First Qualifying Round: Second Leg Results

By: Dan | July 9th, 2009

It’s still rather early in the summer. There are people here in the U.S. still recovering from holiday weekend bottle rocket injuries. Nevertheless, as of today, there are clubs who are out of Europe.

Aggregate scores in parentheses

Sutjeska Niksic 1 – MTZ-RIPO 2 Lahti 0 – Dinamo Tirana 2 Grevenmacher 0 – Vetra 3 NSI Runavik 1 – Rosenborg 3 Szombathelyi Haladas 1 – Irtysh 2 Sligo Rovers 1 – Vllaznia 1 Olimpi Rustavi 2 - B36 Torshavn 0 Anorthosis 2 – Kaerjeng 1 Slaven Koprivnica 0 – Birkirkara 0 Zimbru Chisinau 2 – Okzhetpes 0 Lisburn Distillery 0 – Zestaponi 6 Helsingborg 1 – MIKA 1 Valletta 2 – Keflavik 2 Dinaburg 0 – JK Nomme Kalju 0 Buducnost 1 – Polonia Warsaw 0 Narva Trans 1 – Rudar Velenje 3 Motherwell 3 – Llanelli 0 Banants 1 – Siroki Brijeg 0 Spartak Trnava 3 – Inter Baku 1 Dinamo Minsk 1 – Renova 1 Randers 3 - Linfield 0 Simurq Zaqatala 0 – Bnei Yehuda 3 Fram 2 – The New Saints 1
I’ll certainly have to make Georgia’s (MTZ-RIPO 3 – Sutjeska Niksic 2)
(Lahti 4 – Dinamo Tirana 3)
(Grevenmacher 0 – Vetra 6)
(NSI Runavik 1 – Rosbenborg 6)
(Szombathelyi Haladas 2 – Irtysh 2)
(Sligo Rovers 2 – Vllaznia 3)
(Olimpi Rustavi 4 – B36 Torshavn 0)
(Anorthosis 7 – Kaerjeng 1)
(Slaven Koprivnica 1 – Birkirkara 0)
(Zimbru Chisinau 3 – Okzhetpes 2)
(Lisburn Distillery 1 – Zestaponi 11)
(Helsingborg 4 – MIKA 2)
(Valletta 5 – Keflavik 2)
(Dinaburg 2- JK Nomme Kalju 1)
(Buducnost 1 – Polonia Warsaw 2)
(Narva Trans 1 – Rudar Velenje 6)
(Motherwell 3 – Llanelli 1)
(Banants 1 – Siroki Brijeg 2)
(Spartak Trnava 5 – Inter Baku 2)
(Dinamo Minsk 3 – Renova 2)
(Randers 7 – Linfield 0)
(Simurq Zaqatala 0 – Bnei Yehuda 4)
(Fram 4 – The New Saints 2)
Zestaponi the first ‘know your minnows’ club. They absolutely demolished Lisburn Distillery again for an 11-1 aggregate victory. The other southern ex-Soviet states did not fair as well, as Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan’s representatives were knocked out, though Kazakhstan does still have Tobol, who will play Galatasaray in the second round. In other former Soviet republic news, Belarus faired well, with both MTZ-RIPO and Dinamo Minsk advancing.

Dinamo Tirana fell just short of overturning a three goal first leg deficit, as they defeated Finland’s Lahti 2-0 but still went out on aggregate. Their countrymen, Vllaznia earned a second round tie against Rapid Vienna, after completing their aggregate victory over Sligo Rovers.

The only teams that successfully overturned first leg defeats were Motherwell and Moldova’s Zimbru Chişinău.