UEFA confirms name change for Europa Conference League

The UEFA Europa Conference League will be renamed the UEFA Conference League, the European governing body has confirmed.

UEFA introduced the competition in 2021 as the third tier European tournament below the Champions League and Europa League.

It has proven a success with Roma claiming the inaugural title in 2021-22 before West Ham won it in 2022-23 to claim a first European trophy since 1965.

The competition will have a new name from the 2024-25 season, however, after the UEFA executive committee voted it through on Wednesday.

A statement read: “Introduced under the ‘Europa’ umbrella at the start of the 2021-24 commercial cycle, the new competition has quickly established itself amongst a broad audience after two successful seasons.

“Research amongst fans as well as commercial partners has found that removing ‘Europa’ from the name of the competition will enable further development as a stand-alone competition and this proposed change was approved by the UEFA executive committee. It will be effective in the new cycle, as of the 2024-25 season.

“Together with the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Conference League will continue to deliver ‘Thursday Night Football’ to fans across Europe and beyond.

“A strong link between the competitions will remain in place as both brand identities will remain very close, and both competitions will continue to be sold to broadcast partners and sponsors together.”

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