After facing Standard De liege for the UEFA Champions League playoff round, Axel Witsel will return to his second former club, SL Benfica of Portugal, as the draw revealed earlier in Monaco.
Zenit St. Petersburg will also face AS Monaco FC (France) and Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), teams which form UEFA’S Champions League Group C. First game will take place in Portugal where Axel Witsel, Javi Garcia and Ezequiel Garay all return to Da Luz stadium.
Full schedule:
16/09 Benfica – Zenit
01/10 Zenit – Monaco
22/10 Bayer Leverkusen – Zenit
4/11 Zenit – Bayer Leverkusen
26/11 Zenit – Benfica
09/12 Monaco – Zenit
