German side Fortuna Dusseldorf have confirmed two players from their reserve side were yesterday questioned by police in connection with a Europe-wide match-fixing probe.

The club named the pair on their official website as midfielder Ben Abelski and goalkeeper Maximilian Schulze Niehues.

The duo play for the club's second team in the regional league. The first team play in the German second division.

The club gave no further details about the questioning, other than to say that it took place at the instigation of the Bochum state prosecutors.

UEFA have named five clubs — KF Tirana and KS Vllaznia of Albania, FC Dinaburg of Latvia, NK IB Ljubljana of Slovenia, and Budapest Honved of Hungary — suspected of involvement in match-fixing.

On Wednesday, UEFA met with nine national football associations to discuss the investigation.