Fri | Jun 19, 2026

Europa League Round Up

Published:Thursday | October 22, 2009 | 6:12 PM

Defending champion Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukrain romped to a 4-0 victory over Toulouse and Benfica hit three goals in six minutes in thumping Everton 5-0 in the Europa League today.



Luis Fernandinho scored twice as Shakhtar made it three wins in three Group ‘J’ games against the struggling French club, and Luiz Adriano and Tomas Hubschman added further goals for Donetsk.



Shakhtar now have nine points from three games, while Brugge drew level on four points with Toulouse with a 2-0 win over Partizan Belgrade.



In other games, BATE Borisov came from behind to beat AEK Athens 2-1, Roma captured a 1-1 draw at Fulham, Genoa tumbled 3-0 at Lille, Hapoel Tel Aviv crushed Rapid Vienna 5-1 and Fenerbahce beat Steaua Bucharest 1-0.