The Champions League draw resulted in distinguished groups promising exciting matches in the group stage, starting from mid-September.

The draw was held in Istanbul, Turkey, and witnessed the presence of the heads of the participating clubs and a number of distinguished guests, in an evening that also saw the announcement of the winners of the best awards in the Champions League last season.

The draw gave Paris Saint-Germain the opportunity to avenge Manchester City, which eliminated the French club in the semi-finals of the last version, while this version will witness a new confrontation between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, ​​after the famous confrontation that ended two seasons ago with the Bavarian club winning 8-2.

Real Madrid, crowned with 13 titles in the tournament, will clash with Italian champions Inter Milan, while Atletico Madrid will face Liverpool in Group B.

The draw was as follows:

Group A:

Manchester City of England, Paris Saint-Germain of France, Leipzig of Germany, and Club Brugge of Belgium.

Group B:

Atletico Madrid of Spain, Liverpool of England, Porto of Portugal, and AC Milan of Italy.

Group C:

Sporting of Portugal, Borussia Dortmund of Germany, Ajax of the Netherlands, and Besiktas of Turkey.

Group D:

Inter Milan of Italy, Real Madrid of Spain, Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, and Sherif Tiraspor of Moldova.

Group E:

Bayern Munich of Germany, Barcelona of Spain, Benfica of Portugal and Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine.

Group F:

Villarreal of Spain, Manchester United, Atalanta of Italy and Young Boys of Switzerland.

Group G:

Lille of France, Seville of Spain, Salzburg of Austria and Wolfsburg of Germany.

Group H:

Chelsea of ​​England, Juventus of Italy, Zenit of Russia, and Malmo of Sweden.

Six matches will be played on Tuesday and the same on Wednesday, on the following dates:

First round of the group stage: 14 and 15 September.


The second round of the group stage: 28 and 29 September.


Third round of group stage: October 19-20.


Fourth round of group stage: 2 and 3 November.


Fifth round of group stage: November 23-24.


Sixth round of group stage: December 7-8.