The much anticipated draw for the group stage of this season’s Champions League has finally been made on Thursday afternoon.
Just 39 days have passed since Bayern Munich beat Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final held at Lisbon, Kingsley Coman getting the only goal of the game.
As always, there are 32 teams taking part at this stage of the competition, with the draw splitting them into eight groups of four from four seeded pots.

www.fanbanter.co.uk – Fan reaction to the latest football news, gossip & funnies
Who is involved in the draw?
ESP (4): Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Sevilla
ENG (4): Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea
ITA (4): Juventus, Inter Milan, Atalanta, Lazio
GER (4): Bayern, Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Borussia Mönchengladbach
FRA (3): Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Rennes
RUS (3): Zenit, Lokomotiv Moscow, Krasnodar*
UKR (2): Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kyiv*
POR (1): Porto
BEL (1): Club Brugge
NED (1): Ajax
AUT (1): Salzburg*
TUR (1): İstanbul Başakşehir
DEN (1): Midtjylland*
GRE (1): Olympiacos*
HUN (1): Ferencváros*
*via play-offs
Who could the English Premier League sides get?
– Liverpool were in pot one and Chelsea and the Manchester clubs were in pot two.
– Liverpool knew prior the draw that they could get a relatively easy draw like Ajax, Krasnodar and Ferencvaros. Or they could get Barcelona, Inter Milan and Borussia Monchengladbach.
– Manchester City, United or Chelsea knew they could get Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Marseille. Or they could get Porto, Krasnodar and Ferencvaros.
Find out for yourself who got who in this season’s Champions League group stage draw in full below…
GROUP A
Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid
Salzburg
Lokomotiv Moscow
Group A: Bayern, Atleti, Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/0jBuwjcTE0
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 1, 2020
GROUP B
Real Madrid
Shakhtar
Inter Milan
Borussia Monchengladbach
Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar, Inter, Gladbach pic.twitter.com/ymuGeh7rAe
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 1, 2020
GROUP C
Porto
Manchester City
Olympiacos
Marseille
Group C: Porto, Man City, Olympiacos, Marseille#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/9MNfr2sCjG
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 1, 2020
GROUP D
Liverpool
Ajax
Atalanta
Midtjylland
Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/L27Pq0G4Q2
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 1, 2020
GROUP E
Sevilla
Chelsea
Krasnodar
Rennes
Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, Krasnodar, Rennes#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/nOQ9Sz4Cu3
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 1, 2020
GROUP F
Zenit
Borussia Dortmund
Lazio
Club Brugge
Group F: Zenit, Dortmund, Lazio, Club Brugge#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/OeOvkDQt3b
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 1, 2020
GROUP G
Juventus
Barcelona
Dynamo Kyiv
Ferencváros
Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kyiv, Ferencvaros#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/ptTbh7XSWU
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 1, 2020
GROUP H
Paris St Germain
Manchester United
RB Leipzig
İstanbul Başakşehir
Group H: PSG, Man Utd, Leipzig, Basaksehir#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/fKMqUCX32m
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 1, 2020
When will fixtures be confirmed?
The full fixture list for the group stage will be communicated on Friday evening after taking into account the calendars of participating clubs and stakeholders.

Fixtures dates
Matchday 1: 20/21 October
Matchday 2: 27/28 October
Matchday 3: 3/4 November
Matchday 4: 24/25 November
Matchday 5: 1/2 December
Matchday 6: 8/9 December
The final is on 29 May at Istanbul’s Ataturk Stadium.
Fans took to give their reaction over on social media after seeing the Champions League Group Stage Draw in Full…
Ole and his Manchester United boys tryna get out of group H like.#UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/aPjBQImvyP
— Olaoluwa ?️ (@manlikelaxx) October 1, 2020
Drogba is behind this. Too easy #UCLdraw
— Eli Kofi??️ (@eli___k) October 1, 2020
could you make it any more clear that this is fixed
— • (@Samuel_MUFC) October 1, 2020
Manchester city and Uefa….. pic.twitter.com/Xh1M5O5exS
— xoliswa_sa (@xoliswa_sa) October 1, 2020
Easy group for city again but we don’t have to worry they will bottle it in the quarterfinals again
— Mohit (@mohitgar2001) October 1, 2020
Ffs why does Man City get so easy groups all the time
— Emre (@TurkishVikng) October 1, 2020
RIP MU
Tricky for Liverpool
Pretty good for Chelsea
MC as always = free bye to knockouts.— James Holden (@MrJames007619) October 1, 2020
It amazes me how City always get an easy draw in every competition that requires a draw.
— Niall Stevenson (@FourLeafNiall) October 1, 2020
Corrupt as usual
— Liam (@LCP0398) October 1, 2020
United have to understand they are not a big club anymore and that drawing PSG and Leipzig will be the end of Ole
— CIRO CIRO CIRO (@ImmobileLazio) October 1, 2020
Malouda and Drogba drawing Chelsea with Sevilla, krasnador and Stade Rennais
JuJu stuff???? pic.twitter.com/JRc6oehsf4
— Zeals the Footy Prophet (@preaches_footy) October 1, 2020
I feel bad for midtykjands or whatever ?
— Aspire Writers. (@Kibet002) October 1, 2020
Really looking forward to Liverpool vs Ajax but shame the fans cant attend. Wouldve been epic. Atalanta play nice football too, that’ll be an interesting one. All not too far to travel. Draw couldve been much worse.
— Graeme (@GMU12PHY) October 1, 2020
PSG and RB Leipzig in the group stage
My god We’re facing last seasons semi finalist and finalist before we even reach the round of 16.
Group of death?
— Caleb . (@Caleb_Mufc) October 1, 2020

You must be logged in to post a comment Login