Brighton and Hove Albion have come through their two-legged Conference League qualifier – and can now start plotting their league phase campaign. And they have a home tie with Monaco and a trip to Panathinaikos among games to look forward to.

Albion easd past Trosmo in Thursday night’s second leg at the Amex after a 0-0 draw in Norway last week to qualify among 36 teams from across Europe who now go forward to the league stage.

Also through are Aarhus, Ajax, Atalanta, Boroc, Braga, Brann, Albion, Copenhagen. Crvena Zvezds, CSKA Sofia, Egnatia, Freiburg, Gent, Getafe, Hadjuk Split, Hearts, Iberia Tblisi, Inter Escaldes, Jablonec, Kairat Almaty, Kauno Zalgiris, KuPS Kuopio, Lincoln Red Imps, Lugano, Midtjylland, Mjallby, Monaco, Nordsjoelland, Pafos, Panathinaikos, Riga, Sint-Truidense, Thun, Trabzonspor, Twente, U. Craiova.

Those 36 will be whittled down to 16 – with the top eight going straight through to the last 16 and those finishing 9th to 24th facing play-offs to join them.

Maxim De Cuyper celebrates scoring in Brighton's win over Tromso (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

placeholder image — Maxim De Cuyper celebrates scoring in Brighton's win over Tromso (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

The league phase draw was made in Monaco on Friday lunchtime – after the Europa League draw.

The league stage will consist of 36 teams and each will play six league phase matches. The 36 teams are placed into six pots. Each team will face one team from each of the six pots.

Pot one featured the highest-ranked teams in the competition, with pot six being the lowest. The pots were based on the club's Uefa club co-efficient ranking from the five-season period ending at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season.

The draw handed Albion home ties with Monaco, Universita Craiova and Kauno Zalgiris – and away trips to Panathinaikos, Getafe and Jablonec.

Brighton must aim to finish in the top eight of the 36-team league and automatically qualify for the Conference League's last 16. Teams that finish between ninth and 24th enter a play-off knockout.

The 12 teams that finish between 25th and 36th place after their six league matches exit the competition when the league phase is complete.

All that was being decided on Friday were the six opponents and whether those would be played at home or away – not dates nor match order, which is to follow.

The dates for the six games are as follows…

Matchday 1: October 15

Matchday 2: October 22

Matchday 3: November 5

Matchday 4: November 26

Matchday 5: December 10

Matchday 6: December 17

Albion have said they will confirm ticket details for the matches soon.

Knockout phase dates:

Knockout phase play-offs: 18 & 25 February

Round of 16: 11 & 18 March

Quarter-finals: 8 & 15 April