Europa League Playoff Round

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

At Kosice, Slovakia (due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine):

Hrvoje Milicevic scored the game winner in the 29th minute as AEK Larnaca upended SC Dnipro-1 2-1 on the road in their series opener.

At Ghent, Belgium:

Charlalambos Charlalabous (19') and Brandon Barker (76') each scored once as Omonia blanked homestanding KAA Gent 2-0 in their series opener.

At Vienna, Austria:

Joshua King (8') and Serder Durson (89') each scored once as Fenerbahce took the opening game of their series with Austria Vienna 2-0 on the road.

At St. Gallen, Switzerland:

Blerim Dzemali scored the winning goal at 34 minutes as FC Zurich took the opening match of their series with Heart of Midlothian by beating the visiting Scottish club 2-1.

At Helsinki, Finland:

David Browne scored the game's lone goal in the 80th minute as HJK Helsinki took the opening match of their series with Denmark's ten-man Silkeborg 1-0 at home.

At Malmo, Sweden:

Anders Christensen scored the winning goal in the 37th minute as Malmo FF topped visiting Sivasspor in their series opener 3-1.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Adama Traore scored twice (35', 48') as Fenercvaros opened their series with Shamrock Rovers by demolishing the visitors 4-0.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Hwang In-beom's equalizer at 29 minutes carried Olympiacos to a series-opening 1-1 road deadlock with Apollon Limassol.

Rangelo Janga scored for the Cypriot club in the 18th minute.

At Yerevan, Armenia:

The opening contest between Yerevan and visiting FC Sheriff ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

At Razgrad, Bulgaria:

Ivan Tatomirovic's own goal in the second minute held up as Ludogoretz Razgrad defeated visiting Zalgiris 1-0 in their series opener.