Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain lost their first game of the season at home to
Lorient, going down to a goal from
Julien Quercia. Olympiacos Volos, however, were excluded from the Europa League for their involvement in a
match-fixing scandal, with
UEFA handing the Greek club a three-season ban from continental competition.
Differdange from
Luxembourg replaced Olympiacos Volos. The UEFA Appeals Body seconded the decision of the Control and Disciplinary Body to exclude Olympiacos Volos from the Europa League competition.
Javier Pastore provided two assists in his debut to help Paris Saint-Germain take a commanding lead into the second leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off tie against Differdange.{{cite news Paris Saint-Germain produced a classy attacking display to beat Red Bull Salzburg. Nenê,
Mathieu Bodmer and
Jérémy Ménez all scored to hand their side the perfect Europa League start.{{cite news
Play-off round Group stage ==Appearances and goals==