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Scottish sides learn potential Europa opponents in next qualifying round

Scottish sides learn potential Europa opponents in next qualifying round

STV News21-07-2025
Rangers and Hibernian have found out their potential opponents in the next qualifying rounds of the Europa League.
The draws for the third qualifying rounds of all three European competitions, which are dependent on how the teams fare in their second round ties, are taking place on Monday.
In an earlier draw, Rangers learned that if they get past Panathinaikos, they will face the winners of the Viktoria Plzen v Servette tie in the Champions League third-round qualifiers.
However, if the Greek side knocks them out of the top competition, they will drop down into the Europa League, where they will take on Besiktas, from Turkey, or Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk for a place in the play-off round.
Hibernian start off in the Europa League and will travel to Denmark to play FC Midtjylland in the first-leg of their qualifier on Thursday.
If they get through that two-legged tie, then it will be Norwegian side Fredrikstad up next as they look to take another step towards the League Phase of the second-tier competition.
If the Easter Road club get knocked out by the Danish side, then they will drop into the Conference League qualifiers.
The draw for that competition, which will also include Dundee United, takes place at 1pm.
United start off in the third tier, where they will be hoping to get past UNA Strassen from Luxembourg.
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