Hello again, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. Life had taken me in some different directions and I had settled into an early retirement from football punditry. However, as the cliche goes, old habits are hard to break so I am back again for another Champions League and Europa League season. It’s going to be an exciting one with a lot of new faces in the group stages of both competitions.
I plan to review each group in more detail before the Champions League group stages kick off on September 14 but for now, here are the groupings. On initial glance, Groups A, B and G could be tight battles between three or all four teams to see who progresses.
| 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage | |||
| Group A | Group B | ||
| FC Internazionale Milano | Olympique Lyonnais | ||
| SV Werder Bremen | SL Benfica | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur FC | FC Schalke 04 | ||
| FC Twente | Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC | ||
| Group C | Group D | ||
| Manchester United FC | FC Barcelona | ||
| Valencia CF | Panathinaikos FC | ||
| Rangers FC | FC København | ||
| Bursaspor | FC Rubin Kazan | ||
| Group E | Group F | ||
| FC Bayern München | Chelsea FC | ||
| AS Roma | Olympique de Marseille | ||
| FC Basel 1893 | FC Spartak Moskva | ||
| CFR 1907 Cluj | MŠK Žilina | ||
| Group G | Group H | ||
| AC Milan | Arsenal FC | ||
| Real Madrid CF | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| AFC Ajax | SC Braga | ||
| AJ Auxerre | FK Partizan | ||
