Bulgaria Update

They held the draw for the Group Stages of the Champions' League today.  Here are the groups.  In each group, the teams are listed in order of seeding.  Ludogorets Razgrad, the Bulgarian Champion, were drawn into Group B -- which features two of the most famous clubs in European history (Real Madrid and Liverpool) and the team that eliminated Ludogorets last year (Basel of Switzerland).  What fun for Ludogorets fans!

GROUP A:
Atletico Madrid (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)
Olympiacos (GRE)
Malmo FF (SWE)

GROUP B:
Real Madrid (ESP) (Titleholders)
Basel (SUI)
Liverpool (ENG)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)

GROUP C:
Benfica (POR)
Zenit Saint Petersburg (RUS)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Monaco (FRA)

GROUP D:
Arsenal (ENG)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Anderlecht (BEL)

GROUP E:
Bayern Munich (GER)
Manchester City (ENG)
CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Roma (ITA)

GROUP F:
Barcelona (ESP)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Ajax (NED)
APOEL (CYP)


GROUP G:
Chelsea (ENG)
Schalke 04 (GER)
Sporting CP (POR)
Maribor (SLO)

GROUP H:
Porto (POR)
Shaktar Donetsk (UKR)
Athletic Bilbao (ESP)
BATE Borisov (BLR) ("BATE" stands for "Borisov works of Automobile and Tractor Electric Equipment.  That is an awesome name.)