Group D analysis: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiacos, Sporting CP
Who’s in Group D?
Juventus (ITA)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 5
• How they qualified: initial in Serie A
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 17 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League runners-up
• Best European Cup performance: winners x 2 (1984/85, 1995/96)
Barcelona (ESP)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 3
• How they qualified: second in Spanish Liga
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 21 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
• Best European Cup performance: winners x 5 (1991/92, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2014/15)
Olympiacos (GRE)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 28
• How they qualified: initial in Greek Super League, play-offs
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 17 (last appearance: 2015/16)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League third subordinate round/UEFA Europa League turn of 16
• Best European Cup performance: quarter-finals (1998/99)
Sporting CP (POR)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 57
• How they qualified: third in Portuguese Liga, play-off winners
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 7 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League organisation stage
• Best European Cup performance: quarter-finals (1983/84)
Matchday one fixtures (Tuesday 12 September)
Barcelona v Juventus
Olympiacos v Sporting CP
Key facts
• Juventus kick Barcelona in a 2016/17 quarter-finals, Paulo Dybala scoring twice in a 3-0 first-leg win in Turin before a goalless second compare during a Camp Nou.
• That supposing a Bianconeri with a magnitude of punish after their 2015 final detriment to Barça in Berlin. Ivan Rakitić and Luis Suárez both found a net in Barcelona’s 3-1 win that gave them a fifth European title.
• Juve also kick Barcelona in a 2002/03 quarter-finals, though mislaid to a Spanish side in a 1985/86 quarter-finals and a European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-finals in 1990/91.
• Barcelona put 8 goals past Sporting CP in a 2008/09 organisation stage, winning 3-1 during home and 5-2 away.
• Barcelona and Olympiacos have never played; nor have Juve and Sporting CP nor Sporting CP and Olympiacos.
• Juve equalled their record home with a 7-0 home better of Olympiacos in a 2003/04 organisation stage. The teams were also interconnected together in a 2014/15 organisation stage, Juve winning 3-2 during home carrying mislaid 1-0 in Greece.
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