2021-22 Champions League Group Stage Draw: City vs PSG, Bayern vs Barcelona
Could we be treated to another Cristian Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi showdown in the group stage

The draw for the Champions League group stages is complete and it has thrown up a host of thrilling matchups and storylines for the coming months with a string of Europe’s biggest clubs drawn against each other.
Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will face off in Group A, in what could ultimately be a matchup between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Meanwhile, Messi’s former club Barcelona will have to face a rerun of their nightmare 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the 2020 quarterfinals in Group E. Holders Chelsea will face Juventus in Group H whilst Group B contains three former winners — Liverpool, Porto and AC Milan — alongside Spanish champions Atletico Madrid.
Champions League 2021-22 Groups
Group A
- Manchester City
- Paris Saint-Germain
- RB Leipzig
- Club Brugge
Group B
- Atlético de Madrid
- Liverpool FC
- Porto
- AC Milan
Group C
- Sporting Club de Portugal
- Borussia Dortmund
- AFC Ajax
- Beşiktaş
Group D
- Inter Milan
- Real Madrid
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Sheriff Tiraspol
Group E
- FC Bayern Munich
- FC Barcelona
- Benfica
- Dynamo Kyiv
Group F
- Villarreal
- Manchester United
- Atalanta BC
- Young Boys
Group G
- Lille
- Sevilla FC
- Salzburg
- Wolfsburg
Group H
- Chelsea FC
- Juventus
- FC Zenit
- Malmö
2021-21 Champions League Draw Time
Central European Summer Time: 18:00
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): 16:00
US times: New York 12:00, Dallas 11:00, Los Angeles: 09:00
Indian Time: 21:30
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Chmapions League 2021-22 Schedule
- Matchday 1: September 14-15
- Matchday 2: September 28-29
- Matchday 3: October 19-20
- Matchday 4: November 2-3
- Matchday 5: November 23-24
- Matchday 6: December 7-8
2021-22 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Plots
Pot 1:
- Chelsea (holders)
- Bayern Munich
- Manchester City
- Atlético Madrid
- Villarreal (Europa League winners)
- Inter Milan
- Sporting CP
- Lille
Pot 2:
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
- Juventus
- Manchester United
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Liverpool
- Sevilla
- Borussia Dortmund
Pot 3:
- FC Porto
- Ajax
- RB Leipzig
- Atalanta
- Zenit Saint Petersburg
- Benfica
- RB Salzburg
- Shakhtar Donetsk
Pot 4:
- AC Milan
- Club Brugge
- Wolfsburg
- Young Boys
- Malmö
- Beşiktaş
- Dynamo Kiev
- Sheriff Tiraspol