UEFA Champions League, Special Thread

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Champions League draw pots

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 700"]
[TR]
[TD]Pot 1[/TD]
[TD]Pot 2[/TD]
[TD]Port 3[/TD]
[TD]Port 4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Real Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Benfica
Atletico Madrid
Arsenal *
FC Porto *[/TD]
[TD]Schalke
Borussia Dortmund
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Basel
Zenit St Petersburg *
Manchester City[/TD]
[TD]Bayer Leverkusen *
Olympiakos
CSKA Moscow
Ajax
Napoli *
Liverpool
Sporting Lisbon
Galatasaray[/TD]
[TD]To be confirmed[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

* Team in play-offs. Failure to qualify would see everyone below them move up a ranking
 
Liverpool face daunting Champions League draw after being confirmed in Pot 3

Liverpool have been confirmed in Pot 3 for their Champions League return after their faint hopes of being seeded second were ended at the weekend. CSKA Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg securing their place in next season's competition meant Brendan Rodgers men cannot now climb into Pot 2 if certain teams fail to reach the group stages in August.

Liverpool will almost certainly be drawn in a group with one of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid or Benfica in what will be their first Champions League campaign since 2010. They could also face Porto provided the Portuguese giants win their play-off round tie.

It is a similar scenario for Premier League champions Manchester City, who have graduated to Pot 2, thanks in part to the domestic failings of Manchester United, AC Milan and Inter Milan
 
Dream and Nightmare draws for Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal and Chelsea.

Liverpool
Dream draw: Porto, FC Basel, Champions route play-off winner
Nightmare draw: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Roma


Man City
Dream draw draw: Porto, Olympiakos, Champions route playoff winner
Nightmare draw: Real Madrid, Napoli, Monaco


Arsenal and Chelsea
Dream draw: FC Basel, Olympiakos, Champions route playoff winner
Nightmare draw: Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Monaco
 
Celtic reinstated to Champions League after Legia Warsaw error

Celtic have been reinstated to the Champions League after Legia Warsaw were kicked out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

Legia won the third qualifying round tie 6-1 on aggregate but brought on Bartosz Bereszynski in the second leg, while he was supposed to be suspended.

As a result Celtic were handed a 3-0 'walkover' win for the second leg, taking them through on away goals.

Legia have five days to appeal and have asked for Uefa's reasoning.

BBC Sport - Celtic reinstated to Champions League after Legia Warsaw error

 
Champions League play-off draw

  • Arsenal drawn away to Besiktas, third in the Turkish Super League last season, and the new club of former Chelsea striker Demba Ba, in the first leg of their play-off tie on 19 or 20 August.
  • Celtic drawn away to Slovenian champions Maribor in the first leg on either 19 or 20 August.
  • Other play-off ties: Standard Liege against Zenit, FC Copenhagen v Bayer Leverkusen, Lille v Porto and Napoli against Athletic Bilbao.
 

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