Barcelona Face Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League Group Stage

• The Champions League draw has pitted Bayern Munich and Barcelona together in an exceptionally tough group C
• The Catalan giants and the Bavarians will also come up against former Italian champions Inter Milan
• The final of this season's Champions League will be held in Istanbul on Saturday, June 10, 2023

Barcelona and Bayern Munich will meet in the group stage of this year’s UEFA Champions League in what promises to be a mouth-watering clash.

The group stage draw for this season’s tournament took place in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday.

The group stage will this season run from September 6-7 to November 1-2, with games taking place in a condensed nine-week period to accommodate the winter World Cup in Qatar.

Bayern and Barcelona will also come up against Inter Milan in Group C, which is completed by the Czech champions Viktoria Plzen.

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Bayern beat Barcelona 8-2 in a one-off quarter-final in Lisbon in 2020, while the Catalans also lost 3-0 twice to the Germans last season as they were eliminated in the group stage.

Lewandowski, 34, signed for Barcelona during the close season for a fee that could reach 50 million euros after scoring 344 goals in eight years at Bayern.

The final of this season's Champions League will be held at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.

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The Reds will be aiming to go a step further after losing narrowly to Spanish giants Real Madrid in the finals last season - inadvertently missing out on the elusive quadruple.

Jurgen Klopp's charges have not begun the campaign on a bright note - drawing twice and losing against bitterest rivals Manchester United last Monday.