Manchester City Women draw Brondby in last 16 of Champions League

17 October 2016 14:23

Manchester City Women have been drawn against Brondby in the last 16 of the Champions League, while defending champions Lyon face Swiss champions FC Zurich.

Nick Cushing's Women's Super League champions, who eased past Russia's Zvezda 2005 with a 6-0 aggregate last-32 victory last week, take on the seeded three-times semi-finalists from Denmark at home on November 9 or 10 and away for the second leg on either November 16 or 17.

French champions Lyon have appeared in five of the last seven finals for the top European prize - winning three of those - and take on Zurich, who made easy progress with a 9-0 aggregate win over Austria's Sturm last time out.

Paris St Germain will face unseeded BIIK-Kazygurt of Kazakhstan, Spanish giants Barcelona are set to play Dutch side FC Twente and German champions Bayern Munich take on Rossiyanka of Russia.

Two-time champions and last season's runners-up Wolfsburg were drawn against Sweden's Eskilstuna United, Czech champions Slavia Prague come up against another Swedish club in Rosengard, while seeded Brescia take on Denmark's Fortuna Hjorring.

All eight last-16 ties will take place over November 9 and 10 for the first leg and November 16 and 17 for the second with the draw for the quarter-finals and last four to take place on November 25.

Source: PA