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·17 June 2025

🚨 Champions League 2025/26 kicks off, first qualifying round drawn

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It's hard to believe that just over fifteen days have passed since the 2024/25 Champions League final in Munich. But the path for the next edition has already begun.

This morning, the pairings for the first preliminary knockout round of the 2025/26 Champions League were drawn at the UEFA headquarters. A round that involves the champions of those countries with a lower UEFA coefficient, but which has resulted in the following pairings:

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  • FK Zalgiris (Lithuania) v Hamrun Spartans FC (Malta).
  • KuPS Kuopio (Finland) v FC Milsami Orhei (Moldova).
  • The New Saints FC (Wales) v KF Shkendija (North Macedonia).
  • FC Iberia 1999 Tblisi (Georgia) v Malmö FF (Sweden).
  • FCI Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) v FC RFS (Latvia).
  • FC Drita (Kosovo) v FC Differdange (Luxembourg).
  • Vikingur (Faroe Islands) v Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar).
  • KF Egnatia (Albania) v Breidablik (Iceland).
  • Shelbourne FC (Republic of Ireland) v Linfield FC (Northern Ireland).
  • FCSB (Romania) v Inter Club d'Escaldes (Andorra).
  • Virtus AC 1964 (San Marino) v HSK Zrinjski Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
  • NK Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) v FC Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan).
  • FC Noah (Armenia) v FK Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro).
  • PFC Ludogorets 1945 (Bulgaria) v FC Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)

The winners of this first round will advance to the second qualifying round. A round that includes Copenhagen, Crvena Zvezda, Ferencvaros, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Slovan Bratislava, Qarabag, Dynamo Kyiv, Lech Poznan, Rijeka, and Pafos. All of them are champions of their respective leagues. The pairings for this round will be drawn tomorrow, June 18.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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