Two first-half goals from Luis Fabiano helped Sevilla qualify for the Champions League group stages for the first time by thrashing AEK Athens 4-1 at the Olympic Stadium.

Seydou Keita and Alexander Kerzhakov also scored to give the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup winners a 6-1 aggregate victory and a place in Group H alongside Arsenal, Steaua Bucharest and Slavia Prague.

AEK, who missed one penalty before Rivaldo netted a second one near the end, now face an awkward UEFA Cup first-round tie against Austrian club Salzburg.

The game was originally meant to have been played last Tuesday but was called off following the death of Sevilla defender Antonio Puerta.