{"id":2477,"date":"2026-05-10T17:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:26:32","slug":"hearts-secure-place-in-champions-league-qualifiers-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=2477","title":{"rendered":"Hearts secure place in Champions League qualifiers \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tynecastle-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tynecastle Park.\" class=\"wp-image-195037 lazyload\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tynecastle-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tynecastle Park.\" class=\"wp-image-195037 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tynecastle-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tynecastle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tynecastle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tynecastle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tynecastle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tynecastle-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Result: Tynecastle Park will host Champions League qualifiers.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It may not have been the result which Hearts fans wanted but Celtic\u2019s defeat of Rangers has ensured the Jambos will play in the Champions League qualifiers next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The title-chasing Jambos had been hoping Martin O\u2019Neill\u2019s side would slip up in the final Old Firm derby of the season at Parkhead to boost their chances of a first league triumph since 1960.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">However, the 3-1 win means the best finish that Rangers can manage this season is third place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hearts remain one point ahead of the Hoops with two games left to play, with the teams meeting in Glasgow on Saturday in the final game of the campaign. Derek McInnes\u2019 side host Falkirk in midweek while Celtic travel to Motherwell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Scottish Premiership runners-up will be in the Champions League second qualifying round, with three ties to get through before they reach the league phase. The league winners have the benefit of going into the play-off round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hearts were last in the Champions League qualifiers after the 2005-06 season, when they finished second to Celtic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">They took care of Siroki Brijeg in the second qualifying round but exited at the hands of Greek side AEK Athens in the next round.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Hearts #secure #place #Champions #League #qualifiers #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Result: Tynecastle Park will host Champions League qualifiers. It may not have been the result which Hearts fans wanted but Celtic\u2019s defeat of Rangers has ensured the Jambos will play&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[283,4372,282,4370,4373,4368,3003,4374,4371,4369],"class_list":["post-2477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-stories","tag-business","tag-champions","tag-daily","tag-hearts","tag-league","tag-martin-oneill","tag-place","tag-qualifiers","tag-secure","tag-tynecastle-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}