Benfica Champions League group announced

The Champions League group draw was completed a little earlier today and Portugal's only representative Benfica has been drawn into group G along with Russian League Champions Zenit St. Petersburg and third place clubs in their respective leagues Lyon from France and RB Leipzig from Germany. The group looks to be the widest open group of all the groups this season in the Champions League as any of the four clubs could finish atop the group when the stage ends in mid December. Benfica will open their Champions League tournament on September 17 at home against RB Leipzig.

Benfica's Champions League 2019/20 schedule:


September 17 (home) vs RB Leipzig
October 2 (away) vs Zenit
October 23 (home) vs Lyon
November 5 (away) vs Lyon
November 27 (away) vs RB Leipzig
December 10 (home) vs Zenit