Hibernians in same group with AC Milan ahead of UEFA Europa League second qualifying round

Floriana and Hibernians will be awaiting the draw on Monday at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland at 13:00 to know their the UEFA Europa League second qualifying opponents.

After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round following a 0-2 defeat to CFR Cluj, Floriana enter the Champions Path of the UEL second qualifying round while Hibernians, following an impressive 2-0 win away from home over FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein, will feature in the Main Path.

In the Champions Path, the 20 teams were divided into two groups of six teams and one group of eight teams. The 17 teams eliminated from UEFA Champions League first qualifying round; the three teams eliminated from UEFA Champions League preliminary round are unseeded.

Floriana are in Group 1 along with Linfield (NIR), KuPS (FIN), Dundalk (IRL), Slovan Bratislava (SVK) and Inter Escaldes (AND).

In the Main Path, the 72 teams were divided into 12 groups of six teams, each equally divided into seeded teams and unseeded teams.

Hibernians are unseeded in Group 12 along with Bodø/Glimt (NOR) and Shamrock Rovers (IRL) and will therefore be drawn with either Fehérvár (HUN), Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) or AC Milan (ITA).

Ties take place on 17 September, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out if required. This season all qualifying ties will be single-leg matches behind closed doors. Winners advance to the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Champions Path

Group 1

Seeded
Linfield (NIR)
KuPS (FIN)
Floriana (MLT)
Dundalk (IRL)
Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

Unseeded
Inter Escaldes (AND)

Group 2

Seeded
Djurgården (SWE)
Europa (GIB)
KR Reykjavík (ISL)
Flora Tallinn (EST)
Riga (LVA)

Unseeded
Tre Fiori (SMR)

Group 3

Seeded
Ararat-Armenia (ARM)
Connah’s Quay Nomads (WAL)
Fola Esch (LUX)
Sileks (MKD)
Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Astana (KAZ)

Unseeded
Drita (KOS)

Main Path

Group 1

Seeded
APOEL (CYP)
AGF Aarhus (DEN)
Lech (POL)

Unseeded
Nõmme Kalju (EST) or Mura (SVN)
Kaysar Kyzylorda (KAZ)
Hammarby (SWE)

Group 2

Seeded
Dynamo Moskva (RUS)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Kairat Almaty (KAZ)

Unseeded
Neftçi (AZE)
Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) or Željezničar (BIH)

Group 3

Seeded
Motherwell (SCO)
Copenhagen (DEN)
TNS (WAL)

Unseeded
IFK Göteborg (SWE)
Coleraine (NIR)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO)

Group 4

Seeded
Granada (ESP)
Apollon Limassol (CYP)
FCSB (ROU)

Unseeded
OFI Crete (GRE)
Teuta (ALB)
Bačka Topola (SRB)

Group 5

Seeded
Aberdeen (SCO)
Standard Liège (BEL)
Willem II (NED)

Unseeded
Bala (WAL)
Viking (NOR)
Progrès (LUX)

Group 6

Seeded
BATE Borisov (BLR)
Shkëndija (MKD)
Partizan (SRB)

Unseeded
Botoşani (ROU)
CSKA-Sofia (BUL)
Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni (MDA)

Group 7

Seeded
Hapoel Beer Sheva (ISR)
Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
Tottenham (ENG)

Unseeded
Aris (GRE)
Laç (ALB)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL)

Group 8

Seeded
Rosenborg (NOR)
Slovan Liberec (CZE)
Malmö (SWE)

Unseeded
Riteriai (LTU)
Ventspils (LVA)
Budapest Honvéd (HUN)

Group 9

Seeded
Reims (FRA)
Rio Ave (POR)
Rangers (SCO)

Unseeded
Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Servette (SUI)
Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)

Group 10

Seeded
Zrinjski (BIH)
Wolfsburg (GER)
Hajduk Split (CRO)

Unseeded
Kukës (ALB)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)
Renova (MKD)

Group 11

Seeded
Hartberg (AUT)
Basel (SUI)
Jablonec (CZE)

Unseeded
Osijek (CRO)
Piast Gliwice (POL)
Dunajská Streda (SVK)

Group 12

Seeded
Fehérvár (HUN)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
AC Milan (ITA)

Unseeded
Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
Hibernians (MLT)
Shamrock Rovers (IRL)