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Barcelona will be in Pot 1 of seeds for the league phase draw of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, and for the second successive season it's because Roma missed out on the final day.
Last season, Roma would have been in the Champions League had Atalanta finished in fifth place in Serie A, but they finished top four. This season, Juventus secured fourth place on the final day, again consigning Roma to the UEFA Europa League.
Manchester City also confirmed their place in Pot 1 with a 2-0 win at Fulham, ensuring they would finish third in the Premier League.
Chelsea, who play Real Betis in the UEFA Conference League final on Wednesday, will also be in Pot 1 after they won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest on the final day.
However, with each team being drawn against two clubs from the four pots to create eight fixtures, the seeding of the pots now has limited relevance -- the teams in Pot 1 are not prevented from playing each other.
As this new system throws up so many alternatives, the majority of the draw is completed by a computer. A team will be drawn from Pot 1 in traditional style, and then the process of selecting that club's opponents will be performed automatically.
The top eight go straight through to the round of 16, positions eight to 24 play in a two-legged knockout playoff round and those placed 25th to 36th are eliminated. There is no longer any dropdown into the Europa League.
The draw for the group stage takes place on Thursday, Aug. 28.
Last season, Roma would have been in the Champions League had Atalanta finished in fifth place in Serie A, but they finished top four. This season, Juventus secured fourth place on the final day, again consigning Roma to the UEFA Europa League.
Manchester City also confirmed their place in Pot 1 with a 2-0 win at Fulham, ensuring they would finish third in the Premier League.
Chelsea, who play Real Betis in the UEFA Conference League final on Wednesday, will also be in Pot 1 after they won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest on the final day.
However, with each team being drawn against two clubs from the four pots to create eight fixtures, the seeding of the pots now has limited relevance -- the teams in Pot 1 are not prevented from playing each other.
As this new system throws up so many alternatives, the majority of the draw is completed by a computer. A team will be drawn from Pot 1 in traditional style, and then the process of selecting that club's opponents will be performed automatically.
The top eight go straight through to the round of 16, positions eight to 24 play in a two-legged knockout playoff round and those placed 25th to 36th are eliminated. There is no longer any dropdown into the Europa League.
The draw for the group stage takes place on Thursday, Aug. 28.
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Real Madrid Manchester City Bayern Munich Liverpool Paris Saint-Germain Internazionale Chelsea Borussia Dortmund Barcelona POT 2 Arsenal Bayer Leverkusen Atlético Madrid Benfica (must come through qualifying) Atalanta Villarreal Juventus Eintracht Frankfurt Club Brugge (must come through qualifying) Pots 3 and 4 will depend upon which clubs come through qualifying. Rangers (coefficient 71.250) also have to do so, but have a higher coefficient than any club in Pot 3. As Rangers qualifying would mean either Benfica or Club Brugge miss out, the Scottish club will be in Pot 2 if they make it. The same applies to Feyenoord (71.000), who are also in the non-champions path. |
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As the top four teams in the non-champions path all have a better coefficient than Tottenham Hotspur (70.250), it means Spurs are very likely, but not completely certain, to be in Pot 3. If, for instance, RB Salzburg (48.000) or Fenerbache (47.250) qualify through the non-champions path then Tottenham will move up to Pot 2. PSV Eindhoven (69.250) are the only other club who can move up from Pot 3 to Pot 2.
Bodo/Glimt (49.000) are the highest-ranked club in the champions path of qualifying. Ajax Amsterdam, Napoli, Sporting CP, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague and Marseille are certain to be in Pot 3. Pot 4 is the likely destination for Celtic (if they qualify), AS Monaco, Athletic Club and Newcastle United. All from Dale at ESPN |
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The 'pots' seem a bit dubious, but in the new format they don't matter so much.
Old format 2 years ago Newcastle had two games v Pot 1 teams and none v Pot 4. Reverse for Man City. The qualifying is ludicrous and she be scrapped entirely. Just determine the entrants from the domestic season. So much unnecessary football. |
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Yeah 2 v pot 1,2 and 3 for newcastle none v pot 4
Group of death ncle, PSG, Dortmund and inter Nobody wants Newcastle, nobody wants napoli, but only play 1 game against 8 different teams, 2 from each pot |
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clear as crystal thwen
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Early days dragon, still a lot of teams to qualify
who would slot into higher pots. |
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https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45356204/champions-league-draw-pot-1-teams-play-two-english-clubs
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Thu 28.08.2025 CL League stage draw
Tue 16.09/Wed 17.09/Thu 18.09.2025 CL League 1 Tue 30.09/Wed 01.10.2025 CL League 2 Tue 21.10/Wed 22.10.2025 CL League 3 Tue 04.11/Wed 05.11.2025 CL League 4 Tue 25.11/Wed 26.11.2025 CL League 5 Tue 09.12/Wed 10.12.2025 CL League 6 Tue 20.01/Wed 21.01.2026 CL League 7 Wed 28.01.2026 CL League Match 8 Fri 30.01.2026 CL Knockout PO draw Tue 17.02/Wed 18.02.2026 CL Knockout PO 1st leg Tue 24.02/Wed 25.02.2026 CL Knockout PO 2nd leg Fri 27.02.2026 CL Ro16 draw Tue 10.03/Wed 11.03.2026 CL Ro16 1st leg Tue 17.03/Wed 18.03.2026 CL Ro16 2nd leg Tue 07.04/Wed 08.04.2026 CL QF 1st leg Tue 14.04/Wed 15.04.2026 CL QF 2nd leg Tue 28.04/Wed 29.04.2026 CL SF 1st leg Tue 05.05/Wed 06.05.2026 CL SF 2nd leg Sat 30.05.2026 CL Final (Budapest) |
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UEFA will alter Champions League rules to give home advantage to best teams in the League Phase in QF & SF.
In this season's semis, finalists PSG (15th) & Inter (4th) got 2nd leg at home, but finished lower than Arsenal (3rd) & Barcelona (2nd). |
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It baffles me why they've seen fit to make it so incredibly complicated? You'd need a degree in advanced mathematics to work it out.
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Money bigger from 2 games.
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you finish higer in the table
but its not a table of equals,you dont play each other.finising 7th sgainst the geamds you played ,might be cosidered better than a team finishing 4th against different opposition |