Europe

Came across this on some UEFA website. List of clubs who qualified for the European club competitions for the 2025/26 season after this weekend's domestic games. Obviously we don't know which competiton yet, but very nice to see.

And there we are. Among some giants and familiar foes we have played previously.

Get yer sun tan lotion and beach balls oot.

The following teams have qualified for European club competitions for the 2025/26 season, and can still qualify for the UECL: Arsenal (England), Manchester City (England), Newcastle (England), Chelsea (England), Villarreal (Spain), Real Betis (Spain), Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany), Viktoria Plzen (Czechia), Hibernian (Scotland), AEK Athens (Greece), PAOK (Greece), Sturm Graz (Austria), Austria Wien (Austria), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel), Maccabi Haifa (Israel), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine), Oleksandriya (Ukraine), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Partizan Belgrade (Serbia), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Hajduk Split (Croatia), Rijeka (Croatia), Rakow Czestochowa (Poland), Lech Poznan (Poland), Aris Limassol (Cyprus), Puskas Academy (Hungary), Ferencvaros (Hungary), Hammarby (Sweden), Zira (Azerbaijan), Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia), Maribor (Slovenia), Milsami Orhei (Moldova), Ilves (Finland), Drogheda United (Ireland), Noah (Armenia), Ararat-Armenia (Armenia), Zrinjski (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Borac Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Birkirkara (Malta), Egnatia (Albania), Vllaznia (Albania), Partizani Tirana (Albania), Shkendija (North Macedonia), Sileks (North Macedonia).

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Interesting looking at the projected Europa league playoff round seeded and unseeded teams.

Few tough potential fixtures in there!

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Interesting looking at the projected Europa league playoff round seeded and unseeded teams.

Few tough potential fixtures in there!

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There was a lot of chat when Hearts got an opportunity for Europa league or Europa Conference- basically more chance of winning games in the conference league and progressing. More wins could even mean more money ?? Realistically we wouldn’t win many in Europa league but win 3 games out of 6 in conference league and in the large league table that would get you another playoff game. 2 wins may also get you through too. So basically home games are massively important to win and get through.

Someone correct me if that’s wrong.

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Interesting looking at the projected Europa league playoff round seeded and unseeded teams.

Few tough potential fixtures in there!

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Never mind that, there’s some cracking trips in there!

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Interesting looking at the projected Europa league playoff round seeded and unseeded teams.

Few tough potential fixtures in there!

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Nothing to be frightened of there bingo.

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Originally Posted by GreenCastle

There was a lot of chat when Hearts got an opportunity for Europa league or Europa Conference- basically more chance of winning games in the conference league and progressing. More wins could even mean more money ?? Realistically we wouldn’t win many in Europa league but win 3 games out of 6 in conference league and in the large league table that would get you another playoff game. 2 wins may also get you through too. So basically home games are massively important to win and get through.

Someone correct me if that’s wrong.

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Yeah, they were discussing that on the long bangers podcast a couple of weeks back.

As you say, there’s more guaranteed money in the Europa league but more winnable games in the conference league so the games you win will equal it out,

I’d personally like us to get the Europa league, forgetting the money I think you should always want to push yourself against the best you can do. More chance of big teams in the Europa, it would also mean we’ve won a play off game against a really top side, that’s the sort of thing that you remember forever.

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Yeah, they were discussing that on the long bangers podcast a couple of weeks back.

As you say, there’s more guaranteed money in the Europa league but more winnable games in the conference league so the games you win will equal it out,

I’d personally like us to get the Europa league, forgetting the money I think you should always want to push yourself against the best you can do. More chance of big teams in the Europa, it would also mean we’ve won a play off game against a really top side, that’s the sort of thing that you remember forever.

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Of course - aim high.

If we finish 3rd and Celtic win cup we then would have 8 games minimum in Europe then ? Is that correct ? 1 play off over 2 legs and 6 group games ? So x4 home and x4 away.

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Yeah, they were discussing that on the long bangers podcast a couple of weeks back.

As you say, there’s more guaranteed money in the Europa league but more winnable games in the conference league so the games you win will equal it out,

I’d personally like us to get the Europa league, forgetting the money I think you should always want to push yourself against the best you can do. More chance of big teams in the Europa, it would also mean we’ve won a play off game against a really top side, that’s the sort of thing that you remember forever.

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Europa also has two extra games one obviously being at home.

maybe wrong but I’m sure Conference is 6 group games Europa being 8.


I understand the logic of it but I would love to see us in the Europa.

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Europa also has two extra games one obviously being at home.


I understand the logic of it but I would love to see us in the Europa.

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No contest for me. You want to be in the better competition. With 8 games to play you’d be guaranteed some really big teams that would be once in a generation type opportunities.

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Of course - aim high.

If we finish 3rd and Celtic win cup we then would have 8 games minimum in Europe then ? Is that correct ? 1 play off over 2 legs and 6 group games ? So x4 home and x4 away.

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Getting out the conference league group is very doable if you get a favourable draw.

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Originally Posted by bingo70

Yeah, they were discussing that on the long bangers podcast a couple of weeks back.

As you say, there’s more guaranteed money in the Europa league but more winnable games in the conference league so the games you win will equal it out,

I’d personally like us to get the Europa league, forgetting the money I think you should always want to push yourself against the best you can do. More chance of big teams in the Europa, it would also mean we’ve won a play off game against a really top side, that’s the sort of thing that you remember forever.

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If you are in the Europa League phase you have 8 league games to play (4 home/4 away). If you are in the Conference League phase you play 6 games (3 home/3 away).

If we finish 3rd and Celtic win the cup we will have a Europa League play-off second leg on 28 August, which is probably only a couple of days before the transfer window closes.

Depending on which tournament we are in, may go some way to determine how much money we spend in the transfer window.

So if we qualified for the Europa league we would play 10 games including the 2 legged play off, that would be tremendous

So is it possibly 10 games minimum if we got into Europa league..winning a playoff tie (home and away) and the 8 group games.

8 games minimum if we end up in Conference league - but easier chance to progress and win games.

You can see why these European competitions put a strain on a smaller squads with Scottish teams and league form.

We need to get another league win this season and feel like we could pretty much be there - everything crossed we could do it ideally before the Huns visit and we can have a final day celebration / appreciation/ send off for the squad in a sold out Easter Road.

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My understanding if we finish 5th.

We go into the Conference League qualifying stages, the lower rated European competition.

Likely have to play in three ties. 2 qualifying rounds and a play-off round. My hunch is that if we finish 5th it is highly unlikely we will get through to the League phase proper as in the play-off round we will come across a biggie, it was Aston Villa last time we tried to get to the League stage. If we lose this play-off round we are out. If we manage to get through to the Conference League phase we have 6 European games until Christmas.

Finish 4th we are in the Europa League. A couple of qualifying rounds and a play-off round. Highly unlikely to get through, with no fall into the Conference League if we lose any tie.

So we have to finish 3rd and Celtic win the cup for guaranteed European games until Christmas. In doing this we qualify for the Europa League and straight into a play-off round. Win this, we are in the Europa League phase proper with 8 games against some serious opposition. We may be out of our depth. Lose the Europa League play-off round we drop into the Conference League the 6 games until Christmas. Conference League games are more winable with a chance of a knock out tie over two legs after Christmas. Do this we can fill in the corners at Easter Road and install a helipad. :greengrin

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If we finish fourth then we play Europa League qualifiers, if we lose then we drop down to Conference League qualifiers

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For potential away ties, Malmö or Brøndby would be ideal.

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Leipzig away would be good.

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For potential away ties, Malmö or Brøndby would be ideal.

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We've already been there, i'd like someone different and sunny. :greengrin

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We've already been there, i'd like someone different and sunny. :greengrin

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They were both sunny the last time we played them, maybe you can’t remember it😂

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They were both sunny the last time we played them, maybe you can’t remember it😂

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True. :greengrin

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Top 5 of the potential away trips of most like to see based on a mixture of footballing reasons and location would be:

Rayo Vallecano (Madrid)

Panathinaikos (Athens)

LASK (Linz, Austria)

Vitória S.C. (Portugal)

Lazio

I just found this on Twitter. I like how it mentions our European legacy.

https://x.com/UEFAObscura/status/192...etS6ogeIA&s=19

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Top 5 of the potential away trips of most like to see based on a mixture of footballing reasons and location would be:

Rayo Vallecano (Madrid)

Panathinaikos (Athens)

LASK (Linz, Austria)

Vitória S.C. (Portugal)

Lazio

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Take any of those but Lazio would be awesome. Rome is amazing, stadium is huge so we'd all get in no bother.

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Take any of those but Lazio would be awesome. Rome is amazing, stadium is huge so we'd all get in no bother.

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Plus when we play pro-fascist teams in light blue (yes I'm looking at you Rangers) we tend to win 3-2:flag:

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Take any of those but Lazio would be awesome. Rome is amazing, stadium is huge so we'd all get in no bother.

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If we got a European away trip to Rome and the Olimpico I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven

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Check our coefficient score.....it's a sign!

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Check our coefficient score.....it's a sign!

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Originally Posted by bingo70

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Interesting looking at the projected Europa league playoff round seeded and unseeded teams.

Few tough potential fixtures in there!

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I would take another crack at AEK Athens not only are they the lowest seeded team I feel we should have beat them last time we played them .. still think about Paco Luna’s header at the back post in the dying minutes of normal time

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Top 5 of the potential away trips of most like to see based on a mixture of footballing reasons and location would be:

Rayo Vallecano (Madrid)

Panathinaikos (Athens)

LASK (Linz, Austria)

Vitória S.C. (Portugal)

Lazio

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Nazio would be an awful trip. Not only are their fans right wing roasters, they're very, very stabby.

I'd love a trip away to royal antwerp personally.

Great info.

Question if all planets align, would we be seeded or unseeded in Europa qualifier?