Champions League group draw: Ronaldo gets Manchester United return

Manchester United will face Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus, Valencia and Young Boys in Group H of the Champions League group stages this season.

The headline tie will see Ronaldo return to Old Trafford for only the second time since leaving for Real Madrid in 2009, where the Portuguese star scored in both legs of the round of 16 tie.

The Reds, who were knocked out by Sevilla at the same stage last season, have won five of their 12 competitive games against Juventus, the last of which came in the round of 16 in 2003.

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The Old Trafford outfit have beaten Valencia twice in eight meetings and last faced the La Liga side in the group stages of the 2010/11 season.

Young Boys will present a new challenge for Jose Mourinho’s side, with United having never faced the Swiss outfit in a competitive fixture before.

Mourinho has won the Champions League on two occasions as a manager, in 2004 and 2010 with Porto and Chelsea respectively.

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The first matchday of this season’s Champions League will take place on 18/19 September. The final will take place at Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano.

UCL group stage draw in full

Group A | Atletico Madrid, Dortmund, AS Monaco, Club Brugge​
Group B | Barcelona, Tottenham, PSV, Inter Milan
Group C | PSG, Napoli, Liverpool, Red Star Belgrade
Group D | Lokomotiv Moscow, Porto, Schalke, Galatasaray​
Group E | Bayern, Benfica, Ajax, AEK Athens
Group F | Man City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Lyon, Hoffenheim​
Group G | Real Madrid, AS Roma, CSKA Moscow, Viktoria Plzen​
Group H | Juventus, Man United, Valencia, Young Boys