Former winners Feyenoord, Galatasaray bow out

Former winners Feyenoord and Galatasaray bowed out of the UEFA Cup last night as Rapid Bucharest and Tromso secured surprise places in the group stage.

Holders CSKA Moscow made light of an injury crisis to ease through 6-2 on aggregate against FC Midtjylland. Brazilian playmaker Daniel Carvalho repeated his first-leg feat by scoring twice in a 3-1 win in Denmark.

Dutch league leaders Feyenoord, who won the trophy at their own De Kuip stadium in 2002, lost 1-0 in Romania as Rapid Bucharest advanced 2-1 on aggregate.

Mugurel Buga headed Rapid's winner after 12 minutes.

"Tonight proved that some of my boys were not prepared for what is demanded at European level," Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman told reporters. "I hope my team will learn from this."

Tromso, a modest 10th in the 14-team Norwegian championship, dumped out 2000 winners Galatasaray after a 1-1 draw in Istanbul put them through 2-1.

Canada midfielder Patrice Bernier fired Tromso ahead before Hakan Sukur replied late on.

Bayer Leverkusen, still searching for a coach after Matthias Sammer turned the former Champions League finalists down earlier this week, were knocked out by CSKA Sofia.

The Bundesliga side, who lost the first leg at home 1-0, a defeat which led to the dismissal of coach Klaus Augenthaler, succumbed to a 67th-minute goal by Mourad Hdiouad as the Bulgarians booked their place in the group stage with a 2-0 aggregate victory.

Bundesliga rivals VfB Stuttgart, who like Bayer have made a moderate start to their league season to put pressure on Italian coach Giovanni Trapattoni, sneaked through despite a 1-0 defeat in Slovenia against NK Domzale.

An early strike from Dalibor Stevanovic put Domzale back in the tie but Stuttgart, 2-0 up from the home leg, held out.

Bolton staged a late second-half fightback as they secured a 2-1 away win over Lokomotiv Plovdiv to progress 4-2 on aggregate.

M'Boro joined Bolton in the group stage after a goalless draw in Xanthi saw them march on 2-0 on aggregate.

Everton's hopes of staging a stirring Euro fightback never materialised as they beat D. Bucharest 1-0 but lost 5-2 on aggregate.