Floriana in same group as Cluj for UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw

The draw of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League will be held on Tuesday in Nyon.

In the Champions Path, should Floriana eliminate Linfield of Northern Ireland in the second qualifying round, their opponents would be one among KÍ (ISL); CFR Cluj (ROU); Connah’s Quay Nomads (WAL) or Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO), Djurgården (SWE) or Europa (GIB); Flora Tallinn (EST) or KR Reykjavík (ISL).

CFR Cluj had eliminated Floriana with a 2-0 win in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League but were then eliminated by Dinamo Zagreb.

In the Main Path, Hibernians, in case of a win over Fehervar of Hungary in the second qualifying round, would meet one of the seeded teams, namely Teuta (ALB) or Granada (ESP); Rijeka (CRO); Servette (SUI) or Reims (FRA).

Champions Path

Group 1

Seeded
Celje (SVN)
Sheriff (MDA)
Sarajevo (BIH)

Unseeded
Inter Escaldes (AND) or Dundalk (IRL)
Astana (KAZ) or Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Ararat-Armenia (ARM) or Fola Esch (LUX)

Group 2

Seeded
Celtic (SCO)
Sūduva (LTU)
Legia (POL)

Unseeded
KuPS (FIN) or Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Riga (LVA) or Tre Fiori (SMR)
Sileks (MKD) or Drita (KOS)

Group 3

Seeded
KÍ (ISL)
CFR Cluj (ROU)

Unseeded
Connah’s Quay Nomads (WAL) or Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Djurgården (SWE) or Europa (GIB)
Linfield (NIR) or Floriana (MLT)
Flora Tallinn (EST) or KR Reykjavík (ISL)

Main Path

Group 1

Seeded
1 Budapest Honvéd (HUN) or Malmö (SWE)
2 Sporting CP (POR)
3 PSV Eindhoven (NED)

Unseeded
4 Nõmme Kalju (EST) or Mura (SVN) or AGF Aarhus (DEN)
5 Viking (NOR) or Aberdeen (SCO)
6 Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO)

Group 2

Seeded
1 Ventspils (LVA) or Rosenborg (NOR)
2 Kukës (ALB) or Wolfsburg (GER)
3 Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni (MDA) or Partizan (SRB)

Unseeded
4 Charleroi (BEL)
5 Desna Chernihiv (UKR)
6 Alanyaspor (TUR)

Group 3

Seeded
1 Teuta (ALB) or Granada (ESP)
2 Rijeka (CRO)
3 Servette (SUI) or Reims (FRA)

Unseeded
4 Hibernians (MLT) or Fehérvár (HUN)
5 Aris (GRE) or Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
6 Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO) or Dynamo Moskva (RUS)

Group 4

Seeded
1 LASK (AUT)
2 Shamrock Rovers (IRL) or AC Milan (ITA)
3 AEK Athens (GRE)

Unseeded
4 St. Gallen (SUI)
5 Bodø/Glimt (NOR) or Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
6 Dunajská Streda (SVK) or Jablonec (CZE)

Group 5

Seeded
1 Bala Town (WAL) or Standard Liège (BEL)
2 Rostov (RUS)
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) or Tottenham (ENG)

Unseeded
4 Botoşani (ROU) or Shkëndija (MKD) 
5 Maccabi Haifa (ISR) or Željezničar (BIH) or Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
6 Vojvodina (SRB)

Group 6

Seeded
1 OFI Crete (GRE) or Apollon Limassol (CYP)
2 Beşiktaş (TUR)
3 Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) or Rangers (SCO)

Unseeded
4 Progrès (LUX) or Willem II (NED)
5 Borac Banja Luka (BIH) or Rio Ave (POR)
6 Hammarby (SWE) or Lech (POL)

Group 7

Seeded
1 Bačka Topola (SRB) or FCSB (ROU)
2 Osijek (CRO) or Basel (SUI)
3 Laç (ALB) or Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
4 IFK Göteborg (SWE) or Copenhagen (DEN)

Unseeded
5 Coleraine (NIR) or Motherwell (SCO)
6 Anorthosis (CYP)
7 Riteriai (LTU) or Slovan Liberec (CZE)
8 Piast Gliwice (POL) or Hartberg (AUT)

Group 8

Seeded
1 Neftçi (AZE) or Galatasaray (TUR)
2 CSKA-Sofia (BUL) or BATE Borisov (BLR)
3 Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
4 Kaysar Kyzylorda (KAZ) or APOEL (CYP)

Unseeded
5 SønderjyskE (DEN)
6 B36 Tórshavn (FRO) or TNS (WAL)
7 Renova (MKD) or Hajduk Split (CRO)
8 Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) or Zrinjski (BIH)

This season all qualifying ties will be single-leg matches behind closed doors. Ties take place on 24 September, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out if required. Winners advance to the UEFA Europa League play-off round.