Women's Europa Cup round of 16 first legs round-up: Wolfsburg strike seven, Hammarby and Malmö among victors

Wolfsburg, Hammarby and Malmö are among the sides leading after the first legs of their UEFA Women's Europa Cup round of 16 ties.

Early goals in several of the first legs set up entertaining encounters, while plenty of ties remain tight ahead of the returns on 10 and 11 November. We round up all of the action.

Spartak Myjava 1-3 Hammarby

Last season's runners-up held off an attempted comeback from Spartak Myjava to take a two-goal advantage back to Stockholm.

Elin Sørum fired Hammarby into an early lead from the penalty spot before Katarína Vredíková equalised midway through the second half, pouncing on visiting goalkeeper Emma Holmgren's low block from Stela Semanová's initial effort to tap in from close range.

The Swedish side regained the lead seven minutes later, when Mari Nyhagen converted a bouncing cross from Stina Lennartsson. Nyhagen then turned provider by setting up Svea Rehnberg to volley in a late third for the visitors.

Hammarby celebrate taking the lead through Elin Sørum's penaltyUEFA via Getty Images

Wolfsburg 7-0 Feyenoord

Cora Zicai struck a hat-trick as two-time Women's Champions League winners Wolfsburg cruised past Feyenoord with a seven-goal display.

Lara Prašnikar's second-minute penalty got Wolfsburg off to a fast start, before Zicai found the net three times in eight first-half minutes to extend their lead to four by half-time – the first a long-range strike from the edge of the box.

Prašnikar tapped in her second shortly the interval and Cecilie Fløe converted another Wolfsburg spot kick ten minutes into the second half. Feyenoord midfielder Joni Paliama deflected into her own net to round off the German side's emphatic victory.

Wolfsburg were in prolific form in their first leg against FeyenoordUEFA via Getty Images

Ajax 1-2 Malmö 

Ajax kept themselves within touching distance of Malmö in a hard-fought first leg in Duivendrecht.

An end-to-end start to the game saw the visitors take the lead when Tuva Skoog broke forward and beat her marker, then crossed to Isabella D'Aquila to slot in a second-minute opener.

Skoog then took on the reverse role to double Malmö's lead in the second half, when she dashed into the box to expertly knock in a cross from Stinalisa Johansson. Ajax pulled a goal back through Amber Visshcher's neat first-touch finish to reduce the deficit at the halfway point of the tie.

Malmö held on to beat Ajax in DuivendrechtUEFA via Getty Images

Best of the rest

• Early goals from Hayley Raso and Laura Freigang gave last season's semi-finalists Frankfurt a two-goal lead to take into their home leg against PSV Eindhoven.
• Real Sociedad broke through in the second half to beat a Fenerbahçe side who finished with ten players after the dismissal of Maria Alves.
• Three goals within the opening 20 minutes, including a Brenna Lovera double, put Brann in control of their tie with Czarni Sosnowiec.
• Substitute Radka Paulenová equalised in added time for 2025/26 semi-finalists Sparta Praha to earn a 2-2 home draw with Torreense.
• Rosenborg and Brøndby played out a 1-1 draw.

First leg fixtures and results:

Thursday 29 October
Sparta Praha 2-2 Torreense 
Rosenborg 1-1 Brøndby 

Wednesday 28 October
Brann 3-0 Czarni Sosnowiec
Spartak Myjava 1-3 Hammarby
PSV Eindhoven 0-2 Eintracht Frankfurt 
Real Sociedad 2-0 Fenerbahçe 
Wolfsburg 7-0 Feyenoord 
Ajax 1-2 Malmö 

Second leg fixtures:

Kick-off times CET

Tuesday 10 November
Feyenoord vs Wolfsburg (19:00, first leg: 0-7)

Wednesday 11 November
Czarni Sosnowiec vs Brann (17:00, first leg: 0-3)
Brøndby vs Rosenborg (18:00, first leg: 1-1)
Fenerbahçe vs Real Sociedad (18:00, first leg: 0-2)
Eintracht Frankfurt vs PSV Eindhoven (18:30, first leg: 2-0)
Torreense vs Sparta Praha (19:00, first leg: 2-2)
Hammarby vs Spartak Myjava (19:00, first leg: 3-1)
Malmö vs Ajax (19:00, first leg: 2-1)