The rule is that teams from the same country cannot meet in the same group. What could potentially the most charged group look like? For example: Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Newcastle. Yes, he can still win the lottery.
The place in the first basket is reserved for the last winner, the champion of the Europa League and the champions of the six strongest countries according to the coefficient. Since Manchester City dominated the Champions League and the English Premier League, the winner of the seventh country in the ranking, Feyenoord from the Netherlands, also moved into the first basket.
Teams fall into other baskets according to their own coefficient. The Danish team FC Copenhagen, defeating the only Czech representative Sparta in the third preliminary round, also eliminated the Polish Raków Čenstochová in the playoffs and is in the third basket. Complete newcomers to the competition are Union Berlin and Antwerp.
The basic groups will then start with the opening round on September 19 and 20.
Division of Champions League participants into baskets: 1. basket: Manchester City, Sevilla, Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica Lisbon (Jurásek), Feyenoord Rotterdam (Lingr). 2. basket: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, Leipzig, FC Porto, Arsenal. 3. basket: Shakhtar Donetsk, Salzburg, AC Milan, Braga (Horníček), PSV Eindhoven, Lazio Rome, Crvena zvezda Belgrade, FC Copenhagen.4. basket: Young Boys Bern, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray Istanbul, Celtic, Newcastle, Union Berlin (King), Antwerp, Lens.
2023-08-31 09:23:14
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