On Thursday, the draw for the Champions League group stage will take place in Istanbul. Who will FC Bayern, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen meet?
sport.de reported here from 6:00 p.m. in the live ticker from the draw.
+++ Five German teams in the group phase +++
FC Bayern wants to win the title, while BVB and RB Leipzig want to survive the preliminary round, unlike in the previous season. Eintracht Frankfurt wants to give a good business card at the first appearance in the premier class. This also applies to Bayer Leverkusen, which has been rather disappointing on the big stage in recent years.
Whether the five German representatives achieve their goals in international competition also depends to a large extent on their group opponents. Of course, in the Champions League there is a risk of hard chunks even before the knockout round.
In order to complete the group phase in time for the Winter World Cup in Qatar, it ends with the sixth matchday on August 1st and 2nd. November. After that, the round of 16 pairings will be drawn.
Which teams are qualified for the Champions League?
Raffle 1:
BAYERN MUNICH
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
real Madrid
Manchester City
AC Milan
Paris Saint Germain
FC Porto
Ajax Amsterdam
Raffle 2:
RB LEIPZIG
Liverpool FC
Chelsea FC
Juventus
Barcelona FC
Atlético Madrid
FC Seville
Tottenham Hotspur
Raffle 3:
BORUSSIA DORTMUND
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
RB Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk
Inter Milan
SSC Naples
Sporting Lisbon
Benfica Lisbon
Raffle 4:
Olympique Marseille
Club Brugge
Celtic Glasgow
Glasgow Rangers
Maccabi Haifa
Victoria Pilsen
FC Copenhagen
Dinamo Zagreb
How does the draw in the Champions League work?
- 32 teams take part in the Champions League. 26 are directly qualified for the group stage. Then there are the six winners of the playoff games.
- The teams will be divided into four pots. Pot 1 consists of the defending champions, the UEFA Europa League winners and the champions of the top six nations. Pots 2 to 4 are determined using the club coefficient ranking list.
- For associations with two representatives, clubs are ranked to play their matches on Tuesday and Wednesday. In the case of associations with four representatives, two duos are formed. These duos are based on the number of television viewers.
- No team can compete against a team from its own federation. Other restrictions will be announced before the draw.
What is the Champions League group stage mode?
- In the group stage, the 32 teams play in 8 groups of four teams each. There are two duels between the teams.
- The top two teams in each group advance to the round of 16. The third-placed in the group advances to the knockout phase of the Europa League, where they play against the group runners-up EL for a place in the round of 16.
When are the dates in the Champions League?
Matchday 1: 6th/7th September
Matchday 2: 13./14. September
Matchday 3: 4th/5th October
Matchday 4: 11./12. October
Matchday 5: 25./26. October
Matchday 6: 1st/2nd November
Round of 16 draw: 7 November
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