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– Arsenal will face eight-time winners and current holders Lyon in the Women’s Champions League group stage.
– Women’s Super League (WSL) holders Chelsea will play Real Madrid, who knocked out Manchester City in qualifying, and last year’s semi-finalists Paris St-Germain.
– Arsenal, the only English team to win the competition, will also play Juventus and Zurich in Group C.
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– Last season’s runners-up Barcelona play Bayern Munich, Rosengard and Benfica.
– European debutants Roma are in a group with two-time winners Wolfsburg, Slavia Prague and St Polten.
– Having regained the Champions League trophy with a 3-1 victory over Barcelona in last year’s final, French league winners Lyon are the team to beat.
– But Arsenal, who got as far as the quarter-finals last year, also have Italian champions Juventus to compete with if they are to reach the knockout rounds.
– England’s Lucy Bronze and Keira Walsh will come up against compatriot Georgia Stanway as Barcelona face Bayern Munich, with the trio of Euro 2022 winners having moved away from the WSL – and left former club City – this summer.
– Chelsea will be hoping to put last season’s Champions League woes behind them as they missed out on knockout rounds after going out on a head-to-head goal difference tie-break with Juventus and Wolfsburg.
– The group stage games will be played between 19 October and 22 December.
– This season’s final will take place at PSV Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on either 3 or 4 June 2023.
GROUP STAGE DRAW
Group A: Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid, Vllaznia
Group B: Wolfsburg, Slavia Prague, St Polten, Roma
Group C: Lyon, Arsenal, Juventus, Zurich
Group D: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Rosengard, Benfica
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— UEFA Women’s Champions League (@UWCL) October 3, 2022
