The 2nd legs of the 2nd Qualifying Round of the UEFA Cup took place last night with a few surprises. Estonian side Levadia Tallinn advanced against Dutch side Twente Enschede. FC Basle needed away goals to beat Liechtenstein Cup winners Vaduz who play in the league below them.

Irish side Drogheda United nearly beat IK Start from Norway, but lost 12-11 in the penalty shootout. Derry City completed their unexpected thrashing of Scottish First Division side Gretna with a 2-2 draw. Newcastle United could not break through Latvian side Ventspils at St. James’, but still advanced on their 1-0 win in the first leg.

The First Round Draw (winners of each tie advance to the Group Stage):

Group 1
Chernomorets Odesa v. Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Braga v. Chievo Verona
Levadia Tallinn v. Newcastle United
Molde v. Rangers
Standard Liege v. Celta Vigo

Group 2
Maccabi Haifa v. Litex Lovech
Derry City v. Paris Saint-Germain
Hertha Berlin v. Odense
Legia Warsaw v. Austria Vienna
Panathinaikos v. Metalurg Zaporizhzhya

Group 3
Lokomotiv Moscow v. Zulte-Waregem
Sparta Prague v. Hearts
Fenerbahçe v. Randers
Salzburg v. Blackburn Rovers
Schalke v. Nancy

Group 4
Ethnikos Achnas v. Lens
Slovan Liberec v. Red Star
AZ Alkmaar v. Kayserispor
Rubin Kazan v. Parma
Brøndby v. Eintracht Frankfurt

Group 5
Atromitos v. Sevilla
Besiktas v. CSKA Sofia
Vitoria v. Heerenveen
Marseille v. Mlada Boleslav
Åtvidabergs v. Grasshopper

Group 6
Rapid Bucharest v. Nacional
Trabzonspor v. Osasuna
FC Basel v. Rabotnicki
West Ham United v. Palermo
Feyennoord v. Lokomotiv Sofia

Group 7
Ruzomberok v. Club Brugge
FC Sion v. Bayer Leverkusen
Partizan Belgrade v. Groningen
Skoda Xanthi v. Dinamo Bucharest
Slavia Prague v. Tottenham Hotspur

Group 8
Start v. Ajax
Artmedia v. Espanyol
Wisla Krakow v. Iraklis
Livorno v. Pasching
Dinamo Zagreb v. Auxerre