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BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Uefa narrows down possible Hibs opponents
Unseeded Hibernian have six potential opponents after Uefa published draw groupings hours before Wednesday's Europa League Anderlecht and Denmark's Midtjylland are two possibilities, as are the winners of ties between Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk against Finland's Ilves Tampere and Moldova's Sheriff Tiraspol against Prishtina of who were fourth in the Belgian top flight last season, reached the Europa League knock-out phase last season after finishing 10th in the league phase, losing to who were second in the Danish Superliga, were 20th in the league phase last season and lost to Real Sociedad in the knock-out stage Donetsk finished 27th of 36 teams in the Champions League league stage last season and were third in their domestic top Ukrainians will be favourites to progress against Veikkausliiga runners-up Ilves, who lost in the Conference League qualifying round to Djurgarden of Sweden last Moldova runners-up Sheriff Tiraspol will be favourites in their tie despite losing to Elfsborg in the Europa League second qualifying round last season before being knocked out the Conference League qualifiers by Olimpija Prishtina were fifth in the Kosovan Superleague and lost to Bodo/Glimt in Conference League qualifying last season after narrowly beating Welsh side Connah's Quay Nomads.
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Midtjylland, Anderlecht & Shakhtar among potential Hibs opponents
Midtjylland, Anderlecht and Shakhtar Donetsk are among a refined group of potential opponents for Hibernian in today's (12:00 BST) Europa League Gray's side are unseeded for the second round qualifying draw, meaning their narrowed-down possibilities are tough looking top-flight runners-up Midtjylland and Belgian club Anderlecht are two potential pairings, while Shakhtar could lie in wait if they get past Finnish outfit Ilves Tampere in their first-round paper, the most favourable possibility looks to be the winner of the tie between Moldovan top-flight side Sheriff Tiraspol and Prishtina of Kosovo.
The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
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- The Herald Scotland
Hibs' potential Europa League opponents whittled down
As it is, they will now have to attempt to navigate three knockout rounds to reach the competition proper. The draw takes place in Nyon, Switzerland, this afternoon and will get underway at 12pm UK time. Unseeded for the draw, it has become a bit clearer this morning who the Hibees could face in the second qualifying round as their potential opponents were whittled down. Read more: In the Group 2 section of the draw, the seeded teams are Shakhtar Donetsk/Ilves, Midtjylland, Anderlecht and Sheriff Tiraspol/Prihstina. There is clearly a lot of European pedigree between the majority of those sides. Shakhtar, often a Champions League side, would be favourites to beat their Finnish opponents and Sheriff would have that tag against the Kosovans. Midtjylland and Anderlecht would also provide testing opposition. Hibs faced the Belgian giants in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup first round, losing on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate draw. They have never faced any of their other potential opponents.
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Many ifs & buts for Hibs in Europa League draw
A third-placed finish has renewed Hibernian's love affair with are plenty of ifs and buts for David Gray's Leith side in Wednesday's Europa League second round qualifying draw, with 12 are unseeded, with Anderlecht of Belgium, Portugal's Braga, Denmark's Midtjylland and Switzerland's Lugano among difficult potential Shakhtar Donetsk or Finland's Ilves Tampere, Moldova's Sheriff Tiraspol or Kosovo's Prishtina, Poland's Legia Warsaw or Kazakhstan's Aktobe and Cyprus' Larnaca or Serbia's Partizan are other are likely to split the draw into two groups early on Wednesday morning and that would reduce the range of Hibs' potential this tie and at least the third qualifying round of the Conference League is there as a consolation for Gray's men.
Scotsman
3 days ago
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- Scotsman
Hibs Europa League draw update
Pre-draw groups to be revealed almost five hours before second qualifying round draw Sign up to our Hibs football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... UEFA have provided an update on the draw that will determine who Hibs face in their first competitive fixtures of season 2025-26. And Easter Road fans will be able to digest a narrowed group of potential opponents over breakfast tomorrow morning, with European football's governing body scheduling an official bulletin for 7.30 am UK time on Wednesday. David Gray's men will definitely be unseeded in the Europa League second qualifying round draw, meaning they could face one from the group of Anderlecht, FC Midtjylland, Lugano or Braga. Former Champions League side Midtjylland reached the Europa League proper last year, progressing to the play-offs for the knock-out phases, while Braga only missed out on those play-offs on goal difference. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Belgian side Anderlecht also made it through the league stages to reach those knock-out phase play-offs. And Lugano made it all the way to the last 16 of the Conference League. There are also going to be four either/or ties depending on the outcome of today's first qualifying round draw, with Shakhtar Donetsk, Partizan Belgrade, Legia Warsaw and Sheriff Tiraspol all guaranteed to be seeded if they get through to the second round. The official draw for the eight ties comprising the second qualifying round takes place at 12 noon UK time tomorrow. But UEFA have confirmed that, on the morning of the draw, they will split teams into two groups - cutting in half the number of potential opponents awaiting Hibs. Guaranteed European football still up for grabs And it was revealed yesterday that those groups will be published on the UEFA website from 08.30 Central European Team - half seven back in Scotland. Seedings and draw procedure will also be confirmed, meaning Hibs fans will be able to narrow the field on possible European away day destinations a good four-and-a-half hours before the draw gets underway in Nyon. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Europa League second qualifying round draw - Wednesday, 12 noon Seeded (*denotes team in first qualifying round) Unseeded (*denotes team in first qualifying round) FC Midtjylland (Denmark) Hibernian (Scotland) Sporting Braga (Portugal) Besiktas (Turkey) Anderlecht (Belgium) FC Utrecht (Netherlands) FC Lugano (Switzerland) Banik Ostrava (Czechia) Shakhtar Donetsk* (Ukraine) CFR Club* (Romania) Legia Warsaw* (Poland) Hapoel Beer-Sheva* (Israel) Partizan Belgrade* (Serbia) NK Celje* (Slovenia) Sheriff Tiraspol* (Moldova) Spartak Trnava* (Slovakia) Hibs had hoped to jump straight into the Europa League play-offs after finishing third in the Scottish Premiership. But Aberdeen's shock Scottish Cup win over Celtic saw the Dons claim the higher place on Scotland's entry list. Even if the Reds fail to make it beyond that stage, Jimmy Thelin's men will be guaranteed a spot in the Europa Conference League proper. Gray's team will have to do things the hard way, by navigating the two legs scheduled for July 24 and 31. Should Hibs fail to progress, they drop into the Europa Conference League third qualifying round. Knock out a seeded side in the Europa League, however, and Hibs will be rewarded with a seeding in the third qualifying round. Fall at that high hurdle and they drop into the Europa Conference League play-offs. Go all the way to the Europa League play-offs, meanwhile, and they'll be guaranteed Conference League football into the new year regardless.
