Sheriff Tiraspol were held to a 1-1 draw by the Faroese club KI Klaksvik in the Europa League qualifying play-off round first leg on Thursday.

The Faroese side opened the scoring in the 52nd minute, thanks to Patrick Da Silva. Sheriff equalized on the 73rd minute, through Jerome Ngom Mbekeli, who took advantage of Ricardinho’s excellent assist.

The second leg match will be played on August 31 in Tiraspol. The winning team will qualify for the Europa League groups, as the losing team will be relegated to the Conference League groups.