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
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Reunion for Ronaldo as holders start against Sporting
Real Madrid CF begin their quest to do what no side has done in the UEFA Champions League era and retain the European Cup. The defending champions kick off their 2016/17 campaign against a Sporting Clube de Portugal side seeking their own first – a victory in Spain.• For Cristiano Ronaldo, the match brings a reunion with the club where he spent six years (1997–2003) before leaving for Manchester United FC. Previous meetings• The clubs last met in the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League first group stage, when Madrid were again defending champions. Then as now they faced each other on m... UEFA.com
Podcast: Champions League season preview
Hear from Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann in our group stage preview for the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League. Host Rob Daly is joined by European football journalist Andy Brassell and commentator Richard Kaufman to discuss Pep Guardiola's return to Camp Nou, Real Madrid's chances of defending their title plus the major new signings made by all 32 teams.You can listen in the player above, download the podcast from iTunes or listen in the official competition app. Matchday Live returns with commentary and updates on every night of the UEFA Champions League starting on 19:30CEST on 13 September. ... UEFA.com - News
Meet the UEFA Women’s Champions League contenders
Seeded clubs:Lyon (FRA, holders)• Round of 32 record (round introduced in 2009/10): W7 L0• Best performance: winners (2011, 2012, 2016)Won their third European title last season, one behind FFC Frankfurt’s record. Their summer arrivals include Dzsenifer Marozsán, Caroline Seger, Jessica Houara-d'Hommeaux and Kheira Hamraoui after the departures of Amandine Henry and Lotta Schelin, plus Louisa Necib's retirement and on Wednesday signed New Zealand goalkeeper Erin Nayler.
Women’s Champions League knockout seedings
Holders Lyon and the side they beat in last season's final, Wolfsburg, are among the 16 seeds in the UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32 draw at 13:30CET on Thursday, streamed live on UEFA.comNine teams came through the qualifying round last week to join the 23 given byes to this stage. Teams entering in the knockout phase include three-time winners Lyon, twice champions Wolfsburg and former finalists Paris Saint-Germain, Zvezda-2005 and Fortuna Hjørring.However, English title-holders Chelsea and current leaders Manchester City, one of ? debutants in the draw, will be unseeded. Chelsea, who could face rematches with either of the teams they played last season – Gla... UEFA.com - News
All the Champions League teams’ league results
Group AMonaco v Paris Saint-GermainSunday at 20:45.Watford 1-3 Arsenal (Pereyra; Cazorla 9pen, Alexis Sánchez 40, Özil 45+1)The Gunners picked up their first win of the season thanks to a fine first-half display, Alexis Sánchez scoring one and setting up the other two.Thun v BaselSunday at 16:00.Lokomotiv Plovdiv v LudogoretsSunday at 20:15.Group BNacional 1-3 Benfica (Tobias Figueiredo 64; Ghazal og 17, Carrillo 70, Jiménez 90+2)Another late goal from Raúl Jiménez, who earned Benfica a point in added ti... UEFA.com - News
Classic UEFA Champions League play-offs
Bremen 3-1 SampdoriaSampdoria 3-2 Bremen (aet; agg: 4-5)2010/11Bremen looked to be home and dry after building a 3-0 first-leg lead against ten-man Sampdoria, but their celebrations were dampened by a late Giampaolo Pazzini strike. The German side's job was not finished yet, and so it proved as Sampdoria roared back with three goals in the return, Antonio Cassano's 85th-minute effort seemingly settling the tie – only for Markus Rosenberg to pounce on 93 minutes, before Claudio Pizarro had the final say in extra time.Braga 1-0 SevillaSevilla 3-4 Braga (agg: 3-5)2010/11