Football: Week 2 of UEFA Europa League to kick off

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL (AA) - The second week of the UEFA Europa League will kick off with 24 matches on Thursday.

The second week matches will be played at 1450GMT, 1655GMT and 1900GMT.

Three Turkish clubs will compete in the tournament. Fenerbahce will face Slovakia's Spartak Trnava, Besiktas will play against Sweden's Malmo and Akhisar will face Belgium's Standard Liege in the second group matches.

The matches are as follows:

Early kick-offs (1655GMT)

Group A: Leverkusen v AEK Larnaca, Zurich v Ludogorets

Group B: Rosenborg v Leipzig, Salzburg v Celtic

Group C: Bordeaux v Kobenhavn, Zenit v Slavia Praha

Group D: Fenerbahce v Spartak Trnava, Anderlecht v Dinamo Zagreb

Group E: Vorskla v Sporting CP, Qarabag v Arsenal

Group F: Real Betis v Dudelange, Milan v Olympiacos

Group K: Astana v Rennes (1450GMT)

Late kick-offs (1900GMT)

Group G: Spartak Moskva v Villarreal, Rangers v Rapid Wien

Group H: Apollon v Marseille, Eintracht Frankfurt v Lazio

Group I: Malmo v Besiktas, Sarpsborg v Genk

Group J: Krasnodar v Sevilla, Standard Liege v Akhisar

Group K: Jablonec v Dynamo Kyiv

Group L: BATE v PAOK, Chelsea v Vidi