Champions League: The draws for the new and revamped league phase of UEFA’s elite competition took place in Monaco on Thursday.
Real Madrid are the defending champions after defeating Borussia Dortmund in last season’s final. Los Blancos will have more teams to overcome this time around due to the competition’s expansion from 32 to 36 teams.
Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa are the four English clubs involved in the competition. They join the likes of Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter.
The dates for each Champions League fixture will not be confirmed until Saturday. However, UEFA has revealed when each matchday will take place. Whereas the previous format saw the group stage wrapped up by Christmas, the new model will last till January.
Premier League teams’ fixtures
Remember, these games are not in chronological order as the fixture list still needs to be worked out. All the dates will be released by Uefa on Saturday.
Manchester City: Inter (H), PSG (A), Club Brugge (H). Juventus (A), Feyenoord (H), Sporting CP (A), Sparta Prague (H), Slovan Bratislava (A).
Liverpool: Real Madrid (H), Leipzig (A), Leverkusen (H), Milan (A), Lille (H), PSV Eindhoven (A), Bologna (H), Girona (A).
Arsenal: PSG (H), Inter (A), Shakhtar (H), Atalanta (A), Dinamo Zagreb (H), Sporting (A), Monaco (H), Girona (A).
Celtic: Leipzig (H), Dortmund (A), Brugge (H), Atalanta (A). Young Boys (H), Dinamo Zagreb (A), S Bratislava (H), Aston Villa (A).
Aston Villa: Bayern (H), Leipzig (A), Juventus (H), Brugge (A), Celtic (H), Young Boys (A), Bologna (H), Monaco (A).
