Partizan defeat Ukraine's Oleksandriya in UEFA Conference League qualifiers first leg

KATOWICE - Serbian runner-up football champions Partizan Belgrade defeated Ukrainian side Oleksandriya 2-0 away in the first leg of the two teams' UEFA Conference League second qualifying round tie in Katowice, Poland, on Thursday evening.

Bogdan Kostic (14 min) and Ognjen Ugresic (56 min) provided the goals for Partizan.

The return leg in Belgrade is scheduled for next Thursday.

In the same competition, on their European debut, Serbia's Novi Pazar lost 2-1 at home to Polish outfit Jagiellonia Bialystok.

Dimitris Rallis put the visitors in front in the 9th minute, Julius Opara equalised in the 19th minute and Afimico Pululu scored the winner for Jagiellonia six minutes into second-half injury time.

Radnicki Kragujevac drew 0-0 at home with Faroe Islands club Ki Klaksvik.