With the Champions League draw completed, we now know the opponents for all 25 Argentine players taking part in the tournament this season.
There is a total of 25 Argentine players in the 2023-2024 Champions League season, with Sevilla having five players signed to the club. Group B has the most Argentine representatives with seven of them.
From the 25 players, 10 of them have won the World Cup. And from those 25 players, 10 of them have been called up to the Argentina national team for the September World Cup qualifying matches.
For the first time since the 2003-2004 season, a Champions League season does not include Lionel Messi.
Julián Álvarez and Máximo Perrone are the last two Argentine players to lift the trophy. Álvarez will look to defend it while Perrone is presently on loan at Las Palmas.
The draw took place on Thursday and here are the names of all the Argentine players taking part in this year’s tournament:
Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray)
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
Federico Gattoni (Sevilla)
Erik Lamela (Sevilla)
Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Papu Gómez (Sevilla)
Walter Benítez (PSV)
Facundo Medina (RC Lens)
Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)
Ángel Di María (Benfica)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Nicolás Capaldo (RB Salzburg)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Taty Castellanos (Lazio)
Alexandro Bernabei (Celtic)
Luka Romero (AC Milan)
Marco Pellegrino (AC Milan)
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Alex Vigo (Red Star Belgrade)
Alan Varela (FC Porto)
Here is the draw for this season’s Champions League:
Group A:
Bayern Munich
Manchester United: Lisandro Martínez, Alejandro Garnacho
FC Copenhagen
Galatasaray: Mauro Icardi
Group B:
Sevilla: Lucas Ocampos, Federico Gattoni, Erik Lamela, Marcos Acuña and Papu Gómez
Arsenal
PSV: Walter Benítez
RC Lens: Facundo Medina
Group C:
Napoli: Giovanni Simeone
Real Madrid
SC Braga
Union Berlin
Group D:
Benfica: Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi
Inter: Lautaro Martínez
RB Salzburg: Nicolás Capaldo
Real Sociedad
Group E:
Feyenoord
Atletico Madrid: Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa and Nahuel Molina
Lazio: Taty Castellanos
Celtic: Alexandro Bernabei
Group F:
PSG
Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan: Luka Romero and Marco Pellegrino
Newcastle
Group G:
Manchester City: Julián Álvarez
RB Leipzig
Red Star Belgrade: Alex Vigo
Young Boys
Group H:
FC Barcelona
FC Porto: Alan Varela
Shakhtar Donetsk
Royal Antwerp
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