Europa League Playoff Round: Galatasaray, Yellow Canaries, Bhoys, Antwerp, Olympiacos, Legia, Red Star Belgrade Advance To Group Stage

 The Europa League's playoff round concluded on Thursday with ten games.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Frederik Lauenbourg's own goal in the 59th minute proved decisive as Galatasaray defeated visiting Randers 2-1 in game two of their series and eliminated the Danish club 3-2 on aggregate.

At Taporizhzhia, Ukraine (due to war-like conditions in eastern Ukraine):

Marco Grull (10'), Leo Greiml (15'), and Taxiarchis Fountas (68') each scored once as Rapid Vienna outdistanced Zorya Luhansk 3-2 on the road in game two and won their series 6-2 on aggregate.

At Alkmaar, Netherlands:

Kyogo Furuhashi scored the series winner in the third minute as Celtic, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to AZ Alkmaar, still won their series 3-2 on aggregat.e

At Helskini, Finland:

Enner Valencia produced a hat trick (11', 24', 52') as Fenerbahce dominated HJK Helsinki 5-2 on the road in game two and won their series 6-2 on aggregate.

At Graz, Austria:

Otar Kiteishvili (39') and Jakob Jantscher (66') each scored once as Sturm Graz blanked visiting NK Mura 2-0 in game two and won their series with the Slovenian club 5-1 on aggregate.

At Antwerp, Belgium:

After Royal Antwerp blanked visiting Omonia 2-0 in regulation of game two to square their series at 4-4 and force 30 minutes of ultimately scoreless overtime, Birger Verstraete, Johannes Eggestein, and Koji Myoshi converted their spot kicks as the hosts won the penalty-kick shootout with their Cypriot guests 3-2.

At Bratislava, Slovakia:

Youssef El-Arabi (33') and Henry Onyekuru (54') each scored once as Olympiacos gained a 2-2 game-two road draw with Slovan Bratislava and won their series 5-2 on aggregate.

At Yerevan, Armenia:

A 0-0 game-two road deadlock with Alashkert was good enough for Celtic as the Bhoys won their series 1-0 on aggregate.

At Warsaw, Poland:

Mahir Emreli scored twice (59', 70') as Legia Warsaw defeated visiting Slavia Prague 2-1 in game two and took out the Czech club 4-3 on aggregate.

At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:

Aleksandar Katai (PK-5') and Milan Pavkov (53') each scored once as Red Star Belgrade defeated CFR Cluj 2-1 on the road in game two and won their series 6-1 on aggregate.