Ghana striker Sam Yeboah got the only Ghanaian goal on Thursday night in the Europa League third qualifying round first leg ties in Hapoel Tel Aviv's 1-3 win at IFK Gothenburg. Yeboah gave the Israeli side the lead in the 78th minute after bouncing back from a goal down in the 21st minute. Left-back David Addy lasted the entire duration of Randers FC 's 0-4 defeat at home to last season's Uefa Cup semi-finalists Hamburg. Centre-back Issah Ahmed watched the action from the Randers bench.
John Paintsil completed Fulham's match in their 0-3 win at Lithuanian side Vetra. Black Satellites striker Dominic Adiyiah sat on the bench in Fredrikstad's 1-6 loss to Lech Poznan of Poland. Striker Joetex Frimpong was an 84th minute substitute for Swiss side Young Boys which managed a 0-1 at Spanish side Athletic Bilbao.
Samuel Inkoom sat out FC Basel's 2-2 draw at Icelandic side Reykjavik. Elsewhere Awudu Samad Okocha was a 46th minute substitute for Maccabi Netanya is their 1-4 loss to Galatasary. Mohammed Awal Issah played the entire duration for Red Star Belgrade which lost 2-0 to Dimini Tblisi in Georgia.