Lyon Fonseca to travel to Prague and other third qualifying round draw results...

The second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League gets underway already this week, while the organizers of the competition have traditionally pre-selected the potential pairings for the next round of the competition by drawing lots at their headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. As usual, the teams' path to the main stage is divided into two categories: the Path of Champions (for the champions of their countries) and the Path of League Representatives. At the same time, the following pairs of the second round of qualification received seeded status: – Pair 1: Larne (Northern Ireland) — Crvena Zvezda (Serbia); – Pair 2: Thun (Switzerland) — Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia); – Pair 3: Iberia 1999 Tbilisi (Georgia) — Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia); – Pair 4: Aarhus (Denmark) — Lech Poznan (Poland); – Pair 5: Egnatia (Albania) — Celje (Slovenia); – Pair 6: Omonia (Cyprus) — Kairat (Kazakhstan); The following pairs were unseeded: – Pair 7: Ararat-Armenia (Armenia) — Shamrock Rovers (Ireland); – Pair 8: Sabah (Azerbaijan) — KuPS (Finland); – Pair 9: Vikingur (Iceland) — Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel); – Pair 10: Mjölby (Sweden) — Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar); – Pair 11: Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) — University of Craiova (Romania); – Pair 12: Klaksvik (Faroe Islands) — Kauno Zalgiris (Lithuania); According to the results of the draw, the following pairs were formed on the Path of Champions: Pair 2: Thun (Switzerland) — Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) / Pair 12: Klaksvik (Faroe Islands) — Kauno Žalgiris (Lithuania); Pair 11: Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) — University of Craiova (Romania) / Pair 6: Omonia (Cyprus) — Kairat (Kazakhstan); Pair 7: Ararat-Armenia (Armenia) - Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) / Pair 5: Egnatia (Albania) - Celje (Slovenia); Pair 10: Mjölby (Sweden) - Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) / Pair 3: Iberia 1999 Tbilisi (Georgia) - Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia); Pair 4: Aarhus (Denmark) — Lech Poznan (Poland) / Pair 8: Sabah (Azerbaijan) — KuPS (Finland); Pair 9: Vikingur (Iceland) - Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel) / Pair 1: Larne (Northern Ireland) - Crvena Zvezda (Serbia). In the meantime, the following couples were formed on the Path of Representatives: Olympiakos (Greece) — Nijmegen (Netherlands); Pair 1: Fenerbahce (Turkey) — Gurnik Zabrze (Poland) / Pair 2: Sturm Graz (Austria) — Harts (Scotland); Union Saint-Giloise (Belgium) — Bude/Glimt (Norway); Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) — Lyon (France) The UEFA Champions League third qualifying round matches will take place on 4/5 August and 11 August 2026 respectively.