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Pristina faces the well-known and successful team from Moldova

Photo: FC Prishtina

Prishtina will face the well-known Moldovan team, Sheriff Tiraspol, in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.

The draw was made on Tuesday afternoon. The Europa League is the second most important continental competition.

Sheriff will be home in the first leg, while Prishtina will be away in the second. The Europa League first qualifying round matches are on July 10 and 17.

Prishtina appears in the Europa League as the winner of the Kosovo Cup in football.

Sheriff was the second strongest possible opponent in the draw. The strongest was Shakhtar Donetsk. The blue team was in the non-seeded group in the draw.

Pristina returns to European competitions after four years.

Sherifi is the winner of the Moldovan Cup. It has 21 championship titles, the last in 2023. In the 2021/2022 edition, it reached the group stage of the Champions League, while it was in a group with Shakhtar Donetsk, Real Madrid and Inter.

They then twice reached the Europa League group stage. They were eliminated in the second qualifying round of the Europa League and in the third round.  Conference League qualifiers. So Prishtina has a very difficult task ahead of them to advance.