** The Dutch club Eindhoven has advanced to the third preliminary round of the European Football Championship, as the Turkish football club Galatasaray failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League after they lost to the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven 2-1 in the second leg of the second qualifying round on Wednesday.

The Dutch club Eindhoven has advanced to the third preliminary round of the European Football Championship, after beating its Turkish host Galatasaray 2-1 in the second leg of the second preliminary round of the continental competition.

** Eindhoven qualified well after repeated its superiority over its Turkish rival to win 7-2 in the total of the two matches, home and return.

** The Greek Olympiacos team qualified for the third preliminary round of the European Football Championship, after its 1-0 victory over hosts Neftchi Baku, the champion of Azerbaijan, Wednesday, in the second leg of the second preliminary round of the continental competition.
** The Moldovan Sherif Tiraspol reached the same round, after beating its guest, Alalashkert, Armenia, 3/1. The Moldovan team had won 1-0 in the first leg match that was held away from home.

** The Bulgarian PFC Ludogorets Razgrad
qualified for the same round after beated its Slovenian guest, Mora, 3-1, taking advantage of their 0-0 draw in the first leg.

** Romania's Cluj were too strong for Gibraltar's Lincoln Red Imps, who succumbed 2-0 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate.
** Young Boys of Switzerland progressed to the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round on Wednesday, defeating Slovakia's Slovan Bratislava 3-2 at the Wankdorf Stadium to win 3-2 on aggregate after a 0-0 draw in last week's first leg.