Champions League draw: Chelsea To Face Barcelona
Premier League leaders Manchester City will play
Switzerland's Basel, Manchester United face La Liga side Sevilla and Liverpool
take on Portugal's Porto.
Holders Real Madrid will face Paris St-Germain.
A record five English teams progressed from the group
stage this season.
Chelsea
were the only English team to make it through as runners-up, with the other
four sides all topping their respective groups.
The Blues have arguably been handed the most difficult
tie, and it comes days after boss Antonio Conte conceded that their Premier
League title defence was over following their defeat by West Ham, which left
them 14 points adrift of Manchester City.
However, Chelsea did beat Barcelona in the semi-finals
before lifting the Champions League trophy in 2012.
Real Madrid, who are aiming for a 13th title and third in
a row, were given a tough draw against big-spending PSG after finishing behind
Tottenham in Group H.
The group winners will be away in the round of 16 first
legs on 13/14 and 20/21 February, and at home in the return matches on 6/7 and
13/14 March.
The final will take place in Kiev on 26 May.
Champions League last-16
draw
Juventus v Tottenham (13
February and 7 March)
Basel v Manchester
City (13 February and 7 March)
Porto v Liverpool (14
February and 6 March)
Sevilla v Manchester
United (21 February and 13 March)
Real Madrid v PSG (14 February and 6 March)
Shakhtar Donetsk v Roma (21 February and 13 March)
Chelsea v
Barcelona (20 February and 14 March)
Bayern Munich v Besiktas (20 February and 14 March)
Celtic, who finished third in their Champions’ League
group, will host the Russian club in the first leg on 15 February.
Arsenal, who won their Europa League group and were one of
the seeded teams, will travel to Sweden first.
The second legs will be played on 22 February
Zenit,
who beat Rangers in the 2008 final when the tournament was known as the Uefa
Cup, are managed by former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini.
Following a third-place finish last season, they are
currently fourth in Russia's Premier League.
FK Ostersunds are managed by an Englishman, former Southampton defender
Graham Potter. Under his guidance they have risen from the fourth
division to the top flight in six years.
The club was only formed in October 1996, the same month
Arsene Wenger became Arsenal manager.
The Gunners have never lost a European match against
Swedish opposition, winning three and drawing one.
Meanwhile, 2010 winners Atletico Madrid will play FC
Copenhagen, Napoli face RB Leipzig and German club Borussia Dortmund play
Italian side Atalanta, who defeated Everton twice in the group stage.
The final will take place at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais
on 16 May.
Europa League last-32
draw
Borussia Dortmund v Atalanta
Nice v Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Copenhagen v Atletico Madrid
Spartak Moscow v Athletic Bilbao
AEK Athens v Dynamo Kiev
Celtic v
Zenit St Petersburg
Napoli v RB Leipzig
Red Star Belgrade v CSKA Moscow
Lyon v Villarreal
Real Sociedad v Red Bull Salzburg
Partizan Belgrade v Viktoria Plzen
Steaua Bucharest v Lazio
Ludogorets v AC Milan
Astana v Sporting Lisbon
FK Ostersunds v Arsenal
Marseille v Braga
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