UEFA Champions League Qualifying

Six games were played on Wednesday as the second round of UEFA Champions League qualifying concluded.

At Aktobe, Kazakhstan:

Oleskiy Antonov (75'), Igor Zenkovich (82'), and Abat Aimbetov (90'+5) each scored a second-half goal as FC Aktobe dominated visiting Dinamo Tbilisi 3-0 in game two and won their two-match series 4-0 on aggregate.

At Ventspils, Latvia:

Isaac Kiese Thelin scored the only goal of both the match and series in the 19th minute as Malmo FF took down FK Ventspils 1-0 on the road in game two and won the series 1-0 on aggregate.

At Helsinki, Finland:

Robin Lod (22') and Valtteri Moren (26') each scored a first-half goal as HJK Helsinki held off visiting FK Rabotnicki 2-1 in game two and won their series with the Macedonian club 2-1 on aggregate.

At Bucharest, Romania:

Cornel Rapa (72') and Nicolae Stanciu (84') each scored once as Steaua Bucharest defeated visiting Stromgodset IF 2-0 in game two and took out the Norwegian club 3-0 on aggregate.

At Maribor, Slovenia:

Dare Vrsic (45') and Agim Ibrahimi (PK-57') delivered the goals as NK Maribor blanked visiting Zrinjski 2-0 in the second match of their two-game series, which the hosts won 2-0 on aggregate.

At Dublin, Ireland:

Miroslav Radovic scored twice (25', 82') as Legia Warsaw scored four goals in the second half as the Polish club blindsided St. Patrick's Athletic 5-0 on the road in game two en route to a 6-1 two-game aggregate domination of the series.



Here are the match-ups for the third qualifying round, with the opening contests taking place next Tuesday and Wednesday, with the return games to be played on August 5 and 6.  The game-one hosts are listed first.

CHAMPIONS ROUTE:

Qarabag FK (Azerbaijan) vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)

Debreceni VSC (Hungary) vs. FC BATE Borisov (Belarus)

FC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) vs. FC Sheriff (Moldova)

AaB Aalborg (Denmark) vs. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Legia Warsaw (Poland) vs. Celtic FC (Scotland)

FC Aktobe (Kazakhstan) vs. Steaua Bucharest (Romania)

NK Maribor (Slovenia) winner vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

HJK Helsinki (Finland) vs. APOEL FC (Cyprus)

Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) vs. Malmo FF (Sweden)

PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) vs. Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)

LEAGUE ROUTE:

AEL Limassol (Cyprus) vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) vs. FC Copenhagen (Denmark)

Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands) vs. Besiktas JK (Turkey)

Grasshoppers (Switzerland) vs. LOSC Lille Metropole (France)

Standard Liege (Belgium) vs. Panathinaikos (Greece)