Chelsea will find out who they will be playing in this season UEFA Champions League Group Stage on Thursday afternoon.

Frank Lampard's men were handed Ajax, Valencia and Lille OSC in last season's competition. Unfortunately, the Blues reached only as far as the Round of 16 where they were thumped by eventual winners in Bayern Munich.

The club have only won the competition once in their history. That was in 2012 after defeating Bayern Munich in Munich on penalties in what was one of the most dramatic games the club has ever played.

The Blues successfully qualified for this year's edition of Europe's elite competition when they beat Wolves 2-0 in the final game of the season. 

Chelsea will be placed in Pot 2 ahead of this afternoon's draw.

Here's a full list of all the qualified teams for the 2020/21 Champions League:

Pot 1

Bayern 

Sevilla

Real Madrid

Liverpool

Juventus

Paris 

Zenit

Porto 

Pot 2

Barcelona

Atlético de Madrid

Manchester City

Manchester United

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dortmund

Chelsea 

Ajax

Pot 3

Dynamo Kyiv

Salzburg 

RB Leipzig 

Internazionale Milano

Olympiacos 

Lazio

Krasnodar

Atalanta

Pot 4

Lokomotiv Moskva 

Marseille

Club Brugge

Borussia Mönchengladbach

İstanbul Başakşehir

Midtjylland

Rennes

Ferencváros

So, now you know the pots, what would be Chelsea's best and worst-case scenario?

Potential Group of Death
Bayern
Chelsea
Inter Milan
Marseille 

Best possible draw:
Zenit
Chelsea
Olympiacos
Ferencváros

The 'Group of Death' draw contains six times winners of the competition, Bayern Munich. Inter Milan, led by former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, have won the competition three times. Their last title came in 2010 against Bayern Munich thanks to a double from Diego Milito.

Chelsea's favourable group sees them potentially head to Russia. Although it would be more efficient and easier if the Blues were to face Porto rather than having to travel to Russia. The group also has Greek champions Olympiacos and Ferencváros, who had to qualify via the playoffs.

The Blues will be unable to come up against Liverpool or anyone in the same pot. 

With the draw set to take place today in Geneva, who would you like to see Chelsea drawn against?

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