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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023-24 UEFA Europa League campaign will start Thursday with a match between the Netherlands’ Ajax and France’s Olympique Marseille in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

The second-tier European football club tournament’s first matchday will see 16 games.<\/p>\n

Ajax and Olympique Marseille, the UEFA Champions League winners in 1990s, are in Europa League Group B, and set for a battle for the top spot in this group.<\/p>\n

Group B’s other competitors are England’s Brighton Hove Albion and Greek club AEK Athens.<\/p>\n

Brighton are in the Europa League for the first time, and the club from England’s south is expected to challenge Ajax and Olympique Marseille.<\/p>\n

The Ajax vs. Olympique Marseille match at Amsterdam’s Johan Cruyff Arena will begin at 1900 GMT.<\/p>\n

The group phase in the tournament will end on Dec. 14 with six matches in each group.<\/p>\n

The eight group winners will automatically qualify for the last 16, while the group runners-up will play a knockout round playoff with eight third-placed clubs in the Champions League group stage for the rest eight tickets.<\/p>\n

The 2023-24 Europa League will end in Ireland with the final at Dublin Arena on May 22.<\/p>\n

Dublin Arena, which opened in 2010, is home to Irish national football and rugby union teams.<\/p>\n

It will host the first Europa League final since 2011, an all-Portuguese final in which Porto beat Braga 1-0.<\/p>\n

Europa League matchday 1 fixtures:<\/b><\/p>\n

Union Saint-Gilloise vs. Toulouse<\/p>\n

LASK vs. Liverpool<\/p>\n

Rennes vs. Maccabi Haifa<\/p>\n

Panathinaikos vs. Villarreal<\/p>\n

Servette vs. Slavia Prague<\/p>\n

Sheriff vs. Roma<\/p>\n

Bayer Leverkusen vs. Hacken<\/p>\n

Qarabag vs. Molde<\/p>\n

West Ham United vs. Backa Topola<\/p>\n

Olympiacos vs. Freiburg<\/p>\n

Ajax vs. Olympique Marseille<\/p>\n

Brighton vs. AEK Athens<\/p>\n

Sparta Prague vs. Aris Limassol<\/p>\n

Rangers vs. Real Betis<\/p>\n

Atalanta vs. Rakow<\/p>\n

Sturm Graz vs. Sporting<\/p>\n

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