Bankruptcies for Cologne, Austria Vienna and Basel | UEFA Europa Conference League
Cologne suffered their first bankruptcy on matchday 3 of the 2022/23 UEFA Europa Conference League.
UEFA.com recaps what happened.
Cologne – Partizan 0:1
The Bundesliga side conceded their first bankruptcy in Group D and slipped to third place. Svetozar Marković scored the goal of the day after just nine minutes. Sargis Adamyan missed Cologne’s best chance and headed the crossbar in the 23rd minute.
Basel 0-2 Slovan Bratislava
Basel suffered their first defeat after back-to-back wins in Group H, while Slovakia celebrated their first win. Lukáš Pauschek (35′) and Aleksandar Čavrić (45’+1) scored the goals.
Villarreal – Austria Vienna 5:0
For the Austrians there was nothing to harvest at Villarreal. José Luis Morales scored a hat-trick after the break after Álex Baena and Arnaut Danjuma scored in the first half. Bad luck had Austria’s Dominik Fitz, who chased a free kick to the crossbar and missed the 1:1.
Dnipro-1 – Vaduz 2:2
The Liechtenstein side clinched their second draw in Group E and even faced the opening hat-trick, but Oleksandr Pikhalonok saved the Ukrainians’ draw in the 77th minute. Artem Dovbyk put Dnipro-1 ahead after just five minutes before Fabio Fehr (26′) and Cédric Gasser (47′) were able to turn the game around.
What else has happened?
• Ballkani became the first Kosovo team to win a UEFA group stage, thanks to a 94th-minute goal from Ermal Krasniqi in a 4-3 win at Sivasspor.
• Silkeborg secured their first win in a UEFA game (from the group stage) since 1998.
• AZ Alkmaar clinched their third win in three games against Apollon in Group E.
All games of the 3rd match day
Group A: Hearts – Fiorentina, RFS – İstanbul Başakşehir
Group B: Anderlecht 0-1 West Ham, Silkeborg 5-0 FCSB
Group C: Lech – H. Beer-Sheva 0:0, Villarreal – Austria Vienna
Group D: Slovakia 0-1 Nice, Cologne – Partizan
Group E: Dnipro-1 – Vaduz 2:2, AZ Alkmaar – Apollon Limassol
Group F: Molde 3-0 Shamrock Rovers, Gent v Djurgården
group g: Sivasspor – Ballkani 3:4, Slavia Praha – CFR Cluj
group h: Pyunik 2-0 Žalgiris, Basel – Slovan Bratislava
All games of Matchday 4 (October 13)
Group A: İstanbul Başakşehir – RFS (18:45), Fiorentina – Hearts (18:45)
Group B: FCSB – Silkeborg (21:00), West Ham – Anderlecht (21:00)
Group C: Austria Vienna – Villarreal (18:45), H. Beer-Sheva – Lech (21:00)
Group D: Partizan – Cologne (18:45), Nice – Slovácko (21:00)
Group E: Apollon Limassol – AZ Alkmaar (18:45), Vaduz – Dnipro-1 (21:00)
Group F: Djurgården – Ghent (18:45), Shamrock Rovers – Molde (21:00)
group g: CFR Cluj – Slavia Praha (18:45), Ballkani – Sivasspor (21:00)
group h: Slovan Bratislava – Basel (18:45), Žalgiris – Pyunik (21:00)