Champions League Draw: London Clubs Get Lucky While Liverpool & Manchester United Celebrate

The draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Thursday evening.

Holders Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur and APOEL while Juventus and Barcelona were paired together in Group D.

Meanwhile, Los Blancos players won three of the four individual awards on offer with Cristiano Ronaldo named Forward of the Season, Luka Modrić scooping the Midfielder of the Season award and Sergio Ramos named Defender of the Season. Here is the draw in full:

GROUP A
Benfica
Manchester United
Basel
CSKA Moscow
GROUP B
Bayern Munich
Paris Saint-Germain
Anderlecht
Celtic
GROUP C
Chelsea
Atlético Madrid
Roma
Qarabag
GROUP D
Juventus
Barcelona
Olympiakos
Sporting Lisbon

GROUP E
Spartak Moscow
Sevilla
Liverpool
Maribor
GROUP F
Shakhtar Donetsk
Manchester City
Napoli
Feyenoord
GROUP G
Monaco
Porto
Beşiktaş
RB Leipzig
GROUP H
Real Madrid
Borussia Dortmund
Tottenham Hotspur
APOEL

The first games of the 2017/18 Champions League group stage will begin on 12 and 13 September with the final matches played on 5 and 6 December. The final will take place in Kievn on 26 May 2018.Photo Credit: Getty