UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: The Road to Milan

[Roger Sterling]

MATCH CALENDAR

Stage	Dates
First qualifying round, first leg	30/06–01/07/15
First qualifying round, second leg	07–08/07/15
Second qualifying round, first leg	14–15/07/15
Second qualifying round, second leg	21–22/07/15
Third qualifying round, first leg	28–29/07/15
Third qualifying round, second leg	04–05/08/15
Play-off round, first leg	18–19/08/15
Play-off round, second leg	25–26/08/15
Group stage, matchday one	15–16/09/15
Group stage, matchday two	29–30/09/15
Group stage, matchday three	20–21/10/15
Group stage, matchday four	03–04/11/15
Group stage, matchday five	24–25/11/15
Group stage, matchday six	08–09/12/15
Round of 16, first leg	16–17/02/16 and 23–24/02/16
Round of 16, second leg	08–09/03/16 and 15–16/03/16
Quarter-finals, first leg	05–06/04/16
Quarter-finals, second leg	12–13/04/16
Semi-finals, first leg	26–27/04/16
Semi-finals, second leg	03–04/05/16
Final (San Siro, Milan)	28/05/16

DRAW SCHEDULE

Date	Location	Draw details
22/06/15	Nyon	First and second qualifying round
17/07/15	Nyon	Third qualifying round
07/08/15	Nyon	Play-off round
27/08/15	Monaco	Group stage
14/12/15	Nyon	Round of 16
18/03/16	Nyon	Quarter-finals
15/04/16	Nyon	Semi-finals and final

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[xYz07]

dah, san siro long time sana sijauona huo uwanja, can't wait

 

[Roger Sterling]

Confirmed in group stage:
Pot 1*
FC Barcelona (ESP, holders) coefficient: 164.999
FC Bayern München (GER): 154.883
Chelsea FC (ENG): 142.078
SL Benfica (POR): 118.276
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA): 100.483
Juventus (ITA): 95.102FC Zenit (RUS): 90.099
PSV Eindhoven (NED): 58.195


Other pots
Real Madrid CF (ESP): 171.999
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP): 120.999FC Porto (POR): 111.276
Arsenal FC (ENG): 110.078
Manchester City FC (ENG): 87.078
Sevilla FC (ESP): 80.499
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA): 72.983
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR): 65.033
Olympiacos FC (GRE): 62.380
Galatasaray AŞ (TUR): 50.020
AS Roma (ITA): 43.602
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER): 33.883
VfL Wolfsburg (GER): 31.883
KAA Gent (BEL): 13.440
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[Roger Sterling]

dah, san siro long time sana sijauona huo uwanja, can't wait

Hivi nyie mnaingia round gani hapo? hehe

 

[rubaman]

dah, san siro long time sana sijauona huo uwanja, can't wait

Hamtauona,mtaendelea kuisikia CL, mtatolewa katika playoffs hahaha

 

[xYz07]

Hivi nyie mnaingia round gani hapo? hehe

hahaaaaa, tunakuja kuushangaza ulimwengu, tunaanza na play off tunakichafua hadi final tutakapocheza na sevilla au Wolfsburg take my word

 

[xYz07]

Hamtauona,mtaendelea kuisikia CL, mtatolewa katika playoffs hahaha

hahahahaaa, yaani nyie hata siumizi kichwa najua yenu mkijitahidi saana ni hatua ya 16, hvi mmecheza final ngapi hadi saiz?

 

[rubaman]

hahaaaaa, tunakuja kuushangaza ulimwengu, tunaanza na play off tunakichafua hadi final tutakapocheza na sevilla au Wolfsburg take my word

Kushangaza ulimwengu kwa kutolewa na Young boys lol

 

[sumbai]

Naina man ikilibeba hili kombe...

 

[muhomakilo jr]

Man U huu ni mwaka wetu...

 

[Juwaine]

CL Nafikiri this time kombe litatua uingereza

 

[pierre tall]

Timu za uingereza bado sanaaa....tena sanaaaa....tatizo lenu kuu ni kuwa ligi yenu kama ya bongo tu mbwembe nyingi halafu hamna kitu katika pitch....

 

[Roger Sterling]

Timu za uingereza bado sanaaa....tena sanaaaa....tatizo lenu kuu ni kuwa ligi yenu kama ya bongo tu mbwembe nyingi halafu hamna kitu katika pitch....

Hahaha, na saivi La Liga ina nafasi ya kuingiza timu 5, wasipokutana wenyewe kwa wenyewe unaweza kuta semis yote ni timu za Liga. Japo ningependa Sevilla na Valencia waishie group stages, ili wakakutane final ya Europa.

 

[Roger Sterling]

Man U huu ni mwaka wetu...

Naina man ikilibeba hili kombe...

Haha, hata uhakika wa kushiriki tu bado hamna, ila mmeshaanza mbwembwe? Nyie jamaa kiboko.

CL Nafikiri this time kombe litatua uingereza

Haha, mnakuja na combined team, ama?

 

[Ziroseventytwo]

Aaahh! Hiki ndo kijiwe cha ucl msimu huu! Poa, 2po pomoja.

 

[everlenk]

Aaahh! Hiki ndo kijiwe cha ucl msimu huu! Poa, 2po pomoja.

My kaka jukwaa lenu mpo kweli? Embu rudini basi nataka usajili wa bureeee!!!!

 

[Ziroseventytwo]

My kaka jukwaa lenu mpo kweli? Embu rudini basi nataka usajili wa bureeee!!!!

Kina Mourinho na juve2012 wakishirikona na C.E.O wao Viper ndio owner wa lile jukwaa. Ila c mbali watarudi kwa nguvu zote. Si unajua ligi haipo mbali?

Kutachangamka tu. Ila wewe ni noumar, unazurura sana. Majukwaa kibao nikipita nakuona.

 

[everlenk]

Kina Mourinho na juve2012 wakishirikona na C.E.O wao Viper ndio owner wa lile jukwaa. Ila c mbali watarudi kwa nguvu zote. Si unajua ligi haipo mbali?

Kutachangamka tu. Ila wewe ni noumar, unazurura sana. Majukwaa kibao nikipita nakuona.

Napenda kujifunza mengi ndo maana nawazungukia nipatie mawili matatu ila kule kwetu England lazima uzunguke usagesumu kidogo maana bila fitina hakunogi....lol

 

[Roger Sterling]

Play-off draw to take place from 12.00CET, today.

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League route
Automatic entrants: Valencia (ESP), Manchester United (ENG), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Lazio (ITA), Sporting CP (POR)

Third qualifying round winners: AS Monaco (FRA), Rapid Wien (AUT), Club Brugge (BEL), CSKA Moskva (RUS), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

Champions route
Third qualifying round winners: APOEL (CYP), Astana (KAZ), BATE Borisov (BLR), Celtic (SCO), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), FC Basel (SUI), Partizan (SRB), Malmö (SWE), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), Skënderbeu (ALB)

Seeding
The teams with the five highest coefficients in each route – this applies to both League and Champions – will be seeded and drawn against the other five teams in that route. To determine each tie, one side apiece from the seeded and non-seeded pots will be drawn and placed in another pot, with the first of the two to then be picked out at home in the first leg. The seeding pots will be confirmed on Friday morning.

Matches
Ties will be played on 18/19 and 25/26 August, the ten winners joining the 22 clubs automatically qualified for the group stage.

Bye to group stage: Barcelona (holders), Bayern München, Chelsea, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Zenit, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, FC Porto, Arsenal, Manchester City, Sevilla, Olympique Lyonnais, Dynamo Kyiv, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, AS Roma, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg, KAA Gent

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Draw facts:
• If Valencia win their play-off, Spain will be the first nation to have five clubs in the same group stage.

• Borussia Mönchengladbach could be the 11th different German side to compete in the UEFA Champions League group stage, one more than France and behind only Spain on 13.

• Astana are the only remaining European Cup debutants.

Previous winners in play-offs
Manchester United (1968, 1999, 2008), Celtic (1967)

Other UEFA Cup /UEFA Europa League (UEL) or European Cup Winners' Cup (CWC) winners in play-offs
Valencia (2004 UEL, 1980 CWC), Shakhtar Donetsk (2009 IUEL)
Sporting CP (1964 CWC)

Clubs who could be their nation's first group stage representatives
Skënderbeu (ALB), Astana (KAZ)

Clubs that could return to group stage from 2014/15
Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting CP, FC Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk, CSKA Moskva, AS Monaco, BATE Borisov, Malmö, APOEL

Teams remaining from second qualifying round who have previously progressed from there to group stage
BATE Borisov (2008/09, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15), Partizan (2010/11), APOEL (2009/10, 2011/12), Dinamo Zagreb (2011/12, 2012/13), Celtic FC (2013/14), Malmö (2014/15)

 

[everlenk]

Hope you will make it Manchester United........#GGMU