Champions League draw LIVE: Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Tottenham learn group stage opponents
The Champions League draw revealed the 2022/23 fixtures and groups including Erling Haaland returning to Borussia Dortmund with Man City
Liverpool will face Rangers in the Champions League group stages, as the draw also set up an immediate reunion between Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and his former side Borussia Dortmund.
Liverpool and Rangers were also drawn with Ajax and Napoli in Group A, while Manchester City will face Sevilla and Copenhagen as well as the Bundesliga side.
Chelsea will play Italian champions AC Milan, FC Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb while Tottenham Hotspur also received a favourable draw, with Antonio Conte’s side being grouped with Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille.
Celtic will play the holders Real Madrid along with RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk while the group of death sees Barcelona take on Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, as Robert Lewandowski also faces a trip back to his former side.
Follow live updates from the Champions League draw, below:
Ferran Soriano excited by Erling Haaland’s Dortmund return
Man City CEO Ferran Soriano has been talking to BT Sport about his club’s Champions League draw, where Erling Haaland will return to Borussia Dortmund and they’ll also face Sevilla and FC Copenhagen.
“You can never be completely happy or unhappy with a draw. But we’ve got good teams to play, it will be good to go back to Sevilla - we were there in 2015 - then we were in Copenhagen in 2009. We’ve been in Dortmund recently and it will be a special game for Haaland and Gundogan.
“You can count on this fate (Man City drawing Dortmund)! Both will enjoy it. It's a fantastic stadium, last time we played there it was empty because of Covid, so it will be a great experience for fans in Dortmund and Manchester. We're very excited.
“The Champions League is never our number one priority. The Premier League is always our priority. We work for it every day, it’s our bread and butter. The Champions League is an aspiration though and I'm sure we'll win it.”
Champions League draw: Liverpool face Rangers while Man City’s Erling Haaland gets Dortmund reunion
Liverpool will face Rangers in the Champions League group stages, as the draw also set up an immediate reunion between Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and his former side Borussia Dortmund.
Liverpool and Rangers were also drawn with Ajax and Napoli in Group A, while Manchester City will face Sevilla and Copenhagen as well as the Bundesliga side.
Chelsea will play Italian champions AC Milan, FC Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb while Tottenham Hotspur also received a favourable draw, with Antonio Conte’s side being grouped with Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille.
Celtic will play the holders Real Madrid along with RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk while the group of death sees Barcelona take on Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, as Robert Lewandowski also faces a trip back to his former side.
Liverpool draw Rangers in Champions League as Erling Haaland faces Dortmund
Chelsea face AC Milan, Celtic will play holders Real Madrid, while Tottenham received a favourable draw
Karim Benzema named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year
Now it’s time for the men’s equivalent and it’s Karim Benzema who gets the nod. Well deserved for the Real Madrid and France striker as he helped steer his club to Champions League glory, scoring a remarkable 15 goals in the process.
Alexia Putellas wins UEFA Women's Player of the Year
Barcelona superstar Alexia Putellas is named UEFA Women’s Player of the Year.
She talks about her incredible season and unsurprisingly selects playing Real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League in front of a packed Camp Nou as the highlight of her campaign.
Chelsea to play AC Milan, RB Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in Champions League group stage
Chelsea have drawn AC Milan, Red Bull Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League group stages.
The last English side to win the competition back in 2021, the Blues saw their title defence put to an end by eventual winners Real Madrid in a quarter-final thriller at the Bernabeu last season.
Thomas Tuchel’s side are playing in the Champions League for the fourth consecutive season and have been busy in the transfer market this summer, with several new additions expected before the window closes.
Chelsea have already signed Raheem Sterling, Marc Cucurella and Kalidou Koulibaly but have started their season in mixed fashion, winning against Everton but drawing to Spurs and losing 3-0 to Leeds.
Chelsea draw Milan, Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in UCL group stages
Thomas Tuchel’s side were defending champions last season but were knocked out by eventual winners Real Madrid
Liverpool’s Champions League draw: Reds to face Rangers, Ajax and Napoli in group stage
Liverpool have drawn Rangers, Ajax and Napoli in the Champions League group stages.
Jurgen Klopp’s side reached the final last season but were defeated by Real Madrid in Paris after also missing out on the Premier League title.
The Reds are playing in the Champions League for the sixth season in a row under Klopp. Last campaign, Liverpool won all six group stage matches for the first time.
Liverpool were drawn in Group A on Thursday, alongside Scottish side Rangers, Dutch champions Ajax, and Italian outfit Napoli.
Liverpool draw Rangers, Ajax and Napoli in Champions League group stage
Jurgen Klopp’s side will look to go one better this season after losing to Real Madrid in last season’s final
Man City to play Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla and FC Copenhagen in Champions League group stage
Manchester City have drawn Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla and FC Copenhagen in the Champions League group stages, handing an immediate return to Dortmund for Erling Haaland.
Pep Guardiola’s side suffered a spectacular collapse to Real Madrid in the semi-finals last season and remain on the hunt for an elusive Champions League title, in what will be their 12th attempt this season.
City have added Haaland over the summer with the striker having a ridiculous goalscoring record in the Champions League. Haaland has scored 15 goals in 13 matches in the competition across previous spells at Dortmund and Red Bull Salzburg and will return to Germany to face his former club in this season’s group stage.
Man City draw Dortmund, Sevilla and Copenhagen in UCL group stage
The Premier League champions embark on their 12th attempt to win the Champions League
UEFA Coach of the Year awards
As mentioned earlier, there are a number of UEFA Awards being handed out as well this evening.
We’ve had men and women’s coach of the year announced. England boss Sarina Wiegman wins the women’s coach of the year after leading England to Euro 2022 glory, while Carlo Ancelotti takes the men’s equivalent after Real Madrid triumphed in the Champions League.
Tottenham’s Champions League draw: Spurs to face Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille in group stage
Tottenham have drawn Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting CP and Marseille in the Champions League group stages.
Spurs are back in European football’s top competition for the first time since the 2019/20 season after Antonio Conte guided the club to fourth place at the expense of rivals Arsenal last campaign.
Tottenham reached the final of the Champions League in 2019 only to narrowly lose out to Liverpool in Madrid and Conte will hope to bring more memorable European nights to north London in his first full season in charge.
Tottenham draw Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille in UCL group stage
Spurs are back in the Champions League after a two-year absence
Champions League group stage draw
Here’s the full Champions League group stage draw - some very tasty ties in there!
Erling Haaland going back to Borussia Dortmund with Man City, while a Battle of Britain in Group A with Liverpool and Rangers. Group C has some mouth-watering matches as well...
Group A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers
Group B: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge
Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen
Group D: Eintracht Frankfurt, Spurs, Sporting Lisbon, Marseille
Group E: AC Milan, Chelsea, RB Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb
Group F: Real Madrid, RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic
Group G: Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, FC Copenhagen
Group H: Paris St-Germain, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa
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