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List of UEFA Conference League finals

West Ham players celebrating victory in the 2023 final
Founded	23 May 2021
Region	UEFA (Europe)
Number of teams	36 (league stage) 2 (finalists)
Current champions	Olympiacos (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Roma West Ham United Olympiacos (1 title each)
2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final

The UEFA Conference League, formerly the UEFA Europa Conference League, is a seasonal football competition established in 2021. It was created by UEFA to accommodate at least 34 of its national associations in the group stage of its competitions and is the third-tier of European football behind the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The winner automatically qualifies for the subsequent season's Europa League, unless they have already qualified for the Champions League through their domestic league. The format features eight groups of four teams, with the winners of each group qualifying for the round of 16 and a playoff round held between the teams that finish second in their group and those that finish third in their Europa League groups to determine the remaining eight teams. Knockout matches are held over two legs with the final held at a neutral venue.

The competition was announced in 2018, and began in 2021. UEFA created the competition in order to offer European competition for more clubs and have more representation from associations that might not qualify for the group stages of the Champions League or Europa League. This is determined via the UEFA country coefficients with three teams participating from nations ranked 16 to 50, two teams participating from nations ranked 6 to 15 and 51 to 55, and one team participating from nations ranked 1 to 5.

Roma won the inaugural competition with a 1–0 victory in the 2022 final against Feyenoord. Olympiacos are the current champions; they beat Fiorentina 1–0 in the 2024 final. English, Greek, and Italian clubs have won the competition the most times with one win each. Fiorentina is the first team to play in more than one final and also the first to lose multiple finals.

List of finals

Past finals

List of UEFA Conference League finals

Season	Country	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Country	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
2021–22	Italy	Roma	1–0	Feyenoord	Netherlands	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania	19,597
2022–23	England	West Ham United	2–1	Fiorentina	Italy	Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	17,363
2023–24	Greece	Olympiacos	1–0	Fiorentina	Italy	Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens, Greece	26,842

Future finals

Performances

By club

Performance in the UEFA Conference League by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Roma	1	0	2022	—
West Ham United	1	0	2023	—
Olympiacos	1	0	2024	—
Fiorentina	0	2	—	2023, 2024
Feyenoord	0	1	—	2022

By nation

Performance in finals by nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Total
Italy	1	2	3
England	1	0	1
Greece	1	0	1
Netherlands	0	1	1

See also

• List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals
• List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals
• List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals
• List of UEFA Super Cup matches
• List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winners
• List of UEFA Women's Cup and Women's Champions League finals

References

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