PICK! 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

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The UEFA Europa Conference League is the tertiary continental competition for European club association football (soccer). Contested annually by cup winners and high league finishers from across Europe, as well as teams eliminated from the UEFA Europa League, our contest begins with the group stage. The winner of this contest earns 2 slots of cash or tech, or $18m in Politics and War aid, plus increased points in the Legion Cup and Global and Football/Soccer mini-cups (see the Legion Cup thread for the points allocation).

For those who have played in this contest (and other UEFA contests) in the past, there is a major change. The group stage and knockout round contests have been merged, so there is now only one contest for each league. This is to increase interest in the group stage.

There are 32 teams in the group stage, drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each. You will pick the top 2 teams in each group for 1 point each. Here are the teams:

Group A:

• Lille (LOSC)
• Slovan Bratislava (SLO)
• Olimpija Ljubljana (LJU)
• KÍ (KÍ)

Group B:

• Gent (GNT)
• Maccabi Tel Aviv (MTA)
• Zorya Luhansk (ZOR)
• Breiðablik (BRE)

Group C:

• Dinamo Zagreb (DZG)
• Viktoria Plzeň (PLZ)
• Astana (AST)
• Ballkani (BAL)

Group D:

• Club Brugge (BRU)
• Bodø/Glimt (BOD)
• Beşiktaş (BES)
• Lugano (LUG)

Group E:

• AZ (AZ)
• Aston Villa (AVL)
• Legia Warsaw (LEG)
• Zrinjski Mostar (ZRI)

Group F:

• Ferencváros (FER)
• Fiorentina (FIO)
• Genk (GNK)
• Čukarički (ČUK)

Group G:

• Eintracht Frankfurt (FRA)
• PAOK (PAOK)
• HJK (HJK)
• Aberdeen (ABE)

Group H:

• Fenerbahçe (FEN)
• Ludogorets Razgrad (LUD)
• Spartak Trnava (TRN)
• Nordsjælland (NOR)

The picks are due at the start time of each respective group, which will be as follows (all times server time):

• Group A: September 20 @ 9:30
• Groups E-H: September 21 @ 11:45
• Groups B-D: September 21 @ 14:00