What does CSKA Sofia need to go through in the Conference League?

Updated 25 September 2026, 2026/27 league phase

CSKA Sofia will play 6 league-phase matches, 3 at home and 3 away. First match: 15 October, at home against Monaco. In our simulations CSKA Sofia go through (24th place or better) in 53% of cases and make the top 8 in 8%. 7 points are usually enough (a team on that total goes through in more than half of the simulations), and 8 points make it almost certain. The biggest matches are against Thun (matchday 6) and KuPS Kuopio (matchday 5): each result moves the chances by about 39 percentage points.

–league position (not started yet)

0points from 0 matches

53%chance of going through (top 24)

8%chance of making the top 8

30,000 simulations. Most likely finish: 31st, average 22.7.

CSKA Sofia matches

Times in your time zone. Under each match you can see how its result changes the chance of going through. Enter your own prediction and every number on the page updates.

Matchday 1Thursday 15 October, 18:45

HomeMonaco –

Win 20%, draw 23%, defeat 56%

Chance of going through:If they win78%If they draw55%If they lose43%
Matchday 2Thursday 22 October, 18:45

AwayNordsjælland –

Win 24%, draw 25%, defeat 51%

Chance of going through:If they win79%If they draw55%If they lose40%
Matchday 3Thursday 5 November, 21:00

AwayPanathinaikos –

Win 22%, draw 24%, defeat 54%

Chance of going through:If they win80%If they draw55%If they lose41%
Matchday 4Thursday 26 November, 21:00

HomeTrabzonspor –

Win 33%, draw 26%, defeat 41%

Chance of going through:If they win76%If they draw50%If they lose36%
Matchday 5Thursday 10 December, 18:45

AwayKuPS Kuopio –

Win 34%, draw 26%, defeat 40%

Chance of going through:If they win75%If they draw49%If they lose36%
Matchday 6Thursday 17 December, 21:00

HomeThun –

Win 45%, draw 26%, defeat 29%

Chance of going through:If they win71%If they draw44%If they lose32%

How many points are needed?

Chance of going through depending on how many points CSKA Sofia collect in the league phase.

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almost certainlikelypossible

Where could CSKA Sofia finish?

Final position chances across the simulations.

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White: top 8, yellow: 9th–24th, grey: eliminated.

Projected Conference League table

The league phase has not started yet, so teams are ordered by their average projected position. On the right: chance of going through. The solid line after 8th means a direct place in the round of 16, the dashed line after 24th is the elimination line.

1Atalanta99%
2Brighton96%
3Monaco95%
4Freiburg94%
5Midtjylland92%
6Copenhagen91%
7Braga91%
8Getafe91%
9Twente89%
10Crvena Zvezda88%
11Ajax84%
12Gent82%
13Trabzonspor79%
14Aarhus79%
15Mjällby79%
16Brann75%
17Panathinaikos74%
18Hajduk Split71%
19Nordsjælland72%
20Hearts67%
21Sint-Truidense67%
22Universitatea Craiova66%
23Lugano65%
24Pafos55%
25CSKA Sofia53%
26Riga FC53%
27Jablonec50%
28Thun48%
29KuPS Kuopio47%
30Kairat Almaty43%
31Egnatia40%
32Kauno Žalgiris40%
33Borac35%
34Iberia Tbilisi25%
35Inter Escaldes12%
36Lincoln Red Imps11%

How the league phase works

The Conference League league phase has 36 teams in a single table. Each team plays 6 matches against different opponents, half at home and half away. The top eight go straight into the round of 16. Teams finishing 9th to 24th play a two-legged knockout play-off in February for a place in the round of 16, while 25th to 36th are eliminated.

If teams finish level on points, the order is decided by goal difference, then goals scored, away goals scored, wins, away wins and finally the combined record of their opponents.