EUROPA CUP Season 2009/2010

[johntheclaret]

Like the CL, the qualifiers are already underway and like th eCL, I'll post Irish and British results here, but if anyone wants other scores, it's no problem.

2nd Qual Rnd 1st Leg
Crusaders 1 Rabotnicki Kometal 1
FC Honka 2 Bangor City 0
Falkirk 1 FC Vaduz 0
Flamurtari 1 Motherwell 0
Skonto FC 1 Derry City 1
St Patricks 1 Valletta 1

[johntheclaret]

2nd Qaul Rnd 2nd Leg
Bangor City 0 FC Honka 1 (FC Honka won 3-0 on aggregate)
Derry City 1 Skonto FC 0 (Derry City won 2-1 on aggregate)
FC Vaduz 2 Falkirk 0 (FC Vaduz won 2-1 on aggregate)
Motherwell 8 Flamurtari 1 (Motherwell won 8-2 on aggregate)
Rabotnicki Kometal 4 Crusaders 2 (Rabotnicki Kometal won 5-3 on aggregate)
Valletta 0 St Patricks 1 (St Patricks won 2-1 on aggregate)

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3rd Qual Rnd Draw (1st Leg)

FK Sarajevo v Helsingborgs
Fredrikstad v Lech Poznan
HNK Rijeka v Metalist Kharkov
KAA Gent v Roma
Vaslui v AC Omonia
Aalborg v Slavija Sarajevo
IFK Gothenburg v Hapoel Tel-Aviv
PSV v Cherno More Varna
Metalurg Donetsk v IB Ljubljana
Valarenga v PAOK
APOP v Rapid Vienna
Honka Espoo v Qarabag
Vaduz v Liberec
St Patrick's Athletic v Krylya Sovetov
Randers v Hamburg
Tromso v Slaven Koprivnica
Brondby v Legia Warsaw
Vojvodina v Austria Vienna
CSKA Sofia v Derry City
Steaua Bucharest v Motherwell
MSK Zilina v Hadjuk
Braga v IF Elfsborg
Aberdeen v Sigma Olomouc
FK Rabotnicki v Odense
Sevojno v Lille
FK Petrovac v Sturm Graz
Fenerbahce v Honved
Bnei Yehuda v Pacos de Ferreira
Club Brugge v NK Gorica v Lahti
Athletic Bilbao v Young Boys
KR Reykjavik v FC Basel
Galatasaray v Maccabi Netanya
Dinamo Tbilisi v Crvena Zvezda
Polonia Warszawa v NAC Breda
Vetra v Fulham

First legs to be played on July 30

Second legs to be played on August 6

[johntheclaret]

3rd Qual Rnd 1st leg

FK Vetra 0 Fulham 3
Aberdeen 1 Sigma Ol 5
Steaua Buch 3 Motherwell 0
CSKA Sofia 1 Derry 0
St Patrick's 1 Krylya Sov 0

Fulham made an emphatic Europa League debut after Bobby Zamora inspired a 3-0 victory over FK Vetra in Vilnius. Zamora, who has rejected a move to Hull this summer, scored the opener, won a penalty converted by Danny Murphy and set up the third for substitute Seol Ki-Hyeon. Making their first appearance in Europe since 2002, Fulham are now excellently positioned to progress from the third qualifying round with the second leg staged at Craven Cottage next Thursday.

New manager Mark McGhee's reign at Aberdeen began with a stunning 5-1 defeat at home against Sigma Olomouc. The signs looked ominous for the former Motherwell boss and his Dons charges when Michael Hubnik opened the scoring for the Czech side after 18 minutes, but Charlie Mulgrew equalised with a majestic free-kick five minutes later. Lukas Bajer restored Sigma's lead after 63 minutes with an equally magnificent set-piece and Jakub Petr grabbed a third six minutes later. Substitute Michal Ordos added a fourth in the final 10 minutes with a rasping drive before Tomas Horova rounded off the scoring in the dying stages.

Motherwell were also dealt a shattering blow as they lost 3-0 to hosts Steaua Bucharest. The Steelmen were handed a place in the qualifying rounds thanks to their second place in the SPL's Fair Play League, after Scotland's impressive disciplinary record had secured the country an extra place in Europe. But an own goal from Stephen Craigan was followed by further goals from Banel Nicolita and Bogdan Stancu, and Jim Gannon's visitors could not respond.

Declan O'Brien proved to be St Patrick's hero once again as Jeff Kenna's men pulled off a magnificent first-leg win over Krylya Sovetov. O'Brien, on loan from Dundalk, had scored in both legs to sink Valletta in the previous round and stepped up again with a 71st-minute strike to set up St Pat's for their long trip to Russia next week.

But Derry City's hopes hang in the balance after the Candystripes fell to a 1-0 defeat against CSKA Sofia. Kostadin Stoyanov scored the only goal of the game in the 75th minute to round off a long spell of pressure by the home side and give them a crucial advantage.

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Other 3rd Rnd 1st Leg results

Spanish cup finalists Athletic Bilbao suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat to Young Boys in the Europa League third qualifying round first leg.

The Basque outfit fielded a strong line-up but were undone by their Swiss visitors, who snuck away from San Mames with a 1-0 victory.

Seydou Doumbia's 23rd-minute strike sealed the victory, condemning the Spanish Copa del Rey finalists to a surprising defeat.

Roma came from behind to see off Belgian outfit Gent 3-1 in Italy.

Leye Mbaye had given the Belgians a 1-0 lead after 23 minutes and Luciano Spalletti's side had to wait until the second half for defender Philippe Mexes to level. Forwards Francesco Totti and Mirko Vucinic - the former with a penalty - completed the turnaround to give Roma a two-goal lead heading into the second leg.

PSV Eindhoven scraped a late 1-0 win over Cherno More.

Following a thoroughly turgid performance, Fred Rutten's men sneaked a narrow lead to take to Bulgaria thanks to Dirk Marcellis' goal late in added time.

Fenerbahce hammered former giants Honved of Budapest 5-1 with Spain international Daniel Guiza bagging a hat-trick.

Hamburg saw off Randers 4-0 away from home with two goals in each half while French side Lille beat Sevojno 2-0 in Serbia with Robert Vittek and Eden Hazard scoring before halftime.

Helsingborg won 2-1 at home to FK Sarajevo while KR of Reykjavik held Swiss side Basle to a 2-2 draw in Iceland.

Harry Kewell and Milan Baros were on the scoresheet as Galatasaray beat Maccabi Netanya 4-1.

Gothenburg suffered a shock 3-1 home defeat by Israeli outfit Hapoel Tel-Aviv while Austria Vienna could only draw 1-1 in their first leg at Vojvodina. City rivals Rapid Vienna, meanwhile, beat APOP 2-1.

Brondby and Legia Warsaw are level-pegging after a 1-1 first-leg draw while Club Brugge beat FC Lahti 3-2 in Belgium.

Metalist Kharkiv won 2-1 at Rijeka and Fredrikstad suffered a 6-1 hammering at home to Lech Poznan while Liberec snatched a 1-0 win away to Vaduz.

Zilina and Hajduk Split shared a 1-1 draw but Metallurg Donetsk beat Olimpija Ljubljana 2-0 in Ukraine, Valerenga went down 2-1 at home to PAOK Salonika while Tromso edged NK Slaven Koprivnica by the same scoreline.

NAC Breda of Holland enjoyed a 1-0 victory at Polonia Warsaw while Georgian side Dinamo Tblisi will take a 2-0 lead into their second leg against former super-power Red Star Belgrade.

In the other early fixtures Rabotnicki lost 4-3 in a thriller against Odense BK, for whom Caca notched an impressive hat-trick. Sturm Graz won their away leg 2-1 against Petrovac.

Portuguese outfit Braga lost 2-1 at home to Elfsborg, Qarabag won 1-0 at Honka, Vaslui beat Omonia Nicosia 2-0 and Kosice won 1-0 at Slavija Sarajevo.

[mighty_tiger_79]

ill be hoping aberdeen can actually show something tomorrow, or the new manager just may be on his way out.

still shocked that Jimmy Calderwood left did a superb job

[johntheclaret]

3rd Rnd Qual 1st leg

Aberdeen 1 Olomouc 5

Sorry MT. not good news for McGee

New manager Mark McGhee's reign at Aberdeen began with a stunning 5-1 defeat at home against Sigma Olomouc. The signs looked ominous for the former Motherwell boss and his Dons charges when Michael Hubnik opened the scoring for the Czech side after 18 minutes, but Charlie Mulgrew equalised with a majestic free-kick five minutes later. Lukas Bajer restored Sigma's lead after 63 minutes with an equally magnificent set-piece and Jakub Petr grabbed a third six minutes later. Substitute Michal Ordos added a fourth in the final 10 minutes with a rasping drive before Tomas Horova rounded off the scoring in the dying stages.

[mighty_tiger_79]

3rd Rnd Qual 1st leg

Aberdeen 1 Olomouc 5

Sorry MT. not good news for McGee

New manager Mark McGhee's reign at Aberdeen began with a stunning 5-1 defeat at home against Sigma Olomouc. The signs looked ominous for the former Motherwell boss and his Dons charges when Michael Hubnik opened the scoring for the Czech side after 18 minutes, but Charlie Mulgrew equalised with a majestic free-kick five minutes later. Lukas Bajer restored Sigma's lead after 63 minutes with an equally magnificent set-piece and Jakub Petr grabbed a third six minutes later. Substitute Michal Ordos added a fourth in the final 10 minutes with a rasping drive before Tomas Horova rounded off the scoring in the dying stages.

i know, i got home from work and was getting the live text on BBC and at 1-1 i was quite comfortable, but then it 2-1, 3-1,4-1, and then 5-1

he mentioned when he first got the job that he didnt feel the need to go out and get players as there was a good base of players already there, and now he wants to go on a spending spree!!!!!!!!!!

he can pi55 off back to motherwell

perhaps ferguson will return!

[Bully]

doesnt the europe cups i.e. champions league and europa have standards for grounds now? if so i would think fulhams craven cottage wouldnt fit in? ground to small and old??

[johntheclaret]

I am sure UEFA do bully but there would be no problems for Fulham

Do you really think the likes of Derry, StPatricks or Rhyl have better stadiums then craven cottage

[Il Duce]

doesnt the europe cups i.e. champions league and europa have standards for grounds now? if so i would think fulhams craven cottage wouldnt fit in? ground to small and old??

They do but the main points are all seated staduims and security control lin and around the ground, seeing that Fulham need to meet those requirements for the premier league they have no problem meeting the requirements. There are alot more requirements if a staduim is going to host a Europa or Champions league final.

Just another point, even Millwall meet requirements to host european games when the qualifyed for the uefa cup.

[johntheclaret]

I would argue that Millwall have a better stadium than Fulham but like I said there are a lot of small time clubs who qualify for Europa in the early rounds

[scoob]

I would argue that Millwall have a better stadium than Fulham but like I said there are a lot of small time clubs who qualify for Europa in the early rounds

Maybe a bigger stadium but not better - size isnt always important (well thats what i tell myself) that and the fact the away fans can walk in and out of the stadium and not get spat on is a positive.
I am slightly biased though - will be there tonight and am a season ticket holder. COYW - come on you whites!

[mighty_tiger_79]

im absolutely $#^@$&^#$%$*$*(%*(%&^%#&%$^@#$^disgusted

if i wasnt working tonight i would be hitting the bottle right now in complete and utter dismay, anger, frustration, bewilderment - at least until geelong started tonight.

this is an absolute disgraceful effort

3-0 down - did save a penalty well done Langfield, but theres only so much he can do if the defenders are not paying any attention to try and halt the attack.

1st goal went in after 4 **** minutes, 2nd goal went in 8 mins later

you cant be serious, honestly

McGhee says that we are playing for pride and that there was an expectation to win the leg but obviously the tie was out of reach, well aggregate of 8-1 in the 75th minute and we cant even get a touch on the ball

what a debacle

FERGIE COME BACK FOR GODS SAKE

McGhee can now understand why Motherwell didnt really stop you from leaving

[johntheclaret]

im absolutely $#^@$&^#$%$*$*(%*(%&^%#&%$^@#$^disgusted

if i wasnt working tonight i would be hitting the bottle right now in complete and utter dismay, anger, frustration, bewilderment - at least until geelong started tonight.

this is an absolute disgraceful effort

3-0 down - did save a penalty well done Langfield, but theres only so much he can do if the defenders are not paying any attention to try and halt the attack.

1st goal went in after 4 **** minutes, 2nd goal went in 8 mins later

you cant be serious, honestly

McGhee says that we are playing for pride and that there was an expectation to win the leg but obviously the tie was out of reach, well aggregate of 8-1 in the 75th minute and we cant even get a touch on the ball

what a debacle

FERGIE COME BACK FOR GODS SAKE

McGhee can now understand why Motherwell didnt really stop you from leaving

Blimey MT. Talk about delayed reaction. It's taken you 24 hours to get that off your chest.

[mighty_tiger_79]

is it that far behind

i thought i was getting live text on bbc site

[johntheclaret]

is it that far behind

i thought i was getting live text on bbc site

Yeah sorry MT. I thought you was still talking about the Granites 5 - 0 loss at home, not thier 3 - 0 loss away tonight

[mighty_tiger_79]

hey hey hey 5-1 at home

we are goneski

the only way we wont get relegated is if the club coming up for promotion isnt big enough

[johntheclaret]

Not a good day all round by the sounds of it.

thanks to Press Association Sport

DONS FANS HIT IN TEAR-GAS ATTACK

Aberdeen fans have been victims of a tear gas attack in the Czech Republic, the club have confirmed.

Around 40 Dons supporters were inside an Irish bar in the town of Olomouc in the early hours of Thursday morning when it was targeted by football hooligans. The attackers arrived in a car before launching two tear gas canisters into the bar. The club claimed no-one was hurt, despite reports one fan suffered a minor facial injury.

A Dons spokesman said: "I've spoken to a number of the guys who were in the pub at the time and they all got a hell of a fright. But other than the effects of the gas itself, there was no damage, thankfully."

Police have detained two people, the spokesman added.

The incident took place at the Crack Irish Bar, which is owned by 43-year-old Graham Campsie, a Scot from Edinburgh. The Aberdeen spokesman said: "There's never been any trouble in eight years he's been there and he was also quoted as saying that it was a brilliant night up until then; everybody was thoroughly enjoying themselves, with a good old sing song. Around 300 Dons fans travelled for the Europa League third-qualifying-round second leg with Sigma Olomouc, who lead the tie 5-1.

(reopens) The club said later that there had been a couple of disturbances between rival fans ahead of the match. There were also reports of two female supporters being attacked and robbed, a spokesman said.

A statement appealing for information from fans was posted on Aberdeen's official website. It read: "Could any travelling Aberdeen supporters who were caught up in any incidents in Olomouc city centre today, and who may have any information that might help local police with their inquiries, please contact the club on their return to Aberdeen."

[mighty_tiger_79]

can it get any worse........