After two thrilling Champions League evenings, the focus shifts to the Europa League with over twenty matches scheduled, featuring numerous African players.
- Burkina Faso’s Bakary Koné and Lyon aim for their first victory against Rijeka.
- Bordeaux, featuring Africans Diabaté, Saivet, and Sané, welcome Nicosia.
- Emmanuel Adebayor may debut for Tottenham against FC Sheriff in Moldova.
- Ivorian Wilfried Bony, already with a goal for Swansea, looks to add to his tally against Krasnodar, featuring Burkina Faso’s Kaboré and Senegalese Ibrahima Baldé.
Here’s the schedule (Times in GMT + 2):
Group G:
- (7:00 p.m.) Genk (BEL) – Rapid Vienna (AUT)
- (7:00 p.m.) Dynamo Kiev (UKR) – FC Thun (SUI)
Group H:
- (7:00 p.m.) Slovan Liberec (CZE) – FC Sevilla (ESP)
- (7:00 p.m.) Friborg (GER) – Estoril (POR)
Group I:
- (7:00 p.m.) Lyon (FRA) – Rijeka (CRO)
- (7:00 p.m.) Betis Sevilla (ESP) – Vitoria Guimaraes (POR)
Group J:
- (7:00 p.m.) Trabzonspor (TUR) – Legia Warsaw (POL)
- (7:00 p.m.) Apollon Limassol (CYP) – Lazio (ITA)
Group K:
- (6:00 p.m.) Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) – Tromso (NOR)
- (7:00 p.m.) Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) – Tottenham (ENG)
Group L:
- (6:00 p.m.) Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) – AZ Alkmaar (NED)
- (7:00 p.m.) PAOK Salonika (GRE) – Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
Group A:
- (9:05 p.m.) Swansea (ENG) -Kuban Krasnodar (RUS)
- (9:05 p.m.) Valencia (ESP) – St. Gall (SUI)
Group B:
- (9:05 p.m.) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – PSV Eindhoven (NED)
- (9:05 p.m.) Chernomorets Odessa (UKR) – Ludogorets (BUL)
Group C:
- (9:05 p.m.) Elfsborg (SWE) – Esbjerg (DEN)
- (9:05 p.m.) Salzburg (AUT) – Standard de Liège (BEL)
Group D:
- (9:05 p.m.) Wigan (ENG) – Rubin Kazan (RUS)
- (9:05 p.m.) Zulte Waregem (BEL) – Maribor (SLO)
Group E:
- (9:05 p.m.) Paços de Ferreira (POR) – Dniepropetrovsk (UKR)
- (9:05 p.m.) Fiorentina (ITA) – Pandurii Târgu- Jiu (ROM)
Group F:
- (9:05 p.m.) Bordeaux (FRA) – APOEL Nicosia (CYP)
- (9:05 p.m.) Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) – Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)
