Europa League Qualifying

The 33 remaining two-game series from the opening round of qualifying for next season's Europa League concluded on Thursday.


At Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan:


Bartosz Slusarski scored in the 13 minute as Lech Poznan gained a 1-1 game-two road draw with FC Zhetsyu and won their two-game series 3-1 on aggregate.


At Almaty, Kazakhstan:


A 0-0 home draw in game two with Jagodina proved good enough for Ordabasy as the hosts won their two-match series 1-0 on aggregate.


At Gyumri, Armenia:


Dame Diop scored in the 14th minute as Shirak FC drew with visiting Rudar Pljevlja 1-1 in game two and took out the Montenegrin club 2-1 on aggregate.


At Tbilisi, Georgia:


Giorgi Tekturmanidze (14', 19') and Dimitri Tatanashvilli (37', 69') each scored twice as Metalurgi Rustavi scorched visiting Teuta Durres 6-1 in game two and finished their two-game annihilation of the Albanian club 9-1 on aggregate.


At Aktobe, Kazakhstan:


Marat Bikmaev scored the game----and series-winning----goal in the 75th minute as FC Aktobe won game two 1-0 over visiting Torpedo Kutaisi and took out their Georgian opponents 2-1 on aggregate.


At Kumanovo, Macedonia:


A 0-0 home draw with Birkirkira proved good enough for FK Metalurg Skopje and the Macedonian club, with the score at 2-2 on aggregate, advanced on away goals.


At Yerevan, Armenia:


With Hayrapet Avagysn (67') and Diego Lomba (73') providing the scoring, Gandazar FC recovered from their 3-1 defeat in the Faroe Islands from last week with their 2-0 home win in game two with EB/Streymur, enabling the Armenian club, with the aggregate score at 3-3, to advance on away goals.


At Niksic, Montenegro:


Marco Milic committed a major blunder with his 53rd-minute own goal as Celik Niksic gained a 1-1 home draw with Borac Banja Luka, enabling the hosts, with the aggregate score at 3-3 on aggregate, to advance thanks to the away-goals rule.


At Baku, Azerbaijan:


Thanks to goals delivered by Slavco Georgievski (22') and Nizami Hajiyev (86'), Inter Baku
blanked visiting Narva Trans 2-0 in game two and finished their two-match beatdown of the Estonian club 7-0 on aggregate.


At Siauliai, Lithuania:


Artur Rattel scored the series-winning goal in the 76th minute as FC Levadia Tallinn, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two decision on the road, still ousted hosts FK Siauliai on away goals (with the score at 2-2 on aggreagate).


At Daugavpils, Latvia:


Rafael Ledesma scored twice (45'+1, 84') as FK Suduva Marijampole held off FC Daugava 3-2 on the road in game two, and with the aggregate score at 3-3, advanced due to the away-goals rule.


At Gomel, Belarus:


Vadim Demidovich scored twice (49', 56') as FC Gomel manhandled visiting Vikingur 4-0 in game two and finished their two-match annihilation of their Faroese opponents 10-0 on aggregate.


At Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg:


Adnan Besic (25'), Sreten Stetenovic (38'), and Nik Omladic (66') each provided a goal as Olimpija Ljubljana scored a second straight 3-0 win over Jeunesse Esch, this time at home, and easily won their two-game series 6-0 on aggregate.


At Liepaja, Latvia:


With Vladimirs Kamess (1'), Valerijs Afanasjevs (72'), Genadijs Solonicins (PK-82'), and Vugars Askerovs (85') providing the goal power, FK Liepajas Metalurgs slugged visiting La Fiorita 4-0 in game two and took out the club from San Marino 6-0 on aggregate.


At Lahti, Finland:


Shutsa Nongotamba (25'), Ville Saxman (37'), Olajide Williams (44'), Riley O'Neill (47'), and David Opoku (70') each tallied once as MYPA mauled visiting Cefn Druids 5-0 in game two and took out the Welsh club by that same score on aggregate.


At Chisinau, Moldova:


After last week's scoreless draw in Wales, Oleg Molla scored twice within a three-minute space (29', 32') as FC Zimbru Chisinau held off visiting Bangor City 2-1 in game two and won their series by that same score on aggregate.


At Trondheim, Norway:


Peter Ankersen scored the only goal of the match in the 81st minute as Rosenborg blanked visiting Crusaders 1-0 in game two and won their two-match series 4-0 on aggregate.


At Kalmar, Sweden:


Erik Israelsson (10'), Nenad Djordjevic (16'), Abiola Dauda (38'), and Etrit Berisha (PK-90'+1) each tallied once as Kalmar FF easily overturned their 1-0 road defeat of last week with a 4-0 home fistbeating of visiting Cliftonville in game two and won their two-match series with the Northern Irish club 4-1 on aggregate.


At Baerum, Norway:


Jordi van Gelderen (45') and Mikko Innanen (51') each scored once as JJK, despite dropping a 3-2 game-two encounter with Staebek on the road, still won their two-game series 4-3 on aggregate.


At Senica, Slovakia:


Jan Kalabiska scored the game and series-winning goal in the 87th minute as FK Senica defeated visiting MTK 2-1 in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.


At Torshavn, Faroe Islands:


Omar Er Rafik scored twice in the first half (14', 45') as FC Differdange 03 defeated NSI 3-0 for a second consecutive time, this time on the road, to win their two-match series 6-0 on aggregate.


At Paola, Malta:


Emir Hadzic scored twice during the first half-hour (13', 27') as FK Sarajevo gained a 4-4 game-two road draw with Hibernians and won their two-game series 9-6 on aggregate.


At Andorra la Vella, Andorra:


Willem Janssen (PK-19'), Peter Wisgerhof (29'), and Glynor Plet (34') each delivered a first-half score as FC Twente made short work once again of UE Santa Coloma, this time 3-0 on the road in game two as they handily finished off their Andorran hosts 9-0 on aggregate.


At Llanelli, Wales:


Aleksi Paananen scored in the 59th minute as KuPS gained a 1-1 road draw with Llanelli AFC in game two, enabling the Finnish club to win their two-match set 3-2 on aggregate.


At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:


Atli Gudnasson scored the only goal of the match in the 14th minute as FH Hafnardordur defeated USV Eschen/Mauren 1-0 on the road in game two and took Liechtenstein's lone entry in European club competition 3-1 on aggregate.


At Lendava, Slovenia:


Mate Eterovic (26') and Nusmir Falic (83') each scored once as ND Mura 05 shut out visiting FC Baku 2-0 in game two and won the series by that same score on aggregate.


At Osijek, Croatia:


With Zoran Kvrzic (28'), Antonio Perosevic (56'), and Vedran Jugovic (70') each tallying once, NK Osijek defeated visiting FC Santa Coloma 3-1 in game two and ousted the Andorran club 4-1 on aggregate.


At Celje, Slovenia:


Maxim Mihaliov scored the only goal of the match with his successful penalty kick in the 32nd minute as FC Dacia Chisinau racked up a second straight 1-0 win, this time on the road, to finish off NK Celje 2-0 on aggregate.


At Podgorica, Montenegro:


Despite a 2-1 home defeat in game two, FK Zeta, with Milos B. Radulovic scoring in the 16th minute, still won their two-match series with FC Pyunik 4-2 on aggregate.


At Serravalle, San Marino:


Boban Jancevski scored twice during a three-minute span in the second half (61', PK-64') as FK Renova registered a second straight 4-0 frontier-styled fistbeating against Libertas, this time on the road, to finish off the club from San Marino 8-0 on aggregate.


At Akureyri, Iceland:


Sigurdur Kristjansson's hat trick (36', 73', 90'+3) helped carried Thor to a 5-1 game-two home domination of Bohemians as the Icelandic club finished off their Irish guests 5-1 on aggregate.


At Budapest, Hungary:


Richard Vernes (45'+1) and Herve Tchami (57') provided the scoring that carried Honved to a 2-0 game-two blanking of visiting Flamurtari Vlore and a 3-0 aggregate win for the series.


At Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland:


After IBV's Matt Garner's equalizer in the 84th minute forced a 1-1 regulation draw in game two, forcing overtime, the hosts' Eythor Helgi Birgisson put the Icelandic club ahead with his 98th-minute tally, St. Patrick Athletic's Stephen O'Flynn scored the series winner in the 99th minute as the Irish club, with the score at 2-2, advanced on away goals.


Match-ups for the second qualifying round, which starts next Thursday, with the return contests scheduled for July 26, with the game-one hosts listed first:


Khazar Lankaran (Azerbaijan) vs. Lech Poznan (Poland)


Eskisehirspor (Turkey) vs. St. Johnstone (Scotland)


Hajduk Split (Croatia) vs. Skonto (Latvia)


AIK (Sweden) vs. FH Hafnarjordur (Iceland)


FK Renova (Macedonia) vs. FC Gomel (Belarus)


Naftan Novopolotsk (Belarus) vs. Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)


FK Vojvodina (Serbia) vs. FK Suduva Marijampole (Lithuania)


JJK (Finland) vs. FK Zeta (Montenegro)


BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) vs. Zimbru Chisinau (Moldova)


Lokomotiv Plovdid (Bulgaria) vs. Vitesse Arnhem (Netherlands)


KF Tirana (Albania) vs. Aalesund (Norway)


Metalurh Donetsk (Ukraine) vs. Celik Niksic (Montenegro)


Maccabi Netanya (Israel) vs. KuPS (Finland)


Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic) vs. Thor (Iceland)


FC Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) vs. Anorthosis Famagusta FC (Cyprus)


Milsami Orhei (Moldova) vs. FC Aktobe (Kazakhstan)


NK Slaven Belupo (Croatia) vs. Portadown FC (Northern Ireland)


Servette (Switzerland) vs.Gandzasar (Armenia)


FC Twente (Netherlands) vs. Inter Turku (Finland)


VMFD Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania) vs. Admira Wacker Modling (Austria)


NK Osijek (Croatia) vs. Kalmar FF (Sweden)


SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) vs. Videoton (Hungary)


Rapid Bucharest (Romania) vs. MYPA (Finland)


FC Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) vs. Metalurgi Rustavi (Georgia)


ND Mura 05 (Slovenia) vs. CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)


Inter Baku (Azerbaijan) vs. Asteras Tripolis FC (Greece)


KAA Gent (Belgium) vs. FC Differdange 03 (Luxembourg)


FC Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) vs. Budapest Honved FC (Hungary)


Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) vs. FK Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


FK Liepajas Metalurgs (Latvia) vs. Legia Warsaw (Poland)


FC Shakhtyor Salihorsk (Belarus) vs. SV Ried (Austria)


Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv FC (Israel) vs. Shirak FC (Armenia)


Rosenborg (Norway) vs. Ordabasy (Kazakhstan)


FC Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) vs. Sligo Rovers FC (Ireland)


Dacia Chisinau (Moldova) vs. Elfsborg (Sweden)


NK Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina) vs. St. Patrick's Athletic (Ireland)


APOEL FC (Cyprus) vs. FK Senica (Slovakia)


Ruch Chorzow (Poland) vs. FK Metalurg Skopje (Macedonia)


AGF (Denmark) vs. Dila Gori (Georgia)


Olimpia Ljubljana (Slovenia) vs. Tromso IL (Norway)