Potential Opponents

[DIXIHIBS]

last time we played in slovenia went manchester to munich then car, remember being in mcds early on match day and guy appeared with couple of kids in a car drove all the way:thumbsup:

Done similar for Scotland game. Flight to Munich then train through the Alps to Ljubljana...scenic trip

[Garymcl]

You can fly from Gatwick

[theonlywayisup]

For those who want to see possible opponents, this Wiki site is usually up to date.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_UEFA_Europa_League_qualifying_phas e_and_play-off_round

[bingo70]

I think the draw for the round before us, is tomorrow, will that have any relevance to us and worth keeping an eye out for?

I feel like it does have some relevance and we should pay attention to it, I’m just not entirely sure why so was hoping someone more intelligent than me could join the dots for me please?

[Fergus52]

For those who want to see possible opponents, this Wiki site is usually up to date.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_UEFA_Europa_League_qualifying_phas e_and_play-off_round

Bert Kassies is usually more accurate than the wiki

Seeding in the Europa League 2025/2026 (https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedel2025.html)

[Fergus52]

I think the draw for the round before us, is tomorrow, will that have any relevance to us and worth keeping an eye out for?

I feel like it does have some relevance and we should pay attention to it, I’m just not entirely sure why so was hoping someone more intelligent than me could join the dots for me please?

It doesn't have a massive bearing imo.

out of the teams we could draw in Q2: Shakhtar, Legia, Partizan and Sheriff are all in this Q1 draw.

All 4 would be massive favourites against any of the Q1 teams, so whoever they get won't make a massive difference either way.

Of the unseeded Q1 teams the best are probably Hacken or AEK Larnaca, so if any of the mentioned seeded teams were drawn against them then Hibs would benefit if they caused an upset as we could end up playing one of them instead of Shakhtar or Legia etc.

[Thatdayinmay16]

Knowing our luck it'll be Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

Tbf they shouldn't be in the competition, but that's a conversation for another day.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Aye Slovenian, is it hard to get to

We stopped off there on the way to Maribor, lovely wee place. Nice wee funicular railway up to the castle if you like that sort of thing.

[LaMotta]

It doesn't have a massive bearing imo.

out of the teams we could draw in Q2: Shakhtar, Legia, Partizan and Sheriff are all in this Q1 draw.

All 4 would be massive favourites against any of the Q1 teams, so whoever they get won't make a massive difference either way.

Of the unseeded Q1 teams the best are probably Hacken or AEK Larnaca, so if any of the mentioned seeded teams were drawn against them then Hibs would benefit if they caused an upset as we could end up playing one of them instead of Shakhtar or Legia etc.


So this is all the teams in the Q1 draw tomorrow. Could we not potentially get Cluj, Hapoel, Celje or Trnava (or their Q1 opponents) as well?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtkDXpnXQAA3dDt?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[JasonC1875]

So this is all the teams in the Q1 draw tomorrow. Could we not potentially get Cluj, Hapoel, Celje or Trnava (or their Q1 opponents) as well?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtkDXpnXQAA3dDt?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

Winners of those ties are unseeded on Wednesday (as are we) so no

[LaMotta]

Winners of those ties are unseeded on Wednesday (as are we) so no

Perfect cheers!

[CapitalGreen]

It doesn't have a massive bearing imo.

out of the teams we could draw in Q2: Shakhtar, Legia, Partizan and Sheriff are all in this Q1 draw.

All 4 would be massive favourites against any of the Q1 teams, so whoever they get won't make a massive difference either way.

Of the unseeded Q1 teams the best are probably Hacken or AEK Larnaca, so if any of the mentioned seeded teams were drawn against them then Hibs would benefit if they caused an upset as we could end up playing one of them instead of Shakhtar or Legia etc.

I don’t think Sheriff would be massive favourites, their European results were awful last season.

Also in terms of the unseeded teams, PAKS eliminated Larnaca 5-0 on aggregate last season so will be one of the stronger teams.

[Paulie Walnuts]

So are we still thinking because of the unofficial regionalisation that we can only really get Anderlecht, Braga, Midjtylland or Lugano? Or is there now Cluj, Shaktar etc in the mix?

[CapitalGreen]

So are we still thinking because of the unofficial regionalisation that we can only really get Anderlecht, Braga, Midjtylland or Lugano? Or is there now Cluj, Shaktar etc in the mix?

No, there isn’t really any hard and fast rule of how teams are regionalised. I’ve seen a lot of people predict it on an East/West basis but historical draw groupings suggest this isn’t really how it’s necessarily done.

[SteveHFC]

So are we still thinking because of the unofficial regionalisation that we can only really get Anderlecht, Braga, Midjtylland or Lugano? Or is there now Cluj, Shaktar etc in the mix?

we Can't get Cluj, trnava, hapoel or celji or whoever beats them as they all go to unseeded in our round

[Bristolhibby]

Visited that stadium with Scotland a few years back. Great city!

I’ll second that. Quality place.

J

[SunshineOnLeith]

Sheriff to draw Larnaca, we play the winner. Larnaca upset Sheriff, Hibs away in Cyprus. Dancer.

[CapitalGreen]

Sheriff to draw Larnaca, we play the winner. Larnaca upset Sheriff, Hibs away in Cyprus. Dancer.

Cyprus in July 🥵