Champions League 2024/25 - League Phase Draw

[Stan]

Draw takes place at 5pm on 29th August

Pot 1
Real Madrid
Man City
Bayern Munich
PSG
Liverpool
Inter Milan
Borussia Dortmund
RB Leipzig
Barcelona

Pot 2
Bayer Leverkusen
Atletico Madrid
Atalanta
Juventus
Benfica
Arsenal
Club Brugge
Shakhtar Donetsk
AC Milan

Pot 3
Feyenoord
Sporting Lisbon
PSV
RB Salzburg
Young Boys
Celtic
Dinamo Zagreb/Qarabag
Lille
Red Star Belgrade

Pot 4
Monaco
Sparta Prague
Aston Villa
Girona
Bologna
Stuttgart
Sturm Graz
Brest
Slovan Bratislava
 

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The 36 teams will be manually drawn and then automated software will digitally draw their eight different opponents at random, determining which of their matches will be at home and which ones away. Each team will face two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and one away. Teams cannot face opponents from their own association, and can only be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same association

 

 

[Gunnersaurus]

I was hoping bodo glimt from Norway would get through but they didn't. I became interested in them just because they're name sounds like something from star wars. They were actually in the Norwegian second division and now they have one a couple of Norwegian league titles. What's nice is they have done it without outside investment. They're not like a man city they are a proper football club who have had a structure which has made them successful without loads of investment 

[Stan]

15 minutes ago, Gunnersaurus said:

I was hoping bodo glimt from Norway would get through but they didn't. I became interested in them just because they're name sounds like something from star wars. They were actually in the Norwegian second division and now they have one a couple of Norwegian league titles. What's nice is they have done it without outside investment. They're not like a man city they are a proper football club who have had a structure which has made them successful without loads of investment 

Yeah I was surprised to see them lose out last night. They seemed to have decent chances as well to at least score 1 goal.

 

[Gunnersaurus]

5 minutes ago, Stan said:

Yeah I was surprised to see them lose out last night. They seemed to have decent chances as well to at least score 1 goal.

 

I don't know from what I saw and heard they deserved to loose. Maybe next year 

[Gunnersaurus]

Does anyone understand how the draw works because I haven't got a clue? I'm not sure if you play teams from other groups or something?

[LFCMike]

39 minutes ago, Gunnersaurus said:

Does anyone understand how the draw works because I haven't got a clue? I'm not sure if you play teams from other groups or something?

You play two from each pot. 1 home and 1 away. For example, Arsenal could end up away to Real Madrid and home to PSG from pot 1. Juventus home and Benfica away from pot 2 and so on. You can only play a maximum of two teams from the same country and none from your own.

[Stan]

Pot 1 Draws

Man City to face:
Inter Milan (H)
PSG (A)
Club Brugge (H)
Juventus (A)
Feyenoord (H)
Sporting Lisbon (A)
Sparta Prague (H)
Slovan Bratislava (A)

Inter Milan:
RB Leipzig (H)
Man City (A)
Arsenal (H)
Bayer Leverkusen (A)
Red Star (H)
Young Boys (A)
Monaco (H)
Sparta Prague (A)

Bayern Munich:
PSG (H)
Barcelona (A)
Benfica (H)
Shakhtar (A)
GNK Dinamo (H)
Feyenoord (A)
Slovan Bratislava (H)
Aston Villa (A)

RB Leipzig:
Liverpool (H)
Inter Milan (A)
Juventus (H)
Atletico Madrid (A)
Sporting Lisbon (H)
Celtic (A)
Aston Villa (H)
Sturm Graz (A)

Borussia Dortmund:
Barcelona (H)
Real Madrid (A)
Shakhtar (H)
Club Brugge (A)
Celtic (H)
GNK Dinamo (A)
Sturm Graz (H)
Bologna (A)

Barcelona:
Bayern Munich (H)
Dortmund (A)
Atalanta (H)
Benfica (A)
Young Boys (H)
Red Star (A)
Brest (H)
Monaco (A)

Real Madrid:
Dortmund (H)
Liverpool (A)
AC Milan (H)
Atalanta (A)
Salzburg (H)
Lille (A)
Stuttgart (H)
Brest (A)

Liverpool:
Real Madrid (H)
RB Leipzig (A)
Bayer Leverkusen (H)
AC Milan (A)
Lille (H)
PSV (A)
Bologna (H)
Girona (A)

PSG:
Man City (H)
Bayern Munich (A)
Atletico Madrid (H)
Arsenal (A)
PSV (H)
Salzburg (A)
Girona (H)
Stuttgart (A)

[Stan]

Pot 2 Draws

Atletico Madrid to face:
RB Leipzig (H)
PSG (A)
Bayer Leverkusen (H)
Benfica (A)
Lille (H)
Salzburg (A)
Slovan Bratislava (H)
Sparta Prague (A)

Atalanta:
Real Madrid (H)
Barcelona (A)
Arsenal (H)
Shakhtar (A)
Celtic (H)
Young Boys (A)
Sturm Graz (H)
Stuttgart (A)

Club Brugge:
Dortmund (H)
Man City (A)
Juventus (H)
AC Milan (A)
Sporting Lisbon (H)
Celtic (A)
Aston Villa (H)
Sturm Graz (A)

Bayer Leverkusen:
Inter Milan (H)
Liverpool (A)
AC Milan (H)
Atletico Madrid (A)
RB Salzburg (H)
Feyenoord (A)
Sparta Prague (H)
Brest (A)

Arsenal:
PSG (H)
Inter (A)
Shakhtar (H)
Atalanta (A)
GNK Dinamo (H)
Sporting Lisbon (A)
Monaco (H)
Girona (A)

Benfica:
Barcelona (H)
Bayern Munich (A)
Atletico Madrid (H)
Juventus (A)
Feyenoord (H)
Red Star (A)
Bologna (H)
Monaco (A)

AC Milan:
Liverpool (H)
Real Madrid (A)
Club Brugge (H)
Leverkusen (A)
Red Star (H)
GNK Dinamo (A)
Girona (H)
Slovan Bratislava (A)

Juventus:
Man City (H)
RB Leipzig (A)
Benfica (H)
Club Brugge (A)
PSV (H)
Lille (A)
Stuttgart (H)
Aston Villa (A)

Shakhtar:
Bayern Munich (H)
Dortmund (A)
Atalanta (H)
Arsenal (A)
Young Boys (H)
PSV (A)
Brest (H)
Bologna (A)

[6666]

The computer is pretty much doing all of the work.

[Stan]

Just now, 6666 said:

The computer is pretty much doing all of the work.

all Ronaldo has to do is press a button. He's so bored  

[Stan]

Pot 3 Teams:

Young Boys:
Inter Milan (H)
Barcelona (A)
Atalanta (H)
Shakhtar (A)
Red Star (H)
Celtic (A)
Aston Villa (H)
Stuttgart (A)

Lille:
Real Madrid (H)
Liverpool (A)
Juventus (H)
Atletico Madrid (A)
Feyenoord (H)
Sporting Lisbon (A)
Sturm Graz (H)
Bologna (A)

PSV:
Liverpool (H)
PSG (A)
Shakhtar (H)
Juventus (A)
Sporting Lisbon (H)
Red Star (A)
Girona (H)
Brest (A)

Feyenoord:
Bayern Munich (H)
Man City (A)
Leverkusen (H)
Benfica (A)
Salzburg (H)
Lille (A)
Sparta Prague (H)
Girona (A)

Dinamo:
Dortmund (H)
Bayern Munich (A)
AC Milan (H)
Arsenal (A)
Celtic (H)
Salzburg (A)
Monaco (H)
Slovan Bratislava (A)

Red Star
Barcelona (H)
Inter Milan (A)
Benfica (H)
AC Milan (A)
PSV (H)
Young Boys (A)
Stuttgart (H)
Monaco (A)

RB Salzburg
PSG (H)
Real Madrid (A)
Atletico Madrid (H)
Leverkusen (A)
GNK Dinamo (H)
Feyenoord (A)
Brest (H)
Sparta Prague (A)

Celtic
RB Leipzig (H)
Dortmund (A)
Club Brugge (H)
Atalanta (A)
Young Boys (H)
GNK Dinamo (A)
Slovan Bratislava (H)
Aston Villa (A)

Sporting Lisbon
Man City (H)
RB Leipzig (A)
Arsenal (H)
Club Brugge (A)
Lille (H)
PSV (A)
Bologna (H)
Sturm Graz (A)

[Dr. Gonzo]

Why the fuck did they have to change the format?

[Stan]

Pot 4 Teams:

Stuttgart:
PSG (H)
Real Madrid (A)
Atalanta (H)
Juventus (A)
Young Boys (H)
Red Star (A)
Sparta Prague (H)
Slovan Bratislava (A)

Girona:
Liverpool (H)
PSG (A)
Arsenal (H)
AC Milan (A)
Feyenoord (H)
PSV (A)
Slovan Bratislava (H)
Sturm Graz (A)

Bologna:
Dortmund (H)
Liverpool (A)
Shakhtar (H)
Benfica (A)
Lille (H)
Sporting Lisbon (A)
Monaco (H)
Aston Villa (A)

Brest:
Real Madrid (H)
Barcelona (A)
Leverkusen (H)
Shakhtar (A)
PSV (H)
Salzburg (A)
Sturm Graz (H)
Sparta Prague

Aston Villa:
Bayern Munich (H)
RB Leipzig (A)
Juventus (H)
Club Brugge (A)
Celtic (H)
Young Boys (A)
Bologna (H)
Monaco (A)

Sparta Prague
Inter (H)
Man City (A)
Atletico (H)
Leverkusen (A)
Salzburg (H)
Feyenoord (A)
Brest (H)
Sturm Graz (A)

Slovan Bratislava
Man City (H)
Bayern (A)
Milan (H)
Atletico (A)
GNK Dinamo (H)
Celtic (A)
Stuttgart (H)
Girona (A)

Monaco:
Barcelona (H)
Inter (A)
Benfica (H)
Arsenal (A)
Red Star (H)
GNK Dinamo (A)
Aston Villa (H)
Bologna (A)

Sturm Graz
RB Leipzig (H)
Dortmund (A)
Brugge (H)
Atalanta (A)
Sporting Lisbon (H)
Lille (A)
Girona (H)
Brest (A)

[RandoEFC+]

I feel a bit for Villa fans so far. Their away games being Leipzig, Young Boys and Brugge probably aren't the European tour they were envisioning. At least they've got Bayern and Juventus coming to Villa Park. Drawing Celtic isn't that exciting though .

[Gunnersaurus]

I don't like this format. I get it but I don't like it 

[Dr. Gonzo]

I don't like our draw very much

[Bluebird Hewitt]

22 minutes ago, Stan said:

all Ronaldo has to do is press a button. He's so bored  

The best part was when the presenter asked if he's happy with the path he gave Real Madrid.

He pressed a fucking button!!!

[Dr. Gonzo]

10 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

I feel a bit for Villa fans so far. Their away games being Leipzig, Young Boys and Brugge probably aren't the European tour they were envisioning. At least they've got Bayern and Juventus coming to Villa Park. Drawing Celtic isn't that exciting though .

From their perspective though they've got big boys coming to play them at home but they've got relatively easy away games - so decent chance of going through to the next round while also playing against some big sides early.

[Stan]

2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

From their perspective though they've got big boys coming to play them at home but they've got relatively easy away games - so decent chance of going through to the next round while also playing against some big sides early.

Yeah it's a good combination. They're bound to play a bigger elite side if they qualify for the knockouts. 

[LFCMike]

People won't like the format, probably because they don't like change, but I'm open minded about this. Let's be honest, the group stages in this competition were boring. So many dead rubbers and you knew the top two in most groups before they were played. Aside from the fact it's about more money with the extra games, I think it will mean less meaningless games, top teams less assured having to play two pot one teams and it also probably gives the teams who would normally be the whipping boys in a group of four a chance. 

[LFCMike]

56 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I don't like our draw very much

Good thing is that arguably the two toughest games are at home.

[Smiley Culture]

I quite like the look of the draw, possibly because it's new and a bit different. I'm not keen on two extra games compared to the old format, whilst clubs have forced the end of FA Cup replays and managers will moan about too many games or their half a billion pound assembled squad being tired barely a few months after they've spent their summer's ripping people off in America.

[LFCMike]

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41040476/champions-league-draw-how-new-format-works

[Reluctant Striker]

Difficult to judge exactly, but surely the draw gives Villa the best chance they could have hoped for to make it to the knockout stage. 24 of the 36 have a play off or straight to last 16 round. Feels like the new format has on one hand robbed us of visiting a Bayern or a Juve. But also perhaps saved us from having to go to both. And giving a better chance to reach a big 2 leg tie.