sport">Only in pot 4 are some lesser clubs. PSV was eliminated by Benfica in qualifying.
sport">Pot 1 includes the winner of last season’s Champions League Chelsea and Villarreal, which won the Europa League. From pot 2, Ajax can meet opponents of the caliber Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid.
sport">Ajax can therefore hit a very tough group. So in theory it could come in a group with Manchester City, PSG and AC Milan.
sport">However, with Sporting from Portugal and the French champion Lille (who was already defeated in a diptych in the Europa League last season), pot 1 also contains a few more feasible cards.
sport">The first day of play is on September 14 and 15. The first two from each group advance to the 1/8th finals, the third qualifies for the Europa League.
sport">The draw will be made on Thursday at 6:00 PM.
POT 1
- Chelsea
- Villarreal
- Atletico Madrid
- Manchester City
- Bayern Munich
- Inter
- Little
- Sporting Lisbon
POT 2
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
- Juventus
- Manchester United
- PSG
- Liverpool
- Sevilla
- Dortmund
POT 3
- FC Porto
- AJAX
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- RB Leipzig
- FC Salzburg
- Benfica
- Atalanta
- Zenit
POT 4
- Besiktas
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Sheriff Tiraspol
- Club Brugge
- Young Boys
- AC Milan
- Malmö
- Wolfsburg
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