UEFA Champions League Draw LIVE Updates: The UEFA Champions League draw is underway in Monaco on Thursday. UEFA’s draw software will allocate eight opponents to each team, comprising four home matches and four away fixtures, with two opponents drawn from each seeding pot. Seeding is determined by a team’s European performances over the past five years. Teams cannot be drawn against opponents from their own country.
Defending champions PSG headline the 36-team lineup alongside a stellar group of contenders, including record 15-time European champions Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and last season’s finalists Arsenal. Four clubs will make their Champions League debuts this season: Como of Italy, coached by Cesc Fabregas; Austria’s LASK; Norway’s Viking; and Azerbaijani champions Sabah, who were founded in 2017.
UEFA President’s Award for the French legend Thierry Henry. Brazil defender Marquinhos received the UEFA Respect Award! A big moment for the PSG captain. The event begins with a musical performance of the UEFA Champions League anthem! The UEFA members will first formally sign off on withdrawing a threat to boycott FIFA competitions in response to Infantino’s secretive sell-off plan that intended to sell stakes in a new commercial subsidiary to investors led by Joshua Kushner. The first round of games is played Sept. The league phase resumes in January with the eighth and final round on Jan. Teams placed 25th to 36th are eliminated. Slavia Prague (Czech Republic), Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia), Stuttgart (Germany), AEK Athens (Greece), LASK (Austria), Como (Italy), Lens (France), Viking (Norway), Sabah (Azerbaijan). Feyenoord (Netherlands), Lille (France), Napoli (Italy), Leipzig (Germany), Villarreal (Spain), Fenerbahce (Turkey), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Galatasaray (Turkey). Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Roma (Italy), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), Aston Villa (England), Porto (Portugal), Manchester United (England), Club Brugge (Belgium), Real Betis (Spain), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands). Welcome to the live coverage of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw.
8-10 with the first six rounds played through December. 27. The top eight teams in the final standings go direct to the round of 16 in March. Teams placed ninth to 24th enter the knockout playoffs in February to decide the other eight teams in the round of 16. Paris Saint-Germain (France), Bayern Munich (Germany), Real Madrid (Spain), Liverpool (England), Inter Milan (Italy), Manchester City (England), Arsenal (England), Barcelona (Spain), Atletico Madrid (Spain) PSG heads the 36-team Champions League lineup alongside a stellar group of contenders: record 15-time European champion Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and last season’s finalist Arsenal. Four newcomers will debut in this Champions League edition: Como from Italy, coached by Cesc Fabregas; LASK of Austria; Viking from Norway; and Azerbaijani champion Sabah, which was founded only in 2017. Fate of 36 teams will be decided and one thing is guaranteed – we will be witnessing several high-profile matches in this year’s competition
