Rapid Bucuresti a invins joi seara, in deplasare, cu scorul de 5-0, formatia UE Sant Julia (Andorra), intr-un meci contind pentru prima mansa a turului intii preliminar al Cupei UEFA. Golurile echipei pregatite de Razvan Lucescu au fost marcate de D. Niculae ('10, '35, '66) si Vasilache ('59, '78). Rapid a jucat in urmatoarea formula de echipa: Dolha - M. Constantin, Maftei, Fl. Moldovan - Badoi, Maldarasanu, Ilyes, I. Stancu - Buga ('46, Burdujan), D. Niculae, Vasilache. Celelalte rezultate inregistrate joi, in prima mansa a turului intii preliminar al Cupei UEFA: FC Banant (Armenia) - Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Georgia) 2-3, FK Baku (Azerbaidjan) - MSK Zilina (Slovacia) 1-0, Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) - BATE Borisov (Belarus) 0-1, FK Ekranas (Lituania) - Cork City (Irlanda) 0-2, KS Teuta (Albania) - NK Brijeg (Bosnia Hertegovina) 3-1, KS Elbasani (Albania) - Vardar Skopje (Macedonia) 1-1, FC Tallinn (Estonia) - Myllykosken Pallo-47 (Finlanda) 1-1, AC Allianssi (Finlanda) - CS Petange (Luxemburg) 3-0, FK Baskimi (Macedonia) - NK Zepce (Bosnia Hertegovina) 0-0, Nistru Otaci (Moldova) - Kazar Lenkoran (Azerbaidjan) 3-1, Ettelbruck (Luxemburg) - Keflavik (Islanda) 0-4, Runavik (Insulele Feroe) - Metalurg Liepajas (Letonia) 1-2, Esbjerg FB (Danemarca) - Flora Tallinn (Estonia) 1-2, Omonia Nicosia (Cipru) - FC Hibernians (Malta) 3-0, FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein) - Dacia Chisinau (Moldova) 2-0, Vestmannaeyjar (Islanda) - B36 Torshavn (Insulele Feroe) 1-1, FC Portadown (Irlanda de Nord) - Viking Stavanger (Norvegia) 1-2, Ferencvaros Budapesta (Ungaria) - FC Minsk (Belarus) 0-2, Longford Town (Irlanda) - Carmarthen Town (Tara Galilor) 2-0, FC Rhyl (Tara Galilor) - FK Atlantas (Lituania) 2-0, FSV Mainz (Germania) - Mika Astarak (Armenia) 4-0, FC Linfield (Irlanda de Nord) - FK Ventspils (Letonia) 1-0, SP Domagnano (San Marino) - NK Domzale (Slovenia) 0-5, FC Birkirkara (Malta) - APOEL Ni