A host of teams posted big wins in the UEFA Cup qualifying round on Thursday but one player did all the work on his own.

Teenage striker Eldar Hadzihmemedovic scored all six goals as Norway's Lyn crushed Runavik of the Faroe Islands 6-0 in the second leg of their tie for a 9-1 aggregate victory.

Esbjerg of Denmark were also 9-1 overall winners against Santa Coloma of Andorra while Torpedo Moscow did even better, beating Domagnano of San Marino 4-0 away for a 9-0 aggregate.

The night's biggest aggregate score was the 12-2 Celje of Slovenia managed against Macedonian side Belasica as they won the away leg 5-0 on Thursday.

Former European champions Red Star Belgrade also finished with a big aggregate victory, 8-2 against Nistru Otaci of Moldova, after winning 3-2 in the away leg.

Steaua Bucharest, who preceded Red Star as the first European Cup winners from the eastern bloc in 1986, by contrast scraped in on the away goals rule.

They were held 0-0 at home by Neman Grodno of Belarus in a poor, mistake-riddled match after drawing 1-1 away in the first leg.

All the qualifying round winners go into Friday's UEFA Cup draw with 16 disappointed losers from the Champions League third qualifying round, including former European champions Benfica and Borussia Dortmund and the three Intertoto Cup qualifiers, Perugia, Schalke 04 and Villarreal.

RC Lens, who like Dortmund played Champions League football last season beating AC Milan and Deportivo Coruna at home and getting two draws against Bayern Munich, cruised past Torpedo Kutaisi of Georgia 2-0 for a 5-0 aggregate win.

England's Manchester City, 5-0 winners at home to Welsh side TNS Llansantffraid in the first leg, completed a 7-0 aggregate win away with a side full of reserves

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