Group A analysis: Benfica, Man. United, Basel, CSKA Moskva
Who’s in Group A?
Benfica (POR)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 9
• How they qualified: initial in Portuguese Liga
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 12 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League turn of 16
• Best European Cup performance: winners x 2 (1960/61, 1961/62)
Manchester United (ENG)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 15
• How they qualified: UEFA Europa League winners
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 20 (last appearance: 2015/16)
• Last season: UEFA Europa League winners
• Best European Cup performance: winners x 3 (1967/68, 1998/99, 2007/08)
Basel (SUI)Â
• UEFA fellow ranking: 22
• How they qualified: initial in Swiss Super League
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 7 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League organisation stage
• Best European Cup performance: quarter-finals (1973/74)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 52
• How they qualified: second in Russian Premier-Liga, play-off winners
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 10 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League organisation stage
• Best European Cup performance: quarter-finals (2009/10)
Matchday one fixtures (Tuesday 12 September)
Benfica v CSKA Moskva
Manchester United v Basel
Key facts
• Manchester United became a initial English bar to win a European Cup with a 4-1 extra-time feat opposite Benfica in a 1968 final during Wembley, Bobby Charlton scoring twice. United have won 6 of their 9 fixtures opposite Benfica, losing only once.
• CSKA kick Benfica 3-1 on total in a turn of 32 during their winning 2004/05 UEFA Cup campaign.
• This will be a third time United and CSKA have been in a same UEFA Champions League group, after 2009/10 and 2015/16. United won dual of those games, a other dual finale all square.
• United’s 2011/12 UEFA Champions League debate was finished by Basel, who kick a Manchester bar 2-1 in Switzerland on matchday 6 to swell during their expense.
Article source: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2495456.html?rss=2495456+Group+A+analysis:+Benfica,+Man.+United,+Basel,+CSKA+Moskva