Arsenal Champions League fixtures: Gunners to open with Dinamo Zagreb trip, plus daunting back-to-back Bayern Munich ties

The Gunners end with Olympiakos away tie

James Orr
Thursday 27 August 2015 20:04 BST
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (Getty)

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Arsenal open their Champions League campaign away against Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, before daunting back-to-back matches against Bayern Munich, the German champions.

Bayern knocked the Gunners out in the Last 16 in both the 2013/14 and 2012/13 seasons.

Arsenal last played Olympiakos in the group stage of the 2012/13 campaign - when they lost 2-1 away, but won 3-1 at home.

The Gunners played Dinamo Zagreb in the play-off round in 2006, winning 3-0 away and 2-1 at home.

Arsenal fixtures:

16 Sep D Zagreb (a); 29 Sep Oly (h); 20 Oct Bayern (h); 4 Nov Bayern (a); 24 Nov D Zagreb (h); 9 Dec Oly (a)

Full draw:

GROUP A: PSG, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmo

GROUP B: PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Wolfsburg

GROUP C: Benfica, Atletico, Galatasaray, Astana

GROUP D: Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Monchengladbach

GROUP E: Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, BATE Borisov

GROUP F: Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Dinamo Zagreb

GROUP G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

GROUP H: Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, Gent

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