Football: Armenia’s Alashkert, Pyunik out of Europa League qualifying

Armenian football clubs Alashkert and Pyunik have been left out of the Europa League third qualifying round after suffering second-leg defeats on Thursday.

FC Alashkert lost to Romania’s Cluj 0-5 in the return march, the Football Federation of Armenia told Panorama.am. 

Alashkert had also lost the home match against Cluj 0-2 in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital.

Drawing the first clash, FC Pyunik also suffered a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the second leg of the Europa League third qualifying round in Israel.