UEFA Champions League group stage draw: Barcelona, Inter Milan and Bayern in Group C; Juventus faces PSG in Group H
Liverpool will face Napoli, Rangers and Ajax in Group A, while Manchester City faces Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla in Group G.
Published : Aug 25, 2022 22:36 IST
(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. | Photo Credit: AFP/OZAN KOSE
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.
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: