In the third qualifying round of the Europa League Football League, Panos de Ferreira will face Larne or Arhas, and Santa Clara will face Olympic Lubjana or Birkirkara, and if they qualify, a draw will be held today in Nyon (Switzerland).

The Pace team, which entered this stage directly, will play on August 5 and 12 in the second quarter, waiting for the second qualifying round match of the opening edition of the competition, to see Arhas, a rival from Denmark between Northern Ireland and Larn.

Santa Clara, who is competing in Europe for the first time, will have to beat Northern Macedonia’s Shukipi on July 22 and 29. On July 22 and 29, they will face Slovenian Lubjana or Maltese Birkira in the third qualifying round of the European Conference League 2021. / 22.

For Pace, who has already played in the previous UEFA Cup, Europa League (qualifying, group stage) and Champions League (‘Play-off’), they will always be unprecedented rivals because they have never ‘crossed’ the North. -With Irish or Danes.

Pachos de Ferreira has played in the Champions League in Denmark, of which Arfus is fourth among possible opponents, while Lorne also had the same performance in Northern Ireland, behind Lynfield from a fourth distance, far from the Champions Bronze.

The fifth-placed team in the I-League for the 2020/21 season is trying to reach the group stage of the new UEFA competition, but for that they need to win this third qualifying round, in terms of victory, with a play-off on August 19 and 26.

A scene similar to that of Santa Clare VI in the championship, but with the inexperienced Azorians – this is a debut in a European competition because they only played in the Inter-Auto Cup – and have not yet won the qualifying round, of the Macedonian Shkupi.

If qualified, Daniel Ramos’ team will also have ‘anonymous’ opponents: third-placed Lublana in the Slovenian league, or fourth-placed Birkirkara FC in the Malta Championship.

This is the first season of the European Conference League below the Champions League and Europa League in terms of prominence in the UEFA rankings.

The Europa League group stage will feature 22 winners of competitive playoffs and 10 teams that have lost in Europa League playoffs.