Poland’s Amica Wronki became the latest victims of unstoppable AZ Alkmaar as Dutch football’s form team secured a 3-1 Group F win.

The visitors looked determined to end the contest before half-time, with Barry van Galen, Martijn Meerdink and Stein Huysegems all scoring before the interval.

A Jacek Dembinski penalty on the hour saw Amica grab a consolation but they are now eliminated from contention.

Schalke swept into the second round from Group A – Hearts’ group – with a 2-0 win over Ferencvaros in Gelsenkirchen.

An own goal from Gabor Gyepes gave the home side the lead in the 15th minute and Levan Kobiashvili’s goal five minutes before the break sealed the win in front of 52,000 spectators at the Arena AufSchalke.

Standard Liege are still clinging on to their hopes in Group B after they fought back from a goal down to claim a 2-1 home victory over Parma.

Standard’s Brazilian substitute Michel Garbini was the Belgian side’s hero as the left-back struck a last minute winner to stun the visitors.

The Italians snatched the lead thanks to a goal from Andrea Pisanu in the final minute of the first half.

However Standard battled back and nine minutes into the second half Karel Geraerts levelled the score.

Steaua Bucharest held on for a vital win against Besiktas to move to the top of Group B despite going down to 10 men at the Ghencea Stadium.

Steaua scored two early goals from Adrian Neaga and Cristian Cioccoiu to take control of the game but two bookings in a minute for Daniel Oprita gave the visitors a one-man advantage.

The Turkish side managed a late consolation from Ibrahim Akin but it was not enough to prevent them losing their unbeaten record.

In Group H, Andrei Arshavin gave Zenit St Petersburg the lead but visitors Sevilla shrugged off the sub-zero temperatures to equalise through Julio Baptista.

Firmly in charge of that group are French club Lille who won 2-1 at AEK Athens - goals from Milivoje Vitakic and Mathieu Debuchy did the damage for the French side before Kofi Amponsah replied.

Belgium’s Club Brugge recovered from the dismissal of Nastja Ceh to see off FC Utrecht in Bruges.

The runaway Belgian league leaders looked like they might slump to their second straight UEFA Cup defeat when Nastja Ceh was dismissed on the stroke of half-time with a reckless challenge on Hans Somers.

But Norwegian Rune Lange had other ideas and his goal proved decisive before Tim Cornelisse was sent off for Utrecht in the closing stages.

Ukraine’s Dnipro scored their third win in three group games to ensure their qualification for the knockout stages, with Sergei Nazarenko’s goal seeing off Austria Vienna.

Middlesbrough lead Group E by two points after Lazio drew 2-2 with Partizan Belgrade.

The visitors raced into a 2-0 lead with two goals from Pierre Boya before Paolo di Canio and Simone Inzaghi rescued the Italians.