Apart from CFR Cluj, Universitat Craiova and Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, several Romanians took part in Thursday’s first legs of the three previous rounds of the Conference, respectively, of the Europa League.

The results were recorded on Thursday in the third preliminary round of the Conference League

Viking beat Irish team Sligo Rovers 5-1 at home in a match refereed by Romanian Radu Petrescu. FKSHB, if they eliminate Slovakian team DAC 1904 Dunajska Streda (1-0 in the first match), will play in the play-offs with “Viking” or “Sligo Rovers”.

Hapoel Be’er Sheva won 2-0 in Switzerland at FC Lugano.

If they bypass the Ukrainians from Luhansk “Zaria”, then in the playoffs “Krayova” will meet with “Lugano” or “Hapoel” from Be’er Sheva. Zarya won the first match with a score of 1:0.

Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe, who lost at home to Djurgaardens IF (1-3), will face the winner between APOEL Nicosia and FC Kîzilar Petropavlovsk if they qualify for the play-offs. In the first match, the Cypriots won against the Kahaze team with a score of 1:0.

The Polish team “Rakov Czestochowa” took an important step towards the playoffs, beating “Spartak” (Slovakia) from Trnava away (2:0). Romanians Dejan Sorescu and Bohdan Rakovican were only reserves under Rakov.

In Norway, “Kisvarda” lost to “Molde” with a score of 3:0. Romanian goalkeeper Otto Hindrich was a substitute, and Andrej Peteleu did not get into the team of the vice-champion of Hungary.

Laurentiu Regekampf’s team “Neftchi Baku” defeated Vienna “Rapid” with a score of 2:1, the goal of the Austrians was scored in the last moment of the game (90+5).

Slavia Prague defeated Panathinaikos Athens 2-0 in a match in which both teams had one player sent off. Romanian defender Christian Ganya was a permanent player in the Greek team.

Fehervar beat Petrocub-Hinchesti with a score of 5:0, Romanian midfielder Claudiu Bumba assisted Ukrainian Ivan Petryak (66). Bumba played 70 minutes for the team from Székesfehérvár, reports Agerpres.

Wednesday:

FC “Riga” (Latvia) – Gil Vicente (Portugal) 1-1

Viborg FF (Denmark) – B36 Torshavn (Faroe Islands) 3-0

Wolfsberger (Austria) – Gzira United (Malta) 0-0

DAC 1904 Dunajska Streda (Slovakia) – FCSB (Romania) 0-1

Thursday:

KuPS Kuopio (Finland) – Young Boys Bern (Switzerland) 0-2

RFS FC (Latvia) – Hibernians (Malta) 1-1

Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) – Rakov Czestochowa (Poland) 0-2

Paide Linnameskond (Estonia) – Anderlecht Brussels (Belgium) 0-2

AIK Solna (Sweden) – KF Shkendia (North Macedonia) 1-1

APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) – FC Kyzylyar Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan) 1-0

FC Neftchi Baku (Azerbaijan) – Rapid Vienna (Austria) 2-1

Lilleström SC (Norway) – Royal Antwerp (Belgium) 1-3

Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) – Aris Thessaloniki (Greece) 2-0

FC “Molde” (Norway) – FC “Kisvarda Master Hood” (Hungary) 3-0

PFC ŢSKA-Sofia (Bulgaria) – St. Patricks Athletic (Ireland) 0-1

Shakhtar Soligorsk (Belarus) – ChFR Cluj (Romania) 0-0

Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) – Panathinaikos Athens (Greece) 2-0

“Viking Stavanger” (Norway) – “Sligo Rovers” (Ireland) 5-1

Hamrun Spartans (Malta) – Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 0-1

Zarya Luhansk (Ukraine) – University of Craiova (Romania) 1-0

Ballkani (Kosovo) – KI Klaksvik (Faroe Islands) 3-2

Čukaritskyi (Serbia) – FC Twente Enschede (Netherlands) 1-3

FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein) – Konyaspor (Turkey) 1-1

FC Lugano (Switzerland) – Hapoel Be’er Sheva (Israel) 0-2

Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe (Romania) – Djurgaardens IF (Sweden) 1-3

Brondby IF (Denmark) – FC Basel (Switzerland) 1-0

Breidablik (Iceland) – Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey) 1-3

Vikingur Reykjavik (Iceland) – Lech Poznań (Poland) 1-0

Fehervar Szekesfehervar FC (Hungary) – CS Petrocub-Hinchesti (Moldova) 5-0

Dundee United (Scotland) – AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) 1-0

Hajduk Split (Croatia) – Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal) 3-1

Zrinjski Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina) – Tobol Kostanay (Kazakhstan) 1-0

The return matches will take place on August 9, 10 and 11.

The results of Thursday’s registration in the third preliminary round of the Europa League

Malmo beat Luxembourg’s Dudelange 3-0, while Fenerbahce, who were knocked out of the Champions League by Dynamo Kyiv, beat Slovakia’s Slovakia 3-0.

Maribor suffered a 2-0 defeat at home to HIK Helsinki and, if relegated, will face the winner of CFR Cluj and Shakhtar Soligorsk in the Europa League play-offs (0-0 in the first leg).

Olympiakos Piraeus, having been relegated from the Champions League, was again close to defeat at home after defeating Slovan Bratislava. At the end of the game, the Moroccan El-Arabi restored the draw (87).

Thursday:

Malmö FF (Sweden) – F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg) 3-0

Linfield Belfast (Northern Ireland) – FC Zurich (Switzerland) 0-2

Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) – Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 1-1

NK Maribor (Slovenia) – HIK Helsinki (Finland) 0-2

AEK Larnaca (Cyprus) – Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) 2-1

Fenerbahce Istanbul (Turkey) – 1. FC Slovakia (Czech Republic) 3-0

Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) – FC Shkupi (North Macedonia) 3-1

The return matches will take place on Tuesday, August 9 and Thursday, August 11.​