Conference League 2026/27: Dates, Channels and Apple TV Setup

The 2026/27 UEFA Conference League league phase runs on Thursdays from 15 October to 17 December 2026. The knockout rounds run from February to May 2027, and the final is at Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul on Wednesday 2 June 2027. Most matches kick off at 18:45 or 21:00 Central European time, which is 17:45 or 20:00 in the UK.

To watch, you need the official rights holder where you live:

UK: TNT Sports
US: Paramount+ or TUDN
Germany: Sky and RTL
Spain: Movistar Plus+
France: Canal+
Italy: Sky
Turkey: TRT

If a legal IPTV provider you subscribe to gives you those channels as an M3U or Xtream Codes playlist, Stream Master plays them on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

We will update this guide through the season as draws are made and details are confirmed. Last checked on 21 October 2026, with Matchday 2 coming up on Thursday 22 October.

How the 2026/27 format works

The league phase has 36 clubs in a single table. Each club plays six matches against six different opponents, three at home and three away.

The draw was held in Monaco on 28 August 2026. Clubs were split into six pots of six, and each club drew one opponent from every pot. Clubs from the same country could not be drawn together.

After Matchday 6, the table decides what happens next:

1st to 8th go straight into the round of 16.
9th to 24th enter the two-legged knockout phase play-offs.
25th to 36th are eliminated.

In 2025/26, UEFA drew the seeded play-off pairs (9/10, 11/12, 13/14, 15/16) against unseeded pairs. For example, 9th or 10th met 23rd or 24th. UEFA has not yet published the 2026/27 play-off draw details, so expect a similar structure but check nearer the time.

The round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals are all two-legged. The final is a single match at a neutral venue.

The field includes these clubs, among others:

Atalanta, Italy’s only club in the competition
Ajax, Monaco, Freiburg, Braga and Copenhagen
Brighton, Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) and Panathinaikos
Getafe, Twente, Hearts, Trabzonspor and Hajduk Split

Matchday 1 produced an early surprise when Hajduk Split beat Ajax 2-1. Egnatia drew 1-1 with Midtjylland.

Key dates

Stage	Date(s)
Matchday 1	Thursday 15 October 2026 (played)
Matchday 2	Thursday 22 October 2026
Matchday 3	Thursday 5 November 2026
Matchday 4	Thursday 26 November 2026
Matchday 5	Thursday 10 December 2026
Matchday 6	Thursday 17 December 2026
Knockout play-offs	18 and 25 February 2027
Round of 16	11 and 18 March 2027
Quarter-finals	8 and 15 April 2027
Semi-finals	29 April and 6 May 2027
Final	Wednesday 2 June 2027, Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul

Flashscore reports two upcoming draws: the knockout play-off draw on 15 January 2027, and the round of 16 and bracket draw on 26 February 2027. We could not confirm these dates on UEFA.com.

The final venue holds about 40,000 people. It hosted the 2019 Super Cup and the 2026 Europa League final. We could not find a confirmed kick-off time for the final yet.

Kick-off times in the UK, Europe, Turkey and the US

UEFA lists league-phase matches at 21:00 unless stated otherwise, with an earlier slot at 18:45. UEFA labels these times “CET” all season, but they are Central European local time. In October, and again from late March, that means summer time (CEST).

A few matches in Kazakhstan start at 16:30:

Kairat Almaty v Panathinaikos on Matchday 2
Kairat v Mjällby on Matchday 4

Europe and the US change their clocks on different dates, and Turkey does not change them at all. That means the conversions shift during the season. The tables below are our own conversions using the standard time-zone database. The knockout rows assume UEFA keeps the usual 18:45 and 21:00 slots, so check each round’s fixtures.

Thursday 22 October 2026 (Europe still on summer time)

Central Europe (CEST)	UK (BST)	Turkey	US Eastern (EDT)	US Pacific (PDT)
16:30	15:30	17:30	10:30	07:30
18:45	17:45	19:45	12:45	09:45
21:00	20:00	22:00	15:00	12:00

5 November 2026 to 11 March 2027 (Matchdays 3 to 6, the play-offs and round of 16 first legs)

Central Europe (CET)	UK (GMT)	Turkey	US Eastern (EST)	US Pacific (PST)
16:30	15:30	18:30	10:30	07:30
18:45	17:45	20:45	12:45	09:45
21:00	20:00	23:00	15:00	12:00

Thursday 18 March 2027 (round of 16 second legs)

The US moves to summer time on 14 March, but Europe waits until 28 March. For this one week, US kick-offs are an hour later than usual.

Central Europe (CET)	UK (GMT)	Turkey	US Eastern (EDT)	US Pacific (PDT)
18:45	17:45	20:45	13:45	10:45
21:00	20:00	23:00	16:00	13:00

From the quarter-finals on 8 April 2027

Europe and the US are both on summer time again, so the 22 October times apply. A 21:00 CEST kick-off is 20:00 in the UK, 22:00 in Turkey, 15:00 Eastern and 12:00 Pacific. The final’s kick-off time is still unconfirmed.

Turkey stays on UTC+3 all year. That is why Turkish kick-offs move from 22:00 to 23:00 once Europe’s clocks go back on 25 October.

Where to watch: official broadcasters by country

UEFA’s broadcast partner list names a rights holder in each of these countries. A second source backs up each entry.

Country	Official partner(s)	What to know
UK	TNT Sports	Every match is live and exclusive, including the final. Matches stream in the HBO Max app with a TNT Sports subscription.
USA	Paramount+ (English), TUDN (Spanish)	Paramount+ says it streams every match live. CBS Sports holds the exclusive English-language rights.
Germany	Sky, RTL	Sky Sport shows up to ten matches per matchday, as single games or a “Konferenz”. WOW carries selected matches and RTL+ shows most matches. Selected top games are free-to-air on RTL or NITRO.
Spain	Telefónica (Movistar Plus+)	All matches are on M+ Liga de Campeones, available on Movistar Plus+ and Orange TV.
France	Canal+	Canal+ shows the whole competition. For example, Monaco v Freiburg on 22 October is on Canal+ Foot and Canal+ Live 3.
Italy	Sky	Sky has exclusive rights. Matches are on Sky Sport, with Sky Go and NOW for streaming.
Turkey	TRT	Matches are on TRT channels and the tabii platform. 2026/27 is the last season of TRT’s current deal.

If your country is not listed, check UEFA’s “Where to watch” page for the rights holder in your region.

Is any of it free?

Of the seven countries covered here, free coverage exists in two:

Germany: selected top matches are on free-to-air RTL or NITRO.
Turkey: matches involving Turkish clubs, such as Trabzonspor, are free on TRT 1 and TRT Spor, plus one other match a week.

For the UK, US, Spain, France and Italy, the official coverage we found is on pay or subscription services only.

Following the Conference League in Stream Master

Stream Master is a player. It does not include channels, subscriptions or any content. It plays the M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login that comes with a legal IPTV provider you already pay for. If that provider carries the official broadcaster’s channels in your country, this is how to get the most out of Thursday nights.

1. Add your provider’s playlist

Open the Playlists tab and tap +.
Choose Link m3u and enter a Playlist Title and Playlist URL. Or choose Xtream Login and enter the title, Xtream Username, Xtream Password and Xtream Portal URL. Apple TV offers the same two options.
Wait while the app checks the connection, verifies your credentials and loads categories and channels.
Review the summary, which shows how many Live TV, Movies and Series items loaded, plus your account status and expiry date. It is worth checking the expiry date before the knockout rounds.
Open Live TV, find your provider’s sports category or use search, and add the broadcaster’s channels to Favorites. The free plan allows one playlist and up to five favorites.

2. Plan matchdays with the TV guide and reminders

The TV guide comes from Xtream Codes providers only. Plain M3U playlists do not get a guide, and the app cannot load an XMLTV URL.

With an Xtream playlist, open a Live TV category and tap the grid button in the toolbar. You get a channel column and a 24-hour timeline, scrolled to the current time, with the live program highlighted. Tap the bell on a future program to set a reminder, and the notification arrives at the program’s start time. Your reminders also appear under “Upcoming Reminders” on the Home screen on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. The Smart EPG feature page covers the guide in more detail.

3. Catch up on a match you missed the start of

On iPhone and iPad, catch-up works with Xtream playlists on channels your provider archives. In the EPG grid, past programs you can replay have a light-green background and a green rewind icon. Tap one to watch it from the start. If a program falls outside the provider’s archive window, it simply plays live instead.

4. Watch the 18:45 and 21:00 games side by side

When several matches share a kick-off slot, Multi-View shows up to four streams at once.

iPhone and iPad (Pro): tap the 2x2 grid button in the player, or long-press a channel and choose “Open in Multi-View”. Use “Add Screen” to fill the tiles.
Apple TV (included, no Pro needed): choose “Open MultiView” from a channel’s detail screen.

Only one tile plays sound at a time. On iPhone and iPad, tap a tile to give it the sound; a green border marks the active tile. On Apple TV, focusing a tile switches the sound. Four streams use a lot of data, so check your connection first. See Multi-View for the full controls.

5. Put the match on your TV

On iPhone and iPad, AirPlay and Chromecast are Pro features.

AirPlay: tap the AirPlay button in the player and pick your Apple TV or AirPlay-compatible TV.
Chromecast: tap the Cast button in the player and pick your Chromecast or Google Cast device. The current stream loads on the TV.

If you switch channels on your phone while casting, the TV keeps showing the original match. Tap “Play on TV” when you want to send the new channel. Our guide to casting with AirPlay and Chromecast walks through both.

Watching on Apple TV

The Apple TV app has the same tabs and playlist options as on iPhone, along with favorites, reminders, Multi-View and parental control. It does not have catch-up, casting or recording.

With Pro, iCloud Sync keeps your playlists, favorites and watch history in sync across devices on the same Apple ID. Set up your match channels once on iPhone and they appear on Apple TV too.

If a stream drops mid-match

If a channel fails, an error card appears with three options:

Retry the same stream
Switch to an alternative quality of the same channel, if your playlist has one
Jump to the next channel

On iPhone and iPad, Picture-in-Picture (free) keeps a match in a corner of the screen while you use other apps. It works with streams that use Apple’s player, such as HLS, but not with MKV or raw TS streams.

Following the Europa League as well? Our Europa League 2026/27 guide covers that competition’s dates and broadcasters.

Get set up before Matchday 2

Add your provider’s playlist now and set reminders for the 22 October fixtures. Download Stream Master on the App Store.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where is the 2027 Conference League final?

The final is on Wednesday 2 June 2027 at Beşiktaş Stadium in Istanbul, Türkiye. A confirmed kick-off time was not available when this guide was written.

What time do Conference League matches kick off in the UK and US?

Most matches start at 18:45 or 21:00 Central European time, which is 17:45 or 20:00 in the UK and 12:45 or 15:00 US Eastern for most of the season. On 18 March 2027 the US has already changed its clocks, so those games are at 13:45 and 16:00 Eastern.

Can I watch the Conference League for free?

In Germany, selected top matches are free-to-air on RTL or NITRO. In Turkey, matches involving Turkish clubs, plus one other match a week, are free on TRT 1 and TRT Spor. In the UK, US, Spain, France and Italy, the official coverage we found is on pay or subscription services only.

Does Stream Master include Conference League channels?

No. Stream Master is a player for the M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login from a legal provider you already subscribe to. It does not sell or include any channels.

Will I see a TV guide for match channels in Stream Master?

Yes, if your provider uses Xtream Codes: the guide and reminders come from the Xtream provider on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, and catch-up works on iPhone and iPad for channels the provider archives.

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