The draws for the UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying rounds and the UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying round will be held on Monday in Nyon. The UEFA Champions League draws will be held at 12:00 while the UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying draws will be held at 13:00 and 14:30 respectively.
Malta will be represented by champions Valletta in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and by runners-up Birkirkara, third-placed Hibernians and FA Trophy finalists Sliema Wanderers in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
In the UEFA Champions League, six teams are involved in the first qualifying round. The three winners join the thirty-one teams which enter directly into the second qualifying round, including Valletta. These were pre-separated into three groups from which their respective opponents will be drawn.
Valletta were placed in Group 3. The seeded teams and hence possible opponents for the Citizens are:
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU); GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO); PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL); Legia Warszawa (POL); Qarabağ FK (AZE); HJK Helsini (FIN).
Second qualifying round ties will be played on 15/16 and 22/23 July.
First qualifying round draw
FC Levadia Tallinn (EST); HB Tórshavn (FRO); FC Santa Coloma (AND); FC Banants (AND); SP La Fiorita (SMR); Lincoln FC (GIB).Second qualifying round draw
Group 1
FC BATE Borisov (BLR); Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR); FC Sheriff (MDA); NK Maribor (SVN); FK Aktobe (KAZ); FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO); KS Skënderbeu (ALB); Winners first qualifying round match 1; HŠK Zrinjski (BIH); FK Sutjeska (MNE);Group 2
Celtic FC (SCO); AC Sparta Praha (CZE); FK Partizan (SRB); Debreceni VSC (HUN); ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK); FK Ventspils (LVA); Malmö FF (SWE); KR Reykjavík (ISL); The New Saints FC (WAL); Cliftonville FC (NIR); Winners first qualifying round match 2; Winners first qualifying round match 3Group 3
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU); GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO); PFC Ludogorets Razgrab (BUL); Legia Warszawa (POL); Qarabağ FK (AZE); HJK Helsini (FIN); F91 Dudelange (LUX); Strømsgodset IF (NOR); Saint Patrick’s Athletic (IRL); Valletta FC (MLT); VMFD Žalgiris (LTU).
In the UEFA Europa League, the seventy-eight teams in the first qualifying round have been split into seven groups each containing equal numbers of seeded and unseeded teams according to their coefficients.
Unseeded Hibernians were placed in Group 1 and therefore their possible opponents are:
İnter Bakı PİK (AZE); FC Spartak Trnava (SVK); FK Čukarički (SRB); FC Koper (SVN); KS Flamurtari (ALB)
Birkirkara are seeded in Group 2 and will therefore be paired with one of the unseeded sides in the group, namely:
Diósgyőri VTK (HUN); FC Shirak (ARM); Qäbälä FK (AZE); FK Turnovo (MKD); College Europa FC (GIB)
Sliema Wanderers are unseeded in Group 4 and will therefore be drawn with one of the following teams:
PFC Botev Plovdiv (BUL); FC Pyunik (ARM); FK Željezničar (BIH); FC Zimbru Chisinau (MDA); NK Rudar Velenje (SVN); Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
All 39 first qualifying round ties are played on 3 and 10 July with the reward for the winners a place in the second qualifying round on 17 and 24 July.
First qualifying round draw
Group 1
1 İnter Bakı PİK (AZE); 2 FC Spartak Trnava (SVK); 3 FK Čukarički (SRB); 4 FC Koper (SVN); 5 KS Flamurtari (ALB); 6 UE Sant Julià (AND); 7 FC Tiraspol (MDA); 8 Hibernians FC (MLT); 9 FC Sioni Bolnisi (GEO); 10 FK Čelik Nikšić (MNE).Group 2
1 FC Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ); 2 NK Široki Brijeg (BIH); 3 Birkirkara FC (MLT); 4 FC Vaduz (LIE); 5 FC Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO); 6 Diósgyőri VTK (HUN); 7 FC Shirak (ARM); 8 Qäbälä FK (AZE); 9 FK Turnovo (MKD); 10 College Europa FC (GIB).Group 3
1 FK Metalurg Skopje (MKD); 2 FK Kukësi (ALB); 3 FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE); 4 RNK Split (CRO); 5 PFC Litex Lovech (BUL); 6 SS Folgore/Falciano (SMR); 7 UE Santa Coloma (AND); 8 FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ); 9 FC Veris Chisinau (MDA); 10 FC Mika (ARM).Group 4
1 PFC Botev Plovdiv (BUL); 2 FC Pyunik (ARM); 3 FK Željezničar (BIH); 4 FC Zimbru Chisinau (MDA); 5 NK Rudar Velenje (SVN); 6 Ferencvárosi TC (HUN); 7 FC Astana (KAZ); 8 Sliema Wanderers FC (MLT); 9 FK Shkëndija 79 (MKD); 10 FK Lovćen (MNE); 11 KF Laçi (ALB); 12 AC Libertas (SMR).Group 5
1 FC Differdange 03 (LUX); 2 Rosenborg BK (NOR); 3 IF Brommapojkarna (SWE); 4 Linfield FC (NIR); 5 Derry City FC (IRL); 6 JK Nõmme Kalju (EST); 7 FK Jelgava (LVA); 8 Fram Reykjavík (ISL); 9 B36 Tórshavn (FRO); 10 VPS Vaasa (FIN); 11 Aberystwyth Town FC (WAL); 12 FK Atlantas (LTU).Group 6
1 Aberdeen FC (SCO); 2 AS Jeunesse Esch (LUX); 3 Tromsø IL (NOR); 4 FK Ekranas (LTU); 5 Myllykosken Pallo-47 (FIN); 6 Bangor City FC (WAL); 7 Dundalk FC (IRL); 8 Stjarnan (ISL); 9 Crusaders FC (NIR); 10 Tartu FC Santos (EST); 11 ÍF Fuglafjørdur (FRO); 12 FK Daugava Rīga (LVA).Group 7
1 FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL); 2 IFK Göteborg (SWE); 3 FC Honko Espoo (FIN); 4 Sligo Rovers FC (IRL); 5 FK Haugesund (NOR); 6 FC Daugava Daugavpils (LVA); 7 CS Fola Esch (LUX); 8 Víkingur (FRO); 9 FK Banga (LTU);
10 JK Sillamäe Kalev (EST); 11 AUK Broughton FC (WAL); 12 Glenavon FC (NIR).Second qualifying round
FC Spartak Moskva (RUS); Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR); CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU); KKS Lech Poznań (POL); FC Slovan Liberec (CZE); Bursaspor (TUR); Esbjerg fB (DEN); SV Zulte Waregem (BEL); IF Elfsborg (SWE); AC Omonia (CYP); HNK Hajduk Split (CRO); Molde FK (NOR); FC Luzern (SUI); PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL); HNK Rijeka (CRO); FC Groningen (NED); Asteras Tripolis FC (GRE); Motherwell FC (SCO); FC Zorya Luhansk (UKR); FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE); AIK Solna (SWE); Neftçi PFK (AZE); FC Petrolul Ploieşti (ROU); FK Vojvodina (SRB); FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR); SV Grödig (AUT); SKN St Pölten (AUT); FC Zestafoni (GEO); Ruch Chorzów (POL); FK Sarajevo (BIH); Hapoel Beer Sheva FC (ISR); FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR); Győri ETO FC (HUN); Saint Johnstone FC (SCO); Zawisza Bydgoszcz (POL); FC Neman Grodno (BLR); MFK Košice (SVK); FK Jagodina (SRB); FK AS Trenčín (SVK); ND Gorica (SVN); RoPS Rovaniemi (FIN).