Football: UEFA Europa League round of 16 to kick off

First-leg matches to played on Thursday

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL (AA) - The first-leg matches of UEFA Europa League's Round of 16 will kick off on Thursday.

Among the ties, Rennes and Arsenal; Valencia and Krasnodar; Frankfurt and Inter; Napoli and Salzburg have never met in an UEFA competition before.

Seven sides among 16 teams are either former UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League winners; Chelsea (2013), Frankfurt (1980), Internazionale (1991, 1994, 1998), Napoli (1989), Sevilla (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016), Valencia (2004) and Zenit (2008).

The second-leg matches will be played on March 14.

The first-leg matches are as follow:

1755GMT

Dinamo Zagreb vs. Benfica

Frankfurt vs. Internazionale

Rennes vs. Arsenal

Sevilla vs. Slavia Praha

Zenit vs. Villarreal

2000GMT

Chelsea vs. Dynamo Kyiv

Napoli vs. Salzburg

Valencia vs. Krasnodar

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