MOSCOW, 27 Aug - R-Sport. For the first time six clubs representing the republics of the former USSR, will play in the group stage of football League of Champions.

this season in the group stage of the Champions League will be the champion of Russia of St. Petersburg " Zenit ", the Ukrainian Champions FC Dynamo Kyiv and made our way through qualification - CSKA Moscow, Shakhtar Donetsk, BATE of Belarus and Kazakhstan " Astana ".

before the maximum number of clubs of the former USSR in the group stage of the Champions League was equal to five: in the 2012/13 season in the group stage of the tournament played capital Spartak, Zenit, Shakhtar, Dynamo Kyiv and BATE.

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