
Juventus would prefer to take their ban now, rather than appeal and then drag the process out and potentially miss out on the Champions League next season. Yet, less than two-weeks out from the draw, it still hasn’t been confirmed by UEFA, if Juve are banned or not. Such a ban would solve Aston Villa’s unseeded situation instantly and they would enter the play-off draw on August 7th, as a seeded team. How can Aston Villa Become Seeded?Įarlier this month, it was reported that Juventus would take a one-season UEFA ban on the chin and miss out on the Europa Conference League, after their points deduction in Serie A had dropped them down from Champions’ League qualification. Aston Villa’s Current Europa Conference League StatusĪs we stand, Aston Villa are currently unseeded, and in terms of coefficient expectations, are currently lined up to be in Pot Three of the draw. Teams that lose in the Champions League qualifiers can drop into it, major clubs have faced bans from it, and the position of coefficient ratings of clubs, constantly throw up fresh permutations in terms of who’s seeded for the play-offs and what pot they’ll be in the Europa Conference League group stages draw. To say the initial stages of the UEFA Europa Conference League paints a complicated picture is a bit of an understatement. The 2022/23 Europa Conference League final will take place at Prague's Eden Arena on June 7 2023.Update on the Europa Conference League Picture for Aston Villa Quarter and semi-finals: March 17 All the key Europa Conference League dates Matchday 6: November 3 When are the key Europa Conference League draw dates? When are the Europa League group stage games? The group winners advance directly to the round of 16 with the group runners-up progressing to the knockout round play-offs, where they will face eight teams transferring from the Europa League having finished third in their groups. What's the Europa Conference League format?

Pot 3: Nice, Anderlecht, Zalgiris, Austria Wien, Hearts, Shamrock, Sivasspor, Vaduz.Pot 2: Cluj, Molde, FCSB, Fiorentina, Cologne, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Apollon, Slavia Bratislava.

Pot 1: Villarreal, Basel, Slavia Prague, AZ Alkmaar, Gent, Istanbul Basaksehir, Partizan, West Ham.Much the same as the Europa League draw, the 32 clubs in the group stages are seeded into four pots of eight teams, with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season.Ĭlubs from the same country cannot be drawn against each other, with each group containing one side from each of the four pots. Image: West Ham are in the Europa Conference League for the first time after a 6-1 aggregate win over Viborg in qualifying
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The 2022/23 Europa League final will take place on at the Puskas Arena Park in Budapest, Hungary. Quarter and semi-finals: March 17 All the key Europa League dates Matchday 6: November 3 When are the key Europa League draw dates?
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The full fixture list for the group stage will be revealed after the draw but UEFA has confirmed the matchday dates. Third-placed teams transfer to the Europa Conference League, where they will face the group runners-up from that competition in the knockout round play-offs. The group winners advance directly to the round of 16 while the group runners-up progress to the knockout round play-offs, where they will face eight teams transferring from the Champions League having finished third in their groups. Pot 4: Nantes, HJK, Sturm Graz, AEK Larnaca, Omonia, Zurich, Union Saint-Gilloise, Trabzonspor.Pot 3: Real Betis, Midtjylland, Bodo/Glimt, Ferencvaros, Union Berlin, SC Freiburg, Fenerbahce.Pot 2: Feynoord, PSV, Rennes, Monaco, Real Sociedad, Qarabag, Malmo, Ludogorets.Pot 1: Roma, Man Utd, Arsenal, Lazio, Braga, Red Star Belgrade, Dynamo Kyiv, Olympiacos.
