Hamrun Spartans discovered their possible opponents in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League or UEFA Conference League following the draw which was held at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.

The two-legged ties will take place on 21 and 28 August.

Should Hamrun eliminate Maccabi Tel-Aviv, they would face the loser of the clash between FC Dynamo Kyiv of Ukraine – their opponents in the second qualifying round – and Pafos FC in the UEFA Europa League.

On the other hand, if Maccabi Tel-Aviv prevail in the third qualifying round, Hamrun Spartans would face the loser of the clash between FC RFS of Estonia and KuPS Kuopio of Finland in the UEFA Conference League.

2025/26 UEFA Conference League play-off round draw

Champions path 

Hamrun Spartans F.C./Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC vs FC RFS/KuPS Kuopio

HNK Rijeka/Shelbourne FC vs Víkingur/Linfield FC

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar/Breiðablik vs FC Milsami Orhei/Virtus A.C. 1964

Fotbal Club FCSB/FC Drita vs FC Differdange 03/FCI Levadia Tallinn

NK Olimpija Ljubljana/KF Egnatia vs Lincoln Red Imps FC/FC Noah

Main Path

Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace vs Víkingur Reykjavík/Brøndby IF

Silkeborg IF/Jagiellonia Białystok vs HNK Hajduk Split/FC Dinamo City

Panathinaikos FC/FC Shakhtar Donetsk vs Servette FC/FC Utrecht

RSC Anderlecht/FC Sheriff Tiraspol vs Aris Limassol FC/AEK Athens FC

Viking FK/İstanbul Başakşehir FK vs Universitatea Craiova/FC Spartak Trnava

Crystal Palace FC* vs Fredrikstad FK/FC Midtjylland

FC Lugano/NK Celje vs FC Baník Ostrava/FK Austria Wien

Raków Częstochowa/Maccabi Haifa FC vs FK Kauno Žalgiris/PFC Arda Kardzhali 1924

FK Partizan Beograd/Hibernian F.C. vs AEK Larnaca FC/Legia Warszawa 

PFC Levski Sofia/Sabah FC vs AZ Alkmaar/FC Vaduz

FC Polissya/Paksi FC vs ACF Fiorentina

AIK Stockholm/ETO FC Győr vs SK Rapid/Dundee United FC

Kĺ Klaksvík/FC Neman Grodno vs Rayo Vallecano de Madrid

FC Lausanne-Sport/FC Astana vs St. Patrick’s Athletic/Beşiktaş JK

Larne FC/CD Santa Clara vs FC Ballkani/Shamrock Rovers FC

Rosenborg BK/Hammarby Fotboll vs 1. FSV Mainz 05 

AC Sparta Praha/FC Ararat-Armenia vs Riga FC/Beitar Jerusalem FC

BK Häcken/SK Brann vs CFR 1907 Cluj/SC Braga 

PAOK FC/Wolfsberger AC vs Araz-Naxçıvan PFK/Omonoia FC

2025/26 UEFA Europa League play-off round draw

Hamrun Spartans F.C./Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC vs FC Dynamo Kyiv/Pafos FC

KF Shkëndija/Qarabağ FK vs PFC Ludogorets 1945/Ferencvárosi TC

FC Kairat Almaty/ŠK Slovan Bratislava vs BSC Young Boys

Malmö FF/F.C. Copenhagen vs SK Sigma Olomouc

Panathinaikos FC/FC Shakhtar Donetsk vs Samsunspor FC

Aberdeen FC vs Fotbal Club FCSB/FC Drita

KKS Lech Poznań/FK Crvena Zvezda vs KRC Genk

Fredrikstad FK/FC Midtjylland vs FC RFS/KuPS Kuopio 

Lincoln Red Imps FC/FC Noah vs CFR 1907 Cluj/SC Braga

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar/Breiðablik vs Servette FC/FC Utrecht

BK Häcken/SK Brann vs AEK Larnaca FC/Legia Warszawa

HNK Rijeka/Shelbourne FC vs PAOK FC/Wolfsberger AC