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The UEFA Champions League, the world's most important international club tournament, held its group stage draw on Thursday.
The 21/22 edition of the Champions League will have the attraction of seeing Argentine Lionel Messi for the first time wearing the Paris Saint-Germain shirt of France after his departure from Barcelona of Spain.
And that's not all: in the group stage, we can see the reunion between Messi and Pep Guardiola, as PSG and Manchester City will meet in Group A.
In other groups, we will have duels like Liverpool vs.
Atlético de Madrid, Barcelona vs.
Bayern Munich, Inter Milan vs.
Real Madrid, Chelsea vs.
Juventus, among others.
Below, all the information about how the groups of the new edition of the Champions League were organized.
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Which clubs will participate in the 21/22 edition of the Champions League?
A total of 32 teams, divided into 8 groups, will start their journey in the European tournament.
26 of those clubs achieved direct qualification while the remaining 6 did so through the play-offs.
The 32 participants:
-Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea (England)
-Atlético, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Villarreal (Spain)
-Inter Milan, AC Milan, Atalanta, Juventus (Italy)
-Bayern, Leipzig, Dortmund, Wolfsburg ( Germany)
-Lille, PSG (France)
-Sporting CP, Porto, Benfica (Portugal)
-Ajax (Netherlands)
-Zenit (Russia)
-Salzburg (Austria)
-Bruges (Belgium)
-Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
-Beşiktaş (Turkey)
-Young Boys (Switzerland)
-Malmö (Sweden)
-Sheriff (Moldova) )
This is how the Champions League groups remained
Group A
-Manchester City
-PSG
-Leipzig
-Bruges
B Group
-Atlético de Madrid
-Liverpool
-Porto
-AC
Milan
Group C
-Sporting CP
-Dortmund
-Ajax
-Beşiktaş
Group D
-Inter Milan
-Real Madrid
-Shakhtar Donetsk
-Sheriff
Group E
-Bayern Munich
-Barcelona
-Benfica
-Dínamo Kiev
Group F
-Villareal
-Manchester United
-Atalanta
-Young Boys
Group G
-Lille
-Seville
-Salzburg
-Wolfsburgo
Group H
-Chelsea
-Juventus
Zenit
-Malmö
How was the draw done?
The 32 clubs were divided into four seeded pots.
In Pot 1 were the UEFA Champions League champion (Chelsea), the UEFA Europa League winner (Villarreal) and the champions of the six highest-ranked countries that have qualified through their leagues (Bayern Munich, Manchester City , Atlético de Madrid, Inter de Milan, Sporting de Portugal and Lille de France).
The rest of the pots will be composed according to the UEFA club coefficient classification.
No team may face another club from the same federation in the group stage.
Messi will seek to win the Champions League again at PSG.
When are the Champions League group stage matches played?
The Champions League group stage will start in mid-September.
The complete calendar, with each of the meetings, will be published once the draw has been made.
All set for the 2021/22 season!
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Group stage schedule
-First match: September 14/15
-Second match: September 28/29
-Third match:
October 19/20
-Four match: November 2/3
-Fifth match: November 23/24
-Six match: 7 / December 8
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