Play-off   Four Romanian teams are running for a place in the 12 Europa League groups

Joi, 20 august 2009, 12:55 English | Regional Europe

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