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UEFA Champions League group stage draw
Published: Thursday 27 August 2015, 18.45CET
The UEFA Champions League group stage draw threw up a reunion for José Mourinho while Paris Saint-Germain will meet Real Madrid and Juventus face Manchester City and Sevilla.
Chelsea manager José Mourinho will return to Porto, with whom he won the Champions League in 2004, while Paris Saint-Germain are up against Real Madrid in Group A. In Group D, meanwhile, last season's runners-up Juventus will face Manchester City and 2014/15 UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla. The holders, Barcelona, take on Bayer Leverkusen, Roma and BATE Borisov.
2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage draw
Group A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmö
Group B: PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moskva, Wolfsburg
Group C: Benfica, Atlético, Galatasaray, Astana
Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Mönchengladbach
Group E: Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, BATE Borisov
Group F: Bayern München, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Dinamo Zagreb
Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kyiv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Group H: Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, Gent
Group stage dates
Matchday one: 15–16/09/15
Matchday two: 29–30/09/15
Matchday three: 20–21/10/15
Matchday four: 03–04/11/15
Matchday five: 24–25/11/15
Matchday six: 08–09/12/15
Draw highlights
- Barcelona, Porto, Manchester United and Madrid are making their 20th group stage appearances.
- There are three debutants: Astana, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Gent.
- Mourinho also came up against Porto in the 2004/5 group stage, his first season at Chelsea.
- Bayern eliminated Arsenal in the round of 16 in both 2012/13 and 2013/14.
- Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a UEFA Champions League game when Barça last took in Leverkusen, in the 2011/12 last 16.
- Barcelona put nine past BATE in the 2011/12 group stage, winning 5-0 in Belarus 4-0 in Spain.
- Paris striker Zlatan Ibrahimović will come up against his first club, Malmö, in Group A.
- Manchester United summer recruit Memphis Depay is set for a swift reunion with PSV in Group B.