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Champions League group stage draw 2019/20


The draw has been made for the Group Stages of the 2019-20 Champions League.

Chelsea and Tottenham have been handed the trickiest draws of the four Premier League side, but all the English will be left feeling optimistic of reaching the knock-out stages.

Frank Lampard’s Blues, who were among the top seeds in Pot 1, have been drawn in Group H with Dutch side Ajax, Valencia of Spain and Ligue 1 side LilItaly

Tottenham, runners-up in last season’s competition, are joined in Group B with German champions Bayern Munich, Greek side Olympiacos and Red Star Belgrade of Serbia.

Liverpool, the current European Cup holders, they have been handed a favourable grouping of Napoli – whom they faced at this stage last season – Salzburg and Genk in Group E.


Premier League champions Manchester City have been dealt the kindest draw in Group C, taking on Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta.

Spanish sides Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are each involved in mouth-watering groups.


Barca are joined by Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan in Group F, Real Madrid have PSG and Galatasaray in Group A, while Atletico will take on Juventus in Group D.

This year’s final will be held at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday May 30.


Here is the Champions League Groups for the 2019-20 season…

GROUP A  

PSG France
Real Madrid Spain
Club Brugge Belgium
Galatasaray Turkey


GROUP B  

Bayern Munich Germany
Tottenham England
Olympiacos Greece
Red Star Belgrade Serbia


GROUP C  

Man City England
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia
Atalanta Italy


GROUP D  

Juventus Italy
Atletico Madrid Spain
Bayer Leverkusen Germany
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia


GROUP E  

Liverpool England
Napoli Italy
Salzburg Austria
Genk Belgium


GROUP F  

Barcelona Spain
Borussia Dortmund Germany
Inter Milan Italy
Slavia Prague Czech Republic



GROUP G  

Zenit Russia
Benfica Portugal
Lyon France
RB Leipzig Germany


GROUP H  

Chelsea England
Ajax Netherlands
Valencia Spain
Lille France


Key events and fixture dates


Group Stage


Match day one: 17-18 September
Match day two: 1-2 October
Match day three: 22-23 October
Match day four: 5-6 November
Match day five: 26-27 November
Match day six: 10-11 December

Last 16


The draw: 16 December
Round of 16 first leg: 18-19 and 25-26 February
Round of 16 second leg: 10-11 and 17-18 March
Quarter-final and semi-finals

The draw: 20 March
Quarter-final first leg: 7-8 April
Quarter-final second leg: 14-15 April
Semi-final first leg: 28-29 April
Semi-final second leg: 5-6 May
The Final
30 May,  Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul

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