The 2018/19 Champions League Group Stage Draw

The 2018/19 Champions League group stage has been drawn out.

The draw below:

GROUP A

Atletico Madrid

Borussia Dortmund

AS Monaco

Club Brugge

GROUP B

Barcelona

Tottenham Hotspurs

PSV Eindhoven

Inter Milan

GROUP C

Paris Saint-Germain

Napoli

Liverpool

Red Star Belgrade

GROUP D

Lokomotiv Moscow

FC Porto

Schalke

Galatasaray

GROUP E

Bayern Munich

Benfica

Ajax

AEK Athens

GROUP F

Manchester City

Shakhtar Donetsk

Lyon

Hoffenheim

GROUP G

Real Madrid

AS Roma

CSKA Moscow

Viktoria Plzen

GROUP H

Juventus

Manchester United

Valencia

Young Boys

Match day one takes place on 18-19th September with the final round of group games commencing on 11-12th December. The knockout round kicks-off in the new year.

The final will be played on 1st June 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano - the home of Atletico Madrid.

Of course, Real Madrid are the defending champions following last seasons 3-1 victory against Liverpool in Kiev, Ukraine.

Image: PA

Image: PA

The Spanish giants have won the competition an incredible three years on the bounce but are without Zinedine Zidane's managerial tutelage, not to mention Cristiano Ronaldo, whose transferred to Juventus, for this campaign.

Who will raise European silverware in Madrid?

Manchester City? Juventus? Barcelona? Real Madrid? Bayern Munich?

Let us know your prediction in the comment section below.

Topics: Football News, Football, Champions League

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