[3] It was won by West Ham United, who defeated Fiorentina 2–1, and qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage as a result.

They were unable to defend their title after advancing to the Europa League knockout phase.

[6] Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa Conference League, as noted below: The following was the access list for this season.

One team not playing in a national top division will take part in the competition: Vaduz (2nd tier).

Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts (especially featuring teams from associations where there were few approved stadiums, such as Gibraltar and Wales).

Scheduled kick-off times starting from the group stage were 18:45 and 21:00 CEST/CET, though exceptionally could take place at 16:30 due to geographical reasons.

The draws for the qualifying round were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

All teams besides AZ, Basel, CFR Cluj, Gent, Partizan, Slavia Prague and Slovan Bratislava, who competed in last season's group stage, made their debut appearances in the group stage.

Ballkani, Djurgårdens IF, Dnipro-1, Pyunik, RFS, Silkeborg, Slovácko, Vaduz and Žalgiris made their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage.

Ballkani, Vaduz and Žalgiris were the first teams from Kosovo, Liechtenstein and Lithuania, respectively, to play in a UEFA competition group stage.

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.