Champions League group stage draw pots confirmed

The four pots have been confirmed for the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, which will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 18:00CET on Thursday.


Which teams are in which pots?

Pot 1 consists of the holders (Real Madrid) and the champions of the rest of the top-eight ranked nations at the end of 2015/16 (when the 2017/18 access list was set). Pot 1: Real Madrid (ESP, holders), Bayern München (GER), Juventus (ITA) Benfica (POR), Chelsea (ENG), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Monaco (FRA), Spartak Moskva (RUS) The remaining three pots are decided by each team’s UEFA club coefficient as of the end of last season.

 Pot 2: Barcelona (ESP), Atlético Madrid (ESP), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Sevilla (ESP), Manchester City (ENG), Porto (POR), Manchester United (ENG)

 Pot 3: Napoli (ITA), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG), Basel (SUI), Olympiacos (GRE), Anderlecht (BEL), Liverpool (ENG), Roma (ITA), Beşiktaş (TUR)

 Pot 4: Celtic (SCO), CSKA Moskva (RUS), Sporting CP (POR), APOEL (CYP), Feyenoord (NED), Maribor (SVN), Qarabağ (AZE), RB Leipzig (GER)

 Draw notes

 No team can play a club from their own association, with the exact draw procedure to be confirmed before the ceremony.

 Following a decision by the UEFA Executive Committee, Ukrainian and Russian teams cannot be drawn against each other.

 The draw also establishes the groups for the UEFA Champions League path of the UEFA Youth League.

 The following awards will be also be presented during the draw:

 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year

 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year 

Goalkeeper of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League season

Defender of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League season 

Midfielder of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League season

 Forward of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League season

 Road to Kyiv

 12/13 September: Group stage, matchday one

 26/27 September: Group stage, matchday two

 17/18 October: Group stage, matchday three

 31 October/1 November: Group stage, matchday four

 21/22 November: Group stage, matchday five 

5/6 December: Group stage, matchday six

 11 December: Round of 16 draw

 13/14 & 20/21 February: Round of 16, first leg

 6/7 & 13/14 March: Round of 16, second leg

 16 March: Quarter-final draw 

3/4 April: Quarter-finals, first leg

 10/11 April: Quarter-finals, second leg

 13 April: Semi-final and final draw

 24/25 April: Semi-finals, first leg 

1/2 May: Semi-finals, second leg 

26 May: Final (NSK Olimpiyski, Kyiv)

 Source: uefa.com