Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in the town of Mosta on the island of Malta . They have played in the Maltese Premier League since the 2011–12 season.
28-561: Conference League may refer to UEFA Conference League , the third tier of European association football competition National Conference League , the top English amateur rugby league competition Conference League South , an amateur rugby league competition in England Conference League (speedway) , a speedway division in the UK from 1996 to 2008 The Football Conference,
56-427: A 2021–22 qualifying round match against Spartak Trnava . The first goal in the then-named Europa Conference League group stage was scored on 14 September 2021 by Maccabi Tel Aviv player Stipe Perica in a 2021–22 group stage match against Alashkert . On 30 September 2021, the competition's first hat-trick was scored by Harry Kane for Tottenham Hotspur in a group stage match against NS Mura . Kane came on as
84-584: A 59th minute substitute at 2–1 before scoring three goals within 20 minutes of each other to finish off the game (5–1). On 5 May 2022, Feyenoord and Roma became the first teams ever to reach the Europa Conference League final, ending with Roma being crowned the inaugural champions. On 3 November 2022, West Ham United became the first side to win all six of their Europa Conference League group stage matches, picking up wins against FCSB , Silkeborg and Anderlecht . They went on to win
112-420: A knockout phase consisting of preliminary knockout play-offs, followed by a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (all of the knockout games except the final are played over two legs). The top eight teams from the league phase receive a bye to the round of 16, while the teams ranked 9th to 24th contest the knockout play-offs with the winners advancing to the round of 16. The teams ranked 25th to 36th in
140-722: A play-off. However, unlike the Champions League, the Champions Path will only be contested by teams eliminated from Champions League qualifying and consequently relegated either directly into the Conference League or via a second relegation from the UEFA Europa League as a result of two straight eliminations. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine
168-514: A stand-alone competition in their research amongst fans and commercial partners. In the same season, the 32-team group stage was replaced with a 36-team league phase, in line with similar changes made to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League . In the 2024 final , Olympiacos beat Fiorentina 1–0, becoming the first Greek club to win a major European competition. The Conference League trophy, designed by Pentagram ,
196-430: Is made from brass, with galvanic steel and silver plating. It features 32 hexagonal columns, to represent the 32 teams in the original group stage, curving upwards in a manner intended to resemble a football curling through the air towards the goal. Similar to the UEFA Champions League , qualification to the Conference League is split into two paths – separating champions and non-champions – and contains three rounds plus
224-484: Is €18,648,000 divided into 666 equal shares of €28,000. As €400,000 is available for each match played in the league phase, for every draw in the League Phase, €133,000 is unallocated and is added to the total league ranking bonus fund, increasing the value of each share. The team that finishes 1st in the League Phase receives 36 shares, with the amount of shares received falling by 1 for each subsequent position, with
252-682: The UEFA Europa Conference League ), abbreviated as UECL , is an annual football competition organised since 2021 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the third tier of continental club football in Europe, behind the second-tier Europa League , and the first-tier Champions League . Introduced in 2021 as the UEFA Europa Conference League,
280-542: The 36th place team receiving a single share. The following is a list of clubs that have played or will be playing in the Conference League league phase (group stage prior to the 2024–25 season). Season in Bold : Team qualified for knockout phase Starting from the first edition of the competition, UEFA introduced an award that will presumably now be called the UEFA Conference League Player of
308-605: The Europa League, and will define its remaining entrants by their league position in the previous year. England allocates its lowest-ranked qualification place to the winners of the EFL Cup or, if they already qualified for the Champions League or Europa League, to the sixth or seventh placed in the Premier League . Changes will be made to the access list above if the Conference League title holder qualifies for
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#1732766247765336-655: The Northern Region, and apart from that both clubs are considered to be the best two clubs in the region. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. As of match played 15 July 2021 The women's team of Mosta plays in
364-631: The Season award, having previously been the UEFA Europa Conference League Player of the Season award prior to the renaming of the league. The jury is composed of the coaches of the clubs which participate in the league phase (group stage prior to 2024-25 season) of the competition, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, one from each UEFA member association. In
392-488: The competition by defeating Fiorentina 2–1 in the 2023 final , in the process becoming the first side to finish the competition undefeated, with 12 wins and one draw. On 28 June 2023, UEFA announced that the competition would be renamed to the UEFA Conference League from the 2024–25 season onwards. According to UEFA, removing 'Europa' from the name of the competition would enable further development as
420-502: The competition to be launched and that the 48-team Europa League group stage would be split in two, with the lower half forming the nucleus of what would be the new event. On 2 December 2018, UEFA announced that the competition – provisionally known as "Europa League 2" or just "UEL2" – was to be launched as part of the 2021–24 three-year competition cycle, with UEFA adding that the new tournament would bring "more matches for more clubs and more associations". The original official name of
448-482: The competition was initially intended as the bottom level of the Europa League . The competition is primarily contested by teams from lower-ranked UEFA member associations. No teams qualify directly for the league phase: instead the teams eliminated in the Europa League play-off round qualify, with the rest coming from the Conference League qualifying and play-off rounds. The winners of the competition qualify for
476-405: The competition, "UEFA Europa Conference League", was announced on 24 September 2019. On 24 May 2021, UEFA revealed the competition's trophy and brand identity. The Europa Conference League Trophy stands 57.5 cm (22.6 in) tall and weighs 11 kg (24 lb). The first goal in the then-named Europa Conference League qualifiers was scored on 6 July 2021 by Mosta player Evo Chris in
504-408: The following season's Europa League, unless they also qualify for the Champions League via their domestic league position. From the 2024–25 season , the competition was rebranded to the UEFA Conference League, and the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase. Roma were the inaugural winners of the competition, having beaten Feyenoord 1–0 in the 2022 final . The current holder of
532-459: The group pays €400,000 and a draw €133,000. Teams which placed in the top 8 of the League Phase earned €400,000 and progressed automatically to the Round of 16. Teams which placed between 9th and 24th qualified for the knockout round play-offs and earned €200,000. Reaching the knock-out stage triggered additional bonuses: €800,000 for the round of 16, €1,300,000 for the quarter-finals and €2,500,000 for
560-561: The league phase and the losers of the play-offs are eliminated from the competition. The final is played at a neutral venue. The winner of the competition is entitled to participate in the UEFA Europa League league phase the following season. The competition's matches are usually played on Thursdays. All qualification berths are based on UEFA's default assumption that each association will submit one domestic cup winner as its highest-ranked qualifier after those eligible to enter
588-431: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conference_League&oldid=1228031382 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages UEFA Conference League The UEFA Conference League (previously known as
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#1732766247765616-409: The number of participating teams in main path qualification for each association: Based on this reorganisation, no association benefits from more berths to continental football than they had before the 2021–24 competition cycle, with the tournament essentially being the lower orders of the previous Europa League tournament split off into a secondary tournament. The format involves a league phase and
644-526: The previous name for the National League , the fifth and sixth tiers of the English association football pyramid See also [ edit ] Conference League Cup Athletic conference Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Conference League . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
672-714: The same season, UEFA also introduced what will likely now be called the UEFA Conference League Young Player of the Season award (previously the UEFA Europa Conference League Young Player of the Season' ). Mosta F.C. Mosta FC's eternal rivals are neighbours Naxxar Lions with whom they contest the Derby of Northern Malta otherwise known as the Northern Classic. The context of this derby
700-403: The semi-finals. The losing finalists received €4,000,000 and the champions received €7,000,000. Additionally, each domestic champion not qualifying for the League Phase of any tournament received an additional €260,000. Each club which qualifies for the League Phase will also receive a bonus payment based on their league ranking. The total amount initially available for the league ranking bonus
728-526: The title is Olympiacos . UEFA had reportedly considered adding a third-tier competition since at least 2015, believing that a bottom-level tournament could act as a means of giving clubs from lower-ranked UEFA member countries a chance of progressing beyond their customary elimination from the Champions League and Europa League . In mid-2018, talk of an announcement intensified, with news sources claiming an agreement had already been reached for
756-481: The tournament via their domestic leagues. Similar to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, the prize money received by the clubs is divided into fixed payments based on participation and results, and variable amounts that depend on the value of their TV market. For the 2024–25 season , League Phase participation in the Conference League was awarded a base fee of €3,170,000. A victory in
784-408: Was that Mosta up until 1608 was considered to be a part of Naxxar even though the people identified differently as Mostin. In that year both Mosta and Għargħur took independence from Naxxar , with both of Gharghur FC and Mosta FC sharing a rivalry with Naxxar Lions ; however the derby between Mosta and Naxxar is more fiercely contested as for hundreds of years they were the largest two towns in
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