Hibernian Football Club in Europe - 2026/27

All the detail for Hibs in Europe next season

With the Scottish season now concluded, all of Scotland’s European entrants have been confirmed. There are so many permutations for our clubs in Europe this summer. Scotland could end up with as many as four clubs in the Conference League phase at the same time. It’s unlikely, but we could also have two in the Champions League. Three in the Europa League is also possible, and arguably the optimum outcome from a coefficient-points perspective.

The longest article ever written for the website was published last week; “The UEFA qualifiers” covers all the details for all Scottish teams.

The UEFA Qualifiers

This is the fifth of five qualification articles this week, covering everything you could possibly want to know about Hibs in Europe:

• Entry point and overall route through qualifiers

• Potential opponents lying in wait in the qualifiers

• ‘Best’ and ‘worst’ routes through qualifiers

• Minimum earnings depending on stage of elimination.

• Potential league phase opponents

• Next summer’s much worse entry points

Qualifying Stat: Hibernian have won 7/14 ‘qualifying’ ties in UEFA competition across 7 separate seasons in their history - all since 2010.

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Hibernian’s Entry Point

Hibs have finished fifth in the league for the third time this century, meaning they will have European football in consecutive seasons for the 10th time in their history, and the first since 2006.

That includes the Intertoto Cup, so if we exclude that then this will be the first time Hibs have played in major European competition in back-to-back seasons since the 1970s, when they had their best period of five consecutive seasons between 1972 and 1977.