Europa League Second Qualifying Round Recap

66 clubs from across Europe continued their quest to reach the group stages of the Europa League last night in what was an action packed evening of football. In terms of British representation there was just the one club due to everyone being knocked out in the previous stage of the competition.

That meant that the weight of the nation was on Aberdeen’s shoulders and they managed to restore some pride to Scottish Football with a 1-1 draw with Bosnian outfit Siroki Birjeg of Bosnia at Pittodrie, Derek McInnes side did have their noses in front but were pegged back as the visitors bagged an all important away goal.

That arguably puts them in the box seat for next Thursday’s return leg as Aberdeen are going to have to score at least once to progress onto the next round. Here is the pick of last nights action

In terms of League Of Ireland representation it was not a good night as both Shamrock Rovers and Cork suffered home defeats. Rovers were edged out in a five goal thriller by Mlada Bolesav of the Czech Republic while Cork lost out to AEK Larnaca of Cyprus by a single goal.

Progres Niedercorn of Luxembourg who got the better of Rangers in the previous round were also thwarted by Cypriot opposition as they lost to AEL Limassol while arguably the biggest team in this stage of the competition Galatasaray suffered a shock 2-0 defeat away at Ostersund of Sweden

Here is a full rundown of all the first leg results

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beitar Jerusalem	Match 1[B]	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	20 Jul
Apollon Limassol	Match 2	Zaria Bălți	3–0	20 Jul
Rabotnički	Match 3	Dinamo Minsk	1–1	20 Jul
Slovan Bratislava	Match 4	Lyngby	0–1	20 Jul
Shamrock Rovers	Match 5	Mladá Boleslav	2–3	20 Jul
Željezničar Sarajevo	Match 6	AIK	0–0	20 Jul
Cork City	Match 7[B]	AEK Larnaca	0–1	20 Jul
Kairat	Match 8	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–1	20 Jul
Panionios	Match 9	Gorica	2–0	20 Jul
Astra Giurgiu	Match 10[B]	Zira	3–1	20 Jul
Haugesund	Match 11	Lech Poznań	3–2	20 Jul
Brøndby	Match 12	VPS	2–0	20 Jul
IFK Norrköping	Match 13	Trakai	2–1	20 Jul
Hajduk Split	Match 14	Levski Sofia	1–0	20 Jul
Nõmme Kalju	Match 15	Videoton	0–3	20 Jul
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Match 16	KR	3–1	20 Jul
Valletta	Match 17	Utrecht	0–0	20 Jul
Ružomberok	Match 18	Brann	0–1	20 Jul
Liepāja	Match 19	Sūduva Marijampolė	0–2	20 Jul
Gabala	Match 20	Jagiellonia Białystok	1–1	20 Jul
Progrès Niederkorn	Match 21	AEL Limassol	0–1	20 Jul
Rheindorf Altach	Match 22	Dinamo Brest	1–1	20 Jul
Östersund	Match 23	Galatasaray	2–0	20 Jul
Inter Baku	Match 24	Fola Esch	1–0	20 Jul
Vaduz	Match 25	Odd	0–1	20 Jul
Valur	Match 26	Domžale	1–2	20 Jul
Irtysh Pavlodar	Match 27	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	20 Jul
Aberdeen	Match 28	Široki Brijeg	1–1	20 Jul
Ferencváros	Match 29	Midtjylland	2–4	20 Jul
Sturm Graz	Match 30	Mladost Podgorica	0–1	20 Jul
Shkëndija	Match 31	HJK	3–1	20 Jul
Trenčín	Match 32	Bnei Yehuda	1–1	20 Jul
Osijek	Match 33	Luzern	2–0	20 Jul