The Europa League group stages came to a close Thursday, and with it so did the European dreams of a handful of unlucky sides -- not that anyone really dreams about winning this competition. One such team is Wigan Athletic, whose defeat to Maribor sees them wind up bottom of Group D. Despite Swansea's best efforts at joining the Latics in getting themselves eliminated, their 1-0 defeat to St. Gallen wasn't enough, and they progress through Group A with Valencia.
Europa League scores: Who made it through to the Round of 32?
The curtain fell on the Europa League group stages on Thursday, with the likes of Swansea, Fiorentina, Spurs and Valencia booking their place in the knockout stages and Wigan Athletic, PSV and Freiburg all crashing out.
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Elsewhere, Chornomorets Odesa surprisingly got one over on PSV Eindhoven to send the Dutch side packing, while Fiorentina and Tottenham Hotspur both picked up victories despite having already confirmed their progression. Dynamo Kyiv's victory over Rapid Wien means it's the Ukrainians who qualify with Genk from Group G, while Liberec leapfrogged Freiburg in Group H to join Sevilla in the next phase. Last but not least, Betis' goalless draw with Rijeka was enough for them to join Lyon in the Round of 32.
Group A
Valencia 1-1 Kuban Krasnodar
St. Gallen 1-0 Swansea
Group B
Dinamo Zagreb 1-2 Ludogorets
PSV Eindhoven 0-1 Chornomorets Odesa
Group C
Salzburg 3-0 Esbjerg
Standard Liège 1-3 Elfsborg
Group D
Zulte Waregem 0-2 Rubin Kazan
Maribor 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Group E
Fiorentina 2-1 Dnipro
Pandurii 0-0 Paços Ferreira
Group F
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 APOEL
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Bordeaux
Group G
Thun 0-1 Genk
Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 Rapid Wien
Group H
Freiburg 0-2 Sevilla
Estoril 1-2 Liberec
Group I
Guimarães 1-2 Lyon
Real Betis 0-0 Rijeka
Group J
Lazio 0-0 Trabzonspor
Apollon 0-2 Legia
Group K
Sheriff 2-0 Tromsø
Tottenham 4-1 Anzhi Makhachkala
Group L
Maccabi Haifa 2-1 Shakhtar
PAOK 2-2 AZ
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