PSG, Real Madrid & more: Who Chelsea could face in UCL group stage ahead of draw

Chelsea's Champions League defence begins on Thursday as the group stage draw is set to take place.

As the current holders, the Blues will be in Pot 1 and avoid all the league winners from the other major leagues.

However, thanks to upsets all over the continent last season, the likes of Real Madrid, PSG and Juventus could all end up in Chelsea's group.

The qualifiers aren't over yet but a rough outline of the pots is already available and here's a look at who Chelsea could face.

Pot 1 opponents

Chelsea

Villarreal

Manchester City

Atletico Madrid

Inter Milan

Bayern Munich

Lille

Sporting CP

Pot 2 teams

Real Madrid

Barcelona

Juventus

Paris Saint-Germain

Manchester United

Liverpool

Sevilla

Borussia Dortmund

Pot 3 opponents

Zenit St. Petersburg

FC Porto

Ajax

Shakhtar Donetsk*

RB Leipzig

FC Salzburg*

Benfica

Atalanta

* indicates that these teams will have to go through the qualifying stages first, and

Pot 4 opponents

Club Brugge

AC Milan

Wolfsburg

Young Boys

Malmo

The rest of the teams will be decided after the remaining qualifiers.

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