When and where is the draw?The draw begins at 13:00CET on Friday 31 August at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. It will be streamed live on UEFA.com alongside text updates. Who is involved in the draw and what are the pots? Arsenal and Chelsea are among the contenders©Getty ImagesUEFA.com - News
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Champions League group stage draw: all you need to know
#WU17EURO finals schedule: begins Wednesday
DrawGroup A: Lithuania (hosts), Germany (holders), Finland, Netherlands Group B: Poland, Spain, Italy, EnglandCalendarGroup stage: 9, 12 & 15 MaySemi-finals: 18 MayFinal & World Cup play-off: 21 MayVenuesMarijampole FC Stadium, 6,581 seats (4 group matches, 1 semi-final, final)Alytus Stadium, 3,728 seats (4 group matches, 1 semi-final, World Cup play-off)Šiauliai Central Stadium, 3,000 seats (4 group matches) Full schedule (times CET, Lithuania is one hour ahead) Group stageWednesday 9 Ma... UEFA.com - News
Women’s Champions League knockouts begin
The UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase begins on Wednesday as the round of 32 is played with Lyon starting their bid for an unprecedented third straight title.Round of 32 ties (4 & 11 October)*Stjarnan (ISL) v Rossiyanka (RUS)Fiorentina (ITA) v Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)Apollon (CYP) v Linköping (SWE)Montpellier (FRA) v Zvezda-2005 (RUS)BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) v Glasgow City (SCO)**Gintra Universitetas (LTU) v FC Zürich (SUI)Atlético Madrid (ESP) v Wolfsburg (GER)LSK Kvinner (NOR) v Brøndby (DEN) A... UEFA.com - News
Champions League starts: Road to Kyiv begins in Yerevan
The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League season begins on Tuesday when the first qualifying round kicks off.Just 24 days on from Real Madrid lifting the trophy in Cardiff, and with little under 11 months to go to the 2018 final in Kyiv, action begins at 17:00CET when Armenia's Alashkert welcome FC Santa Coloma to Yerevan. When these teams met last season a 0-0 draw in Andorra was followed by a 3-0 win for Alashkert. Later on, four teams make their UEFA Champions League debuts as Gibraltar's Europa travel to The New Saints, FCI Talllinn of Estonia go to Hibernians and Víkingur, who
Leicester’s Champions League adventure begins at Brugge
After their fairy-tale triumph in last season's Premier League, Leicester City FC turn their sights to the UEFA Champions League as they kick off their Group G campaign away at Club Brugge KV.Match background Club Brugge• The Belgian titleholders are competing in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time since 2005/06.• They will hope to fare better at home in Group G than they managed in last term's UEFA Europa League group stage. En route to finishing third in their group, they suffered home losses to FC Midtjylland (1-3) and SSC Napoli (0-1), ... UEFA.com - News