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Champions League draw: Pots for groups confirmed

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4 years ago

August 30, 2018

Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham will get their Champions League group stage opponents today.
This is as pots for the groups have been confirmed ahead of today’s draws in Monaco.

The final qualifying fixtures concluded on Wednesday night and the seedings have now been released with the full line-up confirmed.
Manchester City are in pot one along with defending champions Real Madrid, Europa League winners Atletico Madrid and respective European league winners Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Lokomotiv Moscow.
The remaining clubs are ranked by the UEFA coefficient rankings, which is based on their performance in European competition over the past five seasons.
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are both placed in pot two, along with Borussia Dortmund, Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Napoli and Roma.
Liverpool are joined in pot three by Schalke, Lyon, Monaco, CSKA Moscow, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Valencia.
Pot four consists of Viktoria Pizen, Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Young Boys, Inter Milan, Hoffenheim, Crvenazvezda and AEK Athens
Pot 1: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Lokomotiv Moscow
Pot 2: Borussia Dortmund, Porto, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Napoli, Tottenham, Roma
Pot 3: Liverpool, Schalke, Lyon, Monaco, CSKA Moscow, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Valencia
Pot 4: Viktoria Plzen, Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Young Boys, Inter Milan, Hoffenheim, Crvena zvezda, AEK Athens