{"id":145369,"date":"2024-05-15T14:07:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sport.renfrewshire24.co.uk\/?p=145369"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:21:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:21:01","slug":"st-mirren-secure-european-football-for-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/2024\/05\/15\/st-mirren-secure-european-football-for-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"St Mirren secure European football for next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St Mirren have qualified for European football for the first time in 37 years.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Buddies secured a place in the second qualifying round of Europa Conference League, skipping the first round of qualifiers because of how many coefficient points Scotland has.<\/p>\n<p>Dundee&#8217;s 5-2 loss against Rangers on Tuesday guaranteed St Mirren would take the final European spot.<\/p>\n<p>The draw for the UEFA Conference League second qualifying round will take place on 19th June.<\/p>\n<p>The second qualifying round matches will be played on 25th July and 1st August.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 102 teams will be involved in the second qualifying round.<\/p>\n<p>The draw will be split into the Champions Path and the Main Path. St Mirren will be in the\u00a0Main Path alongside 87 other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The Champions Path features the 14 losing clubs of the Champions League first qualifying round.<\/p>\n<p>The 88 clubs in the Main Path will be split into seeded and unseeded pots. It&#8217;s expected that St Mirren will be in the seeded pot, again because of coefficient points Scotland has gathered up.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeded teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\">Djurgarden<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Omonia<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving Zalgris<\/li>\n<li>Vitoria de Guimaraes<\/li>\n<li>Astana<\/li>\n<li>Riga<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving Linfield<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving KuPS<\/li>\n<li>Hadjuk Split<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving Breidablik<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving F91 Dudelange<\/li>\n<li>Winners of 2023\/24 Eredivisie play-offs<\/li>\n<li>Winners of 2023\/24 Belgian Pro League European play-offs<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 Super League Greece<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 Slovenian PrvaLiga<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Seeding to be determined<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\">AEK Larnaca<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Ararat-Armenia<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving Dinamo Tbilisi<\/li>\n<li>Vaduz<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving B36 Torshavn<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving Sarajevo<\/li>\n<li>Brann<\/li>\n<li>Tromso<\/li>\n<li>Hacken<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving FCI Levadia<\/li>\n<li>HB Torshavn<\/li>\n<li>Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih<\/li>\n<li>Winner of tie involving Connah&#8217;s Quay Nomads<\/li>\n<li>St Mirren<\/li>\n<li>Winners of 2023\/24 Austrian Bundesliga play-offs<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place in 2023\/24 Serbian SuperLiga<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place in 2023\/24 SuperLig (Turkey)<\/li>\n<li>Third place in 2023\/24 Swiss Super League<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place in 2023\/24 Swiss Super League<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place in 2023\/24 Ukrainian Premier League<\/li>\n<li>Third place in 2023\/24 Czech First League<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place in 2023\/24 Czech First League<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 Danish Superliga<\/li>\n<li>Winners of 2023\/24 Danish Superliga play-offs<\/li>\n<li>Fourth place in 2023\/24 Croatian Football League<\/li>\n<li>Third place in 2023\/24 Super League Greece<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 Israeli Premier League<\/li>\n<li>Third place in 2023\/24 Israeli Premier League<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 Ekstraklasa (Poland)<\/li>\n<li>Third place in 2023\/24 Ekstraklasa (Poland)<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 Nemzeti Bajnoksag (Hungary)<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 SuperLiga (Romania)<\/li>\n<li>Winners of 2023\/24 SuperLiga play-offs (Romania)<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li>Winners of 2023\/24 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li>Runner-up of 2023\/24 Slovak First Football League<\/li>\n<li>Third place in 2023\/24 Slovak First Football League<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Mirren have qualified for European football for the first time in 37 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