Thirty-two of Europe's most-storied clubs learned their fate on Thursday, with the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League draw seeing it's completion in Monaco. Eight groups of four were concocted. All 32 clubs will compete in double round-robin competition, with the two highest point totals from each group advancing to the knockout rounds of the tournament.
Below is the completed draw, with the Group E serving as the Group of Death :
Group A: Atletico Madrid (Spain), Juventus (Italy), Olympiakos (Greece), Malmo FF (Sweden)
Group B: Real Madrid (Spain), FC Basel (Switzerland), Liverpool (England), Ludogorets (Bulgaria)
Group C: Benfica (Portugal), Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia), Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), AS Monaco (France)
Group D: Arsenal (England), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Galatasaray (Germany), Anderlecht (Belgium)
Group E: Bayern Munich (Germany), Manchester City (England), CSKA Moskva (Russia), AS Roma (Italy)
Group F: Barcelona (Spain), Paris St. Germain (France), Ajax (Netherlands), APOEL FC (Cyprus)
Group G: Chelsea (England), Schalke 04 (Germany), Sporting CP (Portugal), Maribor (Slovenia)
Group H: FC Porto (Portugal), FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Athletic Bilbao (Spain), BATE (Belarus)
Given current form and recent history, below are the predicted group winners and runner-ups.
Group A: Atletico Madrid (winner), Juventus (runner-up)
Group B: Real Madrid (winner), Liverpool (runner-up)
Group C: Bayer Leverkusen (winner), Benfica (runner-up)
Group D: Borussia Dortmund (winner), Arsenal (runner-up)
Group E: Bayern Munich (winner), Manchester City (runner-up)
Group F: Barcelona (winner), Paris Saint-Germain (runner-up)
Group G: Chelsea (winner), Schalke 04 (runner-up)
Group H: Athletic Bilbao (winner), FC Porto (runner-up)
The group stage will kickoff on Sept 16. and run its double round-robin format until Dec. 10.
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