UEFA Champion League Draw: Real Madrid is in group E.

REAL MADRID in group E with Olympique Lyonnais (FRA), FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU) FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR).

Nine-time winners Real Madrid are paired with a familiar foe in Group E, as French side Lyon will again travel to the Bernab�u. Last season in the group stage, Lyon earned a win and a draw against the Spanish side en route to the quarter-finals.

Madrid will also have to travel to the east of Europe on two occasions to take on both Steaua and Dynamo Kiev. The Romanian side, winners of the competition in 1986, are back in the group stage after a 10-year hiatus and Dynamo Kiev were paired with Madrid in the group stage as recently as 2004/05.

Match dates
During the group stage, each club will play three matches on a Tuesday and three on a Wednesday, starting with the first of six Matchdays on 12/13 September. The remaining dates are: 26/27 September, 17/18 October, 31 October/1 November, 21/22 November and 5/6 December. The group winners and runners-up advance to the knockout stage, with the third-placed side moving into the third round of the UEFA Cup.

The groups are as follows-
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GROUP A
FC Barcelona (ESP)
Chelsea (ENG)
Werder Bremen (GER)
Levski (BUL)

GROUP B
Inter Milan (ITA)
Bayern Munich (GER)
Sporting (POR)
Spartak Moscow (RUS)

GROUP C
Liverpool (ENG)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Bordeaux (FRA)
Galatasaray (TUR)

GROUP D
Valencia (ESP)
AS Roma (ITA)
Olympiakos (GRE)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

GROUP E
Real Madrid (ESP)
Lyon (FRA)
Steaua (ROM)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR)

GROUP F
Manchester United (ENG)
Celtic (SCO)
Benfica (POR)
FC K�benhavn (DEN)

GROUP G
Arsenal (ENG)
FC Porto (POR)
CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Hamburg (GER)

GROUP H
AC Milan (ITA)
Lille (FRA)
AEK Athens (GRE)
Anderlecht (BEL)