Our season is about to get underway! Next week's UNIQA ÖFB Cup first round kicks off another campaign of Austrian and European football. We will find out our first continental opponents on Monday in Nyon at 13:00 CEST with the draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Our boys will enter the competition in the penultimate round before the main competition. Advancing guarantees a place in a European league phase, but should we be eliminated, there's still a chance to qualify for the third-largest continental competition via the UEFA Conference League play-offs. Matches will be played on August 6th and 13th, with kick-off times to be finalised by UEFA in the days following the draw. Due to the UEFA Super Cup, the second leg will most likely be played away. We are seeded, meaning the pool of potential opponents is as follows:

Overview of possible opponents

Winners of the following second round clashes:

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)/Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
RSC Anderlecht (BEL)/Hammarby IF (SWE)
Pafos FC (CYP)/Hajduk Split (CRO)
Hradec Kralove (CZE)/Tromsö IL (NOR)

Qualifying directly for the third round:

Jagiellonia Bialystok (POL)

Losers of the following Champions League second round clash:

Gornik Zabrze (POL)/Fenerbahce (TUR)

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Overview of potential Europa League qualifying opponents