[3] Due to the format change, no clubs can be transferred from the Champions League group stage to the UEFA Europa League under the Swiss format, and this edition's winners onwards will no longer be able to defend the title.
[6] Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below: The following is the access list for this season.
[7] Due to the suspension of Russia for the 2023–24 European season, the following changes to the access list were made: The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: The third qualifying round was divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).
The losers were transferred to the Europa Conference League play-off round of their respective path.
As the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, West Ham United entered Pot 1 regardless of their club coefficient (CC).
Aris Limassol, Brighton & Hove Albion, BK Häcken, Raków Częstochowa, Servette and TSC made their debut appearances in the group stage and their debut appearances in a UEFA competition group stage.
Furthermore, Brighton & Hove Albion qualified for European football for the first time in their history.
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.
The UEFA technical study group selected the following players as the team of the tournament.