2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The Arena Kombëtare in Tirana hosted the final | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Qualifying: 6 July – 26 August 2021 Competition proper: 14 September 2021 – 25 May 2022 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32+8 Total: 136+45 (from 54 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Roma (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Feyenoord |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 140 |
| Goals scored | 401 (2.86 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,978,850 (14,135 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Cyriel Dessers (Feyenoord) 10 goals |
| Best player(s) | Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) |
The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Roma defeating Feyenoord 1–0. As winners, Roma automatically qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage, although they had already done so through their league position.
This season was the first since 1999–2000 (the first season after the dissolution of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) where three major European club competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Europa Conference League) took place.
On 24 June 2021, UEFA approved the proposal to abolish the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions, which had been used since 1965. Therefore, if in a two-legged tie, two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner was not decided by the number of away goals scored by each team, but always by 30 minutes of extra time, and if the two teams scored the same number of goals in extra time, the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out.