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Who could Chelsea face in Champions League draw? Potential group stage opponents today

Chelsea UEFA Champions League EPL Club Brugge Inter Milan Salzburg (Organization)

Today, Chelsea will discover their opponents in the Champions League group stage draw.

Just two seasons ago, and with Thomas Tuchel a little over four months in the job, the Blues won their second Champions League crown by beating Manchester City.

Fast forward 15 months, and Chelsea will be hoping Thursday's group-stage draw gives them a little respite after a humbling start to the new Premier League season, most recently losing 3-0 at Leeds.

Chelsea find themselves to Pot 2 and here's the lay of the land ahead of the group stage draw.

Champions League pots

Pot 1

Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Man City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Ajax

Pot 2

Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham

Pot 3

Borussia Dortmund, Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen

Pot 4

Rangers, Dinamo Zagreb, Marseille, Copenhagen, Club Brugge, Celtic, Viktoria Plzen, Maccabi Haifa

(Getty Images)

Best-case scenario

Eintracht Frankfurt
Chelsea
Salzburg
Club Brugge

Group of death

Real Madrid
Chelsea
Inter Milan
Celtic

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