Premier league champions Chelsea could face Real Madrid in the group stages of the Champions League while the likes of City,United and Arsenal could potentially be paired with either Bayern Munich or Barcelona, as Uefa’s new seeding system is implemented for the first time in Thursday’s draw in Monaco.
The governing body has scrapped the previous policy, under which the top eight teams were determined by recent performances in the competition and would so comprise pot one in the draw and avoid each other in the group stage. Instead, top-seeded status is now only granted to the Champions League holders and the winners of the domestic leagues in Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France and Russia. This season, that has also been extended to the Netherlands, given that the reigning European champions Barcelona also won La Liga last season.
Possible Seedings
Pot 1 Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit St. Petersburg, PSV Eindhoven.
Pot 2 Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Porto, Valencia, Manchester City, Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen.
Pot 3 Lyon, Dynamo Kiev, Olympiakos, Galatasaray, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla, CSKA Moscow.
Pot 4 Borussia Moenchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Gent, Malmo, Bate, Astana.
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