In the 2026-2027 season, 237 teams from 54 members of UEFA are invited to the organization's club tournaments (Russia is excluded from the competitions).
Medianews.az reports that 81 teams will start in the Champions League, 45 in the Europa League, and 111 in the Conference League.
Each of the three tournaments has four qualification rounds. Teams eliminated in the first round of the Champions League will move to the Conference League, and those eliminated in the later rounds will move to the Europa League; teams eliminated in the Europa League qualifiers will move to the Conference League; among the 36 teams in the league stages, the top 8 will advance to the round of 16, and those ranked 9th to 24th will participate in the round of 32.
Azerbaijan will participate with 4 teams this season.
Potential opponents for "Sabah," which will start from the first round of the Champions League, are as follows: "Shamrock Rovers" from Ireland, KuPS from Finland, "Drita" from Kosovo, "Lincoln" from Gibraltar, "Borac" from Bosnia, "Vikingur" from Iceland, "Kairat" from Kazakhstan, "Universitatea" (Craiova) from Romania, "Riga" from Latvia, "Klaksvik" from the Faroe Islands, "Flora" from Estonia, "Larne" from Northern Ireland, and "Petrocub" from Moldova.
"Qarabağ," which is in the first round of the Europa League, has 6 possible opponents: "Žilina" (Slovakia), "Vojvodina" (Serbia), "Universitatea" (Cluj, Romania), "Aluminij" (Slovenia), "Derry City" (Ireland), "Vestri" (Iceland).
In the Conference League, the teams that "Neftçi," starting from the first round, might face are: "Velež" (Bosnia), "Virtus" (San Marino), "Liepaja" (Latvia), "Ilves" (Finland), "Santa Coloma" (Andorra), "Connah’s Quay," "Penybont," "Caernarfon Town" (Wales), "Bohemians" (Ireland), "Stjarnan" (Iceland), "Europa" (Gibraltar), "Inter" (Finland), "Malisheva" (Kosovo), "Yelimay" (Kazakhstan), "Hegelmann" (Lithuania), "Runavik" (Faroe Islands), "Sileks" (North Macedonia), "Glentoran" (Northern Ireland), "Marsaxlokk" (Malta), "Kalev" (Estonia), "Mondorf-le-Ben" (Luxembourg), "Petrovac" (Montenegro).
"Turan Tovuz," which will start from the second round of the Conference League, might face these teams: "Braga" (Portugal), "Ajax" (Netherlands), "Copenhagen" (Denmark), "Panathinaikos" (Greece), "Raków," "Katowice" (Poland), "Partizan" (Serbia), "Lugano," "Sion" (Switzerland), AEK (Cyprus), "Başakşehir" (Turkey), "Rijeka" (Croatia), "Cluj" (Romania), HJK (Finland), "Zrinjski" (Bosnia), "Brann" (Norway), "Spartak" (Slovakia), "Hradec" (Czech Republic), "Austria" (Austria), "Vaduz" (Liechtenstein), "Nordsjælland" (Denmark), "Tobol" (Kazakhstan), "Hibernian" (Scotland), "Torshavn" (Faroe Islands).