UEFA Europa League Selected Results

Atletico Madrid 2-0 Celtic

Celtic's woeful European away record continued with defeat by Spanish side Atletico Madrid in their Europa League Group I opener in the Vicente Calderon.

Goal Scorers : R Falcao, Diego(Atletico)

Birmingham 1-3 Braga

Birmingham's dream of making a flying start to their Europa League group stage was brought crashing back down to earth by last year finalists Braga.

Goal Scorers: H Barbosa – 2 Goals, Lima(Braga), King(Birmingham)

Fulham 1-1 FC Twente

Mark Schwarzer's own goal denied Fulham’s victory over FC Twente in a Europa League tie which the English club dominated for the most part.

Goal Scorers: Johnson(Fulham), M Schwarzer-Own goal(Fulham)

Udinese 2-1 Rennes

Udinese came from behind to secure an opening victory over French side Rennes in Group I of the Europa League.

Goal Scorers: Di Natale, Armero(Udinese), Hadji(Rennes)

RSC Anderlecht 4-1 AEK Athens FC
A show of destructive attacking play typified by Matías Suárez's hat-trick ensured the Belgian side enjoyed the perfect opening night.

Goal Scorers:  Suarez – Hat-trick, Jovanovic(RSC Anderlecht), Leonardo(AEK Athens)

Shamrock Rovers FC 0-3 FC Rubin Kazan
Both sides missed Spot kicks as Russian side Rubin ran out comfortable winners in their opening Group A encounter in Dublin.

Goal Scorers:     Martins, Noboa, Gökdeniz Karadeniz(Rubin Kazan)

PAOK 0-0 Tottenham

An inexperienced Spurs side came through a nail-biting finish to leave the cauldron of the Toumba Stadium with a hard-fought point against PAOK Salonika.

Besiktas 5-1 M. Tel Aviv

 Turkish giants Besiktas strolled to a Europa League victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in a highly-charged environment in Istanbul.

Goal Scorers: H Almeda – 2 Goals,M Aurelio, E Korkmaz,Edu(Besiktas),Kehat(M Tel Aviv)

Zurich 0-2 Sporting Lisbon

Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon made a flawless start to their Europa League Group D campaign with a workmanlike victory over FC Zurich.

Goal Scorers:  Insua, Van Wolfswinkel(Sporting Lisbon)

Bucharest 0-0 Schalke

Last season Champions League semi-finalists Schalke opened their Europa League campaign with a below par goalless draw at Steaua Bucharest.

FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 Stoke City FC
Ognjen Vukojević's injury time goal in Group E denied the Potters victory in their debut game in a UEFA competition group stage.

Goal Scorers: C Jerome(Stoke City),Vukojevic(FC Dynamo Kyiv)