BREAKING: Chelsea to face 3 league champions in Champions league group stage
The Champions League season 2022–2023 draws have been completed.
Chelsea has been placed in Group E with the likes of the champions of Italy, AC Milan, Croatia, Dinamo Zagreb, and Austria, RB Salzburg.
See the complete results of the draws below.
GROUP A
Ajax
Liverpool
Napoli
Rangers
GROUP B
Porto
Atletico Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen
Club Brugge
GROUP C
Bayern Munich
Barcelona
Inter
Viktoria Plzen
GROUP D
Eintracht Frankfurt
Tottenham
Sporting CP
Marseille
GROUP E
AC Milan
Chelsea
Red Bull Salzburg
Dinamo Zagreb
GROUP F
Real Madrid
RB Leipzig
Shakhtar Donetsk
Celtic
GROUP G
Manchester City
Sevilla
Borussia Dortmund
FC Copenhagen
GROUP H
Paris Saint-Germain
Juventus
Benfica
Maccabi Haifa
Due to the World Cup in November, the Champions League this season will operate on a different calendar.
The first group fixtures will be played on September 6 and 7.
The group stage will run over a nine-week period until November 2 in order to accommodate the World Cup in Qatar.
The round of 16 ties will be played over a month from February 14 to March 15. The quarter-final ties are in April and the semi-finals will be held in May.
The final is at Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium on June 10 next year.