Thursday’s Conference League action featured 27 matches, marking the opening fixtures of the third qualifying round.
Dynamo secured their first victory of the European campaign with a narrow 1-0 win over Karabakh, thanks to an early goal from Ponomarenko.
Gent and Copenhagen, the teams that previously eliminated Ukrainian sides, both earned away wins, defeating Goteborg 1-0 and Debrecen 3-0 respectively.
The highest-scoring encounter of the day was between Zalgiris and Hajduk, with the Croatian side triumphing 5-2 on Lithuanian soil.
2026-27, Conference League
Matchday: 2026-08-06
“Dynamo Kyiv” – “Karabakh” 1:0 (1:0) Goals: Ponomarenko M., 10 (1:0) Bookings: Dubinchak 14; Ponomarenko M. 96 – Makrekis 88; Silva M-s 94 Red cards: – Makrekis 88′
“Ajax” – “Shelbourne” 3:1 (2:0) Goals: Godts M., 6 (penalty) (1:0); Weindal, 22 (2:0); Dolberg, 50 (3:0); Kelly D-l, 84 (3:1) Bookings: Mokio 85 – Caffrey 47
“Beitar” – “Austria” 1:2 (1:1) Goals: Mucha, 19 (1:0); Markovic, 45 (1:1); Salic, 69 (1:2) Bookings: Bonilla 45; Gadrani 79; Kalu J. 90 – Maybach F. 27; Ranftl 83; Shablas 86
“Bohemians” – “Midtjylland” 0:2 (0:1) Goals: Franculino, 28 (0:1); Biskov, 77 (0:2) Bookings: – Gabriel A. 57; Castillo D. 58
“Borac” – “Maxline Vitebsk” 1:0 (1:0) Goals: Savic S., 14 (1:0) Bookings: Herrera S. 45 – Mohammadi 21, 33; Kontsevoy Ar. 83 Red cards: – Mohammadi 33′
“Braga” – “Dynamo Minsk” 1:0 (1:0) Goals: Orta R., 45 (penalty) (1:0) Bookings: – Abdullahi 20; Malashevich 70; Vardanyan K. 87
“CFR Cluj” – “Tromso” 0:5 (0:3) Goals: Larsen G., 5 (0:1); Larsen G., 20 (0:2); Dalkvist, 27 (0:3); Dalkvist, 61 (0:4); Dalkvist, 74 (0:5) Bookings: Costa B. 58; Kamora 90 –
“Debrecen” – “Copenhagen” 0:3 (0:2) Goals: Pereira G., 21 (0:1); Robert, 35 (0:2); Cornelius, 90 (0:3) Bookings: – Klem 80
“Inter Escaldes” – “Flora” 2:0 (1:0) Goals: Hassani, 5 (1:0); Domi, 62 (2:0)
“Goteborg” – “Gent” 0:1 (0:1) Goals: Gur, 45 (0:1) Bookings: – Gur 30; Delorge 45
“Hapoel T-A” – “GKS Katowice” 2:0 (2:0) Goals: Turiel, 5 (1:0); Alcokin, 18 (2:0)
“Hibernian” – “Shkendija” 2:1 (0:0) Goals: Elding, 74 (1:0); Georgievski, 76 (1:1); O’Hora, 90 (2:1) Bookings: Elding 56; Chaiva 63 – Islami 70; Murati M. 81; Krstevski 90
“HJK” – “Motherwell” 1:1 (0:0) Goals: Maswanhise, 64 (penalty) (0:1); Pukki, 72 (1:1) Bookings: Ilitovla 56; Moller 59 – Lowry A. 25; Pristman O. 53
“Inter Turku” – “Vaduz” 2:1 (1:0) Goals: Stark Yu., 22 (own goal) (1:0); Sorgic, 64 (1:1); Achiabu, 68 (2:1); Cabrera H., 80 (2:2)
“Jablonec” – “RFS” 2:0 (1:0) Goals: Chanturishvili, 18 (1:0); Polidar, 53 (2:0)
“Lugano” – “Runavik” 2:0 (1:0) Goals: Pilstrom, 7 (1:0); Behrens, 79 (2:0)
“Noah” – “Sion” 2:2 (2:1) Goals: Ferreira E., 5 (penalty) (1:0); Boteli, 13 (1:1); Manvelyan, 20 (2:1); Suarez, 57 (2:2) Bookings: – Hefti 4, 26 Red cards: – Hefti 26′
“Paide” – “Rapid Vienna” 1:4 (1:1) Goals: Bolla, 5 (penalty) (0:1); Luts, 41 (1:1); Haidara, 83 (1:2); Dahl Petter, 85 (1:3); Haidara, 90 (1:4) Bookings: Huim 55 – Bolla 57
“Partizan” – “Tobol” 3:0 (1:0) Goals: Sek D., 33 (1:0); Zubairu, 65 (2:0); Traore Sh., 90 (3:0) Bookings: Aleksic M. 3; Vukotic 44; Djurdjevic 90 – Sisse Abd. 86; Myakish 90
“Rakuw” – “Hammarby” 0:0 Bookings: Ameyav 73 – Persson N. 12; Winter F. 82
“Riga” – “ETO FC” 1:0 (1:0) Goals: Selyem, 3 (own goal) (1:0) Bookings: Eduardo Paulo 18; Auani 73 –
“Rijeka” – “Ilves” 1:0 (1:0) Goals: Yankovich N., 16 (1:0) Bookings: Pavic 11; Barko 50 – Kilo 27; Kanga 75
“Sheriff” – “St. Gallen” 1:3 (0:0) Goals: Hunziker A., 63 (0:1); Frokaj, 70 (0:2); Pineda, 89 (1:2); Witzig, 90 (1:3)
“Tre Fiori” – “Drita” 1:4 (0:0) Goals: Prandelli, 56 (1:0); Ovouka, 61 (1:1); Krasniki B., 63 (1:2); Krasniki Bes., 83 (1:3); Krasniki Bes., 90 (penalty) (1:4)
“Twente” – “DAC 1904” 6:0 (2:0) Goals: Rots D., 7 (1:0); Piazza, 11 (2:0); Weidmann, 48 (3:0); Bruns M., 56 (4:0); Zerruki, 64 (5:0); Propper R., 78 (6:0) Bookings: Propper R. 52 – Nemanich 39; Kabic 45
“Valur” – “Nordsjælland” 0:2 (0:1) Goals: Bertelsen P., 30 (0:1); Røjkjær, 78 (penalty) (0:2)
“Zalgiris” – “Hajduk” 2:5 (1:2) Goals: Shego, 5 (penalty) (0:1); Petkovic N., 35 (1:1); Shego, 45 (1:2); Payaziti, 56 (1:3); de Almeida, 73 (1:4); Pukstas, 75 (1:5); Tsapan M., 86 (2:5) Bookings: Kendish 4; Bosancic P. 25; Shesplaukis 78 – Pukstas 51
