In the first group match of European League, Romania's Timishoara represented by twin brothers Artavazd and Arman Karamyans played 0:0 against Amsterdam's Ayax, A Group favorite. This is a successful start for Romanian team which is considered a group outsider. Thus, Timishoara earned its first score while the Dutch players lost their first two ones.

Of two Armenian twin brothers, only Artavazd participated in the match since excessive number of yellow cards disqualified Arman from competitions.

Let's note that in the qualification match against Donestk's Shakhter (2:2), Romanian players scored no single goal.

In an away match against Dinamo, Belgium's Anderlekht took the lead in Group A, beating Zagreb's team 0:2.