After eliminating FK Žalgiris from the first qualifying round 11-10 on penalties following a 2-2 aggregate score, Hamrun Spartans will be facing Ukrainian giants FC Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.

The first leg is to be held at home, probably on Tuesday 22, while the second leg will be held on Tuesday 29 at the Arena Lublin – the stadium of Motor Lublin – in Poland.

Dynamo Kyiv, who recently signed Colombian forward Angel Torres, who used to play for Balzan, won a record of 17 Ukrainian Premier League titles, thirteen Ukrainian Cups and nine Ukrainian Super Cups and earlier, thirteen Soviet Top League championships, nine Soviet Cups, three Soviet Super Cups and seven Cups of the Ukrainian SSR. They won the UEFA Cup Winners Cup in 1975 beating Ferencvaros 3-0 and in 1986 beating Atletico Madrid 3-0 and the UEFA Super Cup in 1975 beating Bayern Munich with a 3-0 aggregate score.

Since becoming the first Soviet football club to participate in UEFA competition in 1965, Dynamo Kyiv has played in European competitions almost every season. In fact, they have been participating uninterruptedly in European competitions since 1985.

Last season, they eliminated Partizan Belgrade and Rangers but were then knocked-out by Red Bull Salzburg from the UEFA Champions League. Therefore they moved to the group stage of the UEFA Europa League where they collected a win and a draw in eight matches.

In the Ukrainian Premier League last season, they finished top, three points ahead of Oleksandria and eight ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk. In the Cup, they were losing finalists to Shakhtar Donetsk on penalties.

The 2025/26 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw will be held on Monday 21 July at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.