The club played their return against Beşiktaş on 6 August without their new players and lost 3 – 1 in Istanbul , after Manu equalized the game with 16 minutes left to play . This loss knocked them out of the Champions league and into the play-off round of the 2014 – 15 Europa League , in which they were drawn against Ukrainian side FC Zorya Luhansk . Due to the war in Donbass fought in the clubs ' hometown of Luhansk – the city is from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site – Feyenoord 's away game was not played at Avanhard Stadium , Zorya Luhansk 's home grounds . Feyenoord opened their league campaign on the road against ADO Den Haag , they won this game 1 – 0 after a stoppage time goal by Te Vrede . On 15 August , Feyenoord announced they loaned forward Colin Kazim-Richards from Bursaspor for one season ; the player did not yet play that evening when Feyenoord faced Heerenveen at home . This game saw two goals in three minutes , one by each team , and ended as a 1 – 1 draw after Te Vrede 's equalizer levelled the score in the second half . Feyenoord 's away game against Zorya Luhansk was played in Kiev on 21 August , both teams scored in the first half ; Luhansk got the first goal and Te Vrede equalized ten minutes later . The second half remained scoreless , the game ended in a one-all draw . The following Sunday , Feyenoord last their first game , it ended as 1 – 2 at home against FC Utrecht despite a first half lead from a Te Vrede goal . The next day Feyenoord announced they acquired midfielder Jens Toornstra from FC Utrecht for four years ; he did not play against Feyenoord on his last day at FC Utrecht . Feyenoord secured their first European group stage appearance since 2008 on 28 August in a seven-goal home game against Luhansk . Feyenoord went up 2 – 0 at half time after goals by Te Vrede and Schaken . A Luhansk own goal led them to a comfortable 3 – 0 lead before conceding three successive goals brought them on the verge of elimination . Manu scored two minutes into stoppage time to give Feyenoord the 4 – 3 game win and 5 – 4 aggregate score that qualified them for the group stage of the Europa League . The next day the groups stage draw was held , placing Feyenoord with the Spanish title holder Sevilla FC , Belgian side Standard Liège and Croatian HNK Rijeka . On 31 August , Feyenoord sold midfielder Ruud Vormer to Club Brugge . Feyenoord ended August on the 31st with a scoreless away draw at FC Twente
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
2014–15 Feyenoord season