Europa League results

Results from the UEFA Europa League play-offs, first leg matches on Thursday, August 20

Girondins Bordeaux (France) – Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan) 1-0
Odd Grenland (Norway) – Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 3-4
Altach (Austria) – Belenenses (Portugal) 0-1
Zilina (Slovakia) – Athletic Club (Spain) 3-2
Atromitos Athinon (Greece) – Fenerbahce (Turkey) 0-1
Young Boys (Switzerland) – Qarabag Agdam (Azerbaijan) 0-1
Rabotnicki Skopje (FYR Macedonia) – Rubin Kazan (Russia) 1-1
Steaua Bucharest (Romania) – Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway) 0-3
Milsami Orhei (Moldova) – St Etienne (France) 1-1
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Jablonec (Czech Republic) 1-0
FK Krasnodar (Russia) – HJK Helsinki (Finland) 5-1
Molde (Norway) – Standard Liege (Belgium) 2-0
PAOK Salonika (Greece) – Brondby (Denmark) 5-0
Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) – Hajduk Split (Croatia) 1-0
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) – FC Thun (Switzerland) 3-1
Zarya Luhansk (Ukraine) – Legia Warsaw (Poland) 0-1
Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) – Salzburg (Austria) 2-0
FC Astra (Romania) – AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) 3-2
FK Qabala (Azerbaijan) – Panathinaikos (Greece) 0-0
Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) – Vojvodina Novi Sad (Serbia) 3-0
Lech Poznan (Poland) – Videoton FC (Hungary) 3-0
Southampton (England) – Midtjylland (Denmark) 1-1

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