Champions League draw today |
German teams threaten Kracher opponents
Pure excitement before this hitherto unique Champions-League-Draw.
This Thursday the groups for the new season in the premier class will be drawn. For the first time in history are with the FC Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt five German teams. But who is actually in which lottery pot, which teams are still there, when will it be drawn? All information about the draw can be found here.
BVB and Bayer Leverkusen in particular can catch really difficult groups with cracking opponents. The reason: Both teams are “only” in pot 3. This means that they will definitely be drawn from pots 1 and 2.
For example, a group with Real Madrid (Pot 1), Liverpool FC (Pot 2) and Celtic Glasgow (Pot 4) is possible. Or games against Manchester City (Pot 1), FC Barcelona (Pot 2) and Club Brugge (Pot 4).
But Bayern and Eintracht Frankfurt, as Europa League winners, are also threatened with at least one crack opponent: Real, ManCity, Paris or Milan (all pot 1) are not possible competitors, but Liverpool, Barça with Robert are waiting in pot 2 Lewandowski, Chelsea, Juve or the always awkward Atlético Madrid.
Frankfurt President Peter Fischer (66) wanted a group with Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon and Celtic Glasgow in the “Sport Bild”. Fischer: “And it would be a great story, because Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp once played for us.”
Because of the Qatar World Cup (November 20th to December 18th) it will also be stressful in terms of scheduling, because Uefa is allowing all six group games to be played BEFORE the tournament in the desert state. This means that there are at least three English weeks for all participants in the premier class in October.
Next year’s final will take place on June 10th at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
Those are the four pots
Pot 1:
- Real Madrid (Spain, Champions League winners)
- Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany, Europa League winners)
- Manchester City (Champions of the Premier League)
- AC Milan (Serie A Champions)
- Bayern Munich (Bundesliga champion)
- Paris Saint-Germain (Meister of Ligue 1)
- FC Porto (Portuguese League Champions)
- Ajax Amsterdam (Meister of the Eredivisie)
Pot 2:
- RB Leipzig (fourth in the Bundesliga)
- Chelsea FC (third in the Premier League)
- FC Barcelona (runners-up in La Liga)
- Juventus (fourth in Serie A)
- Atlético Madrid (third in La Liga)
- Sevilla FC (fourth in La Liga)
- Tottenham Hotspur (fourth in the Premier League)
- Liverpool FC (premier league runners-up)
Pot 3:
- Borussia Dortmund (second in the Bundesliga)
- Inter Milan (Serie A runners-up)
- Red Bull Salzburg (Champion in Austria)
- Shakhtar Donetsk (Champions of Ukraine)
- SSC Napoli (third in Serie A)
- Sporting Lisbon (second in Portugal)
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen (third in the Bundesliga)
- Benfica Lisbon (third in the Portuguese league)
Pot 4:
- Celtic Glasgow (Meister der Scottish Premiership)
- Club Brugge (Champions of the Jupiler Pro League)
- Viktoria Pilsen (Czech League runners-up)
- Maccabi Haifa (Israeli League Champions)
- Olympique Marseille (Ligue 1 runners-up)
- Glasgow Rangers (Scottish Premiership runners-up)
- FC Copenhagen (Danish Superligaen champions)
- Dinamo Zagreb (Champion in Croatia)
Where is the draw on TV?
The draw will take place today, August 25th, in Istanbul/Turkey. You can see the draw live on TV with the streaming service DAZN (Advertisement). Also with the pay TV station Sky (Advertisement) you can watch the draw of the Champions League group stage live, also in the live stream zdf.de. It starts at 6 p.m.
Of course you can also follow the draw in the live ticker at BILD.
