Thursday, August 24, 2006

Here Are The Eight UEFA Champions League Groups

Here are the eight groups of teams as drawn on Thursday in Monaco for the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League:

GROUP A:
FC Barcelona
Chelsea
Werder Bremen
Levski Sofia

GROUP B:
Inter Milan
Bayern Munich
Sporting Lisbon
Spartak Moscow

GROUP C:
Liverpool
PSV Eindhoven
Bordeaux
Galatasary SK

GROUP D:
Valencia
AS Roma
Olympiacos
Shakhtar Donetsk

GROUP E:
Real Madrid
Lyon
Steaua Bucharest
FC Dynamo Kiev

GROUP F:
Manchester United
Celtic FC
Benfica
FC Copenhagen

GROUP G:
Arsenal
FC Porto
CSKA Moscow
Hamburger SV

GROUP H:
AC Milan
Lille OSC
AEK Athens
RSC Anderlecht


Group play begins on September 12 and 13. Each team in each group would play two games against each of the other three teams in its group (one home, one away). The top two finishers in each group would reach the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, while the third place finishers would move on to the third round of the UEFA Cup.


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