61 goals in 24 games, the Europa League gets under way. Top scorer of the day was Liverpool FC in a 5-3 thriller in Switzerland at the home of Young Boys Berne. Anzhi drew at Udinese, Rubin came away from Inter with a draw. Good first strikes for the Russian teams against Italian opposition, in Italy.
Group A
Young Boys (SUI) 3 Liverpool (ENG) 5
Udinese (ITA) 1 Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 1
Group B
Plzen (CZE) 3 Académica (POR) 1
H. Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 Atlético Madrid (SPA) 3
Group C
AEL Limassol (CYP) 0 B. Moenchengladbach (GER) 0
Fenerbahce (TUR) 2 Marseille (FRA) 2
Group D
Marítimo (POR) 0 Newcastle Utd. (ENG) 0
Bordeaux (FRA) 4 Club Brugge (BEL) 0
Group E
Stuttgart (GER) 2 Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 2
Kobenhavn (DEN) 2 Molde (NOR) 1
Group F
Napoli (ITA) 4 AIK Solna (SWE) 0
D. Dnepropetrovsk (UKR) 2 PSV Eindhoven (NETH) 0
Group G
Sporting CP (POR) 0 Basel (SWI) 0
Genk (BEL) 3 Videoton (HUN) 0
Group H
Inter Milan (ITA) 2 Rubin Kazan (RUS) 2
Partizan (SER) 0 Neftci (AZE) 0
Group I
Atl. Bilbao (SPA) 1 H. Kiryat Shmona (ISR) 1
Lyon (FRA) 2 Sparta Prague (CZE) 1
Group J
Maribor (SLO) 3Panathinaikos (GRE) 0
Tottenham (ENG) 0 Lazio (ITA) 0
Group K
Rapid Vienna (AUS) 1 Rosenborg (NOR) 2
B. Leverkusen (GER) 0 Metalist (UKR) 0
Group L
Levante (SPA) 1 Helsingborg (SWE) 0
Twente (NETH) 2 Hannover (GER) 2