Ajax 1 - FC Utrecht 1 (Eredivisie, November 30, 2008) Miralem Sulejmani equalised Sander Keller’s 35-minute opener for the visitors.

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Trofense 2 - Rio Ave 0 (Superliga, November 30, 2008)

Pacos de Ferreira 1 - Estrela Amadora 0 (Superliga, November 30, 2008)

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Galatasaray 3 - Hacettepe 1 (Super Lig, November 30, 2008) Sandro put the visitors into a surprise lead, but it was all-square at the break as Milan Baros pulled Gala level. Baros netted from the spot in the second half before Baros completed his hat-trick with an opportunist header.

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Olympiakos 4 - Panionios 1 (Greek Super League, November 30, 2008)

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Hajduk Split 3 - NK Osijek 1 (1. HNL, November 30, 2008) Andric hit a brace and Ibricic netted the third as Hajduk won yet another match at a canter.

Heerenveen 2 - PSV 2 (Eredivisie, November 29, 2008) Heerenveen were coasting after having built up a two goal lead courtesy of a brace from Roy Beerens, converted Danijel Pranjic’s cross in the first half and bagging his second in the 65th minute. But PSV fought back to claim a point to goals from Danny Koevermans and Stefan Nijland.

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Belenenses 0 - Maritimo 2 (Superliga, November 29, 2008) After Djalma scored in the first half, Baba sealed the win with a header on the hour mark.

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Panathinaikos 1 - Asteras Tripolis 1 (Greek Super League, November 29, 2008) Despite going ahead on the stroke of half-time through Antonis Petropoulos, Pana disappointed after their midweek exploits in the Champions League by conceding a goal scored by Adrian Bastia early in the second half. The match ended with a moment of madness as Bastia was sent off for a trip on a pitch invader.

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Fenerbahce 2 - Besiktas 1 (Super Lig, November 29, 2008) Fener needed just 11 minutes for Sahin to open with a header from a corner. Besiktas hit back through Nobre ten minutes later, by the game was settled by a moment of brilliance from Daniel Guiza, who chipped home the winner in the 27th minute.

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Rapid Vienna 8 - Altach 1 (T-Mobile, November 29, 2008) The Austrian league continues to be the place for goals, with Maierhofer and Hoffer both bagging hat-tricks while Jelavic scored a brace for Rapid.

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Brondby 2 - Vejle 0 (SAS Lagen, November 29, 2008)

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Ashdod 1 - Maccabi Haifa 3 (Ligat ha’Al, November 29, 2008)

Vitoria Setubal 2 - Belenenses 0 (Superliga, November 24, 2008) Anderson gave the hosts the lead on the stroke of halftime when his free-kick evaded everyone to nestle in the corner. Elias killed the game off in the last minute.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 (Ligat ha’Al, November 24, 2008) Maharan Lala did most of the damage for Hapoel, first setting up Samuel Yeboah in the 59th minute and then scoring his team’s second with a precision shot seven minutes later.

Academica 0 - Benfica 2 (Superliga, November 23, 2008) Amorim opened the scoring on 31 minutes and Oscar Cardozo extended the away side’s lead shortly after the interval.

Nacional 1 - Trofense 0 (Superliga, November 23, 2008)

Vitoria Guimaraes 0 - Pacos Ferreira 0 (Superliga, November 23, 2008)

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AZ Alkmaar 2 - Ajax 0 (Eredivisie, November 23, 2008) AZ moved ahead when Demy de Zeeuw converted from the spot. In the second half the snow began tumbling down, but it didn’t stop AZ extending their lead with a fancy flick from in-form Ari.

Feyenoord 3 - Ado Den Haag 1 (Eredivisie, November 23, 2008) Feyenoord keeper Henk Timmer was guilty of a terrible fumble that gifted Den Haag’s Richard Knopper a simple tap in for the opener. But the hosts fought back to take the advantage at the break, Roy Makaay levelled before Leroy Fer gave Feyenoord the lead. (First half highlights here.)

FC Twente 6 - Heerenveen 0 (Eredivisie, November 23, 2008) Blaise N’Kufo opened the scoring on 23 minutes and Kenneth Perez doubled the lead 10 minutes before half-time. N’Kufo and Perez (wonderful free-kick) scored again before the interval and Marko Arnautovic added a fifth goal two minutes after the break. On 72 minutes, N’Kufo completed his hat-trick before Heerenveen’s Mika Vayrynen was sent off for a second bookable offence in injury-time.

Willem II 3 - Groningen 0 (Eredivisie, November 23, 2008) Under a complete blanket of snow, Willem opened their account through Mehmet Akgun and a double from Frank Demouge (first and second) completed the scoring before half-time.

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Standard Liege 3 - Mouscron 1 (Jupiler League, November 22, 2008) De Camargo scored twice for Standard, and the remaining goal came from Jovanovic. Oussalah scored Mouscron’s only goal.

Anderlecht 2 - Westerlo 0 (Jupiler League, November 22, 2008) Anderlecht keep hold of third place in Belgium, the Brussels outfit beating Westerlo with goals from Boussoufa and Biglia.

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Besiktas 2 - Eskisehirspor 0 (Superlig, November 23, 2008) Goals from Sivok and Nobre gave Besiktas the points.

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Sturm Graz 2 - Rapid Vienna 2 (T-Mobile Bundesliga, November 22, 2008) Graz seemed to be cruising when Muratovic and Holzl put thje hosts 2-up. But a late double by Hoffer gave Rapid a point.

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Slaven Belupo 1 - Hajduk Split 2 (1. HNL, November 22, 2008) Caval put the hosts ahead, but a late brace from Oremus gave Hajduk the win.

NK Rijeka 2 - Croatia Sesvete 1 (1. HNL, November 22, 2008) A crazy game saw four players sent off as well as a grandstand finish from the hosts. After Cagalj was sent off after just 6 minutes Saban fired the visitors into a 48th minute lead. Sesvete then saw Landeka (66), Cizmek (67) and Rados (90) all take an early bath, joined by Sharbini (90) as Ceric scored two goals in injury time to turn the match on its head.

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Partizan Belgrade 5 - OFK Beograd 1 (Super Liga, November 22, 2008) Diarra scored a hat-trick for Partizan.

PSV 4 - Heracles 0 (Eredivisie, November 22, 2008) Francisco Rodriguez crashed in an unstoppable 25-yard shot to open for PSV. Further goals from Afellay, Lazovic and Dzsudzsak wrapped up the game in the opening 38 minutes.

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Associacao Naval 0 - Sporting Lisbon 1 (Superliga, November 22, 2008) Liedson’s 15th minute goal was the only goal in an entertaining match. Lazaroni missed a penalty for Naval while Derlei and Caneira saw red for Sporting.

Maritimo 0 - Braga 0 (Superliga, November 22, 2008)

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Spartak Moscow 1 - Zenit St. Petersburg 3 (Russian Premier Liga, November 22, 2008) Zenit’s win, Danny netting a brace, ensured that the club finished the season in fifth place and so qualify for next season’s UEFA Cup.

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Panathinaikos 3 - Thrasivoulos 0 (Greek Super League, November 22, 2008) Two goals from Antonis Petropoulos and one by Andreas Ivanschitz helped Pana beat visiting Thrasivoulos.

Iraklis 0 - Olympiakos 3 (Greek Super League, November 22, 2008) Goals from Predrag Djordjevic, Fernando Belluschi and Dudu gave Olympiakos a seven point lead at top of league.

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Sonderjyske 0 - Brondby 6 (SAS Ligaen, November 22, 2008) Jan Kristiansen bagged a hat-trick in the rout.

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Cracovia Krakow 0 - Lech Poznan 1 (Ekstraklasa, November 22, 2008) In the driving snow, Ivan Djurdjeric struck a sweet left-footed winner with eight minutes to go.

Belchatow 2 - Jagiellonia Bialystok 0 (Ekstraklasa, November 22, 2008)

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Hapoel Petah Tikva 1 - Maccabi Haifa 4 (Ligat ha’Al, November 22, 2008)

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Thun 02 - FC Basel 4 (Swiss Super League, November 22, 2008)

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FC Brasov 2 - Dinamo Bucharest 0 (Liga 1, November 22, 2008) On a completely snowed out pitch and playing with an orange ball, Cristescu bundled in the opener in the 69th minute and Roman scored the second in the last minute.

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Apollon 1 - Anorthosis Famagusta 2 (1. Division, November 22, 2008)

Rio Ave 1 - Leixoes 2 (Superliga, November 21, 2008) Wesley put Leixoes ahead after 35 minutes but Rio Ave’s Rogerio Matias levelled shortly before the break. The away side held onto top spot in Portugal as Bruno China netted the winner on 67 minutes.

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Ruch Chorzow 0 - Legia Warsaw 1 (Ekstraklasa, November 21, 2008) Chinyama’s header settled the match.