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.