Hamburg  - Bundesliga teams Wolfsburg and SV Hamburg chalked up wins to progress from the group stage of the UEFA Cup with a game to spare on Thursday.

England's Aston Villa also progressed despite a home defeat, while Portugal's Sporting Braga and Spain's Valencia also booked their places in the Round of 32.

Wolfsburg joined already qualified Group E rivals AC Milan into the last 32 with a 3-2 victory over visiting Portsmouth, leaving the Premier League side crashing out without a win from three matches.

Portugal's Sporting Braga came from behind to beat Heerenveen 2-1 to also progress from the group.

SV Hamburg made sure of qualification from Group F where Ivico Olic on the half hour and Mladen Petric with a penalty in stoppage time gave the Bundesliga side a 2-0 win over Slavia Prague.

English side Aston Villa slipped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Zilina but go through along with Hamburg and Ajax, who were not in action.

Valencia qualified from Group G thanks to a 1-1 draw with visiting Club Brugge. Norway's Rosenborg were held 1-1 at Copenhagen leaving the Danish side now needing to beat Brugge.

In Group H, Vagner Love scored a hat-trick as already-qualified CSKA Moscow edged Nancy 4-3, while Lech Poznan and Deportivo La Coruna finished 1-1, leaving Nancy, Deportiva and Lech all still in with a chance. (dpa)