2021-22 Champions League Group Stage Draw: City vs PSG, Bayern vs Barcelona

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

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Group B

• Atlético de Madrid
• Liverpool FC
• Porto
• AC Milan

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Group C

• Sporting Club de Portugal
• Borussia Dortmund
• AFC Ajax
• Beşiktaş

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Group D

• Inter Milan
• Real Madrid
• Shakhtar Donetsk
• Sheriff Tiraspol

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Group E

• FC Bayern Munich
• FC Barcelona
• Benfica
• Dynamo Kyiv

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Group F

• Villarreal
• Manchester United
• Atalanta BC
• Young Boys

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Group G

• Lille
• Sevilla FC
• Salzburg
• Wolfsburg

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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