Dates and kick-off times set for Sporting’s Champions League matches | OneFootball

The Champions League group stage will take place between September 16 and January 28; Sporting has learned the dates and times of the matches.

After the Champions League group stage draw was held last Thursday, August 28, with Sporting discovering their respective opponents, UEFA announced this Saturday the schedule for the respective matches of the 36 teams in the competition.

Rui Borges' team will start their participation in this edition of the competition against Kairat, at Alvalade, on September 18. It should be noted that the group stage will take place between September 16 and January 28, with each of the 36 teams playing eight games in the group stage, four at home and four away.

The other group stage winners advance directly to the round of 16, while the teams ranked between 9th and 16th will face those ranked between 17th and 24th in a playoff to determine the last spots in the next stage of the competition.

Bernardo Palmeiro, general director of the Alvalade club, in statements to the Club's channels, expressed confidence in a good journey in which the green and whites will try to dignify national football and said it is a great responsibility to represent the lions.

"Sporting is very pleased to be in the Champions League, to participate in this competition, the most prestigious at club level. We have a great responsibility to represent Sporting, but also the entire country. We represent Portugal and we have the obligation to do our best possible", he stated (Read HERE).

See the schedule:

September 18: Kairat (home) at 8:00 PM

October 1: Napoli (away) at 8:00 PM

October 22: Marseille (home) at 8:00 PM

November 4: Juventus (away) at 8:00 PM

November 26: Club Brugge (home) at 8:00 PM

December 9: Bayern Munich (away) at 5:45 PM

January 20: PSG (home) at 8:00 PM

January 28: Atlético Bilbao (away) at 8:00 PM

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