Hamrun Spartans will be facing Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. 

The first leg should be played at home on August 7 but the game could be anticipated to August 5 or 6. The second leg would be held on August 14 in an neutral venue.

Maccabi Tel Aviv had scored a goal in added time to rescue the result in a 1-1 draw in Cyprus against Pafos FC but at home, they were beaten 0-1 to bow out with a 1-2 aggregate score.

Founded in 1906, Maccabi Tel Aviv, who are based in Tel Aviv, won 26 Israeli championships, 24 State Cups, 9 Toto Cups and 8 Super Cups. They made it to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2004/05, UEFA Europa League in 2011/12, UEFA Europa League in 2013/14, UEFA Champions League in 2015/16, UEFA Europa League 2016/17, UEFA Europa League 2017/18, UEFA Europa League 2020/21, UEFA Europa Conference League 2021/22 and UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24 where they made it to the Round of 16 and the UEFA Europa League league phase last season.

Since the Israeli FA joined UEFA, Maccabi Tel Aviv played their first match in Europe against Valletta, winning 2-1 and 1-0. In season 2015/16, they were drawn with Hibernians in the UEFA Champions League, winning 6-3 on aggregate after losing 1-2 to Hibernians and winning 5-1 at home.