Bulgarian Cup holders Botev (Plovdiv) will face Greek Panathinaikos in the Europa League second qualifying round , reported Sportal.bg.
To get there, however, the “canaries” will have to deal with Maribor at the start of the race.
The other potential opponents were Maccabi Petah Tikva (Israel), the winner of the pair Elfsborg (Sweden) - Paphos (Cyprus) and the winner of the pair Pakshi (Hungary) - Corvinul Hunedoara (Romania)
If Botev is eliminated from Maribor, he goes to the second qualifying round of the Conference League, where he is unseeded and can meet the following teams: Jurgorden (Sweden), Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal), AEK Athens (Greece), Universitatia Craiova (Romania) ), Zurich (Switzerland).