Brighton to face Monaco test, Hearts set to take on Salah

Brighton and Hove Albion will welcome Monaco to the south coast of their standout tie of the Conference League draw.

The Seagulls have been pitted towards the Ligue 1 facet, who performed within the Champions League final season, with clashes towards Greek giants Panathinaikos and LaLiga’s Getafe additionally on the agenda.

Hearts will tackle Monaco as nicely, and may look ahead to going through Mohamed Salah after being drawn towards Turkish facet Trabzonspor.

Brighton are the favourites to carry the trophy, with Serie A’s Atalanta thought-about a fundamental rival after their run to the final 16 of the Champions League final season.

The 2024 Europa League winners will face four-time European Cup/Champions League winners Ajax within the league part, whereas final season’s crushed Europa League finalists Freiburg have video games with Monaco, Panathinaikos and Trabzonspor amongst their fixtures.

Who the seeds will play

• Atalanta vs Ajax, Pafos, Borac, Kairat, Riga, Mjallby
• Braga vs Copenhagen, Gent, KuPS, Brann, Aarhus, Egnatia
• Ajax vs Atalanta, Getafe, Thun, Midtjylland, Sint-Truiden, Hajduk Cut up
• Freiburg vs Monaco, Panathinaikos, Twente, Trabzonspor, Jablonec, Kauno Zalgiris
• Monaco vs Freiburg, Lincoln Crimson Imps, Nordsjaelland, Brighton, Hearts, CSKA Sofia
• Copenhagen vs Braga, Crimson Star Belgrade, Lugano, Universitatea Craiova, Inter Escaldes, Iberia, Tbilisi

Who Brighton and Hearts will play

• Brighton vs Monaco, Panathinaikos, Getafe, Universitatea Craiova, Jablonec, Kauno Zalgiris
• Hearts vs Monaco, Pafos, Borac, Trabzonspor, Nordsjaelland, Thun

Convention League schedule, fixtures 2026/27

The league part begins on October 15 and ends on December 17.

When is the Convention League knockout part?

The play-offs are in February as a part of a knockout part lasting till June 2.