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Today, Aug. 27, 2015, marked the draw for the UEFA Champions League groups stage schedule, which had a huge effect on the teams organized into the eight groups of the tournament, as well as Twitter! #UCLdraw became the top trending Twitter hashtag while some of our favorite teams were divided into groups for the upcoming 2015/2016 tournament. Check out the teams, groups and schedules below!
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Today's momentous draw was brief, but it will affect the following teams over the next couple of months and hopefully into next year for those luckily enough to make it past the important groups stage.
2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage draw (via UEFA.com / The Daily Mail):
Group A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmö
Group B: PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moskva, Wolfsburg
Group C: Benfica, Atlético, Galatasaray, Astana
Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Mönchengladbach
Group E: Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, BATE Borisov
Group F: Bayern München, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Dinamo Zagreb
Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kyiv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Group H: Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, Gent
Group stage schedule:
Matchday one: September 15 - 16
Matchday two: September 29 - 30
Matchday three: October 20 - 21
Matchday four: November 3 - 4
Matchday five: November 24 - 25
Matchday six: December 8 - 9
The official result of the #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/Il4iQoqdLU
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) August 27, 2015
Considering this is one of the biggest annual tournaments in the world of football, Twitter quickly became rampant with tweets about the draw. In fact, the top trending hashtag of the day was #UCLdraw, with countless fans sharing thoughts and reactions to the groups announced today. For one prime example of how this reporter reacted to the news, check out my own personal tweet that I added to the hashtag discussion right here:
desperately searching for a broom emoji to describe @ChelseaFC 's #UCLdraw in group G #sweep #cfc — Jon Niles (@nonjiles) August 27, 2015
Let us know what you think of the UEFA Champions League groups stage schedule in the comments section below!
