It was not a good start for PAOK in their Europa Conference League Second Qualifying Round 1 encounter in Sofia.
Welton Felipe opened the scoring for hosts Levski Sofia in the first minute of on Friday morning (AEST). Things did not improve when Bilal Bari added another goal in the 19th minute.
PAOK have a mountain to climb to reverse their fortunes in the competition when they host Levski Sofia in Thessaloniki next Friday (3.30am AEST).
Aris Limassol had a better time of it in their Europa Conference League fixture against Neftçi PFK from Azeribaijan on their home ground at the AEK Arena-George Karapatakis in Larnaca.
Caju drew first blood in the 53rd minute for Aris Limassol. Yannick Arthur Gomis added the second 13 minutes later. To give them a comfortable cushion for their round-two match next Friday (3am AEST), 29 July in Baku.
Apoel will host Botev Plovidv next Friday (29 July). They drew 0-0 in Bulgaria on Thursday in the first leg.
