BOV Youth League A champions Valletta were drawn with FK Partizani of Albania in the first round of the UEFA Youth League domestic champions path. The draw was held on Tuesday in Nyon.
The first leg will be played at home on September 16 with the return match scheduled for October 14.
The winner would face FC Hradec Králové of Czechia in the second round, scheduled for October 28 and November 4.
This will be the second time Valletta will be participating in the competition after taking part in the 2024/25 edition.
First round draw
FC Flora Tallinn (EST) vs Havnar Bóltfelag (FRO)
Thór Akureyri (ISL) vs FK Žalgiris (LTU)
Cliftonville FC (NIR) vs SK Super Nova (LVA)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) vs FC Ballkani (KOS)
Cardiff Met FC (WAL) vs FC UNA Strassen (LUX)
Valletta FC (MLT) vs FK Partizani (ALB)
OFK Mladost Donja Gorica (MNE) vs FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) vs FC Dinamo-Minsk (BLR)
FC Santa Coloma (AND) vs FK AP Brera Strumica (MKD)
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (BIH) vs Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
Second round draw
FC Flora Tallinn (EST) / Havnar Bóltfelag (FRO) vs Chelsea FC (ENG)
St. Patrick’s Athletic (IRL) vs Thór Akureyri (ISL) / FK Žalgiris (LTU)
KRC Genk (BEL) vs FC Salzburg (AUT)
NK Bravo (SVN) vs FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) vs Rangers FC (SCO)
AZ Alkmaar (NED) vs Göztepe A.Ş. (TUR)
Legia Warszawa (POL) vs Clermont Foot 63 (FRA)
Hammarby IF (SWE) vs Cliftonville FC (NIR) / SK Super Nova (LVA)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) / FC Ballkani (KOS) vs MŠK Žilina (SVK)
Stabæk Fotball (NOR) vs Cardiff Met FC (WAL) / FC UNA Strassen (LUX)
Valletta FC (MLT) / FK Partizani (ALB) vs FC Hradec Králové (CZE)
MTK Budapest (HUN) vs OFK Mladost Donja Gorica (MNE) / FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) / FC Dinamo-Minsk (BLR) vs F.C. Copenhagen (DEN)
ACF Fiorentina (ITA) vs PFC Septemvri Sofia (BUL)
Qarabağ FK (AZE) vs GNK Dinamo (CRO)
SL Benfica (POR) vs Pafos FC (CYP)
FCV Farul Constanta (ROU) vs FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
FC Zürich (SUI) vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FC Santa Coloma (AND) / FK AP Brera Strumica (MKD) vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (GER)
PAOK FC (GRE) vs HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (BIH) / Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
First legs: 28 October
Second legs: 4 November
Third round draw
FC Flora Tallinn (EST) / Havnar Bóltfelag (FRO) / Chelsea FC (ENG) vs St. Patrick’s Athletic (IRL) / Thór Akureyri (ISL) / FK Žalgiris (LTU)
KRC Genk (BEL) / FC Salzburg (AUT) vs NK Bravo (SVN) / FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) / Rangers FC (SCO) vs AZ Alkmaar (NED) / Göztepe A.Ş. (TUR)
Legia Warszawa (POL) / Clermont Foot 63 (FRA) vs Hammarby IF (SWE) / Cliftonville FC (NIR) / SK Super Nova (LVA)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) / FC Ballkani (KOS) / MŠK Žilina (SVK) vs Stabæk Fotball (NOR) / Cardiff Met FC (WAL) / FC UNA Strassen (LUX)
Valletta FC (MLT) / FK Partizani (ALB) / FC Hradec Králové (CZE) vs MTK Budapest (HUN) / OFK Mladost Donja Gorica (MNE) / FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) / FC Dinamo-Minsk (BLR) / F.C. Copenhagen (DEN) vs ACF Fiorentina (ITA) / PFC Septemvri Sofia (BUL)
Qarabağ FK (AZE) / GNK Dinamo (CRO) vs SL Benfica (POR) / Pafos FC (CYP)
FCV Farul Constanta (ROU) / FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs FC Zürich (SUI) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FC Santa Coloma (AND) / FK AP Brera Strumica (MKD) / TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (GER) vs PAOK FC (GRE) / HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (BIH) / Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
First legs: 25 November
Second legs: 9 December