{"id":461717,"date":"2011-07-15T14:25:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T14:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/15\/stoke-in-tough-europa-league-draw\/"},"modified":"2011-07-15T14:25:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T14:25:06","slug":"stoke-in-tough-europa-league-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/15\/stoke-in-tough-europa-league-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoke in tough Europa League draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"85.0382996633\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/54091000\/jpg\/_54091190_stoke_getty.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Stoke City players after losing FA Cup Final to Manchester City\" \/> Stoke qualified for Europe despite losing in the FA Cup final<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Stoke City have been paired with Croatian side Hajduk Split in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham will play Slovenia&#8217;s Domzale or Croatia&#8217;s RNK Split if they can hold their second round, first leg lead against Northern Ireland&#8217;s Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts were drawn against Tromso of Norway or Hungarian side Paksi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14145591.stm\">Dundee United, who trail Slask Wroclaw 1-0<\/a> after Thursday&#8217;s first leg, will face Metalurg Skopje of Macedonia or Lokomotiv Sofia from Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>Stoke last played in Europe in the 1974\/75 season, when they lost to Dutch giants Ajax in the UEFA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokecityfc.com\/page\/NewsDetail\/0,,10310~2393471,00.html\">Tony Pulis was delighted with the draw<\/a>, telling the club&#8217;s official website: &#8220;It&#8217;s an occasion that every single one of us are looking forward to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hajduk Split are a hugely renowned football club with great tradition in European competitions.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s also a lovely city for our supporters to go out and visit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first leg will be at the Britannia Stadium on Thursday, 28 July. The return match will be at the 35,000 capacity Stadion Poljud a week later.<\/p>\n<p>Welsh Premier League side Llanelli, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14115727.stm\">who beat former European Cup Winners&#8217; Cup champions Dinamo Tbilisi 2-1<\/a> in Thursday&#8217;s first leg, have been drawn against either KR Reykjavik of Iceland or Slovakian team Zilina.<\/p>\n<p>Llanelli manager Andy Legg said his side&#8217;s display against the Georgians was the best ever by a Welsh team in European competition.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Welsh side The New Saints face a tough task to reach the third round of qualifying. <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14150682.stm\">They lost their first leg 3-1 at home to Danish side Midtjylland<\/a>. If they do progress, they will face Portugal&#8217;s Vitoria.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14136433.stm\">Glentoran lost the first leg of their second round qualifier to Vorskla Poltava<\/a> of Ukraine 2-0. Their reward for reaching the third round would be a tie against Ireland&#8217;s Sligo Rovers.<\/p>\n<p>Sligo are managed by the former Wolves and Coventry midfielder Paul Cook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Europa League third qualifying round draw (UK teams only):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stoke City v Hajduk Split<\/p>\n<p>Domzale\/RNK Split v Crusaders\/Fulham<\/p>\n<p>Paksi\/Tromso v Hearts<\/p>\n<p>Metalurg Skopje\/Lokomotiv Sofia v Slask Wroclaw\/Dundee United<\/p>\n<p>KR Reykjavik\/Zilina v Llanelli\/Dinamo Tbilisi<\/p>\n<p>The New Saints\/Midtjylland v Vitoria SC<\/p>\n<p>Glentoran\/Vorskla Poltava v Sligo Rovers<\/p>\n<p><em>Ties to be played on 28 July and 4 August.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14167596.stm\" title=\"Stoke in tough Europa League draw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stoke in tough Europa League draw<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Stoke qualified for Europe despite losing in the FA Cup final Stoke City have been paired with Croatian side Hajduk Split in the third qualifying round of the Europa League. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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