Champions League draw: Tottenham to play Bayern Munich, Liverpool get Napoli

Tottenham have been drawn against five-time winners Bayern Munich in the Champions League group stage.

Spurs, who were beaten in their first ever Champions League final last season, are joined in Group B by Olympiakos and Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade.

Liverpool, the holders after beating Spurs in last season’s final, have been drawn to play Napoli in the group stage for the second successive season.

Alongside Jurgen Klopp’s side in Group E are Red Bull Salzburg, who won the Austrian Bundesliga last season, and Belgian side Genk.

Chelsea, who return to the Champions League after a one-year absence, have been placed in Group H, alongside 2018/19 semi-finalists – and Dutch champions – Ajax. The Blues will also play Valencia and Lille.

Manchester City are in Group C with Shakhtar Donetsk – who they play in the group stage for the third consecutive campaign – Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb and Italian club Atalanta.

Manchester City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain said: “It is important to be ourselves when we play and keep doing things our way. We have to keep fighting and if we do all that, we will be close.

“We have shown we can win trophies and win the Premier League and we just have to be ourselves – in the Champions League, everything has to be perfect because if you have one mistake in the quarter-finals, you are out.

“So, it is important to keep playing the way we believe, keep things tight and keep fighting.”

Elsewhere in the draw, five-time winners Barcelona have been placed in Group F with Borussia Dortmund, Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan and Czech league winners Slavia Prague.

PSG have been drawn alongside Real Madrid – the most successful side to ever play in the Champions League – in Group A, while Juventus will play Atletico Madrid in Group D.

Champions League draw in full

Group A: PSG, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Galatasaray

Group B: Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Olympiakos, Red Star Belgrade

Group C: Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta

Group D: Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow

Group E: Liverpool, Napoli, Red Bull Salzburg, Genk

Group F: Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Slavia Prague

Group G: Zenit St Petersburg, Benfica, Lyon, RB Leipzig

Group H: Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia, Lille

2019-20 Champions League group stage fixtures in full

Matchday one:

September 17

Napoli vs Liverpool

Red Bull Salzburg vs Genk

Inter Milan vs Slavia Prague

Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona

Lyon vs Zenit

Benfica vs RB Leipzig

Chelsea vs Valencia

Ajax vs Lille

September 18

Club Brugge vs Galatasaray

PSG vs Real Madrid

Olympiacos vs Tottenham

Bayern Munich vs Red Star Belgrade

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Man City

Dinamo Zagreb vs Atalanta

Atletico Madrid vs Juventus

Bayer Leverkusen vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Matchday two:

October 1

Real Madrid vs Club Brugge

Galatasaray vs PSG

Tottenham vs Bayern Munich

Red Star Belgrade vs Olympiacos

Atalanta vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Man City vs Dinamo Zagreb

Juventus vs Bayer Leverkusen

Lokomotiv Moscow vs Atletico Madrid

October 2

Liverpool vs Red Bull Salzburg

Genk vs Napoli

Slavia Prague vs Borussia Dortmund

Barcelona vs Inter Milan

Zenit vs Benfica

RB Leipzig vs Lyon

Valencia vs Ajax

Lille vs Chelsea

Matchday three:

October 22

Club Brugge vs PSG

Galatasaray vs Real Madrid

Olympiacos vs Bayern Munich

Tottenham vs Red Star Belgrade

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Dinamo Zagreb

Man City vs Atalanta

Juventus vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen

October 23

Genk vs Liverpool

Red Bull Salzburg vs Napoli

Inter Milan vs Borussia Dortmund

Slavia Prague vs Barcelona

RB Leipzig vs Zenit

Benfica vs Lyon

Ajax vs Chelsea

Lille vs Valencia

Matchday four:

November 5

Liverpool vs Genk

Napoli vs Red Bull Salzburg

Barcelona vs Slavia Prague

Borussia Dortmund vs Inter Milan

Zenit vs RB Leipzig

Lyon vs Benfica

Chelsea vs Ajax

Valencia vs Lille

November 6

PSG vs Club Brugge

Real Madrid vs Galatasaray

Bayern Munich vs Olympiacos

Red Star Belgrade vs Tottenham

Dinamo Zagreb vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Atalanta vs Man City

Lokomotiv Moscow vs Juventus

Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid

Matchday five:

November 26

Galatasaray vs Club Brugge

Real Madrid vs PSG

Tottenham vs Olympiacos

Red Star Belgrade vs Bayern Munich

Man City vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Atalanta vs Dinamo Zagreb

Juventus vs Atletico Madrid

Lokomotiv Moscow vs Bayer Leverkusen

November 27

Liverpool vs Napoli

Genk vs Red Bull Salzburg

Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund

Slavia Prague vs Inter Milan

Zenit vs Lyon

RB Leipzig vs Benfica

Valencia vs Chelsea

Lille vs Ajax

Matchday six:

December 10

Red Bull Salzburg vs Liverpool

Napoli vs Genk

Borussia Dortmund vs Slavia Prague

Inter Milan vs Barcelona

Benfica vs Zenit

Lyon vs RB Leipzig

Chelsea vs Lille

Ajax vs Valencia

December 11

Club Brugge vs Real Madrid

PSG vs Galatasaray

Bayern Munich vs Tottenham

Olympiacos vs Red Star Belgrade

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Atalanta

Dinamo Zagreb vs Man City

Atletico Madrid vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Bayer Leverkusen vs Juventus

(c) Sky Sports 2019: Champions League draw: Tottenham to play Bayern Munich, Liverpool get Napoli