Play-off Four Romanian teams are running for a place in the 12 Europa League groups
Four Romanian teams are in the competition for a place in Europa League. CFR Cluj, Steaua, Dinamo and FC Vaslui could make a premiere come true if they manage to qualify, despite their play-off competition FK Sarajevo, St. Patrick`s, Slovan Liberec and AEK Atena, rspectively.
There are 76 teams competing for one place in the 12 Europa League groups .Among these are football clubs with a rich history in the European football, like AFC Ajax, Aston Villa FC, SL Benfica and Steaua, UEFA.com reads. The 38 teams to qualify after the play-off will be joined by 10 teams which have been disqualified in the Champions league.
Europa League play-off (with the second match to be staged on the 20.09.2009):
Sivasspor – FC Shakhtar Donetsk
MFK Kosice – AS Roma
FK Baki – FC Basel
FK Teplice – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
FC BATE Borisov – PFC Litex Lovech
Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC – PSV Eindhoven
EA Guingamp – Hamburger SV
Trabzonspor – Toulouse FC
CSKA Sofia – FC Dinamo Moscova
PAOK FC – SC Heerenveen
NAC Breda – Villarreal
FC Metallurh Donetsk – FK Austria Viena
SK Sturm Graz – FC Metalist
SK Rapid Viena – Aston Villa
FC Dinamo– FC Slovan Liberec
FC Steaua– Saint Patrick’s Athletic
FC Twente – FK Qarabag
SC Vaslui– AEK Atena
SK Slavia Praga – FK Crvena Zvezda
FK Sarajevo – CFR 1907 Cluj
FK Partizan – MSK Zilina
Brondby IF – Hertha BSC Berlin
FC Sion – Fenerbahce SK
KKS Lech Poznan – Club Brugge KV
Benfica – FC Vorskla Poltava
AFC Ajax – SK Slovan Bratislava
KRC Genk – LOSC Lille Metropole
Lazio – IF Elfsborg
NK Maribor – AC Sparta Praga
Galatasaray – FC Levadia Tallinn
Genoa CFC – Odense BK
Werder Bremen – FK Aktobe
Everton – SK Sigma Olomouc
Fulham – FC Amkar Perm
NK Dinamo Zagreb – Heart of Midlothian FC27/08 »
Stabæk IF – Valencia
CD Nacional – FC Zenit St. Petersburg
Athletic Bilbao – Tromso IL