Should Maccabi see off Lithuanian champions FK Panevėžys, Head Coach Zarko Lazetic and his coaching staff could face a return to their former club TSC. The draw that could send Maccabi to Serbia might see the team return to Bačka Topola where they hosted last season’s matches following the draw
As the teams qualifying from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League are not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the higher coefficient of the two teams involved in each undecided UEFA Europa League third qualifying round tie is used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw. Therefore, if a team in a UEFA Europa League third qualifying round tie has a coefficient that would entitle it to be seeded for the UEFA Europa League play-offs draw, the winner of that tie is automatically seeded for the draw.
Furthermore, as the teams entering the competition from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League (champions path) are not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the lower coefficient of the two teams involved in each undecided UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie is used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw.
Should Macabi drop to the Comference League they face the winner between Moldovan side FC Petrocub and The New Saints FC of Wales.
