UEFA Champions League Group Stage Drawing In Monaco

The UEFA Champions League group stage draw took place in Monaco on Thursday. Chelsea FC will start its UEFA Champions League title defense against three domestic champions in FC Shakhtar Donetsk from the Ukraine, Juventus FC from Italy and FC Nordsjællands from Denmark. The group stage fixtures will be played on Sept. 18-19, Oct. 2-3, Oct. 23-24, Nov. 6-7, Nov. 20-21 and Dec. 4-5. The group winners and runner-ups will progress to the round of 16 in the spring. Teams finishing third in each group will transfer to the UEFA Europa League round of 32 (UEFA).

Group A		Group B
FC Porto		Arsenal FC
FC Dynamo Kyiv		Schalke 04
Paris St. Germain		Olympiacos FC
Dinamo Zagreb		Montpellier HSC
Group C		Group D
AC Milan		Real Madrid
Zenit St. Petersburg		Manchester City
RSC Anderlecht		Ajax Amsterdam
Málaga FC		Borussia Dortmund
Group E		Group F
Chelsea FC		Bayern Munich
FC Shakhtar Donetsk		Valencia FC
Juventus FC		Lille OSC
FC Nordsjællands		FC BATE Borisov
Group G		Group H
FC Barcelona		Manchester United
SL Benfica		SC Braga
FC Spartak Moscow		Galatasaray AS
Celtic FC		CFR 1907 Cluj