Thursday, July 31, 2014

Europa League Qualifying

29 games were played on Thursday as the third round of Europa League qualifying commenced.

At Karaganda, Kazakhstan:

Aldin Didic scored the game-winning goal in the 71st minute as FC Shakhter Karagandy doubled up visiting Hajduk Split 4-2 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Astana, Kazakhstan:

Tanat Nusserbayev's equalizer in the 42nd minute enabled FC Astana to salvage a series-opening 1-1 home draw with AIK Solna.  Nabil Bahoui scored for the visiting Swedish club in the ninth minute.

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Neftchi Baku PFK and visiting FC Chikhura Sachkhere battled to a series-opening 0-0 stalemate.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Cristovao Da Silva Ramos scored twice (9', 57') as AC Omonia dominated visiting FK Metalurg Skopje 3-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Giurgiu, Romania:

Kehinde Fatai's hat trick (4', 74', 81') provided all the scoring in FC Astra Giurgiu's series-opening 3-0 home domination of  FC Slovan Liberec.

At Chorzow, Poland:

Ruch Chorzow battled visiting Esbjerg fB to a series-opening 0-0 deadlock.

At Khimki, Russia:

Kevin Kuranyi's goal in the 71st minute enabled FC Dynamo Moscow to salvage a game-one 1-1 home draw with Irnoi Kiryat Shmona FC, who received what could prove to be a precious road goal courtesy of Rodgers Kola in the 63rd minute.

At Boras, Sweden:

Sebastian Holmen (PK-55'), Per Frick (70'), Marcus Rohden (81'), and Simon Hedlund (PK-89') each scored a second-half goal as IF Elfsborg dominated visiting FH Hafnarfjordur 4-1 in their series opener.


At Karabuk, Turkey:

Rosenborg BK held home-standing Karabukspor to a series-opening 0-0 draw.

At Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic:

Mohamed Yattara scored twice (9', 47') as Lyon all but clinched a berth in the playoff round with their series-opening 4-1 road domination of FK Mlada Boleslav.


At Zilina, Slovakia:

FK AS Trencin and visiting Hull City AFC battled to a series-opening 0-0 stalemate.

At Stockholm, Sweden:

Marcelo Larrondo scored twice (PK-45', 53') as Torino dominated IF Brommapojkarna 3-0 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Luuk de Jong scored the only goal of the match in the 56th minute as PSV Eindhoven defeated visiting SKN St. Polten 1-0 in the opening game of their two-match series.

At Barysaw, Belarus:

Nenad Adamovic scored the only goal of the match in the 54th minute as FC Dinamo Minsk took the opening match of their series with CFR Cluj 1-0 at home.

At Gothenburg, Sweden:

Rio Ave FC , thanks to Ahmed Hassan Koka's goal in the 22nd minute, knocked off IFK Gothenburg 1-0 on the road in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Sander Svendsen's equalizer in the 89th minute carried Molde FK to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with FC Zorya Luhansk in a contest that was moved to the Ukrainian capital due to ongoing unrest in eastern Ukraine between the government and pro-Russian separatists. Nikita Kamenyuka scored for Zorya in the 62nd minute.

At Bern, Switzerland:

Rapha Nuzzolo scored the only goal of the match in the 58th minute as BSC Young Boys took their series opener with Ermis Aradippou 1-0 at home.

At Split, Croatia:

Marko Rog (25') and Henri Belle (48') delivered the goals as RNK Split blanked visiting Chornomorets Odessa 2-0 in match one of their two-game series.

At Waregem, Belgium:

Artem Stargorodskiy scored what proved to be the game winner in first-half stoppage time (45'+4) as FC Shakhtyor Salihorsk took a decided advantage back to Belarus after their 5-2 series-opening road domination of SV Zulte Waregem.

At Ploiesti, Romania:

Daniel Kolar's second-half stoppage-time equalizer (90'+1) lifted FC Viktoria Plzen to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with FC Petrolul Ploiesti.  Adrian Mutu scored for the hosts in the 76th minute.

At Toftir, Faroe Islands:

Zoran Kvrzic scored twice (45'+1, 76') as HNK Rijeka demolished Vikingur 4-1 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Mainz, Germany:

Shinji Ohazaki scored the only goal of the match in the 45th minute as Mainz 05 took their series opener from Asteras Tripoli FC 1-0 at home

At Debrecen, Hungary:

With five different goal scorers each tallying once, with Odil Akhmedov scoring what proved to be the game winner in the 40th minute as FC Krasnodar will head back to Russia with a big advantage in their series with Diosgyor after they plugged the Hungarian club 5-1 on the road in their series opener.

At Gardabaer, Iceland:

Rolf Toft scored the game's lone goal in the 48th minute as Stjarnan defeated visiting Lech Poznan 1-0 in the opening match of their two-match series.

At Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Evangelos Nastos scored the winning goal in the 75th minute as Atromitos took their series opener with FK Sarajevo 2-1 on the road.

At San Sebastian, Spain:

David Zurutuza Veillet (53') and Sergio Canales Madrazo (68') produced the goals as Real Sociedad blanked visiting Aberdeen 2-0 in their series opener.

At Bruges, Belgium:

Oscar Duarte (14'), Nicolas Castillo (30'), and Victor Vazquez (63') each provided a goal as Club Brugge dominated visiting Brondby IF 3-0 in game one of their two-match series.

At Perth, Scotland:

FC Spartak Trnava, with Ivan Schranz scoring twice (34', 63'), defeated St. Johnstone 2-1 in the curtain raiser of their two-game series.

At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:

Goals from Serghei Alexeev (35') and Simon Handle (OG-59') carried FC Zimbru Chisinau to a series-opening 2-1 road win over SV Grodig.  

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