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DATES LEARNED FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP FIXTURES
Posted on: Thu 30 Aug 2012
We now know when we will be facing Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus and FC
Nordsjaelland in Group E of the Champions League. We begin our defence of
the trophy on Wednesday September 19 at home to Juventus, with our first
away game on October 2 against FC Nordsjaelland.
Group stage fixtures in full:
Wednesday September 19 - Juventus (h)
Tuesday October 2 - FC Nordsjaelland (a)
Tuesday October 23 - Shakhtar Donetsk (a)
Wednesday November 7 - Shakhtar Donetsk (h)
Tuesday November 20 - Juventus (a)
Wednesday December 5 - FC Nordsjaelland (h)
There are first meetings with Ukrainian and Danish champions Shakhtar and
FC Nordsjaelland for the Blues, though Italian champions Juventus were
opponents in the first knockout round back in 2009. On that occasion we
were narrow winners at home before a 2-2 draw in Turin sent us through to
the quarter-finals.
Shakhtar play at the impressive Donbass Arena, which was a key feature of
Euro 2012, hosting England's games against France and Ukraine, as well as
the quarter-final between Spain and France, and the semi that saw Spain
sneak past Portugal on penalties. Chelsea club doctor Paco Biosca joined
us from the Ukrainian club last summer.
Juventus return to European competition as Serie A winners, and were
unbeaten last season. Since our last meeting in 2009, they have returned
to their home, the Stadio Delle Alpi, which has been rebuilt with the
running track removed, and renamed the Juventus Stadium. Its capacity is
41,000.
FC Nordsjaelland are first-time Danish champions, and based just outside
Copenhagen. Their stadium is a little over 10,000 capacity, and so they
will play their home games at Parken in Copenhagen, home of the Danish
national team. Their squad includes Andreas Laudrup,the nephew of former
Chelsea winger Brian, and son of Swansea manager Michael.
Reacting to the draw, Chelsea club secretary David Barnard said:
'Shakhtar Donetsk are well organised, but we don't know much about them in
turns of playing them before. Juventus we played in 2009 in the last 16
and we came out on top but since then they have new owners and have moved
on so it will be a difficult tie. FC Nordsjaelland are an unknown
quantity.'
The complete draw is:
A組 - Porto (Por)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukr)
Paris St-Germain (Fra)
Dinamo Zagreb (Cro)
B組 - Arsenal (Eng)
Schalke (Ger)
Olympiacos (Gre)
Montpellier (Fra)
C組 - Milan (Ita)
Zenit St. Petersburg (Rus)
Anderlecht (Bel)
Malaga (Esp)
D組 - Real Madrid (Esp)
Manchester City (Eng)
Ajax (Ned)
Borussia Dortmund (Ger)
E組 - Chelsea (Eng)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)
Juventus (Ita)
Nordsjaelland (Den)
F組 - Bayern Munich (Ger)
Valencia (Esp)
Lille (Fra)
BATE Borisov (Bls)
G組 - Barcelona (Esp)
Benfica (Por)
Spartak Moscow (Rus)
Celtic (Sco)
H組 - Manchester United (Eng)
Sporting Braga (Por)
Galatasaray (Tur)
CFR Cluj (Rom)
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DATES LEARNED FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP FIXTURES
Posted on: Thu 30 Aug 2012
We now know when we will be facing Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus and FC
Nordsjaelland in Group E of the Champions League. We begin our defence of
the trophy on Wednesday September 19 at home to Juventus, with our first
away game on October 2 against FC Nordsjaelland.
Group stage fixtures in full:
Wednesday September 19 - Juventus (h)
Tuesday October 2 - FC Nordsjaelland (a)
Tuesday October 23 - Shakhtar Donetsk (a)
Wednesday November 7 - Shakhtar Donetsk (h)
Tuesday November 20 - Juventus (a)
Wednesday December 5 - FC Nordsjaelland (h)
There are first meetings with Ukrainian and Danish champions Shakhtar and
FC Nordsjaelland for the Blues, though Italian champions Juventus were
opponents in the first knockout round back in 2009. On that occasion we
were narrow winners at home before a 2-2 draw in Turin sent us through to
the quarter-finals.
Shakhtar play at the impressive Donbass Arena, which was a key feature of
Euro 2012, hosting England's games against France and Ukraine, as well as
the quarter-final between Spain and France, and the semi that saw Spain
sneak past Portugal on penalties. Chelsea club doctor Paco Biosca joined
us from the Ukrainian club last summer.
Juventus return to European competition as Serie A winners, and were
unbeaten last season. Since our last meeting in 2009, they have returned
to their home, the Stadio Delle Alpi, which has been rebuilt with the
running track removed, and renamed the Juventus Stadium. Its capacity is
41,000.
FC Nordsjaelland are first-time Danish champions, and based just outside
Copenhagen. Their stadium is a little over 10,000 capacity, and so they
will play their home games at Parken in Copenhagen, home of the Danish
national team. Their squad includes Andreas Laudrup,the nephew of former
Chelsea winger Brian, and son of Swansea manager Michael.
Reacting to the draw, Chelsea club secretary David Barnard said:
'Shakhtar Donetsk are well organised, but we don't know much about them in
turns of playing them before. Juventus we played in 2009 in the last 16
and we came out on top but since then they have new owners and have moved
on so it will be a difficult tie. FC Nordsjaelland are an unknown
quantity.'
The complete draw is:
A組 - Porto (Por)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukr)
Paris St-Germain (Fra)
Dinamo Zagreb (Cro)
B組 - Arsenal (Eng)
Schalke (Ger)
Olympiacos (Gre)
Montpellier (Fra)
C組 - Milan (Ita)
Zenit St. Petersburg (Rus)
Anderlecht (Bel)
Malaga (Esp)
D組 - Real Madrid (Esp)
Manchester City (Eng)
Ajax (Ned)
Borussia Dortmund (Ger)
E組 - Chelsea (Eng)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)
Juventus (Ita)
Nordsjaelland (Den)
F組 - Bayern Munich (Ger)
Valencia (Esp)
Lille (Fra)
BATE Borisov (Bls)
G組 - Barcelona (Esp)
Benfica (Por)
Spartak Moscow (Rus)
Celtic (Sco)
H組 - Manchester United (Eng)
Sporting Braga (Por)
Galatasaray (Tur)
CFR Cluj (Rom)
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