Liverpool draw Spartak Moscow, Sevilla and Maribor in Champions League group stage

Champions: Liverpool have won the European Cup on five occasions
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Alex Young @alexwsyoung24 August 2017

Liverpool will face Spartak Moscow, Sevilla and Maribor in the Champions League group stage this season.

The Reds return to Europe's top tier competition for the first time in three seasons, where they failed to get out of the group and manager Brendan Rodgers drew criticism for fielding a weakened team against Real Madrid.

Liverpool are, of course, five-time winners of the European Cup, and once since the rebranding to 'Champions League' in 1992, but last reached the quarter-finals 11 seasons ago.

Speaking about the draw, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: "The draw was exciting – to be part of it is obviously really special.

"There are groups with Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus and Real Madrid, and not to get them is of course more good than bad.

"But I don’t think that after this long way we should think about the opponents. We have to go and prepare.

"We’ll analyse and take everything seriously – we want to go as far as possible. But it’s the Champions League, so that means they all earn our 100 per cent respect, how we earn 100 per cent respect from them.

"That’s what we will show and hopefully we have a few really good games, which we 100 per cent need."

GROUP E HOME AWAY
Spartak Moscow MD6 MD2
Sevilla MD1 MD5
Liverpool N/A N/A
Maribor MD4 MD3

Dates

  • Matchday 1: September 12 and 13
  • Matchday 2: September 26 and 27
  • Matchday 3: October 17 and 18
  • Matchday 4: October 31 and November 1
  • Matchday 5: November 21 and 22
  • Matchday 6: December 5 and 6