UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw

The UEFA Champions League group stage is set following the draw in Monaco which held today.

Chelsea manager José Mourinho will return to Porto, with whom he won the UEFA Champions League in 2004, while Paris Saint-Germain are up against Real Madrid in Group A.

 In Group D, meanwhile, last season's runners-up Juventus will face Manchester City as well as 2014/15 UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla. The holders, Barcelona, take on Bayer Leverkusen, Roma and BATE Borisov.

2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage draw
Group A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmö

Group B: PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moskva, Wolfsburg

Group C: Benfica, Atlético, Galatasaray, Astana

Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Mönchengladbach

Group E: Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, BATE Borisov

Group F: Bayern München, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Dinamo Zagreb

Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kyiv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Group H: Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, Gent

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DRAW:

  *  Barcelona, Porto, Manchester United and Madrid are making their 20th group stage appearances.

  *  There are three debutants: Astana, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Gent.

  *  Mourinho also came up against Porto in the 2004/05 group stage, his first season at Chelsea.

  *  Bayern eliminated Arsenal in the round of 16 in both 2012/13 and 2013/14.

  *  Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a UEFA Champions League game when Barça last took on Leverkusen, in the 2011/12 last 16.

  * Barcelona put nine past BATE in the 2011/12 group stage, winning 5-0 in Belarus and 4-0 in Spain.

  *   Paris striker Zlatan Ibrahimović will encounter his first club, Malmö, in Group A.

  *  Manchester United summer recruit Memphis Depay is set for a swift reunion with PSV in Group B.


Source: UEFA