Schedule: Champions League Group Stage Sparks Fierce Battles This Week

The Champions league group stage begins this Tuesday with 36 club competing for Europe’s biggest prize.

Holders Paris Saint Germain enter as defending champions after last season’s emphatic 5 - 0 win over Inter Milan in the final.

Prize & schedule

All participating clubs will receive fixed entry fees plus performance based bonuses.

Matches will be spread across 3 days: (Tuesday - Wednesday -Thursday).

Tuesday 16 September

• Athletic Bilbao vs Arsenal (16:45)
• PSV Eindhoven vs Union Saint Gilloise (16:45)
• Juventus vs Borussia Dortmund (19:00)
• Real Madrid vs Marseille (19:00)
• Benfica vs Qarabag (19:00)
• Tottenham vs Villarreal (19:00)

Wednesday 17 September

• Olympiacos vs Pafos (16:45)
• Slavia Prague vs Bodø/Glimt (16:45)
• Ajax vs Inter Milan (19:00)
• Bayern Munich vs Chelsea (19:00)
• Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid (19:00)
• Paris Saint Germain vs Atalanta (19:00)

Thursday 18 September

• Club Brugge vs Monaco (16:45)
• Copenhagen vs Bayer Leverkusen (16:45)
• Eintracht Frankfurt vs Galatasaray (19:00)
• Manchester City vs Napoli (19:00)
• Newcastle United vs Barcelona (19:00)
• Sporting Lisbon vs Kairat Almaty (19:00)

All matches are in GMT.

Khaled Hegazy |

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