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Post by Salem6 on Aug 26, 2011 6:31:40 GMT
 Arsenal will face Olympique de Marseille, Olympiacos and Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League Group Stages.
The draw took place in Monaco on Thursday and saw the Gunners, who were one of the eight seeded clubs in Pot One, drawn in Group F. Arsenal advanced to this stage for the 14th consecutive year after completing a 3-1 aggregate victory over Udinese on Wednesday night. Stay close to Arsenal.com for ticket information. Matchday 1 BV Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal Tuesday, September 13 Kick Off: 19.45 UK To be played at Westfalenstadion, Germany Matchday 2 Arsenal v Olympiacos FC Wednesday September 28 Kick Off: 19:45 UK To be played at Emirates Stadium Matchday 3 Olympique de Marseille v Arsenal Wednesday, October 19 Kick Off: 19:45 UK To be played at Stade Vélodrome, France Matchday 4 Arsenal v Olympique de Marseille Tuesday, November 1 Kick Off: 19:45 UK To be played at Emirates Stadium Matchday 5 Arsenal v BV Borussia Dortmund Wednesday, November 23 Kick Off: 19:45 UK To be played at Emirates Stadium Matchday 6 Olympiacos FC v Arsenal Tuesday, December 6 Kick Off: 19:45 UK To be played at Karaiskakis Stadium, Greece www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/champions-league |
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Post by Salem6 on Aug 26, 2011 6:52:49 GMT
Arsenal will face Olympique de Marseille, Olympiacos and Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League Group Stages.
Now scroll down for more information on our Group F opponents. Full name: Olympique de Marseille www.om.net/en/home/0/AccueilFrom: Marseille, France Home ground: Stade Vélodrome (60,031) Manager: Didier Deschamps Arsenal have never played Marseille in a competitive match before. Marseille won the UEFA Champions League in 1993 and they have now qualified for the competition for five consecutive seasons, a club record. Full name: Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus www.olympiacos.org/enFrom: Piraeus, Greece Home ground: Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus (33,334) Manager: Ernesto Valverde Arsenal played Olympiacos in the Group Stage of the 2009/10 Champions League. We beat them 2-0 at home (goals from Van Persie and Arshavin) and lost 1-0 away. Olympiacos is the most successful club in Greece, with 38 League titles, 24 Greek Cups and 4 Greek Super Cups. We have also played a number of times in Greece against Panathinaikos – most recently in the 2004/05, 2001/02 and 1998/99 Champions League campaigns. Full name: Ballspiel-Verein Borussia 1909 www.bvb.de/?_%1B%E7%F4%9DFrom: Dortmund, Germany Home ground: Signal Iduna Park (80,720) Head Coach: Jürgen Klopp They are the reigning Bundesliga champions (for the first time in a decade) and won the Champions League in 1997. Arsenal played against Borussia Dortmund in the 2002/03 Champions League First Group Stage. We beat Dortmund 2-0 at home and were beaten 2-1 away. We have also played Bundesliga sides Hamburg, Bayern Munich and Bayern Leverkusen in recent Champions League campaigns: v Hamburg, 2006/07 Group Stage. 2-1 (a) & 3-1 (h); v Bayern Munich, 2004/05 Knock Out stage. 1-3 (a) & 1-0 (h). www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/get-to-know-more-about-our-group-x-opponents |
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