Ghanaians in Europe May 23-25/2003

The performances of Ghanaian players across the leagues in Europe at the weekend: (Updated constantly...Check for updates)

AUSTRIA
Admira Wacker 2 Sturm Graz 1: Admira Wacker secured their Bundesliga status with a 2-1 win against Charles Amoah's SK Sturm Graz. Charles was substituted in the 70 minute

Liebherr GAK 3 Salzburg 3: GAK seemed to be on course for three vital points as they twice led by two goals, but second-half strikes gave the visitors a vital point which ensured at least a UEFA Cup place for next season. ADU SKELLEY TUTU came on in the 78 min.

BELGIUM: Jupiler League

CZECH

DENMARK: Superleague

FRANCE
Bastia have announced that their young Ghanaian midfielder Mickael Essien, who has enjoyed a great season and is hailed as the new Patrick Vieira, is close to signing a big-money deal with Liverpool.

GERMANY: Bundesliga
This was the final day of the league season
Defending champions Dortmund finished third and will play in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. This game was significant because Otto Addo played for the first time since his injury last year. He came on in the 83 minute.

Hamburger SV claimed fourth place with a 2-0 win against FC Hansa Rostock, who had Godfried Aduobe dismissed after 37 minutes.

VfB Stuttgart 2 VfL Wolfsburg 0
Lineup for VfL Wolfsburg Reitmaier;Rytter, Biliskov, Schnoor, Weiser;Karhan (80. Sarpei), Thiam, Rau (73. Klimowicz);Ponte (56. M?ller), Maric, Petrow

GREECE: Hellenic National League
Olympiakos triumphed over the local team Skoda by 5-1 and were crowned champions for the 7th time in a row and 32nd time in their great history.
OLYMPIACOS: Katergiannakis (80`Eleftheropoulos), Kostoulas, Amanatidis, Venetidis, Antzas, Yiannakopoulos, Djordjevic, Karembeu, Houtos (83`Castillo), Ofori-quaye (66`Alexandris), Zetterberg.

ISRAEL
Ishmael Addo's Maccabi Netanya managed a 1-1 drawn game on home ground against Maccabi Petah Tikva. Netanya equalized from penalty kick in the 99th minute of the game

ITALY: Serie A
On the last day of the Serie A season, Parma AC and Udinese Calcio qualified for next season's UEFA Cup, while AC Chievo Verona missed out by a single point.

Udinese joined Parma on 56 points thanks to a 2-1 win at home to S.S. Lazio, who finished fourth despite the defeat and earned a place in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League. Sulley Ali Muntari came on in the 69 minute with his side up 1-0

Despite a hat-trick from Oliver Bierhoff, Chievo were defeated 4-3 at champions Juventus FC and finished a point adrift of Parma and Udinese. John Mensah cam on in the second half, with his side, Chievo down 0-1

Appiah, Stephan played the full game as Modena drew 2-2 at Brescia Calcio

Serie B

Venezia - Napoli 2-1
Venezia: Soviero, Maldonado, Guerra, Brncic, Soligo (77' Fantini), Gargo, Poggi, Manetti (75' Firmani), Marcon E., Amerini, Rossi M. (45' Mancini A.)

Salernitana - Cosenza 1-2
Cosenza: Srnicek, De Angelis S. (64' Stankevicius), Lanzaro, Edusei (69' Cardinale A.), Guidoni, Lentini, Tedesco, Parisi An. (76' Brioschi), Marco Aur?lio, Bedin, Antonelli Agomeri

NETHERLANDS
Abubakari Yakubu had a good game as Ajax fought hard this afternoon, beating Twente on the their home ground 1-2 and keep up the pressure on leaders PSV who had an easy 2-0 home win over Utrecht.

Matthew Amoah: scored a hat-trick for his side Vitesse Arnhem in an eight-goal thriller with Excelsior. The hat-trick in the 4-4 draw has taken Amoah's goal total to 14 this season.

NORWAY: Tippeligaen

PORTUGAL

POLAND
Polonia Warzawa-KSZO 2:1
Sath Ablade played second half, and had quite a good day. Polonia is now fighting for international Cup place, and Is allready qualified for Intertoto CUP.

RUSSIA

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

TURKEY: Superlig
Besiktas on Sunday crowned their centenary year in style by winning the Turkish league title thanks to a 1-0 win over city rivals Galatasaray. Besiktas an unassailable eight-point lead a week before the league is due to finish. It was Besiktas? 12th league title. The club last won the championship in the 1994-1995 season.

Fenerbah?e 0-0 Diyarbak?rspor
Fenerbah?e: Recep Biler, Fatih Akyel, ?mit ?zat, Zoran Mirković, Cem Karaca, Ali G?ne?, Kemal Aslan, Samuel Johnson, Erhan Uyaro?lu, Tuncay ?anl?, Serhiy Rebrov

Gaziantepspor 4-2 Ankarag?c?
Ankarag?c?: Zafer ?zg?ltekin, Adem Dursun, G?kmen Bar??, Reinaldo Vicente Sim?o, Hakan Kutlu, Y?lmaz ?zlem, Agustine Ahinful, Faruk Namdar, ?.Burak ?zsara?, Hakan Kele?, Stephen Baidoo