The 34 remaing two-game series in the third qualifying round for the Europa League got under way on Thursday.
At Novosibirsk, Russia:
Aleksei Medvedev scored the only goal of the match at 74 minutes as FC Sibir Novosibirsk took game one of their two-match series with Apollon Limassol of Cyprus 1-0 at home.
At Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia:
Vladimir Torbica converted not one, but TWO, count 'em, two penalty kicks (16', 90') as FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda took the opening contest of their two-game series with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. But the visiting Volodymyr Homenyuk kept the visiting Ukrainian club alive in the two-game set with his goal at 23 minutes.
At Mogilev, Belarus:
Igor Zenkovich scored the only goal of the match at 63 minutes as FC Dnepr Mogilev won their series opener, 1-0 at home, over FC Banik Ostrava.
At Anjalankoski, Finland:
FC Timisoara took the opening match of their series with MYPA 2-1 on the road. The visiting Romanian club got goals from Iulian Tames (34') and Mircea Axente (74').
At Turku, Finland:
Jelle Vossen, who entered as a substitute at 69 minutes, scored two late goals (77', 85') as KRC Genk spanked Inter Tuku 5-1 on the road in game one to all but punch their tickets for the Europa League's playoff round.
At Chorzow, Poland:
Roland Linz (7'), Peter Hlinka (43'), and Tomas Jun (73') each scored a goal as Austria Vienna grabbed their series opener 3-1 on the road over Ruch Chorzow.
At Lviv, Ukraine:
Igor Khudobyak's goal at 6 minutes held up as FC Karpaty Lviv took game one 1-0 over visiting FC Zestafoni.
At Molde, Norway:
Powered by goals from Sebastian Rudy (27'), Zdravko Kuzmanovic (74'), and Martin Harnik (82'), VfB Stuttgart won game one of their two-match series 3-2 on the road over Molde FK.
At Boras, Sweden:
With five different goal scorers each tallying once----Stefan Ishizaki (29'), Anders Svensson (50'), Denni Avdic (57'), Daniel Nordmark (66'), and James Keene (77')----IF Elfsborg demolished visiting FK Teteks 5-0 in game one.
At Utrecht, Netherlands:
Dries Mertens provided all the game-one scoring with his tally at 35 minutes as FC Utrecht defeated visiting FC Luzern 1-0 in the series opener.
At Randers, Denmark:
Silvio scored twice (PK-62', 84') as FC Lausanne-Sport knocked off Randers FC 3-2 on the road in match one of their two-game series.
At Aalesund, Denmark:
Alexander Mathiesen saved the day with his late penalty kick (90'+3) enabling Aalesunds FK to salvage a game-one 1-1 home draw with Motherwell FC. The visiting Steelmen from Scotland did get an away goal at 48 minutes from Jamie Murphy.
At Nicosia, Cyprus:
Esteban Solari delivered the only goal of the match at 55 minutes as APOEL FC defeated visiting FK Jablonec 1-0 in game one of their two-match set.
At Odense, Denmark:
Peter Utaka scored twice (31', 60') as Odense BK won game one 5-3 over visiting HSK Zrinjski Mostar. Vlado Zadro scored a pair of away goals (15', 71') to keep the Bosnian club's hopes of winning the two-game series alive.
At Kalmar, Sweden:
Abiola Dauda's late equalizer (83') enabled Kalmar FF to salvage a 1-1 home draw in their opening match with Levski Sofia. The Bulgarian club's away goal came at 28 minutes from Joaozinho.
At Sofia, Bulgaria:
Vladislav Zlatinov scored the equalizer at 85 minutes as PFC Beroe Stara Zagora gained a 1-1 home draw with Rapid Vienna in match one of their two-game series. Rapid did gain advantage for the series due to their away goal scored by Steffen Hofmann (45'+1).
At Haifa, Israel:
Vladimer Dvalishvili scored the lone goal of the match (35') as Maccabi Haifa defeated Dinamo Minsk in match one of their two-game series 1-0 at home.
At Krakow, Poland:
Vugar Nadyrov's goal at 69 minutes provided all the scoring as FK Qarabag took their series opener 1-0 on the road over Wisla Krakow.
At Bruges, Belgium:
Dominic Foley scored the game's lone goal (69') as Cercle Brugge topped visiting Anorthosis Famagusta FC in game one of their two-game series 1-0.
At Bucharest, Romania:
With Andrei Cristea (PK-6'), Juan Pablo Garat (40'), and Djakaridja Kone (70') each tallying once, Dinamo Bucharest took the series opener with Hajduk Split 3-1 at home.
At Istanbul, Turkey:
Arda Turan scored twice (26', 76'), staking Galatasaray to a 2-0 lead, only to see OFK Belgrade storm back with late goals from Milos Krstic (80') and Nenad Injac (86') and gain a 2-2 draw and take advantage in the series thanks to those away goals.
At Farum, Denmark:
Simon Vukcevic scored the only goal of the match at 24 minutes as Sporting CP took game one on the road 1-0 over FC Nordsjaelland
At Maribor, Slovenia:
Josip Ilicic scored twice (31', 52') as NK Maribor dominated visiting Hibernian 3-0 in match one.
At Belgrade, Serbia:
Slovan Bratislava, with goals from Milan Ivana (43') and Kornel Salata (68') defeated Red Star Belgrade 2-1 on the road in game one.
At Prague, Czech Republic:
Matias Delgado's successful penalty kick (44') enabled Besiktas to gain a 1-1 game-one road draw with FC Viktoria Plzen. David Limbersky scored at 28 minutes for the hosts.
At Piraeus, Greece:
Jaouad Zairi (67') and Dennis Rommedahl (73') provided the goalpower as Olympiacos came from behind to edge visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 in game one of their two-match series. But the Israeli club still has a chance, thanks to Haris Medunjanin's penalty kick at 18 minutes.
At Graz, Austria:
After a scoreless first half, SK Sturm Graz took control in the second half, thanks to goals from Ferdinand Feldhofer (48') and Roman Kienast (59'), to win their opening contest 2-0 over Dinamo Tbilisi.
At Gyor, Hungary:
Montpellier took match one on the road over Gyori ETO FC. Olivier Giroud scored in the 32nd minute for the French club.
At Funchal, Portugal:
Tcho (33', 79'), Danilo (38', 75'), and Baba Diawara (51', 78') each doubled as CS Maritimo annihilated visiting Bangor City FC 8-2 in game one.
At Dublin, Ireland:
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's Amaui as he scored both goals (3',75') as Juventus defeated Shamrock Rovers 2-0 on the road in match one.
At Alkmaar, Netherlands:
Ragnar Klavan (52') and Johann Gudmundsson (56') provided the goalpower as AZ Alkmaar blanked visiting IFK Gothenburg 2-0 in game one of their two-game series.
At Bialystok, Poland:
Toni Calvo scored twice early in the first half (PK-4', 7') as Aris Thessaloniki FC defeated Jagiellonia Bailystok 2-1 on the road in match one.
At Skopje, Macedonia:
David Ngog provided both goals (17', 58') as Liverpool blanked FK Rabotnicki 2-0 on the road in the opening contest of their two-game series.
At Podgorica, Montenegro:
Mike Jensen scored the game winner at 87 minutes as Brondby IF won game one 2-1 on the road over Buducnost Podgorica.
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