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Israeli clubs reach Europa League play-off round

August 5, 2016 08:00

By

Danny Caro,

Danny Caro

1 min read

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem moved safely into the play-off round of the Europa League following excellent performance in their third qualifying round second leg matches on Thursday night.

Maccabi are in the seeded side of Group 4 teams, with Shakhtar Donetsk, Sparta Praha, Gent, Sassuolo and Qarabağ.

Last season's Ligat Ha'Al runners-up beat Pandurii 2-1 in Thursday's second leg, to complete a 5-2 aggregate victory.

Nosa Igiebor and super-sub Ezequiel Scarione were the marksmen at the Netanya Municipal Stadium.

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