2023-08-31 10:49:55
The last qualifying matches were played on Wednesday evening, so we finally know the complete list of teams that will participate in the group stage of the Champions League, which begins on September 19. Paris Saint-Germain, champion of France, is in hat 1, and RC Lens, which is returning to C1 after 21 years of absence, in hat 4.
Galatasaray, Young Boys, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Braga (against Panathinaikos, executioner of OM in the previous round) and PSV Eindhoven are the last qualified after the play-offs for the group stage of the League of champions.
Each group (there will be eight) will consist of four teams, drawn in each of the four pots. The first contains the two Champions League and Europa League winners last season (Manchester City and Sevilla) and the champions of Europe’s top six leagues. The other 24 teams are divided into the other three pots according to their UEFA coefficient. Here is the final composition:
Pot 1: Manchester City, Sevilla, FC Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Feyenoord.
Chapeau 2: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig, FC Porto, Arsenal.
Pot 3: Shakhtar Donetsk, Salzburg, AC Milan, Braga, PSV Eindhoven, Lazio Rome, Red Star Belgrade, FC Copenhagen.
Chapeau 4 : Young Boys Berne, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, Celtic Glasgow, Newcastle, Union Berlin, Antwerp, RC Lens.
The most affordable draw for Paris Saint-Germain would be a pool consisting of Leipzig, Copenhagen and Royal Antwerp. The worst draw would undoubtedly be to fall into the group of Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Newcastle. The fate of the Parisians will be sealed this evening, at 6 p.m., during the draw for the competition, the final of which will be played at Wembley (London) on June 1.
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