AEK and Panathinaikos got off to horrible starts on Matchday One of the Europa League, as both sides were comprehensively defeated by their respective opponents.

Olympiakos earnt a last minute victory against Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar at home while Cypriot side APOEL eked out a scoreless draw against Atletico Madrid in Spain in the group s

Round four of the Greek Super League saw Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Xanthi, Asteras Tripoli, Iraklis and Kavala emerge as winners.

A draw with Moldova has thrown Greece’s possible participation at the World Cup in South Africa in doubt.

The Saturday evening round of Greek Super League matches saw Aris, Olympiakos draw against Kavala and Larissa draw against Atromitos.

Two goals in twenty minutes saw South Korea dominate its friendly match against Australia.

Two late goals to Switzerland saw them defeat Greece in the World Cup qualifying match in Basle, Switzerland.

Olympiakos and APOEL qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League but Panathinaikos were eliminated following the final play-off matches.

AEK have progressed to the Europa League group stage following their victory over Vaslui while PAOK were eliminated following their draw with Heerenveen.

Olympiakos has enjoyed a favourable draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League while APOEL has been drawn in the ‘group of death.’