UEFA Champions League Group Draw For Chelsea

The draw for the Group Stages of this seasons UEFA Champions League was held tonight in Monaco and Chelsea were one of 4 English clubs that were waiting to see who they were going to meet.

Alongside Chelsea in Pot 1 were Manchester United and Arsenal, in Pot 3 were last night’s qualifiers, and in the Champions League for the first time, Tottenham Hotspur.

First out were Manchester United and go into Group ‘C’
Second out were Barcelona and go into Group ‘D’
Third out were AC Milan and go into Group ‘G’
Forth out were Bayern Munich and go into Group ‘E’
Fifth out were Olympic Lyonnais and go into Group ‘B’
Sixth out were Inter Milan (Champions) and go into Group ‘A’
Seventh out were Arsenal and go into Group ‘H’
And finally!….
Eighth out were Chelsea who go into Group ‘F’

* Goalkeeper award goes to Julio Cesar of Inter Milan

* Defender award goes to Maicon of Inter Milan

* Midfielder award goes to Wesley Sneijder of Inter Milan

* Forward award goes to Diego Milito of Inter Milan – {Club player of the year}  (all four to Jose then!)

So, at the end of another very long draw, Chelsea’s Group ‘F’ looks like this:

CHELSEA – MARSEILLE – SPARTAK MOSCOW – MSZ ZILINA

The matches will take place as follows:

MSK Zilina away – Wednesday 15 September

Marseille home – Tuesday 28 September

Spartak Moscow away – Tuesday 19 October

Spartak Moscow home – Wednesday 3 November

Zilina home – Tuesday 23 November

Marseille away – Wednesday 8 December

Full draw:

Group A: Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Tottenham, FC Twente

Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv

Group C: Manchester United, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor

Group D: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan

Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, Basle, Cluj

Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, MSK Zilina

Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre

Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Braga, Partizan Belgrade