Women’s Champions League draw: Chelsea face PSG and Real Madrid, Arsenal meet eight-time winners Lyon

Arsenal and Chelsea have discovered their UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage opponents after the draw was made in Nyon on Monday. Chelsea face a tough task after being joined in Group A by fellow European heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, along with debutants Vllaznia.

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PSG reached the semi-finals of the competition in 2021/22, while Vllaznia are the first Albanian club to reach the last 16 of a UEFA competition since KF Tirana in the 1989/90 men’s European Cup. 'Invisible banana skins are thrown at Black people every day' – Barnes Real lead race for Liverpool target Bellingham — Paper Round ‘Football is sick’ – Perez reignites call for the European Super League Arsenal's reward for beating Ajax over two legs (3-2 on aggregate) sees Jonas Eidevall's side face eight-time champions and current holders Lyon in Group C, along with Juventus and Zurich.

The north Londoners reached the quarter-finals of last season’s competition, where they were beaten 3-1 on aggregate by Wolfsburg. They remain the only English club to have won the tournament after winning the 2006/07 tournament.

Elsewhere, Group B is comprised of Wolfsburg, Slavia Praha, St Polten and competition debutants AS Roma. Group D looks particularly tasty, with last season's finalists and 2021