In group with old acquaintances
By Thomas Myren, 25 August 2005, 19:14
Rosenborg drew Real Madrid, Lyon and Olympiakos in the Champions League. All three have been in Trondheim before, included John Carew and Trond Sollied.
Established: 6 March 1902
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Homeground: Santiago Bernabéu
Ground capacity: 72,116
Kit colour: All white
Honours: Champions League (9), UEFA Cup (2), League (29), Cup (17)
Head coach: Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Topscorer 2004/05: Ronaldo (21 goals in 34 matches)
Established: 3 August 1950 Hometown: Lyon, France
Homeground: Stade Gerland
Ground capacity: 41,852
Kit colour: All white
Honours: Intertoto ('97), League (4), Cup (3)
Head coach: Gérard Houiller Topscorer 2004/05: Juninho (13 goals in 38 matches)
Established: 10 March 1925 Hometown: Athens, Greece Homeground: Georgios Karaiskakis
Ground capacity: 33,500
Kit colours: Red and white striped shirt, white shorts
Honours: League (33), Cup (21)
Head coach: Trond Sollied
Topscorer 2004/05: Rivaldo (12 goals in 23 matches)
"I think this is very exciting and challenging. There are hard and highly qualified opponents, but at the same time it is possible to gain points from all of these teams," Per-Mathias Høgmo says.
"Now we begin a phase where we will examine the opponents. We shall be well prepared," the Rosenborg coach says.
Fixtures As last year, RBK begin with an away match in Athens:
13.09: Olympiakos - Rosenborg
28.09: Rosenborg - Lyon
19.10: Real Madrid - Rosenborg
01.11: Rosenborg - Real Madrid
23.11: Rosenborg - Olympiakos
06.12: Lyon - Rosenborg
Full draw
Group A:
Bayern München
Juventus
Club Brugge
Rapid Wien
Group B:
Arsenal
Ajax
Sparta Praha
Thun
Group C:
Barcelona
Panathinaikos
Werder Bremen
Udinese
Group D:
Manchester United
Villareal
Lille
Benfica
Group E:
AC Milan
PSV Eindhoven
Schalke 04
Fenerbahce
Group F:
Real Madrid
Lyon
Olympiakos
Rosenborg
Group G:
Liverpool
Chelsea
Anderlecht
Real Betis
Group H:
Inter Milan
Porto
Glasgow Rangers
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