEFA Club competitions are undergoing something of a makeover this season and the UFA conference League will follow in the same footsteps as the UFA champions league and the UEFA Europa League by replacing the traditional group stage with a larger League format yeah and these changes are designed of course to improve all aspects of European competition and to tell us more about it please welcome onto the stage the UFA Deputy General Secretary Georgio [Music] Marti good afternoon ladies and Gent gentlemen on behalf of UEFA welcome to Monaco for the league phase draw of the 2425 UEFA conference league in just three seasons uefa's newest Club competition has fully met football's expectations establishing itself as a most valuable feature in the European landscape giving many clubs a crucial opportunity to grow internationally and the pricess chance to leave the European trophy three distinct Champions have been crowned including cluding Olympia Co who became the first Greek Club to host a European Trophy last season and as we embark on the fourth season we do so with a new format that promises suspense and thrills like never before every matcha will be key every goal will be a turning point every save a Lifeline the stakes are higher the margins are thinner and the drama more intense as each moment from each match will determine whether a European dream lives on or fades away and while the format has evolved the essence however remains untouched open to all based on achievements on the field congratulations to the 36 clubs from 29 Nations here this afternoon and a special welcome to those stepping onto this stage of European football for the very first time we wish you all the very best of luck of course and before we begin the draw even if we are ready let's take a short moment for the technical [Music] procedure the 36 teams that have qualified for the league phase are divided into six pots pot One features the six highest ranked qualified teams in the UEFA Club coefficient ranking pot two comprises the next six teams in the ranking and so on for partt three four five and six the draw will determine the six opponents for each team that they will face during the league phase to assign these team's opponents a computer software will be triggered to select at random one eligible team from each pot will take into account the following conditions before selecting the opponents teams from the same National Association cannot be drawn against each other teams can face a maximum of two opponents from any single other National Association [Music] starting with pot one a ball is manually drawn at random and opened to display the team at which point an automated software randomly draws six opponents for this team one from each pot including for each opponent whether they are played at home or away for the purposes of the draw allocating whether each of those matches will be played at home or away pots 1 and two pots three and four and pots five and six a paired and each team is drawn to play one opponent from each pairing of pots at home and the other away the software draws the possible valid opponents from all pots ensuring that a valid allocation is made guaranteeing the full draw can be completed once a valid allocation has been drawn by the software the opponents and which matches are played at home or away will be revealed the process is repeated until all six teams from pop one have been drawn and assigned their six opponents if they've already been drawn to face an opponent from pop one there will be no further allocation of opponents from this pot any opponent that has already been drawn does not need to be revealed will be directly displayed in the opponent overview once all six pot one teams have been drawn pot two will follow with a ball drawn at random as the team's opponent from pot one has already been designated the software moves immediately to draw one opponent at random from each of pots two to six again allocating which matches are played at home and which are played away in this respect the allocation will take into account the match already assigned in pot one to respect the pairing of pots and the Home and Away scheduling pots three four five and six will be completed as per the same procedure as previous pots with only opponent from the relevant remaining pots to be drawn each time it is important to note that the display of ties is shown by pot and does not represent the order of the matches of each team the match calendar with the dates and kickoff times of the matches will be released on Saturday right now we know how it all works really looking forward to this it's time to start the draw for the UEFA conference league for potw one two and three Christian will be drawing the balls and M will be pressing the button so the computer reveals the results of the opponents that are selected automatically Georgio over to you to kick this off yes sir we are ready to go with Port one which features Chelsea Copenhagen k h fantina LK and real betties so we have more pots but smaller pots Christiana it's up to you now it's your time you have to shuffle this six balls and we start with the part one first team drone G it's a Ka a h from Belgium they participated in all four editions of this competition before and for H we are wai waiting for the draw obviously they can you have to wait for the uh uh draw which is taking place and we are ready now the software is ready with the a the six opponents for KA Hinton let's go please do the honors and we have the opponents coming out for hint in this edition of the UEFA conference League it's Chelsea from pot one that'll be an away match they'll be home in pot two to MDA and also to Omonia it's an away match in pot four in Switzerland versus Lugano they'll be hosting TSC of Serbia and playing away at Ln in Northern Ireland who made history Matt just last night by qualifying for a European competition any team from the Irish Premier League for European competition group phase yes so this is a h the first team drone in the new UFA conference League Christian you can proceed with the second row Chelsea F and here we go with the blues of London Chelsea FC they have already been drawn against a hand they are ready to receive five more opponents when mikal now presses the button thank you Mika yep slid pass svette despite defeat in Switzerland last night did ends on mesa's team and here's the full picture after again they will be at Heidenheim from the Bundesliga away they'll also travel to aana and Kazakhstan a home tie against the league of Island side Shamrock Rovers from Dublin panthan Nikos from pot five their opponents and FC Noah of Armenia completes the picture for Chelsea yes completes the picture for Chelsea and uh we wanted now to uh see the picture of another club thanks to Christian Copenhagen we go with the FC Copenhagen Copenhagen Champions conference League round of 16 in 2022 we're ready no opponent is known yet for Copenhagen you can press the button and dra six and the results of the draw for Copenhagen are an away TI against Real Betis in Spain they'll be hosting istambul bashak here playing in Austria versus rapid hosting from pot four Hearts from pot five yagonia weo and they'll be playing at dinam msk in pot six that's the journey for Copenhagen Georgia yes this is but we have another three clubs already and U we can proceed with the fourth draw of part one fantina Fiorentina Fiorentina from uh finalist twice in this competition they will try better luck in the next final I will try to be there of course in RAV in May and uh we ready for Fiorentina also fena has received no opponent so we can draw six yeah they needed a penalty shootout last night to see off push crash Academy but they're in it again to win it I'm sure and here are the six opponents in this league format for Fiorentina home to lasque from Lin they travel to appell and to Victoria in Portugal they've got a home tie against the welshy the new Saints s Gallen is a away trip to Switzerland and paos from Cyprus is the full six for Fiorentina yeah that's the road of fantina to The Knockout phase yes you can go ahead with the other two BET Real Bettis de so seia real Bettis have received the Copenhagen as a home fixture uh but we don't know yet who they will have to face in part two to six so a handful of opponents for real Bettis to discover and they are Leia varsha Helsinki Mada bisav P KUB and enk that is the path for the Spaniards of Real Betis for this season's competition with real Bettis and after Bettis only one name which we'll see in a few seconds to complete po one L that's of course l l from Austria round of 1622 fantina a ways there are known fig and M if you press the button we throw five opponents for lask five to find and here they come for lask they're at home to Jud Garden of Sweden they've got a trip to lublana to take on Olympia cir Bru is their Belgian opponent from pot 4 again at home Borat from Bosnia baluca their opponents from part five and vikingur of reik completes the story for lask of lint the first teams then the pot one teams have been drawn and already some intriguing matchups to look forward to including Chelsea who will take on among others the Belgian side of gent ra Bettis of Spain against Copenhagen and fantina against LK of lint great matches already Matt that's for sure let's move on to part two now which will surely throw up more great games we have six more teams to draw and they are Istanbul bashak here MDA Leia vsha Heidenheim Darden and Appo yes we are all set for this spot two and I will ask kindly Christian to proceed with the first team drone B bashak here yes I think we are there no problem everybody knows this club so they will face Copenhagen away out of pot one but uh which other five we don't know yet but it doesn't take long so these are the opponents for the Istanbul side they'll be facing in po two Heidenheim and Rapid those are two home matches then it's away at C Bru they'll be hosting Petr and playing in Slovenia at enk telia and of course Matt this is not the order of the matches uh when the calendar comes out we'll get to know the final results tomorrow georgo exactly let's go ahead we have another five that we want to draw yes and we can start immediately your garden we go to Sweden with the de garden now they uh made the round of 16 only two seasons ago and that they were drawn against Las away in part one we draw their five opponents yeah Kim Bergan the coach there almost six years in the job uh and he's got six teams to face we already knew about lask now it's Leia waro and Victoria home ties from Parts 2 and three a trip to Wales to take on the new Saints panthan iOS at home for the sweds and they go not that far to reic to take on Viking JoJo yes let's go ahead Christian please the next one Leia Leia y thrown against Real Bettis and du Garden already and uh we needed to uh reveal four more opponents for Leia we can go with this back team from mi's Home Country responsibility is on and the fixtures that are missing here were amonia that's an away match home against FC Lugano of Switzerland at a away match in Serbia against TSC and they'll be hosting Damo Minsk that that's the journey for Leia yes that is the Journey of Leia warsa we have three more we can go Appel now we have Appel FC from Cyprus the last participation in group stage was in 1920 that was the Europa League appell have been drawn at home against Fiorentina we withraw now five five more for APPA and here they come they travel to MDA in Norway they have a Stana at home Shamrock Rover is a trip to Dublin Borat is a home tie against the team from baluca and FC Noah from Armenia is a trip away for appell yes this is the Journey of appell throughout the league phase we have uh another two waiting in for two mold mold FK the Norwegian champions of molde Cup winners in their country so uh for molde we know that the the known opponents are gent and appell and uh we can proceed the Cup winners from Norway uh will also face hjk hinki on the road they'll be hosting that bisl traveling to Poland to take on yagona bowo and they'll be hosting the history makers Larn as well yes so only one to know everything about part two teams hien H this teams makes their debut at home in uh at home in our competitions of course of course in uh this season and what debut hosting Chelsea and uh traveling to istan for Bak Shier and which other four teams terrific job from Frank Schmidt who's almost 17 years into the the job there at Heidenheim uh the four to find are Olympia from lubiana hars which is an away trip for Heidenheim they're at home to S Gallen and puffers of Cyprus completes the six for the Bundesliga side so part two now done and dusted we are motoring with the balls and the buttons the last of matches continues to grow in the league stage with Baki here taking on Heidenheim jur Garden will take on among others Leia vava and molda face Appo that's a pick of the fixture so far from that pot let's move on to pot three now gentlemen which features SK rapid amonia hjk Helsinki Victoria FC aana and NK Olympia lublana of course these are the six teams Christian see your job again elink so hey J Helsinki is now drawn uh they are champions in Finland three times in this group stage or League phase in the last four seasons throwing against Real Bettis and molde we can press the button for their remaining four opponents it's a quartet that's missing from this fixture list and they are a match against Olympia lublana at home they'll be traveling to Lugano and Panos and then uh hosting Damo Minsk as well yes that's it this is the uh Journey for ajk we can go ahead Olympia Luana and now we have Olympia Yana from Slovenia twice in the group stage of the conference league and uh including this season and Olympia knows already half of their opponents who are lask Heidenheim and Helsinki from halfway to a Full House for Victor Sanchez and his players they're at home to cir brouge they travel to Poland to take on lalona and they have a home tie against Lan from Northern Ireland yes that's it uh we have another team ready to uh appear from the ball drone we move to Cyprus with Omonia Omonia twice also in this group stage so they're not debutants g and Leia vava there two known opponents we can allocate another four and the picture is now complete for Omonia it's a home match against rapid and they'll be traveling to Scotland to take on hearts and they'll be also away at FK Borat they're hosting vikingur as well that's their path in the next season's competition very diverse path as most cases this the diverse in this competition yeah amazing is amazing 29 countries represented oops aana now we go to Kazakhstan with FC aana and what we have for aana what we know is Chelsea at home and up away please Mikel press the button thank you mik here they come the four more for the team from Kazakhstan they're also at home to Victoria they go to Wales to take on the new Saints they'll welcome TSC of Serbia to their homeg ground in Kazakhstan and they'll travel to Cyprus to take on paos that's it for aana only two left the last two balls that Christian has to throw Victoria yeah Victoria SC from Portugal from gim so Victoria is uh taking on fantina aana Mel and another three and the team from Portugal Victoria will also be hosting Mada bisav they'll be traveling to Switzerland to take on S Galan and they'll be hosting the slovenians from Celia as well and that's the picture for Victoria in this pot we go with the last team of part three rapid this is rapid Vienna of course rapid Vienna knockout playoffs in 22 Copenhagen bashak Sher and amonia have been thrown and we can throw the other three Robert Claus in charge for nearly a year at SK rapid and here is the full fixture list now they're at home to Shamrock Rovers from the league of Ireland they'll travel to mova to take on Petr and they will welcome FC Noah of Armenia to Vienna Pedro definitely so many great matches we've had three of the six pots that have been drawn so far and the games just keep on coming right that's what you expect from this competition so much competitive balance maybe if we were going to pick a few of the matches here we could look at Helsinki against NK Olympia from Slovenia and uh amonia may be taking on SK rapid and we've got Victoria from gimmer versus aana as well yeah it's a full smers board across the continent of Europe right as if it weren't complicated enough with this many teams this many balls and one big button we're going to ask our two special guests to switch places as well now mik if you get a chance to go and swirl and pick and Christian with your safe hands you'll be all over that button like a rash we're good to go uh with the next pot pot four so George Joe if you wouldn't mind yes I'll beg your pardon before we do let's have a quick look Pedro at the teams definitely tactical change here on stage uh pot four features C brouge Shamrock Rovers the new Saints FC Lugano hearts of Midlothian and bl bis love yes exactly so I will shuffle for mik and uh please Mikel can I ask you to pick one of the six uh balls in containing the name of these six clubs all of them have 50% of the opponents already drawn Circle Bru circle brge from Belgium Circle Bru their first participation ever in the UFA group stage and uh they have drawn Las Bak Shir and Olympia lublana we go ahead yes Christian thank you very much the belgians of cir Brugge will also be taking heart of midon they'll also face on the road FC St Gallen and uh uh they're on the road against vikingur reik yes these are the six opponents for uh brua Circle brua we can draw the next one difficult difficult ball there we go well done it's okay shamro CRS shamro crover FC from the Republic of Ireland champions of the Republic of Ireland they have thrown so far Chelsea appell and SK rapid bin we go let's have a look at the next three the other three for Shamrock Rovers and they have not disappointed the computer has done exactly what most would have wanted they will take on the new Saints of Wales at home they'll also take on the Bosnian side FK bats at home and they will travel across the border from Dublin to Lan to take on the Northern Irish side that is a belter of a fixture absolutely this unbelievable set of derbies there we will be all excited yes that's what the fans want to see I guess yeah I think so bringing out the passion oh yeah the new signs and now we go with the new Saints the new Saints first participation in the UFA group stage and the first Club playing in the west League to reach a UFA group stage our league phase they have four known opponents Fiorentina du garden aana and as you have seen now Shamar Rover please Christian thank you Christian and the last two opponents for the new Saints are panti Nikos that will be a home match and an a trip to Slovenia to take on enk telia yes that's new Saints we go ahead with the other three heart of midan the heart heart of Midlothian is drawn now second group stage in the conference league in the last three seasons so hats have drawn Copenhagen hien high mamonia and circle brge go for two so two more to find for Steven maith's side and they have pet of mova as a home tie from pot five and they travel away to take on FC Dore Minsk in pot six that's the full six that's it we have two more mhm we start FKA M Boles this is Mada boleslav from CIA their last participation was in 2007 and8 in the UFA cup and we're ready to give Mada three opponents joining real B is mold and Victoria SC and the team from czechia will also be hosting Lugano and yagala BTO they'll be traveling to FC NOA of Armenia the debutants there good only one left we can see their name in this ball FC Lugano that's of course FC Lugano from Switzerland and Lugano know that they play Gava Helsinki and M is La will you press the button for the next two yeah MAA croch torti team two to find they will travel to Serbia to take on TSC and a home TI forano against the cypriots of paos lots more matches to look forward to including the debutants cira bru against hars Shamrock Rovers against the new Saints of Wales and M Bolis of CIA will take on the Swiss side Lugano as we've just learned we've drawn 24 of the 36 teams if my mathematics serve me correctly we're going to move on to part five now which features FC petrou St Gallen panti Nikos TSC Borat and yagona bi gentlemen back over to you yes but five is ready with their six clubs We Ready Mel please s Gallen that is s Gallen from Switzerland uh winning the playoffs yesterday sang Galen have been thrown against Fiorentina Heidenheim Victoria and circle brge so far so we go here we go for S gallan it's a home match with TSC of Serbia and an away trip in Northern Ireland against L that's the path for the Swiss stop good uh sangalan has been drawn and uh we go ahead we go ahead with the next throw M you can draw it for us panikos Panos is the next Club drone from Greece from at and of course is their successive participation in a UFA group stage and uh they know who they play in the first four parts Chelsea Arden Helsinki and the new Saints so we go ahead and uh we can uh push the button yeah with two men of Olympiacos on the stage this will be interesting here it comes for pananos the last two games they are away at FK bat in baluca in Bosnia and heroa and a home tie against denore Minsk that's the six for the Greeks good we've done it as well so we can proceed ready for another draw DSC good we go to Serbia now as this is TSC bachka topola and uh BC is their second successive UFA group stage participation they know five of their opponents H Leia aana Lugano sangalan and the next one and only one opponent left to draw for them for TSC that is a home match with FC Noah of Armenia Georgio good also TSC is done and U we proceed FK Borat baluca Borat baluca from uh Bosnia and zova they champions in Bosnia Las up amonia Shamar CR and panti Nikos their opponent Throne so far one missing yeah we're speeding up nicely let's complete the picture for Borat and it is vikingur of rovik that's their Sixth and final opponent Geo perfect we can proceed we have only two balls to open in partt five FC petrop this is FC poup first participation in the UFA group stage for the champions of mova Petro Kuba will take on real Bettis bashak sh rapid the hearts and uh these two teams the last couple of opponents for petrou are the pole side of yagona BTO that'll be an away match in a home tie with paos from Cyprus only one to go yagon that's yagonia bisto champions of Poland for the very first time they know five Copenhagen molde Olympia Mada boleslav and Petro Kuba and please press the button H six want to add for yalon and here they come NK from Slovenia that's the full six that is indeed we finished the last pot the previous pot pot five the fixtures just keep on coming with matches including sangalan taking on TSC Borat against Panos and yagala taking on Pro KUB as well man yeah we're revving up towards the conclusion quite nicely on then to the final pot which will feature enkel from Slovenia Lan of course who've already featured quite well in this draw FC d Minsk paos of Cyprus Viking orik and the Armenians of FC Noah so let's get this draw fully formed Georgio yes only nine balls to throw and now the league phase will have taken shape sry six balls of course please we start we go for the first one FC pafos this is FC papos from Cyprus debut season in the UFA competition for pafos and uh we go we have to press the button they have five opponents already known that you can see on the screen and the last one Georgio is enk Celia from Slovenia that's a home match of course we go ahead we completed paers and S at the same time andk Celia so s as we just said is complete with real Bettis bashak sh Victoria the new Saints yagonia and paos so this is it for S we ready we can go ahead throwing one of the last four Dam M FC D Minsk champions in their country D Minsk they play Copenhagen Leia Helsinki Hearts BOS and let's go it's all happening nice and quick and it is Lan their Sixth and final opponent and that's a home tie foro Minsk L FC we go with the one of the last three balls FC Larn lar FC we've just seen it completed now h m Olympia shamro and Galen Damo me this is the lineup we go ahead vikingur reik vikingur reav is now drawn from Iceland first participation in Ufa group stage as well L duronia cir brge Bor B Lua and thank you Christian and it's FC Noah that they'll be playing as well that's an away away match for the team from Iceland and obviously we have to draw the last uh Team of the 36 last but not least of course FC Noah which is FC Noah also debutant in the competition playing against Chelsea Appel SK rapid Mada Bolis laava TSC basp and vicking or Ray Kavik and this is all for this draw thank you gentlemen great job all 36 teams now know their opponents if we have a look at the last pot we can tell you that it's paired up some great teams buffos taking on telia dor Minsk facing Ln and Noah versus vikingur we've got ourselves another outstanding set of matches and such a great competition such diversity as georgo mentioned 29 Nations out of the 36 teams represented it's going to be a Belta we have done it thanks very much to our special guests this afternoon to Christian Kima and mik jov who've swirled PL fcked and pushed the buttons with undue skill they did and of course as always Georgio thank you so much of course Georgio uh that'll do it from all of us here in Monica the UFA conference League gets underway on Thursday the 3rd of October so mark your calendars good luck of course to all the teams who have qualified for this season's New Look competition a big thanks to everybody watching here and to all of you all around the world we will see you very soon bye for now goodbye oh [Music]