GENEVA (AP) — The first soccer team from Kosovo to qualify for the group stage of a European competition found out its opponents Friday — after being diverted away from the only Serbian side in the draw.
Kosovo champion Ballkani was one of the last teams picked from the pot of lowest-ranked teams in the Europa Conference League when the next vacant space was in Group D that included Partizan of Belgrade.
Teams from Kosovo and Serbia — which does not recognize the independence since 2008 of its neighbor and former province — have been separated by UEFA in competition draws since European…