UCL Draw Thread

[The Skipper 20,593]

United and Arsenal both with hard groups. CL should allow us to rotate the squad keeping our team fresher for the PL.

It's going to be a good season.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Easy group but it doesn't matter. Winning the group is not the goal, this team should be pushing for quarter-finals minimum which means that no matter what, we're going to have to beat top teams.

[Tomo 21,733]

Pony group. Boring. Would have liked at least 1 decent team there

Fuk that, worry about the good teams later, the group stage is about getting through as quick as possible.

[Don Barmbek 3]

This is Schalke!!

[bushman 2,043]

I bet, Jose might even play Schwarzer in these games.

[lukasz 2]

do you guys know when uefa usually publish details of about every single round of group games? i'd like to know when we'll face Schalke at Stamford Bridge

[Jase 43,479]

Our Champions League's group fixtures:

18th Sept - vs Basel (H)

1st Oct - vs Steaua (A)

22nd Oct - vs Schalke (A)

6 Nov - vs Schalke (H)

26 Nov - vs Basel (A)

11 Dec - vs Steaua (H)

[edetarod 2,155]

we could/should qualify on november 6 after beating Shalke at home

[zolayes 14,489]

United and Arsenal both with hard groups. CL should allow us to rotate the squad keeping our team fresher for the PL.

It's going to be a good season.

so Fergie didnt do the draw this time ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,or maybe he did ....

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

EXCELLENT DRAW!

This is very important for the young team we have. Now we can ease our way into the European season and focus on getting maximum points in the league. We definitely lucked out but still there are no easy groups in Europe, the other bonus is we have recent dossiers on Steaua and Basel.

Wednesday 18 September - home v FC Basel
Tuesday 1 October - away v Steaua Bucharest
Tuesday 22 October - away v Schalke 04
Wednesday 6 November - home v Schalke 04
Tuesday 26 November - away v FC Basel
Wednesday 11 December - home v Steaua Bucharest

We have Everton on the 14th at Goodison and Fulham at home on the 21st of Sept

Tottenham on the 28th at 3pt lane and Norwich away on the 6th

Cardiff at the Bridge on Oct 19th

Newcastle away on Nov 2nd and West Brom on the 9th

West Ham away on the 24th of Nov and Southampton on Dec 1st.

Stoke away on the 7th and Crystal Palace on the 14th at the bridge.

[zolayes 14,489]

EXCELLENT DRAW!

This is very important for the young team we have. Now we can ease our way into the European season and focus on getting maximum points in the league. We definitely lucked out but still there are no easy groups in Europe, the other bonus is we have recent dossiers on Steaua and Basel.

Wednesday 18 September - home v FC Basel

Tuesday 1 October - away v Steaua Bucharest

Tuesday 22 October - away v Schalke 04

Wednesday 6 November - home v Schalke 04

Tuesday 26 November - away v FC Basel

Wednesday 11 December - home v Steaua Bucharest

We have Everton on the 14th at Goodison and Fulham at home on the 21st of Sept

Tottenham on the 28th at 3pt lane and Norwich away on the 6th

Cardiff at the Bridge on Oct 19th

Newcastle away on Nov 2nd and West Brom on the 9th

West Ham away on the 24th of Nov and Southampton on Dec 1st.

Stoke away on the 7th and Crystal Palace on the 14th at the bridge.

just realised that was your 100th rep ...keep posting

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

just realised that was your 100th rep ...keep posting

Cheers! and will do!

[Sovieticus 743]

Cheers! and will do!

101 no more equal 100

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Nice draw after an horrific last campaign.

We'll ease past the group stages which will do a world of good for our youth products like Kalas and Ake to be playing in the CL

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

steaua for me, so I can meet to boys once again in Bucharest and visit Stamford Bridge for the 2nd time.

Chelsea, CSKA/Marseille, Basel/Ajax, Steaua

Chelsea is coming to town!

12 points after Basel and Steaua. We should not have problems with Schalke at Stamford Bridge.

As for Steaua - I'm glad we're playing against them so I can get to see the boys once again. I'm also glad we're playing 1st away game in Bucharest. National Arena is not a friendly ground to visit. 55.000 fans are in the stands when Steaua is playing here and if you are not fully focused, it might turn bad for you. This is why I'm happy we're playing our 1st away game here - Chelsea will be fully motivated for the 2nd win in this group and should not have many problems taking three points. Steaua's best players in the last season left the team: Rusescu for Sevilla and Chiriches for Tottenham. There are signs Marica (ex Schalke) will sign for Steaua in the next few days and some other players will come, too, but nothing special... The only concern should be the "hot" atmosphere in the stands.

They've managed to get here after games against Vardar Skopje, Dinamo Tbilisi and Legia Warsaw. Games against Legia both ended in a draw, 1-1 in Bucharest and 2-2 in Warsaw. Overall, Steaua wasn't better than Legia, but they've managed to score two away and this is why they ended up here. Legia also had some disallowed goals through this leg.

[DanishBlue 426]

Good draw!

But lets not get ahead of ourselves and do a United against Basel

[bushman 2,043]

I see Chelsea not dropping more than 2 points here.

[Christacinto 137]

Very happy with this draw; these are all Europa League level opponents - let's do this people!! :cfc: