| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League |
| First qualifying round (16 teams) | 16 domestic cup winners from associations 17–34 (except Russia and Croatia) | | |
| Second qualifying round (16 teams) | 1 domestic cup winner from association 16 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–12 1 domestic league fourth-placed team from association 6 | 8 winners from the first qualifying round | |
| Third qualifying round (26 teams) | Champions Path (12 teams) | | | 12 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path) |
| League Path (14 teams) | 3 domestic cup winners from associations 13–15 | 8 winners from second qualifying round | 3 losers from Champions League second qualifying round (League Path) |
| Play-off round(24 teams) | 5 domestic cup winners from associations 8–12 | 13 winners from third qualifying round | 6 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path) |
| League phase (36 teams) | 7 domestic cup winners from associations 1–7 5 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–5 1 cup winner from association 20 as the team with the highest club coefficient, originally from the first qualifying round | 12 winners from play-off round | 5 losers from Champions League play-off round (Champions Path) 4 losers from Champions League third qualifying round (League Path) 2 losers from Champions League play-off round (League Path) |
| Knockout phase play-offs(16 teams) | | 16 teams ranked 9–24 from the league phase | |
| Round of 16(16 teams) | | 8 teams ranked 1–8 from the league phase 8 winners from the knockout phase play-offs | |