RESULTS, TABLES, FIXTURES
Olympiakos (Gre) v Krasnodar (Rus)
4-0, 2-1 (agg 6-1)
Young Boys* (Swi) v Red Star Belgrade (Ser)
2-2, 1-1 (agg 3-3, Red Star Belgrade on
away goals)
O Winning teams qualifi ed for the group stage;
losing teams entered the Europa League in the
group stage
EUROPA LEAGUE
Final qualifying round
(the losing teams from the Champions League
3rd qualifying round entered at this stage -
marked with asterisk)
1st legs - Aug 22; 2nd legs - Aug 29
AEK Athens (Gre) v Trabzonspor (Tur)
1-3, 2-0 (agg 3-3, Trabzonspor on away goals)
Ararat-Armenia (Arm) v F91 Dudelange (Lux)
2-1, 1-2 (aet) (agg 3-3, F91 Dudelange 5-4
on pens)
Astana (Kaz) v BATE Borisov (Bls)
3-0, 0-2 (agg 3-2)
AZ Alkmaar (Hol) v Antwerp (Blg)
1-1, 4-1 (aet) (agg 5-2)
Celtic (Sco) v AIK (Swe)
2-0, 4-1 (agg 6-1)
Copenhagen (Den) v Riga FC (Lat)
3-1, 0-1 (agg 3-2)
Espanyol (Spa) v Zorya (Ukr)
3-1, 2-2 (agg 5-3)
FCSB (Rom) v Vitoria Guimaraes (Por)
0-0, 0-1 (agg 0-1)
Feyenoord (Hol) v Hapoel Beer Sheva (Isr)
3-0, 3-0 (agg 6-0)
Gent (Blg) v Rijeka (Cro)
2-1, 1-1 (agg 3-2)
Legia Warsaw (Pol) v Rangers (Sco)
0-0, 0-1 (agg 0-1)
Linfi eld (NIr) v Qarabag (Aze)
3-2, 1-2 (agg 4-4, Qarabag on away goals)
Ludogorets (Bul) v Maribor (Sln)
0-0, 2-2 (agg 2-2, Ludogorets on away
goals)
Malmo (Swe) v Bnei Yehuda (Isr)
3-0, 1-0 (agg 4-0)
Partizan Belgrade (Ser) v Molde (Nor)
2-1, 1-1 (agg 3-2)
PSV Eindhoven (Hol) v Apollon (Cyp)
3-0, 4-0 (agg 7-0)
Slovan Bratislava (Slk) v PAOK Salonika (Gre)
1-0, 2-3 (agg 3-3, Slovan Bratislava on
away goals)
Sporting Braga (Por) v Spartak Moscow (Rus)
1-0, 2-1 (agg 3-1)
Strasbourg (Fra) v Eintracht Frankfurt (Ger)
1-0, 0-3 (agg 1-3)
Suduva (Lit) v Ferencvaros (Hun)
0-0, 2-4 (agg 2-4)
Torino (Ita) v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Eng)
2-3, 1-2 (agg 3-5)
O Winning teams qualifi ed for the group stage
ASIA
AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Quarter-fi nals
1st legs - Aug 26-28; 2nd legs - Sep 16-18
Al Ittihad (Sau) v Al Hilal (Sau)
0-0, 1-3 (agg 1-3)
Al Nassr (Sau) v Al Sadd (Qat)
2-1, 1-3 (agg 3-4)
Guangzhou Evergrande (Chn) v
Kashima Antlers (Jap)
0-0, 1-1 (agg 1-1, Guangzhou Evergrande on
away goals)
Shanghai SIPG (Chn) v Urawa Red Diamonds (Jap)
2-2, 1-1 (agg 3-3, Urawa Red Diamonds on
away goals)
BANGLADESH
2018-19 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
B’hara Kings (C) 24 20 3 1 54 14 63
Abahani D’ka 24 19 1 4 60 28 58
Sheikh Russel 24 16 4 4 43 20 52
Saif 24 14 5 5 40 24 47
Arambagh 24 10 3 11 33 32 33
Sheikh Jamal 24 7 7 10 31 37 28
Muktijoddha 24 6 8 10 26 38 26
Abahani Chit 24 5 10 9 22 26 25
Mohammedan 24 6 7 11 31 40 25
Rahmatganj 2 4 4 10 10 3 4 53 2 2
Brothers Union 24 5 6 13 28 49 21
NoFeL Sp (R) 24 5 5 14 23 42 20
BJMC (R) 24 2 5 17 14 36 11
IRAQ
2018-19 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
Al Shorta (C) 38 27 8 3 73 22 89
Quwa Jawiya 38 25 9 4 58 27 84
Al Zawra’a 38 17 14 7 57 40 65
Al Naft 38 16 15 7 60 39 63
Naft Maysan 3 8 15 14 9 57 47 5 9
Al Karkh 38 15 12 11 44 35 57
Naft Al Wasat 38 11 17 10 38 37 50
Baghdad SC 3 8 12 14 12 3 6 3 5 5 0
Al Hudod 3 8 12 14 12 3 5 41 5 0
Al Kahrabaa 3 8 10 18 10 41 41 4 8
Erbil 3 8 12 12 14 3 4 3 6 4 8
Al Najaf 38 9 17 12 41 43 44
Al Talaba 3 8 10 14 14 47 5 2 4 4
Al Diwaniya 38 9 17 12 32 43 44
Naft Al Janoob 38 11 9 18 37 53 42
Sinaat K’baiya 3 8 9 14 15 3 0 3 8 41
Al Mina’a 38 8 16 14 34 42 40
Al Samawa 38 8 9 21 26 59 33
Al Bahri (R) 38 6 11 21 39 66 29
Al Hussein (R) 38 5 12 21 29 52 27LAOS
2019 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
Lao Toyota (C) 15 12 1 2 46 12 37
Master 7 15 9 2 4 37 26 29
Yng Elephants 15 8 4 3 35 12 28
Lao Police 15 4 3 8 22 33 15
Lao Army 15 2 4 9 15 35 10
Evo United 15 2 2 11 17 54 8MALAYSIA
2019 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
Johor DT (C) 22 16 5 1 49 19 53
Pahang 22 12 7 3 37 21 43
Selangor 22 10 7 5 41 35 37
Kedah 22 9 7 6 37 29 34
Perak 22 8 9 5 36 31 33
Melaka United 22 9 6 7 34 30 33
Terengganu 22 7 9 6 35 37 30
Petaling Jaya 22 8 2 12 22 29 26
PKNS 22 5 6 11 37 38 21
Felda United 22 4 7 11 27 43 19
PKNP (R) 22 3 7 12 22 40 16
K’la Lumpur (R) 22 4 2 16 24 49 14MYANMAR
2019 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
Shan Utd (C) 2 2 12 10 0 4 5 21 4 6
Ayeyawady 22 12 8 2 44 19 44
Yangon Utd 22 12 7 3 40 15 43
Yadanarbon 22 9 5 8 41 32 32
Hantharwady 22 9 5 8 28 27 32
Rakhine Utd 22 7 10 5 28 29 31
Sagaing Utd 22 7 6 9 36 42 27
Magwe 22 7 3 12 27 33 24
Zwekapin 22 6 6 10 29 39 24
S Myanmar 22 5 6 11 22 45 21
Dagon (R) 22 5 3 14 29 46 18
Chinland (R) 22 4 5 13 20 41 17CONCACAF
CONCACAF LEAGUE
Round of 16
1 st legs - Aug 20-22; 2nd legs - Aug 27-29
Alianza (ESv) v Tauro (Pan)
2-0, 0-1 (agg 2-1)
Comunicaciones (Gtm) v Guastatoya (Gtm)
2-1, 0-0 (agg 2-1)
Forge (Can) v Olimpia (Hnd)
1-0, 1-4 (agg 2-4)
Managua (Nic) v Motagua (Hnd)
1-2, 1-1 (agg 2-3)
Robinhood (Sur) v Independiente (Pan)
1-1, 1-2 (agg 2-3)
Santa Tecla (ESv) v San Carlos (CR)
0-0, 0-0 (agg 0-0, San Carlos 4-2 on pens)
Saprissa (CR) v Aguila (ESv)
2-0, 0-1 (agg 2-1)
Waterhouse (Jam) v Herediano (CR)
1-1, 1-1 (agg 2-2, Waterhouse 7-6 on pens)CURACAO
2018-19 Championship Final
Aug 11: Scherpenheuvel 0 VESTA 0 (VESTA 3-1
on pens).SURINAM
2018-19 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
Inter M’poe (C) 30 24 5 1 75 28 77
Robinhood 30 23 7 0 95 22 76
Leo Victor 30 21 3 6 69 34 66
Transvaal^1 29 18 4 7 66 33 58
PVV 30 16 6 8 63 39 54
WBC 30 16 4 10 57 43 52
SNL 30 15 3 12 65 54 48
West United 30 11 2 17 39 47 35
Notch 30 10 4 16 39 63 34
Voorwaarts 30 9 5 16 47 47 32
Broki 30 9 5 16 52 61 32
Santos 30 7 11 12 45 60 32
Nishan 42 30 7 8 15 50 76 29
ACoconut^2 30 7 2 21 51 87 20
Papatam (R) 30 5 4 21 45 91 19
Botopasi1, 2 (R) 29 3 3 23 29 102 9(^1) One game not played
(^2) 3pts deducted for failing to fulfi l a fi xture
AFRICA
ETHIOPIA
2018-19 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
Mekelle (C) 30 18 5 7 45 24 59
Sidama Coffee 30 17 7 6 45 29 58
Fasil City 30 15 12 3 49 17 57
St George^1 29 12 10 7 28 18 46
Jimma AJ 3 0 12 10 8 3 3 3 6 4 6
Awassa City 3 0 12 8 10 4 2 31 4 4
Welayta Dicha 30 10 11 9 34 27 41
Bahir Dar City 30 10 11 9 27 31 41
Ethiop Coffee 30 10 9 11 27 23 39
Welwalo A Uni^1 2 9 9 10 10 16 21 3 7
Adama City 3 0 8 11 11 2 8 2 8 3 5
Dire Dawa 30 9 8 13 29 34 35
Suhul Shire 30 7 13 10 29 39 34
Defence (R) 30 8 8 14 37 57 32
Debub Police (R) 30 7 8 15 34 41 29
Dedebit (R) 30 4 1 25 21 68 13
(^1) One game not played
SIERRA LEONE
2019 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
E End Lions (C) 24 13 11 0 32 10 50
Kallon 2 4 12 10 2 3 0 13 4 6
Kamboi Eagles 24 8 11 5 29 21 35
Ports Auth’ty 24 10 5 9 18 17 35
Mighty Bl’pool^1 23 8 9 6 18 17 33
Central Parade 24 8 8 8 24 24 32
Freetown City 24 7 9 8 18 19 30
Old Edwardians 24 6 9 9 19 23 27
E End Tigers 24 6 8 10 17 22 26
Diamond Stars 24 5 11 8 20 28 26
Bo Rangers 24 6 7 11 14 19 25
RSLAF^1 23 5 7 11 17 25 22
Anti Drugs (R) 2 4 3 11 10 10 2 8 2 0
(^1) One game not played
OCEANIA
FIJI
2019 – FINAL
P W D L F A Pts
Ba (C) 14 11 3 0 29 5 36
Lautoka 14 9 1 4 34 19 28
Suva 14 7 2 5 22 17 23
Labasa 14 6 4 4 18 19 22
Nadi 14 5 0 9 25 27 15
Nasinu 14 4 1 9 20 22 13
Rewa 14 3 3 8 9 25 12
Tavua (R) 14 4 0 10 9 32 12
KEY TO TABLES
(C) = champions
(R) = relegated
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