Europa League Qualifying

The second round of Europa League qualifying commenced on Thursday with 46----count em'----46 games.

CHAMPIONS PATH:

At Oswestry, England:

Blaine Hudson scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute as The New Saints defeated visiting Lincoln Red Imps 2-1 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Kutaisi, Georgia:

Tornike Kapanadze (27'), Giorgi Kimadze (73'), and Levani Kutalia (84') each scored once as Torpedo Kutaisi dominated visiting Vikingur Gota 3-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Mario Fontanella's equalizer in the 90th minute enabled Valletta to gain a series-opening 1-1 draw with Zrinkjski.

Nemanja Bilbija scored for the Bosnian club in the 51st minute.

At Andorra la Vella, Andorra:

Bjarni Eriksson's own goal in the 72nd minute enabled FC Santa Coloma to knock off visiting Valur 1-0 in their series-opening match.

At Niksic, Montenegro:

Mladen Zeljkovic's goal in the 11th minute carried Alashkert to a series-opening 1-0 road win over Sutjeska Niksic.

At Jurlama, Latvia:

Yevgeni Kobzar scored twice (6', 26') as Spartaks Jurlama all but booked a berth in the third qualifying round after their series-opening 6-0 annihilation of visiting La Fiorita.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Five goal scorers, starting with Yohan Tavares in the 25th minute, each tallied once as APOEL FC destroyed visiting FC Flora Tallinn 5-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Ljubljana, Slovenia:

Kingsley Boateng (30', 68') and Matic Crnic (56', 75') each scored twice as Olimpija Ljubljana demolished visiting Crusaders 5-1 in their series opener.



MAIN PATH:

At Molde, Norway:

Erling Braut Haland (PK-6'), Erik Halstad (24'), and Leke James (79') each scored once as Molde dominated visiting Laci 3-0 in their series-opening game.

At Reggio Emilia, Italy:

Haris Handzic (67') and Aladin Sisic (72') each scored once as FK Sarajevo came back from a two-goal deficit to gain a series-opening 2-2 road draw with Atalanta.

Rafael Toloi (11') and Gianluca Mancini (45'+3) delivered the scoring for the Italian club, playing at home away from home since their actual home stadium in Bergamo did not obtain a UEFA license.

At Vilnius, Lithuania:

Liviu Antal's goal in the 86th minute carried Zalgiris to a series-opening 1-0 victory over visiting FC Vaduz.

At Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Aderinsola Eseola scored twice (12', 50') as Kairat got their series with AZ Alkmaar underway by blanking the visiting Dutch club 2-0.

At Aberdeen, Scotland:

Sam Vokes' equalizer in the 80th minute lifted Burnley to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Aberdeen.

Gary Mackay-Steven converted a penalty kick in the 19th minute for the Dons' goal.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Justinas Janusevskis' own goal in the 57th minute proved critical as Partizan Belgrade defeated visiting Trakai 1-0 in their series opener.

At Ta' Qali, Malta:

Uros Ljubomirac scored the winning goal in the 67th minute as Balzan defeated visiting Slovan Bratislava 2-1 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Farum, Denmark:

Magnus Kofod Andersen scored the only goal of the match in the 11th minute as FC Nordsjaelland defeated visiting AIK Solna 1-0 in the opening contest of their series.

At Velenje, Slovenia:

Dennis Man (5') and Felipe Teixeira (74') each scored once as Steaua Bucharest blanked Rudar Velenje 2-0 on the road in game one.

At Haifa, Israel:

Sakis Papazoglou's goal in the 65th minute enabled Hapoel Haifa to salvage a 1-1 series-opening draw with FH Hafnarfjordur.

Eddi Gomes scored for the visiting Icelandic club in the 53rd minute.

At Dundalk, Ireland:

The opening match between Dundalk and visiting AEK Larnaca played out to a 0-0 draw.

At Zabrze, Poland:

Philip Azango scored the game's lone goal in the 39th minute as Trencin knocked off Gornik Zabrze 1-0 on the road in their series-opening contest.

At Netanya, Israel:

Vidar Kjartansson scored both goals (51', PK-69') in Maccabi Tel Aviv's series-opening 2-0 victory over visiting Radnicki Nis.

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

CSKA Sofia, with Kiril Despodov scoring twice (29', 34'), dominated visiting Admira Wacker Modling 3-0 in their series-opening match.

At Novi Sad, Serbia:

Nemanja Calasan (8') and Ognjen Duricin (57') delivered the goals as Spartak Subotica blanked visiting Sparta Prague 2-0 in game one.

At Leipzig, Germany:

Bruma (35'), Matheus Cunha (39'), Kevin Kampl (50'), and Jean-Kevin Augustin (84') each scored once as RB Leipzig opened their series by demolishing visiting BK Hacken 4-0.

At Gardabaer, Iceland:

Kenan Kodro (52') and Viktor Fischer (58') each scored a second-half goal as FC Copenhagen blanked Stjarnan 2-0 on the road in their series-opening contest.

At Ufa, Russia:

FC Ufa and visiting Domzale battled to a series-opening 0-0 deadlock.

At Kostany, Kazakhstan:

Azat Nurgaliev scored the winning goal in the 80th minute as Tobol held off visiting Pyunik 2-1.

At Bialystok, Poland:

Jagiellonia Bialystok, with Mateusz Machaj's goal in the ninth minute providing all the scoring, defeated visiting Rio Ave of Portugal 1-0 in game one.

At Linz, Austria:

Thomas Goiginger scored twice (6', 70') as LASK Linz proved way too much for visiting Lillestrom, as they hammered the Norwegian club 4-0 in their series opener.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Botond Barath scored the only goal of Budapest Honved's 1-0 series-opening home victory over Progres Niederkorn in the 82nd minute.

At Osijek, Croatia:

Alfredo Morelos scored the only goal of the match in the 18th minute as Rangers took game one, 1-0 on the road, over Osijek.

At Torshavn, Faroe Islands:

Jeremain Lens (8') and Gokhan Gonul (26') each scored a goal in the opening half-hour, powering Besiktas to a series-opening 2-0 road win over B36 Torshavn.

At Dunajska Streda, Slovakia:

Roman Begunov (24'), Aleksandr Makas (77'), and Uros Nikolic (90'+4) each scored once as Dinamo Minsk took game one, 3-1 on the road over DAC Dunajska Streda.

At Ventspils, Latvia:

Zaydou Youssouf scored the only goal of the match in the third minute as Bordeaux knocked off Ventspils 1-0 on the road in their series opener.

At Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Esteban Sachetti scored the winning goal in minute #79 as Apollon Limassol won their series-opening match 2-1 on the road over Zeljeznicar.

At Ovidiu, Romania:

Tim Matavz (54') and Bryan Linssen (72') each scored once as Vitesse Arnhem came back from two goals down to gain a series-opening 2-2 road draw with Viitorul Constanta.

Denis Dragus scored twice for the Romanian club (44', 49').

At St. Gallen, Switzerland:

Silvan Hefti (41') and Roman Buess (66') each scored once as St. Gallen defeated visiting Sarpsborg 08 by a 2-1 count in the opening match of their series.

At Brest, Belarus:

Pavel Savitski produced a hat trick (PK-13', 61', 70') as Dynamo Brest held off visiting Atromitos 4-3 (after leading 4-0 after 70 minutes) in game one.

At Seville, Spain:

Jesus Navas (7'), Wissam Ben Yedder (PK-32'), Pablo Sarabia (43'), and Franco Vazquez (90'+2) each scored once as Sevilla opened their series by demolishing visiting Ujpest 4-0.

At Salihorsk, Belarus:

Joao Pedro Reis Araral's equalizer in the 89th minute lifted Lech Poznan to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Shakhtyor Soligorsk.

Elis Bakaj scored for the Belorussian club in the 53rd minute.

At Edinburgh, Scotland:

Florian Kamberi delivered the game winner in the third minute of second-half stoppage time as Hibernian overcame a two-goal deficit to upend visiting Asteras Tripolis 3-2 in their series opener.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

The opening match between Chikhura Sachkhere and visiting NK Maribor ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

At Genk, Belgium:

Leandro Trossard scored twice (25', PK-73') as KRC Genk blindsided visiting Fola Esch 5-0 in the opening game of their series.

At Stockholm:

Aliou Badji's goal in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time lifted Djurgarden to a series-opening 1-1 home draw with Mariupol.

Sergiy Yavorskyy scored for the Ukrainian club in the 37th minute.

At Split, Croatia:

Ahmed Said scored the only goal of Hajduk Split's series-opening 1-0 victory over visiting Slavia Sofia in the 79th minute.