The draw of the Europa League, Getty Images June 18 2025, 12:01

Today, on June 18, a ceremony of the second round of the Europa League of the 20125/26 season will be held in Nyon, as a result of which the team, including Donetsk Shakhtar, will find out their rivals.

Shakhtar Donetsk, the winner of the Cup of Ukraine, learns the second rival in the selection of the Europa League. The Donetsk team will play in the second round of LE if the Finnish Ilves Tampere (Matches on July 10 and 17).

Shakhtar has the status of a sown club. Pitmen are possible – not in the second round. A few hours before the UEFA draw limited the number of possible opponents to several options.

Shakhtar rivals (in the case of Ilves) in the second round of the LE qualification: Besiktash (Turkey), Utrecht (Netherlands), winner of the couple Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) – Hecken (Sweden), Hibernian (Scotland).

Shakhtar opponents (in the case of losing Ilves) in the second round of the Lk’s qualification: Az Alkmar (Netherlands), winner of the couple of curls (Iceland) – Flora Tallinn (Estonia), Viking (Norway), winner of the Larnia (northern Ireland).

The drawing ceremony will begin at 2:00 pm Kyiv time.

Who will play in the second round of the Europa League qualification

Group 1

Sown: Braga (Portugal), winner of the couple 1: Legia (Poland) – Aktobe (Kazakhstan), Winner of the couple 2: AEK Larnaca (Cyprus) – Partisan (Serbia), Lugano (Switzerland).

Not: Winner of the couple 3: Paksh (Hungary)-CFS (Romania), winner of the couple 4: Levsky Sofia (Bulgaria)-Hapoel Beer-Sheva (Israel), Winner of the couple 5: Sabach (Azerbaijan)-Celery (Slovenia), Banica Ostrava (Czechia).

Group 2

Sown: Winner of the couple 6: Shakhtar (Ukraine) – Ilves (Finland), Magyullann (Denmark), Anderlecht (Belgium), the winner of the couple 7: Sheriff (Moldova) – Pristina (Kosovo).

Not: Besiktash (Turkey), Utrecht (Netherlands), Winner of the couple 8: Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) – Hecken (Sweden), Hibernian (Scotland).

The procedure for drawing the second round of the Europa League qualification

For the draw, three bowls are prepared, which place balls with the names of sown and non -died teams and/or pairs from group 1 having the appropriate marking. Then from each bowl is taken one ball and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they are mixed. The process is then repeated with the remaining balls to complete all equality in group 1. Then the same procedure is performed to determine the equations in the remaining group.

When the matches of the second round of the Europa League qualification?

The second round of the Europa League qualification will take place on July 24 and 31.