UEFA Champions League Group-Stage Draw: Galacticos Get Shot At Ajax, Citizens; Chelsea In Same Group As Juve; Bhoys In Same Group As Barca; Red Devils In With Braga, Galatasaray, CFR Cluj; Guners Get Schalke, Legend, Montpellier

The draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League took place on Thursday in Monaco.

Group A:

FC Porto (Portugal)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Group B:

Arsenal (England)
FC Schalke 04 (Germany)
Olympiacos (Greece)
Montpellier (France)

Group C:

AC Milan (Italy)
Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)
RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)
Malaga (Spain)

Group D:

Real Madrid (Spain)
Manchester City (England)
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

Group E:

Chelsea (England; defending champions)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Jeventus (Italy)
FC Nordsjaelland (Denmark)

Group F:

Bayern Munich (Germany)
Valencia (Spain)
LOSC Lille Metropole (France)
FC BATE Borisov (Belarus)

Group G:

Barcelona (Spain)
SL Benfica (Portugal)
Spartak Moscow (Russia)
Celtic (Scotland)

Group H

Manchester United (England)
Sporting Braga (Portugal)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
CFR Cluj (Romania)

Action begins on Tuesday, September 18.

Each team play two games against each other team in its' group.  The top two teams in each group will advance to the Champions League's knockout stage, starting with the Round of 16.  The third-place clubs will play in the Round of 32 in the Europa League.