{"id":146886,"date":"2015-08-27T17:16:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T17:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=146886"},"modified":"2015-08-27T17:20:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T17:20:26","slug":"champions-league-draw-mourinho-takes-chelsea-to-porto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=146886","title":{"rendered":"Champions league draw: Mourinho takes Chelsea to Porto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich have all discovered their fate in the draw for the UEFA Champion\u2019s League group stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea will return to his former club FC Porto in Portugal where he won his first Champions League trophy in 2004.<\/p>\n

Chelsea will also face Ukrainian champions Dinamo Kiev and Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel in Group G.<\/p>\n

Arsenal will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League for the third time in four seasons after being drawn against the German club in the group stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manchester United will play PSV Eindhoven on their return to the competition, with striker Memphis Depay to face to his old club.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea will play Porto, with whom Jose Mourinho won the competition in 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manchester City face Serie A’s Juventus, Europa League winners Sevilla and Borussia Monchengladbach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsene Wenger’s Gunners side will also play Olympiakos of Greece and Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to PSV, United were drawn with Russian club CSKA Moscow and last year’s German Bundesliga runners-up Wolfsburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

Below are the full groups of the UEFA Champions League 2015\/2016 season.<\/span><\/p>\n

The full pairings below<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Shakhtar, Malmo<\/span><\/p>\n

Group B: PSV, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Wolfsburg<\/span><\/p>\n

Group C: Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Astana<\/span><\/p>\n

Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Monchengladbach<\/span><\/p>\n

Group E: Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, BATE<\/span><\/p>\n

Group F: Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Dinamo Zagreb<\/span><\/p>\n

Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Maccabi Tel-Aviv<\/span><\/p>\n

Group H: Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, Gent<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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