Europa League Qualifying Opens

 The third round of Europa League qualifying commenced on Thursday with seven games.

Champions Path:

At Malmo, Sweden:

Isaac Kiese Thelin (54'), Nils Ola Toivonen (81'), and Veljko Bimancivic (85') each scored once as Malmo FF dominated visiting F91 Dudelange 3-0 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

The Luxembourgian club concluded the match reduced to ten men.

At Dublin, Republic of Ireland:

Graham Burke (PK-13') and Dylan Watts (29') each delivered a goal as Shamrock Rovers defeated visiting, ten-man Shkupi 3-1 in their series opener.

At Belfast, Northern Ireland:

Aiyegun Tosin (8') and Wilfried Gnonto (64') each scored once as FC Zurich blanked Linfield 2-0 on the road in their series-opening match.

At Piraeus, Greece:

Youssef El-Arabi's equalizer in the 86th minute lifted Olympiacos to a series-opening 1-1 home draw with Slovan Bratislava.

Andre Green scored for the Slovak club in the 63rd minute.

At Maribor, Slovenia:

David Browne (47') and Bojan Radulovic (64') each scored once as HJK Helsinki blanked homestanding NK Maribor 2-0 in their series-opening match.

Main Path:

At Larnaca, Cyprus:

Hrvoje Milicevic scored the game winner in the 70th minute as AEK Larnaca defeated visiting Partizan Belgrade 2-1 in their series opener.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Lincoln Henrique Oliveira dos Santos scored twice (45'+2, 81') as Fenerbahce defeated visiting ten-man Slovacko 3-1 in game one.