03 Aug 2026, 14:07
UEFA has drawn super-clubs of Scottish clubs in the Europa League playoffs
- UEFA confirmed the group of playoff participants, drawing the Scottish super-clubs for the Europa League playoffs.
- Celtic will face LASK in the first leg of the Europa League playoffs; the second match will be played on 18 or 19 September.
- Hearts, Rangers, Motherwell and Hibernian will play against their own super-clubs in the Europa League playoffs.
UEFA confirmed the group of playoff participants, with Scottish clubs Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Motherwell and Rangers included in the draw. The UEFA Europa League playoffs will be played against their opponents in the Europa League playoffs. The draw was made by the UEFA Europa League. Celtic — the first leg of the Europa League playoffs.
According to the material, Celtic will face the Scottish super-club in the Europa League playoffs, and the playoff match will be played on the first leg of the Europa League playoffs. The match will be played on the first leg of the Europa League playoffs. The match will be played on the first leg of the Europa League playoffs. Independent reports that Celtic will be “paired” with the Austrian club Sturm Graz in the second round. The material also states that the first match of the playoff will take place on 18 or 19 September, while the return leg will be played later.
In addition, Hearts and the Scottish club will play in the first leg of the Europa League playoffs, BBC reports. The opponents are: Atalanta, Freiburg, or the winner between Panathinaikos and CSKA, Paide Linnameeskond and Rapid Vienna, and also Sheriff Tiraspol and St Gallen.
Rangers, who will play the Polish club Jagiellonia Bia2ystok in the Europa League playoffs, will find out their opponent from BBC’s draw: Lillestrom, or the winner between Larne and Iberia 1999, or from the winner between two playoff teams — Levski Sofia and Kairat Almaty, or Mjallby and Slovan Bratislava.
BBC also reports that Motherwell will face the Finnish club HJK Helsinki. For Hibernian, the draw includes Shkendija from the Republic of North Macedonia, as well as Brighton & Hove Albion, Monaco, Bohemian and Midtjylland, plus IFK Gothenburg and Gent, or Pafos and Salzburg.
Independent also provides details of the draw for the LASK: the club from Linz will face the Austrian Bundesliga side in the playoffs. They will play their first match in Austria, and the return leg will be played in Austria. Independent also notes that the first match of the playoff will take place on 18 or 19 September, while the return leg will be played later.
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