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Europa League First Qualifying Round Recap

It was very much a week to forget for British representatives in the Europa League First Qualifying Round as it was a whitewash in terms of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish exits. The biggest headline was undoubtedly Glasgow Rangers’ exit at the hands of Progres Niedercorn of Luxembourg.

The Ibrox outfit only took a 1-0 advantage into the second leg and the tie was very much alive going into Tuesday’s fixture but by the end of it Rangers’ hopes of at least making the group stages had died after their shock 2-0 defeat at the hands of the minnows.

Embarrasing scenes all round and manager Pedro Caixinha is already under mounting pressure, this defeat can be added to losses last season to both Aberdeen and Celtic with the latter resulting in a 5-1 thumping at the hands of the treble winners.

If they do not start the domestic season quickly then his head could very well be on the chopping block, which considering the amount of financial backing he has been given in this transfer window is not all that much of a promising situation.

There were defeats also for St Johsntone, Connah’s Quay Nomands, Bala Town, Bangor City, Ballymena, Crusaders and Coleraine in what was an awful run of results for all clubs with a British connection. At least the Republic of Ireland had something to smile about as both Shamrock Rovers and Cork City progressed to the next round which starts next Thursday.

Here is a run down of the results in full

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 5–0 Albania Tirana 2–0 3–0
Mladost Lučani Serbia 0–5 Azerbaijan Inter Baku 0–3 0–2
Shirak Armenia 2–4 Slovenia Gorica 0–2 2–2
Shkëndija Republic of Macedonia 7–0[A] Moldova Dacia Chișinău 3–0 4–0
Trenčín Slovakia 8–1 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 5–1 3–0
Kairat Kazakhstan 8–1 Lithuania Atlantas 6–0 2–1
Chikhura Sachkhere Georgia (country) 1–2 Austria Rheindorf Altach 0–1 1–1
Zira Azerbaijan 4–1 Luxembourg Differdange 03 2–0 2–1
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 3–1 Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić 3–1 0–0
Lech Poznań Poland 7–0 Republic of Macedonia Pelister 4–0 3–0
Beitar Jerusalem Israel 7–3 Hungary Vasas 4–3 3–0
Fola Esch Luxembourg 3–2 Moldova Milsami Orhei 2–1 1–1
Vojvodina Serbia 2–3 Slovakia Ružomberok 2–1 0–2
Irtysh Pavlodar Kazakhstan 3–0 Bulgaria Dunav Ruse 1–0 2–0
Mladost Podgorica Montenegro 4–0 Armenia Gandzasar Kapan 1–0 3–0
Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0[A] Kazakhstan Ordabasy 2–0 0–0
Partizani Tirana Albania 1–4 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 1–3 0–1
Pyunik Armenia 1–9[A] Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–4 0–5
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) 0–5[A] Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 0–1 0–4
Videoton Hungary 5–3 Malta Balzan 2–0 3–3
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 6–3 Malta Floriana 3–0 3–3
UE Santa Coloma Andorra 0–6 Croatia Osijek 0–2 0–4
Tre Penne San Marino 0–7[A] Republic of Macedonia Rabotnički 0–1 0–6
Željezničar Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2 Montenegro Zeta 1–0 2–2
St Joseph’s Gibraltar 0–10[A] Cyprus AEL Limassol 0–4 0–6
Valletta Malta 3–0 San Marino Folgore 2–0 1–0
Zaria Bălți Moldova 3–3 (6–5 p) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Rangers Scotland 1–2 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 1–0 0–2
AEK Larnaca Cyprus 6–1 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 5–0 1–1
Skënderbeu Korçë Albania 6–0 Andorra Sant Julià 1–0 5–0
Ventspils Latvia 0–1 Iceland Valur 0–0 0–1
Bala Town Wales 1–5 Liechtenstein Vaduz 1–2 0–3
Domžale Slovenia 5–2 Estonia Flora Tallinn 2–0 3–2
Midtjylland Denmark 10–2 Republic of Ireland Derry City 6–1 4–1
Haugesund Norway 7–0 Northern Ireland Coleraine 7–0 0–0
St Johnstone Scotland 1–3 Lithuania Trakai 1–2 0–1
VPS Finland 2–0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 1–0 1–0
Crusaders Northern Ireland 3–3 (a) Latvia Liepāja 3–1 0–2
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 4–1 Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 2–1 2–0
Stjarnan Iceland 0–2 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0–1 0–1
Odd Norway 5–0 Northern Ireland Ballymena United 3–0 2–0
Connah’s Quay Nomads Wales 1–3 Finland HJK 1–0 0–3
Nõmme Kalju Estonia 4–2 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 2–1 2–1
Ferencváros Hungary 3–0 Latvia Jelgava 2–0 1–0
IFK Norrköping Sweden 6–0 Kosovo Prishtina 5–0 1–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 1–2 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 0–0 1–2
KR Iceland 2–0[A] Finland SJK 0–0 2–0
Levadia Tallinn Estonia 2–6 Republic of Ireland Cork City 0–2 2–4
Lyngby Denmark 4–0 Wales Bangor City 1–0 3–0
Faroe Islands 0–5[A] Sweden AIK 0–0 0–5

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