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On Thursday, the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage began with matches in eight groups. The defending champions "Sevilla" and French clubs did not start the stage very successfully - "Auxerre" lost to Tel Aviv and "P.S.G." failed to win in Bucharest.
Italians and Brits fared better - "Parma," "Palermo," and "Blackburn" clubs managed to win after conceding goals, while "Newcastle" and "Tottenham" earned their first points. "Livorno" with T. Danilevičius and "Rangers" won as guests in their duel. The first round of winners also included the Belgian "Zulte Waregem," Spanish "Espanyol," Greek "Panathinaikos," and Dutch "AZ," while two more matches ended in draws.
Statistics of the first round of group stage:
Group A
"Livorno" 2 - 3 Glasgow "Rangers"
27' [0 - 1] Charlie Adam
30' [0 - 2] Kris Boyd
34' [1 - 2] Cristiano Lucarelli (pen.)
36' [1 - 3] Nacho Novo
90' [2 - 3] Cristiano Lucarelli
T. Danilevičius ("Livorno") played the entire match
Maccabi Haifa 3 - 1 "Auxerre"
13' [1 - 0] Alain Masudi
29' [1 - 1] Daniel Gheorghe Niculae
56' [2 - 1] Gustavo Bokoli
58' [3 - 1] Roberto Damian Colautti
65' Stephane Grichting ("Auxerre") sent off
Group B
Besiktas 0 - 2 Tottenham
32' [0 - 1] Hossam Ghaly
63' [0 - 2] Dimitar Berbatov
Club Brugge 1 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen
35' [0 - 1] Bernd Schneider
46' [1 - 1] Philippe Clement
Group C
AZ Alkmaar 3 - 0 "Braga"
36' [1 - 0] Shota Arveladze
74' [2 - 0] Danny Koevermans
79' [3 - 0] Stijn Schaars
Slovan Liberec 0 - 0 Sevilla
Group D
Osasuna 0 - 0 Heerenveen
87' Lasse Nilsson ("Heerenveen") sent off
OB 1 - 2 Parma
7' [1 - 0] Esben Hansen
40' [1 - 1] Daniele Dessena
50' [1 - 2] Igor Budan
Group E
Wisla Krakow 1 - 2 Blackburn
28' [1 - 0] Roberto Mauro Cantoro
56' [1 - 1] Robbie Savage
89' [1 - 2] David Bentley
Basel 1 - 1 Feyenoord
60' [1 - 0] Eduardo Da Silva
76' [1 - 1] Stein Huysegems
Group F
Austria Vienna 1 - 4 Zulte Waregem
22' [1 - 0] Andreas Lasnik
33' [1 - 1] Tim Matthys
56' [1 - 2] Tim Matthys
68' [1 - 3] Tim Matthys
90' [1 - 4] Wouter Vandendriessche
Sparta Prague 0 - 2 Espanyol
17' [0 - 1] Raul Tamudo
85' [0 - 2] Albert Riera
Group G
Panathinaikos 2 - 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
46' [1 - 0] Tal Chen (own goal)
63' [2 - 0] Sebastian Ariel Romero
Rapid Bucharest 0 - 0 PSG
Group H
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 2 Palermo
45' [1 - 0] Ioannis Amanatidis
49' [1 - 1] Francesco Parravicini
87' [1 - 2] Cristian Zaccardo
Newcastle 1 - 0 Fenerbahce Istanbul
79' [1 - 0] Antoine Sibierski
