Chelsea's Maiden Champions League Title
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The Champions League draw for the 2012-13 group stage is out. Defending champions Chelsea is in a tough group while big clubs like Barcelona, Manchester United and AC Milan are in relatively easier groups.

In Group A, Porto will face Dynamo Kyiv, Paris Saint-Germain and Dinamo Zagreb, while in Group B, Arsenal have to battle out with Schalke, Olympiacos and Montpellier.

AC Milan of Italy is in Group C and clubs like Zenit, Anderlecht and Malaga are in the fray.

Group D is a tough group with Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid and English Premier League champions Manchester City pitted against each other. The group also has Ajax and Borussia Dortmund.

Group E has Champions League winners Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus and Nordsjælland in the fray while Group F has Bayern Munich, Valencia, Lille and Bate Borisov.

Barcelona is in Group G, and teams like Benfica, Spartak Moskva and Celtic are in the group. Manchester United is pitted against Braga, Galatasaray and Cluj in Group H.

Champions League is scheduled to start on September 18, 2012 and conclude on May 25, 2013.

Here are the details of Champions League draw for 2012-13

GROUP A

Porto FC (Portugal)

FC Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)

Paris Saint-Germain FC (France)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

GROUP B

Arsenal FC (England)

FC Schalke (Germany)

Olympiacos CFP (Greece)

Montpellier (France)

GROUP C

AC Milan (Italy)

FC Zenit (Russia)

R.S.C. Anderlecht (Belgium)

Malaga FC (Espanol)

GROUP D

Real Madrid FC (Espanol)

Manchester City FC (England)

AFC Ajax (Netherlands)

Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

GROUP E

Chelsea FC (England)

FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Juventus FC (Italy)

FC Nordsjælland (Denmark)

GROUP F

FC Bayern Munich (Germany)

Valencia FC (Espanol)

Lille OSC (France)

FC Bate Borisov (Belarus)

GROUP G

Barcelona FC (Espanol)

Benfica FC (Portugal)

FC Spartak Moskva (Russia)

Celtic FC (Scotland)

GROUP H

Manchester United FC (England)

SC Braga (Portugal)

Galatasaray S.K (Turkey)

CFR Cluj (Romania)