Chelsea will face Schalke, FC Basel, and Steaua Bucharest in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group stages. Paired along with the German, Swiss, and Romanian clubs, Chelsea have a tough task of progressing past the Group E. Undoubtedly, Chelsea will be the favourites to progress, but no games are easy in the Champions League and this draw is a remainder of that fact. The first round of matches are scheduled on 17-18 September.
Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, FC Basel, Steaua Bucharest
Chelsea have played against Schalke twice in 2007 with the blues being undefeated in the two matches.
We came up against FC Basel only recently in the Europa League last season. Once again, we were victorious in both matches.
Steaua Bucharest were also one of our opponents last season, as Chelsea beat them on the way to Europa League success.
A decent group, but by no means easy.
The other groups are as follows:
Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad
Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, FC Copenhagen
Group C: Benfica, Paris St-Germain, Olympiakos, Anderlecht
Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen
Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli
Group G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna
Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic
Almost all groups look pretty tough, but there are some standout ties that draw my attention. Real Madrid vs Juventus, Barcelona vs AC Milan (Again? You must be kidding), and Bayern Munich vs Manchester City.
Nice draw and great willian and eto’o, wish u good luck.
wht a perfect draws welcome home omo baba mourinho watch out eto’o vs willian
UP CHELSEA WILLEN&ETOO U ARE WELL COME THAN GOD FOR UCL DRAW
We made good signings in eto’o and willy hence,don’t let mikel leave chelsea now.
The draw is fantastic.wish #teamchelsea all the best
Wht a perfect draw welcome Etoo an willian Chelsea now we get power to beat all premiership game, thk u. Jose Morinho
Pls don,t let mikel go
Mikel will be soon crown Africa football of the year
4 mikel to remain in chelsea he just av to improve him self. But what is happening in chelsea lately I don’t understand (Mata) what abt him
Wow! Itz a gr8 idear 4 jose mou 4 sign eto’o and willian infact hapi one i hail o. Most importantly mikel and mata r needed 4 d squad plz kindly use dem both.
Gud 4 eto nd willam, nd 4 milkel pls dont let him go yet
Iam to inform all my follows chelse fans to help me and tell our cotch not to sale out torest but they should sale out the so called zembaba.
Indeed he is d happiest 1
I hv been crying since yesterday.becs i can’t imagen chealsea losing that match,anyway the coach tried,it nt easy,even wen it was ten against 11 eleven.
Chelsea is a great team,the formation that jose used against guadiola was very good but its foofball,one must carry the day
Why is jose not using mata?