Opponents: v FC Shakhter Karagandy
Competition: Play-off Round, 1st Leg
Date: 20/08/2013
Venue: Astana Arena, Astana
Score: 0-2
Scorers: n/a
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Attendance: 20,000
Comments: This leg was moved from Shakhter's home ground of Shakhtyor Stadium, Karagandy, Kazakhstan to the 30,000 capacity Astana Arena in Astana.
The winners of the play-off round joins the 22 automatic entrants in the UEFA Champions League group stage, the draw for which is held in Monaco on Thursday 29 August. The losers proceed to the UEFA Europa League group stage.
Manager: Neil Lennon
Scorers: n/a
Team: Forster, Izaguirre (Baldé 82), Mouyokolo , van Dijk, Lustig (Matthews 67), Brown (c), Mulgrew, Ledley, Forrest, Samaras, Commons.
Subs not used: Zaluska (g/k), Amido Baldé, Irvine, Waters.
Manager: Viktor KUMYKOV
Scorers: Finonchenko 12, Khizhnichenko 77
Team: Mokin, Simčević, Maliy, Vasiljevic, Džidić, Poryvaev, Cañas, Vicius, Finonchenko (c) (Zenkovich 82), Ghazaryan, Khizhnichenko.
Subs not used: Pokatilov (G/K), Bayzhanov, Tarasov, Gabyshev, Darabayev, Murtazayev