UEFA Conference League: Hibernians, Floriana hope to overturn first leg results in bid to reach next stage

Hibernians and Floriana will be aiming to overturn the results of the first legs as they play their UEFA Conference League second qualifying round first legs on Thursday.

At the Centenary Stadium, kick-off at 20:45, Floriana host FC Ballkani of Kosovo, needing to beat them by three goals after losing the first leg 4-2 in Prishtina.

The winner of the clash between St Joseph’s FC of Gibraltar and Shamrock Rovers FC of Ireland awaits them in the third round. Shamrock Rovers won the first leg 4-0 away from home.

On the other hand, at the Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava, kick-off at 17:30, Hibernians meet FC Spartak Trnava of Slovakia.

Following a 1-2 defeat at the Tony Bezzina Stadium last week, it will be no easy task for the Paolites to win in Trnava in order to make it to the next round.

Hibernians or Spartak Trnava would face the winner of the clash between FK Sarajevo of Bosnia Herzegovina and Universitatea Craiova of Romania, first leg away from home. Sarajevo won the first leg at home 2-1.

Champions Path

Matches would be played on 7 and 14 August 2025.

NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)/Inter Club d’Escaldes (AND) vs FC Dinamo-Minsk (BLR)/KF Egnatia (ALB)
FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)/FC Milsami Orhei (MDA) vs Virtus A.C. 1964 (SMR)

The New Saints FC (WAL)/FC Differdange 03 (LUX) vs FCI Levadia Tallinn (EST)/FC Iberia 1999 Tbilisi (GEO)
Víkingur (FRO) vs FK Žalgiris (LTU)/Linfield FC (NIR)

Main Path

FK Dečić (MNE)/SK Rapid (AUT) vs Dundee United FC (SCO)/FC UNA Strassen (LUX)
FC Aktobe (KAZ)/AC Sparta Praha (CZE) vs FC Ararat-Armenia (ARM)/FC Universitatea Cluj (ROU)
Ilves Tampere (FIN)/AZ Alkmaar (NED) vs FC Vaduz (LIE)/Dungannon Swifts FC (NIR)
FC Lugano (SUI)/CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) vs NK Celje (SVN)/AEK Larnaca FC (CYP)

FK Radnički 1923 (SRB)/KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) vs FC Kosice (SVK)/FC Neman Grodno (BLR)
Riga FC (LVA)/FC Dila Gori (GEO) vs FK Sutjeska-Nikšić (MNE)/Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR)
KF Vllaznia (ALB)/Víkingur Reykjavík (ISL) vs Havnar Bóltfelag (FRO)/Brøndby IF (DEN)
PFC Zire (AZE)/HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) vs Atlètic Club d’Escaldes (AND)/FC Dinamo City (ALB)

RSC Anderlecht (BEL)/BK Häcken (SWE) vs FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)/FC Utrecht (NED)
FC Vardar (MKD)/FC Lausanne-Sport (SUI) vs FC Zimbru Chisinau (MDA)/FC Astana (KAZ)
Larne FC (NIR)/FC Prishtina (KOS) vs NK Varaždin (CRO)/CD Santa Clara (POR)
Aris Limassol FC (CYP)/Puskás Akadémia FC (HUN) vs AEK Athens FC (GRE)/Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR)

Viking FK (NOR)/FC Koper (SVN) vs PFC Cherno More (BUL)/İstanbul Başakşehir FK (TUR)
Araz-Naxçıvan PFK (AZE)/Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE) vs Omonoia FC (CYP)/FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO)
FC Ballkani (KOS)/Floriana FC (MLT) vs St Joseph’s FC (GIB)/Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
Raków Częstochowa (POL)/MŠK Žilina (SVK) vs FC Torpedo-Belaz (BLR)/Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)

AIK Stockholm (SWE)/Paide Linnameeskond (EST) vs FC Pyunik (ARM)/ETO FC Győr (HUN)
FK Sarajevo (BIH)/Universitatea Craiova (ROU) vs Hibernians FC (MLT)/FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)
FC Polissya (UKR)/FC Santa Coloma (AND) vs Paksi FC (HUN)/NK Maribor (SVN)
FC Levski Sofia (BUL) vs SC Braga (POR) vs FC Petrocub (MDA) vs Sabah FC (AZE)

Silkeborg IF (DEN)/KA Akureyri (ISL) vs FK Novi Pazar (SRB)/Jagiellonia Białystok (POL)
FC Oleksandriya (UKR)/FK Partizan Beograd (SRB) vs FC Midtjylland (DEN)/Hibernian FC (SCO)
Baník Ostrava (CZE)/Legia Warszawa (POL) vs FK Austria Wien (AUT)/Spaeri FC (GEO)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)/KF Banga (LTU) vs Hammarby Fotboll (SWE)/R. Charleroi SC (BEL)
St. Patrick’s Athletic (IRL)/Nõmme Kalju FC (EST) vs Beşiktaş JK (TUR)/FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
FK Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)/Valur (ISL) vs FC Arda Kardzhali 1924 (BUL)/HJK Helsinki (FIN)