Valletta FC will be facing KS Teuta Durres of Albania in the first round of the Intertoto Cup which kicks-off in the third week of July. The Citizens, who placed fourth in the Rothmans Premier League, will be facing a team which also placed fourth in the Albanian Division 1.

The Citizens host Teuta at the Hibernians Ground on Saturday June 22, kick-off at 18:00, and then travel to Durres a week later where they will play at the Niko Dovana Stadium.

This will be fifth participation for KS Teuta in European competitions. They registered one win, losing on the other nine occasions. But this win enabled them to reach the first round of the Cup Winners Cup in 1995/96.

On their debut in 1994/95, they were eliminated from the Qualifying Round of the UEFA Cup by Apollon Limassol of Cyprus 1-4 and 2-4. A year later, they qualified for the first time beating TPS Turku of Finland thanks to a 3-0 win in Durrës after a 1-0 defeat in Turku. In the first round, they lost 0-2 at home and away to Parma of Italy.

In season 1996/9, Teuta were eliminated by Kosice of Slovakia after 1-4 and 1-2 defeats. Two years ago, they were eliminated from the Preliminary Round of the UEFA Cup by SK Rapid Wien of Austria suffering 2-0 and 4-0 defeats. KS Teuta won the championship once and the Albanian Cup three times.

The Citizens will be starting their pre-season training on Monday June 3 although they are yet to name a new coach. Edward Aquilina, who seemed favourite to take the job has not accepted yet.

In the second round of the competition, the winner of the clash between Valletta and SK Teuta will face the winner of the match between clubs from Romania and Luxembourg.

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