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Sarah Zadrazil celebrates after a goal for Bayern
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FC Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim caught well-known opponents in the group stage of the Champions League for women soccer players, which was held for the first time.
The German champions from Munich meet in group D against the seven-time premier class winners Olympique Lyon, BK Häcken (Sweden) and Benfica Lisbon. »We got a really interesting and very demanding group. Of course, Lyon are the strongest opponents and certainly one of the favorites for the Champions League title, "said Bayern coach Jens Scheuer, who wants to reach the quarter-finals" with all his might ".
Wolfsburg, who won the competition in 2013 and 2014, will play in Group A against the English champions and this year's Champions League finalists from Chelsea FC and against Juventus and Servette FCCF from Switzerland. "We are looking forward to a very attractive group stage in which we are going with the clear goal of reaching the quarter-finals for the tenth time in a row," said Ralf Kellermann, Wolfsburg's sporting director.
The newcomers from Hoffenheim face the defending champions of FC Barcelona, Arsenal WFC and HB Køge from Denmark in Group C.
This was the result of the draw with the German ex-national player Lena Goeßling in Nyon.
Hoffenheim's head coach Gabor Gallai said: “This is a group in which we have nothing to lose.
We are very much looking forward to these challenges and just want to enjoy them. "
All games free of charge
The games begin on October 5th and 6th.
The first two of the four groups qualify for the quarter-finals.
DAZN shows all 61 games worldwide free of charge on its YouTube channel.
If you want to hear the German commentary on the games of the German teams, you have to go to the paid platform of the streaming service.
FC Bayern was placed in pot 1 as the German champions.
Wolfsburg reached the group stage through the play-offs after trembling against Girondins Bordeaux.
Hoffenheim prevailed against the Swedish record champions FC Rosengård.
From this season on, Uefa wants to distribute a total of 24 million euros to the teams - four times as much as before.
For the qualification of the group matches alone, there are 400,000 euros per club.
The title can bring the club in question up to 1.4 million euros.
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