BT Sport has announced the next live UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League group stage matches that will be available for fans to watch on its Freeview BT Sport Showcase channel.

The coverage kicks off on Matchday 1 with the Group E favourites Roma v Barcelona on Wednesday September 16 featuring the likes of Messi and Neymar, Totti and Dzeko.

The first free UEFA Europa League live coverage on BT Sport Showcase will be Anderlecht v Monaco on Thursday September 17.

Simon Green, head of BT Sport, said: “We have some really exciting games coming up on BT Sport Showcase both in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

“We really hope fans will take this fantastic opportunity to watch on Freeview and enjoy some excellent European football action as a taster to our full and exclusively live coverage if they’re not already BT Sport customers.”

BT Sport is the only place to watch all of the 351 exclusively live UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches, and will show at least 12 UEFA Champions League matches and 14 UEFA Europa League ties exclusively live on BT Sport Showcase, where customers can enjoy the action for free. **** Roma v Barcelona19:30WednesdaySeptember 16BT Sport Showcase & BT Sport Extra 1Anderlect v Monaco20:00Thursday September 17BT Sport Showcase & BT Sport 2****