18:23
On the side of Westphalia, who were relegated to the Europa League after the group stage of the premier class in the previous season and who won the only two comparisons so far with the white-blues in the third round of the UEFA Cup at the end of 2001 1-0 , Edin Terzić made four personnel changes compared to the 1-0 home win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Guerreiro, Süle and Hazard replace Bynoe-Gittens (shoulder injury) Hummels and Wolf (bench) on the pitch. Newcomer Meyer (SSV Jahn Regensburg) is in the box and is celebrating his debut in a competitive game for BVB, since regular keeper Kobel is out with muscular problems.
18:14
FC Copenhagen is returning to the European premier class after six years. After celebrating their 14th Danish Superligaen title in May, the club, founded in 1992, beat Turkey’s Trabzonspor in the Champions League play-offs by clinching a 2-1 home win to a goalless draw on the Black Sea coast .
18:02
The Black and Yellows were drawn alongside their current opponents from the Danish capital, last year’s semi-finalists Manchester City FC and Sevilla FC, so they should probably be the favorites for second place in the group. In the Bundesliga, BVB responded to the historic 2-3 home defeat against newly promoted SV Werder Bremen with lackluster 1-0 wins at Hertha BSC and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. He’s back on the road to success, but he’s not really going into the international weeks feeling euphoric.
17:52
The European elite are back in the group stage of their 68th edition, a good 14 weeks after Real Madrid CF beat Liverpool FC in the final in Paris. Of the 32 participants who, due to the upcoming Winter World Cup in Qatar, will determine the 16 round of 16 in less than two months, five are from the German Bundesliga for the first time thanks to Eintracht Frankfurt’s Europa League triumph. Borussia Dortmund will start in season G with a home game against FC Copenhagen.
17:42
Hello and welcome to the start of the 2022/2023 Champions League season! Borussia Dortmund welcomes FC Copenhagen in the first game of the group stage. Westphalians and Danes face each other from 6:45 p.m. on the lawn of the Signal Iduna Park.