FC Copenhagen reached the group stage of the Champions league on the away goals rule after winning 1-0 on Wednesday against Rosenborg.

Ajax struggled for the full 90 minutes against Dynamo Kiev , but did enough to record a crucial 2-1 home win to reach the group stages of the Champions League .

French side Auxerre pulled off a stunning comeback to defeat runaway Russian League leaders and former UEFA Cup winners Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 on the night for a 2-1 aggregate win.

Tottenham Hotspur cruised into the group stages of the Champions League as a Peter Crouch hat-trick inspired them to a 4-0 win over Young Boys, and a 6-3 victory on aggregate.

MSK Zilina have qualified for the Champions League group stage for the first time in their history after defeating their Czech rivals Sparta Prague 1-0 on the night to go through 3-0 on aggregate.

Swiss Super League club FC Basel have moved through to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League following a 4-0 aggregate win over Moldova’s Sheriff Tiraspol.

Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified for the Champions League group stage for the first time in their history tonight.

Sevilla have crashed out of the Champions League at the first hurdle after a disappointing defeat to Braga at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville. Lima netted a hat-trick as Braga won 4-3 in Spain to progress 5-3 on aggregate.

Partizan Belgrade beat Anderlecht by 3-2 in a penalty shootout to qualify for the Champions League on Tuesday.

Werder Bremen progressed to the lucrative Champions League group stages despite a 3-2 extra-time defeat after a late show broke Sampdoria hearts in Genoa.

Basel beat Sheriff 1-0 but missed a 90th-minute penalty in the first leg of their Champions League playoff tie on Wednesday.

Roland Juhasz secured a 2-2 draw for Anderlecht against Partizan Belgrade in the first leg of their Champions League playoff Wednesday.

Braga have taken a 1-0 first leg lead over Iberian rivals Sevilla in their Champions League play-off thanks to a Matheus strike just past the hour mark after the Spaniards failed to capitalize on their chances .

Champions League veterans Werder Bremen handed Sampdoria a wake-up call in Germany with a 3-1 win in the first leg of their play-off.

Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama opened the scoring for Hapoel Tel Aviv as they claimed a massive 3-2 win at Rabiu Afolabi's Red Bull Salzburg in Wednesday's Champions League play-offs.

Dutch giants Ajax were held 1-1 by Dynamo Kiev in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying play-off in Ukraine.

Zilina is on course to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League for the first time after winning 2-0 at Sparta Prague on Tuesday following second-half goals.

Steffen Iversen and Markus Henriksen scored Tuesday to lead Rosenborg to a 2-1 win over FC Copenhagen in the first leg of the Scandinavian rivals' Champions League playoff.

Sebastien Bassong and Roman Pavyluchenko spared Tottenham's blushes as they came from 3-0 down at Young Boys to lose 3-2 to keep their Champions League dream alive.

Zenit St-Petersburg put themselves in the driving seat in their Champions League play-off with Auxerre by securing a 1-0 win in the first leg on Tuesday.

Romelu Lukaku struck twice in five minutes to end any hope of the The New Saints' progressing further in the Champions League. Welsh part-timers TNS put in a brave performance but they were unable to stop Anderlecht earning a convincing Champions League third-round victory at Wrexham.

FC Copenhagen held its ground last night in its away match against Bate Borisov, coming home with a 0-0 result in the first leg of the teams’ Champions League third qualification round matchup.

Amsterdam’s Ajax football club could only manage a 1-1 draw at home on Wednesday evening against PAOK FC in their Champions League third round game.

The hosts hung on with ten men for 54 minutes to earn a valuable draw and clean sheet ahead of Wednesday's return in Russia.

Dynamo Kiev took a giant step towards the play-off round of the Champions League Tuesday with a 3-0 first-leg victory over Belgian side Gent.