UEFA Champions League group stage draw outcome unveiled

ISTANBUL, Turkey

Barcelona, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich were drawn together along with Viktoria Plzen to set up Group C at the UEFA Champions League group stage draw on Thursday.

(L/R): UEFA Managing Director of Communications Pedro Pinto, former Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure, former Turkish player Hamit Altintop and British journalist Reshmin Chowdhury speak on stage ahead of the draw for the UEFA Champions League football tournament 2022-2023 in Istanbul on August 25, 2022.

This will be the second straight season when Barcelona and Bayern Munich will face each other in the group stage. Barcelona had failed to make it past the group stage last year and went down into the UEFA Europa League.

A clash between the Spanish and German clubs will also mark the return of Robert Lewandowski, who left the Munich outfit earlier in the year.

Group A will also offer an exciting set of matches with Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers and Ajax facing each other. In Group H, French champions Paris Saint Germain will face Juventus, along with Benfica and Maccabi Haifa.

Meanwhile, defending champion Real Madrid was drawn in Group F against Germany’s RB Leipzig, Celtic FC and Ukrainian champion Shakhtar Donetsk.

Premier League champion Manchester City will face challenge from Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla in Group G. The fourth team in the group is Denmark’s FC Copenhagen.

Here is how the groups line up for the season:

Group A

Ajax

Liverpool

Napoli

Rangers

Group B

Porto

Atletico de Madrid

Bayer Leverkusen

Club Brugge

Group C

Bayern Munich

FC Barcelona

Inter Milan

Viktoria Plzen

Group D

Eintracht Frankfurt

Tottenham Hotspur

Sporting CP

Olympique de Marseille

Group E

AC Milan

Chelsea

Salzburg

GNK Dinamo Zagreb

Group F

Real Madrid

RB Leipzig

Shakhtar Donetsk

Celtic FC

Group G

Manchester City

Sevilla

Borussia Dortmund

FC Copenhagen

Group H

Paris Saint Germain

Juventus

Benfica

Maccabi Haifa