Chelsea - Champions League Draw!

Champions League: Chelsea drawn against France Champions,Marseille, Russian outfit Spartak   Moscow and Slovakian minnows MSK Zilina

The Blues, who are still looking for their first Champions League triumph, will have been delighted to have avoided Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid and are sure to be pleased with the Group F line-up.Hence,there is no re-union with former Chelsea Boss.

Marseille, who lifted the trophy in 1993, are the current French champions, but lost leading scorer Mamadou Niang to Fenerbahce over the summer.Although they were in the third tier of seeds, Spartak Moscow could prove to be Chelsea's toughest opponents in Group F.

Return: Chelsea played the 2007/2008  European Champions League final
    at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

The Blues have unhappy memories of the Luzhniki Stadium having lost the 2008 final to Manchester United there, and will face a difficult return when they travel to face Spartak Moscow, who recently signed Aiden McGeady from Celtic.

Slovakian champions Zilina have never made the group stage of the competition before, but did so in emphatic style this time by defeating Sparta Prague 3-0 on aggregate in their play-off.

Group A: Internazionale, Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur, FC Twente.
Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
Group C: Manchester United, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor.
Group D: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, FC Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan.
Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, FC Basel, CFR Cluj.
Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, MSK Zilina.
Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre.
Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar Dontesk, Sporting Braga, Partizan Belgrade.

MATCHDAYS

September 14-15
September 28-29
October 19-20
November 2-3
November 23-24
December 7-8