OUR Olympic Slovan Bratislava will play in the third qualifying round of the Europa League. The Greek champions will recognize their potential opponents on Tuesday (2/8) either in the Europa League playoffs (if they go against Slovakia) or in the Conference League playoffs if they are knocked out by Slovan.
- Ghent (Belgium)
- Austria Vienna (Austria)
- Silkeborg (Denmark)
- Sivasspor (Turkey)
- Dnipro (Ukraine)
- Herts (Scotland)
- Maccabi Haifa (Israel)/Apollo Limassol (Cyprus)
- Karabakh (Azerbaijan) / Ferencvaros (Hungary)
- Ludogorets (Bulgaria)/Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
- Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova)/Victoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
- Bodo Glimt (Norway)/Zalgiris (Lithuania)
- Red Star (Serbia) / Punik (Armenia)
- Cluj (Romania)/Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarus)
- Zrinski Mostar (Bosnia)/Tobol (Kazakhstan)
- Klaksvik (Faroe Islands)/Balkany (Kosovo)
- Lech Poznań (Poland)/Vikingur (Iceland)
- Hibernians (Malta)/Riga (Latvia)
Possible rivals of Panathinaikos and Aris
Their potential opponents have been announced in tomorrow’s (February 8, 15:00) Europa Conference League play-off draw in Nyon. Panathinaikos as well as Mars. As long as the Greens overcome the Slavia Prague hurdle in the 3rd qualifying round, they will qualify for the playoffs as strong.
There, “clover” will face a team that will consist of the following pairs:
- Rakov (Poland) – Spartak Trnava (Slovakia)
- Fehervar (Hungary) – Petrokub (Moldova)
- Levski (Bulgaria) – Hamrun (Malta)
- Lugano (Switzerland) – Hapoel Beer Sheva (Israel)
For their part, Thessaloniki will also be in a “strong” play-off bracket if they eliminate Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 3rd qualifying round. In this case, the “yellow-blacks” will have to face one of the seven “weak” teams. One of them is the French “Nice”, which took fifth place in last year’s French championship and “goes” to the playoffs of the European Conference League.
The remaining six teams that are candidates for the opponents of Mars make up three pairs, namely:
- Hajduk Split (Croatia) – Guimarães (Portugal)
- Vaduz (Liechtenstein) – Konyaspor (Turkey)
- Viking (Norway) – Sligo Rovers (Ireland)
The play-off matches of the European Conference League are scheduled for 18 and 25 August.
Source: Kathimerini
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