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Uefa Champions League Draws, All You Need to Know

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The Uefa Champions League draws is the only thing running through the hearts of many football lovers across the back, and the words in the minds of football fans are the draws which are set to be in a few days. The draw is set to take place on Thursday in Istanbul. Also, other English Premier League clubs like Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool. 

Who is in the Uefa Champions League Draws?

The Uefa Champions League draws will contain 26 teams that have automatically qualified for the group stage, with six other clubs who qualified through the play-offs. Spain provided five qualifiers, four through their finish in La Liga plus Villarreal, who won the Europa League title.

Uefa Champions League Draws, All You Need to Know

Spain: Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Villarreal

England: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United 

Germany: Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Wolfsburg

Italy: Inter Milan, AC Milan, Atalanta, Juventus

France: Lille, Paris St-Germain

Portugal: Sporting Lisbon, Porto

Russia: Zenit St Petersburg

Belgium: Club Brugge

Ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv

Netherlands: Ajax

Turkey: Besiktas

Teams will be divided into four seeding pots, with pot one containing the holders Chelsea and Europa League winners Villarreal. The remaining pot one teams are made up of the champions from the six highest-ranked leagues, including Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A, and Portuguese League.

The clubs are Manchester City (England), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Inter Milan (Italy), Bayern Munich (Germany), Lille (France), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal). While Uefa’s club coefficient will determine the pots two, three and four.

When will the group matches take place?

Matchday one: 14/15 September

Matchday two: 28/29 September

Matchday three: 19/20 October

Matchday four: 2/3 November

Matchday five: 23/24 November

Matchday six: 7/8 December