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Women’s Champions League: Chelsea To Face Real Madrid In Group Stage

Chelsea will face Real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League group stage.

Emma Hayes’ side, runners-up in 2021, are drawn in Group D alongside the Spanish side, Swedish club BK Hacken and French outfit Paris FC.

Real Madrid were quarter-finalists in 2022, while Paris FC knocked out Arsenal and last season’s finalists Wolfsburg in the qualifying rounds.

Chelsea, beaten in the semi-finals by champions Barcelona last season, were seeded in pot one as English champions.

They are the only British representatives left in the competition after Scottish champions Glasgow City were knocked out in second-round qualifying by Brann. Manchester United were also knocked out in qualifying, by Paris St-Germain, who are drawn in the same group as Bayern Munich.

Barcelona – featuring England internationals Keira Walsh and Lucy Bronze – are in Group A and will face FC Rosengard, Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt.

The group stages takes place between 14 November and 31 January and the top two sides from each group will progress to the knockout stages.

Women’s Champions League group-stage draw

Group A: Barcelona, FC Rosengard, Benfica, Eintracht Frankfurt

Group B: Lyon, Slavia Prague, St Polten, SK Brann

Group C: Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain, Roma, Ajax

Group D: Chelsea, Real Madrid, BK Hacken, Paris FC

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