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November 7, 2009 CSKA Sofia coach resigns after players reinstated CSKA Sofia coach Luboslav Penev resigned on Friday, saying he was frustrated by the club owners' decision to reinstate nine players who were suspended after late-night drinking sessions.

November 6, 2009 Sporting boss Bento resigns after poor run of results Sporting Lisbon coach Paulo Bento has resigned following a poor run of results which culminated in Thursday night's Europa League draw at home to Ventspils.

L Sofia 0-1 Salzburg: Salzburg nearly there Salzburg were on the verge of the Europa League's last 32 after snatching a dramatic victory over Levski Sofia tonight. Franz Schiemer's header four minutes into injury time gave the visitors all three points to put them six points clear at the top

Copenhagen 1-1 PSV: PSV controlling K PSV Eindhoven fought out a draw with FC Copenhagen at Parken to remain in the driving seat in Europa League Group K. Jesper Gronkjaer's first-half penalty was cancelled out by Balazs Dzsudzsak for the Dutch visitors, but their lead at the top was c

Toulouse 0-2 S Donetsk: Shakhtar progress Shakhtar Donetsk booked their place in the last 32 of the Europa League with a 2-0 victory in Toulouse. Second-half goals from Luiz Adriano and Oleksiy Gai earned the defending champions their fourth successive win in Group J.

Everton 0-2 Benfica: Toffees outclassed again Everton's hopes of making progress in the Europa League were dealt a bitter blow as they were beaten 2-0 by Benfica at Goodison Park. Benfica completed the double in Group I after a rousing second half performance to cement their place at the top o

P Belgrade 2-4 Brugge: Brugge a step closer Club Brugge put themselves in pole position to claim second place in Group J of the Europa League with an all-action win at Partizan Belgrade.

Villarreal 4-1 Lazio: Thriller at the Villa Villarreal kept their Europa League hopes alive with an incident-packed victory over Lazio in Group G. Robert Pires put the home side in front with less than two minutes gone and Lazio were reduced to 10 men moments later.

November 5, 2009 Werder Bremen 2-0 Austria Vienna Werder Bremen scored twice in the final nine minutes to secure a hard-earned home victory over Austria Vienna, and with it a place in the knockout stages of the Europa League. Tim Borowski finally opened the scoring in the 81st minute and Hugo Alme

CFR Cluj-Napoca 2-3 Sparta Prague

AEK Athens 2-2 BATE Borisov

Fenerbahce 3-1 Steaua Bucuresti

CD Nacional de Madeira 1-1 Athletic Bilbao

Europa League: Fulham, Celtic, Everton suffer Benfica handed Everton another painful lesson at Goodison Park. The two goal margin of victory could actually have been larger, the Portuguese side missing several chances to increase the embarrassment for Moyes's men. In the event, Ben

S Lisbon 1-1 Ventspils: Lisbon lose 100% record Sporting Lisbon will have to wait a little while longer to book their place in the last 32 of the Europa League after losing their 100% record in Group D by drawing 1-1 with Ventspils at the Estadio Jose Alvalade.