There were mixed results for four Ghanaian internationals in the Uefa Europa competition as the first group matches kicked off on Thursday.

Fullback Samuel Inkoom played the entire game as FC Basel opened the campaign with a 2-0 home win over Italy’s AS Roma in Group E.

Still in the group, John Paintsil was in action for Fulham who went away top Bulgaria to draw 1-1 against CSKA Sofia.

In Group C, striker Samuel Yeboah provided the assist for the equalizer as Hapoel Tel Aviv came from behind to beat Scottish side Celtic 2-1 Bloomfield Stadium.

Seidu Yahya was a second half substitute for AEK Athens as the Greek side was thrashed 4-0 by Everton.