Champions League draw
Holders Liverpool will face Napoli, Salzburg and Genk in the Champions’ League group stage this season.
Premier League champions Manchester City were drawn alongside Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta.
Last year’s runners-up Tottenham are in a group with five-time European Cup winners Bayern Munich, plus Olympiakos and Red Star Belgrade. Chelsea must negotiate a group including 2019 semi-finalists Ajax, Valencia and Lille.
European heavyweights Paris StGermain and Real Madrid were drawn together in Group A while former winners Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan will all meet in Group F.
This year’s group stage begins on September 17 while the final is on May 30 at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul. Liverpool met Napoli in the group stage of last year’s competition, winning at home and losing the away tie in Italy, before going on to win the tournament for a sixth time. “Napoli are obviously a very experienced side and their coach Carlo Ancelotti has won the competition,” said manager Jurgen Klopp.
“I will need now to have another, closer look at Genk and Salzburg, but I already know they are very young, very exciting and very fresh, so it will be interesting, 100%.”
It will be the third year in a row Manchester City, who lost in the quarter-final to Spurs last season, will face Shakhtar in the group stage. “Zagreb and Atalanta are new opponents for us, but both teams play really good football and I think you will see some great games in this group,” City director of football Txiki Begiristain said.
Tottenham reached the European Cup final for the first time last season and forward Son Heung-min said they must “remember and learn from” the campaign. “Bayern will be special because they are one of the biggest teams in Europe, you’re always excited to play in this competition against these teams,” the South Korea international added.
Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid, Club Bruges, Galatasaray
Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Olympiakos, Red Star Belgrade
Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta
Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow Liverpool, Napoli, Salzburg, Genk
Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Slavia Prague Zenit St Petersburg, Benfica, Lyon, RB Leipzig, Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia, Lille